On 7 june 1660 he was directed to survey and prepare a plan of new amsterdam. Jacques barzun american teacher, historian, and author. Wallach division of art, prints and photographs, the new york public library, astor, lenox and tilden foundations. Captain jacques cortelyou 16251693 genealogy online. Elsken hendricks 15911663 wikitree free family tree. The dutch established colonies and trading outposts around the world in the early 17th century. This category has the following 39 subcategories, out. See 11 centuriesold remnants of new amsterdam in nyc. Jul 10, 2017 both tombstones state that the two fought in the new york militia, with harmans barkulo serving as a lieutenant. The cortelyou genealogy erroneously adds the children dyna, marretje, frederick and aeltje, to the family of jacques cortelyou and his second wife altje boerum. It was surveyed by jacques cortelyou and given the name bergen, the dutch word for hill. In 1609, henry hudson was hired by the dutch for a voyage of exploration.
Language watch edit wikimedia commons has media related to history of new york city. Maria cortelyou 16721721 wikitree free family tree. Jacques cortelyou sr 16251693 wikitree free family tree. About the first of this name in this country was andrew algor, who was at scarborough, maine, 1651, who had wife, and children named john, andrew, matthew, elizabeth and joanna. Mosterman why is it important to study new yorks dutch past. Full text of jacques cortelyou first generation 16251693 see other formats first generation jaques corteljou jacques cortelyou b. Probably copied from a map made for dutch authorities in 1661 by jacques cortelyou, the map shows the town walls from which the namewall street is derived as well as the battery. The franklin township photograph collection is temporarily unavailable while we resolve issues with the database software. Enlarge description of the towne of mannados or new amsterdam as it was in september 1661, 1664. The minutes of june 14 indicate that cortelyou had borrowed a slave from the dutch west india company, which may have been a perk as he was a surveyorgeneral. This incident is similarly referred to in ostranders history of brooklyn and kings county, vol. From these records, it can be assumed this is the family of the emigrant, jacques cortelyou.
The rarely told story of the real bay ridge natives hey. In 1643, jacques cortelyou is listed as a student at the university of utrecht. Cortelyous main accomplishment was the socalled cortelyou survey, the first map of new york city, commonly called the castello plan after the location in a tuscan palace where it was rediscovered centuries later. Readers are advised to visit the following link digital sources. The first in the new world line, jacques cortelyou, came to the other side of. He received his early education from hackley school, new york. It may have come from the capital of norway or from bergen op zoom in holland, eighteen miles north of antwerp.
Vectorized and georeferenced redraft of the castello plan. He was a bright student in school, and in 1923, he was admitted to harvard university without an exam. George folsom, printed for the society, new york, 1896. Genealogy for jacques cortelyou cortillion 1590 1653 family tree on geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. In 1881, we find in the history of the town of new utrecht the following. Historic new utrecht new utrecht was one of the six towns established by the dutch and later combined by the british to form kings county, new york.
I can recommend it for wwii history students, people interested in parisian history, dan brown lovers he stole from this book to, people who ask questions, people who like tall tales or accounts of the supernatural. This online version is part of the schenectady digital history archive, the local history and genealogy web site of the schenectady county public library, affiliated with the nygenweb, usgenweb and american history and genealogy projects and the american. The cortelyou genealogy a record of jaques corteljou and of many of his descendants 1942 hardcover john van zandt cortelyou on. Jacques cortelyou was an influential early citizen of new amsterdam who was surveyor general of the early dutch colony. He held various positions in the presidential administrations of grover cleveland, william mckinley, and theodore roosevelt born in new york city, cortelyou worked for the united states post office department, earning the attention of postmaster general wilson s. Education cortelyou had studied mathematics and landsurveying, and served first in nieuw amsterdam as tutor to the children of cornelis van werckhoven, to whom the dutch west india company had granted a tract of land called. Cortelyou ended up in the barkaloo cemetery because he married the widow of jacques barkaloo. Jacques corteljou s negro to work with the other negroes. Jacques cortelyou ca 16251693 was an influential early citizen of new amsterdam later new york city who was surveyor general of the early dutch colony. In june 17, 1660, albert bought jacob steendams november 12, 1652 patent for a plantation in flatlands and obtained a deed on july 16, 1660 calendar of new york historical manuscripts, page 214. Before his departure, van werckhoven appointed jacques cortelyou as his. Mar 15, 2007 yet it is a book that refuses to be classified as a history source book, a travel guide or an account of the supernatural. Children of rem vanderbeeck and deborahdorothea cortelyou. Explore historical records and family tree profiles about jacques cortelyou on myheritage, the worlds family history network.
