Van Bremen Genealogy

Van Bremen
   The "Bremen" surname was first found in the county of Oldenburg, within the tribal duchy of Saxony, where the name became noted for its many branches, each house (Van Bremen, Zur Bremen, af Bremen, Bremer) acquiring a status and influence which was envied by the princes of the region. Their crest featured a sword delivered by the hand of God—you didn't want to mess with the Bremens.
   Our lineage to the Van Bremen family can be traced to JAN JANSEN VAN BREMEN, born sometime at the beginning of the 17th Century in Bremen, Germany. He emigrated to Bethlehem, Albany County, New York, in 1646.¹
   Jan's spouse is unknown, but while in Germany they had a son, JAN DIRKSE VAN BREMEN (1620 - 9/26/1668), who married a woman named ALETJE (last name unknown).
   By 1655, Jan and Aletje lived in Beverwyck, New Netherlands.² By 1662, they lived in Columbia County, New York, where Jan was contracted to deliver 400 logs for Frans Pieterse Clau on the banks of the Flodders Kil. They had three children:

CHILDREN OF JANS DIRKSE VAN BREMEN

  • TIETJE JANS VAN BREMEN b: 28 Feb 1644 in Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands.
  • SARTJE (SARAH) JANSE VAN BREMEN b: 1648 in NY. Husband and children listed below. Jan Jacobse Gardenier died sometime around 1695, and Sartje remarried on 10 Sep 1695 to Jacob Bastiaansz DeWit, a widower.**
  • ABRAHAM JANSZEN VAN BREMEN b: ABT 1655 in New Netherlands.

    •    Their daughter, SARTJE JANS VAN BREMEN (1648- ?), married JAN JACOBSE GARDENIER, in 1668,³ and they had at least seven children:

    CHILDREN OF JANS JACOBSE AND SARTJE JANS GARDENIER

  • JOSYNTJE JANSE GARDENIER, b. 1665-1670) in Kinderhook, Albany Co., NY. She married EVERT WHEELER. Children listed here.
  • ALIDA GARDENIER, b. 1674. She married married PIETER VOSBURG. No further information.
  • ARIAANTJE GARDENIER, b. @ 1678 in Kinderhook. She married JOHN WOODCOCK of Yorkshire, Old England, a British soldier at Fort Orange, on 03 May 1702.* They had Johanna, John, Abraham, Isaac and Dirck Woodcock.
  • JACOB GARDENIER, b: 22 Dec 1681 in NY. He married CORNELIA VAN DER SCHUIVE. No further records.
  • HELENA GARDENIER was baptized on 13 Feb 1687 Albany, Albany Co, NY.
  • JAN GARDENIER was baptized on 12 May 1689 Albany, Albany Co, NY.
  • CORNELIA GARDENIER, b. 11 Oct 1691 in Ducthess, Albany, N.Y. She married Obadiah Cooper and had the following children: Annatje, John Cooper, Thomas, Obadiah, Sara, Jacob, Abraham, Maria, Cornelia, and Cornelis. Cornelia died on 17 Apr 1748 in Ducthess, Albany Co., N.Y.

    • GENEALOGY

    JAN JANSEN VAN BREMEN begat...

    JAN DIRKSE VAN BREMEN (1620 - 1668), who married ALETJE (last name unknown) and begat...

    SARTJE JANS VAN BREMEN (1648- ?), who married JAN JACOBSE GARDENIER (1644 - 1695) and begat...

    JOSYNTJE JANSE GARDENIER (born @ 1665) who married EVERT/EDWARD WHEELER (born abt 1665) and begat...

    JAN WHEELER (c. 1692 d. - aft 1740) who married ANNA MARGARETHA LOESCHER and begat...

    SARAH WHEELER (1727 - ?) who married JOHN HAUSE (1726-1795) and begat...

    WILLIAM HAUSE (1750 - 1818) who married MARTHA WOOD (1753 - 1822) and begat...

    JOHN HAUSE (1773 - 1844) who married ESTHER KETCHAM (1779 - 1853) and begat...

    AUGUSTUS HAUSE (1804 - 1875) who married JANE JONES (1802 - 1850) and begat...

    LABAN HAUSE (1831 - 1906) who married MELISSA SANDERSON (1839 - 1921) and begat...

    FRANK HAUSE (1867 - 1951) who married FLADELLA RAYMOND (1869 - 1961) and begat...

    CARLISLE HAUSE (1891 - 1972) who married MARJORIE MARCHANT (1892 - 1939) who begat...

    CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE, SR. (1917 - 1983) who married JEANNE BRUNNER (1918 - 2000) and begat...

    CARLETON MARCHANT HAUSE, JR. (b. 1939) who married MARTHA WENK (b. 1940) and begat...

    JEFF (who married LORI ANN DOTSON), KATHY (who married HAL LARSEN), ERIC (who married MARY MOONSAMMY), and MICHELE HAUSE (who married JOHN SCOTT HOUSTON).

    SOURCES:

    ¹—James LeRoy Burnside, Ancestors and Descendants: Obadiah Cooper
    and Descendants    , Url: genealogylibrary.com. Publication: Family Tree Maker Online, Original Date, 1947
    ²—New Netherlands Vital Records; Publication: Genealogy.com, 2000
    Note: Scanned images of James Riker's notes and sources, Page: #1486
    ³—Contributions for the Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany, From 1630 to 1800, by Jonathan Pearson Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1872 and 1984; Page: p52
    *—Records of the Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, part 2, page 2—quoted by Della M. Shafer [dellasha@juno.com] in Shafer Orr Family on RootsWeb's WorldConnect Project
    **—New York Biographical Dictionary, by William Heidgerd Publication: Haviland-Heidgerd Historical Collection, New Paltz, NY Page: "Gardenier and Dingman Families"; Vol. Gage - German