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FIRST GENERATION
1. Adriaen Van Woggelum. Born in Woggelum, North Holland. Died, before 1652,
in Netherland, Holland.
Adriaen, of whom nothing more is certainly known than his first name which we
derive from the patronymic of his sons, was probably a resident of the village
of Woggelum near Alkmaar in North Holland. No record of him has been found on
this continent and he undoubtedly died in the Netherlands but not before he had
married a woman named Anneke Pieters, native of Holstein, by whom he had at
least two sons. It may be that he resided for a time at Utrecht, since one of
his sons is sometimes called van Utrecht. Following the death of Adriaen,
Anneke Pieters married, second, 2 Mar 1631 in Alkmaar, a man with the
quaint name of Jacques Kinnekom, and that is all we know of him other
than on the marriage certificate
(a copy provided by Jan van Woggelum in 2003)
is Jacques was a "schotsman, soldaat onder den coll. Balcklough"
(Scottisch, soldier under Colonel Balcklough) . At any rate, Anneke Pieters
took the vows of matrimony for a third time at the Manhattan Dutch
Church on 22 Nov. 1652 when she is described as from Holstein, widow of
Jacques Kinnekom, and the third husband, Barent Janse Bal, from Velthuysen in
t' Graefschap Benthem (Vetthuysen in the County of Benthem). By 1660 Bal was
dead, for there is a court record of that year which calls Anneke his widow.
She was present and a witness at the wedding of her grandson Jan Pieterszen
which took place at Brooklyn on 10 Feb 1664. She died in December 1669,
probably at Albany.
(Copied from "The Easy-Going Van Woggelums" by George E. McCracken)
He married Anneke Pieters. Born in Holstein, Holland. Died, Dec 1669, in
Albany, New York. Children:
2 i. Pieter Adriaense.
ii. Jacob Adriaense vanUtrecht. Born in Woggelum, Holland.
Occupation: Innkeeper.
SECOND GENERATION
2. Pieter Adriaense Van Woggelum. Born in Woggelum, Holland. Died, after
1680, in Albany, New York.
Pieter Adriaense, native, doubtless, of Woggelum, was of such a temperament
that he was generally known in Beverwyck by one form of another of the Dutch
word for "easy going" or "so easy going." Thus, in a court order of 1652 he is
called Gemakelyck and in a signature to a power of attorney he signed as
Soogemackelick. This was soon shortened, at least when applied to his son Jan,
to Mackelick and after that there was no limit to the varieties in which this
word was spelled by scriveners both Dutch and English. At the same time it was
well known that the family had come originally from Woggelum, so that a second
surname, Van Woggelum, also spelled variously, with and without the 'van,'
began to compete with "easy going" and ultimately won the day. If any
descendants now bear a surname derived from Mackelick, we have not found a
trace of them.
This Pieter Adriaense died without probate but was living as late as 7 June
1681 (Court Minutes of Fort Orange, 2:335). Nothing is know of his wife except
that she was ordered to appear in Court on 2 July 1678. The marriage was
contracted, of course, in the Netherlands. In 1664 Pieter had a patent for a
bowery or farm and home lot in Schenectady but sold it in 1670 to Helmar Otten
for 35 beavers. On 14 May 1672 Pieter Adriaense Soo Machelyck was grantee
(Pearson, p. 493). He was called 'vorzoon,' i.e. child by a former marriage, of
Anna Pieterse, widow of Baren Janse Bal. Only three children are known.
(Copied from "The Easy-Going Van Woggelums" by George E. McCracken)
He married an unknown woman. Children:
3 i. Jan Pietersen.
ii. Pieter Pietersen. Born in Amsterdam, Holland, (Netherlands).
Died, 1724, in New York. Prob of Est: 21 Nov 1724, in New York.
Occupation: Yeoman. He married Antje Van Winkel, 14 Nov 1709, in
Manhattan Dutch, Church, New York.
Pieter Pietersen, in 1669 owned a lot and garden at Lubberde's
Land (part of Troy). In 1672 he bought of Myndert Janse Wemp of
Schenectady a bowery formerly belonging to Wemp's father, but he
later sold it to Dirck Van der Hayden. He resided in Albany in
1682 when his brother made his first will in his house. If then
married there is no evidence found of a wife or chidlren. In
1684 he was skipper of the open boat Unity, plying between New
York and Albany. On 10 Oct. 1696 he witnessed in Richmond County
court. As Pieter Van Woegelum bethrothed to Antje Van Winkel at
Manhattan Dutch Church, 14 Nov. 1709, a very late marriage.
