Revised History of Harlem, James Riker, p 101:
Pierre Cresson was found at Sluis in Flanders. In 1640 moved further north and was found with refugees at Leiden. In 1657, Pierre left Amsterdam for New Amstel. Reportedly served with Peter Stuyvesant. Pierre also known as Pierre Le Gardiner, that is, had been a gardener for the Prince of Orange.
According to Rosalie Fellows Bailey, Pierre Cresson was first from Menil La Cresson (Cresson Manor) northeast of Abbeville, Picardy, France. He fled to Slavis, Flanders, and in 1640, fled to Leyden, Holland.
Pierre embarked for New Amstel in 1637 with his wife, Rachel Cloos and their children. A year later Governor Stuyvesant brought Pierre Cresson to New Amsterdam.
Pierre Cresson and his wife, Rachel Cloos, "both being sound of body," made a joint will dated March 15, 1673. According to their will they gave fifty guilders to "the church of New York,", whereas their daughter Susannah has enjoyed as a marriage portion the value of two hundred guilders so the testators will that at the decease of the longest liver each of their other children, then living, shall draw the like 200 guilders, and "our youngest son, Elie", if he is under the age of sixteen years, also a new suit of clothes becoming to his person, from head to toe". Cornelis Jansen and Jan Nagel were witnesses to the will.
Source: RHOH, Riker, p 101:
Rosalie Fellows Bailey,
BIOGRAPHY: From: Ancestry World Tree Project: COOK-HALL-HOLTRY-KUHNS-MILLER-SHEPHERD-TIMBERMAN-ZIMMERMAN; Contact Nel Hatcher; nelhatch@hills.net:
"Louis Du Bois married Catherine Blanghan at the French Protestant Church at Mannheim, in the Pfalz, German Palatinale. This was the German sanctuary where the Huguenots from France and the other persecuted Protestants of Europe went to escape their murder by the Spanish king and his sympathizers. The Du Bois were "Walloons". The Walloon country was on the north-eastern border of France which today is included the French department du Nord, and the south-western provinces of Belgium. Read the book, Huguenot Emigation To America, by Baird"BIOGRAPHY: Louis DuBois was the leader of the Huguenot settlers at New Paltz, Ulster Co., NY. He was associated with the LeFevres, Hasbrouks, Crispells, etc. at Mannheim. (Ralph Lefevre; "History of New Paltz, New York and its Old Families; Heritage Books, 2003, Page 280.)
BIOGRAPHY: "To Louis DuBois and his wife there [Mannheim] were born a numerous family of children, as follows: Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, David, Solomon, Louis, Matthew. Other children died before reaching mature years. Ofthese children Abraham and Isaac were born at Manheim and the rest in Ulster County." (Ralph Lefevre; "History of New Paltz, New York and its Old Families; Heritage Books, 2003, Page 280.)
BIOGRAPHY: "In 1663, June 10, Hurley and Part of Kingston were burned by the Indians, and the wife of Louis DuBois, with three children, were among those carried away captive. Three months afterward an expedition under Captain Crieger recovered the captives, surprisisng the Indians at their fort near the Hogabergh in Shawangunk. According to the tradition the discovery of the lowlands along the Wallkill during this expedition led to the settlement at New Paltz in 1678." (Ralph Lefevre; "History of New Paltz, New York and its Old Families; Heritage Books, 2003, Page 280, 281.)
BIOGRAPHY: "In the 1660's during the "Esopus Wars", there were many hostile incidents between white settlers and the Esopus Indians. During these times in 1663 a raid killed 21 people and Catherine Blanchan DuBois and her three children were carried off and held captive for three months before being rescued by a contingent of Dutch soldiers. During this expedition to rescue his wife tradition has it that Louis DuBois discovered the beautiful Walkill valley which became his new home." From the DuBois Family Association Website, Family History Page (http://www.dbfa.org/family-history.htm)
BIOGRAPHY: "Some time after her husband's death, and when she was about 63 years of age, Louis' widow married Jean Cottin, a very worthy Huguenot, who kept a store at Kingston and had been previously the schoolmaster at New Paltz." (Ralph Lefevre; "History of New Paltz, New York and its Old Families; Heritage Books, 2003, Page 286.)
BIOGRAPHY: From the Hasbrouck Family Association Website (http://www.hasbrouckfamily.org)
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"It is generally accepted that virtually all Hasbroucks in America are descended from the brothers Jean and Abraham. Both arrived from Europe in the early 1670's. The houses they built in New Paltz, NY, still stand today on Huguenot Street, sometimes called "The oldest street in America with its original houses."
BIOGRAPHY: The following is from Ancestry World Tree Project: 29778; Contact: Richard F. Marshall, marsharf@attbi.com:
"THE SETTLEMENT OF NEW PALTZ
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Antoine Crispell arrived in the settlement of Wiltwyck (now Kingston)
in 1660 with his father-in-law Matthys Blanchan and his brother-in-law Louis DuBois. By 1663 they settled at the "Nieuw Dorp" (Hurley) about two miles west. But only a few months later their new homes were burned by the Esopus Indians and their wives and children carried off captive. After three months' search, the captives were finally rescued by soldiers under the command of Captain Kregier. It was during this period that Louis DuBois, the Walloon, had noted the fertility of the Wallkill Valley and had determined to set up a settlement apart from the Dutch where they could retain their French language and religion.
