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van Ness-van Nest in America & Descendants of Pieter Van Nest
Excerpt from the ANCESTORS AND DESCENDANTS OF SIMON VAN NESS AND HESTER
DELAMETER, by David M. Riker, genealogist of the Holland Society of New York
used with his permission.
"Cornelius Hendrickse Van Ness, the grandfather of Simon Van Ness, was born
circa 1600 in the Netherlands. He had lived at Vianen, on the Haverdijk, in
south Holland during the year 1625 and had probably been married shortly before
to Maeyken Hendricks van den Burchgraeff. She was from the neighboring town of
Leksmond and a daughter of Hendrick Adriaensz van den Burchgraeff and Annetje
Jans. The ancestors of Cornelius were from the nearby town of Noordeloos.
Cornelix was a son of Hendrick VanNes. He brought from Holland his wife and
three of his children, including Hendrick the father of Simon Van Ness.
..."
"Cornelius and his first wife Maeyken had the following issue: Grietie,
Gerritie, Hendrick, Hendrickie, Gerrit, and Jan."
I'm no expert but "Roots" which provides family crests indicates
that Nest and Ness have the same family crest. To me that would mean that they
have the same source way back.
Van Ness arrived in New Amsterdam (now New York City) in 1644 and descendants
were very prominent: lawyers, judge, etc. I found that the Van Buren home south
of Kinderhook was purchased by Van Buren from Judge Peter Van Ness and the home
has been refurbished by National Park Service. The Van Ness family is buried
behind the home. The famous Dutch Admiral and his Captain sons from early 1600's
are Van Ness's.
Van Nest, Pieter, arrived in 1647, apparently
from Utrecht. I understand that Van Ness/Nest come from the Friesland area of
the Netherlands (north-east on German border). All the Van Nest's in North
America descend from this Pieter - so I understand. Atleast, I haven't seen any
VN's who have descended from another Van Nest immigrant.
PS: a few descendants have taken it upon themselves to change their name to Van
Ness [two of Cyrus Judson's sons, just to confuse matters :-)].
Does everyone concur with the above? Paul Van Nest
[2843] The Van Nest family was originally from the Netherlands, and
the name is variously spelled in colonial records as van Ess, van Ness, van
Nest, and van Neste. The pioneer in America, Pieter Van Nest, resided at the
time of his emigration in Nes, one of three villages on the island of Ameland,
off Friesland, between which province and the island lies De walden Sound.
Members of the van Nest family became illustrious in ancient days, one, in the
sixteenth century, acting as Councilor of William the Silent, Prince of Orange.
Vice-Admiral van Nest took part in the famous expedition against England in
1666, engaging in the battle off North Foreland, Kent. His ships, and those of
Admiral Tromp, were so badly crippled that they had to be abandoned, but the
commanders survived and led brilliantly until obliged to retreat. The following
year, 1667, Admiral van Nest blocked the mouth of the Thames, while Admiral De
Ruyter threatened the English Coast, causing consternation and terror there.
An article out of the "Somerset County Genealogical Society" says
Pieter Pieterszen Van Neste, the progenitor of the Van Neste family in America,
was born circa 1625, perhaps at Utrecht, The Netherlands.
My great grandmother was Emeline Van Nest born Aug 16, 1832.....and her line
goes clear back to Pieter Pietersen Van Neste, from Holland..? around 1647.
According to my information, he settled in Brooklyn, New York. He was married to
Judith Rapalje, daughter of Joris Jansen Rapalje and Catalina Tricot.
Pieter and Judith were the parents of 8 children.
If you have information dating further back than Pieter Pieterson Van Neste, I'd
love to hear from you.
Thanks,
Jeannie
My info on my Van Nest line is sketchy. Any and all help would be very much
appreciated. I especially need dates and places to go with all the names.
My line dates back to Pieter Pieterson, who, according to my records, came to
America in 1647 from Amsterdam. I then decend through Pieter's son Joris, then
his son Pieter, then his son Jan, then Jan's son John W., then his son Furman,
and finally my great grandmother, Emeline.
