Individual Details
Casparus Roelof WESTERVELT
(1688 - 1769)
Kasparus, the son of Roelof Westervelt and Orselena Stymets, was baptized 19 July 1694. The event was witnessed by Gerrit Stimetz and Arrientie Gerrits Van Huysen. [1] The Westervelt family genealogy [2] agrees with the date.
In accordance with Dutch baptism customs, we can infer that he was born within a few weeks prior to the baptism. However, Ancestry.com's Millennium File, a derivative compilation that does not identify its sources, gives this man a birth date of 1688. [3]
Many records use variants of his names, including "Kasparis" and "Casparus"; and "Westerveldt," "van Westervelt", and "van Westerveldt."
Casparus and Aeltie Bongaert were married at her parents' home in Hackensack on 7 May 1715. [4] [5] Westervelt [6] writes, "... the ceremony having undoubtedly taken place at the residence of her father, situated on what is now known as the Teaneck road, about 1-1/2 miles to the east of Hackensack, this property being part of the estate of the late William Walter Phelps."
The couple had eleven children, all born in New Jersey:
Orseltije Westervelt, bef 6 Nov 1715
Roelof Westervelt, 1718
Maritije Westervelt, bef 11 Sep 1720
Jan Westervelt, 2 May 1722
Anaetije Westervelt, 1724
Cornelius Westervelt, 4 Mar 1726 [N.S. date]
Benjamin Casparus Westervelt, 1727
Maria Westerveltm bef 17 Jan 1730 [N.S. date]
Elizabeth Westervelt, bef 9 May 1731
Jacobus Westervelt, 1733
Elisabeth Westervelt, bef 6 Jul 1735
From their marriage until about 1744, Casparus lived on land for which Casparus's father had received patents from the original proprietors. [6] About 1744, he removed to Dutchess County, New York, where he purchased 1600 acres of land south of Poughkeepsie and extending from the Hudson River to Wappingers Creek. Westervelt [7] provides the history of the land's ownership.
In 1755 record, in a compiled census substitute, shows him living in Schraalenburgh, Bergen County, New Jersey, [8] but this record may be an artifact of continuing church membership there. However, Westervelt [6] states that Casparus was never a member of the Hackensack or Schraalenburgh churches.
At some time between 1735 (the birth date of her eleventh child) and 1767 (the date of remarriage, Aeltie died and Casparus married Magdeline Luis, the widow of John Thomkins, in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County. [9] [10]
Casparus died during 1769. Find-A-Grave [11] states that he died in Hackensack, but was buried in the Westervelt Family Ground in Poughkeepsie. Westervelt [10] says that the family plot was near the Manchester Bridge over Wappingers Creek. (Editor's note: I lived there for nine years, but am unfamiliar with the name "Manchester Bridge"--JWM.)
Research Notes
In 1929 and 1938, respectively, Edmund Joseph Bennett and his brother Kingsley Lorillard Bennett, both natives of Sodus, New York, claimed membership in the Sons of the American Revolution based on the service of Derick Van Westervelt, identified as a grandson of Kasparas Westervelt. [12] [13]
Notes
1. "U. S. Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989," New Jersey > Hackensack > Hackensack, NJ, Book 62, image 128, "Kasparus, the son of Roelof Westervelt and Orselena Stymets was baptized [19 July 1694]. The witnesses are Gerrit Stimetz and Arrientie Gerrits Van Huysen." [The date is taken from the previous record in the register.]; citing p. 162 of imaged book.
2. Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family, p. 18.
3. "Millennium," Ancestry.com, 7 May 1715, Casparus R. Westervelt (born 1688), m. Aaltje Bogert, dau. of Jan Cornelius Borgert and Angenietje Strycker.
4. "U. S. Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989," indexed database of images of transcribed records, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6961 : downloaded 14 July 2018) New Jersey > Hackensack > Hackensack, NJ, Book 62, image 68, Kasparis Westerveld and Aeltie Bongaert, May 7[?], 1715; citing p. 86 of imaged book.