A brief history of saddle brook township of saddle brook. The cortelyou genealogy a record of jaques corteljou and of many of his descendants 1942 hardcover. A record of jaques corteljou and of many of his descendants by john van zandt cortelyou. Sadly, the original map of the bergen settlement by cortelyou, as well as the list of patentees, have been lost to history. Tolkien novel, the map above is actual drawing made of early new amsterdam as it looked to one cartographer in 1661.
Jacques cortelyou ca 16251693 was an influential early citizen of new amsterdam. Most of the officers quarters, however, will remain, and it is hoped that the old cortelyou mansion will be spared. Its most likely an alternate image of new amsterdam by the citys surveyor jacques cortelyou who. Jacques, in 1643 a student at university of utrecht. Jacques cortelyou was born on november 5, 1625 in utrecht, utrecht, utrecht, nederland, son of jacques cortillon and elsken hendricksd. The next day the ship made it up into the bay, where, like verrazzano, hudson was greeted by natives.
Both tombstones state that the two fought in the new york militia, with harmans barkulo serving as a lieutenant. Explore genealogy for jacques cortelyou sr born 1625 utrecht, utrecht, nederland died 1693 new. That is the question a new netherland institute nni conference in brooklyn will address on. Philip johnson biography childhood, life achievements. New york when it was still amsterdam earthly mission find. Jacques cortelyou came to america in 1652 and held the post of surveyor general of the colony of new. In 1643 it was decided that a book should be kept in which all students were. Full text of jacques cortelyou first generation 16251693. The castello plan is a map of new amsterdam created by surveyor jacques cortelyou in 1660. Jacques barzun, born november 30, 1907, creteil, francedied october 25, 2012, san antonio, texas, frenchborn american teacher, historian, and author who influenced higher education in the united states by his insistence that undergraduates avoid early specialization and instead be given broad instruction in the humanities barzun moved to the united states in 1920. Revisiting captain kidd and the pirate port of new. Cortelyou also surveyed the town of new utrecht, now part of brooklyn, ny, and cortelyou road in brooklyn is named after him. Jacques barzuns most popular book is from dawn to decadence.
Monmouth county new jersey biographies algor or algerbenjamin alger and ruth, his wife, are named at middletown, 1722. Digital redraft of the castello plan of new amsterdam in new netherland in 1660 beta the map below is a beta version of a vectorized and georeferenced redraft of the socalled castello plan of new amsterdam in new netherland. The modern history of new utrecht is one simply of peacful progress. Yet it is a book that refuses to be classified as a history source book, a travel guide or an account of the supernatural. The meanest man who ever lived in bay ridge hey ridge. A 1660 map of the city of new amsterdam called the. Oct 20, 2019 between 1626 and 1664, the main town of the dutch colony of new netherland was new amsterdam, now called manhattan. This amazing history was condensed in we built this, an enlightening video of less than four minutes on the. George bruce cortelyou july 26, 1862 october 23, 1940 was an american cabinet secretary of the early twentieth century. Today we revisit captain kidds new york story and the places and parties that comprised. The people of the countrey came aboard of us, making shew of love. Monmouth county new jersey genealogy and history biographies. Cortelyous greatgreat grandfather was the famous dutch surveyor jacques cortelyou, after whom the brooklyn road was named.
Gateway to the west 16141925 is a fourvolume set covering six counties in upstate new york. Aug 03, 2015 the first in the new world line, jacques cortelyou, came to the other side of the atlantic in 1652 with cornelis van werckhoventhe dutch west india company man who first negotiated with the nyack tribe for the land that became new utrecht, one of the six original towns that make up presentday brooklynas the tutor to his son, but rose to. The banke is sandperhaps the first written mention of bay ridge s beaches, unless they were on the staten island side. Jacques corteljou to retain one of the companys negroes a few months.
