"2. TEUWIS (MATTHEUS) ABRAHAMSEN (VAN DEURSEN), eldest son of (1) Abraham Pietersen (Van Deursen) and Tryntje Melchiors of New Amsterdam, b a 1631; m 1653, HELENA ROBBERTS.
"Teuwis Abrahamsen Van Deursen early removed to Beverwyck (Albany), where he was granted a lot Oct. 28, 1658. In 1667 he removed to Claverack, Munsell and Talcott both state, however, that he lived at Albany until 1700. On June 26, 1677, he deeded a house and lot to Paulus Martense Van Benthuysen, the property being afterwards transferred by Van Benthuysen to Harme Janse Lyndrayer. The following is an extract of the latter.
'Appeared before me Ro. Livingston, secr. etc and in the presence of the Honorable Messieurs Richard Pretty & Andries Teller, commissaries, etc. Paulus Martense Raenmaker (wagonmaker) (Van Benthuysen), who declared that he had in true rights, free ownership, granted conveyed and transferred to and for the behoof of Harme Janse Lyndrayer (ropemaker) in a certain house and lot standing and lying here at Albany, ....bounded south by Pieter Loockermans, north by the house of Laurens Van Ale & Jan Janse Bleecker, west & east by the public street, in breadth in front on the street (Broadway)....which this granter, does by virtue of the conveyance given him by Mattheus Abrahamse (Van Deursen) of date the 26 of June 1677.
Done in Albany, the 13th Dec. 1677
Paulus Martense
Richard Pretty
A. Teller
Acknowledged before me
Ro. Livingston, Secr.'
He resided at Albany and Claverack, at which two places his children were probably born, but the baptismal records of Albany do not begin until Aug. 5, 1683, while those of Claverack date only from 1722, hence their names are not found on the records of either place."
