Van Arsdalen Family Line

Burial: Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Parents:

Jan Paulwelsz Van Arsdalen

1600-1654

Geertje Philipse Haelters

1602-1651

Family 1

Spouse:

Marijtie Baltusdr

1627-1655

Marijtie Van Arsdalen

Birthdate: bet. 1627-1630

Birthplace: (probably) Holland

Denomination: Dutch Reformed Church (Calvinism)

Date of Marriage: 1650

Place of Marriage: Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Death: November 26, 1655 in Amsterdam, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden

Immediate Family:

Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]

Children:

1. Sijlijntje Simonsdr Van Arsdalen 1651–1655

2. Jan Simonsz Van Arsdalen 1652–1655

Family 2

Spouse:

Children:

1. Marretje Simonse Van Aarsdalen 1659–1740

2. Simonse Van Arsdalen 1659–

3. Geertje Simonse Van Arsdalen 1659–1726

4. Jan Simonse Van Arsdalen 1664–1735

5. Cornelis Simonsz Van Arsdalen 1665–1745

6. Jannetje Simonse Van Arsdalen (Bogaert) 1665–1745

7. John Jan Simonsz Van Aersdalen 1667–1756

8. Mettye "Mettgen" Van Arsdalen 1672–1731

9. Symond Simonse Van Arsdalen 1676–

About Sijmon Jansz Van Arsdalen

When Sijmon Jansz Van Arsdalen was born on 27 February 1628, in Nukerke, East Flanders, Belgium, his father, Jan Paulwelsz Van Arsdalen, was 28 and his mother, Geertje Philipse Haelters, was 26. He married Marijtie Baltusdr on 19 April 1650, in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He immigrated to American Island, St. Lawrence, New York, United States in 1653. He died on 29 October 1710, in Flatlands, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 82, and was buried in Flatlands, Kings, New York Colony, British Colonial America.

Notes for SIMON JANSZ VAN AERSDALE:

Flatlands Town Records, page 93

On Nov 19, 1660, Simon Jansz signed a declaration as to the lands of "Pieter Claessen" as "Symen Jansen Van Arsdalen".

Flatlands Town Records, Deeds, Miscellaneous, 1661-1831, Page 510.

1662, Apr 3 - Simon Jansen Van Aertsdalen (Magistrate) was one of the signers of a petition to the honorable Peter Stuyvesant and the Council of New Netherland to determine the boundries of the village of Amersfoort and Midwout.

Simon Jansz was selected to represent Amersfoort in the convention holden at New Amsterdam, on Jul 3, 1663, to engage several Dutch Towns to keep up an armed force for public protection. (The register of New Netherland, page 143.)

I received this information from Ruth Van Arsdale in PA. It was organized by Edward Van Arsdale, from Long Island. He died several years ago, but was very active in researching the Van Arsdalen family. Other information comes from Mabel Spell. I'll send it along if you need it.

Here is the paragraph, it is from 10 pages i copied many years ago, but it was before I knew that my mother's family (Van Orsdoll ) was the same as the Van Arsdalen family. So I didn't seem to write down what it was.

page 15:" It has been said that Symon Jansen was commissioned by the Dutch goverment to investigate the possibility of establishing a pottery manufacturing business in New Amsterdam, that he had a wife and two children who remained in Holland and who died of the plague shortly before his scheduled return to Holand. When he received the news of their deaths, he decided to remain in America. However, Mabel Spell disagreed with this statement. She believed that Symon Jansen was unmarried when he arrived in New Amsterdam in 1653 at the age of 24."

JimFeit

Jo, Here is another account from a letter written in the 1920's and is on file at the Ind.State Library pamphlet file. It is written by a Mr. Webster. The four page file is Titled : Sketch of the VanArsdalen Family.

