Second Generation  

Adrianna married Jan Roeloffsen Sebring, son of Roelof Lukassen Seberinge, about 1661 in Flatbush, Kings County, NY ¹. Jan was born in 1631 in Beyle, Drenthe, Netherlands ¹ and died in 1703 ⁷.

General Notes: Jan emigrated to America with his brother-in-law Steven Coerte Van Voorhees aboard [IT:De Bonte Koe:IT] in April 1660. He settled in Flatbush, L.I., and attended the Dutch Church there where his father-in-law preached. On March 6, 1674, he conveyed to the Rev. Polhemus 24 morgens of land in Flatbush which he had bought of Cornelius Smallwood and on May 17, 1681, he sold the balance of his property there and removed to Bergen, N.J. On Oct. 2, 1682, he and his wife were received into the Dutch Church there by certificate from the church in Midwout (Bergen Dutch Church recs.).

Their children were:

+ 11 M    i. Cornelius Janse Sebring was born about 1662 in New York ¹ and died on 25 Mar 1723 in Kings County, NY ⁸.

+ 12 F    ii. Ida Sebring was born about 1664 in Flatbush, Long Island, Kings County, NY ¹ and died in 1709 in Six Mile Run, Somerset County, NJ ¹¹.

   13 M    iii. Lucas Janse Sebring was born about 1666 in Flatbush, Long Island, Kings County, NY ¹.

Lucas married Marritje Dorlandt on 25 Apr 1690 in Bergen, NJ ¹³. Marritje Dorlandt was baptized on 11 Apr 1672 ¹³ Another name for Marritje was Marytje Dorlandt.

   14 M    iv. Johannes Janse Sebring ¹ was born about 1673 in Long Island, NY ¹⁴ and died in 1744 in Somerset County, NJ ¹⁴.

Johannes married Caeltje Leffertse.

+ 15 M    v. Roelof Janse Sebring was born about 1675 in Flatbush, Long Island, Kings County, NY ¹.

   16 F    vi. Elizabeth Sebring was baptized on 8 Jun 1677 in Brooklyn Dutch Church ¹.

   17 M    vii. Daniel Sebring was born on 17 Oct 1680 ¹⁵, was baptized on 2 Jul 1682 ¹ and died in 1763 ¹⁵.

+ 18 F    viii. Mary Sebring was born in 1685 in Bergen, NJ ¹⁶.

General Notes: In 1656, Theodorus travled from Brazil to NY with his mother and sisters.

Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation ⁵. Brewer, Wheelwright, and Cooper

Theodorus married Aertje Teunise Bogaert, daughter of Teunis Gysbertse Bogaert and Sarah Joris Rapelje, on 14 Oct 1677 in Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings County, Long Island, NY ⁵. Aertje was born in 1655 in New Amsterdam, Manhatten, NY ¹⁷ and died after 1721 ¹⁷.

Their children were:

+ 19 M    i. Teunis "Justice" Polhemus was born about 1678 in Flatbush, Long Island, Kings County, NY ¹⁸ and died before 2 Dec 1743 in Flatbush, Long Island, Kings County, NY ¹⁷.

+ 20 F    ii. Sarah Polhemus was born in Flatbush, Long Island, Kings County, NY ¹⁷ and was baptized on 18 Apr 1680 in Flatbush Dutch Church, Long Island, NY ²⁰.

   21 F    iii. Elizabeth Polhemus was baptized on 20 Nov 1681 in Flatbush Dutch Church, Long Island, NY ²⁰.

Death Notes: Died young.

+ 22 F    iv. Catryntje Polhemus was born about 1683 ²⁰ and died after 1747 ²¹.

+ 23 M    v. Johannes Polhemus was born about 1685 in Flatlands, Long Island, Kings County, NY ¹⁷, was baptized on 20 Jul 1685 in Brooklyn Dutch Church ²² and died about 1761 in Jamaica, Long Island, NY ²³.

+ 24 F    vi. Neeltje Polhemus was born about 1686 ²⁴ and died on 3 Aug 1750 in Tappan, Orange County, NY ¹⁷.

+ 25 F    vii. Elizabeth Polhemus was baptized on 5 Nov 1693 in Brooklyn, Kings County, NY ²⁴ and died about 1776 ²⁴.

+ 26 M    viii. Abraham Polhemus was baptized on 19 Mar 1697 in Brooklyn Dutch Church ²⁴ and died after 29 Jul 1772 in Jamaica, Queens County, Long Island, NY ²⁵.

Anna married Cornelis Barentse Van Wyck about 1667 ¹. Cornelis was born on 11 Apr 1641 ²⁶ and died on 23 Jun 1713 ²⁶.

