The Dutch families of Losee, Koeck, Denton & Brush in New York, mid 1600's

“…took up land under the Dutch Government on the south side of Long Island. They named the town Hempstead ... In L.I. he did not please a large part of the settlers, many of whom had been accustomed to forms of language and style very different from his and they were so widely scat­tered that they could not readily attend church at one place. By 1650 the orders to attend church could not be enforced and his wages were not paid”

“Cornelius Losee arrived in New Amsterdam in 1651 and settled at Bushwick, Long Island, N.Y. (Doct. Hist. S. of N.Y. Vol. 2. p. 215) He is listed as one of ye souldjers for ye expedition to Albany as 25 shillings per month and provisions 1689. marr. Grietje Tilburgh.”

“In 1651. Cornelius Losee (or Lozier) left his home in Utrecht, Holland, to try his luck in the New World. He settled not far from the growing city then called New Amsterdam (now New York), amongst the many Dutch merchants and boers. Sixteen years later, the area became an English colony under the terms of the Peace of 1667. The Losees multiplied, settling mainly in Bushwick, Hempstead, Oyster Bay and Jamaica, on Long Island.”

“… his wages were not paid [in Long Island] so in 1659 he returned to Eng.

“He was blind in one eye. Cotton Mather said of him,’... And though he were a little man yet had he a great soul and wrote a system of divinity.’”

“…1777…a British force under Sir Henry Clinton on the 7^th of Oct. …public records were hastily removed to the back settlements, and the place was burned.” P 664

1664 New York City “During most of the seventeenth century, …there was but one legal religion in Virginia

“Mr Provost gives an interesting account of how Jan Corneliszen, progenitor of the fourth family included in this volume, acquired the surname Losee. His sons Cornelis, Pieter, and Jacob, about 1680, adopted the name of Loyse which, with its variant forms, ultimately became Losee.”

Pre 1682 New York, “… make no mention of a French church there, and some of the settlers on Staten Island told

‘This unfortunate state of affairs was remedied in 1682, by the arrival of the Rev. Pierre Daille, …On his arrival here, he applied himself at once, and with characteristic energy, to the interesting but difficult and laborious task of preaching the gospel to his brethren scattered through the province of New York. He began his work by reor­ganizing the French church of New York, which con­tinued to prosper under his diligent-care till 1692. A number of Huguenot families, which had become members of the Dutch church, at once joined the French. Even Governor Andros, "understanding and speaking both Low Dutch and French," became an attendant at the French services, which were held, like the English services, in the Dutch church within the fort. Mr. Daille next revived the church on Staten Island,…” Eglise Francoise a la Nouvelle york, Registers of the births, marriages, and deaths

“The former Eglise françoise a la Nouvelle York, the records of which are here published for the first time, properly dates only from 1688. Back of this date there lies, however, an interesting chapter in the history of the Huguenots of New York, which cannot be passed over in silence. Long before 1688 many Walloon and Huguenot families had found their way to Manhattan Island, special divine services were at times held for them, and the influence of the French element was already widely felt throughout the province. In1692 these separate services were merged with those of the more recently established French church, which thus became the representative Huguenot church of New York. As such it continued until 1804, when it became an Episcopal church, in which form it still exists in the present French Church Du Saint-Esprit.

“A complete view of the history of the Huguenot church of New York may, therefore, be conveniently divided into four very nearly equal periods, the first of which extends from 1628, date of the first French service held at New Amsterdam, to 1688; the second, from 1688 to 1750 ; the third, from 1750 to 1804; and the fourth, from 1804 to the present time. The first period embraces the slow formation of the new society; during the second period the society reaches the highest point of its development, and the materials for its history are abundant; during the third period it declines rapidly, largely in consequence of the troubles caused by the revolution, until, at the beginning of the fourth period,…”

Talks about, “exiles for conscience' sake”

Eglise Francoise a la Nouvelle york, Registers of the births, marriages, and deaths from 1688 to 1804; Rev Alferd V Wittmeyer, edit.; Found in Collections of the Huguenot Society of America. P xv