"The VanArsdall who was the ancestor of that family in this country arrived at New Netherlands from Holland at an early period in the ship Dynasty, empowered by the Government, or some company in Holland, to examine the country about New Amsterdam to ascertain whether it was practicable to establish in this country a pottery for the manufacture of china ware. After fulfilling the object of his mission,, and with his baggage on board the vessel awaiting the day to sail for his native land, he received a letter from his father stating that a pestilence was then raging there and that his wife and two children had departed this life. This sad news changed his design of returning to holland and he settled at Flatlands on Long Island. There he married. [ then follows a long totally misinformed line of people ] Most of the rest of the people settled in Mercer co. KY and eventually moved to Crawfordsville, ind. There is an abstract of a Christopher VanArsdall's Rev.War Pension file. He lived in Ky and Gibson co. Ind. His age at application was 95 years old. I'll bet he had a new very young wife !!!!!

JimFei

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by E. TH. Unger

Since his family name seemed to indicate a Dutch background as most likely, one of Simons descendants some years ago asked the CBG to undertake a thorough research project. The records at the CBG revealed that the name Van Arsdale occasionally showed up in the early 17th century in the city of Leiden. As this was the only connection it seemed reasonable to start the project there in the municipal archives. From Leiden the trail led to Gouda where finally the papers (including the letters) were discovered pertaining to the legacy of fl.1000 to Simon or his issue under the will of 1 March 1707 of his niece Geertuijt van Heasdael (!). It turned out later (after our research was completed) that someone already had written an article on the distribution of Geertruijt's estate (D.J. Knoops 1950). Simon Jansz van Aersdal is named in this paper, but the fact that he lived in New Netherland was not mentioned.. As a result the importance of the article for the American van Arsdal family was not recognized.

Further research showed that before his departure (1653) Simon had been married in Amsterdam to a certain Marijtje Baltusdr., whom he left behind and who died in 1655 in Amsterdam. She gave him two children both of whom died at a young age. Simon was a potter in Amsterdam, an occupation which he seemed to have exercised in his early days in New Netherland as well. The pre-marriage papers (to the above Marijtje Baltusdr. in Amsterdam show that he was born about 1627 (which agrees with American data) in "Niekerck". From other family sources it is clear that this was meant to be the village of Nukerke, near Oudenaarde in East Flanders. Jan Poulusz van Aersdal, first a carpet weaver, later a mustard maker, and his wife Geertje Philipsdr. Halters were according to some documents in Gouda the parents of Simon. Jan Poulsz van Aersdal moved to Gouda around 1642, where he became a member of the reformed church, and bought a house in the Naaijerstraat. He also bought the house next door and later, in 1650, he combined the two houses into one in 1753. Since that time the house probably changed little, although it is unclear how much of the original two houses remained.

Note: On 1 March 1707 Pieter Verveen and his wife Geertruijt van Haesdaele, living in Gouda, made their last will and testament. The surviving partner will have full control over the estate. Thereafter, after deduction of legacies (1,000 guilders a year plus 1,000 guilders in cash to Philippina Joosten van Haesdaelen and an amount of 500 guilders for Lijsbeth Hensbeeck) the remainder shall be divided one half amongst the closest reletives of Pieter, the other half for those of Geertruijt. Furthermore an amount of 1,000 guilders shall be set aside as a legacy, instead of distribution for Geertruijt's uncle Symon Jansz van Haesdaelen, living in New Netherland, or his heirs. However if this sum is not claimed within six years after the death of the longest living spouse, then that amount shall be distributed amongst the other heirs.(Will executed before Johan van Middelant, Notary in Gouda).

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[Source: Somerset County Historical Quarterly Vol VIII, 1919, pages 97 - 101]

It has been stated that an "Isaac" Van Arsdale was the first immigrant, arriving in 1645, and that he heads the entire line of Van Arsdales in this country. Who discovered his name to have been "Isaac" and the date of his arrival is a puzzle to the writer. The account which is possessed by various members of the family in manuscript, reads as follows, not giving the name of the first American progenitor:

"The Van Arsdale who was the ancestor of that family in this country, arrived at New Netherlands from Holland at an early period in the ship 'Dynasty,' empowered by the Government, or some Company, in Holland to examine the country about New York to ascertain whether it was practicable to establish in this country a pottery for the manufacture of China ware. After fulfilling the object of his mission and with his baggage on board the vessel awaiting the day to set sail for his native land, he received a letter from his father stating that a pestilence was then raging there, and that his wife and two children had departed this life. This sad news changed his design of returning to Holland, and he settled at Flatland on Long Island. There he married a Miss Jansen. His son, his only child as far as ascertained, Simon Jansen Van Arsdalen, became a man of standing in his native town."