5. "Hackensack Reformed (Dutch) Church [Marriage] Records," William Nelson, editor, Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey: Marriage Records, 1665-1800, New Jersey Archives, 1st series, vol. XXII, (Paterson, New Jersey: The Press Printing and Publishing Co., 1900), p. 512; database index with page images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2794 : downloaded 14 July 2018).
6. Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family, p. 20.
7. Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family, p. 21; citing Liber 11, folio 424, recorded at Poughkeepsie, 12 Dec 1792.
8. "New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890," database index, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3562: viewed 22 July 2018), Casparus Westervelt, 1755, in NJ early census index; citing Ronald V. Jackson, New Jersey Census, 1643-1890, compiled from microfilmed schedules.
9. "U. S. Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989," New York > Poughkeepsie (The Flats) > Poughkeepsie and The Flats, Book 39, image 162, married following banns, 19 July 1766, Casparus Westervelt, wid., & Magdalena Luis, wid. of John Thomkins; citing Holland Society of New York, "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie", p. 159.
10. Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family, p. 22.
11. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, Casparus Roelof Westervelt, memorial id # 156243410.
12. "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2204: viewed 14 July 2018), Kasparas Westervelt, b. 1694, SAR membership # 48281, application date 22 Feb 1929.
13. "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2204: viewed 14 July 2018), Kasparas Westervelt, b. 1694, SAR membership # 55987, application date 22 Feb 1938.
Sources
* Nelson, William, editor. "Hackensack Reformed (Dutch) Church [Marriage] Records". New Jersey Archives, 1st series, vol. XXII. Paterson, New Jersey: The Press Printing and Publishing Co., 1900. Database index with page images. Ancestry.com. https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2794 : 2018. This is probably a transcription of a translation of the original records written, presumably, in Dutch.
* Westervelt, Walter Tallman. Genealogy of the Westervelt Family. New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905. Indexed page images of 1987 reprint. Hathi Trust. https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : 2018. The preface states that the book was prepared for publication by the widow of Walter Tallman Westervelt from his notes. The European part was done in Holland by family members without checking. The American part was done by Westervelt but the widow did not have access to the original notes.
* "Millennium." Database index. Ancestry.com. http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7249: 2018. This source is known to be unreliable because it is a compilation from sources of varying reliability.
* "New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890." Database index. Ancestry.com. https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3562: 2018.
* "U. S. Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989." Indexed database of images of transcribed records. Ancestry.com. https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6961 : 2018.
* "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970." Database index with images. Ancestry.com. http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2204: 2018; citing Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Louisville, KY, microfilm (508 rolls). This source is regarded as unreliable because of incomplete fact-checking in the older applications.
* Find A Grave, Inc. Find A Grave. Index and digital images. www.findagrave.com : 2018. This source is of varying reliability and most entries do not contain citations.
