Anthonij Antonie de Hooges

Sailed aboard the "Connick David" 1641 from Holland

Assistant to the colony's director later Sec'y of colony

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"Antonie de Hooges, commis, afterwards Secretary of the Colonie. "His daughter and only child," sans Bensen, "married Herman Rutgers, the ancestor of the respectable family of the name among us." De Hooges died in 1658. The well-known promontory in the Highlands was called Anthony's Nose, after him. (New World Immigrants - A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature, Michael Tepper, Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., I, 22, 1979.)

He sailed from Amsterdam in the ship, "Den Connick David" (The King David) on 7/23/1641. He arrived in New Amsterdam 11/29/1641. He was engaged as under-bookkeeper and assistant to Arent van Curler. He arrived in the colony of Rensselaerwyck on 4/10/1642. At the time of his death he was secretary of the colony. (Arthur James Weise, M.A., The Swartwout Chronicles 1338-1899 and The Ketelhuyn Chronicles 1451-1899, Two Directory, Printing and Bookbinding Co., 1899.)

DEHOOGES, Anthony, came to New Netherland in 1641, and next year succeeded Arent Van Curler as superintendent of the Colony Rensselaerswyck, and town clerk. His lot in Beverwyck, was on the north corner of Beaver St. and Broadwar=y. He died about 1656. his wife Eva Albertse Bratt, after his death, married Roeloff Swartwout of the Esopus in 1657. DeHooges left the following children, all living in 1657: Maticken, Anneken, Catarina, Johannes, Eleanora, being minors, they probably removed with their mother to Esopus. (Joel Munsell, Collections on the History of Albany, from its Discovery to the Present Time. With Notices of its Public Institutions, and Biographical sketches of Citizens Deceased. Albany, N.Y., by the author, Albany, New York, IV, 1865, Collections on the History of Albany, from its Discovery to the Present Time, with Notices of its Public Institutions, and Biographical Sketches of Citizens Deceased, J. Munsell, Albany, N. Y., 1871.)

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Anthony de Hooges was baptized 14 Dec 1620 in the Nieuwkerk (New Church), Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, the son of Johannes de Hooges and Maria Tijron, Anthony left for the colony of Rensselaerwyck in New Netherland in 1641 on "der Connick David". Anthony had been sent to Rensselaerwyck as the assistant to Arent van Curler and later became the Secretary of the Colony. Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, the patron, seems to have had a great deal of concern and respect for Anthony.

Anthony married Eva Albertsz Bradt. Eva was baptized 9 January 1633 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. She was the daughter of Albert Adriessen Bradt and Annetje Barents Van Rottmer. She arrived at New Amsterdam with her family in 1637 on the "Rensselaerwyck". Eva had five younger brothers, Barent, Storm (Vanderzee), Adries, Jan, Dirk, and two younger sisters, Engeltje and Gisseltje. Anthony is believed to have died on or about 11 October 1655. Eva married second Roeloff Swartwout 13 August 1657 in Albany, Albany, New York. Roeloff became the Sheriff of the Esopus in 1660. Eva must have died before 22 Nov 1691 because Roeloff is found remarrying in Bergen, New Jersey then.

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Immigrated: 30 JUN 1641 Texel, Noord Holland, , THE NETHERLAND

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Antony De Hooges sailed from Texel Holland 30 July 1641 and arrived in New Amsterdam Ny. 29 Nov. 1641.

He was engaged as underbooker and assistant to Arent van Curler during the trip. He apparently did not arrive in Rensselaerswyck until 10 April 1642. He's being credited from that date until 10 Apr 1644 with a salary of f150 a year. From van Curlers departure in Oct 1644 until Slichtenhorsts arrival in March 1648, he was entrusted with the business managemant of the colony. From that date until he death he held offices in the business management of the colony. He also held other offices including secretary and gecommitteerde. In the accounts he is credited from 11 May 1652 until 11 Oct 1655 with a salary of f360 a year as secretary, f100 as gecommitteerde and f56 as voorleeser (reader in the church) during 2 months and one week in 1653. He states in March 1648 that he has been in the service of the patroon for more than 6 years and for 4 years has not received a salary. He also states that he has been entrusted with a new position and must now have a house built in as much as the storehouse assigned to him for a dwelling has been turned into a church. He married Eva Bratt in Oct 1647.

Dehooges let Adriaen van der Donck (officer of justice) and his wife stay with him temporarily after their house, located on Castle Island, was destroyed by fire on 17 Jan 1646. They moved out of de Hooges house on 23 Feb 1646 and into the fort after Donck and De Hooges had a quarrel.

Dehooges is also referred to again in court records concerning Willem Juriaensz. On 29 Aug 1647 Juriaensz attacked DeHooges with a knife. He was banished from the colony for life and sent to the Manhatans. _____________________________________________________________

SOURCE: "The Peters Family" URL: http://awt.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=speters&id=I2260

Anthony de Hooges had followed Arent van Curler as Secretary and Governor of the Colony of Rennslyaerwyck. He was also "vorlesser" or reader in the church. Received from Carol Mitchell 12/26/98

Anthony De Hooges Occupation* __ ___ ____ followed Arent von Curler as Secretary and Governor of the Colony of Rennslyaerwyck. He was also "vorlesser" or reader in the church, (Gaetner, Short Sketch of Hornbeck.) Marriage* __ ___ ____ Evaatje Albertse Bratt Nationalty* __ ___ ____ Flemmish, (Ibid., p.335. Warner Hornbec List 578 descendants for 13 generations.) Emigration* __ ___ 1641 ship de Cornick Davit, Netherlands (Hornbeck, Hornbeck Hunting (The Book), Anthony de Hooges sailed to America on th "de Cornick David" in 1641. He had been engaged as underbookeeper and assistant to Arent van Curler, and was later secretary of the Colony.). Anthony de Hooges had followed Arent von Curler as Secretary and Governor of the Colony of Rennslyaerwyck. He was also "vorlesser" or reader in the church. The Swartwout chronicles 1338-1899 and the Ketelhuyn Chronicles 1451-1899 Chapter III. Roeloff Swartwout, Schout of Esopus, 1634-1715. At that time the office of the secretary of the colony of Rensselaerswijck was held by Antoine de Hooges, who, not long after his arrival in New Netherland, on November 29, 1641, succeeded Arendt van Corlear, who had been long and actively identified with the affairs of the manor. Not many years after his appointment to the responsible office of secretary of Rensselaerswijck, Antoine de Hooges married Eva, daughter of Albert Andriessen and Annetje. _____________________________________________________________

SOURCE: Wikipedia URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rensselaerswyck

