Harmen GANSEVOORT

1635 - 1708  (73 years)

• Name	Harmen GANSEVOORT
  Born	1635	Holland
  Gender	Male
  Migration	Abt 1665
  Occupation	Brewer
  Heritage	German  [1]
  Religion	New Reformed Dutch Church
  Immigrant?	Y
  Died	23 Jan 1708	Albany, Albany, New York
  Buried	Albany Rural Cemetery, Menands, Albany, New York   [2]
  Person ID	I40787	Main
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2023

  
  

  Family	Maritime Leendertse CONYN,   b. Abt 1650, Albany, Albany, New York ,   d. Jan 1743, Albany, Albany, New York  (Age ~ 93 years)
  Married	Abt 1670	New York
  Children	+ 1. Lysbeth GANSEVOORT,   b. 1680, Schaghticoke, Rensselaer, New York ,   d. 7 Jan 1742, Rensselaer County, New York  (Age 62 years)
  Last Modified	30 Nov 2023
  Family ID	F28592	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1635 - Holland Married - Abt 1670 - New York Died - 23 Jan 1708 - Albany, Albany, New York  = Link to Google Earth
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• Notes

  Harmen Van Ganzvort (he so wrote his name in all of his business and family transactions so long as he lived) came to America and settled at Catskill, on the Hudson river, in 1660. There he had an extensive manor, doubtless acquired from the Indians, but afterward his lands were granted to others. It is related by one chronicler of the family history that Harme lived for some time at Catskill, on an estate more recently owned by the Van Vechten family, and that he was unjustly deprived of his property by one of the Dutch governors who went by water from New Amsterdam to Albany and on his passage up the river anchored his vessel opposite Catskill creek. There the governor went ashore with his secretary or aide, walked up to the Ganzvort dwelling, and was hospitably entertained by the proprietor. The secretary expressed his admiration of the estate, solicited a grant of it from the governor, and secured it. In consequence of this, Harme Van Ganzvort, who had no other title to the land than that of possession and the consent of the Indian owners, was compelled to leave and locate elsewhere. From Catskill he removed with his family to Albany, where, having been brought up to the trade of a brewer, he set up in that business and continued it so long as he lived. His home and brew house were at the corner of Market street and Maiden lane. This property has been kept in the family and on the site now stands Stanwix Hall. Harme Van Gansevoort (or Van Ganzvort) died July 23, 1710. He was a man of character and ability, a member of the Lutheran church. Of his means he gave to the society of that church a lot of land on which to erect a house of worship, and beneath the pulpit in the church his remains were buried. The lot is on South Pearl street, where the market house was built in later years. His wife was Marritje Liendarts, who died in 1742. http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/families/hmgfm/gansevoort.html —— Harmen Harmensen Gansevoort (1635-1708) was born in Westphalia, the son of Harmen Gansevoort. He came to New York in 1655. In 1670, in New York, he married Maritje Leendetse Conyn (circa 1646-1743). A biography of Harmen Harmensen Gansevoort appears at the Colonial Albany History Project (CAP Biography #4653, by Stefan Bielinski). Originally, Harmen was a Lutheran. Then he attended the Dutch Church. When Harmen died in 1708 in Albany, New York, "he was buried in the Lutheran cemetery..." (Stefan Bielinski. However, these graves were moved to the Albany Rural Cemetery in the 1860's. "Tradition holds that the remains wee loaded on wagons and carried out Northern Boulevard to their present location in Menands." (Burying the Dead in Early Albany).  [2]

  
  

• Sources

  [S95] Correspondence, Various, H. Ganseforth. [S96] Find a Grave, database and images, 73043291.