By 1675 they had been joined at Hurley by the brothers Abraham and
Jean Hasbrouck, Christian Deyo and his son Pierre, the brothers Simon and Andries LeFevre, Louis Bevier, and Hugo Freer, and the two eldest sons of Louis DuBois had grown to manhood. These twelve men signed an agreement with the chiefs of the Esopus Indians on May 26, 1677 to purchase some 39,683 acres of land. The deed acknowledging receipt of a generous payment in trade goods was signed by 29 heads of families of the Esopus on September 15th. A confirming patent was issued by the English governor Edmund Andross on September 29, 1677, and the tract was established as a township. These precious documents are housed in the vault of the Huguenot Historical Society. In the spring of 1678, the twelve families came to settle on their patent. Tradition notes that they entered the Wallkill Valley on the west side of the stream. About a mile south of the present village, they alighted from their carts and, having given thanks, they sang the 137th psalm and made camp. But the Indians warned them to cross the river and settle on the high ground because the fertile flats were frequently flooded. At first they built log cabins, but by 1692 they
had gathered sufficient stone and hewn lumber to begin building the stone houses which resembled those they left in France. Originally these houses consisted of one room with cellar kitchen and attic above. By the year 1712 most of the houses had been enlarged to their present size. For many years the land was held in common. Civil, military, and religious affairs were all under the control of "The Duzine" or "Twelve Men", a unique form of government which continued until 1823. The twelve Patentees, the original purchasers of the land, constituted the first Duzine. The position was at first hereditary and later elective."
3552. Cornelis Jan (Jensen) VAN TEXEL (VAN TASSEL)
BIOGRAPHY: Cornelius Jan (Jenson) Van Texell was the first of the well known Van Texell (Van Tassel) family, of Holland, to settle in New Netherlands (the Huson River valley, New York). He emigrated in about 1630. Sometime after his arrival he married the daughter of Wyandance, the most infuential of the Montauk Indian Grand Sachems, who controlled a large part of what is now Long, Island, NY. Cornelius Jan Van Texell's wife, the daughter of Wyandance, was known as Catoneras. She was one of fourteen Indian women captured by Ninigret, Chief of the Narragansetts, and ransomed by Captain Lion Gardiner, Commander of the Saybrook Fork at the mouth of the Connecticut River, and returned to her father.
Cornelius Jan Van Texell and Catoneras had one son, named after his father, shown in this genealogy as Jan Cornelius Van Texell. He was baptised in the Dutch Church within Fort Amsterdam on Manhatten Island. He married Annetje Koning in 1657 at New Amsterdam. They had seven Children.
(Much of the forgoing is from "Historical Sketches of the Romer, Van Tassell, and allied families: and tales of the neutral ground. Buffalo, NY., 1986. Chapter on Jan Cornelius Van Texell (Van Tassell.) pp. 38-42. Available online at Ancestry.com "Historical sketches of the Romer, VanTassel, and related families." Provo. UT. MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. A full reding of the chapter on JAN CORNELIUS VAN TEXELL (VAN TASSEL) is recommended to learn more about Cornelius Jan Van Texell, his wife Catoneras, and their descendents.)
3553. Montauk Indian Princess CATONERAS
BIOGRAPHY: Cornelius Jan (Jenson) Van Texell was the first of the well known Van Texell (Van Tassel) family, of Holland, to settle in New Netherlands (the Huson River valley, New York). He emigrated in about 1630. Sometime after his arrival he married the daughter of Wyandance, the most infuential of the Montauk Indian Grand Sachems, who controlled a large part of what is now Long, Island, NY. Cornelius Jan Van Texell's wife, the daughter of Wyandance, was known as Catoneras. She was one of fourteen Indian women captured by Ninigret, Chief of the Narragansetts, and ransomed by Captain Lion Gardiner, Commander of the Saybrook Fork at the mouth of the Connecticut River, and returned to her father.
Cornelius Jan Van Texell and Catoneras had one son, named after his father, shown in this genealogy as Jan Cornelius Van Texell. He was baptised in the Dutch Church within Fort Amsterdam on Manhatten Island. He married Annetje Koning in 1657 at New Amsterdam. They had seven Children.
(Much of the forgoing is from "Historical Sketches of the Romer, Van Tassell, and allied families: and tales of the neutral ground. Buffalo, NY., 1986. Chapter on Jan Cornelius Van Texell (Van Tassell.) pp. 38-42. Available online at Ancestry.com "Historical sketches of the Romer, VanTassel, and related families." Provo. UT. MyFamily.com, Inc., 2004. A full reding of the chapter on JAN CORNELIUS VAN TEXELL (VAN TASSEL) is recommended to learn more about Cornelius Jan Van Texell, his wife Catoneras, and their descendents.)