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Adriaen Jansen Koning | Immigrant Ancestor | see FAMILY TREE |
Born: Abt. 1625 Well, Gelderland, Netherlands |
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Married: 15 Mar 1650 Well, Gelderland, The Netherlands Died: Abt. 1691 New York |
FATHER
MOTHER
Mareke Adriaens
WIFE
CHILDREN
1. Adam Koning
b. Abt. 1655
d. Aft 1696
witness to baptism of son of Heyman Koning in 1696
2. Jan Koning
bap 14 Jun 1657
3. Hayman Adriansen Koning
bap 17 Apr 1659
m. 31 Oct 1683 Marritie Andries
d. Abt. 1705
4. Gysbert Koning
bap. 15 Jun 1662
5. Gysbert Koning
bap. 20 Sep 1665
6. Lijsbeth Koning
bap. 20 Sep 1665
m. 14 Dec 1688 Alexander Lamb
d. 4 Dec 1734
7. Maritje Koning
bap. 31 Oct 1668
m. 27 Dec 1698 John Layton
8. Jacob Koning
b. Abt. 1670
m. 8 Dec 1695 Margaritie Pieters
m. 25 Aug 1711 Claesie Jacobs Stille
m. 22 Jul 1754 Geertruijd Roosen
d. 28 May 1755
9. Jan Koning
bap. 18 Jun 1671
10. Johannes Koning
bap. 5 Dec 1674
Adriaen Jansen Koning
by Susan Brooke
Feb 2021
Ariaen Koning (Connick) was born about 1625, one of three children born to
Jan Gijsberts Koninck and Mareke Adraensdr. His mother died when he was a
young child and his father remarried and had another three children. In 1636,
when Adriaen was probably about 10 years old, his father "as husband of Mareke
Jansen (his second wife) and as father and guardian of his children by Mereke
Adriaensen" agreed that the children of both marriages would equally share their
parent's inheritance. (1) When the 2nd wife died, his father remarried
again and had two more children. We know this from the estate settlements
of his father who died in 1646. (1) Adriaen Koning was probably
about 21 when his father died. The record states, "Adriaen Jansen, Gijsbert
Jansen and Mareke Jansen receive for their maternal heritage the house where Jan
Gijsbertsen used to live." This record clearly puts Adriaen Koning as a
child of the first marriage. The house of Jan Gijsbertsen Coninck, his
father, was next to the home of his father's brother, Adriaen Gijsbertsen
Coninck. (1)
Three years later on 15 Mar 1650, Adriaen Jansen Koning of Wel married Lyske
Damen. (2) He is reported to have been an innkeeper in Wel. (3) And in a couple
of the baptismal records from that time he is referred to as "Capper" or
vulgo "de kapper" which may translate to barber. (4) Together they had at
least 4 children by 1663 when they decided to sail on the Bonte Koe for America.
The ship's record reads "Adriaen Jansen Konink from Wel, and Wife and four
children 8, 6, 4 yrs & 6 mos." (5)
The 6 months old infant on this ship was named Gijsbert and he must have died
shortly after their arrival, because in 1665 Adriaen and his wife Lyske had
twins baptized and one of them was also named Gijsbert. (4) They had at least 4
more children in New York after that with the last being baptized in 1674.
Also in 1674 Adriaen purchased a house with a yard. It was on "Heerestraet with
house number 3." (6)
Adriaen died sometime around 1691 as his widow remarried on 11 Aug 1691.
He was probably in his mid 60's.
Sourcs
(1) Geneanet - Jan Gijsbertsen de Koninck tree owner Peter Joost van GEFFEN
(2) Marriage
16 Feb - 15 Mar 1750
Arian Jansen Konink of Wel
Lyske Damen
J. D. Van Herpt
(3) Koning Biography, by George King Nichols, Ann Ward Freehafer Andersen,
and Marcia War Richie
New York Genealogical & Biographical Register, Vol 136,
2005
"Before coming to America, Adriaen Jansen Koning was an innkeeper at Well,
Gelderland, the Netherlands. A settlement had been in existence at Well since
about 1000 A.D., a church and a brewery and a few homes clinging to the dike by
the Maas River. Well, Nederhemert, Ammerzoden, Slijkwell, Wellseind and
Delwijnen are all small villages in the southern part of the Bommelerwaard in
Gelderland. Ammerzoden lies just to the east of Well and Slijkwell and Wllseind
lie along the dike to the northwest, following the bend in the Maas. Adriaen's
ancestors lived in the area before 1516. His great-great-grandfather, Jan
Gijsbertsen de Conick (as his surname was usually written), first appears in the
records in that year.
