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Richard Gildersleeve 1601–1681

Tenth Great Grandfather

Richard Gildersleeve was born in 1601 in Suffolk, England. Richard passed away in 1681 in Hempstead, Long Island, New York.

Andrews, Charles M. "A Biographical Bypath Through Early New England History." New England Magazine Feb. 1893. Web.
There is a brief account in Besse. Sufferings of the People called Quakers. II. pp. 182-3. "Robert Hodgson went to Hampstead and he had a Meeting with some of his Friends who dwelt there; where he met with barbarous Usage. He was brought before one Geldersleeve, a magistrate," etc. This was the first persecution under the Dutch, and took place in 1657.

Besse, Joseph. A Collection of the Sufferings of the People Called Quakers. Vol. II. London, 1753. 182. Web.
Robert Hodgſon went to Hamſtead, and had a Meeting with some of his Friends who dwelt there; where he met with barbarous Uſage: He was brought before one Gelderſleeve, a Magiſtrate there, who ſent him to Priſon, and rode to the Dutch Governour to inform him what he had done; and returning with a Guard of Muſquetiers, they ſearched the Priſoner, and took away his Bible and Papers, and kept him pinion'd all Night, and next Day enquiring who had entertained him, took into Cuſtody two Women, one of whom had a Child ſucking at her Breaſt. They put the Women into a Cart, and faſtened Robert to the Cart's Tail, pinion'd, and ſo drew him through the Woods in the Night, whereby he was grievouſly hurt; thus they brought him back to New-Amſterdam, now New-York, and put him into a naſty Dungeon, wherein were many Vermin, and the Women into another Place of Confinement.

Gildersleeve, Willard Harvey. Gildersleeves of Gildersleeve, Conn. Meriden, 1914. 7-8. Web.
Richard Gildersleeve, born in 1601 in County Suffolk, England, came to America in the Puritan Emigration of 1630-1640. Pausing at Watertown, Mass., he joined the small band of Puritan settlers who set out through the wilderness to settle the new colony of Connecticut. He made a home for himself in 1636, at Wethersfield, on the west side of High street, facing the Common near the river. He was one of the earliest proprietors of Naubuc Farms in Glastonbury when it was first surveyed. Discontented with conditions here, he journeyed down to the new colony just planted at New Haven where he was enrolled among the first proprietors of New Haven Colony in 1639. In 1641, he moved from Wethersfield to Stamford, Conn., where he was deputy to the General Court at New Haven. In 1644, he moved over with the first settlers of Hempstead, Long Island, N. Y., where he soon became one of the most influential and largest land proprietors. He was a "schepen," or Dutch magistrate under Governor Stuyveseant, 1644-1664. The first persecution of the Quakers by the Dutch came as a result of Magistrate Gildersleeve's activity.
During the Dutch-Indian War, he lived in Newtown, L. I., as one of the first proprietors and magistrates, 1652-1656. In 1664, when New York was captured by the English, he was appointed colonial commissioner by Connecticut. However, by the Duke of York's patent he became a royal subject once more. In 1669, he was one of that notable gathering of deputies from the English towns of Long Island who framed a petition, which fairly breathed the spirit of liberty manifested in the Declaration of Independence later. Lovelace, the Royal governor, had oppressed the towns severely. Mr. Gildersleeve, as deputy of Hempstead, refused absolutely to pay taxes without representation. It is impossible to say what would have happened, if, in 1673, New York had not been captured by the Dutch.
In 1674, New York was restored to the English. Richard Gildersleeve was deputy to New York to the Dutch Council. He also held very many offices of trust and honor in the town besides figuring in many of the exchanges of vast tracts of land. His main occupation lasting through life was that of surveyor. He was a Puritan of Puritans, fiery, and intolerant, strict and harsh in his official duties, but then the times were harsh enough to try the most heroic soul amidst the early settlements of the United States. He represented the town in all its dealings with the Indians, especially with Tackapousha, Sachem of the Marsapeage Indians. His wife was born in 1601 and witnessed in 1676 the final Indian exchange. He had three children, Richard, Samuel and Anna, the wife of John Smith, Nant., who came from Nantucket.

Richard Platt 1604–1684

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Richard Platt was baptized on May 6, 1604 in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. Richard married Mary Wood on Jan. 26, 1629 in Roydon, Essex, England. He passed away in 1684 in Milford, Connecticut.

A Special Compilation of the History and Genealogy of Richard Platt. Milford, 2003. 24. Web.
Richard Platt and his own family left England by ship along with a large number of other Puritan families with the objective of settling in the new colonies of America. The group of which Richard was a part undoubtedly had the objective of settling in an area called Quinnipiac on Long Island Sound that became the town of New Haven, Connecticut. Having founded the New Haven Colony in 1638, Richard Platt then moved a little further west in 1639 to found the Milford Colony with 53 other Puritan families.

Freed, B. Milford Memorial Bridge. Find A Grave. Web.

Matthias Sention

Eleventh Great Grandfather

Matthias Sention was born in England. Matthias married Mary Tinker on Nov. 1, 1627 in England. He passed away on Oct. 19, 1669 in Norwalk, Connecticut. He was buried in Norwalk.

