hmtl5 Myndert Janse Wemple d. 1690 Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York: Hedges Genealogy

Myndert Janse Wemple

Male - 1690

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  • Name Myndert Janse Wemple  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 1690  Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I5951  Hedges
    Last Modified 27 Jun 2025 

    Family Dievertje Wendell,   b. 1653   d. 10 Apr 1724 (Age 71 years) 
    Family ID F2604  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2025 

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  • Notes 
    • DIEVERTJE WENDELL was born on 27 Nov 1650. She died before 1653. She married (1) MYNDERT JANSE WEMPLE.
      Myndert Janse Wemple and Dievertje Wendell had the following child:

      i. JOHANNES MYNDERTSE4 WEMPLE

      https://www.philippedutrieux.com/downloads/Descendants-of-Philippe-du-Trieux--5-generations.pdf
      [1]
    • Jan Barentse Wemp, alias Poest.
      He arrived in Beverwyck in 1643 or 1645, where he became a resident owning from time to time several house lots in the village of Beverwyck, and parcels of land in Rensselaerswyck. His wife Maritie Myndertse, after his death about 1662, again married in 1663, Sweer Teunisse Van Velsen alias Van Westbrook.* Wemp had six children, three of whom were sons. . . .

      Wemp's village lot was on the west side of Washington, commencing on the north side of the lot of Charles Thompson and extending southward 166 feet more or less, and westward to the river. This lot was inherited by his son Myndert, who was killed in the massacre of 1690.

      A history of the Schenectady patent in the Dutch and English times.
      page 224.
      [2]
    • List of ye People kild and Destroyed by ye French of Canida and there Indians at Skinnechtady twenty miles to ye Westward of Albany, between Saturday and Sunday ye 9lh day of February, 16f£.

      Myndert Wemp kild " 1

      He was the eldest son of Jan Barcntse Wemp (Wemple) who owned half the great island west of the town and died in 1663, leaving another son Barent and two daughters.

      Myndert's house lot was on the west side of Washington street a little north of State street. His son Johannes was carried away to Canada but was redeemed and lived many years afterwards.

      A history of the Schenectady patent in the Dutch and English times.
      page 261.
      [3]
    • 8 Feb 1690 - Schenectady
      Myndert was killed.
      His son Johannes was taken captive, was redeemed, and lived many years afterwards. Two negroes were also taken captive from his house; no documentation on their fate.


      [4, 5]

  • 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. [S154] Johnathan Pearson, A history of the Schenectady patent in the Dutch and English times, page 223-224, https://archive.org/details/historyofschenec00pe/page/158/mode/2up.

    3. [S154] Johnathan Pearson, A history of the Schenectady patent in the Dutch and English times, page 261, https://archive.org/details/historyofschenec00pe/page/158/mode/2up.

    4. [S154] Johnathan Pearson, A history of the Schenectady patent in the Dutch and English times, page 244-270, https://archive.org/details/historyofschenec00pe/page/158/mode/2up.

    5. [S155] Schenectady County Historical Society, The story of the Schenectady massacre, https://archive.org/details/storyofschenecta00unse_0/page/n1/mode/2up.