I have seen many familiar names here on this site and would love to share info
with anyone interested.
Thanks,
Jeannie Hirz
mjhirz@moseslake-wa.com
Hi Monique and welcome. We have our line back to the late 1700s with Jacob
and Catherine Hall Vannest of Somerset, NJ. Some of the children of Peter came
to Somerset and were called the first family of Somerset. We are still trying to
make one more connection to finally make our link complete to Peter. I have some
very early Vannest research that says there was a Vannest at court in France in
the 1600s or there about. Also the Trico (spelled many ways) goes way back in
France. They were weavers and supposedly the material now known as tricot (I
dont sew so that is a good guess) is named after the family. There was
supposedly a Admiral in the early court years that was a Vannest also. I will
have to look the info up and try to post some of it. I believe the Vannests went
from France to Holland then to the US
Descendants of Pieter Van Nest
Generation
No. 1
1. PIETER1
VAN NEST1,2
was born WFT Est. 1577-16133,
and died WFT Est. 1618-16953.
Child of PIETER
VAN NEST
is:
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i. |
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PIETER
PIETERSZEN2
VAN NEST,
b. Abt. 1625, Nes, Ameland Island, Friesland, Netherlands; d. March 20,
1697, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. |
Generation No. 2
2. PIETER
PIETERSZEN2
VAN NEST
(PIETER1)4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13
was born Abt. 1625 in Nes, Ameland Island, Friesland, Netherlands14,
and died March 20, 1697 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York14.
He married JUDITH
JORISE
RAPALJE15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27
1652 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York28,
daughter of JORIS
DE RAPALJE
and CATHERINE
TRICO.
She was born July 05, 1633 in New Amsterdam or Albany, New York29,30,31,
and died 1727 in Somerset County, New Jersey32,33,34.
Notes for PIETER
PIETERSZEN
VAN NEST:
[Source: The Early Germans of New Jersey; Their History, Churches and
Genealogies]
"PIETER PETERSEN VAN NEST (or Van Ness) who settled in Rarita**** as early
as 1683, m. Judith Rapalie (dau. of Joris Jansen), resided in Brooklyn 1675, his
name appearing in that year on the assessment roll; in New Amsterdam as early as
1659; probably came over 1650."
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[Source: Colonial Families of the United States of America, Volume 2]
"PETER PIETERSE VAN NEST immigrated from Utrecht, Holland, in 1647, to New
Amsterdam. His name appears on the list of the members of the Collegiate
Reformed Dutch Church since 1649. Removed to "The Wallabout". Was a
member of the Convention "holden at New Amsterdam to engage the several
Dutch Towns to keep up an armed force for public protection," 1663. In
1683, the family removed to New Jersey, and were the first Europeans to settle
in Somerset Col The family Bible was printed in Leyden in 1645. Took the oath of
allegiance at Brooklyn, 1687. m. Judith RAPALJE, b. 1635."
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[Source: Genealogy Report - Ancestors of Sarah Ann Smock]
Pieter Pietersen Van Nest420,421 was born circa 1625 in Nes, Ameland Island,
Friesland, the Netherlands (The Van Nest family was originally from the
Netherlands, and the name is variously spelled in colonial records as van Ess,
van Ness, van Nest, and van Neste. The pioneer in America, Pieter Van Nest,
resided at the time of his emigration in Nes, one of three villages on the
island of Ameland, off Friesland, between which province and the island lies De
walden Sound. Members of the van Nest family became illustrious in ancient days,
one, in the sixteenth century, acting as Councilor of William the Silent, Prince
of Orange. Vice-Admiral van Nest took part in the famous expedition against
England in 1666, engaging in the battle off North Foreland, Kent. His ships, and
those of Admiral Tromp, were so badly crippled that they had to be abandoned,
but the commanders survived and led brilliantly until obliged to retreat. The
following year, 1667, Admiral van Nest blocked the mouth of the Thames, while
Admiral De Ruyter threatened the English Coast, causing consternation and terror
there).422,423,424 He married Judith Joris Rapalje, daughter of Joris Jansen
Rapalje and Catalyntje Jeronomus Trico, in 1652 in Kings County, New York. He
died on 20 Mar 1697 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
He had a Family Bible printed in Leyden, Holland in 1645. He emigrated in 1647
from Nes, Ameland Island, Friesland, the Netherlands (Settled in Brooklyn, Kings
County, New York).425 He appeared on the list of members of the Collegiate
Reformed Dutch Church as of after 1649.426 He was a member of the Convention
"holden at New Amsterdam to engage the several Dutch Towns to keep up an
armed force for public protection" in 1663.427 He appeared on the
assessment roll in 1675 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York. Appeared on the
same rolls in 1676 and 1683.428 He is noted as of the Wallabout on Domine Van
Zuren's list of church members in 1677.429 He took the Oath of Allegiance to the
King of England in 1687 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
Children of Pieter Pietersen Van Nest and Judith Joris Rapalje were as follows:
i. Pieter Van Nest was born on 5 Oct 1653. He married Tryntje Jans after 1684.
