Person:Hugo Freer (20)

Biography

(S2) From: History of New Paltz, New York, and its old families from 1678 to 1820... Ch. XXX, pp. 349-359
Note: In this publication, the above Hugo referred to as Hugo Freer, Patentee, his son as Hugo, Senior, and grandson as Hugo, Junior.

"The Freer family of New Paltz and elsewhere in the United States is descended from Hugo Freer, one of the New Paltz patentees.
Hugo was one of the last of the little band to arrive at Kingston. There is no mention of his name previous to the purchase of the New Paltz patent from the Indians in 1677. He probably had just arrived in the country at that time. He was accompanied by his wife, Mary Haye (2nd wife, Jeanne/Jannitje Wibau) and three of their (his) eldest children, Hugo (of Marie de la Haye), Abraham (of Jeanne Wibau) and Isaac (of Jeanne Wibau)...
When the church was organized at New Paltz in 1683 Hugo Freer was chosen deacon, and in 1690 he was elder in the church....
The Freer homestead in this village is the northernmost of the old stone houses on Huguenot street... The house is about 40 feet in length and 35 in width, including a small, frame addition in the rear....
Hugo Freer, the Patentee, was twice married, his first wife being Mary Haye and the second Jannitje Wibau. The children of Hugo, the Patentee, were: (1) Hugo, Senior, (2) Abraham, (3) Isaac (who died when 18 years old), (4) Jacob, (5) Jean, (6) Mary and (7) Sarah.
Mary, the daughter of Hugo the Patentee and wife of Lewis Viele of Schenectady, sold her one-sixth part of her father's estate to her brother Hugo for L83, as is shown by a document dated 1710....
Jean Freer, son of the Patentee, who had located at Kingston, also sold to his brother Hugo, Senior, his share, one-sixth part, of the estate of their father. The sale was made in 1713 and the price paid L80."

Will of Hugo Freer (translated from French)

(S5) The will of "Hugue Frere of the Paltz, laborer" dated 4 January 1697/8, written in French. This translation given in "Ulster County Wills":

"May our help be in the name of God who made the heavens and the earth. Amen.

"Before Abraham Hasbrouck, justice of the peace at the Paltz, county of Ulster, and Louis Bevier and Jean Cottin living at the Paltz, appeared Hugo Frere, laborer, living also at the Paltz, of his (own) pure and free will, being of sound mind and understanding that the hour of death is unknown to all men, desiring that after his death all his children may live in good unity and concord, has declared to us his desire for his testament in regard to his properties, moveable and immoveable.

"First, to wit, that Hugo Frere, his eldest son shall have ten pieces of eight as his birthright; also to wit, that three of the younger children, Jacob, John and Sara after his death shall have all the lands and his house and all the garden plat, in a word all the real property, until said daughter Sara attains the age of 16 years, without paying any rent whatever to their other brothers and sisters, and after the said daughter Sara is 16 years old they may divide equally among themselves all the household stock and the real property, after they have paid all the debts; with the reservation that the daughter Sara shall have one feather bed, one bolster and two covers (blankets) and one cow, and she shall have these over and above the others; and the son Jacob shall choose from his stable a horse and he shall have the said horse over and above the others; and his son Jean shall also choose a horse which shall be over and above the others, similarly to their brothers and sisters, who have each taken a horse, and Maria Frere a cow.

"The aforesaid Hugo Frere, testator, appoints and entreats his son, Hugo Frere to maintain the good rights and interests of his brothers and sisters until they are of age. The said children Jacob, Jean, and Sara shall have the household things and the real property until the time specified.

"The testator commends all his children to the divine protection of the good God and asks the blessing of his benificence, temporal and spiritual.

"Made at the Paltz the fourth day of January, one thousand six hundred ninety-seven. (1697/8)"

Mark X HUGUE FRERE
JEAN COTTIN, witness
ABRAHAM HASBROUCK, witness
LOUYS BAYVYR, witness

Hugo Freer home, New Paltz, NY

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} The Freer family : the descendants of Hugo Freer, patentee of New Paltz (Frear, Fraer, Frayer, Fryer, etc.) (273476)
   Vol. 1 / Introduction, also Vol II / pg iv. pub in 1993., 1991.

   In an update to the 1968 edition, the author includes transcriptions and translations of records of the French church pertaining to this Freer family 1) marriage Hugo Freer to Marie de la Haye on 2 Oct 1660 2)baptism records of their three children (with sponsors) 3) marriage of Hugo Freer to Jeanne Wibau, widow of Simon Floquest on 22 Jan 1667 4) baptism of their three children (with sponsors) 5) Five baptisms sponsored by Hugo, Marie and Jeanne, the last occurring in 1674.

2. ↑ The Freer Family of New Paltz, in LeFevre, Ralph. History of New Paltz, New York, and its old families from 1678 to 1820: including the Huguenot pioneers and others who settled in New Paltz previous to the Revolution. (Bowie, Maryland: Heritage Books], 1992)
   Ch.XXX, p.349 -359.

   see BIOGRAPHY

3.   Tollin, Henri. Die Wallonisch-französische Colonie in Mannheim.

   Anyone have access to this publication ? Reportedly has birth, death & marriage records for the Hugo Freer, Pat1entee family.

4.   Freer-Low Family of the Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, NY (website).

   Note: these links currently do not work; searching for the current location
   
   From: Freer-Low Family of the Huguenot Historical Society, New Paltz, NY: Hugo Freer [1]
   
   Freer Family Documents [2] A list of the Mannheim statistics of the Hugo Freer family w/o Vol/pa., etc. references
   
   Notes re: Hugo Freer [3]
   
   Note: Author Ruth Heidgerd speaks of documents she received re: Hugo Freer, 1st w. Marie de la Haye, 2nd w. Jeanne Wibau & 6 children from the Reformed French Church of Mannheim noted in the 2nd edition of her work, "The Freer family : the descendants of Hugo Freer, patentee of New Paltz..." So far, I've not been able to access this book, which hopefully cites the records of the Reformed French Church in Mannheim. Anyone with access to Ancestry, please see if their copy is 2nd edition (1969 or 1993)
   I have the 1993 edition of both books.

5.   New York. Surrogate's Court (Ulster County). Probate court records, wills and administrations, Ulster County, New York, 1662-1783, 1787-1822. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1967).

   See "WILL....."

6.   Family Search.

   The History of Hugo Freer Sr. and his wives, Marie de la Haye and Jeanne Wibau
   [4]
   Facsimile of the Tax List of 1712, from New Paltz, Ulster County, New York
   [5]

7. ↑ Last Will of Christiaen Du Jou, in English Translations of Dutch Colonial Records a.k.a. "Kingston Papers"
   Bk. 2, pg 243, 10 Aug 1676.

   https://ulstercountyny.gov/archives/dutchsearchscreen.html

8.   The National Huguenot Society: History of the Huguenots [6]