Person:Adriaen Hegeman (2)

Name	Adriaen Hegeman
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Abt 1624	Elburg, Gelderland, Netherlands
Marriage	7 Mar 1649	Sloten, Noord-Holland, Netherlandsto Catherine Margits
Death`^?`	Abt 1 Apr 1672	Midwout (Flatbush), Long Island, New York State

Emigrated from Holland and first of the American Hegeman/hageman/hagaman line.he arrived about 1652, with his wife and several children. he lived in New Amsterdam for a time then bought land on western Long Island what is now Brooklyn and flat bush, then Called Midwout (middle of the woods) At the time adriaen's bann's were proclaimed on 29 jan 1649, his parents were deceased. source"Ancestry of Adriaen Hageman of New Netherland" Smit's dutch in America Says that adriaen Hegeman purchased 59 morgens of land (a morgen is a Dutch unit ofland euqal to about 2 arcres) in Midwout about 15 apr 1661. Midwout is one ofthe six early villages in brooklyn and now is called flatbush. It was the farm area of New amsterdam and had lush forests with game, wetlands and good fishing. The swampy areas must have reminded the Hollanders of home. trading was done with New Amsterdam by ferry (230 years be fore the brooklyn Bridge) and settlers apparenly went to church (dutch reform) in New Amsterdam as the Hegeman baptismal records are there . Adrien and his friend jan strijcker were involved in many political and legal affairs of Long Island. they functioned as the2 schepens (judges) and Adriaen was the schout (sherif) of the LOng Island towns. The two men were close friends and were instrumental in guilding the first Church on Long Island., the Dutch Reform Church at Midwout in 1654. The Church was rebuilt in 1698 and in 1776 its bell announced the advance of the British forces on New York . the present third church building built in 1797 is still in the original location at the corner of Flatbush Ave and Church Lane. The stones used in its were the remains of the second shurch source. source" the stryker Family in america by William Norman stryker, 1979. Adriaen was fornin elburg Gelderland in 1624 , the son of Hendrick Hegeman a minister of thedutch Church at Vorchten. His 2 brothers were ministers of the Dutch Reform Church also. He moved to amsterdam before 1649 to join the silk trade. On march27 1649 at the age of 25 he was married to Catarina Margits, the daugther ofa London diamond cutter. What was Joseph Margits doing in amsterdam? I suspece the english civil War was a bit too hot for him. The 1640's were a tumultous time in england . In fact, the KIng was executed on jan 30 1649 , 2 monthsfebore adriaen and catarina's weedding. In the scrapbook is a copy of adriaen's signature froma legal document, taken from Stryker's Family History . the document from the colonial documents of New York deals with the shocking behavior of the English who were trying to take over the Long Island towns. Manyof Adriaen's legal writings exist as abstracts of transcripitons in NY colonial documents. Nettie weaver says he is listed in the compendium of american genealogy p 529 WFT #6 tree 3383 has some of his descendents. 1. 1652 emmigratedfrom Holland to New Amsterdam and lived there for a time 2. 1661, purchased 118 acres of land in flatbush. 3. Called Aaron hageman in some texts 4. silk merchant , schepen , auctioneeer , administrator and farmer.

He married CATHARINA MARGITS21 March 07, 1648/49 in Village of Sloten near Amsterdam, Holland22, daughter of JOSEPH MARGITS and ANNA WAERDENBUR

Emigrated from Holland and first of the American Hegeman/Hageman/Hagaman line. He arrived about 1652, with his wife and several children. He lived in New Amsterdam for a time then bought land on western Long Island, what is now Brookyn and Flatbush, then called Midwout (middle of the woods).