He married Margaret Croisson on 13 Apr 1684. He died in 1728 in Somerset County,
New Jersey.
ii. Josina Pietersen Van Neste was born on 22 Jan 1656. She married Henrick
Corson Vroom circa 1676. She married Jacob Sebring after 1676. She died circa
Jan 1743 in Somerset County, New Jersey.
iii. Jeronimus Van Neste was born on 3 Jul 1658 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New
York. He married Neeltje Hendricks on 22 Aug 1691 in Flatbush, Kings County, New
York.
iv. Jacomyntie Van Neste was born on 25 May 1661 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New
York. She married Claes Arentse Tours on 13 Jul 1684 in New Jersey. She died on
10 Dec 1742 in Bergen County, New Jersey, at age 81.
v. Lysbeth Van Neste was born on 9 Apr 1665. She died before 1666 (Died young).
vi. Lysbeth Van Neste was born on 7 May 1666.
vii. Jannetje Van Neste was born on 19 Sep 1668.
viii. Cataline Pieterse Van Nest.
ix. Sara Van Neste was born on 16 Mar 1674 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.
She married Christoffel Steynmets in 1699. She died after 1 Jun 1732.
x. Joris Van Neste was born on 12 Jul 1676. He married Maria Reyniersen Van
Hengel circa 1699. He died in 1744.
xi. Marretje Van Neste was born on 1 Jun 1678 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New
York. She married David Willemsen circa 1698. She married Peter Bodine circa
1710. She died after Mar 1732 in Somerset County, New Jersey.
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[Source: 22592.ged]
Pieter Van Neste immigrated from Utrecht in 1647. He lived in Brooklyn, NY from
1675/6 until 1683. Around this time he & his family removed to Somerset Co.,
NJ. His family Bible was printed in Leyden, Holland in 1637.
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[Source: The Bergen Family, page 428]
1 Pieter Van Ness or "Van Nest" (as written by himself), came to this
country from the Netherlands, in 1647, m. Judith, dau, of Joris Janse Rapalie,
who was b. July 5, 1635, and settled in, Brooklyn, where his name appears among
those who took the bath of allegiance in 1687. His son Pieter Van Nest, Jun., m.
April 13, 1684, Margaretje Chrocheron, from Flanders, and a resident of Staten
Island. He left Brooklyn, settled on the Raritan previous to his marriage with
Margaretje, was a deputy for Somerset in the assembly of East New Jersey, in
1698, and from him and his brother Hironimus, who had a dau. Judith, bap. in the
Reformed Dutch Church of the Raritans, March 8, 1699, are probably descended the
New Jersey family of Van Ness or Neste.
There also emigrated to this country from Emberlandt, a Hendrick Gerritzen Van
Ness, who m. April 19, 1654, Anneken Wessels of Colen, as per Marriage Records
of Reformed Dutch Church of New York.
Nes is a village of 150 inhabitants in 1841, in Friesland, in the Netherlands.
