hmtl5 Johannes Wendell b. 2 Feb 1649 Beverwyck, New Netherland d. Abt 1691 Albany, Albany County, New York: Hedges Genealogy

Johannes Wendell

Male 1649 - Abt 1691  (41 years)

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  • Name Johannes Wendell  [1
    Birth 2 Feb 1649  Beverwyck, New Netherland Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Baptism 2 Feb 1649  New Amsterdam Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3
    Death Abt 1691  Albany, Albany County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I5947  Hedges
    Last Modified 3 Jul 2025 

    Father Evert Janse Wendell,   b. 1615, Emden, East Friesland, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1709, Albany, Albany County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years) 
    Mother Susanna du Trieux,   b. 1626, New Amsterdam, New Netherland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1660, Beverwyck, New Netherland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years) 
    Marriage 31 Jul 1644  New Amsterdam Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F2538  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Maaritie Jillysse Meyer,   b. 21 Jan 1652, New Amsterdam Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F2602  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2025 

    Family 2 Elisabeth Staats 
    Family ID F2603  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2025 

  • Notes 
    • JOHANNES WENDELL was born on 02 Feb 1649 in Beverwyck, New Netherlands. He died about 1691 in Albany, New York. He married (1) MAARITIE JILLYSSE MEYER. She was born about 21 Jan 1652 in New Amsterdam, New Netherlands. He married (2) ELISABETH STAATS.

      Johannes Wendell and Maaritie Jillysse Meyer had the following children:
      i. ELSIE4 WENDELL was born in 1670 in Albany, Albany, New York. She died in 1738 in Albany, Albany, New York. She married
      Abraham Staats on 03 Jul 1696 in Albany, Albany, New York. He was born in 1665 in Albany, Albany, New York. He died in 1740 in
      Albany, Albany, New York.
      ii. JOHN JACOB WENDELL.

      Johannes Wendell and Elisabeth Staats had the following child:
      iii. ABRAHAM WENDELL was born on 27 Dec 1678 in Albany, Albany, New York. He died on 28 Sep 1734 in Boston, Suffolk,
      Massachusetts. He married (1) KATERINA DEKAY.

      https://www.philippedutrieux.com/downloads/Descendants-of-Philippe-du-Trieux--5-generations.pdf
      [1]
    • Johannes, bap. Feb. 2, 1649. Witnesses: Philip du Trieux, Mr. Paulus Van der Beeck, Johannes Rodenburg, Marie en Sara du Trieux.
      [2]
    • Johannes Wendel or Wendell, bapt. Feb. 2, 1649; m. *1) Maritie Meyer, bapt. Jan. 21, 1652, at New York, daughter of Jellis Pieterse Meyer and Elsje Hendricks; m. *2) Elizabeth stats, who was the daughter of Abraham Staats and Catrina Jachemse Wessel.

      Johannes Wendell in 1682 was agent for Maryaland to receive the indemnity from the five nations of Indians for depredations they had committed in that province. He was a Justice of the Peace in 1684 and 1685. He was appointed ruling elder of the Dutch Church at Albany in 1685, and in 1690 was elected mayor of that city.

      In his will he left 140 beavers to each of his two daughters by his first wife, and movables to them belonging to their mother's estate. To Abraham he gve his part of the land "Sarachtoge " (Saratoga); to Johannes his land called "Steenarabia" (Lansingburg), and the island called "Whale Island;" to Ephraim the land called "Klinkenbergh," and to his wife, his dwelling house in Albany. Besides the above mentioned property he also owned "a piece of land outside the stockade in Albany, on both sides of the Ruttenkill, south of the fort on the hill, bounded on the south side by the hill that the gallows stands on."

      He died between Nov. 20, 1691, when he made his will and Feb. 20, 1692, when it was recorded.

      He had 13 children: 7 sons and 6 daughters.
      [3]

  • Sources 
    1. [S147] Association of Descendants of Philippe du Trieux, https://www.philippedutrieux.com/downloads/Descendants-of-Philippe-du-Trieux--5-generations.pdf, https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~truax/dutrieux.html.

    2. [S158] Howard S.F. Randolph, The House of Truax, v.57, no.3, July 1926, (New York Genealogical and Biographical Record), page 218, https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/online-records/nygb-record/566-286.

    3. [S159] Howard S.F. Randolph, The House of Truax, v.57, no.4, July 1926, (New York Genealogical and Biographical Record), page 340, https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/online-records/nygb-record/566-287.