Rensselaerswyck is the name of a colonial estate (specifically, a Dutch-American patroonship owned by the Van Rensselaer family) that was located in what is now New York, USA. The estate was originally deeded by the Dutch West India Company to Kiliaen Van Rensselaer a Dutch merchant and the company's primary investor. Rensselaerwyck lay on both sides of the Hudson River near present-day Albany, New York and included parts of the present New York counties of Albany, Columbia, Greene, and Rensselaer, and it extended as far east as Pownal, Vermont. _____________________________________________________________

SOURCE: Immigrants to New Netherland URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycoloni/shcd.html

Antony de Hooges Was engaged as underbookkeeper and assistant to Arent van Curler, and sailed from the Texel by den Coninck David, July 30, 1641. He reached New Amsterdam Nov. 29, 1641, but apparently did not arrive in the colony till April 10, 1642, being credited from that date till april 10, 1644, with a salary of f150 a year. From van Curler's departure for Holland, in Oct. 1644, till van Slichtenhorst's arrival on March 22, 1648, he was entrusted with the business management of the colony; from the latter date till his death, on or about Oct. 11, 1655, he held the offices of secretary and gecommitteerde. In the accounts, he is credited, from May 11, 1652, to Oct. 11, 1655, with a salary of f360 a year as secretary, and for the same period with a salary of f100 as gecommitteerde, also with f56, for salary as voorleeser (reader in the church) during two months and one week in 1653. In a petition for salary, March 27, 1648, he states that he has been for more than six years in the service of the patroon and for four years has not received any salary; that he has now been entrusted with a new office without any mention of salary; and that he must have a house built inasmuch as the storehouse, assigned to him for a dwelling, has been turned into a church. He married, in Oct. 1647, a daughter of Albert Andriesz, named Eva, who on Aug. 13, 1657, became the wife of Roelof Swartout. _____________________________________________________________

SOURCE: Ancestry.com URL: http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&rank=1&gsfn=Anth...

Source Information: Ancestry.com. Rensselaerswyck, New York Settlers, 1630-58 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2000. Original data: Settlers of Rennsselaerswyck, 1630-1658. n.p.: n.p., 1908.

Description: Collection of settlement records from early manuscripts of the Rensselaerswyck area between 1630 and 1658

Antony de Hooges Date: 1642 Sub-Heading: By den Coninck David. Sailed from Amsterdam, July 23, 1641; arrived at New Amsterdam. November 29, 1641 Comments: was engaged as underbookkeeper and assistant to Arent van Curler, and sailed from the Texel by den Coninck David, July 30, 1641. He reached New Amsterdam Nov. 29, 1641, but apparently did not arrive in the colony till April 10, 1642, being credited from that date till April 10, 1644, with a salary of f150 a year. From van Curler's departure for Holland, in Oct. 1644, till van Slichtenhorst's arrival on March 22, 1648, he was entrusted with the business management of the colony; from the latter date till his death, on or about Oct. 11, 1655, he held the offices of secretary and gecommitteerde. In the accounts, he is credited, from May 11, 1652, to Oct. 11, 1655, with a salary of f360 a year as secretary, and for the same period with a salary of f100 as gecommitteerde, also with f56, for salary as voorleeser (reader in the church) during two months and one week in 1653. In a petition for salary, March 27, 1648, he states that he has been for more than six years in the service of the patroon and for four years has not received any salary; that he has now been entrusted with a new office without any mention of salary; and that he must have a house built inasmuch as the storehouse, assigned to him for a dwelling, has been turned into a church. He married, in Oct. 1647, a daughter of Albert Andriesz, named Eva, who on Aug. 13, 1657, became the wife of Roelof Swartwout.

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In 1641 when Anthony de Hooges entered the employ of Rensselaerwyck, sailing on den Coninck David, the skipper being commanded to allow him to eat and sleep in the cabin. He brought letters of introduction to William Kieft, Director-General, and also to Arent van Curler to whom he was sent as an assistant. He later became the Secretary of the Colony. Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, the patron, seems to have had a great deal of concern and respect for Anthony.

He kept a journal of his long voyage for the patron. It begins:

” In the year of our Lord 1641, the 30th of July, I commenced this journal in the name of the Lord. May the Lord conduct us to the place of our destination in order that on our arrival we may offer to the Lord the offering of our lips to His honor and our salvation. Amen.”

They had an unusually stormy passage. He closes his journal saying:

“At daybreak we ran to the sand point (Sandy Hook) and we rounded it too close. We got aground on a reef which had formed there within a year. After two hours we got afloat again. God be praised we suffered no damage and with good speed passed between the Hoofden (the headlands at the sides of the Narrows) and in the afternoon came to qanchor at the Manhatens, in front of Smits Vly (on the East River). Thus the Lord delivered us at last, after much adversity, for which He be praised forever, Amen. The next day a dead horse overboard.

(Endorsed)

“Journal of Anthony de Hooges, of his voyage to New Netherland beginning 30 July ending 29 November 1641.”

One year later Kiliaen van Rensselaer writes him that the journal had been received and had given him great satisfaction. The letter is filled with advice and van Rensselaer evidently felt a great interest in him. “In the beginning,” he writes, “hear and see, notice and learn, obey and make yourself agreeable and liked; in that way you will be able to accomplish much.” That he considers his counsel worth seeking was shown by a letter to Domine Megapolensis urging him “to confer sometimes with de Hooges and extract the quintessence of his discourse.”

Van Curler, De Hooges’ superior officer, was somewhat dissipated and, going from bad to worse, all his papers were turned over to de Hooges. Then van Rensselaer writes again to Domine Megapolensis: “Every effort ought to be made to stop the excessive drinking and now that there is a public brewer (Evert PELS) I hope that private brewing will cease. I hope that Anthony de Hooges will conduct himself well. What I fear most for him is that he may become strongly addicted to drink against which he must be strongly warned. His sweetheart here in the Netherlands, Anneken Sporom, married at Campen so that he need not wait for her any longer. I have sometimes thought that his thoughts were too much concentrated on her and that he liked the country less on that account. You may tell him this when there is an opportunity or have someone else tell him in order that he may be at ease…Let him behave well and have patience and he will be advanced in due time.”

That he stood high in the opinion of van Rensselaer a letter to van Curler shows for he told the latter “not to lightly reject the advice of Hooges although he is younger than you and so experienced. I consider him an upright young man. March 18, 1643, the patron writes to de Hooges:”I have your letters of the first of March and the 23th of August of last year, 1642…I have recommended you well, as you will learn from de Megapolensis, but I must admonish you to be righteous and faithful and especially to guard yourself drunkenness and lewd women. There are many rumors current about the first, but you can best test the matter yourself; heed the faithful admonitions of your pastor, de Megapolensis, and do not follow the footsteps of those who may be guilty thereof, but fear the Lord; do right and fear no one. You will do well to keep and send me a daily journal, giving a truthful account of affairs, for I have no use for things that are not true…I hope that you will have more and more satisfaction; all new things are difficult but matters will turn out to your advantage if you conduct yourself well. I must thank you for communicating to me the text of the first sermon of de Megapolensis; no other foundation can and ought to be laid. Vale.”

