Maria Duncanson

Abt 1614 -

• Name	Maria Duncanson  [1]
  Birth	Abt 1614	Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Person ID	I8338	FelsingFam
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

  Father	James Duncanson, M.A.,   b. Abt 1564, Scotland d. 11 Jul 1624, Alloa, Clackmannanshire, Scotland (Age ~ 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Helen Livingston,   b. Abt 1585, Scotland d. Aft 15 Aug 1633 (Age ~ 48 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1603  [1]
  Family ID	F2934	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Pieter Loockermans,   b. 5 Oct 1614, Turnhout, Antwerpen, Belgium
  Children	1. Caatje Loockermans,   b. Aft 1630  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Maria Loockermans,   b. 1641   d. 1714 (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Pieter Loockermans,   b. 1646   d. 1684 (Age 38 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. Anna Loockermans,   b. 1657   d. 1742 (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Hilletje Loockermans,   b. 1658   d. 1742 (Age 84 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F2621	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Dec 2024

  
  

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  from https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Duncanson-15 Maria Duncanson (also Donchesen, Donckesen, and other variants) was born in Scotland about 1614. In about 1650, she was living in New Netherland, where she became the second wife of Pieter Loockermans. In view of her age, Pieter is likely to have been Maria's second husband. A possible record of her first marriage exists in the form of banns posted in January 1640 for the marriage in Amsterdam, Holland, of a 25-year-old Maria Donckes and a James Macfasse, both from Scotland. The identity of Loockermans' second wife Maria has been the subject of some debate. In preparation for his second marriage, in 1664, to Maria Varleth, Willem Teller made provision for his children by his first wife and appointed as their guardians "Sander Leendertse Glen and Pieter Loockermans, uncles of said children." This is interpreted as indicating that Pieter Loockermans' wife Maria was the sister of either Willem Teller or his deceased wife "Margariet Donckesen" (Duncanson). Because Margaret Duncanson had a sister Maria born about the same time as Pieter Loockermans, other Duncanson sisters lived in New Netherland, and there is no record of Willem Teller having any sisters in New Netherland, it is most likely that it was Maria Duncanson who was Pieter Loockermans' second wife. Biography from wikitree: Maria Duncanson, possible daughter of James Duncanson and Helen Livingston (also Donchesen, Donckesen, and other variants) was born in Scotland about 1614, being age 25 at her marriage in 1640.[1] See the research note below for more about her parentage. At Amsterdam, 14 January 1640, banns were published for a marriage to Jan Macfasse,[2] but no marriage record has been found. In English, the intention reads: the 14 January 1640. Jan Macfasse from Scotland, soldier aborard ship living in the Joristraet having no parents & Maria Donckes also from Scotland living as before age 25 years.[1] In about 1650, she was living in New Netherland where she probably married second, as his second wife, Pieter Loockermans.[3] The identity of Loockermans' second wife Maria has been the subject of some debate.[3] In preparation for his second marriage, in 1664, to Maria Varleth, Willem Teller made provision for his children by his first wife and appointed as their guardians "Sander Leendertse Glen and Pieter Loockermans, uncles of said children." This is interpreted as indicating that Pieter Loockermans' wife Maria was the sister of either Willem Teller or his deceased wife "Margariet Donckesen" (Duncanson).[1] Because Margaret Duncanson had a sister Maria born about the same time as Pieter Loockermans, others Duncanson sisters lived in New Netherland, and there is no record of Willem Teller having any sisters in New Netherland,[1] it is most likely that it was Maria Duncanson who was Pieter Loockermans' second wife. Their children:[3] Maria Loockermans born about 1650; died between 6 December 1707 and 9 March 1715; Annetje Loockermans born about 1655; died after 2 November 1701; Catharina Loockermans born about 1660; Hilletie Loockermans born about 1660; died after 12 May 1700. They may have had another child, born in August 1663, when "Pieter Loockemans" paid the deacons in Beverwyck ƒ4 for the small pall. Frijhoff indicates this record belongs to Pieter the elder, but no such distinction is shown in Deacon's Accounts.[3][4] A pall or dootkleet is a black cloth placed on the coffin during a funeral.