In Ege's "Pioneers of Old Hopewell," the above substantial facts appear, but there the name of this first ancestor is interpolated as "Isaac." The fact seems overlooked, however, that as his son was "Symon Jansen," it should prove that, if the story be otherwise correct, the man who first came over was Jan Van Arsdalen and not "Isaac." Mr. Ege (now deceased) says that "all the family records have been preserved for a period of two hundred and fifty years," but no clue is given as to by whom.

Bergen, in his "Early Settlers of King's County" (p. 309), and also in his later "Bergen Family" (p. 308), states that "Symon Janse Van Arsdalen" emigrated in 1656 and is "the common ancestor" of the family in this country. As to his being "the common ancestor," Mr. Bergen is certainly correct, for even if his father preceded him, nevertheless as he is stated to have had but one son, Symon, this would make of Symon a "common ancestor."

Now the certain fact is that Symon was not a native; was not born in this country, but arrived here in the year 1653, as proven by the official roll of those taking the oath of allegiance at Flatlands between Sept. 26 and 30, 1687. He is thereon enrolled as--

"Simon Janse Van Aerts Daalen 34 Jeare."

This means that he had been 34 years in this country. All others on the roll who were born in America are classed as "native." (See "Doc. Hist. of N. Y., Vol. I, p. 431).

It is uncertain how old Symon (using his own spelling of his Christian name) was when he arrived. He may have come with his father, but it cannot be that his father married in this country and then Simon was born here. From another entry in the same family manuscript quoted from above, it is clear Symon must have been at least twenty-one when he received a deed for land in 1660. This statement is:

"March 27, 1660, he [Symon] received by conveyance from Jacob, Peter and William Conover [Cowenhoven] a tract of land in Flatlands. On May 28, 1675, he received a tract in the same town from Governor Stuyvesant and Usian Bircan."

He was also a magistrate in 1661. So we assume Symon was born about 1638, if not earlier, and in Holland. We consider, therefore, that he heads the family in America, and believe his father's name was Jan.

Before taking up Symon's family, it may be well to state what that careful historian, James Riker, Jr., says in his "Annals of Newtown" (p. 307):

"The Van Arsdale family derive their origin from Jan Van Arsdale, a Knight of Holland, who, in 1211, erected the castle (now county house) Arsdale, and from it took his name. His armorial bearings now constitute the public arms of the bailiwick of Arsdale. From him descended Symon Jansen Van Arsdalen, who emigrated to New Amsterdam in 1653 and located at Flatlands, where he served as a civil magistrate and an elder of the Dutch church; and our records prove him to have been a person of means, education and influence. He died about 1710, leaving sons Cornelius and John, from whom the entire Van Arsdale family in this country have sprung."

This, agreeing with Bergen, confirms what we have already said of Symon. According to Bergen he signed his name to documents "Symon Jansen Van Arsdalen." The spelling of his surname on the allegiance roll indicates that it was pronounced Van Ars-doll-an," giving to the "a" its broad sound, so that in Dutch the modern name would be Ars-doll and not Ars-dale.

The reference to the coat-of-arms of the ancient family is that which Riker states appeared in a bookplate of 1703. In the usual Holland work containing coats-of-arms it does not appear. However, it is stated that, some years ago, the wife of ex-Governor Bedle brought from Holland a copy, and a reproduction of it has been made by a Plainfield artist for some members of the Van Arsdale family. The same has an irregular shield, with the usual four quarters. The first and fourth quarters consist of arrow heads upon a silver ground; the other quarters are plain red. The crest is a helmet, surmounted by what may be feathers, but has more the appearance of a tree. There is much other ornamentation in silver and gold, as was the custom in early Dutch and German armorials.

