recorded in Woerden 1640-1653, distiller and brandy wine maker,left to New Netherlands wh e r e he was named as the brewer in Esopus (Kingston,NY) ,married 1st TRINTGEN MATHIJSDR BOSC H , d aughter of Matthijs Matthijssz Bosch from the Indijk under Harmelen. Bosch,also known a sBo s c h Tijsz,and Annichje Jansdr, married 2nd Kingston (engagement an dmarriage Sept.26) 1684 E L S JE JANSDOCHTER, widow of Hendrick Jochemsen Schoonmaker and earlier Adriaen Piertsz van Alcm a e r

Genealogies of Pennsylvania Families, vol. II, p. 398.

Cornelis Barentsen Slecht of Woerden, near Leyden,Holland,fathe rof Jacomyntje (Slec h t ) Kunst and grandfather of Jannetje Kunst,wife of Cornelis Gerretse Nieuwkirk, was in New N e t herland as soon as 1652.In 1653 his wife, Tryntje Tysen Bos, was a licensed midwife for Esopus. He was a miller and magistrate, prominent in civil affairs of Esopus and in those of t h e c hurch. Most people in the then inhabited portions of Ulster County were Hollanders and recognized the laws of their native country as proper for their observance in the new. At the begin n i ng little law was needed,for generally each respected the rights of others;contracts were promptly complied with, and little disorder prevailed. But, as the small neighboring communities of Kingston and Hurley increased in population, a form of local govenment became necessary . On May 16, 1661, knowledge came to PeterStuyvesant,DirectorGeneralof New Netherla n d , that Esopus, which hadbeen inhabitedfor sixor sevenyears, was without government. H e , therefore,immediatelyerected thelocality into a village and granted it acharterunder t h ena me Wiltwick,which was afterwards changed toKingston. Thecharter sogranted providedpun i sh ment for offences, andrequired theenforcement ofthe laws of thefatherland. To thi s e n d aboard ofSchepens was created,it being ineffect a court, with additionalpowers tol o o k after thecounty businessgenerally. The first Schepensappointedwere AlbertHeymans Roo s a ,Cornelius Barentsen Slecht and EvertPels,with RoeloffSwartwout asSchout (Sheriff) . A l l these nativeHollanders. At the burning of Hurley by the Indians, June7,1663,CornelisBarentsen Slecht an d s o n Hendrick were officiallyreportedaspresent,but in the official list of captives no me nti o n ofthe nameofany memberof this family is found. A few years before,however, a sonof M r .Slecht had been captured by the Indians, made torun thegauntletandthen burned at the st a k e. In the Spring of 1664, the English assumed controlofNewNetherland.The Dutch, tradit i o nally loyal to theirfatherland,andindomitable inspirit, resisted this so far as in the i rpower.Nevertheless, an Englishgarrison was at once establishedatWiltwickunder the comma n d o f CaptainDaniel Brodhead. Thiscreatedanunfortunate situation, and disorder,fightin g a nd r iotingensued.OnApril 28, 1667, a petition, signed by alarge number of theinhabitan ts,was f orwarded to the Governor, recitingthat "upon the 4thday ofFeb.last, upon the dolef u l cry a nd lamentationof the childrenofCornelisBarentsen Slegt, that their father was mise rably bea tenandwounded byCaptain Brodnhead," they had repaired to hishouseandascertain e d thatthe c omplaint was true. This was soonfollowedbyanother petition whichrecited "Th a t Cornelis B arentsenSlegt isbeatenin his own house by hissoldier Geroge Porter, nd aft e rthis by theot hersoldiers, and forced toprison, and at his imprisonmentused veryhard... and his arms by fo rcetaken out of his house which stilldo remainby saidCapt. Brodheadl." If these petitions served no further purpose, theygavetheGovernorthe information wh i c h he needed, namely to locate thecausesoftheclashes, and the leading characters there i n . Some of thecausesseemoflittle consequence now, but then they were large factors. As aninstance: Tjerck Classen De Witt was beaten by CaptainBrodheadandcastinto prison. He af t e rwards testified before acommission,thatthereason the Captain beat him was because he "w o u ldkeep ChrismasDayonthe day customary with the Dutch and not on the dayaccording otheE n glish observation." Captain Brodhead admitted all thisto betrue,butinsisted that the off e n se was a sufficientjustificationforthetreatment administered. Matters went from bad to worse, and on April 16,1667,theGovernorappointed a commiss i o n to investigate the troubles.Thiswas amereformatlity since the findings had already b e e nprepared.There wasto beno jury and but few admitted to the hearing. Itwas,therefo r e ,easy forthe commission to decide that a state ofrebellionandinsurrectionexisted, and t h a t the four principalinstigators wereAntonid'Elba,Albert Heymans Roosa, Arent Albertso n a n dCornelisBarentsenSlecht.These gentlemen were taken to New York forsentence, andRoos a w asbanished for life from the government; the othersfor shortertermsoutof Esopus, Alban y a n d New York. These sentenceswere soonmodifiedandthe accused permitted to return to the i r h omes,but thespiritofResistance was neither modified nor crushed. Captain Brodhead was finally suspended, and died July14,1667,leavinga widow and th r e e sons, Daniel, Charles and Richard,all ofwhombecameprominent and highly respected citiz e n s, andwhosedescendantsespousedthe cause of American Independence with a fealtyanddevot i o nequal toany engaged in that great cause.

