Hendrik Corneliusen Sleght
Biography of Hendrik Corneliusen Sleght, found at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sleght-9. Author unknown. Accessed Jan. 28, 2018.
"Hendrick was born in 1642 in his parent's home in the district of Snell, which consists of farmland adjoining the town of Woerden, extending from the town wall. He sailed with his parents to New Amsterdam, most likely about May, 1653. The family stayed in Flatbush for a short time.
"Flatbush was first settled by Jan Snedeker, Jan Stryker, and Tomy Swartwout, who asked Director General Stuyvesant for the right to settle together on the level reach of wild wooded land (de vlacke (vlacke was used in the Dutch colonies to refer to geographic plains, flats, etc.) bosch or bos (Dutch for "woods" or "forest", meaning "flat wooded area" or "flat bush") adjacent to the outlying farms at Beukelen and Amersfoort. Evidenly, the settlement was given the name of the Dutch village of Midwout or Midwolde ("middle forest"), which lay about 25 miles east of the city of Groningen, at the suggestion of Tomy Swartwout as some of his his ancestors had long resided. The name also described the terrain, so Flatbush could also have been a forest in the middle of two places.
"They cleared the land of trees, thickets, and vines. They felled large forest trees for timber for houses, barns, and fences. As mentioned in his father's biographical notes herein, Hendrick was actively involved in defending the town from Indian attacks.
The family then settled up the Hudson River in Esopus, as Kingston was then called. As mentioned inhis father's biographical notes hereing, Hendrick was actively involved in defending the town from Indian attacks and, with his father, bravely helped drive the Indians from the town though vastly outnumbered.
"On November 1, 1660, he appeared as a witness in a probate action in Beverwijk, in the colony of Renselarswyck, now Albany, New York. On the 4th of August, 1663, the court in Esopus issued a decree that no one was supposed to work outside the stockade without an armed guard. Hendrick was brought into court for working outside the stockade without a guard on the 9th of October . His father tried to defend him on the grounds that the court did not have the authority to enforce the decree and asked permission to appeal to a higher court. The court ordered Cornelis to pay his son's fine. On the same day, the schout charged nine of the farm hands employed by Cornelis with the same offence as Hendrick. Again, Cornelis was ordered to pay and when he did not, the men were jailed. They were set free on the 1st of November when Cornelis paid their fines. [1]
"Hendrick married Elsjen Barens Lieveling on August 8, 1666. They settled at the new village of Nieu Dorp (Hurley), but soon moved to Flatbush, where he became a member of the Dutch Reformed Church and was so listed in 1677. His father bought land in Flatbush in 1669, and they may have rented it until they bought a house in Flatbush in 1675. Hendrick worked as a wheel-wright. In 1675, The Brooklyn Assessments of Personal Property listed Hendrick as a yeoman in Flatbush, owner of 22 morgens of land (about 50 acres), two horses, and four cows, with a total value of 86 pounds. Hendrick and Elsjen witnessed the baptism of Roelef Elting, a son of Hendrick's sister Jacomyntje. [2]
"In 1685, Hendrick was listed as the presenter of the Reformed Dutch Church of Brooklyn. The function of the presenter was not only to lead the singing during church services, but he recorded weddings, baptisms, witnessed legal documents and transactions, and carried on many duties that were later assigned to a Justice of the Peace. Hendrick was clerk of the church for one year and eight months before his death. As such, he was entitled to payment and his widow appeared before the council at a Brooklyn town meeting on February 1, 1796 to ask for payment for his services.
"On September 26, 1687, Hendrick and his son, Barent, took the oath of allegiance at Breuklyjn (Brooklyn), when Barent was recorded as native born in America. 1687 Oath of Allegiance Kings County New York. [3] Roll of Those Who have taken the oath of Allegiance the 26, 27, 28 , 29 and 30th day of Sept. 1687. Sleght ; Hendrick ; 35 yrs In 1687 or 1688. [4]
"Hendrick bought the estate of Susanna Dubbles, the deceased widow of ferryman Joris Dircksen, located on Fulton Avenue at Raymond Street, which was described as 18 morgens, 510 rods "at the ferry". According to Lamb and Harrison' s "A History of New York", "...a ferry to Long Island had been established before 1638 from the vicinity of Peck's slip to a point a little below the present Fulton ferry. Cornelis Dircksen, who had a farm in the vicinity, came at the sound of a horn that hung against a tree and ferried waiting passengers across the river...for three Stuivers of wampum." The property was sold in 1705 to settle Hendrick's estate. Hendrick made his will on September 23, 1690, with a list of his children appended. He was listed as Hendrick Slaght in a King's County land conveyance, in 1694, the first record of that spelling of Slecht. [5]
"His will was dated 9-23-1690 and is recorded in the Flatbush Records A-156. [6]"
Sources:
Biography of Hendrik Corneliusen Sleght, found at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sleght-9. Author unknown. Accessed Jan. 28, 2018.
