AMERICA THE GREAT MELTING POT

1. Harmtje Dorlandt
bap. 30 Dec 1695 Brooklyn, Kings, NY Witnesses Rem Dorland and Bennetje

2. Jannetje Dorlandt
    b. Abt. 1700
    m. 22 Oct 1719 to Jan Van Arsdale Flatbush, Kings, NY
    d. Bef. 1740 Somserset Co. NJ

3. Annitje Dorlandt    Bap. 14 Nov 1704 Brooklyn, Kings, NY Witnesses: Jan Dorland and Lena Dorland
    m. Abt. 1722 Simon Van Arsdale
    d. 1789 Somerset Co., NJ

4. Gerret Dorlandt
    b. Abt. 1707
    m. 13 Mar 1731 Hyltje van Arsdale
    1732 Oct 8 son Gerret baptized in Brooklyn
\   wit: Abram Dorlant and Marretie

7. Lena Dorlandt
bap. 12 Oct 1714 Jamaica, Queens, New York Witnesses: Rych Hendrickse and Harmitie Dorlandt

Gerret Lambertse Dorland was born about 1674 probably in Brooklyn. He married Maritje about 1694. Their first child Harmtje was named after his mother. The witnesses at this baptism were Rem Dorland and Bennetje Dorland. (1) Bennetje was a sister of Gerret Dorland. It is speculated that Rem Dorland was a brother of Marytje. (2)
In 1706 there was a census for those living on Staten Island and his father and brother John were recorded there. (3) However, Garret was not. He was still living in Brooklyn until at least 1714 when his daughter Lena was baptized in the Dutch Reform Church (1) Gerret's father, Lambert Dorlandt, purchased 500 acres of land in Somerset Co, NJ in 1715. (4) It may have been a land investment and he may not have actually ever moved there. However, Gerrit Lambertse Dorland and some of his children did move there. His daughters, Jannetje and Annetje, had married van Arsdalen brothers, Jan and Simon, and they were baptizing their children in the North Branch Church of Somerset Co in the early 1730's. Possibly those 500 acres of land had been given to Gerrit by his father, Lambert. Garret's children Garret, Abraham and Lambert executed, Mar 29, 1739/40, a quit claim deed dividing the 500 acres of their father into 3 parts and conveying specifically one part, about 160 acres, to each. (5)
Gerrit Lambertse Dorland may have died around this time.

Baptism of Harmtje in 1695: Rem Dorland was a brother of Marytje and Bennetje as a sister of Gerrit
Baptism of Annetje in 1704: Jan Dorlandt may have been his brother born 1681 or her brother born 1677 and Lena was his sister
Baptism of Lena in 1714: Rych Hendricks was married to Jannetje Dorland, her sister and Harmtie Dorland was their first born child

A sidelight is the probable identification of Mary, wife of Gerrit3 Dorland (Lambert2, Jan1), as an undocumented daughter of Jan3 Dorland (Gerrit2, Jan1) and Annetje Remsen, as referred to above. This identification is based on her name given as Mary Dorland in the baptism of her daughter, Harmtje, the witnesses at baptisms of her children and the baptisms for whom she served as a witness, and the naming of their children.

1) Baptismal records of the Reformed Dutch Churches typically used women's maiden names, rather than their married names. At times the married name was used, but typically it was consistently one way or the other over a period of time, possibly depending on whom made the record. The baptismal records at Brooklyn in 1695, when Mary's first daughter, Harmtje, was baptized, consistently used the mother's maiden name, in this case, Dorland.[33]

2) Naming of their children[31] after immediate family members:[32]
Harmtje, after her paternal grandmother, Hermina Pieters

Jannetje, after her maternal aunt, Jannetje Dorland
Jan, after his maternal grandfather, Jan Dorland
Annetje, after her maternal grandmother, Annetje Remsen
Lambert, after his paternal grandfather, Lambert Dorland
Gerrit, after his father
Abraham, after his maternal uncle, Abraham Dorland
Lena, after her paternal aunt, Magdalena Dorland

(3) Historical and Genealogical Miscellany Vol 1 pg 153
1706 Census of Staten Island
list of men: Lambert Dorland age 60
list of women: "harmentha dorland, Else dorland, Magdalen dorland"
list of "boyes": Lambart Dorland

1706 Census of Staten Island pg 151
list of men: John Dorland age 25
list of women: barber dorland

Lambert Dorlandt of Staten Island and his wife Harmptje sold their farm in Brooklyn on Cot 21, 1696, to Jacob Vanderwater Sr. of Brooklyn bounded by lands of Hendrick Sleght, Hendrick Strockells. Both signed, she by mark. A census of Staten Island was taken in 1706. Lambert is listed as being 60 years old. He, his wife Harmintha and daughters Magdalena and Elsie appear on one list while his married son John and his family appear on another. It would appear that the two families lived in separate areas of Staten Island. On March 18, 1715 in conjunction with Peter Cowenhoven, Lambert purchased of Octavio Conraats a tract of 500 acres of land in Montgomery Township, Somerset Co. NJ, known as the Harlingen Tract.

Dorland Book pg 187 In the year 1715 Lambert removed to Somerset County, East Jersey, in the vicinity of the present village of Harlingen, near Six Mile Run., a tributary of the Raritan, where on March 28, in conjunction with Peter Cowenhoven, he purchased of Octavio Conraats a tract of 500 acres of land.

Dorland Book pg 193 Gerret and his brothers Abraham and Lambert executed, Mar 29, 1739/40, a quit claim deed dividing the 500 acres tract of their father into 3 parts and conveying specifically one part, about 160 acres, to each.