Individual Details
Roelof Lubbert WESTERVELT
(10 Mar 1658 - 21 Oct 1733)
Events
| Birth | 10 Mar 1658 | Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands |  | ||
| Birth | 1659 | | |||
| Birth | 1659 | Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands | | ||
| Baptism | 10 Mar 1659 | Meppel, Drenthe, Netherlands | | ||
| Emigration | 8 Apr 1662 | Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands | | ||
| Arrival | 24 May 1662 | on the ship Hoop with his parents and siblings - New Amsterdam, New Netherland | | ||
| Religion | Aug 1687 | listed as a new member - Reformed Dutch Church, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, British America | | ||
| Marriage | 1688 | Úrselina STEEMAN | | ||
| Marriage Bann | 11 Mar 1688 | Dutch Reformed Church, Bergen, New Jersey, British America - Úrselina STEEMAN |  | | |
| Marriage | 25 Mar 1688 | Úrselina STEEMAN | | | |
| Marriage | 11 Apr 1688 | New York, Province of New York - Úrselina STEEMAN | | | |
| Property | 1695 | (with nine others) from the Lord Proprietors of East Jersey, for the sum of 100 pounds, a large tract of land on the bank of the Hudson River - Englewood*, Bergen, New Jersey, British America | | | |
| Religion | 1705 | elected deacon - Reformed Dutch Church, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, British America | | ||
| Religion | May 1709 | elected Churchmaster - Reformed Dutch Church, Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, British America | | ||
| Marriage | 15 May 1731 | Reformed Dutch Church, Schraalenburgh, Bergen, New Jersey, British America - Lea DRUENS | | ||
| Death | 21 Oct 1733 | Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, British America | | ||
| Living | 21 Oct 1733 | | |||
| Death | 21 Oct 1733 | Hackensack, Bergen, New Jersey, British America | | ||
| Alt name | Ruliph WESTERVELT | | |||
| Alt name | Roelof WESTERVELT | | |||
| Burial | Bergenfield, Bergen, New Jersey, British America | | |||
| Miscellaneous | had a coat of arms from his father. | |
Families
| Spouse | Úrselina STEEMAN (1665 - 1731) |
| Child | Jannetije Roelof WESTERVELT (1689 - ) |
| Child | Geesje Roelof WESTERVELT (1691 - ) |
| Child | Casparus Roelof WESTERVELT (1688 - 1769) |
| Child | Johannes WESTERVELT (1696 - ) |
| Child | Ariatije Roelof WESTERVELT (1699 - ) |
| Child | Benjamin Roelof WESTERVELT (1702 - 1765) |
| Child | Maritije Roelof WESTERVELT (1705 - ) |
| Child | Annatije Roelof WESTERVELT (1707 - ) |
| Child | Orsoltije Roelof WESTERVELT (1710 - ) |
| Spouse | Lea DRUENS (1681 - ) |
| Father | Lubbert LUBBERTSE van Vestervelt (1620 - 1686) |
| Mother | Geesie ROELOFSE Van Houten (1625 - 1696) |
| Sibling | Margrietije Lubbertse WESTERVELT (1647 - ) |
| Sibling | Maritje Lubbertse WESTERVELT (1654 - 1686) |
| Sibling | Lubbert Lubbertse WESTERVELT (1650 - 1695) |
| Sibling | Jan Lubbertsz WESTERVELT (1662 - ) |
| Sibling | Jurian Lubbertsz WESTERVELT (1662 - ) |
Notes
Marriage Bann
The source notes that the couple would have taken a certificate of the banns to the New Amsterdam Church and married there.William Nelson, --He is the editor of the volume. The sections do not name individual editors.
“Bergen Reformed (Dutch) Church Marriage Records, 1664-1801,” --The title of the section.
in Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, -- The title of the series.
34 vols., -- The number of volumes in the series.
vol. XXII, Marriage Records, 1665–1800, --The volume number and title of this volume.
Archives of the State of New Jersey, --The "author" of the series.
series one of two -- Noting that this is series one of two.
(Paterson, NJ: The Press Printing and Publishing Co., 1900); -- Publication data of the volume.
online page images, -- The format that I viewed.
HathiTrust -- Where I viewed it.
(https://archive.org/details/documentsrelatin22newjuoft/page/554 : --The URL of the 1st page of the section.
viewed 17 Feb. 2019), --The date that I viewed it.
p.
Nelson, William. “Bergen Reformed (Dutch) Church Marriage Records, 1664-1801.” In Marriage Records, 1665–1800, Vol. XXII of Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey. Archives of the State of New Jersey, First Series. Paterson, NJ: The Press Printing and Publishing Co., 1900. https://archive.org/details/documentsrelatin22newjuoft/page/554.