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[Source: Somerset County Historical Quarterly Vol VI, pages 211-213]
THE VAN NEST FAMILY
Pieter Pietersen Van Neste, the common ancestor of the family, emigrated from
the Netherlands in 1647 and settled in Brooklyn; he married Judith (dau. of
Joris Jansen Rapalje and Catalina Trice), who was born July 5, 1635, and died
prior to June 6, 1726, on which date letters of administration were granted
Pieter Van Neste on the estate of Judith Van Neste, of Somerset co., N. J. It is
likely that Pieter Pieterse d. prior to 1698, as Judith Van Neste appears in the
Brooklyn census of that year as the head of a family. His name appears on the
assessment rolls of Brooklyn of 1675, 1676 and 1683; and is entered as of the
Wallabout on Dominie Van Zuuren's lists of church members of 1677; he took the
oath of allegiance in Brooklyn in 1687. Signed his name "Pieter Pietersen
Van Nest." Children:
1. Pieter; m. (1) Apr. 13, 1684, Margaret Crocheron, or Croisson, of Staten
Island; (2) Tryntie Jans. He was a member of the Brooklyn Dutch church in 1677,
and later settled in Somerset co., N. J., near Somerville, and was a member of
the Assembly of East New Jersey in 1699.
2. Jeronemus; m. at Flatbush, Aug. 22, 1691, Neeltje Hendricx. He was a member
of the Brooklyn Dutch church in 1677 and 1685, and it is said settled on the
Raritan in Somerset county, New Jersey, about 1683. Their daughter, Judith, was
baptized at Somerville, N. J., Mar. 8, 1699, and married Garret Van Vleet; her
baptism is the first recorded in the baptismal record of the Somerville church,
which was the first church in the Raritan valley.
3. Josina; m. Hendrick Cors Vroom, who was baptized Nov. 20, 1653, and was a son
of the immigrant, Cornelius Petersen Vroom. They settled near Somerville, N. J.,
at an early period. They were ancestors of Col. Peter D. Vroom and Gov. Peter D.
Vroom, of New Jersey.
4. Jacomyntie; m. June 22, 1684, Claes Arentse Tours, of Amsterdam, then living
at Bergen, N. J.
5. Catalyn, bapt. in N. Y., Mar. 3, 1672, Daniel Joriszen, Joris Jorissen, and
Marritie Loockermans being witnesses; m. Dirck Middagh, who was a son of the
immigrant, Aert Anthonisze Middagh and Breckje Hansen Bergen.
6. Joris, bapt. at N. Y., July 19, 1676; m. Maria Reyniersen (Van Hengel).
7. Lysbeth.
8. Marretje, bapt. at N. Y., June 4, 1678; Theunis Gysbertszen and Sara Joris,
witnesses.
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[Source: Somerset County Historical Quarterly, Vol VIII, page 252]
David Talmage was a robust youth, full of energy and given to feats of strength
and daring. Numerous trustworthy traditions handed down to us testify to his
fearlessness and courage. In stature he was tall and slender, rugged of feature,
and with the prominent nose and blue eyes so generally to be found in the family.
In his twenty-first year he married Catharine, a daughter of Peter Van Nest of
Somerville, and for several years the young couple made their home with her
family on the "Prince George" Van Nest estate on the road to North
Branch. The old house is still standing, its interior showing the low-studded
and -beamed ceilings characteristic of its time of building, and is now occupied
by Mr. Henry Garretson, also a descendant of Peter Van Nest.2
2The Van Nest family was originally from the Netherlands, and the name is
variously spelled in colonial records as van Ess, van Ness, van Nest, and van
Neste. The pioneer in America, Pieter Van Nest, resided at the time of his
emigration in Nes, one of three villages on the island of Ameland, off
Friesland, between which province and the island lies De walden Sound. Members
of the van Nest family became illustrious in ancient days, one, in the sixteenth
century, acting as Councilor of William the Silent, Prince of Orange.
