Pane-Joyce Genealogy

2522. Hendrick Martenszen Wiltse. Hendrick Martenszen died in New York, New York ca 1710. Occupation: Soldier.

Hendrick Martenszen from Copenhagen was at Fort Orange by 23 Jul 1658 when he was named in a lawsuit. His birthdate and parents aren’t known.

Check out Zabriskie’s articles “The Wiltsie Family of Early New York”, New York Gen. Bio. Rec. Jul 1975, number 3, pp 129-133; October 1975, pp 211-217. Vol 107 - January 1976, p 15.2. Vol. 108, number 1, pp 32-36.

See also Zabriskie’s “The Wiltsie Family”, Dutch Settlers Society of Albany Yearbook, vol 43 (1970-72), pp 9-11.

There are numerous fabrications concerning Hendrick’s parentage, in particular, the one that Hendrick Martenszen was the son of Phillippe Maton and Sophia ter Bosch. Hendrick was the son of someone named Marten, not Phillippe.

The story that Hendrick marred at Quebec 20 Nov 1658 Te Gerighan, a Mohawk woman, is false. He had not been married when he married Margariet Meyers in 1660.

From Scandinavian immigrants in New York, 1630-1674; with appendices on Scandinavians in Mexico and South America, 1532-1640, Scandinavians in Canada, 1619-1620, Some Scandinavians in New York in the eighteenth century, German immigrants in New York, 1630-1674, by John Oluf Evjen (1874–1942), pages 249–251:235
Hendrick Martensen (Hendrick Martensen Wiltsee), from Copenhagen, was in New Netherland before 1660. On January 10, 1660, he married in New Amsterdam, Margaret Meyers (Meyring, Meyrinck), widow of Herman Jansen and daughter of Jan Meyrinck.
Previous to this, he may have been for some time at Esopus, as he, on August 21, 1659, deeded property at Esopus to Lukas Dircksen.
Shortly after his marriage he brought action, at New Amsterdam, against Herman van Borssum, demanding remuneration for damage to a canoe, which van Borssum committed by sailing against it with his boat. At the first hearing van Borssum denied that he had done any damage. At the second hearing, the wife of Martensen appeared against him, declaring that he had stated that he
would let the canoe be repaired. Van Borssum admitted this, and said he had stated this to prevent trouble. The court informed him that it was better to let the canoe be repaired than to proceed
further, which would be more expensive. Van Borssum then promised he would repair the damages. The court informed Mrs. Martensen of this and ''ordered her to be satisfied therewith to |
prevent further costs."
At the close of the year Martensen was at Esopus, or Kingston, where his daughter Sophia was baptized, December 11, 1660. On May 2, 1661, he "drew a lot at Esopus: lot No. 2, and was allotted same."
He was at this time a soldier at the garrison on the Esopus. In the summer of 1663 he was in the Esopus war. He was captured by the savages and reported killed, but this proved to be a mistake, and he soon obtained his liberty.
On April 28, 1667, he signed, with other burghers of Wiltwyck, a document, stating that they had been in arms in the Brodhead mutiny, when Captain Brodhead had threatened to burn the village.
In 1673 Martensen petitioned the court of New Amsterdam to render judgment in a matter, not known to us, regarding Staten Island. This court, however, referred him "to the Court at Staten Island to demand justice there from them, or otherwise to act as he thinks proper; as this Court has no connection with that of Staten Island."
In early records, Martensen was sometimes called Wiltsee. He is the ancestor of many families bearing this name, commonly written Wiltsie. He had [five] sons: Martin, who was baptized in
Wiltwyck, April 3, 1667; Hendrick, baptized in New Amsterdam, November 24, 1669; Meyndert, February 11, 1672; Teunis, January 10, 1674; Jacob, March 18, 1676. They all married and had families. Their posterity is now numerous, particularly in Westchester and Dutchess Counties.
Of his daughters, Sophia was baptized in 1660 (see above); Jannetje was baptized January 7, 1663. One of the sponsors at this baptism was Marten Hoffman, a Swedish Lutheran. Barbar(a) was baptized March 1, 1665.

On 10 Jan 1660 Hendrick Martenszen first married Margrietje Jensen Meyers, daughter of Jan Meyers (ca 1600-ca 1633) & Teuntje Straetsman (ca 1614-19 Oct 1662), in New Amsterdam Reformed Church.122 Hendrick Martenszen, j.m. Van Coppenhagen, en Margariet Meyers, Wede. Van Herman Janszen. Born ca 1633 in Fort Marguerite, Recife, Pernambuco. Margrietje Jensen died in Newtown, LI on 26 Jun 1704.

Margrietje first married Herman Janszen van Lenneps, second Hendrick Martenszen Wiltse.

Their children include:

6541i.

Sophia Hendricksen Wiltse (ca Dec 1660-aft 4 Dec 1725)

6542ii.

Jannetje Hendricks Wiltse (1662-Jun 1721)

6543iii.

Barber Wiltse (Died young) (ca 1665-)

6544iv.

Martin Hendricksen Wiltse (ca 1667-aft Dec 1742)

6545v.

Hendrick Hendrickson Wiltse (ca 1669-)

6546vi.

Meyndert Hendricksen Wiltse (ca 1672-ca 1700)

6547vii.

Theunis Hendricksen Wiltse (ca 1674-ca 1741)

6548viii.

Jacob Hendricksen Wiltse (ca 1676-aft 1742)

On 10 Jun 1705 Hendrick Martenszen second married Christina Adriance in New York Lutheran Church. Christina died in 1707.

Christina, also called Styntje.

(Need references for Christina’s marriage to Hendrick and her death.)

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