As in most Dutch families a claim is said to have been made to land on Manhattan by some Van Arsdales in the early part of last century. It is thus stated by a descendant, who has written to us from Nebraska: "The Van Arsdales had a claim on [at] Hell Gate, Manhattan Island; collected manuscripts and Bibles enough to fill a wagon to prove it; but the lawyer died, or something happened, and it came to naught. This was an old tale when my grandfather was young." The story may well be relegated to oblivion now, as it was probably the attempt of some attorney to make money.

In relation to the change of name from Van Arsdalen (often written Van Aersdalen) to Van Arsdale, it came about gradually after the year 1800, so that in many cases it is uncertain how the older members of the various families living between 1800 and 1825 or later signed the surname. The original name in Holland was, as has been stated, Arsdale, and not Arsdalen.

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/Sijmon-van-Arsdalen/6000000020637410504

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LBP2-VLL/sijmon-jansz-van-arsdalen-1628-1710

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jansz-285

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49934584/simon-jansz-van_arsdalen

https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Symon_Van_Arsdalen_%281%29

https://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&pz=timothy+michael&nz=dowling&p=simon&n=van+arsdalen

http://www.siedelmann.org/Ancestry/VanArsdale/Entries/1710/1/1_Simon_Jansen_Van_Arsdale.html

http://www.jakehannam.com/web/vanarsdale_genealogy/d1.htm#i39897

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Grandy's 9x Great-Grandfather:

My 11x Great-Grandfather:

Laila Laemmel-Gordon's 12x Great-Grandfather:

Place of Marriage: (probably) Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-Hemelvaartkerk (Our Lady of the Ascension Church), Nukerke, Graafschap Vlaanderen, Spaanse Nederlanden

Death: October 1651 in Gouda, Holland, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden

Place of Burial: Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

Children:

1. Philippus Jansz Van Aedsdale 1624–1686

2. Fiermijne VanAersdaele 1625–

3. Pauwel Jan VanAersdaele 1626–

4. Sijmon Jansz Van Arsdalen 1628–1710

5. Philip Jansz VanAedsdaele 1629–1686

6. Pietere Janz VanArsdallen 1632–1686

7. Egidia Van Aersdalen 1633–

8. Joanna Van Aersdale 1635–

9. Egidia VanAersdale 1635–1710

10. Judocus "Joost" Janz Van Aersdalen 1638–1722

11. [unknown] Van Arsdale 1639–

12. Joanna VanAersdale 1644–

13. Egidia Van Aersdaelen

14. Gertrude VanAedsdaele

About Jan Paulwelsz Van Arsdalen

Jan was accepted as a member of the Reformed Congregation in Gouda, 20 July 1642; that he had been a carpet weaver, but later was a mustard maker. Geertje joined the Reformed Church 19 July 1643.

Pauwel Pauwelsz van Aeysdale, , Nukerke, Oost Vlanderen. He married Fiermijne Holters, 31 March 1588, Gouda, Holland. He was probably the son of Pauwel Joostensz van Haesdale.

The Van Aersdaelen family lived for generations in Nukerke, East Flanders (now part of Belgium). Jan Pauwelsz Van Aersdaele was said to have been born there in about 1600 to Pauwel Pauwelsz Van Aersdaele and Fiermijne Haelters. On November 12, 1624, Jan married Geertje Phillipsdr Haelters in Nukerke. They had at least 5 children between 1625 and 1638. Jan worked in Nukerke as a carpet weaver.

When Jan Paulwelsz Van Arsdalen was born in 1600, in Nukerke, East Flanders, Belgium, his father, Pauwel Pauwelsen VanAertsdalen, was 41 and his mother, Fiermijne Holters, was 12. He married Geertje Philipse Haelters on 12 November 1624, in Nukerke, East Flanders, Belgium. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 12 January 1654, in Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands, at the age of 54, and was buried in Gouda, South Holland, Netherlands.

From Pioneers of Old Hopewell by Ralph Ege. Published by Race & Saridge (?) Hopewell 1905 (written notes of Ida VanArsdale?)