1684 Nov 23 Bushwick/Flatbush Gerrit Koek is baptized to Lourens Corneliszen Koeck and Margrietje Barents

[a note at end of the entry is “d.y.” means died young?] Born Bushwick – baptized Flatbush

Annie A Van Cott The Female Ancestors of Losee Van Cott in Am/ Europe,p87

1685 France-NY Meanwhile, on the 22d of October, 1685, the Edict of Nantes was finally revoked, and soon

“The Losees’ at first lived on Long Island but after the first two or three generations many of them went to Dutchess County and other places on New York State. Some went to Canada about the time of the Revolutionary War. This record is only of the Losses in Long Island.”

“Lourens Koeck … took the oath of allegiance in Bushwick in Sept. 1687, being 26 years in the country.

Annie A Van Cott The Female Ancestors of Losee Van Cott -America & Europe,

“Cornelis Loyse 36 Jeare”- The entries either say ‘native’ or ‘Jeare’ - Oath of Allegiance in Kings County”

Boyer, Carl III. Ship Passenger Lists, New York and New Jersey (1600-1825) page 88

1687 Long Island, NY "Cornelius Losee, son of Cornelius Losee and Grietje Tilburgh married to Geertje Denton

of Jamaica, Long Island daughter of Richard Denton Jr. 10 children are listed for them

Annie A Van Cott, The Female Ancestors of Losee Van Cott in America & Europe

“All persons desirous of entering the married state were obliged to appear before the Court of Justice, or the Minis­ters of the Church of their place of abode, where they had their fixed domicil for the last year and day, and to apply there, for three Sundays or Market Days, when publications of the banns were to be made in the Church or the Court House, or other places where the Court of Justice was held; and everyone who had any impediment to propose, was obliged to state the same in the meantime, on pain of being otherwise deprived of that right.

“These proclamations were designed to preserve the right of a third person; marrying in church being held to be only an external ceremony of a public confirmation intro­duced likewise for better security.

“As cases, however, might arise where it would be impossible to comply with the general law, provision was made for dispensing with such proclamations for legal and valid reasons, by consent of the government, or (some held) of the judge.

“From these provisions of law, Marriage Licenses – which are only dispensations from the proclamation of Banns­ took their origin in this country.

“There are forty volumes of these Bonds in the office of the Secretary…”

“Cornelius Losse Jr., son of Cornelius & Geertje Tilburgh [written in] took the oath of allegiance as a native in Brunswick in 1687 together with his father and brother, Pieter. He married Geertje Denton of [Oyster Bay is crossed out- Jamaica written in.] sup. A daughter of Richard Denton Jr. (see Denton Family) and lived in Oyster Bay and was alive in 1742.

“It has pleased God to visit this city and the country with a new kind of measles, with sad after results, (recidiven).”

“Simon Losee, son of Cornelius Jr. and Geertje Denton, lived at Flatbush and Wheatly. He married first

“SIMON LOSEE, SON OF Cornelius Jr. and Geertje Denton, lived in Flatbush and Wheatley. He married first Margaret Koeck bp 15 Oct 1693, Brunswick, daughter of Laurens Koeck the emigrant and Margarietje Barents (see Koeck family)….buried 11 July 1776. His will dated 13 May 1760, proved 18 Oct 1763.” ???Check dated. There are two Simon Losee. p59

“Cornelius Losee arrived in New Amsterdam in 1651 and settled at Bushwick, Long Island, N.Y. (Doct. Hist. S. of N.Y. Vol. 2. p. 215) He is listed as one of ye souldjers for ye expedition to Albany as 25 shillings per month and provisions 1689. marr. Grietje Tilburgh.”

“Margaret Koeck bp 15 Oct 1693, Brunswick, daughter of Laurens Koeck the emigrant and Margarietje Barents (see Koeck family).” p59

1692 Oct 12 New York “…the congregation to which Mr. Dallie ministered continued to meet in the Dutch

1695-1699 New York City New York Tax Lists – are they listed in 1695 or 1699? No André?