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Calvinist baptised in Woerden March 6, 1643, in Sept or Oct 1659, said to have been captured and then killed by Indians [incorrect, confused with another Jan, probably Jan Stoltz. Jan Slecht was actually killed while defending the Kingston town stockade, asrelatedinaletter from his father to Governor Stuyvestant].

KINGSTON (WILTWYCK/ESOPUS) TAX LIST, 1661

Source: Laws and Ordinances of New Netherland, 1638- 1674, compiledbyE.B.O'Callaghan, 1868

"The Schout and Commissaries of the Village of Wiltwyck,intheEsopus,having exhibited t o m e , the undersigned, in myqualityofDirectorGeneral of the Province of New Netherland, th e a ccount, bothofthematerials and wages for labor already due and earned onthe newhousefor t h e Minister, and requesting at the same time, adviceandconsenthow,and in what wise, the s a m e is to be procured fromtheCommonality,to theend that the Creditors of the delivered mat e r ialsforwages andlabor mayobtain what is due them, it is hereby consentedandOrdained,t h a t thesaid Schout and Commissaries shall have power tolevyandcollect fromevery Morgen [ 1 m o rgen = about 2 acres] of land,whetherofpasture ortillage land, which any one about th e af oresaidVillageoccupies orclaims as his own, one Rix dollar per Morgen,Beavervalue, ing oo d Wheat, payable one-half down, and the other half,withoutfail,nextsummer; and, further , fr o m the other Inhabitants, whopossessonlyLotsand no Lands, according to their means. And the one and the other being heard in our presense thereupon are assessed in manner as follows :

Jurriaen Westvael, tenant of BalthasaerLasarStuyvesantsbouwery,containing 25 morgens.... . . .... 62 florins

The Honorable Director General [Pieter Stuyvesant?] forapoint,12morgens.......... 30 flo r i ns

Jurriaen Westvael, for his own lands, 28 morgens..........70 florins

Thomas Chambers, 2 bouweries, each 40 morgens.......... 200 florins

Evert Pels, his bouwery, 36 morgens.......... 90 florins

Albert Heymans [Roosa], on the bouwery of Jacob JanseStol'swidow,30morgens.......... 9 0 f l orins

Roellof Swartwout, tenant on the bouwery of JacobJanseStol'swidow,containing 43 morgens. . . ....... 90 florins

Cornelis Barentsen Slecht, tenant on the bouery ofMme.d'Hulter,64morgens.......... 160 f l o rins

Cornelis Barentsen Slecht's own claimed land for which hehasneithersurveynor patent, est i m ated at 25 morgens.......... 62florins

Mme. de Hulter's unsurveyed pasture land, estimatedat25morgens..........62 florins

Albert Gysbert's land, 20 morgens.......... 50 florins

Aert Jacob's land, 47 morgens.......... 117 florins

Tjerck Claesen's [De Witt] land, 50 morgens........... 125 florins

Aert Pietersen Tack, 20 morgens.......... 40 florins

Michiel Foure, 4 morgens.......... 10 florins

The following house lots of those who have no farmlands

Andries van der Sluys, lot.......... 10 florins

Jan Aerts, smith, voluntarily offers.......... 20 florins

Michiel Foure.......... 12 florins

Jan Broerse [Decker?].......... 10 florins

Jan the Brabander.......... 10 florins

Andries Baerents.......... 12 florins

Hendrick Cornelisse, assessed.......... 20 florins

Hendrick Jochemse [Schoonmaker], offers.......... 20 florins

Harmen Hendricx.......... 12 florins

Jan Jansen, carpenter, assessed.......... 10 florins

Jacob Barents, offers............ 12 florins

Jacob Joosten, offers.......... 12 florins

Pieter van aelen, assessed.......... 10 florins

Mattys Roelofse, offers........... 15 florins

Jacob Burhamse, offers.......... 20 florins

Gerrit van Campen.......... 10 florins

Anthony Creupel [Crispell].......... 10 florins

Albert Gerrits.......... 10 florins

Baerent Gerrits..........10 florins

Jacob Blancon [might this actually be Matthew Blanchon? He wasknowntobein Kingston a t t h e time and I have never seen a record ofaJacobBlanconbefore].......... 10 florins

Jan de Backer offers 1 thousand bricks

William Janse.......... 12 florins

It is stipulated, in regard to the Lands, that if hereafterbysurvey,therebe found a grea t e r or fewer number of acres [sic,probablyformorgens],the owners shall pay the surplus o n t h e returnedcontentsandreceiveback what it falls short, according to the showing oftheir re turns ofsurvey and Patents. The tax on the Lots shall bedischargedandpaidimmediately i n l i ght money.

Thus done in the Village of Wiltwyck, presenttheinhabitantsaforesaid,this 12 November, 1 6 6 1."