Events
| Birth | 1688 | Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, British America |  |  | |
| Birth | 1694 | | |||
| Baptism | 19 Jul 1694 | Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, British America | | ||
| Marriage | 7 May 1715 | at home of her parents - Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, British America - Aeltie BOGART | | | |
| Residence (family) | Bef 1744 | on the land that his father had patented from the Proprietors in 1695 - Bergen, New Jersey, British America - Aeltie BOGART | | ||
| Removed | 1744 | Dutchess, New York, British America | | ||
| Property | 10 Nov 1744 | 1600 acres of land about 3-1/2 miles south of Poughkeepsie, extending from the Hudson River to Wappingers Creek, - Dutchess, New York, British America | | | |
| Residence (family) | Aft 1744 | midway between Wappingers Creek and the Hudson River - Dutchess, New York, British America - Aeltie BOGART | | ||
| Residence | 1755 | Schraalenburgh, Bergen, New Jersey, British America | | ||
| Marriage | 19 Jul 1767 | Magdeline LEWIS | | ||
| Marriage | 19 Jul 1767 | Reformed Dutch Church, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, British America - Magdeline LEWIS | | ||
| Death | 1769 | Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, British America | | | |
| Alt name | Casparus R. WESTERVELT | | |||
| Alt name | Kasparus WESTERVELT | | |||
| Burial | Westervelt Family Ground, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, British America | | |||
| Religion | not listed as a member of the DRC in Hackensack nor in Schraalenburgh. | | |||
| Burial | (possibly) a plot for many Westervelts near Manchester Bridge on Wappingers Creek, Dutchess, New York, British America | | |||
| Burial | New Jersey, British America | |
Families
| Spouse | Aeltie BOGART (1692 - ) |
| Child | Orseltije WESTERVELT (1715 - ) |
| Child | Roelof WESTERVELT (1718 - ) |
| Child | Marietie WESTERVELDT (1720 - 1766) |
| Child | Jan WESTERVELT (1722 - ) |
| Child | Anaetije WESTERVELT (1724 - ) |
| Child | Cornelius WESTERVELT (1726 - 1785) |
| Child | Benjamin Casparus WESTERVELT (1727 - 1822) |
| Child | Maria WESTERVELT (1729 - 1774) |
| Child | Elizabeth WESTERVELT (1731 - 1732) |
| Child | Jacobus WESTERVELT (1733 - ) |
| Child | Elisabeth WESTERVELT (1735 - 1810) |
| Spouse | Magdeline LEWIS ( - ) |
| Father | Roelof Lubbert WESTERVELT (1659 - 1733) |
| Mother | Úrselina STEEMAN (1665 - 1731) |
| Sibling | Jannetije Roelof WESTERVELT (1689 - ) |
| Sibling | Geesje Roelof WESTERVELT (1691 - ) |
| Sibling | Johannes WESTERVELT (1696 - ) |
| Sibling | Ariatije Roelof WESTERVELT (1699 - ) |
| Sibling | Benjamin Roelof WESTERVELT (1702 - 1765) |
| Sibling | Maritije Roelof WESTERVELT (1705 - ) |
| Sibling | Annatije Roelof WESTERVELT (1707 - ) |
| Sibling | Orsoltije Roelof WESTERVELT (1710 - ) |
Notes
Birth
Date is from millenium filePlace is from marriage record
Marriage
According to Westervelt..."... the ceremony having undoubtedly taken place at the residence of her father, situated on what is now known as the Teaneck road, about 1-1/2 miles to the east of Hackensack, this property being part of the estate of the late William Walter Phelps. This marriage is recorded at Hackensack."
Property
The Westervelt source provides some history of the land ownership.Death
The source also claims a death place of Poughkeepsie, NYEndnotes
1. "U. S. Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989," indexed database of images of transcribed records, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961/ : downloaded 14 July 2018) New Jersey > Hackensack > Hackensack, NJ, Book 62, image 68, Kasparis Westerveld and Aeltie Bongaert, May 7[?], 1715; citing a handwritten book of the Holland Society of New York that appears to be a translation of the records, labeled in frontispiece, "B4 Hackensack, Bergen Co NJ", p. 86.
2. "Millennium ," database index, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7249: viewed 14 July 2018), 7 May 1715, Casparus R. Westervelt (born 1688), m. Aaltje Bogert, dau. of Jan Cornelius Borgert and Angenietje Strycker; citing The Millenium File, Heritage Consulting, Salt Lake City, UT.
3. "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2204: viewed 14 July 2018), Kasparas Westervelt, b. 1694, SAR membership # 55987, application date 22 Feb 1938; citing Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Louisville, KY, microfilm (508 rolls).
4. "U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970," database index with images, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2204: viewed 14 July 2018), Kasparas Westervelt, b. 1694, SAR membership # 48281, application date 22 Feb 1929; citing Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Louisville, KY, microfilm (508 rolls).
5. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 14 July 2018), Casparus Roelof Westervelt, memorial id # 156243410.
6. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 18; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
7. "U. S. Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989," indexed database of images of transcribed records, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961/ : viewed 23 February 2019) New Jersey > Hackensack > Hackensack, NJ, Book 62, image 128, "Kasparus, the son of Roelof Westervelt and Orselena Stymets was baptized [19 July 1694]. The witnesses are Gerrit Stimetz and Arrientie Gerrits Van Huysen." [The date is taken from the previous record in the register.]; citing a handwritten book of the Holland Society of New York that appears to be a translation of the records, labeled in frontispiece, "B4 Hackensack, Bergen Co NJ", p. 162.
8. "U. S. Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989," indexed database of images of transcribed records, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/6961/ : downloaded 14 July 2018) New Jersey > Hackensack > Hackensack, NJ, Book 62, image 68, Kasparis Westerveld and Aeltie Bongaert, May 7[?], 1715; citing a handwritten book of the Holland Society of New York that appears to be a translation of the records, labeled in frontispiece, "B4 Hackensack, Bergen Co NJ", p. 86.
9. "Hackensack Reformed (Dutch) Church [Marriage] Records," Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey: Marriage Records, 1665-1800, William Nelson, editor, New Jersey Archives, 1st series, vol. XXII, (Paterson, New Jersey: The Press Printing and Publishing Co., 1900), p. 512; database index with page images, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=2794 : downloaded 14 July 2018); This is probably a transcription of a translation of the original records written, presumably, in Dutch.
10. "Millennium ," database index, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7249: viewed 14 July 2018), 7 May 1715, Casparus R. Westervelt (born 1688), m. Aaltje Bogert, dau. of Jan Cornelius Borgert and Angenietje Strycker; citing The Millenium File, Heritage Consulting, Salt Lake City, UT.
11. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 14 July 2018), Casparus Roelof Westervelt, memorial id # 156243410.
12. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 20; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
13. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 20; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
14. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 21; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
15. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 21; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018; citing Liber 11, folio 424, recorded at Poughkeepsie, 12 Dec 1792.
16. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 22; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
17. "New Jersey, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1643-1890," database index, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=3562: viewed 22 July 2018), Casparus Westervelt, 1755, in NJ early census index; citing Ronald V. Jackson, New Jersey Census, 1643-1890, compiled from microfilmed schedules.
18. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 14 July 2018), Casparus Roelof Westervelt, memorial id # 156243410.
19. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 22; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
20. "New York City, Compiled Marriage Index," database index, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7854: viewed 21 July 2018), marriage of Casparus Westervelt and Mrs. Magdalena Thompkins, widow, 1767, Poughkeepsie; citing New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, vol. 73, p. 237.
21. "New York City, Compiled Marriage Index," database index, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7854: viewed 21 July 2018), marriage of Casparus Westervelt and Magdalena Luis [Thompkins], 1767, Poughkeepsie; citing New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, vol. 73, p. 237.
22. "U. S. Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989," indexed database of images of transcribed records, Ancestry.com (https://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=6961 : downloaded 22 July 2018) New York > Poughkeepsie (The Flats) > Poughkeepsie and The Flats, Book 39, image 162, married following banns, 19 July 1766, Casparus Westervelt, wid., & Magdalena Luis, wid. of John Thomkins; citing Holland Society of New York, "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Poughkeepsie", p. 159.
23. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 14 July 2018), Casparus Roelof Westervelt, memorial id # 156243410.
24. "Millennium ," database index, Ancestry.com (http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=7249: viewed 14 July 2018), 7 May 1715, Casparus R. Westervelt (born 1688), m. Aaltje Bogert, dau. of Jan Cornelius Borgert and Angenietje Strycker; citing The Millenium File, Heritage Consulting, Salt Lake City, UT.
25. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 20; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
26. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 14 July 2018), Casparus Roelof Westervelt, memorial id # 156243410.
27. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 20; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
28. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 22; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
29. "Abstract of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots," database index, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/33338:4110: viewed 22 July 2018), Casparus Westervelt; citing Patricia Law Hatcher, Abstracts of Graves of Revolutionary Patriots (Dallas, TX : Pioneer Heritage Press, 1987), vol. 4, serial 9661, vol. 7[?].