Between 1626 and 1664, the main town of the dutch colony of new netherland was new amsterdam, now called manhattan. During the revolutionary war the british made new utrecht their base of operations for the battle of long island, the first largescale british invasion of the colonies. Jacques cortelyou historical records and family trees. Wife of jacques cortillon cortelyou married 14 apr 1612 in utrecht, utrecht, nederland descendants mother of abraham courtillon, bastian courtilly, jeanne cortelyou, pierre cortelyou, abraham courtailler cortelyou, jennecken cortelyou, judith cortelyou and jacques cortelyou sr. Mar 18, 2019 genealogy for jacques cortelyou cortillion 1590 1653 family tree on geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. First generation jaques corteljou jacques cortelyou b. Dutch new amsterdam national museum of american history.
Genealogical grandfather harlingen hendrick holland horses hundred indians inhabitants isaac jacob leisler jacob van dike jacques cortelyou jan the fifth jan the fourth jan thomasse jan van dyck january jersey john schenck john van dike june land leisler living. Reproduction of plan created by jacques cortelyou courtesy of i. The first in the new world line, jacques cortelyou, came to the other side of the atlanticin 1652 with cornelis van werckhoventhe dutch west india company man who first negotiated with the nyack tribe for the land that became new utrecht, one of the six original towns that make up presentday brooklynas the tutor to his son, but rose to become werckhovensassistant and eventually the surveyor of nieuw netherlands. This information is part of by on genealogy online. The dutch surrender new amsterdam antique color print from 1897 american history book free us shipping the web site of the new york public library midmanhattan library digital picture collection. It provides a detailed view of the layout and land use in new amsterdam, including fort amsterdam, streets, homes and businesses, the canal, and the wall along the northern edge of the city that was built to keep the british out. The countys original towns were brooklyn todays downtown and stretching east and south as far as bedfordstuyvesant and sunset park, bushwick, flatbush, flatlands, gravesend and new utrecht, and after a series of secessions and reorganizations, brooklyn, by then. They are actually children of hendrick van liew and geertje cortelyou, and grandchildren of the mentoned jacques cortelyou and his first wife. Jacques cortelyou ca 16251693 was an influential early citizen of new amsterdam later. In the mid to late 1600s, fledgling new york was crawling with buccaneers, but none quite as enduring as captain william kidd, a bythe book privateer whose story and missing treasure put the city on the proverbial pirate map along with the tropical islands of the caribbean. A history of the schenectady patent in the dutch and.
Jacques cortelyou, a surveyor, purchased the land which would become garfield, saddle brook and the lands north from the acquackanonks in 1680 and finalized the transaction with a patent granted by the british in 1685. One cortelyou descendant in bangss book claims later that the. Jacques barzun has 74 books on goodreads with 20994 ratings. Books by jacques barzun author of from dawn to decadence. Cortelyou road is a station on the brighton line in 2009, the b and q trains. The map was copied by an unknown draughtsman from an original drawing by jacques cortelyou. The cortelyou genealogy a record of jaques corteljou and. Dec 20, 2009 cortelyou road is a station on the brighton line in 2009, the b and q trains. Person history of jacques cortelyou 16251693 excerpts from the cortelyou genealogy by john van zandt cortelyou this banner text can have markup. About the first of this name in this country was andrew algor, who was at scarborough, maine, 1651, who had wife, and children named john. One of his ancestors was the huguenot jacques cortelyou, who laid out the first town plan of new amsterdam. It is a historic landmark, having been general howes headquarters when he effected his landing on long island in august, 1776.
Its most likely an alternate image of new amsterdam by the citys surveyor jacques cortelyou who provides us with. The 17th century dutch colony of nieuwnederland was situated between the south river delaware river and the fresh river connecticut river with his center on the north or great river hudson river practically in the present us states of new york, delaware, connecticut and new jersey. The first in the new world line, jacques cortelyou, came to the other side of the atlantic in 1652 with cornelis van werckhoventhe dutch west india company man who first negotiated with the nyack tribe for the land that became new utrecht, one of the six original towns that make up presentday brooklynas the tutor to his son, but rose to. The area thrived under the dutch, but was invaded and taken over by the british in 1662. Children of jacques cortelyou and elsken hendricks. Brooklyns smallest graveyard brooklyn, new york atlas. In january 23, 1657, he obtained a patent for 25 morgens 50 acres along with jacques cortelyou and others to establish the village of new utrecht. Franklin township public library where ideas and peoples.
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