Pieterson, Nicklaes

Birth Name Pieterson, Nicklaes
Gramps ID I0003
Gender male

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Christening 1760-06-25 Hackensack  
Event Note

Christening witnessed by brother Abraham, age 20.

 
Occupation   Schraalenburg  
 
Military Service 1776   British messenger
 
Wounded 1776    
 
Residence 1778 British NYC British NYC
 
Death 1746-03-16 Adolphustown age 89 after fall
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Pietersen, Nicklaes [I0005]
Mother Demarest, Annatje [I0008]
         Pieterson, Nicklaes [I0003]

Families

Unknown Partner Hazlett, Elizabeth [I0004]
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage     Elizabeth
 
  Children
  1. Peterson, Jacob [I0001]
  2. Pieterson, Hanna [I0013]

Narrative

13. Nicklaes3 was christened at “Hackensack” (but the single minister for
Hackensack and Schraalenburgh mixed records) 25 Jun 1760, witnessed by his
20-year-old brother Abraham. He farmed in the vicinity of Schraalenburg,
probably close to Pascack, New Jersey (3 miles west of Tappan, New York).
I’ve found no record of the marriage to Elizabeth Hazlett. He served as a
British messenger from 1776 and was wounded. Harassed by “Rebels” the
family moved to British New York City in 1778. They fought/foraged under
Major Ward, taking food, wood, and other goods from New Jersey to New York
City, and took part in the victory of the Blockhouse of Bergen Wood. The
family was expatriated by the British to Canada in 1783 and, after a cold
winter in tents at Sorrell, Lower Canada, settled with other Loyalist
Associates in Adolphustown, Upper Canada, in the spring of 1784. He was
among the first to harvest successful crops. He farmed 200 acres of
Concession 3 Lot 17 for 61 years and died there at 89, following a fall, 16
March 1746.

 

Pedigree

  1. Pietersen, Nicklaes
    1. Demarest, Annatje
      1. Pieterson, Nicklaes
        1. Hazlett, Elizabeth
          1. Peterson, Jacob
          2. Pieterson, Hanna

Ancestors