Jean Many 1670–1703

Ninth Great Grandfather

Jean Many was born in 1670 in Meschers-sur-Gironde, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Jean married Jeanne Machet. He died in 1703 in New York.

Baird, Charles W. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America. Vol. II. New York, 1885. 38. Web.
Jean, brother of Jacques, known as Captain Many, married Jeanne, eldest daughter of Jean Machet.

"Brouwer Genealogy." RootsWeb. Ancestry. Web.
John Many is recorded on the tax list in New York City from 1696 through 1699. He lived in the East Ward in one of two houses owned by Carsten (Christopher) Luerson. Capt. William Kidd was living in the next house during some of those years (this has resulted in some descendants speculating that Jean and his brothers, may too, have been involved in piracy). In the 1703 census he is living in the South Ward.

Jordan, John W. Encyclopedia of Pennsylvania Biography. Vol. III. New York, 1914. 938. Web.
Two brothers, Jacques and Jean Maney, lived at Meschers, a village on the Gironee, France, the latter being a sea captain and known as Captain Maney. They were Huguenots and fled to England, probably at the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, in 1685. From England they came to America, joining the Narragansett colony in Rhode Island in 1686. Jacques married Anne, daughter of Francois Vincent, both of them being members of the Huguenot church in New York in 1692. Jean married, prior to 1696, Jeanne, daughter of Jean Machet, and was a member of the same church.

Waters, Edward Stanley. "Notes on Some Huguenot Families." Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of America. Vol. III. New York, 1903. 268-69. Web.
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Jean was apparently the elder brother of Jacques, with whom he was denizened, London, Apl. 15, 1693.
He is called "cappitaine," and like his brother, commanded a ship in the West India trade. May 19, 1701, the "Brigantine Lawrell, John Many, Master, from Jamaica" arrived. About 1700 is found an account of sums paid for John Machet, Jr., since the decease of John, his father, by John Manny in the sickness and at the death of the said J. M. Jr. decd., in Jamaica, £13. He md. Jeanne, dau. of Jean & Jeanne (Thomas) Machet of New Rochelle, to whom admn. on his estate, "late of N. Y., lately decd." was granted May 22, 1703. His inventory contained one bible, two silver spoons, six silver forks, one negro woman and her —. In money £200. Presd. by James Many & Elias Boudinot, Feb. 2, 1703/4. She was living in 1706.
By wife Jeanne he had issue:
I. ELIZABETH, b. Dec. 6, a deux heures apres minuit, 1696, bap. 13, pres. par Pierre Machet et Elizh. Fulheux.
II. JEAN, b. Aug. 31, bap. Sept. 28, 1698; pres par Mr. Jean Pinaud et Made. Marianne Machet.
Signed JEAN MANY.
J. PINOS,
MARIANNE MACHET.
III. JACQUES, b. Oct. 5, bap. 12, 1700 par Mr. Peiret, pres. par Jacques Many et Anne Vincens.
These brothers were perhaps the James Many and John Many, who signed the Act of Opposition to the dismissal of the Rev. Mr. Rou, Sept. 24, 1724.

Jeanne Machet Pelletreau

Ninth Great Grandmother

Jeanne Machet was born in La Tremblade, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Jeanne married Jean Many in 1696. She married Elie Pelletreau in 1710. She died in New York.

Jean Machet

Tenth Great Grandfather

Jean Machet was born in La Tremblade, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France. Jean married Jeanne Thomas in 1662 in France. He passed away in 1699 in New York.

"Abstracts of Wills." Collections of the New-York Historical Society. Vol. XXV. 1893. 91. Web.
Memorandum of the Goods and chattels found in being at the decease of Jean Machet, late ship carpenter of New Rochelle, and left by him to Jeanne Machet his widow as executor. 200 acres of land, part of it low land, with 2 houses, one of them built of stone, and the other is a frame house, both standing by the water side. 1 ship upon the stocks which was not finished, by which the said Jeanne Machet has received £25 of Colonel Caleb Heathcote. One half of a sloop then at sea, which was sold at her coming back, to Francis Vincent, by Peter Machet, the son of Jean Machet, who received for the same the value of £80.
Account of goods sold by Jeanne Machet. To Anthony Lispenard a young negro boy £12. A negro man £60. A negro woman £40. Account of some that Peter Machet has received since the death of his father Jean Machet, for which he is accountable. From Francis Vincent for ½ the sloop £80. ½ of the cargo of Brazil wood £66. Rent of house and yard 3 months at £3 per month. Barrel of Tar 15s. Paid for John Machet Jr. since the death of his father, to Lewis Guion £5. To John Manning for charges in the sickness and at the burial of said John Machet deceased in Jamaica, Long Island £13.