The position of De Hooges was a responsible one. He was commissioner and administrator of goods suitable for merchandise and was to pay the laborers. We find him leasing farms and making contracts for buildings. From the departure of van Curler for Holland October 1, 1646 until the arrival of Brant Aertz van Slichtenhorst March 22, 1648, he was entrusted with the business management of the colony. In a petition for the payment of his salary he states that he must have a house built for him.

“A certain fish of considerable size, snow-white in color, round in the body, and blowing water out of its head,” made at the same time his appearance, March stemming the impetuous flood. What it portended, “God the Lord only knew.” All the inhabitants were lost in wonder, for ” at the same instant that this fish appeared to us, we had the first thunder and lightning this year.” The public astonishment had scarcely subsided, when another monster of the deep, estimated at forty feet in length, was seen, of a brown color, having fins on his back, and ejecting water in like manner, high in the air. Some seafaring people, “who had been to Greenland,” now pronounced the strange visitor a whale. Intelligence was shortly after received that it had grounded on an island at the mouth of the Mohawk, and the people turned out in numbers to secure the prize, which was, forthwith, subjected to the process of roasting, in order to extract its oil. Though large quantities were obtained, yet so great was the mass of blubber, the river was covered with grease for three weeks afterwards, and the air infected to such a degree with the stench, as the fish lay rotting on the strand, that the smell was perceptibly offensive for two (Dutch) miles to leeward. The whale, which had first ascended the river, stranded, on its return to sea, on an island some forty miles from the mouth of the river, near which place four others grounded, also, this year.

…These particulars are taken from an old book kept by Antonie de Hooges, Secretary of Rensselaerswyck, endorsed, “Copye van eenige acten ende andere aenmerckelycke notitien,” and from Van der Donck’s Beschryv. van N. N. The island at the mouth of the Mohawk goes since by the name of Walvisch, or Whale Island. De Hooges refers to the visit of a similar large fish ” many years ago,” which caused great wonder at the time, but he does not mention the year, nor furnish any further particulars of the circumstance.

• ************************************* Anthony de Hooges was of Flemish stock and had sailed from Texel in July 30, 1641, on the ship "der Cornick David" with a fleet of about 35 other ships. They arrived in Plymouth, England, on August 19th and continued the trip to America, which took four months due to bad weather. He was in charge of the business management of the Colony of Renssalearwyck from 1644 until 1648 and from 1648 until his death in 1655 was Secretary of the Colony.

He married in October of 1647 to Eva Albertse Bratt. The mountain which lies between Westchester and Putnam Counties, NY, was named "Anthony's Nose" after him. Following his death about October 11, 1655, Eva married Roeloff Swartwout. Two of the children of Anthony and Eva remained in Albany; the other children went with their mother and step-father to the Esopus. Anthony and Eva had issue: (1) Maria b. ca. 1648, married Hendrick Bries and second on 21 Aug 1696 in Albany to Jacob Lockerman. (2) Anna, wife of Warnaar Hornbeck. (3) Catrina, wife of Herman Rutgers. (4) Johannes, husband of Margarita Post. (5) Eleanora, wife of William Mousnier de la Montagne - HOOGES. The marriage of Eva and Roelof Swartwout was 13 Aug 1657. There were additional children of this marriage.

REF: Documentation for birth, death and marriage is found in Family Data Collection/ Individual records, Family Data Collection/Marriages, US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Netherlands Genealogie on Line Index.

GEDCOM Note

In 1641 when Anthony de Hooges entered the employ of Rensselaerwyck, sailing on den Coninck David, the skipper being commanded to allow him to eat and sleep in the cabin. He brought letters of introduction to William Kieft, Director-General, and also to Arent van Curler to whom he was sent as an assistant. He later became the Secretary of the Colony. Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, the patron, seems to have had a great deal of concern and respect for Anthony. He kept a journal of his long voyage for the patron. It begins: ” In the year of our Lord 1641, the 30th of July, I commenced this journal in the name of the Lord. May the Lord conduct us to the place of our destination in order that on our arrival we may offer to the Lord the offering of our lips to His honor and our salvation. Amen.” They had an unusually stormy passage. He closes his journal saying: “At daybreak we ran to the sand point (Sandy Hook) and we rounded it too close. We got aground on a reef which had formed there within a year. After two hours we got afloat again. God be praised we suffered no damage and with good speed passed between the Hoofden (the headlands at the sides of the Narrows) and in the afternoon came to qanchor at the Manhatens, in front of Smits Vly (on the East River). Thus the Lord delivered us at last, after much adversity, for which He be praised forever, Amen. The next day a dead horse overboard. (Endorsed) “Journal of Anthony de Hooges, of his voyage to New Netherland beginning 30 July ending 29 November 1641.” One year later Kiliaen van Rensselaer writes him that the journal had been received and had given him great satisfaction. The letter is filled with advice and van Rensselaer evidently felt a great interest in him. “In the beginning,” he writes, “hear and see, notice and learn, obey and make yourself agreeable and liked; in that way you will be able to accomplish much.” That he considers his counsel worth seeking was shown by a letter to Domine Megapolensis urging him “to confer sometimes with de Hooges and extract the quintessence of his discourse.” Van Curler, De Hooges’ superior officer, was somewhat dissipated and, going from bad to worse, all his papers were turned over to de Hooges. Then van Rensselaer writes again to Domine Megapolensis: “Every effort ought to be made to stop the excessive drinking and now that there is a public brewer (Evert PELS) I hope that private brewing will cease. I hope that Anthony de Hooges will conduct himself well. What I fear most for him is that he may become strongly addicted to drink against which he must be strongly warned. His sweetheart here in the Netherlands, Anneken Sporom, married at Campen so that he need not wait for her any longer. I have sometimes thought that his thoughts were too much concentrated on her and that he liked the country less on that account. You may tell him this when there is an opportunity or have someone else tell him in order that he may be at ease…Let him behave well and have patience and he will be advanced in due time.” That he stood high in the opinion of van Rensselaer a letter to van Curler shows for he told the latter “not to lightly reject the advice of Hooges although he is younger than you and so experienced. I consider him an upright young man. March 18, 1643, the patron writes to de Hooges:”I have your letters of the first of March and the 23th of August of last year, 1642…I have recommended you well, as you will learn from de Megapolensis, but I must admonish you to be righteous and faithful and especially to guard yourself drunkenness and lewd women. There are many rumors current about the first, but you can best test the matter yourself; heed the faithful admonitions of your pastor, de Megapolensis, and do not follow the footsteps of those who may be guilty thereof, but fear the Lord; do right and fear no one. You will do well to keep and send me a daily journal, giving a truthful account of affairs, for I have no use for things that are not true…I hope that you will have more and more satisfaction; all new things are difficult but matters will turn out to your advantage if you conduct yourself well. I must thank you for communicating to me the text of the first sermon of de Megapolensis; no other foundation can and ought to be laid. Vale.” The position of De Hooges was a responsible one. He was commissioner and administrator of goods suitable for merchandise and was to pay the laborers. We find him leasing farms and making contracts for buildings. From the departure of van Curler for Holland October 1, 1646 until the arrival of Brant Aertz van Slichtenhorst March 22, 1648, he was entrusted with the business management of the colony. In a petition for the payment of his salary he states that he must have a house built for him. “A certain fish of considerable size, snow-white in color, round in the body, and blowing water out of its head,” made at the same time his appearance, March stemming the impetuous flood. What it portended, “God the Lord only knew.” All the inhabitants were lost in wonder, for ” at the same instant that this fish appeared to us, we had the first thunder and lightning this year.” The public astonishment had scarcely subsided, when another monster of the deep, estimated at forty feet in length, was seen, of a brown color, having fins on his back, and ejecting water in like manner, high in the air. Some seafaring people, “who had been to Greenland,” now pronounced the strange visitor a whale. Intelligence was shortly after received that it had grounded on an island at the mouth of the Mohawk, and the people turned out in numbers to secure the prize, which was, forthwith, subjected to the process of roasting, in order to extract its oil. Though large quantities were obtained, yet so great was the mass of blubber, the river was covered with grease for three weeks afterwards, and the air infected to such a degree with the stench, as the fish lay rotting on the strand, that the smell was perceptibly offensive for two (Dutch) miles to leeward. The whale, which had first ascended the river, stranded, on its return to sea, on an island some forty miles from the mouth of the river, near which place four others grounded, also, this year. …These particulars are taken from an old book kept by Antonie de Hooges, Secretary of Rensselaerswyck, endorsed, “Copye van eenige acten ende andere aenmerckelycke notitien,” and from Van der Donck’s Beschryv. van N. N. The island at the mouth of the Mohawk goes since by the name of Walvisch, or Whale Island. De Hooges refers to the visit of a similar large fish ” many years ago,” which caused great wonder at the time, but he does not mention the year, nor furnish any further particulars of the circumstance.

