Diertie Gerritsen

1675 - 1737  (~ 62 years)

• Name	Diertie Gerritsen  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	Abt. 1675	Flatbush, Kings, New York, USA
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Debora  [3]
  Also Known As	Derwertji  [3]
  Also Known As	Diertie  [3]
  Also Known As	Dirtie  [3]
  Also Known As	Divertje  [4]
  Death	Abt. 1737	Newtown, Queens, New York, USA
  Person ID	I586	Ryer Genealogy
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Gerrit Lubbertsen,   b. Abt. 1639, Fort Orange, Albany, New York, USA d. Bet. 1704-1709, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA (Age ~ 70 years)
  Mother	Geertruid Willems Van Boerum,   b. Abt. 26 Dec 1645, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands d. Abt. 1721, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA (Age ~ 75 years)
  Family ID	F88	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Theunis Hendricksz Wiltsee,   b. 10 Jan 1674, Tarrytown, Westchester, New York, USA d. Bet. 1715-1726, Newtown, Queens, New York, USA (Age 51 years)
  Children	+ 1. Geertruy Wiltsee,   b. Abt. 25 Apr 1698, Flatbush, Kings, New York, USA + 2. Gerardus Wiltsee,   b. Abt. 1700, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA d. Bef. 31 Aug 1762, Morrisania, Westchester, New York, USA (Age ~ 62 years) + 3. Isaac Wiltsee,   b. Abt. 1700, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA + 4. Hendrick Wiltsee,   b. Abt. 29 Jun 1702, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA   5. Hillegont Wiltsee,   b. Abt. 4 Apr 1704, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA + 6. Maria Wiltsee,   b. Abt. 1708, Jamaica, Queens, New York, USA + 7. Deborah Wiltsee,   b. Abt. 9 Jan 1709, Flatbush, Kings, New York, USA   8. Sophia Wiltsee
  Family ID	F85	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2025

  
  

• Notes

  29 Jun 1702 - She and her husband Theunis Wiltse were witnesses to their niece Hillegont Hardenbergh’s baptism at this time source: First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica. Hillegont Herdenbergh, Baptismal Record, 29 Jun 1702, First Reformed Dutch Church of Jamaica, Jamaica, Queens County, New York. Diertie – Derwertji. Debora. There is no record of the birth of Debora, and her parentage is uncertain. She probably was the first born child of Gerardus Willemse Beekman, and Magadalent Abeel of Albany, m. Aug. 29, 1677. They settled at Flatbush. He was colonel of militia, and justice of the peace in 1685. He took the oath of allegiance in 1687 as a native. He was a member of the Colonial Assembly from Kings Co. in 1698-9 acting governor in 1704-1710. He and his wife made a joint will, probably at the date of their marriage. Other issue: Christopher, bp. Jan. 16, 1681 in Flatbush; Adrian, bp. Aug. 27, 1682. In Flatbush: Wilhelminus, bn. Aug. 10, 1684. in Brooklyn: John; Catherine, bp. June 2, 1689. In Flatbush: Gerardus of New Jersey; Abraham of N. J.; Henry of N. J.; Cornella; Marytie and Martyn. Ibid. Hillegant Hendrickse bp. April 4, 1704, at Jamaica; Gerardus Hendrickse, probably b. in 1706. Debora Hendrickse, bp. Jan. 9, 1709, at Brooklyn, Kings Co., Geneva Club Collection, No. 1–11. Rp. source: Wiltsee, Jerome. A Genealogical and Psychological Memoir of Philippe Maton Wiltsee and His Descendants. Atchison, KS: G. W. Myers, 1908.

  
  

• Sources

  [S124] The New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Volume 116, (New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1985). [S11] Holland Society of New York, U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 [database on-line]., (Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014). [S130] Jerome Wiltsee, A Genealogical and Psychological Memoir of Philippe Maton Wiltsee and His Descendants, (Atchison, KS: G. W. Myers, 1908). [S129] Henry B. Hoff, Genealogies of Long Island Families from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 1, (Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, 1987).