In case some of you might be interested in researching and even building your family tree, we would suggest Genealogy.com as your primary starting point. Their FamilyTreeMaker tool is ideal for this. It only takes a little bit of searching around to discover that others have already uncovered quite a bit of useful information. You might want to start by looking into Pieter van Stoutenburg.

Pieter van Stoutenburg was very well educated and was a honorable gentleman. He was born in 1613 in Amersfoort, Utrecht, Holland. He came to Manhattan, perhaps the same time as Governor Stuyvesant on the 28 of March 1638. On the 16th of August, 1673, he was nominated as Magistrate or "Schepens" but did not get the job. However, Pieter van Stoutenburg was the treasurer of New Amsterdam, title being "Treasure of New Amsterdam" in 1676. It is said that he did so well at being the Treasurer that the British kept him as the city treasurer when they took the city. He also served on the Board of Deacons of the Dutch Reformed Church and was a officer of the Dutch Church School.
~~ The Stoutenburgh-Kruger Geneology

In case you want to spread your search wider to clarify certain details, a simple Google search is a great resource that should never be overlooked. However, if your looking for more "respected" source materials than a simple internet web page, Google Books will allow you to search a vast library of printed materials. For instance, I discovered that the book Ship Passenger Lists, New York and New Jersey (1600-1825), available from Heritage Books, seems to lend some credence to the previous claims that Pieter Van Stoutenburgh arrived in New Amersfoort at the same time as Governor Stuyvesant.

If you check around, you’ll begin to find that other people have already made interesting discoveries that relate to the family members you’re researching. For instance, The LeVan Family (Pedigree Version) contains some interesting material about Pieter Van Stoutenburg and the Roosevelt family.

Pieter Stoutenburg contributed to the care of the five (5) orphaned "Rosenvelt" children when their parents Claes Martenzen van Rosenvelt and Jannetje Thomas died. They were the immigrant ancestors of Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt. In New Amsterdam parentless children were usually absorbed into other families in the Colony, but in this case the parents had owned enough property to provide for them. The Orphans Court instructed the orphanmasters, Tomas Hall and PIETER STOTENBURGH (sic), to make an inventory and to sell enough property to set up a trust fund for the Rosenvelt children’s care.
~~ The LeVan Family (Pedigree Version)

We know these seem like minor details, but that’s what lends interest to family histories. Showing how various family members might be connected to other people and events makes family histories fun. It doesn’t take long to discover that there are more things tying us all together than there are keeping us apart.

Everyone at the Stoutenburgh-Teller Family Association hopes that you’ll enjoy doing your own family research and that you’ll let the rest of know what you find.

The following is a listing excerpted from a document received via email from one of our Canadian cousins. The source is by Bruce & Grey Branch OGS, Box 66, Owen Sound, Ontario N4K 5P1:

Thornbury/Clarksburg Union Cemetery (Clarksburg, Ontario, Canada)

According to an Index the following names and plots are provided:

• STOUTENBURG
  • Alfred 263
  • Arthur 360
  • Arthur Stanley 1788
  • Belva Jane 1620E
  • Bernice N. 1695
  • Caroline 71, 1342, 1427
  • Damie 360
  • Edward 1620B
  • Edward A. 1620B
  • Elsie 600
  • Harley 360
  • Jean Elizabeth 1620E
  • John A. 1694
  • John Howard 1620E
  • Justine 945, 1620E
  • Katherine 263
  • Katie 486
  • Lottie 486
  • Manetta 945
  • Maria 1620B
  • Maud M. 1620F
  • Mehetabel S. 1694
  • Peter 71, 945, 1620E
  • Stella May 1620B

More specific information pertaining to the above is set forth as follows:

• On Page 3
  • 71
    • Peter Stoutenburg, died October 11, 1889 aged 34 years, 9m. & 20 d., his wife, Caroline Ashton, died 7 Nov. 1901 aged 83 years, 5 m. & 9 d.
• on Page 11:
  • 263
    • Katherine Latter, wife of Alfred Stoutenburgh, died Jan. 30, 1905 age 62 years, Native of England.
• on Page 15
  • 360
    • Arthur Stoutenburg, (1867-1954) his wife, Damie (1882-1951) and son Hartley (1908-1922)
• on Page 41
  • 945
    • Manetta Stoutenburg, daughter of Peter & Justina, died May 2, 1875 age 28 years.
• on Page 61
  • 1342
    • William H. Elliott (1877-1959) his wife, Caroline Stoutenburg (1879-1972)
• on Page 64
  • 1427
    • George Weldrick (1867-1915), his wife, Ann Caroline Gardiner (1871-1916)
    • Alfred D. Wrenshall (1891-1972)
    • Mabel Gardiner Wrenshall (1884-1968)
    • Robert Gardiner (1845-1923) his wife, Caroline Stoutenburg (1849-1929)
• on Page 73
  • 1620B
    • Edward Stoutenburg (1853-1926) his wife, Maria Holden (1856-1927), daughter, Stella May Latimer (1895-1918) and son Edward A. (1883-1951)
  • 1620E
    • Peter Stoutenburg (July 1, 1841-Nov. 3, 1925) his wife, Justina Gardiner (March 31, 1847-April 5, 1924)
    • John Howard Stoutenburg (September 17, 1885 – Nov. 5, 1951) his wife Belva Jane Davidson (Jan 2. 1890-)
    • Jean Elizabeth
    • L. Doreen McRae (April 20, 1921 – July 9, 1987)
  • 1620F
    • Maud M. Stoutenburg (1877-1960) daughter of Peter and Justine Stoutenburg
• on Page 77
  • 1694
    • John A. Stoutenburg (1878-1940) his wife, Mehetabel S. Pollard (1885-1979)
  • 1695
    • Bernice N. Stoutenburg (1915-1967) wife of Frank L. Oldfield
• on Page 80
  • 1788
    • Arthur Stanley Stoutenburg (1912-1989)

The following site may assist those searching for Stoutenburgs in Canada:

• Archives of OntarioMicrofilm Interloan Catalogue and Services

We are delighted to present Gloria Waldron Hukle, who has contacted us through this website to introduce her work. We look forward to reading her books! The following is reprinted with her permission.

IMS Malloy

Gloria Waldron Hukle

Gloria Waldron Hukle, a native and resident of New York State is an llth generation Waldron in the line of the New York Dutch Waldron who emigrated to New Amsterdam (NYC) from Holland mid-l7th century settling on the corner of present day Wall Street and B’Way and later Harlem. Hukle is the author of three well-researched historical novels that comprise the "Waldron Series Books." More information to be found at Author Gloria Waldron Hukle website.

The First of the series is Manhattan: Seeds of the Big Apple, the story of Resolved Waldron, his second wife, Tennake, and his three young children by his deceased first wife, Rebecca Hendricks, who came over with him to the raw new world…William, Rebecca, and Aeltie. The story travels a period of ten years spanning the distance from Holland, onward through the journey over, to the family’s first steps upon American soil where they began a new life with Waldron serving Peter Stuyvesant as his assistant night sheriff–to the final closing scenes when the English took over in l664.

The children are active participants in this Manhattan story and the reader is invited to share the family’s growing years. One is also introduced to young Miss Engeltje Stoutenburg with whom the teenage William became enchanted. Of course, we know from the records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York that William Waldron (William & Engeltje are Hukle’s 9th generation grandparents) marries Engeltje February l0, l671.

William Waldron and his wife Engeltje Stoughtenburg Waldron produced several children. Their son, Peter Waldron, most likely named for his grandfather, Peter Stoutenburg migrated north to Albany circa l699. He had married Catharina Vandenbergh in Sept. l698 and the couple parented ten children. Peter Waldron and his Cate are portrayed in Hukle’s, Threads: An American Tapestry just published May 2009 which opens in l723 with the New York Provincial census.

The Diary of a Northern Moon is a mystery connecting old local lore set in more contemporary times in the small hamlet of North Creek, New York, Lake George, and Albany. Two men return from World War II. One dies and the other keeps a secret that turns him inside out until l976 when a murder forces out the truth.

Gloria Waldron Hukle’s books are sold via Barnes & Noble or Amazon. Signed copies can be ordered through Good Buy Books in East Greenbush, New York, 518-479-2665 or Hoss’s Country Corner, Long Lake, New York. 1-800-952-HOSS, in Albany, Stuyvesant Book House.

Here’s an interesting “find” for the family collection. It seems that M.S. Rau Antiques is selling a Silver Cream Jug by Tobias Stoutenburgh for a mere $14,500. It’s quite a beautiful piece.

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In a previous post, I mentioned a great PBS Kids website about early New York called Big Apple History. It’s still a site worth visiting, but if you’re looking for something more grown up, then I would suggest the PBS, Ric Burns documentary, NEW YORK: A DOCUMENTARY FILM, a special presentation of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE with over 400 years of New York history. Although it’s not currently on the air, you can still order a copy. Especially check out the Hidden New York resource on the website with its 3-D trip around the city. (more…)