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GEDCOM Note

In 1641 when Anthony de Hooges entered the employ of Rensselaerwyck, sailing on den Coninck David, the skipper being commanded to allow him to eat and sleep in the cabin. He brought letters of introduction to William Kieft, Director-General, and also to Arent van Curler to whom he was sent as an assistant. He later became the Secretary of the Colony. Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, the patron, seems to have had a great deal of concern and respect for Anthony.

He kept a journal of his long voyage for the patron. It begins:

” In the year of our Lord 1641, the 30th of July, I commenced this journal in the name of the Lord. May the Lord conduct us to the place of our destination in order that on our arrival we may offer to the Lord the offering of our lips to His honor and our salvation. Amen.”

They had an unusually stormy passage. He closes his journal saying:

“At daybreak we ran to the sand point (Sandy Hook) and we rounded it too close. We got aground on a reef which had formed there within a year. After two hours we got afloat again. God be praised we suffered no damage and with good speed passed between the Hoofden (the headlands at the sides of the Narrows) and in the afternoon came to qanchor at the Manhatens, in front of Smits Vly (on the East River). Thus the Lord delivered us at last, after much adversity, for which He be praised forever, Amen. The next day a dead horse overboard.

(Endorsed)

“Journal of Anthony de Hooges, of his voyage to New Netherland beginning 30 July ending 29 November 1641.”

One year later Kiliaen van Rensselaer writes him that the journal had been received and had given him great satisfaction. The letter is filled with advice and van Rensselaer evidently felt a great interest in him. “In the beginning,” he writes, “hear and see, notice and learn, obey and make yourself agreeable and liked; in that way you will be able to accomplish much.” That he considers his counsel worth seeking was shown by a letter to Domine Megapolensis urging him “to confer sometimes with de Hooges and extract the quintessence of his discourse.”

Van Curler, De Hooges’ superior officer, was somewhat dissipated and, going from bad to worse, all his papers were turned over to de Hooges. Then van Rensselaer writes again to Domine Megapolensis: “Every effort ought to be made to stop the excessive drinking and now that there is a public brewer (Evert PELS) I hope that private brewing will cease. I hope that Anthony de Hooges will conduct himself well. What I fear most for him is that he may become strongly addicted to drink against which he must be strongly warned. His sweetheart here in the Netherlands, Anneken Sporom, married at Campen so that he need not wait for her any longer. I have sometimes thought that his thoughts were too much concentrated on her and that he liked the country less on that account. You may tell him this when there is an opportunity or have someone else tell him in order that he may be at ease…Let him behave well and have patience and he will be advanced in due time.”

That he stood high in the opinion of van Rensselaer a letter to van Curler shows for he told the latter “not to lightly reject the advice of Hooges although he is younger than you and so experienced. I consider him an upright young man. March 18, 1643, the patron writes to de Hooges:”I have your letters of the first of March and the 23th of August of last year, 1642…I have recommended you well, as you will learn from de Megapolensis, but I must admonish you to be righteous and faithful and especially to guard yourself drunkenness and lewd women. There are many rumors current about the first, but you can best test the matter yourself; heed the faithful admonitions of your pastor, de Megapolensis, and do not follow the footsteps of those who may be guilty thereof, but fear the Lord; do right and fear no one. You will do well to keep and send me a daily journal, giving a truthful account of affairs, for I have no use for things that are not true…I hope that you will have more and more satisfaction; all new things are difficult but matters will turn out to your advantage if you conduct yourself well. I must thank you for communicating to me the text of the first sermon of de Megapolensis; no other foundation can and ought to be laid. Vale.”

The position of De Hooges was a responsible one. He was commissioner and administrator of goods suitable for merchandise and was to pay the laborers. We find him leasing farms and making contracts for buildings. From the departure of van Curler for Holland October 1, 1646 until the arrival of Brant Aertz van Slichtenhorst March 22, 1648, he was entrusted with the business management of the colony. In a petition for the payment of his salary he states that he must have a house built for him.

“A certain fish of considerable size, snow-white in color, round in the body, and blowing water out of its head,” made at the same time his appearance, March stemming the impetuous flood. What it portended, “God the Lord only knew.” All the inhabitants were lost in wonder, for ” at the same instant that this fish appeared to us, we had the first thunder and lightning this year.” The public astonishment had scarcely subsided, when another monster of the deep, estimated at forty feet in length, was seen, of a brown color, having fins on his back, and ejecting water in like manner, high in the air. Some seafaring people, “who had been to Greenland,” now pronounced the strange visitor a whale. Intelligence was shortly after received that it had grounded on an island at the mouth of the Mohawk, and the people turned out in numbers to secure the prize, which was, forthwith, subjected to the process of roasting, in order to extract its oil. Though large quantities were obtained, yet so great was the mass of blubber, the river was covered with grease for three weeks afterwards, and the air infected to such a degree with the stench, as the fish lay rotting on the strand, that the smell was perceptibly offensive for two (Dutch) miles to leeward. The whale, which had first ascended the river, stranded, on its return to sea, on an island some forty miles from the mouth of the river, near which place four others grounded, also, this year.