[5] In 1683, Pieter and "Marretje" Loockerman are recorded as members of the Reformed Prot. Dutch Church of Albany. In this record wives are recorded with their husband's surname.[6] On the Albany census of 1697, a Maria Lookerman is listed as the head of a household that included one woman and one child.[7] The last record of her is from February 1700, when she assisted at a burial in Albany. Research Notes Proof of Parentage There is no hard evidence for Maria's parentage. Remington notes that her age at marriage (25 in 1640) "potentially conflicts" with the christenings of her probable siblings at Alloa. She was living on the same street as Jannetie Donckess of Alow, who was married just a month earlier. "It cannot be certain that she was the sister that who later married Pieter Loockermans, but no other sister is known to be available to be his wife. In his summary, Remington caveats Maria as a daughter of James and Helen with possibly, and also her marriage to Pieter Loockermans.[1] Burke would later uncover Helen's petition to the King for her late father-in-law's pension, and his directive noting that she was the mother of ten children--that there were three more children who could possibly be the wife of Pieter Loockermans.[8] It's also worth noting that while sisters Jonet/Janetje, Margaret, and Catherine were known by their maiden names, there's no other woman so named in New Netherlands records. Proof of Marriage That she married Pieter Loockermans is based solely on the bond of Willem Teller in which he styles Pieter as one of his children's uncles. As there is no evidence Teller had a sister in New Netherland, the logical conclusion is that Pieter must have married a sister of Margret Duncanson, Willem's first wife. Thus far, the only record showing her with Pieter is the record of members, made in 1683, showing him with Marritje Loockermans, though relationships are not specified in this record, and as noted above, Loockermans would be a married name, and this might very well be the younger Pieter Loockermans, nephew of William Teller's brother-in-law. The three would-be brothers-in-law, are shown on a single record, at Beverwyck, 17 December 1657 when Sander Leendertse and Pieter Loockermans stood as sureties for Thomas Powell who had purchased a house and lot in Veverwyck.[9] Sources ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Gordon L. Remington, "The Duncanson Wives of Four New Netherland Settlers: Glen, Teller, Powell, and Loockermans," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 128 (1997) 1-10 at 6-7, New York Genealogical and Biographical Society ↑ Amsterdam DTB 453:70, FamilySearch Library microfilm #113199, img 530, FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-89QV-49Q5-M ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Willem Frijhoff, "Govert Loockermans (1617?-1671?) and His Relatives: How an Adolescent from Turnhout Worked His Way up in the New World," translation of article revised 7 January 2016, 36-38, PDF Download from New Netherland Institute; originally published as "Govert Loockermans (1617?-1671?) en zijn verwanten: Hoe een Turnhoutenaar zich wist op te werken in de Nieuwe Wereld," Taxandria, Jaarboek van de Geschied- en Oudheidkundige Kring van de Antwerpse Kempen [Taxandria, Yearbook of the Historical and Archaeological Circle of the Antwerp Kempen], LXXXII [82] (2011), 5-68, Taxandria Yearbook Index. ↑ Janny Venema, Deacons' Accounts, 1652-1674, First Reformed Dutch Church of Beverwijch, Albany, New York (Rockport, Maine: Picton Press, 1698), 116. ↑ Venema, Deacons' Accounts, xviii. ↑ E. P. Rogers, A Historical Discourse on the Reformed Prot. Dutch Church of Albany…, (New York: Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, 1858), 68, Google Books. ↑ Joel Munsell, The Annals of Albany, 10 vols., (Albany: Munsell & Rowland, 1858), 9: 82, Internet Archive. ↑ , Adrian Benjamin Burke, "The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland: Pt I of III: Identifying their mother Helen Livingston," The Genealogist 27 (Spring 2013): 28-50 at 49. ↑ Jonathan Pearson, Early Records of the City and County of Albany and Colony of Rensselaerswyck (1656 - 1675) (Albany: J. Munsell, 1869), 1: 61-62, Internet Archive. See also: Dobson, John. (2013). Recent Literature on the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. 144. 306-309. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/261286089_Recent_Literature_on_the_Duncanson_Sisters_of_New_Netherland

  
  

• Sources

  [S871] Journal of the American Society of Genealogists, The Genealogist, (Name: American Society of Genealogists;), Adrian Benjamin Burke, "The Livingston Ancestry of the Duncanson Sisters of New Netherland", The Genealogist 27 (2013): 28-50, 162-181 and 28 (2014): 58-89. Also available on AmericanAncestors.org.