Vice-Admiral van Nest took part
in the famous expedition against England in 1666, engaging in the battle off
North Foreland, Kent. His ships, and those of Admiral Tromp, were so badly
crippled that they had to be abandoned, but the commanders survived and led
brilliantly until obliged to retreat. The following year, 1667, Admiral van Nest
blocked the mouth of the Thames, while Admiral De Ruyter threatened the English
Coast, causing consternation and terror there.
The original patent to Peter Van Nest, (son of Pieter), the first of the family
to settle in New Jersey, consisted of a large tract of land along the north
branch of the Raritan River, in what was then East Jersey, situated between the
villages of North Branch and Somerville. In time this estate was partitioned off
among his heirs. The homestead was replaced some years ago by a building used at
the present time as the Community Home for the Poor and Aged. [For some
particulars of the early Van Nests in Somerset see QUARTERLY, Vol. VI, pp.
211-213.--EDITOR].
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[Source: Unknown]
Pieter came to America from the Netherlands in 1647 and settled in Brooklyn, NY.
The record of the family of Pieter and Judith is from an ancient Dutch Bible,
which was printed in 1637. A copy of it is in the Special Collections Dept. of
the Alexander Library, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
Notes for JUDITH
JORISE
RAPALJE:
[Source: Genealogy Report - Ancestors of Sarah Ann Smock]
Judith Joris Rapalje (Joris Jansen, #222) was born on 5 Jul 1635 in New
Amsterdam, Kings County, New York. She married Pieter Pietersen Van Nest in 1652
in Kings County, New York. She died on 21 May 1726 in Somerset County, New
Jersey, at age 90.
She appeared on the census of 1698 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York (Appears
as head-of-household).
Children of PIETER
VAN NEST
and JUDITH
RAPALJE
are:
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i. |
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PIETER
PIETERSEN3
VAN NEST,
b. July 12, 1653, New York (New Amsterdam), New York; d. Bef. April 12,
1728, Raritan, Somerset Co., New Jersey. |
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ii. |
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JOSYNTJE
PIETERSE
VAN NEST35,36,
b. January 22, 165637;
d. Abt. January 1743, Somerset County, New Jersey37;
m. (1) HENRICK
CORSON
VROOM37,
Abt. 167637;
m. (2) JACOB
SEBRING37,
Aft. 167637;
b. Bet. 1630 - 166038. |
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Notes
for JOSYNTJE
PIETERSE
VAN NEST:
[10676a.FTW]
[22592.ged]
She married Hendrick Vroom.
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JERONIMUS
PIETERSEN
VAN NEST39,40,41,42,43,44,
b. July 03, 1658, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York45;
d. February 02, 174746,47,48,49;
m. NEELTJE
HENDRICKS50,51,52,53. |
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JACOMYNTJE
PIETERSE
VAN NEST54,55,56,57,58,59,
b. May 25, 1661, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York60;
d. December 10, 1742, Bergen County, New Jersey60;
m. CLAES
ARENTSE
TOURS60,61,62,
July 13, 1684, New Jersey63. |
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v. |
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LYSBETH
VAN NESTE63,
b. April 09, 166563;
d. Bef. 166663. |
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vi. |
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LYSBETH
PIETERSE
VAN NEST64,65,
b. May 07, 166666. |
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vii. |
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JANNETJE
PIETERSE
VAN NEST66,67,68,69,70,
b. September 19, 166871,72,73,73. |
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viii. |
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CATALYNTJE
PIETERSE
VAN NEST,
b. March 1672, New York City, Kings County, New York. |
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ix. |
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SARAH
PIETERSE
VAN NEST74,75,76,77,78,
b. March 16, 1674, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York79;
d. Aft. June 01, 173279;
m. CHRISTOFFEL
STEYNMETS79,
169979. |
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x. |
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JORIS
PIETERSEN
VAN NEST,
b. July 12, 1676; d. 1744. |
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xi. |
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MARYTJE
PIETERSE
VAN NEST80,81,82,83,84,85,
b. June 01, 1678, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York86;
d. Aft. March 1732, Somerset County, New Jersey86;
m. (1) DAVID
WILLEMSEN86,
Abt. 169886;
m. (2) PETER
BODINE86,
Abt. 171086. |
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