…These particulars are taken from an old book kept by Antonie de Hooges, Secretary of Rensselaerswyck, endorsed, “Copye van eenige acten ende andere aenmerckelycke notitien,” and from Van der Donck’s Beschryv. van N. N. The island at the mouth of the Mohawk goes since by the name of Walvisch, or Whale Island. De Hooges refers to the visit of a similar large fish ” many years ago,” which caused great wonder at the time, but he does not mention the year, nor furnish any further particulars of the circumstance.

• ************************************* Anthony de Hooges was of Flemish stock and had sailed from Texel in July 30, 1641, on the ship "der Cornick David" with a fleet of about 35 other ships. They arrived in Plymouth, England, on August 19th and continued the trip to America, which took four months due to bad weather. He was in charge of the business management of the Colony of Renssalearwyck from 1644 until 1648 and from 1648 until his death in 1655 was Secretary of the Colony.

He married in October of 1647 to Eva Albertse Bratt. The mountain which lies between Westchester and Putnam Counties, NY, was named "Anthony's Nose" after him. Following his death about October 11, 1655, Eva married Roeloff Swartwout. Two of the children of Anthony and Eva remained in Albany; the other children went with their mother and step-father to the Esopus. Anthony and Eva had issue: (1) Maria b. ca. 1648, married Hendrick Bries and second on 21 Aug 1696 in Albany to Jacob Lockerman. (2) Anna, wife of Warnaar Hornbeck. (3) Catrina, wife of Herman Rutgers. (4) Johannes, husband of Margarita Post. (5) Eleanora, wife of William Mousnier de la Montagne - HOOGES. The marriage of Eva and Roelof Swartwout was 13 Aug 1657. There were additional children of this marriage.

REF: Documentation for birth, death and marriage is found in Family Data Collection/ Individual records, Family Data Collection/Marriages, US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Netherlands Genealogie on Line Index.

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In 1641 when Anthony de Hooges entered the employ of Rensselaerwyck, sailing on den Coninck David, the skipper being commanded to allow him to eat and sleep in the cabin. He brought letters of introduction to William Kieft, Director-General, and also to Arent van Curler to whom he was sent as an assistant. He later became the Secretary of the Colony. Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, the patron, seems to have had a great deal of concern and respect for Anthony. He kept a journal of his long voyage for the patron. It begins: ” In the year of our Lord 1641, the 30th of July, I commenced this journal in the name of the Lord. May the Lord conduct us to the place of our destination in order that on our arrival we may offer to the Lord the offering of our lips to His honor and our salvation. Amen.” They had an unusually stormy passage. He closes his journal saying: “At daybreak we ran to the sand point (Sandy Hook) and we rounded it too close. We got aground on a reef which had formed there within a year. After two hours we got afloat again. God be praised we suffered no damage and with good speed passed between the Hoofden (the headlands at the sides of the Narrows) and in the afternoon came to qanchor at the Manhatens, in front of Smits Vly (on the East River). Thus the Lord delivered us at last, after much adversity, for which He be praised forever, Amen. The next day a dead horse overboard. (Endorsed) “Journal of Anthony de Hooges, of his voyage to New Netherland beginning 30 July ending 29 November 1641.” One year later Kiliaen van Rensselaer writes him that the journal had been received and had given him great satisfaction. The letter is filled with advice and van Rensselaer evidently felt a great interest in him. “In the beginning,” he writes, “hear and see, notice and learn, obey and make yourself agreeable and liked; in that way you will be able to accomplish much.” That he considers his counsel worth seeking was shown by a letter to Domine Megapolensis urging him “to confer sometimes with de Hooges and extract the quintessence of his discourse.” Van Curler, De Hooges’ superior officer, was somewhat dissipated and, going from bad to worse, all his papers were turned over to de Hooges. Then van Rensselaer writes again to Domine Megapolensis: “Every effort ought to be made to stop the excessive drinking and now that there is a public brewer (Evert PELS) I hope that private brewing will cease. I hope that Anthony de Hooges will conduct himself well. What I fear most for him is that he may become strongly addicted to drink against which he must be strongly warned. His sweetheart here in the Netherlands, Anneken Sporom, married at Campen so that he need not wait for her any longer. I have sometimes thought that his thoughts were too much concentrated on her and that he liked the country less on that account. You may tell him this when there is an opportunity or have someone else tell him in order that he may be at ease…Let him behave well and have patience and he will be advanced in due time.” That he stood high in the opinion of van Rensselaer a letter to van Curler shows for he told the latter “not to lightly reject the advice of Hooges although he is younger than you and so experienced. I consider him an upright young man. March 18, 1643, the patron writes to de Hooges:”I have your letters of the first of March and the 23th of August of last year, 1642…I have recommended you well, as you will learn from de Megapolensis, but I must admonish you to be righteous and faithful and especially to guard yourself drunkenness and lewd women. There are many rumors current about the first, but you can best test the matter yourself; heed the faithful admonitions of your pastor, de Megapolensis, and do not follow the footsteps of those who may be guilty thereof, but fear the Lord; do right and fear no one. You will do well to keep and send me a daily journal, giving a truthful account of affairs, for I have no use for things that are not true…I hope that you will have more and more satisfaction; all new things are difficult but matters will turn out to your advantage if you conduct yourself well. I must thank you for communicating to me the text of the first sermon of de Megapolensis; no other foundation can and ought to be laid. Vale.” The position of De Hooges was a responsible one. He was commissioner and administrator of goods suitable for merchandise and was to pay the laborers. We find him leasing farms and making contracts for buildings. From the departure of van Curler for Holland October 1, 1646 until the arrival of Brant Aertz van Slichtenhorst March 22, 1648, he was entrusted with the business management of the colony. In a petition for the payment of his salary he states that he must have a house built for him. “A certain fish of considerable size, snow-white in color, round in the body, and blowing water out of its head,” made at the same time his appearance, March stemming the impetuous flood. What it portended, “God the Lord only knew.” All the inhabitants were lost in wonder, for ” at the same instant that this fish appeared to us, we had the first thunder and lightning this year.” The public astonishment had scarcely subsided, when another monster of the deep, estimated at forty feet in length, was seen, of a brown color, having fins on his back, and ejecting water in like manner, high in the air. Some seafaring people, “who had been to Greenland,” now pronounced the strange visitor a whale. Intelligence was shortly after received that it had grounded on an island at the mouth of the Mohawk, and the people turned out in numbers to secure the prize, which was, forthwith, subjected to the process of roasting, in order to extract its oil. Though large quantities were obtained, yet so great was the mass of blubber, the river was covered with grease for three weeks afterwards, and the air infected to such a degree with the stench, as the fish lay rotting on the strand, that the smell was perceptibly offensive for two (Dutch) miles to leeward. The whale, which had first ascended the river, stranded, on its return to sea, on an island some forty miles from the mouth of the river, near which place four others grounded, also, this year. …These particulars are taken from an old book kept by Antonie de Hooges, Secretary of Rensselaerswyck, endorsed, “Copye van eenige acten ende andere aenmerckelycke notitien,” and from Van der Donck’s Beschryv. van N. N. The island at the mouth of the Mohawk goes since by the name of Walvisch, or Whale Island. De Hooges refers to the visit of a similar large fish ” many years ago,” which caused great wonder at the time, but he does not mention the year, nor furnish any further particulars of the circumstance.