Peter Woglum of New York, yeoman, made his will 23 Oct. 1724,
probated 21 Nov. 1724 (Coll. NY Hist. Soc. Wills 2:304), naming
his wife Anna as executrix, but she died before probation and
instead the two heirs, Adrian Woglum, his brother's son, and
Adrian's wife Zelitie, were made administrators. The will was
witnessed by Mattler Hock, Abraham Messier and Peter Merselum.
There was obviously no surviving issue.
(Copied from "The Easy-Going Van Woggelums" by George E.
McCracken)
iii. Female. Born in Amsterdam, Holland, (Netherlands). She married
Jan Mangelson.
THIRD GENERATION
3. Jan Pietersen Van Woggelum. Born, circa 1647, in Amsterdam, Holland,
(Netherlands). Died, 1719, in Staten Island, Richmond Co, New York. Prob of
Est: 8 Apr 1719, in Richmond Co, New York.
Jan Pietersen Van Woggelum, son of Pieter Adriaense by wife unknown, is well
recorded. His surname appears as Mackelyck, Makkalie, Maklys, and other
variants of "easy going" and also is found in numerous variants of Van
Woggelum. Though in general Mackelyck tended to give way to Van Woggelum, one
of his last signatures, on the will of Yellis Ingart, has Maklys.
In the well-known census of Staten Island printed by Stillwell and dated
tentatively by him in 1706, though it is preserved with other censuses taken in
1698, the age of this Jan is given as 62. His son Adrian is given the age of 28
and since we know tht Adrian was baptized on 20 March 1681, he would, if
baptized soon after birth have been 28 about 1709. This would place Jan's birth
in 1647 and make him only 17 when he married, so that it is probable that the
census is earlier than 1709, even earlier than 1706, and it may also be that
the ages are inexactly given. Whatever the year of his birth, Jan Pietersen was
born at Amsterdam, as he states in the earlier of his two wills and as is
stated in the records of both his marriages.
Jan Pieterszen, young man from Amsterdam, and Styntie Jans, young woman from
Ootmarsum (Province of Overyssel, near the German border), were married at the
Brooklyn Dutch Church on 10 Feb. 1664, and the record states the relationship
of the three witnesses: Anna Pieters, groom's grandmother; Johannes Marcus,
Bride's stepfather; Esje Hendricks, bride's mother. The father (Jan) of the
bride was therefore dead and her maternal grandfather was named Hendrick, but
this information though useful, has not helped us identify the bride further.
We are not, however, without additional information of interest. In the month
of December 1653 the New Amsterdam schepens were concerned with a suit
involving payment of two beavers for a half barrel of soap not delivered. The
plaintiff was Elsje Hendricks, the defendant Jacobus Backer. On the first of
the month plaintiff appeared and claimed that she had agreed to pay two beavers
for a half barrel of soap, had sent the money to the defendant with her little
girl, but that the defendant still had the soap. A week later she produced in
court a witness named Harmon the cooper who deposed that he had been in the
cellar of Jacobus Backer's house when Elsje Hendrick's little girl had appeared
and paid the two beavers to Jacobus Backer. He could say no more, as he had
then left. Since Backer made no attempt to disprove this testimony, the
defendant was adjudged in default and doubtless the soap was duly delivered.
Since no husband appears in this record, it seems probable that Elsje Hendricks
was then a widow, supporting herself and one child or more as a laundress. Who
else would need so much soap? It seems entirely possible that the laundress was
identical with the later wife of Johannes Marcus and that the little girl who
trudged over with the two beavers was the future wife of Jan Pietersen.
It has already been intimated that Jan Pietersen made two wills. This is, of
itself, not unusual, but few men have two wills duly executed and recorded. The
first bears date of 4 Sept. 1682. No date of probation is recorded, and this
will was not probated in the normal fashion after death of the testator. Jan
Pietersen was sick in bed at the house of his brother Pieter Pietersen in
Albany and, fearing that he would die, executed the will, after which it was
witnessed by the Commissary Cornelis Van Dyck and Harman van Gansevoort, and
then carried off by notary Adriaen van Ilpendam, and recorded. Testator
recovered, however, and doubtless forgot the will, for he lived 36 years more
and died in another county. He states that he was born in Amsterdam, that his
wife Stintje Jans was born at Ootmars and is living at Kil van Kol, near
Pallmars Mills, i.e. on Staten Island, and that they have children unnamed.
Wife is made sole heiress and executrix. So far as they go, these details are
all in harmony with the first marriage record.
Stintje Jans became a member of the Albany church at the end of 1683 but must
have died soon afterwards, for Jan Pietersen Mackelich, again stated to have
been born at Amsterdam, widower of Styntje Jans, married at Brooklyn on 21 Oct.