1695- 1699 NYC New York Tax Lists Vol II, 1695-1699 and East Ward 1791 - Page 226

“In 1702 England declared war against France and Spain. The contest was prolonged until 1713. Canada was the objective point of the English, until they finally conquered it in 1763.- Dix, 142-3.”

“Both English and Dutch currencies remained strong throughout the colonial period, and therefore the rate of exchange varied little…”

The French Reformed Protestant Church of New York, "Pine and Nassau Streets, Manhattan (was) organized (in) 1688 by Rev. Pierre Peiret as Eglise francaise a la Nouvelle York. Originated with occasional French services held in Church in Fort ... from 1628. Incorporated Feb 20, 1796. First services in private dwellings to 1689, when occupied stone church on Market Street (Pettycoat Lane). Cornerstone of church laid July 8, 1704 by Lord Cornbury, ... Known as La Temple du St. Esprit. First clergyman, Rev. Pierre Peiret, 1688-1704. p 35

“A married, woman or widow, at times used her maiden name…” e g Susanne de la tour.

“French Protestant Refugees Relieved Through The Threadneedle Street Church, London 1861-1687, by Hands & Scouloudi, Huguenot Society of London, vol XLIX, p 20.

"An old Huguenot custom required the presence of numerous relatives and friends, on such occasions [ie. marriages & baptisms]

History of the Huguenot Emigration to America, C.W. Baird vol II p 99

New York NY has always been the financial center of our country.

1700 New York “Other immigrants with earliest known dates, …Daniel Mercereau, 1689; (Mercereau)

…Jacques Many, 1692; …Andre’ Lamoureux, 1700; …the French citizens, shows that they were men of note in business and public life of the time.” P 222

“From Rouen came …Pierre Chaperon, … In 1703 the governor authorized …a French and English school in the city of New York.” P 221

Fosdick, L. J., The French Blood in America, Baltimore, 1973.

“During the mid-1700's, several of the Losee clan moved inland where land for farming was being leased in Dutches County. The exact year is uncertain, although a 1740 list of freeholders contains the names of three "Lossee's": John, Cornelius and Lawrence.”

“Dutches County at that time stretched east from the Hudson River for 20 miles to the western border of Connecticut, and ?2?5? miles north from Westchester Country. Its main towns were Fishkill (now Beacon), Poughkeepsie and Rhinebeck. Large tracts had been granted to wealthy landowners.”

1702-1713 Queen Anne's War between the British and the French in North America begins.

“In 1702 England declared war against France and Spain. The contest was prolonged until 1713. Canada was the objective point of the English, until they finally conquered it In 1763.- Dix, 142-3.”

New York “ Cornbury was appointed successor to Bellomont June 13, 1701; commissioned

“Says Dr. Dix in his History of Trinity Church:“The Clergy” (of the Episcopal Church) “regarded his arrival as a great deliverance; and no wonder, considering the reign of terror which he found here. Letters are extant from the Rev. John Bartow and other Missionaries of the Venerable Society, graphically depicting the perils of the Church (of England) under the administration of Bellomont and Nanfan, and hailing the arrival of the new Governor as an auspicious event."

“…the hand of God that has gone forth against us in epidemical contagious sicknesses for more that the space of one year past, which greatly distressed us,…” [small pox?]

“…the great mortality just then prevailing. More than five hundred had died in the space of a few weeks, and that very week about seventy had died.” [small pox?]

“About this time the Rev. Mr. Bartow, a missionary of the Society for Propagating the Gospel, settled In Westchester, and began a work for the Episcopal Church in that section, which continues to the present time.”

Ecclesiastical Records, State of NY, Hugh Hastings p 1492

1702-1713 “In 1702 England declared war against France and Spain. The contest was prolonged until

1702 June New York “…all the Gentlemen and Merchants of the City of New York cause Her Majesty to be proclaimed

[FIND THESE "Tax rolls for July, September, and December 1703, and Feb 1703/4 estimate the value of the houses and estates, or simply the estates of slightly more than a thousand heads of families." These are found in the "Min(utes) Com(mon) Coun(cil), ... Klapper Library, Queens College, City University of New York"]