. Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey ... ns Tiebkins,master, on October i. 1636, was one RutgerJacobsen \an Schoenderwoerdt. The shipwas bound for Fort Orange in the service ofthe first patroon. Rutger. as his last name in-dicates, came from the pretty Dutch village ofSchoenderwoerdt, distant two miles north ofLeerdam and four miles from \iauen, where\an Rensselaer had a country seat. In thejirimitive settlement of Fort Orange (nowAlbany, New York) Rutger became a man ofconsiderable repute and wealth. In 1649 hewent into partnership with Goosen Gerritse\an Schaick and
. Genealogical and memorial history of the state of New Jersey ... ns Tiebkins,master, on October i. 1636, was one RutgerJacobsen \an Schoenderwoerdt. The shipwas bound for Fort Orange in the service ofthe first patroon. Rutger. as his last name in-dicates, came from the pretty Dutch village ofSchoenderwoerdt, distant two miles north ofLeerdam and four miles from \iauen, where\an Rensselaer had a country seat. In thejirimitive settlement of Fort Orange (nowAlbany, New York) Rutger became a man ofconsiderable repute and wealth. In 1649 hewent into partnership with Goosen Gerritse\an Schaick and rented the patroons brewervfor four hunilrcd and fifty guilders, and in thesecond year they used fifteen hundred schep-els of malt. In 1^154 Rutger bought Jan Jans\^an Noorstrants which stoodopposite the Middle Dutch church, as situatedin 1886. But he was not only a brewer, forhe dealt in beaver skins, and owned a sloop onthe river, which he sometimes commandedhimself, but at other times he employed .Abra-liam de Truwe as master. He also frequently. %/• >Wv/v\j2A^ Qr^oAj^^iy^sve^ STATE OF NEW JERSEY. 421 bought and sold building lots in the village andfarming lands in the vicinity. In 1661 heowned a share in Mohicanders island. WhileRutger thus was becoming rich he was held inhonor by his fellow townsmen and was magis-trate in 1665 and probably held that office untilhis death. He took part in the proceedings ofa peace commission appointed to treat with theIndians. In the records he is mentioned asHon. Rutger Jacobsen, and his name is foundfrequenth so written. In 1652, when the newchurch was built, he was selected to lay thecorner stone. He died in 1665, and at a salehis personal effects brought nine hundred andeighty-three guilders, ten stivers, and his silverand jewelry sold for five hundred and twelveguilders, fourteen stivers. In June, 1646, hemarried Tryntje (Catherine) Jansse Vanlireesteede, in Ssew Amsterdam ( Xew York).After his death she married, in
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