1685, a second wife, Mrs. Hendricka Strockels, born at Deventer, widow of
Monsieur Michiel Hainel, but there were no witnesses to this marriage as such.
Jan Pietersen Mackelyck and Hendricka Strockells are mentioned in a Kings
County deed dated 10 Sept. 1687 and they held two mortgages dated 30 July 1693
and 3 May 1698.
The second and final will of John Wooglam, County of Richmond, dated 1 Mar
1717/18, probated 8 April 1719, mentions no wife or daughter, and of
grandchildren only children of deceased son John. We think it probable that the
testator had made marriage settlements upon his daughters, though the abstract
of the will does not say so. It does mention beloved son Adrian; grandson Dowe
Wooglam, eldest son of deceased son John, Dowe's mother Blandina who is still
living; Dowe's sister under 15, his brother John, but not his brother
Cornelius, and the four grandchildren are named: Dowe, John, Christina,
Blandina; executors: brother Pieter and son Adrian; witnesses: Mercy Butler,
James Simpkins, Augustus Graham.
(Copied from "The Easy-Going Van Woggelums" by George E. McCracken)
He married, first, Styntje "Christiana" Jans, daughter of Mr Jans and
Elsje Hendricks, 10 Feb 1663/4, in Brooklyn, Dutch Church, Richmond Co, New
York. Born in Ootmarsum, Providence of, Overysel, Holland. Died, circa 1684, in
Albany, New York. Children:
4 i. Christiana "Stintje Jans".
ii. Margriet "Grietje". Born, 1677, in Brooklyn, New York. Baptism:
30 Sep 1677, in Brooklyn, New York.
5 iii. Jan "John".
iv. Adriaen "Adrian". Born, 1681, in New York. Baptism: 20 Mar
1680/1, in Flatbush, New York. He married Agatha Jans, 25 Mar
1715.
v. Trientie "Catharine". She married Yellis Ingart.
vi. Helletie.
He married, second, Hendricka Strockels, 21 Oct 1685, in Brooklyn, New
York. Born in Deventer.
FOURTH GENERATION
4. Christiana "Stintje Jans" Van Woggelum. Born, 1667, in Brooklyn, New
York. Baptism: 30 Oct 1667, in Brooklyn, Dutch Church, Richmond Co, New York.
She married Thomas Pursell. Born, circa 1666, in Ireland. Died, circa
1738, in Kent Co, Delaware. Children:
6 i. John.
7 ii. Dennis.
iii. Daniel.
iv. Thomas Jr.
5. Jan "John" Van Woggelum. Born, circa 1679, in New York. Died, 1713, in
New York. Prob of Est: 22 Jul 1713, in New York.
He married Blandina ( ), circa 1701. Children:
i. Dowe.
ii. John.
iii. Cornelius.
FIFTH GENERATION
6. John Pursell. Born, 1698, in Staten Island, Richmond Co, New York. Died,
after 1758. Baptism: 7 Sep 1698, in Richmond Dutch, Church, Port Richmond, New
York.
He married Hannah Hall, circa 1718. Born, circa 1700. Children:
i. Thomas. Born, 1720, in New Jersey. Died, 1779, in Loudoun Co,
Virginia. Baptism: Apr 1720, in Dutch Church, Readington,
Hunterdon Co, NJ. He married Mary Van Hook, daughter of Henry
Van Hook.
ii. Christiana "Stintje". Born, 1722, in Readington, Hunterdon Co,
New Jersey. Died, 1807, in Haycock Twp, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania.
Baptism: 1 Mar 1724/5, in Dutch Church, Readington, Hunterdon
Co, NJ. Burial in Richland Meeting, Graveyard, Bucks Co, PA.
Prob of Est: 28 Mar 1807, in Bucks Co, Pennsylvania. She married
Jacob Strawn (Strawhen), son of Lancelot Strawn (Strawhen,
Straughan) and Mary Buckman Cooper, 1741, in Bethlehem Twp,
Hunterdon Co, New Jersey.
7. Dennis Pursell. Born, 28 Apr 1708, in Raritan Twp, New Jersey. Died in
Nockamixon, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania. Baptism: 28 Apr 1708, in Raritan, Dutch
Church, New Jersey. Occupation: Yeoman.
He married Ruth Cooper, daughter of Henry Cooper Sr and Mary Buckman
Cooper, 18 Sep 1728, in New Jersey. Born, circa 1704, in Bucks Co,
Pennsylvania.
Children:
i. John. Died, Dec 1804, in Nockamixon Twp, Bucks Co, Pennsylvania.
He married Anne W Coon (Coomb) in Pennsylvania.