"Hendrick was born in 1642 in his parent's home in the district of Snell, which consists of farmland adjoining the town of Woerden, extending from the town wall. He sailed with his parents to New Amsterdam, most likely about May, 1653. The family stayed in Flatbush for a short time.
"Flatbush was first settled by Jan Snedeker, Jan Stryker, and Tomy Swartwout, who asked Director General Stuyvesant for the right to settle together on the level reach of wild wooded land (de vlacke (vlacke was used in the Dutch colonies to refer to geographic plains, flats, etc.) bosch or bos (Dutch for "woods" or "forest", meaning "flat wooded area" or "flat bush") adjacent to the outlying farms at Beukelen and Amersfoort. Evidenly, the settlement was given the name of the Dutch village of Midwout or Midwolde ("middle forest"), which lay about 25 miles east of the city of Groningen, at the suggestion of Tomy Swartwout as some of his his ancestors had long resided. The name also described the terrain, so Flatbush could also have been a forest in the middle of two places.
"They cleared the land of trees, thickets, and vines. They felled large forest trees for timber for houses, barns, and fences. As mentioned in his father's biographical notes herein, Hendrick was actively involved in defending the town from Indian attacks.
The family then settled up the Hudson River in Esopus, as Kingston was then called. As mentioned inhis father's biographical notes hereing, Hendrick was actively involved in defending the town from Indian attacks and, with his father, bravely helped drive the Indians from the town though vastly outnumbered.
"On November 1, 1660, he appeared as a witness in a probate action in Beverwijk, in the colony of Renselarswyck, now Albany, New York. On the 4th of August, 1663, the court in Esopus issued a decree that no one was supposed to work outside the stockade without an armed guard. Hendrick was brought into court for working outside the stockade without a guard on the 9th of October . His father tried to defend him on the grounds that the court did not have the authority to enforce the decree and asked permission to appeal to a higher court. The court ordered Cornelis to pay his son's fine. On the same day, the schout charged nine of the farm hands employed by Cornelis with the same offence as Hendrick. Again, Cornelis was ordered to pay and when he did not, the men were jailed. They were set free on the 1st of November when Cornelis paid their fines. [1]
"Hendrick married Elsjen Barens Lieveling on August 8, 1666. They settled at the new village of Nieu Dorp (Hurley), but soon moved to Flatbush, where he became a member of the Dutch Reformed Church and was so listed in 1677. His father bought land in Flatbush in 1669, and they may have rented it until they bought a house in Flatbush in 1675. Hendrick worked as a wheel-wright. In 1675, The Brooklyn Assessments of Personal Property listed Hendrick as a yeoman in Flatbush, owner of 22 morgens of land (about 50 acres), two horses, and four cows, with a total value of 86 pounds. Hendrick and Elsjen witnessed the baptism of Roelef Elting, a son of Hendrick's sister Jacomyntje. [2]
"In 1685, Hendrick was listed as the presenter of the Reformed Dutch Church of Brooklyn. The function of the presenter was not only to lead the singing during church services, but he recorded weddings, baptisms, witnessed legal documents and transactions, and carried on many duties that were later assigned to a Justice of the Peace. Hendrick was clerk of the church for one year and eight months before his death. As such, he was entitled to payment and his widow appeared before the council at a Brooklyn town meeting on February 1, 1796 to ask for payment for his services.
"On September 26, 1687, Hendrick and his son, Barent, took the oath of allegiance at Breuklyjn (Brooklyn), when Barent was recorded as native born in America. 1687 Oath of Allegiance Kings County New York. [3] Roll of Those Who have taken the oath of Allegiance the 26, 27, 28 , 29 and 30th day of Sept. 1687. Sleght ; Hendrick ; 35 yrs In 1687 or 1688. [4]
"Hendrick bought the estate of Susanna Dubbles, the deceased widow of ferryman Joris Dircksen, located on Fulton Avenue at Raymond Street, which was described as 18 morgens, 510 rods "at the ferry". According to Lamb and Harrison' s "A History of New York", "...a ferry to Long Island had been established before 1638 from the vicinity of Peck's slip to a point a little below the present Fulton ferry. Cornelis Dircksen, who had a farm in the vicinity, came at the sound of a horn that hung against a tree and ferried waiting passengers across the river...for three Stuivers of wampum." The property was sold in 1705 to settle Hendrick's estate. Hendrick made his will on September 23, 1690, with a list of his children appended. He was listed as Hendrick Slaght in a King's County land conveyance, in 1694, the first record of that spelling of Slecht. [5]
"His will was dated 9-23-1690 and is recorded in the Flatbush Records A-156. [6]"
Sources:
- Holland Society , 1897, p 131
- Genealogy by Marla F. Kirby marlakirby@@hotmail.com
- The Documentary History of the State of New York Vol 1. Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan. Please note that the number of years does not refer to an individual's age, but the length of time he has been in the country.
- Genealogy by Marla F. Kirby marlakirby@@hotmail.com
- Genealogy by Marla F. Kirby marlakirby@@hotmail.com
- Genealogy by Marla F. Kirby marlakirby@@hotmail.com