Marriage
The date of the registration. Apparently, the ceremony occurred on April 11.The initials of the bride and groom are engraved on the outer wall of the church, engraved in 1696.
Marriage
Because Bergen did not have a resident minister, the custom of the time was to post banns in Bergen but go to New Amsterdam/York for the marriage. [pp. 555-6]Property
His share of the land was extended with additional purchases, near modern Tenafly, in 1695, making his farm one of the largest on the Hudson.The Indians disputed his title in 1705 and he was required to get a release from them.
The passage describing the land is as follows:
"In 1695, in company with nine others, he purchased from the Lord Proprietors of East Jersey, for the sum of [pounds]100, a large tract of land embracing some thousands of acres, extending from the Hudson River to the Overpeck [assumed to be the current Overpeck Golf Course], or English Creek. and running northerly and southerly a distance of about two miles. These lands were fertile, well elevated and sloped gradually from the Palisades to the Overpeck Creek. Roelof obtained the most northerly portion of the tract and settled upon it, part of said lands being still in the possession of his descendants. In the same year he made a further purchase of the triangular lot (Sections 6 and 7, Map of Bergen Co.), lying between the east and west branches of the Overpeck, which was first patented by the Proprietors, who sold it in 1688 to Samuel Emmett, of Boston. Emmett then conveyed it, Sept. 17, 1695, to Roelof Lubbertsen Westervelt. The Indians disputed Westervelt's title in 1705 and he was obliged to obtain a release from them. This triangular tract extended from the two branches of the Overpeck. northward to the head of Tiena Kill Brook [assumed to be modern Tenafly], and gave him one of the largest farms on the Hudson."
A more precise description of the land is given on pp. 17-18.
Endnotes
2. "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).
3. Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Volume: 280.
4. Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Volume: 242.
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), pp. 8, 17; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018; citing Baron Nahüys.
7. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 1; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
8. John Matthews, editor and publisher, Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book, 1907 (London: C. Mitchell, printer, 1907), p. 81 of "Armorial Addenda" [p. 329 of images], Westervelt; online page images, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008685261 : viewed 18 February 2019). A coat of arms is pictured.
9. 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.
10. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 17; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
11. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), pp. 15-16; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
12. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 17; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
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; citing Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, Louisville, KY, microfilm (508 rolls).
14. "Bergen Reformed (Dutch) Marriage Records, 1664-1801," Marriage Records, 1665-1800, William Nelson, editor,, Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. XXII,, in New Jersey Archives, First Series (Paterson, NJ: The Press Printing and Publishing, Co., 1900), p.580; online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/documentsrelatin22newjuoft/page/554 : viewed 17 February 2019).
15. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 17; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018; This source states that the marriage occurred on 25 March but was "entered in New York church records" on 11 April.
16. Samuel S. Purple, editor, Marriages from 1639 to 1801 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York, Collections of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, Vol. I (New York: printed for the Society, 1890), p. 64, "[Ingeschreven/Registration] den 11 April. Roelof Lúbbertszen Westervelt, j. m. Van Meppelen, en Úrselina Steÿmets., j. d. Van Bergen. Met attestatie Van Hackinsack en Bergen. [Getroúwt/Married] den 11 dicto.[April]"; online page images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org/DB473/i/0/1/0 (also available at https://archive.org/details/recordsofreforme01coll ) : viewed 17 February 2019; Because Bergen did not have a resident minister, the practice at the time was to post banns in Bergen but go to New York for the marriage.
17. "Bergen Reformed (Dutch) Marriage Records, 1664-1801," Marriage Records, 1665-1800, William Nelson, editor,, Documents Relating to the Colonial, Revolutionary and Post-Revolutionary History of the State of New Jersey, Vol. XXII,, in New Jersey Archives, First Series (Paterson, NJ: The Press Printing and Publishing, Co., 1900), p.580; online page images, Internet Archive (https://archive.org/details/documentsrelatin22newjuoft/page/554 : viewed 17 February 2019).
18. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 17; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
19. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 17; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
20. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 17; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
21. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 17; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
22. 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.
23. Walter Tallman Westervelt, Genealogy of the Westervelt Family (New York: Press of T. A. Wright, 1905), p. 17; indexed page images of 1987 reprint, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/005774800 : viewed 17 July 2018.
25. 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.
26. Ancestry.com, U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011), Volume: 242.
27. Find A Grave, Inc., Find A Grave, index and digital images (https://www.findagrave.com : viewed 14 July 2018), Roelof Lubbert Van Westervelt, memorial id # 156333192.
28. John Matthews, editor and publisher, Matthews' American Armoury and Blue Book, 1907 (London: C. Mitchell, printer, 1907), p. 81 of "Armorial Addenda" [p. 329 of images], Westervelt; online page images, Hathi Trust (https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008685261 : viewed 18 February 2019). A coat of arms is pictured.