Adriaen's father, Jan Gijsbertsen Koning, was dead by 26 November 1646 when his
estate was settled, with Adriaen named as one of the heirs. Three years later,
on 15 March 1650, Adriaen married Elisabeth Damen at the Dutch reformed Church
in Well. Elisabeth was from Herpt, across the Maas River southwest of Well.
Their first four children, Adam, Jan, Heyman, and Gijsbert, were baptized at the
same church in Well.
In 1663, this family emigrated from the Netherlands to New Amsterdam, departing
Amsterdam 16 April on de bonte Koe (the Spotted Cow)."
On June 28 1674 during the brief return to Dutch rule, Pieter Schaefbanck, Court-messenger of the renamed City of New Orange, conveyed to Ariaen Jansz Coonick, by deed, a house and lot located on the east side of the High or Broad Way, having to the north the house and lot of Harmen Smeman and to the south the lot of the grantor, butting with the eastern extremity against the garden of Domine Samuel Drisius, deceased.
Adriaen died, probably in New York City, before 11 August 1691 when Elizabeth Konning, widow, and Huybert Atents of New York City, clerk, obtained a marriage license. Elizabeth was living on 23 July 1699 when she was a witness at the baptism of her son Heyman Koning's son Adam. (witnesses; Jan Layton, Elizabeth Damme, wife of Hybert Arentse.) She was probably deceased by 24 January 1709/10 when letters of administration on the estate of Hubert Artentsen of New York City, lately deceased intestate, were issued to his daughter Hellegonda Van Schlechtenhorst without any mention of his wife.
(4) Baptisms of children
fhl film 920401 Jan (14 Jun 1657) Aerjan Jansz Coningh alias Capper Lijske Damen Witness: Abram Hendrick |
fhl film 920401 Heyman (17 Apr 1659) Aerjan Janse Coninck Lijske Damen |
fhl film 920401 Gysbert (15 Jun 1662) Aerjan Janse Coninck alias vulgo "den kapper" Lijske Damen |
Wikitree Lysbeth and Gysbert (twins) 20 Sep 1665 Adriaen Janszen Koninck Lysbeth Damen Witnesses: Claertje Evels, Geertruyd Jans |
Wikitree Maria 31 Oct 1668 Adriaen Janszen Lysbeth Adams Witnesses: Aechtie Jans, tryn Jans |
Wikitree Jan 18 Jun 1671 Adriaen Janszen Lysbeth Adams Witnesses: Jan; Tryn Jans |
Wikitree Johannes 5 Dec 1674 Adriaen Janszen, Lysbeth Ariaens Witneses: Carsten Luurzen, Sytie Ariaens |
(5)
Passenger List Bonte Koe
Sailed from Amsterdam 16 April 1663, arrived in New Amsterdam between 11 May
1663 and 17 August 1663
Adriaen Jansen Konink from Wel, and Wife and four children 8, 6, 4 yrs. & 6 mos.
(6) Wikitree
On July 28, 1674, during a short-term restoration of Dutch authority, Pieter Schaefbanck, a court messenger of the renamed city of New Orange, sold to Adriaen Jansen Koninck van Well; a house with a yard on the east side of the High of Broadway. The building and plot bordered on the north side with the possession of Harmen Smeman and in the south to that of the salesman Pieter Schaefbank and in the far east, it hit the garden of Reverend Samuel Drisius, who had already died. On the basis of the city's Castello Map in 1660, we can now determine exactly where the family lived. The fence on the north side of Adriaen Koninck's plot was between the current Manhattan Insurance Builiding and Broadway nr 74 and straight through his backyard later New Street where the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) now stands. Adriaen lived with his family in Heerestraet with house number 3.
An interesting aside
Daniel Brouwer, the great grandson of David Demarest, the immigrant, married Maria Koning, the great granddaughter of Adriane Koning, another immigrant, on 10 Oct 1743 in Hackensack, New Jersey. David Demarest and Adriane Koning came to New York from Amsterdam on the same ship. The Spotted Cow left Amsterdam on April 16, 1663.
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