He was son of Paulus Martense Van Benthuysen of Albany; marrying Feitje, daughter of Pieter Jacobse Borsboom, he settled in Schenectady and on the death of his father-in-law became possessed through his wife of one-fourth of the estate. Borsboom owned the farms on the bouwland numbered seven, the first of which he sold in 1669 to Jan Labatie, but retained the hindmost parcel consisting of 12 morgens, till his death, after which it was divided into four equal parts, one for each of his daughters. He also owned an ample village lot, the north quarter of the block bounded by Washington, Union, Church and Front streets, — about 200 feet square, — also a garden on the east corner of Washington and Front streets, extending north 150 feet, nearly to the river, and a pasture of 21 morgens, beginning 182 feet easterly from North street and extending from Front street to the river and having a front upon said street of 180 feet Amsterdam measure. Van Benthuysen through his wife Feitje had a fourth interest in all these parcels of land. (163-4)