Capt. Goosen Gerritse van Schaick

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Goosen Gerritse (occasionally Gosen Gerritsz) was born in Utrecht during the first quarter of the seventeenth century. He came to New Netherland in 1637 under contract with the Van Rensselaers. Over the next decades, other family members followed. As a result of two marriages, he was the patriarch of a large family that became prominent in Albany and its hinterland under the name of Van Schaick

After more than a decade in Rensselaerswyck, Goosen Gerritse gravitated toward the fur trade and was present at the initial distribution of houselots in Beverwyck in 1652. Subsequently, he owned several more properties in Beverwyck/Albany and was an active participant in the regional real estate market. Additionally, he was a brewer and also was known as a tanner.

His first wife was Geertie Brants Peelen. Following her death, he married Anna Lievens in July 1657. By 1668, the second marriage had produced six children.

Headed for Holland, Goosen Gerritse filed a joint will with his wife in May 1668. He called himself the "Commissary in Albany." It left a substantial estate to his second wife and then to his ten living children.

Goosen Gerritse Van Schaick lived for a number of years afterwards and still was entering into real estate transactions as late a 1675. He was dead by 1679 when his widow was identified as the head of their Albany household.

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• 4. Johannes G.2 Lansing (Gerrit1) came to New Amsterdam (New York) with his father about 1640 from Holland. He married Geertie, daughter of 'Goosense and Geertie Brantse Peelen) Van Schaick'; widow of Hendrick Coster.
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• Johannes G., son of (1) Gerrit Frederick Lansing, was probably born in Hassel; married (2) (Geertje, daughter of (1) 'Goosen Gerritse Van Schaick and Geertie Brantse Peelen', widow of Hendrick Coster, in 1678, and had
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• 'Gozen Gerritse, son of Gerrit Van Schaick, married, 1st, Geertje Barents, and had
  • 2 Geertje, m., 1st, Hendrick Costar ; 2d, (4) Johannes Lansing.
• 'Geertje Barents, wife of Gozen G. Van Schaick, died. He married, 2d, Annetje Livesen, July, 1657, and had
  • 3 Gerrit, b. in 1650; m. Alida Van Slightenhorst ; d. November 11, 1679.
  • 4 Anthony, b. in 1655 ; m. (c) Maria or Mary Van der Poel.
  • 5 Sybrant, b. in 1653 ; m. (b) Elizabeth Van der Poel.
  • 6 * Gerritje, b. in 1657 ; m. Captain Andrew Drayer, commander of the Fort at Albany, June 17, 1674.
  • There were other children.
• Gozen G. Van Schaick died before 1681. He first appears in Albany about 1652. He owned land at Esopus in 1663. (See deed book C county clerk's office and volume 1 common council records.)
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Name: Goosen Gerritsen Van Schaick

Sex: M

Title: Capt.

Birth: 1630

Death: 1676 in Albany, Albany Co NY

Occupation: Brewer 2

Note:

From Hudson-Mohawk Genealogies and Family Memoirs:

Those islands formed by the spuytens or spouts of the Mohawk, and a large tract to the northward, including the present village of Waterford, originally called the "Halve Maan," or Half-moon, were granted ty the Indian chiefs (permission having been obtained from Governor Nichols) to Goosen Gerritsen Van Schaick and Philip Petersen Schuyler, September 11, 1665 (the original deed is still extant). The latter, on July 12, 1674, conveyed his interests in the lands embraced by the government to his associate, Van Schaick, who by will deeded the lands to his wife Anetje. After his death she conveyed them to his son Anthony for the consideration of five hundred and fifty good marketable beaver skins. This grant was confirmed by Governor Lovelace, March 30, 1672, and afterward Governor Thomas Dongan, then governor of the province of New York, by his patent dated May 31, 1687, confirmed in Anthony Van Schaick the sole title to said land in consideration of an annual quit rent of one bushel of winter wheat (both the Lovelace and Dongan patents are still in existence, and are in an excellent state of preservation). The Indian name of Van Schaick Island was "Quahemesicos," and the names of the Indian proprietors at the time of the transfer to Van Schaick and Schuyler were Itamonet, Amenhasnet and Kishocasna. The Dutch called it "Long Island." In the early writings it was called "Whale Island." After the transfer it was called "Anthony's Island." It is also called "Isle Cohoes," or "Cohoes Island." It was the first land cultivated north of the present city limits of Cohoes.

