In 1666, he was a resident of Albany where he owned a house; subsequently he removed to Schenectady where he bought a bouwery of Juriaen Teunise Tappen in 1671. The year following, — Feb. 1, 1671/2, he sold to Harmen Vedder "de Bouwery (daer de Voorz: Dirk Hessenlingh op woont op Schanechtede), soo het landt, als thuys, Schuer, ende twee berghen, &c., so als het de Voorn de Hesselingh — Van Juriaen Teunissen gecocht heeft gehadt," &c., to be delivered May 1 to Vedder together with the seed in the ground, the grantee promising to pay 20 whole beavers to Juriaen Teunissen. (123-1)
In 1670 he bought Dirk Van Schelluyne's land at Lubberde's landt [Troy] sold under an execution; this was still in his possession in 1675. (123-2)
In 1667 he married Eytje Hendrickse, one of three sisters who were taken prisoners by the Indians at Yonkers in 1655; Albrechtje was in captivity twelve years and was only rescued in 1667, being brought into New Haven; Eytje, probably a widow, was living in Schenectady in 1697. (123-3)
Notes
(123-1) This was the hindmost farm No. 8, of the bouwland, originally patented to Marten Cornelise Van Isselsteyn, now comprising the homestead of Mr. John D. Campbell. — Deeds, II, 796. Albany Co. Rec., 478.
(123-2) Albany Co. Rec., 502, 118.
(123-3) A Robert (Dirk?) Hesselingh was killed in the massacre of 1690. — Albany Annals, IX, 89.