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The mountain which lies between Westche

The mountain which lies between Westchester and Putnam counties in New York was named "Anthony's Nose" after him.

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Anthone de Hooges From the Minutes of the Court of Fort Orange and Beverwyck 1652-1656, Vol I, translated and edited by A. J. F. Van Laer (Albany: The Univ. of the State of NY, 1920) [in the Kingston Library 8/2003].

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Annals of Albany, 1609-1849

This is in reference to an online book entitled "The Annals of Albany", by Joel Munsell, written in 1850. It's from openlibrary.org, and is a history of the town. It includes information about Rutger Jacobsen, an old drawing of very old Albany, a list of names and detailed biographical information about the original settlers of Rensselaerswyck from 1630-1646, and much, much more. You can search the book, and it will bring up the pages on which the subject is mentioned. Here's the link:

https://archive.org/stream/annalsofalbany01munsuoft#page/n3/mode/2up

If you happen to descend from Rutger Jacobsen van Schoenderwoerdt's son Harmen and his wife Catarina De Hooges, you also descend, of course, from Catarina's father Anthony De Hooges. I was amused to read a page-long account in this book about the trial and sentencing of one Willlem Juriaensen Bakker, who had attempted to stab Anthony De Hooges, and had also committed various other crimes. He was "banished out the colonie by their Worshipful Court."

The banishment was facilitated by Rutger Jacobsen, who agreed to take Juriaensen onboard his yacht and convey him to the Manhattans, and release him there. The report was recorded by "A. De Hooges, Secretary." [of the colonie.]

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Antony De Hooges sailed fromTexal Hollan

Antony De Hooges sailed fromTexal Holland 30 July 1641 and arrived in New Amsterdam Ny. 29 Nov. 1641. He was engagesd as underbooker and assistant to Arent van Curler during the trip. He apparently did not arrive in Rensselaerswyck until 10 April 1642. He's being credited from that date until 10 Apr 1644 with a salary of f150 a year. From van Curlers depature in Oct 1644 until Slichtenhorsts arrival in Mar 1648 he was entrusted with the business managemant of the colony. Fom that date until he death he held offices in the business management of the colony.He also held other offices including secretary and gecommitteerde. In the accounts he is credited from 11 May 1652 until11 Oct 1655 with a salary of f360 a year as secretary, f100 as gecommitteerde, and f56 as voorleeser(reader in the church) during 2 months and one week in 1653. He states in March 1648 that he has been in the service of the patroon for more than 6 yeaars and for 4 years has not received a salary. He also states that he has been entrusted with a new position and must now have a house built inasmuch as the storehouse assigned to him for a dwelling, has been turned into a church. He married Eva Bratt in Oct 1647. Dehooges let Adriaen van der Donck (officer of justice)and his wife, stay with him temporarily after their house located on Castle Island, was destroyed by fire on 17 Jan 1646. They moved out of De Hooges house on 23 Feb 1646, and into the fort after Donck and De Hooges had a quarrel. Dehooges is also referred to again in court records concerning Willem Juriaensz. On 29 Aug 1647 Juriaensz attacked DeHooges with a knife He was banished from the colony for life and sent to the Manhatans

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Anthony “Antoni” de Hooges BIRTH 14 Dec 1620 Amsterdam Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands DEATH 11 Oct 1655 (aged 34) Rensselaer County, New York, USA BURIAL Body lost or destroyed, Specifically: Death in Albany, New York. MEMORIAL ID 144438719

Anthony de Hooges was of Flemish stock and had sailed from Texel in July 30, 1641, on the ship "der Cornick David" with a fleet of about 35 other ships. They arrived in Plymouth, England, on August 19th and continued the trip to America, which took four months due to bad weather. He was in charge of the business management of the Colony of Renssalearwyck from 1644 until 1648 and from 1648 until his death in 1655 was Secretary of the Colony.

He married in October of 1647 to Eva Albertse Bratt. The mountain which lies between Westchester and Putnam Counties, NY, was named "Anthony's Nose" after him. Following his death about October 11, 1655, Eva married Roeloff Swartwout. Two of the children of Anthony and Eva remained in Albany; the other children went with their mother and step-father to the Esopus. Anthony and Eva had issue: (1) Maria b. ca. 1648, married Hendrick Bries and second on 21 Aug 1696 in Albany to Jacob Lockerman. (2) Anna, wife of Warnaar Hornbeck. (3) Catrina, wife of Herman Rutgers. (4) Johannes, husband of Margarita Post. (5) Eleanora, wife of William Mousnier de la Montagne - HOOGES. The marriage of Eva and Roelof Swartwout was 13 Aug 1657. There were additional children of this marriage.

REF: Documentation for birth, death and marriage is found in Family Data Collection/ Individual records, Family Data Collection/Marriages, US and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, Netherlands Genealogie on Line Index.

Family Members Parents Johannes de Hooges 1578 – unknown

Maria Tyron de Hooges 1576 – unknown

Spouse Affien Albertssen Bradt Swartwout 1633–1689

Children Anneken De Hooges Hornbeck 1649–1693

Johannes de Hooges 1654 – unknown

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Moby Dick (from 'The White Whale' http://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/addition...)

Literary speculation is that Herman Melville may have got his idea for 'Moby Dick' from this report as he apparently had Dutch ancestors from the area.

Translation

[52] On the 29th of March in the year 1647 a certain fish appeared before us here in the colony, which we estimated to be of a considerable size. He came from below and swam past us a certain distance up to the sand bars and came back towards evening, going down past us again. He was snow-white, without fins, round of body, and blew water up out of his head, just like whales or tunas. It seemed very strange to us because there are many sand bars between us and Manhattan, and also because it was snow-white, such as no one among us has ever seen; especially, I say, because it covered a distance of 20 [Dutch] miles of fresh water in contrast to salt water, which is its element. Only God knows what it means. But it is certain, that I and most all of the inhabitants [watched] it with great amazement. On the same evening that this fish appeared before us, we had the first thunder and lightening of the year.

