Maritie Damen

  Noted events in her life were:

• Property: a house and lands: Niskayuna, New York. Collections on the History of Albany, From Its Discovery to the Present Time, With Notices of its Public Institutions, and Biographical Sketches of Citizens Deceased. Vol. IV. Albany, N. Y.: J. Munsell, 82 State Street. 1871.

1) Damen, Maritie, owned a house and lands at Niskayuna, and a house and lot in Pearl street, Albany. By her first husband, Dirk Van Eps, she had two children: Jan Dirkse Van Eps, who settled in Schenectady, and Lysbet who married Gerrit Bancker, of Albany, and by her second husband, Hendrick Andriese Van Doesburgh; she had a daughter, Jannetie, who m. Marten Cregier, Jr., of Albany and Niskayuna; finally in 1664 she m. Cornelis Van Nes.

• AKA: Martha.

• will. Appeared before us, undersigned, commissaries of Albany, etc., the honorable Cornelis Van Nes, old commissary, and Maritie Damen, last widow of Henderick Andriesse [Van Doesburgh], deceased, now his wife dwelling here in Albany, who declare that they have appointed and fully empowered by these presents, Lysbet Dirckse Van Eps,1 daughter of said Maritie Damen, and wife of Gerrit Bancker, proposing to return to Holland. Firstly, for said Cornelis Van Nes, especially to demand, collect and receive from Joost Aertse Vanden Burgh Graeff, his cousin, dwelling at Gornichem in Holland, the yearly rent for three morgens of land lying at Laeckervell, or from those who have occupied the same, due since the 1st of May, A.D. 1661, till now, amounting yearly to the sum of forty-eight guilders; and for the receipt of the same acquittance to pass; secondly, in the name and for the sake of said Maritie Damen to demand and receive out of the hands of S. H. Sybingh, merchant at Amsterdam in Holland, a certain instrument sealed with the mark ?? which she left in his hands at Amsterdam aforenamed on the 23d day ?? of August, 1662, according to the receipt thereof from said Sybingh, ?? which by these presents is placed in the hands of the aforesaid Lysbet Dirckse Van Eps, to be delivered over to said Sijbingh with the delivery of the aforesaid sealed instrument, with the commission then to acquit said Sybingh of all claims therefor; and having received said sealed instrument, the same to open and in accordance with the contents of the same, to demand, collect and receive the capital sum of 3,500 guilders with the accrued interest on the same, according to the tenor of said sealed instrument until now, from the honorable Jor Schaep, or if deceased from his heirs or those who are his administrators, dwelling at Doesburgh, for the receipts acquittance to pass; but in case Jor Schaep, or his heirs are pleased to retain the aforesaid capital, this may be done provided sufficient security be offered and an exemplified copy thereof be brought to these subscribers, otherwise the aforesaid capital to take and receive with the aforesaid accrued interest, the capital securely to invest on interest at the comptoir generael, in Holland or at Amsterdam or elsewhere; the evidences of the same, likewise to bring or send over and the remainder, the accrued interest, to employ and lay out in such wares and merchandise as the attorney is ordered by the subscribers, to be brought or sent hither; and in case of refusal in either case in regard to the matters aforesaid to further the respective rights and claims of the subscribers by means of justice, to which end all terms of the laws to observe to sentence and extreme execution of the same in cluys, with power also one or more persons in her place to substitute having like or limited power, and further all things to do, transact and perform, with or without law, which she may judge needful or proper; promising at all times to hold as true all that by the aforesaid attorney, our daughter Lysabet, or by her substitute shall be done and performed in the matters aforesaid by virtue of these presents, without any gainsaying, on pledge according to law therefor provided, provided the attorney remain holden when requested a proper answer to make of her aforesaid transactions and receipts.

1Lysbet Dirkse Van Eps, was daughter of Dirk Van Eps, first husband of Maritie Damen. Her brother, Jan Baptist Van Eps, settled at Schenectady.

Done in Albany the 5/15 of July, 1668.

CORNELLIS VAN NES. MARRIEN DAEMEN. As witness G. Swart, schout. Goosen Gerritse. Philip Pieterse Schuyler. In my presence, D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Secretary, 1668.

Maritie married Dirk Evertss Van Eps, son of Evert Van Eps and Geeske, on 19 Apr 1636 in Netherlands. (Dirk Evertss Van Eps was born about 1613 in Groenlo Dalfthaven, Netherlands and died on 16 Nov 1647.)

Maritie next married Hendrick Andriese Andriessen on 4 Dec 1649 in Doesburg, Dalfhaven, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Hendrick Andriese Andriessen was born about 1601 in Holland, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands and died in Beverwyck, Albany County, New York.)

Maritie next married Cornelius Hendrick Van Ness on 21 Mar 1664 in Beverwyck, Albany County, New York. (Cornelius Hendrick Van Ness was born in 1599 in Vianen, South Holland, Netherlands and died in 1681 in Beverwyck, Albany County, New York.)