Baird, Charles W. History of the Huguenot Emigration to America. Vol. II. New York, 1885. 34-35. Web.
Jean Machet, ship-carpenter, who settled first in Oxford, Massachusetts, but removed to New Rochelle, was a native of the same place. At the time when the last severities against the Protestants began to be exercised, Machet was pursuing his trade in the seaport town of Bordeaux. "We left our goods, our furniture, and our clothes," he writes, "I, and Jeanne Thomas my wife, and Pierre, Jean, Jeanne and Marianne our children, for the sake of our religion, and fled from persecution, only saving our bodies."
Notre ayde soit au nom de Dieu qui a fait le ciel et la terre, amen. Je Jean Machet Charpentier de navires né et natif du bourg de la Tramblade & demeurant à Bordeaux en France Lequel dit Machet etant fugitif de la persecution avec sa famille composée de luy, & Jeanne Thomas sa femme, & Pierre, Jean, Jeanne, & Marianne Machet leurs enfans & filles, ayant tous abbandonné leurs biens meubles & effects pour leur Relligion lesquels ils font tous profession en la veritable pureté & Relligion Chrêtienne que nous appelions religion protestante: Et comme le dit Machet ayant recogneu étre etably en ces lieux, terre et dependance d'York en la ville nommée la nouvelle Rochelle sous la domination de tres haut et tres puissant Monarque, nôtre Roy Guillaume de pleine memoire à qui Dieu maintienne son sceptre & sa couronne & que sous son regne puissions tous vivre en paix & en la crainte de Dieu. Et led[it] Machet s'est veu attaqué de maladie, grosse fievre, toutes fois sain de memoire & de l'entendemt & voulant pourvoir à ses affaires pour le repos de sa famille. Premierement Il recommande son ame a Dieu le pere tout puissant createur du ciel et de la terre, qu'il le veuille reçevoir dans son Royaume celeste, au rang de ses enfans bienheureux & quant à son corps il prie et souhaitte d'étre enterré en les forme & maniere de sa Religion & discipline jusques à la consommation des siecles & resurrection, ou nôtre Seigneur viendra pour juger les vivant et les morts c'est la priere qu'il fait, voulant bien comme un vray Chretien & pere de ses enfans que Dieu luy a donné fait testament . . . Premierement Led[it] Machet veut et entend & pretend que lad[ite] Jeanne Thomas sa femme soit dame & maitresse de tout generallemt les bien meubles & acquests que nous avons fait ensemble pendant nôtre vivant & particulieremt. les acquerts que nous avons fait ensemble depuis nôtre sortye de France n'ayant sauvé que nôtre corps seulemt. & que tout ce que nous avons, nous l'avons gagné ensemble à la peine de nos mains & à la sueur de nôtre visage.—(Wills, N. Y., II., 2. Signed April 17, 1694. Proved November 10, 1699.)

Waters, Edward Stanley. "Notes on Some Huguenot Families." Proceedings of the Huguenot Society of America. Vol. III. New York, 1903. 269. Web.
Will of Jean Machet, "charpentier des navires of Framblade, demeurant a Bordeaux en France," mentions wife, Jeanne Thomas, children, Pierre, Jean, Jeanne, et Marvianne, en la ville nommeé la nouvelle Rochelle.
"Fait a la N. R. Ap. 17, 1694. Invy. sworn to Feb. 20, 1699–70. 200 ackers of land—2 houses, one of stone, both by water side. 3 negers—½ of a sloop at sea sold to Fr. Vincent, £80."

Chadeayne, Philip. Web.

Jeanne Thomas Machet

Tenth Great Grandmother

Jeanne Thomas was born in France. Jeanne married Jean Machet in 1662 in France. She passed away in 1708 in New Rochelle, New York.

"Abstracts of Wills." Collections of the New-York Historical Society. Vol. XXVI. 1894. 7-8. Web.
To all Christian People to whom these presents shall come, Greeting. Know ye that I, Jane Manchet, widow of John Manchet, of New Rochelle, in the manor of Pelham, in the County of Westchester, shipwright, who by his will left all his estate, real and personal, to the said Jane, who now being aged, doth by these presents give unto my eldest daughter Jane, widow of John Manny, mariner, All that my house, orchard and lot of land in New Rochelle, Bounded in front before the house, with the creek and salt water. In the rear by the Boston road. On the west by the lot of Joseph Villins, and on the east by the lane that runs from the salt water to the country road, which lane lyeth between the lot of the widow Manchet and the lot of Lewis Dyon, blacksmith. Also all that Great lot, as it was laid out to John Manchet in his life time, lying northward in the woods above the country road. With all the rights of undivided lands and commons, and all shares of salt meadow or fresh meadow within the bounds of New Rochelle. Also one negro woman, and £209, in the hands of my son Peter, for which he is accountable to me as administratrix of John Manchet. All these to the said Jane Manny, in Trust, for the use of said Jane Manchet for life and then to my said daughter Jane Manny, and my daughter Mary Anne Manchet. And as for my great lot, 100 acres of it is to go to my son Peter Manchet, and the rest to my two daughters, Jane and Mary Anne.
Dated February 6, 170⅚. Witnesses, John Pell, John Nefeult, John Pell, Sr. Proved before Lord Cornbury, June 22, 1708.
[Note. The testatrix was widow of Jean Machet, whose will is in Liber 1. Page 322. Dated April 17, 1694.]

Chadeayne, Philip. Web.