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From: "Howard Swain" <>
Subject: Re: [D-Col] Jacob Alrichs
Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 12:09:04 -0800
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Hi Jerry,

From: "Jerry Vandiver" <>
Sent: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 10:00 AM
Subject: Re: [D-Col] Jacob Alrichs

> Thanks much, Howard. I was originally working on the
> Carpentier family in Brazil and noticed Jacob Alrichs
> name in the same collection of baptisms. The name
> stuck in my head more so because of Peter Alrichs than
> Jacob, so at first I did not pursue any of the
> records. I am still going through the baptisms and a
> couple of the Brazil folio's I received from the
> Netherlands a couple years ago ...
>
> Anyway:
>
> > From a footnote p. 227, we see that Alrichs was a
> >witness at a baptism in Recife on Dec 9, 1637.
>
> 14 June 1637 is the earliest baptism I found. Some
> interesting names in the baptisms I have pulled out so
> far (up to 1645 at this point).

You're right. I missed that one.

> > His last appearance in this article is as a witness
> >to a bap. on Nov 3, 1652. He is referred to as
> >Director Jacob Alrichs, Sr. So, I wonder if he had an
> >earlier son, Jacob.
>
> I noticed the same thing. There are not enough
> records in the Baptisms to say one may be the father
> and another the son. What happened to any of Jacob's
> children is now my question, which I will get to in a
> moment.
>
> > On pp 163-164 is a letter from Alrichs to Stuyvesant
> >telling of his arrival and that his ship, the Prins
> >Maurits, had run aground off Long Island on 12 March
> >1657. (I seem to recall we discussed this voyage
> >before here.)
>
> I noticed the discussion in the list archives. I
> forget who was actually being discussed, though. What
> I have been looking at is: Who can be found in Brazil
> and later in New Amsterdam? and; When did they arrive?
>
> > On p. 289 is a letter from William Beeckman to
> >Stuyvesant that says that Alrichs had died at New
> >Amstel on 30 Dec (1659). Letter dated 14 Jan 1660
> >from Altena.
> >
> > There appears to have been some dispute about
> >settling his estate. This involved Cornelis van Gesel
> >vs. d'Hinoyossa. Van Gesel was Alrich's nephew.
>
> Now this brings me to a couple things. Dr. Craig
> discusses Pieter Alrichs in his "1671 Census of the
> Delaware". What I found interesting is that it begins
> with Pieter Alrichs' plantation at Matinicum
> (Burlington) Island (Wharton listed the heads of
> household going south from there in geographic order)
> and ends with Pieter Alrichs' house at New Castle.
>
> Dr. Craig describes Pieter as Jacob's nephew, born in
> Niekerk, Groningen, Netherlands and having arrived
> with Jacob in 1657 at New Amstel. He figures
> conspicuously in the history of New Castle until he
> dies in 1697. I suppose my questions would be - 1)
> Why would the conflict over Jacob's estate involve Van
> Gesel vice Pieter (or did it include both?)?;

Riker says Van Gesel was the secretary of the Delaware Colony.
I also seem to recall that he was the executor of Jacob's estate.

> and 2) Is it a safe assumption that Jacob's own children had
> not survived? or did they remain in The Netherlands
> and simply never benefit from their father's holdings
> on the South River?

Don't know. I had initially thought Jacob died intestat,
but now I see in CDM p. 326 the mention of a will.
This is in the Writs of Appeal (vol XVI of O'Callaghan's numbering scheme).
I think this is part of what was published by Charles Gehring of NNP as
Laws and Writs of Appeal, 1647-1663.

Also, from CDM p. 300 there is mention of a letter from Stuyvesant to
the directors that has "report of the late vice-director Alrich's estate at the
Delaware". This Jan 8, 1663 letter also contained news that Long Island
had been annexed to Connecticut. There is a short abstract of this letter
in Documents Relative to the Colonial History, etc. by O'Callaghan.
But unfortunately, it deals only with the Long Island matter. I do not
think that this volume of Correspondence (XV) has been published, yet.

If he had a "will", I would assume it would be of the Dutch type and
recorded with the Secretary or Notary at New Amstel. I don't think
those have survived, but you might check Delaware Papers.

Interestingly, David Riker doesn't show any children for Jacob Alrichs
-- even the 2 shown in the Recife baptisms.

He does cite a book that may help you, though:
Jacob Alricks and his nephew Peter Alricks by E.A. Price.

Lastly, I'll mention this website:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Styx/6497/brazil.html

And this book:
Boxer, Ch. R. "The Dutch in Brazil 1624-1654"
As I recall, this is a history book. So, doesn't have much if anything
on the average people. But since Alrichs was a director, he may
be in there.

Regards,
Howard





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