[53] On the 19th of April in the year 1647 another fish appeared here around noon before Fort Orange with the high water (seafaring men who have sailed to Greenland judged it to be a whale). It was of considerable size as the previous one (we estimated it to be over 40 feet long). It was brown in color like a [ ] with large fins on its back and blew water out of its head like the one before. He swam upstream against this extraordinary current. It seemed strange to me because it has been several years since a tuna has appeared here. It caused great amazement how the fish had swum so far and [ ] in this spring two such large fish should appear, [ ] is unheard of, for reasons stated about the previous fish.

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• Info added by another patron includes invalid information.

De Hooges was a Hugenot (no sources for being a Hugenot) emigrant and served as an official in Beverwyck (Albany) and as a deacon in the Albany Reformed Dutch Church when it was established. Jacobus states that he was Superintendent of the Colony of Rensselaerwyck, secretary, bookkeeper and "Vorleser" From Ostrander: A Genealogical Record, pp 115-16 Anthony de Hooges was a native of Hoogesand in Grotingen province, Holland, who had emigrated on the ship den Coninck David in 1641. Anthony de Hooges was well educated and "an upright young man" in the eyes of Kilian Van Rensselaer, the Amsterdam diamond merchants and absentee patroon who had hired De Hooges to assist in administering affairs at his great Rensselaerwyck estate upriver on the Hudson. In 1644 De Hooges took over as administrator of Rensselaerwyck and in 1648, when a successor was sent to replace him, he was named secretary of the colony. In October 1647 in Albany, Anthony de Hooges married Eva Albertse Bratt, the daughter of an immigrant from Norway, Albert Andriessen Bratt. Anthony and Eva lived in a new house in Beverwyck that had been built to replace Anthony's first residence, a stone house that was turned into a church. On or about 11 Oct 1655 Anthony died, leaving Eva a widow with five children, the oldest nine years old. From De Bonte Koe v. 11:5-6] During the ship's crossing he prayed for a safe crossing so that the Lord may continue to receive "the offering of our lips." After a stormy and violent four months at sea and a grounding on a reef off the American shore, he wrote, "the Lord delivered us at last, after much adversity, for which He is praised forever." Antony was sent as Arent Van Curler's assistant. The former had won the respect of the Indians for fair dealings in the fur trade. He was soon handling the colony's paperwork, leasing land to tenant farmers, contracting for construction, inventorying merchandise, paying laborers and the like. Van Rensselaer considered him "and upright young man." Anthony had le ft a sweetheart behind in Holland who soon married another. He then married Eva Albertse Bratt. Two geographical sites in New York preserve his name: Anthony's Kill in Saratoga county and Anthony's Nose on a mountain overlooking the Hudson near Peekskill.

Biography Flag of Amsterdam Anthony De Hooges migrated from Amsterdam to New Netherland. Flag of New Netherland Anthony De Hooges was born in 1618. He emigrated from Amsterdam to Rensselaerwyck, New Netherland on the De Coninck David July 23, 1641. He died October 11, 1655.

"Antony de Hooges; was engaged as underbookkeeper and assistant to Arent van Curler, and sailed from the Texel by den Coninck David, July 30, 1641. He reached New Amsterdam Nov. 29, 1641, but apparently did not arrive in the colony [Rensselaerswyck] till April 10, 1642, being credited from that date till April 10, 1544, with a salary of f150 a year. From van Curler's departure for Holland, in Oct. 1644, till van Slichtenhorst's arrival on March 22, 1648, he was entrusted with the business management of the colony; from the latter date till his death, on or about Oct. 11, 1655, he held the offices of secretary and gecommitteerde. In the accounts, he is credited, from May 11, 1652, to Oct 11, 1655, with a salary of f360 a year as secretary and for the same period with a salary of f100 as gecommitteerde, also with f56, for salary as voorleeser (reader in the church) during two months and one week in 1653. In a petition for salary, March 27, 1648, he states that he has been for more than six years in the service of the patroon and for four years has not received any salary; that he has now been entrusted with a new office without any mention of salary; and that he must have a house built inasmuch as the storehouse, assigned to him for a dwelling, has been turned into a church. He married, in Oct. 1647, a daughter of Albert Andriesz, named Eva, who on Aug. 13, 1657, became the wife of Roelof Swartwout." [1] Kiliaen van RENSSELAER engaged Anthony de HOOGES as underbookkeeper and assistant to Arent van CURLER, Rensselaerwyck's young secretary and bookkeeper. De HOOGES shipped out on the Wes India Company vessel, den Coninck David, van Rensselaer having made arrangements for him to sleep and take his meals in the skipper's cabin. He keep a journal of the trip, from lifting anchor on 30-Jul to arrival in Manhattan on 29-Nov. Apparently there was an early freezing over of the Hudson River and de HOOGES spent the winter in New Amsterdam with the West India Company's commissary of cargoes, Oloff Stevensen van CORTLANDT, arriving in Rensselaerswyck the following 10-Apr.

For the three years prior to his marriage, Anthony had been entrusted with the business management of the colony in van CURLER's stead. When the first director of the colony, Brant van SLICHTENHORST, arrived in Mar-1648, de hOOGES was appointed secretary and gecommitteerde at an annual salary of 460, besides which he received a free house, free beer from the brewers, stovewood from the farmers, and a fee for every summons he wrote.

de HOOGES was generally well regarded. In 1647 Petrus STUYVESANT an dhis council asked de HOOGES to serve as one of four referees to settle a dispute at Manhattan between Deacon (and Commissary) Oloff Stevensen van CORTLANDS and Domine Everardus BOGARDUS, and the Rensselaerswyck court called upon him to serve as impartial arbitrator in a suit four years later.

After his marriage, the couple at first lived in the colony's storehouse, but that was soon turned into a church, and so in Mar-1648 de HOOGES wrote that he hoped the colony would build a house for him. He found a place by the next year, and on 23-Apr-1652, had a lot patented to him south of the Fuyck (Rutten) Kill in the new village of Beverwyck, which is perhaps not where he was living in 1655, when he sold the west part of his lot to his neighbor Volckert JANSE. He also owned a garden in still another location.

Life as a public official was not without its real dangers. Willem JURIAENSZ was banished from Rensselaerswyck on three separate occasions for serious violations, once for attempting to stab de HOOGES with a knife on the public highway, sentence being passed on 28-Aug-1647. A month later, Jacob Jansz STOL, who had a long record of public brawling, "fought with Pieter HERTGERS, struck de HOOGES on the left eye with his fist, and greatly injured the thumb of Volckert JANSZ in his own house in the presence of the fiscal." Harmless, but always annoying were the frequent insults also to be endured, although in 1651 a suit was brought against Jacob LAMBERTSZ for insulting in one fell swoop the director, the court messenge,m and secretary de HOOGES.