Marriage 1 Geertje Brantse Peelen

Married: 1649 2

Children

1. Geertje (Gertrude) Van Schaick

2. Gerrit Van Schaick b: 1650

3. Sybrant Van Schaick b: 1653

4. Anthony Van Schaick b: 1665

Marriage 2 Anna Lievens b: BET 1630 AND 1639

Married: JUL 1657 2

Children

1. Livenius Van Schaick

2. Cornelis Van Schaick

3. Margareta Van Schaick

4. Engeltie Van Schaick b: 1659

Sources:

Title: Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs

Author: Cuyler Reynolds, Curator of the Albany Institute and Historical and Art Society

Publication: New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911

Repository:

Note: http://www.schenectadyhistory.org

Media: Book

Page: Vol I: 65-72, Vol II: 696-698

Title: Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs

Author: Cuyler Reynolds, Curator of the Albany Institute and Historical and Art Society

Publication: New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1911

Repository:

Note: http://www.schenectadyhistory.org

Media: Book

Page: Vol I: 65-72

Van Schaick
by
Stefan Bielinski

The Van Schaick family of early Albany is descended from Goosen Gerritse who came to New Netherland during the 1630s. He established himself in Beverwyck and Albany and was known as a trader, processor, and landholder. His descendants built on those successes in Albany and beyond. The family name has many variants. The Van Schaicks were numerous and prominent in and beyond the city of Albany. However, our focus must remain with the city residents - an important minority part of the overall family presence.

Goosen Gerritse's numerous American-born offspring established the family in Albany and beyond. His son, Livinius, a multi-residence merchant, was elected to the Provincial Assembly first in 1691.

In 1697, the household of Anthony Van Schaick, Sr. was listed on the Albany census. His daughter, Gerritje, was the mother of future Albany mayor Jacob C. Ten Eyck.

In 1719, Gerrit S. Van Schaick was the first of three family members to be appointed sheriff of Albany County.

Throughout the eighteenth century and beyond, the family maintained a substantial presence on an island near the northern boundary of the Manor at the confluence of the Mohawk and Hudson rivers that is today within the city of Cohoes. Over the long century, a number of Albany natives and residents enjoyed the Van Schaick property there. It was described in the will filed by Albany native Anthony Van Schaick in 1737.

Sybrant G. Van Schaick was named mayor of Albany in 1756. His was the most prominent of seven, Van Schaick-named households appearing on a census of Albany householders taken in that year by the British army. The mayor's son, Colonel Goose Van Schaick, was a field officer in the Revolutionary army.

Tory brothers Peter and one-time Albany businessman Henry Van Schaack were sons of a prominent Kinderhook branch but have not yet been definitively connected to the family of Gosen Gerritse.

In 1815, three Van Schaick households were listed in the Albany city directory including the home of Bank of Albany Cashier and realtor Gerrit W. Van Schaick. By that time, Van Schaick Street was lined with boardinghouses.

Bio:
"Goossen Gerritsz, from Westerbroeck [Westbroek, province of Utrecht?]; was engaged fro six years, three years at f50 a year and three years at f80 a year. His wages in the colony began April 8, 1637; he probably came by the Rensselaerswyck. In 1646, he is charged with f19:9 received in Holland on Nov. 3, 1645. In Oct. 1648, on the repeated solicitation by the director to accept the place of gerechts persoon (member of the court), he pleaded to be excused on the ground that he did not consider himself fit for the office, that he was not possessed of a house and lot and therefore not bound to serve, and that he had not yet settled all his accounts with the patroon. His objections however were overruled and he was urged once more to accept the office, the court, in case of refusal, threatening to proceed to other measures. He finally yielded, on condition that he be first allowed to make a trip to the Manhatans. This was granted and Nov. 19, 1648, he took the oath as a member of the court. At his urgent request he was released from his office on Jan. 5, 1651. In the accounts he is charged from 1648 to 1652 with f32 a year for ground rent of a house and license to trade and, jointly with Rutger Jacobsz, from May 1648 to May 1650 with f450 for the lease of the brewery. July 18, 1650, he was granted permission to become a tapster and Sept. 9, 1650, he was with Arent van Curler appointed trustee of a fund for the building of a school. From May 1, 1655, to May 1, 1658, he and Thomas Jansz are charged with an annual rent of f40, for a small piece of land situated opposite den sack. July 19, [1659?] he entered into an agreement with Jeremias van Rensselaer regarding the purchase of hides of cattle to be killed in the colony, showing that by that time he was engaged in the tanning business. After 1660, he is occasionally referred to as Goosen Gerritsz van Schaick. [2]
"On April 8, 1656 Goosen Van Schaick was nominated by the "Court of Fort Orange and Beverwyck," to the "Worshipfull, Valiant, and honorable Herr general, and right honorable Sirs of the council," for appointment as magistrate or commissionary at Albany, but does not appear to have received such appointment until 1662, when he sat in court as one of the magistrates. He doubtless held such a position for many years, as he is know to have been in office in 1663, 1667, 1668, 1671 and 1672, and among who served with him were Colonel Philip Pieterse Schuyler and Richard Van Rensellaer. On September 23, 1670 he was commissioned lieutenant of the troop of horse at Albany, under the command of Captain Jeremiah Van Rensellaer, and later was promoted to Captain."