General Notes: Cornelis was the progenitor of the Van Wyck family in this country. He was a native of Holland and came to New Netherland abt. 1660 and settled in Midwout. His name appears on the tax list as early as 1664 and he was allotted meadows in Canarsie (now a part of Brooklyn) in 1668. He was chosen Constable of Flatbush in 1675, and he took the Oath of Allegiance to William, Prince of Orange, on Sept. 26, 1687, at which time he stated that he had been in this country twenty-seven years. He was living as late as 1712 as he was a witness on May 12th of that year at the marriage of his youngest daughter Adriantje. Cornelius & Anna (Polhemus) Van Wyck had seven children, all Bap. in the Flatbush Dutch Church unless otherwise stated.

Their children were:

+ 27 M    i. Theodorus Van Wyck was baptized on 17 Sep 1668 in Flatbush Dutch Church, Long Island, NY ¹ and died on 4 Dec 1753 ²⁶.

+ 28 F    ii. Marritje Van Wyck was born about 1670 ⁵ and died in 1725 in Hempstead, Nassau County, NY.

   29 M    iii. Johannes Van Wyck was baptized on 17 Jan 1677 in Flatbush Dutch Church, Long Island, NY ⁵ and died in 1734 ²⁶.

Johannes married Phebe Cortwright.

   30 F    iv. Aeltje Van Wyck was baptized on 5 Oct 1679 in Flatbush Dutch Church, Long Island, NY ⁵.

   31 F    v. Anna Van Wyck was baptized on 9 Jul 1682 in Brooklyn Dutch Church ²⁷.

Anna married Philip Juriaense Nagel.

   32 F    vi. Elizabeth Van Wyck was baptized on 16 Jan 1685 in Flatbush Dutch Church, Long Island, NY ²⁷.

Elizabeth married Adrian Hegeman. Adrian Hegeman died in Aug 1762 ²⁶.

+ 33 F    vii. Adriantje Van Wyck was baptized on 9 Sep 1688 in Flatbush Dutch Church, Long Island, NY ²⁷.

General Notes: As neither she nor her husband executed the 1702 deed made by the heirs of her father and mother, it seems probable that the following children listed by Tunis Bergen in his "Early Settlers of Kings County", 1881, pp. 73-74, are those of a second marriage of her husband.

Maragrietje married William Gillemse Cornell, son of Guilliame Cornell and Maria (?) Cornell. William Gillemse Cornell died in May 1690 in Flatbush, Kings County, NY.

Their children were:

   34 M    i. Johannes Willemse , died after 1702 ¹².

Johannes married Lammetje Brinckerhoff.

   35 M    ii. Peter Willemse , died on 31 May 1691 in New York ¹².

+ 36 F    iii. Marike (Maria) Willemse Cornel .

   37 F    iv. Catherine Willemse .

Catherine married Johannes Fonteyn on 27 Aug 1690.

   38 M    v. Cornelis Willemsen Cornel , died in Sep 1756 ²⁶.

Cornelis married Jannetje Hegeman.

   39 F    vi. Rachel Willemse , died on 12 Jan 1693 ¹².

   40 F    vii. Sarah Willemse .

Sarah married Albert Coerten Van Voorhees.

General Notes: Captain of the troops of King's County, and supervisor of Flatbush in 1705. He was, afterwards, County Judge.

Daniel married Neeltje Cornelise Vanderveer, daughter of Cornelius Jansen Dominicus Vanderveer and Tryntje Gillis Mandeville, on 13 Aug 1685 in Flatbush Dutch Church, Long Island, NY ⁴.

Their children were:

+ 41 M    i. Johannes Polhemus was born about 1686 in Flatbush, Kings County, Long Island, NY ²⁸ and died on 3 Feb 1767 in Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ ¹².

+ 42 F    ii. Catrina Polhemus was born in 1689 in Flatbush, Kings County, NY ¹² and died in 1758 ⁷.

+ 43 M    iii. Cornelius Polhemus was born about 1691 in Flatbush, Kings County, Long Island, NY ²⁸ and died about 1741 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY ²⁹.

+ 44 M    iv. Jacob Polhemus was born about 1693 in Flatbush, Kings County, Long Island, NY ²⁸ and died on 23 May 1739 in Haverstraw Precinct, Orange County, NY.

+ 45 M    v. Daniel Polhemus was baptized on 29 Nov 1695 in Brooklyn Dutch Church ²⁸ and died after 1753 in Millstone, Somerset County, NJ.

+ 46 F    vi. Marya Polhemus .

+ 47 M    vii. Hendrick Polhemus was baptized on 6 Oct 1700 in Brooklyn Dutch Church ¹⁹ and died about 1768 in Harlingen, Somerset County, NJ ³⁰.

+ 48 F    viii. Margareitje Polhemus was born in 1704 in Flatbush, Kings County, NY ²⁹.

+ 49 F    ix. Neeltje Polhemus was born in 1706 in Brooklyn, Kings County, NY ¹⁹.

+ 50 M    x. Abraham Polhemus was born about 1702 in Flatbush, Kings County, Long Island, NY ¹⁹ and died in Mar 1765 in Somerset County, NJ ⁴.

   51 F    xi. Elizabeth Polhemus was born about 1690 ²⁸.

General Notes: Probably died unmarried.