Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Brick maker
• Emigration: Abt 1660; : 21y

Notes:

PIETER QUACKENBOSCH, the earliest ancestor of the Quackenbush family in America, came from Oestgeest, near Leiden, Holland, about the year 1660, with his wife Maritje , and their infant son Reynier. It is probable that he did not stop at New Amsterdam, but proceeded at once to Albany, then called Beverwyck, where his second son Johannes was born about 1662. (Pearson's Early Settlers of Albany Co.) In 1668 he purchased a brick yard from Adrisen van Ilpendam in the town of Beverwyck, as shown by the following deed:
(Pearson's Early Records of Albany Co.)

Appeared before us, undersigned, commissaries of Albany, etc., Adrisen van Ilpendam, who declares that in true rights, free ownership, he grants, conveys, and makes over to Pieter Qaackenbosch the brick yard according to the fence thereabout set, lying here in the Colony, and by the said Pieter Quackenbosch occupied, according to the right and ownership of the ground which he bought and paid for, of madam, the widow of the late Johan de Hulter, now wife of Jeronimus Ebbinck, according to release of date the 20th of August, 1664, on condition that said Quackenbos pay yearly a rent of two Carolus guilders to the Heer director of the colony according to the tenor of the contract therefor, of date the 11th November, 1657, to which reference is herein made ; and therefor giving said Quackenbos, his heirs and successors or assigns, full power to dispose thereof as he might do with his patrimonial effects; also acknowledging that he is fully paid and satisfied therefor, and therefor promising to protect and free the same from all trouble and claims as is right, and never more to do nor suffer anything to be done against the same, in any manner, on pledge of his person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to all laws and judges.

Done in Albany the 11 | 21 of July, 1668,
Adriaen van Ilpendam.
Goosen Gerritse,
Philip Pieterse Schuyler,
In my presence,
D. V. Schelluyne, Secretary, 1668.


The following items concerning Pieter Quackenbosch are recorded in the "Annals of Albany":
1669-Dec-Pieter Quackenbos was paid for 25 tiles 3:15 for Domine Schaet's house.
1682-Dec-Pieter Quackenboss paid for the use of the large pall.
1684-Dec-Peter Quackenboss was paid for 7,000 bricks 170g.

Maritje, the wife of Pieter Quackenbosch probably died in Dec, 1682, when the "large pall" was used, indicating than an adult member of the family had been buried.

Pieter + Ariense, Maritje. Maritje was born in 1617 in Koukderkerk, Oestgeest, Linden, Holland, Netherlands; died on 27 Dec 1692 in Herkimer, Herkimer County, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Maritje Ariensdochter

Notes:

Birth:
Source, Find a grave memorial www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=72711613

Died:
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Notes:

Comment to Quackenbosch Coad of Arms: posted by RMLimberg -- "Coat of Arms & Motto (translation): Quackenbush is a Dutch name. The first recorded use of the Quackenbush coat of arms was in 1529 by Dirk Aelbertszoon van Quackenbosch, registered in the Leiden Armorial (1785). The motto "Vrede in Rykdom" (Peace in Wealth) was first used by his grandson Gerrit Aelbertszoon van Quackenbosch in 1578.

Under the rules of heraldry, the right to bear a coat of arms passes only to the direct descendants of the bearer. Because some crucial links in the family history have been lost over the centuries, the North American Quackenbush family cannot technically use the coat of arms.

All available records indicate that every Quackenbush in North America can ultimately be traced back to an immigrant name Pieter Quackenbosch who came to New Netherland (later called New York) in 1653 aboard the ship Graft. Pieter was born in Oegstgeesst Holland circa 1614. The modern village of Oesgstgeest is a suburb of Leiden in South Holland.

In Holland the prefix van does not necessarily imply nobility or high social stature the way the German prefix von does- it simply means 'from' or 'of'. Literally translated, the name Pieter van Quackenbosch probably means something like "Peter from the forest of the croaking frogs".

A dictionary search of modern Dutch reveals that the word "bosch" means "forest" while "kwaken" is the sound made by frogs or crows. At least one translator believes "kwaken" can also refer to the "quack" sound made by ducks. Serious students of the Dutch language should probably do their research elsewhere.

Known spelling variations are Quackenbos, Quackenboss, Quakkelbosch, Quakenbush, Qualkinbush, and Kwakkenbos.The anglicized "Quackenbush" spelling is the most common in North America. The Amersterdam telephone directory presently lists a number of people using the modern Dutch spelling of "Kwakkenbos".

A detailed history of the origin of the name Quackenbush can be found in the book The Quackenbush Family in America, Copyright 1987 by Gail Richard Quackenbush, published by the Henington Publishing Company in Wolfe City Texas. Anyone interested in the family genealogy should have a copy of this excellent book.

http://www.quackenbush.com/name.html