Person:Willem Lubberdink (1)

From The Van Barkelo Family In America -by Mrs. John M. Spell , 1301 Grant Street, Wichita Falls Texas. April 1953. "...The brothers (Willem and Harmon) sailed from Holland for New Amsterdam on Mar. 24, 1662, Willem Jans No.1 returning from a visit to his homeland and Harmen Jans No.2 making his first voyage to America (CDM:I:298). Both went to Gravesend, Long Island, where Willem Jans had his home. 1. Willem Jans Van Barkelo had come to New Amsterdam about 1657, and according to Hoppin, had moved to Gravesend to live near his father-in-law, Anthony Jansen Van Salee. Here he became active in public affairs. He later moved to Amersfort, or Flatlands, and died in November 1683, leaving no will (Wash. Anc. v.3,pp.59-60). In Gravesend, an English community, Willem Jans became known as Will Jonson or Johnson, and he is so designated in various town records quoted by Hoppin, though his customary signature, as shown in these same records, was Willem Jansz van Borkello. ....William Jonson of gravesend, shewmaker.... Resided first at Flatbush (Vlakebosch) in present Borough of Brooklyn. On 23 June 1662, he bought a house, barn and lot of land at Gravesend, an English Settlement.

Willem Jans "from Berckeloo" sailed on the ship De Trouw (Faith) from Holland to New Nederlands on 24 March, 1662. Gov. Peter Stuyvesant had been advised to this effect by the directors of The West India Company in a letter dated 4 Feb. 1662. (CDM pt. I,p.298). He was accompanied by his brother Harmen Jans "from Berckelo," who brought his wife Willempje Warnaers, daughter Jannetje, 5 yrs. old born in Holland in 1657, and Reynier, 3 yrs old born 1659. They came from the small town of Borculo in the province of Gelderland in what was formerly the County of Zutphen, and hence assumed the name of Berckelo (Barkelo). The appendage Jansz, Janse or Jansen signifies a patronymic or father's name. The surname Van Berckeloo is derived from the place of origin, the present-day Borculo. (note by Kay Douglas Barricklow: "The information I got from Baker University put the Van Barkelos in New Amsterdam first in 1651 instead of 1657. Helen Endecott had both brothers returning to New Amsterdam in 1662 from Holland, which lines up with an entry I saw in The Passenger Lists Index which indicated Harmon Janse van Borkelo arrived in Long Island in 1662 with no mention of Willem, our ancestor."

From THE REGISTER In Alphabetical Order, of the EARLY SETTLERS OF KINGS COUNTY, LONG ISLAND, N.Y. from its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700; by Teunis G. Bergen- New York: S.W. Green's Son, Printer, Electrotyper and binder 1881: page 21: Willem Janse emigrated from Borculo in the Earldom of Zutphen and Province of Gelderland as early as 1657, residing first in New Amsterdam, afterwards in Flatlands, or the assement rolls of which town his name appears in 1676 and '83 and probably removed to Gravesend. He married a 2nd wife about 1666, Lysbet or Elizabeth Jans, widow of Christoffel Jans, and was by occupation a BUTCHER. After residing in this country (New Amsterdam) some years, he appears to have visited his fatherland, and in 1662 returned accompanied by Harman Jansen Van Barkelo and family ( wife Willempje Warnaers Elderinck. Children Jennetje Hermanse 5 yrs, Reynier Harmanse Van Borkelo, 3 yrs.) and Adriana Hendricks Van Barkelo, as per p. 298 of Callaghans of N.Y. History of Dutch Manuscript. Issue: Jannetje Willemse, B. in New Amsterdam, married May 18, 1679 Jan Barents Van Driest; Cornelia Willemse; Jan Willemse; Willem Willemse; Dirk Willemse of Freehold NJ,. Coenrad Willemse; Elizabeth Willemse.