James B. VanArsdale of Raritan married Anna Maria Lewis both descendants of ISAAC VAN ARSDALE who was sent to America in 1645 by Holland Gov't or a Company in Holland to investigate white clay deposits with a view to using such clay for pottery. About to return home he was advised of a pestilence in Holland and of the death of his wife and children- he thenceforth settled in Flatlands, L.I. Isaac VanArsdale married a Mrs. Janse (Johnson). Two Children were born- Simon and Gertrude who became the progenitors of two of the largest families in this country.

Gertrude married Cornelius Peterson Wyleoff (?) Oct 18, 1698 who purchased land in Franklin (?) township in 1703.

Wyleoff family in this region are descendants through her from Isaac Van Arsdale as well as other collateral branches of the VanArsdale family many of whom settled in Hopewell Township who have traced their geneology to Isaac VanArsdale through eight generations.

About thirty of the names of VanArsdale are found on the roster as enrolled among the officers and (illeg.) of the Continental Army from Somerset County.

Family

Spouse:

Place of Marriage: (probably) Sint-JansKerk, Gouda, Zuid-Holland

Death: 1651 in Gouda, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands

Immediate Family:

Daughter of Phillip Holters and [mother unknown]

Children:

1. Jan Paulwelsz Van Arsdalen 1600–1654

2. Michael Pauwelsen Van Aedsdaele 1602–

3. Maria Pauwelsdr Van Aedsdaele 1604–

About Pauwel Pauwelsen VanAertsdalen

Pauwel Joostensz Van Haesdale was born about 1530. Another name for Pauwel was Pauwel Joostesz Van Haesdale

Birth Notes: Aalst, Belgium

Noted events in his life were:

1. Resided: 1559. 3 Aalst, Belgium

Pauwel married \\.

The child from this marriage was:

1. Pauwel Pauwelsz Van Aeysdale was born about 1560 in Nukerek, Oost Vlaandern, Belgium (East Flanders).

References:

https://www.geni.com/people/Pauwel-van-Aeysdale/6000000002422938379

https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KPHT-6C3/pauwel-pauwelsen-vanaertsdalen-1559-1603

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Van_Aersdaele-2

http://www.jakehannam.com/web/vanarsdale_genealogy/d1.htm

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Brooklyn - Original Six Towns: Bushwick, Brooklyn, Flatlands, Gravesend, New Utrecht, Flatbush

Last name: Van Arsdalen

Other spellings: Van Arsdale, Van Haesdale, Van Aeysdale, Van Aedsdaele, Van Aedsdale, Van Aersdale, Vanarsdale.

This is one of the earliest, of all Dutch settler surnames in what was to become nearly one hundred and fifty years later, the United States of America. It dates back to the time in 1650 when what is now New York, state and city, was being fought over by both the British and the Dutch. In the end with the appointment of William of Orange, the prince of Holland, as king of England, in 1689, the situation was ultimately resolved peacefully. This surname recorded in the spellings of Van Arsdale, Van Arsdalen, Van Arsdall, etc. seems to originate from one settler Symon Janse Van Arsdale, and all nameholders, however the name is spelt, are relatives of this one man. The name does not appear to be recorded in its home country. This is not so unusual, many early settlers went to New England to escape religious persecution, in so doing they often changed their names! Examples of early recordings include Cornelius Simonse Van Ardsdale, the son of the first nameholder, baptised at Flatlands, Kings County, on July 1st 1662, and Marretje Van Arsdale, christened at the same place on April 4 1678. Later recordings include George Van Arsdall, who married Zervia Andrews, at Pine Bush, Orange County, New York, on February 13th 1849. He may have been the son of Henry Vanarsdaal, of Montgomery, Orange County, New York state, who was recorded there on December 29th 1812. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of Symon Janse Van Arsdale, which was dated June 1st 1660, a baptism witness at Flatlands, Kings County, New York, during the reign of King Charles 11 of England, known as 'The merry monarch', 1660 - 1685. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Van Arsdale - The Dutch Connection

http://www.siedelmann.org/Ancestry/VanArsdale/VanArsdale.html