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Generation Four

14. CAPT. GERRIT JANSZ⁴ HARDENBERGH (Jan Jacobsz³van Hardenbergh, Jacob Joppen²van Hardenberch, Job Hendricxsz¹);⁶⁶^,⁶⁷^,⁶⁸^,⁶⁹^,⁷⁰^,⁷¹^,⁷² born 17 February 1638/39 at Maarsen, Utrecht,, Netherlands;⁷³^,⁷⁴ married Jaepie Schepmoes, daughter of Jan Jansen Schepmoes and Sara Pieterse Van Naerden, 1665 at New York City, New York County, New York;⁷⁵^,⁷⁶^,⁷⁷ died 24 December 1678 at New York,, at age 39.⁷⁸^,⁷⁹

He had 8 children, only 1 a son.⁸⁰ Gerrit Janse Hardenbergh, son of Jan, was owner and captain of a sloop, known as the Royal Albany, which plied between New York and Albany on the Hudson River. It was a vessel of goodly dimensions, as May 19th, 1690, he and his sloop were commissioned to war against the French in Canada, by Governor Jocob Leisler, who addressed him as "Captain Janse Hardenbergh, Commander of the sloop Royal Albany, in whose prudence, courage and ability, he reposed great trust and confidence."

He married, about 1666, Jaepie Schepmoes, daughter of Jan Jansen Schepmoes, a near neighbor in New Amsterdam of his father. In 1669, he purchased a lot in Albany on Chapel Street and Maiden Lane. He bought another on Maiden Lane, between North Pearl and Chapel Streets, in 1672, and in 1676, another on State Street, between North Pearl and Chapel Streets. He had a child baptized in Albany in 1683, but in 1686 he and his wife appear as residents of New York City, in a list of the members of the Reforned Church of New York, made by the Reverend Henricus Selyns, and are then represented as dwelling in a house on Pearl Street between State and Whitehall Streets. He left eight children, his only son being Major Johannes Hardenbergh.

⁸¹ As of 1663, he signed his name as Gerrit van Herttenberc for the first time in records of Albanay.⁸² He signed his name as Gerrit Jansz Herttenbergh on other early documents in Albany.⁸³ His name has been spelled Gerrit Janse Hardenbergh. His will was made on 24 December 1678; The will is in Dutch and is only partly preserved.⁸⁴

JAEPIE SCHEPMOES⁸⁵^,⁸⁶^,⁸⁷^,⁸⁸^,⁸⁹^,⁹⁰ was born on 6 January 1646/47 at New York.⁹¹^,⁹²^,⁹³ She died 29 November 1732 at New York,, at age 85.⁹⁴^,⁹⁵^,⁹⁶

Known children of Capt. Gerrit Jansz⁴ Hardenbergh and Jaepie Schepmoes were as follows:

17. i. LYSBETH⁵ HARDENBERGH;⁹⁷^,⁹⁸^,⁹⁹^,¹⁰⁰^,¹⁰¹ born 1668 at Albany (Coloney of New Netherlands), Albany County, New York;¹⁰²^,¹⁰³^,¹⁰⁴^,¹⁰⁵ married Col. Leonard Lewis, son of Thomas Lewis and Barents Albertsen, 16 November 1688 at Reformed Dutch Church, Albany,, New York;¹⁰⁶^,¹⁰⁷^,¹⁰⁸^,¹⁰⁹^,¹¹⁰^,¹¹¹^,¹¹² died 19 August 1730.¹¹³

She was also known as ELIZABETH HARDENBERGH. Children for Lysbeth and Leonard are listed on pg. 20 of "The Hardenbergh Family". They can also be found on World Family Tree, Vol 2, # 3391. World Family Tree, Vol. 3, Pedigree #3585 has descendants for Lysbeth Hardenbergh and Leonard Lewis for 9 more generations.
+ 18. ii. MAJOR JOHANNES HARDENBERGH SR., born 1670 at Albany, Albany County, New York,; married Hillegonde Meyers; married Catherine Rutsen.
+ 19. iii. SARA HARDENBERGH, born 1672 at Albany (Coloney of New Netherlands), Albany County, New York,; married Jan Fini.
20. iv. MARY HARDENBERGH;¹¹⁴^,¹¹⁵^,¹¹⁶^,¹¹⁷ born 1674 at Albany,, New York;¹¹⁸^,¹¹⁹^,¹²⁰^,¹²¹ married William Pead 4 June 1694 at New York;¹²²^,¹²³ died at an unknown date.
21. v. NEELTJE HARDENBERGH;¹²⁴^,¹²⁵^,¹²⁶^,¹²⁷ born 1677 at New York City, New York County, New York;¹²⁸^,¹²⁹^,¹³⁰^,¹³¹ married Jacob Ten Eyck 21 February 1699/0;¹³²^,¹³³ died 22 March 1750/51.¹³⁴^,¹³⁵^,¹³⁶^,¹³⁷

Children for Neeltje and Jacob are listed on pg. 21and 22 of "The Hardenbergh Family."
22. vi. RACHEL HARDENBERGH;¹³⁸^,¹³⁹^,¹⁴⁰^,¹⁴¹ born 1679 at Albany,, New York;¹⁴²^,¹⁴³^,¹⁴⁴^,¹⁴⁵ married William Grant 1 November 1704;¹⁴⁶^,¹⁴⁷ died at an unknown date.

She had at least one child. His name is William Grant and is listed on pg. 21 of "The Hardenbergh Family."¹⁴⁸ Her name on the marriage license was spelled RACHEL HARDENBROOK.
23. vii. CORNELIA HARDENBERGH;¹⁴⁹^,¹⁵⁰^,¹⁵¹^,¹⁵² born 1681 at Albany,, New York;¹⁵³^,¹⁵⁴^,¹⁵⁵^,¹⁵⁶ married John Waldron 27 October 1704 at New York City, New York County, New York;¹⁵⁷^,¹⁵⁸^,¹⁵⁹ died at an unknown date.

Her name was spelled CORNELIA HARDENBROOK on her marriage license.¹⁶⁰ Cornelia Hardenbergh's birth date is past the death date of her father (Gerrit Janse Hardenberg). Further research is needed to determine what data is incrorrect. She had children. Children for Cornelia and John are listed on pg. 22 of "The Hardenbergh Family."¹⁶¹
24. viii. BERENDINA HARDENBERGH;¹⁶²^,¹⁶³^,¹⁶⁴^,¹⁶⁵^,¹⁶⁶ baptized 28 October 1683 at First Dutch Reformed Church, Albany, Albany County, New York;¹⁶⁷^,¹⁶⁸ married Andreas Ten Eyck, son of Coenradt Ten Eyck and Maria Boel, 1 February 1709/10 at Dutch Reformed Church, New York City, New York County, New York; Children for Berendina and Andreas are list of pg. 23 of "The Hardenbergh Family;"¹⁶⁹^,¹⁷⁰^,¹⁷¹^,¹⁷²^,¹⁷³ died 21 March 1729/30 at age 46.¹⁷⁴

She was also known as BARENDINA HARDENBERGH.¹⁷⁵ She was also known as BLANDINA HARDENBERG.¹⁷⁶

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