Beecroft/Becraft Ancestors

Hendrick Janszen Snyder and Trijntjen Scherenberchs

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Husband Hendrick Janszen Snyder [18865] ¹

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           Born: Abt 1598 - Netherlands 1
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FamilySearch ID: LY29-DB4

       Marriage: 14 May 1623 - Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands 2

Events

• He worked as a Kleermaker [Tailor] between 18 Feb 1624 and 30 Sep 1629 in Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands.

• He worked as a Tailor on 16 Sep 1644 in New Netherland.

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Wife Trijntjen Scherenberchs [18866] ¹

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           Born: Abt 1599 - Netherlands 1
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FamilySearch ID: L2ZW-4XR

Events

• Immigrated: Bef 6 Jul 1642, New Netherland.

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Children

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1 F Catalyntje Hendricks Snyder [5313] ¹

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           Born: 1633
     Christened: 30 Sep 1629 - Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands 1
           Died: Bef 26 Sep 1675 - New York, New York Colony, British Colonial America 1
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FamilySearch ID: LK64-XZH

         Spouse: Isaac Hendrickzsen Kip [5312] (1627-Bef 1678)
           Marr: 8 Feb 1653 - New York, New York Colony, British Colonial America 3

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General Notes: Husband - Hendrick Janszen Snyder

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Hendrick Janszen Snyder, Isaac Kip's father-in-law, was one of the first settlers along the East River shore and as early as 1639 he is found occupying a small parcel of land at the southwest angle of the river road and Maagde Paetje, or the modern Pearl Street and Maiden Lane. He sold this property in 1641 and appears to have soon obtained the land on Hoogh Street, near present Hanover Square, and there he built a house in 1644 which he later sold to Burger Jorisen. He occupied plantation number 25 on the Manatus map.

He shared Hendrick Kip's animosity against Director General Kieft which he displayed all through that officer's administration. In 1638, soon after Kieft became Governor, Jansen was prosecuted by the fiscal for slander. His defense was that he uttered the slander when asleep, but the Council, instigated by the fiscal, made an order "that the defendant produce proper affidavit that he was asleep when the slander was expressed." This resulted in nothing serious, but in 1642 at a gathering at Burger Jorissen's house after indulging in deep potations, he used very violent and uncomplimentary language against the Director. This affair reached the Governor's ears and he promptly ordered Hendrick Jansen to be put in irons and he was imprisoned for a month and then sentenced to banishment; but this order was not carried out because he was still in this country when an Indian massacre occurred in the following year and we may be sure he then joined in the general recriminations against Kieft. June, 1643, he was ordered by the Council to "get ready to depart on the Prince Maurice," ready to sail, but he again evaded transportation and Sept. 29, 1644, he was before the Council and was fined 500 guilders for slandering the Director General. He remained in the Colony till the summer of 1647 when he prepared to return to the Netherlands with Kieft, probably intending to accuse the ex-Director in the Fatherland of arbitrary proceedings in New Amsterdam. He sailed in the "Princess" and is supposed to have been one of those lost when that vessel was wrecked, Sept. 27, 1647.

Sources

1 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 Nov 2025), entry for Catalyntia Hendricks de Suyers, person ID LK64-XZH.

2 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 Nov 2025), entry for Hendrick Jansen Snyder, person ID LY29-DB4.

3 The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org : accessed 27 Nov 2025), entry for Isaac Hendrickzsen Kip, person ID M9C7-D87.