Anthony is unusual for a Dutch given name, often written "Antoni" in the records of New Netherland, comes from the name of his maternal grandfather and suggests a link between the family and Spanish control of the Low Countries, including the Netherlands, from 1555 to 1648. Indeed, it is entirely possible that the de HOOGES line itself has some Spanish blood in it, since Spain sent many soldiers and administrators to rule the Netherlands while it was occupied and many of these men remained in the Netherlands (NEAL).

A promontory along the west shore of the Hudson River at the original southern boudry of Dutchess Co. that is nicknamed "Anthony's Nose" is said to have been named for de HOOGES; the nickname is a corruption of the Dutch word for promontory. (NEAL).

In Amsterdam, Anthony worked for the merchange-patroon Kiliaen van RENSSELAER until 30-Jul-1641, and then was sent to Rensselaerswyck. He departed from Amsterdam on 23-Jul, then sailed from Texel on the "den Conick David" on 30-Jul. After briefly running aground at Sandy Hook, the ship finally anchored in the East River off Manhattan Island on 29-Nov-1641. Probably because of the icy Hudson River, he spent the winter in New Amsterdam and did not reach te rather primitive and sparsely settled upriver settlement of Rensselaerswyck until 10-Apr-1642. The journal that de HOOGES kept during his voyage is considered a major source of information about the nature of the travel between the Netherlands and its new colony in America (NEAL).

In Jul-1655 Anthony signed a document for the court as schout and secretary, the former a title he had not regularly held.

Anthony de HOOGES was of Flemish stock... The mountian which lies between Westchester and Putnam Cos., NY was named "Anthony's Nose" after him. (HORNBECK Descendants)

According to a letter from Kiliaen van RENSSELAER, Anthony had a "sweetheart" in Holland, Anneken SPOROM, who married after he left (NY Record).

Anthony left only one son, and that son had an only son, named for his grandfather, who probably died in infancy; so the name became extinct in this country (NY Record).

Baptism 14 Dec 1620 Noord, Amsterdam, Holland [2][3] Immigration 30 Jul 1641 Texel, Holland 29 NOV 1641 New Amsterdam, New Netherland 1642 New Netherland[4] 1642[5] Marriage In October 1647 he married Aefje Bradt at Rensselaerwyck, New Netherland.[6] Children Child: Catrina DeHooges Rutgers Child: Claartje DeHooges Quick Residence Rensselaerswyck, New York[7] Occupation Secretary and Governor of the Colony of Rensselaerswyck, Captain, Military. Death He died October 11, 1655 at Fort Orange, New Netherland.[8] Anthony was born in the year 1620 and was baptized by his parents Joannes de Hoges and Maria Tijron in Nieuwekerk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands on the 15th of December 1620.

In the the year 1641, Anthony sailed from Amsterdam in the ship, "Den Connick David" (The King David), departing on 23rd of July in 1641 and arriving in New Amsterdam on 29th November 1641. Once in America he was engaged as under-bookkeeper and assistant to Arent van Curler.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/De_Hooges-2

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Anthony de Hooges was of Flemish stock. He was a son of Johannes de Hooges born about 1590 Holland and Maria Tijron born about 1599 Holland. Anthony sailed from Texel Jul 30, 1641 on the ship "der Cornick David" which was in a fleet about about 35 other ships, arrived in Plymouth, England on Aug 19th and then began the four month voyage to America. Anthony was in charge of the business management of the colony of Renssalearwyck from 1644 until 1648 and then from 1648 until his death in 1655 he was Secretary of the colony.

Anthony married in October of 1647 to Affien "Eva" Albertse Bratt born about 1632, daughter of Albert Andriese Brad/Bratt born 1600 Norway and Annette Barentse Van Rymers, born Norway died 1662 NY (who was the daughter of Pieter Jacobsen Van Rynsburg born Norway and Oysje Barents Pieters born Norway). They sailed from Texel Oct 2, 1636 on the ship "Rensselaerwyck" and arrived in Amsterdam Mar 4, 1637. Albert was from Fredrikstad in the southeast part of Norway. Eva's siblings included: Barent Albertse; Storm Albertsen; Engeltje; Gisseltje; Jan Albertse; Dirck; Andries Albertse.

Source: Shirley Hornbeck <http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~hornbeck/hsrc/home.htm>

Mo's note: some of the information from Raymond Wolfe is not in agreement with Shirley Hornbeck's information, especially the name spellings. It seems like a creative & deliberate effort was made to spell the names as many different ways as possible but it it was a simple fact of the day that few people could write and they did the best they could as they went along recording these bits and pieces of history for us. There is a wealth of information about these families at Shirley's web site.

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De Hooges was a Hugenot emigrant and ser

De Hooges was a Hugenot emigrant and served as an official in Beverwyck (Albany) and as a deacon in the Albany Reformed Dutch Church when it was established. Jacobus states that he was Superintendent of the Colony of Rensselaerwyck, secretary, bookkeeper and "Vorleser" From Ostrander: A Genealogical Record, pp 115-16 Anthony de Hooges was a native of Hoogesand in Grotingen province, Holland, who had emigrated on the ship den Coninck David in 1641. Anthony de Hooges was well educated and "an upright young man" in the eyes of Kilian Van Rensselaer, the Amsterdam diamond merchants and absentee patroon who had hired De Hooges to assist in administering affairs at his great Rensselaerwyck estate upriver on the Hudson. In 1644 De Hooges took over as administrator of Rensselaerwyck and in 1648, when a successor was sent to replace him, he was named secretary of the colony. In October 1647 in Albany, Anthony de Hooges married Eva Albertse Bratt, the daughter of an immigrant from Norway, Albert Andriessen Bratt. Anthony and Eva lived in a new house in Beverwyck that had been built to replace Anthony's first residence, a stone house that was turned into a church. On or about 11 Oct 1655 Anthony died, leaving Eva a widow with five children, the oldest nine years old. From De Bonte Koe v. 11:5-6] During the ship's crossing he prayed for a safe crossing so that the Lord may continue to receive "the offering of our lips." After a stormy and violent four months at sea and a grounding on a reef off the American shore, he wrote, "the Lord delivered us at last, after much adversity, for which He is praised forever." Antony was sent as Arent Van Curler's assistant. The former had won the respect of the Indians for fair dealings in the fur trade. He was soon handling the colony's paperwork, leasing land to tenant farmers, contracting for construction, inventorying merchandise, paying laborers and the like. Van Rensselaer considered him "and upright young man." Anthony had le ft a sweetheart behind in Holland who soon married another. He then married Eva Albertse Bratt. Two geographical sites in New York preserve his name: Anthony's Kill in Saratoga county and Anthony's Nose on a mountain overlooking the Hudson near Peekskill.