Pieter Jans WITT

Abt 1624 - 1705  (~ 81 years)

• Name	Pieter Jans WITT
  Born	Abt 1624	Leiden, Utrecht, Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  FamilySearch ID	LC8F-NK1
  Immigration	1652	Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York   [1]
  	Imigrated and settled in Boswijck, New Netherland
  Occupation	Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York   [1]
  	Magistrate of Boswijck, New Netherland in 1661, 1662 and 1665
  Occupation	[1]
  	worked for Dutch West Indian Company
  _UID	7D52C0D17B694F1E915F18489682675FDF4A
  Died	May 1705	Bushwisk, New York
  Person ID	I594767812	Carney Wehofer 2024 Genealogy
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024

  
  

  Father	Jan Claessen DEWITT,   b. 21 Oct 1604, Enkhuizen, Nord-Holland, Netherlands ,   d. 31 Mar 1699, Ulster, New York Colony, British Colonial America  (Age 94 years)
  Mother	Engeltje PIETERSDR,   b. 1600, Netherlands ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Family ID	F536730120	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dorothea VOLCKERS,   b. 21 Jan 1624, Alblasserdam, South Holland, Netherlands ,   d. 15 Apr 1658, Bushwick, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America  (Age 34 years)
  Married	Abt 1645	Leiden, Holland, Netherlands   [1]
  Children	1. Nishe "Anna" WITT, DeWitt,   b. 1662, Hempstead, Nassau County, New York ,   d. Aft 1721, New York, New York  (Age 60 years)   2. Pieter DEWITT,   b. 19 Feb 1646, Alblasserdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands ,   d. Nov 1721, Boswick, Livingston, New York, British Colonial America  (Age 75 years)   3. Marytje Pieterse DE WITT,   b. Bef 25 Dec 1652, Bushwick, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. 17 Oct 1699, Manhattan Island, New York, British Colonial America  (Age ~ 46 years)   4. Volkert DE WITT,   b. 1657, New York City, , New York Colony, British Colonial America ,   d. 1694, Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, British Colonial America  (Age 37 years)
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F2775	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Gertryde VAN WYNGARDEN,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	15 Apr 1660	Brooklyn, New Netherland   [1]
  Children	1. Boudwyn DE WITT,   b. 1663, of Jamaica, Long Island, Queens, New York ,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Diewertje Dievertje Deborah DEWITT,   b. Abt 1668, New Amsterdam, New York ,   d. 1714, New Utrecht, Kings County, Long Island, New York  (Age ~ 46 years)
  Last Modified	14 Apr 2024
  Family ID	F536730121	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  He married first, Dorothea Volckers, who died in 1658, as reported by him 12 Apr. 1660, to The Orphan's Court in New Amsterdam, expressing his intentions to remarry, and asked for the appointment of guardians for his four (4) children. The resulting proceedings, as given in "Original Records of Burgomasters and Orphan Masters," page 132 , are preserved as follows: "On the 15th, of April 1660, appeared before me Joannes Nevius, secretary of the Orphans Chamber of the City of Amsterdam in New Netherland, Pieter Jansen Witt, who in the presents of Henderick Willemsen, the baker, and Jan Jansen van Breeste produced a petition presented to the Director General and Council of New Netherland, August 25, 1658, wherein he reports the death of his wife who left him four children, and his intent on to marry again, as well following the customs and manners of the country; the property, after his wife's death, amounting to 3,200 fl. the florin at 20 stuyvers, of which is said children's share or half is 1,600 fl. He declares his conscience that there is no more and that no more would be found by impartial men; and administrators to take care of the property, so that said children may not be harmed in their interest, Hendrick Willemsen, the baker, and Jan Jansen van Breeste , binding for the afore said children's share of 1,600 fl.... . This was approved... A marginal note on petition dated 12 April 1660.. Gives wife's name Dorothy Volckers... that he promises to secure this money here at the Manhattans .....that the above mentioned be elected guardians of his four children, further to bring up the children, until they are of age or marry, to board and clothe them and do all for them that an honest father is bound to do." Pieter's second wife had died before 1698 and he may have married a third. 12 Apr 1660 New York City, New York, United States

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 14 Apr 2024), entry for Pieter Jans WITT, person ID LC8F-NK1. (Reliability: 3).