At the time Adriaen's bann's were proclaimed on 29 JAN 1649, his parents were deceased. Source: "Ancestry of Adriaen Hageman of New Netherland"
Smit's "Dutch in America" says that Adriaen Hegeman purchased 59 morgens of land ( a morgen is a Dutch unit of land equal to about 2 acres) in Midwout about 15 Apr 1661.
Midwout is one of the six early villages in Brooklyn and now is called Flatbush. It was the farm area of New Amsterdam and had lush forests with game, wetlands and good fishing. The swampy areas must have reminded the Hollanders of home. Trading was done with New Ansterdam by ferry (230 years before the Brooklyn Bridge) and settlers apparently went to church (Dutch Reform) in New Amsterdam as the Hegeman baptismal records are there. Adriaen and his friend Jan Strijcker were involved in many political and legal affairs of Long Island. They functioned as the 2 schepens(judges) and Adriaen was the schout (sherrif) of the Long Island towns. The two men were close friends and were instrumental in building the first church on Long Island, the Dutch Reform Church at Midwout in 1654. The Church was rebuilt in 1698 and in 1776 its bell announced the advance of the British forces on New York. The present third church building, built in 1797,is still in the original location at the corner of Flatbush Avenue and Church Lane. The stones used in its construction were the remains of the second church. source: "The Stryker Family in America" by William Norman Stryker, 1979.
Adriaen was born in Elburg, Gelderland in 1624, the son of Hendrick Hegeman, a minister of the Dutch Church at Vorchten. His 2 brothers were ministers of the Dutch church also. He moved to Amsterdam before 1649 to join the silk trade. On March 7, 1649 at the age of 25, he was married to Catarina Margits, the daughter of a London diamond cutter. What was Joseph Margits doing in Ansterdam? I suspect the English Civil War was a bit too hot for him. The 1640's were a tumultous time in England. In fact, the King was executed on Jan. 30, 1649, 2 months before Adriaen and Catarina's wedding.
In the scrapbook is a copy of Adriaen's signature from a legal document, taken from Stryker's Family History. The document from the Colonial Documents of New York deals with the shocking behavior of the English who were trying to take over the Long Island towns. Many of Adriaen's legal writings exist as abstracts or transcriptions in "NY Colonial Documents
Nettie Weaver says he is listed in the Compendium of American Genealogy, p. 529.
WFT#6, tree 3383 has some of his descendents.

Called Aaron Hageman in some texts Fact 4: silk merchant, schepen, auctioneer, administrator and farmer

Notes for CATHARINA MARGITS: Baptismal records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Ansterdam list name as Catharina Hegemans.

More About CATHARINA MARGITS: Fact 1: emmigrated with her husband from Holland Fact 2: father reportedly a diamond merchant in Amsterdam Fact 3: also spelled Katherine

Children of ADRIAEN HEGEMAN and CATHARINA MARGITS are: 18. i. HENDRICUS6 HEGEMAN, b. 1649, Holland; d. Abt. 1710, Flatbush, NY. 19. ii. JOSEPH ADRIAENSE HEGEMAN, b. Abt. 1651, Holland; d. Abt. 1745, Flatbush, Long Island, NY. 20. iii. JACOBUS HEGEMAN, b. March 1652/53, New Amsterdam, NY; d. Abt. 1741. 21. iv. ABRAHAM HEGEMAN, b. Abt. 1660, Midwout (Flatbush), New Amsterdam (NY); d. Aft. January 10, 1714/15. 22. v. DENUYSE HEGEMAN, b. Abt. 1655, Midwout (Flatbush), New Amsterdam (NY); d. August 1702.

 vi.   BENJAMIN HEGEMAN24, b. Abt. 1661, Midwout (Flatbush), New Amsterdam (NY)25; d. Aft. 171025; m. BARENTJE JANS26, April 09, 168827. 
 Notes for BENJAMIN HEGEMAN:

Nettie Weaver says he was a member of the Flatbush DRC in 1677.On the assessment of Flatbush in 1693 and the census of 1698. He was the supervisor of the town of Flatbush in 1710. Signed his name Benjamin Hegeman. Listed in "early Settlers of Kings Co.", p 136. (source-Nettie Weaver)

 More About BENJAMIN HEGEMAN:

Fact 1: of Flatbush Fact 2: daughters but no sons28

 More About BARENTJE JANS:

Fact 1: of Albany

23. vii. ELIZABETH HEGEMAN, b. Abt. 1663, Midwout (Flatbush), New Amsterdam (NY).

 viii.   JOHN HEGEMAN29, b. Abt. 1665, Midwout (Flatbush), New Amsterdam (NY)30; m. FEMMENTJE TITUS, February 12, 1690/9130. 
 More About JOHN HEGEMAN:

Fact 1: no children Fact 2: also called Jan Hegeman

24. ix. ISAAC HEGEMAN, b. 1666, Midwout (Flatbush), New Amsterdam (NY); d. Abt. 1700.

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