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1800-1829
Update due to more information coming soon.
Nicholas Hascup was born Klaas Arensz Heerschap 2 April 1802 in Ouddorp, Zuid Holland [South Holland], The Netherlands.1 Ouddorp, or "old village," is a small Dutch town build around an ancient church with windmills within walking distance of the town center on the west side of the island of Goeree-Overflakkee.
He was the ninth of eleven Children born to Aren Pietersz Heerschap and Jannetje Pietersdr Francke. When his father died in 1809, Klaas lived with his mother and older brothers and sisters. We first find him in the 1821 Ouddorp Census living with his mother and older brother Adrianus Arensz Heerschap. In the 1826 Ouddorp Census, he was living with his mother, his older brother Philip, and his younger sister Arjaantje.
He married Maria Zachariasdr Bosland on 7 August 1829.2 Mary, as she was called, was born 20 March 1805.3
1829-1862
While still in the Netherlands, Nicholas and Mary gave birth to eight children.
1. Jannetje, born 20 December 1827.
2. Zacharias, born 4 January 1831.
3. Arentje, born 12 March 1833.
4. Pieter, born 3 November 1834.
5. Adrianntje, born 19 March 1837.
6. Philip, born 18 November 1839.
7. Maria, born 23 January 1842.
8. Elizabeth, born 11 December 1844.
1862-1869
What we do know is that Nicholas and Maria left the Netherlands in 1861 according to the Dutch Emigration records with five children. U.S. passenger manifests in New York show Nicholas and Maria arriving on 6 January 1862 on the Ship Victoria from London in Second Class Cabins.4 The children listed as arriving with Nicholas and Maria were Adriaantje (listed as servant, age 23), Maria (Adriaantje's daughter, age 1), Flip (age 20), and Maria (age 18).
The next record we find is of Adrianntje's marriage to Christian Kriezer on 14 February 1862 at the Reformed Church in Lodi, Bergen, New Jersey. The record of this marriage is included with other records from the First Holland Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in Paterson. Does this mean that Adrianntje was a widow at 23? Nicholas is listed as a witness ("getuigen"). But also, do we for a fact know that Adrianntje is Nicholas' daughter? Verification has not come forth yet to show this clearly. Could she have been a daughter-in-law?
In 1864 Maria Heerschap married Jacob Santifort ("Sandford") at the Lodi church on 24 June. Listed as witnesses are Philip Heerschap and Elizabeth Heerschap. Are these all brother and sisters? It appears they are.
On October 3, 1864, many of the families in the Lodi Church met to organize a new work in Paterson called First Holland Reformed Protestant Dutch Church ("Eerste Nederduitsche Gereformeerde Gemeente van Paterson"). Many of these founding families were relatives of the Heerschaps-Hascups. They included Koman, Breen, Sandifort, Troost, van den Handel, Ihrman, Eman, Van Dam, Tanis, and Mierop. The family of Zacharias Heerschap were also original members.
On 28 February 1865 Nicholas' and Maria's daughter Elizabeth (age 20) married Cornelius van den Handel (age 22). Serving as witnesses were their son Peter Heerschap and Anne Quin. The marriage took place at the pastor's house in Paterson. Six weeks later, on 4 April Peter Heerschap married Anne Quin. Serving as witnesses were Philip Heerschap and Job van den Handel. Philip would marry Anne Dell on 28 November 1868.
1870-1879
We find Nicholas and Mary in 1870 living in Saddle River Township, Bergen, New Jersey near the farm of Abraham Hascup. He gives his age as 70. Living with him are Maria ("Mary" age 68), and Peter's family: Peter (age 35), Mary (age 24), Peter (age 3), Nicholas (age 2), and James (6 months, born Dec 1869). This would seem to make the relations clear but the church records from First Holland Church do not show Nicholas' son Peter married to a Mary. The records show Nicholas and Maria as parents of Peter married to Anne Quin on 4 April 1865. Can Anne be Mary? It does seem very likely they are one and the same. First, Quin is found in previous census records as a family from Ireland which matches Mary's given birthplace on the 1870 census. Second, Anne is listed as age 19 at the time of the wedding in 1865. At the time of the census Anne should be about 24, which fits with Mary's claim in July 1870. Finally, Anne's parents according the the church records are Peter and Mary Quin. Is it possible that she was known by her mother's name also? It appears that Anne Quin is also known as Mary Heerschap.
Footnotes
| 1 | Information on Internment Card from Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey. The internment card states that he was 75 years old and died in Bergen, Illinois on July 20, 1876. He was buried the next day at Cedar Lawn. This makes one wonder if he really died in Bergen county New Jersey which is next to Passaic. His marker is in Section 7, Lot 49, Division E, Grave #11. |
| 2 | Source: Ouddorp records. |
| 3 | Information on Internment Card from Cedar Lawn Cemetery, Paterson, Passaic, New Jersey. The internment card states that Maria was 85 years and 1 month old when she died on April 9, 1890. Her last residence is listed as 63 Vine Street in Paterson. Her marker is in Section 7, Lot 49, Division E, Grave # 7 & 15. |
| 4 | Microfilm roll M-237, reel 216. |
| 5 | The best guess that can be made is that the farm was located in Saddle Brook between Railroad Avenue to the south and Sterling Place to the north along Saddle River Road at the very southwest corner of Saddle River County Park along the west of the river. |
| 6 | This naming followed the normal Dutch scheme of naming children after parents. |
| 7 | We do not at this time know if his eldest daughter Clara was still alive. Nor have we been able to discover whether Peter, Adrian or Krine ever married. We know of the marriages of all the daughters, but apart from Clara and Matilda have not found if they had any children. This though is only because there are many records still to be checked. |