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Isaac
Casperse Hallenbeck
Isaac Casperse was born in 1660. He was the third son of New Netherland pioneers Casper Jacobse and Maria Hallenbeck. He was known in Albany circles as "Isaac Casperse."
By
the 1680s, he had married Dorothy Bosch and raised
a family of children baptized in the Albany Dutch
church as late as 1706.
These
Hallenbecks lived in the first ward of Albany where
he owned an extensive tract that stretched from the
stockade to the Beaverkill. He was an Albany mainstay
whose city holdings were assessed on a par with the
more successful merchants. In 1699, he joined his
Albany neighbors in signing a loyalty oath to the
king of England.
Isaac
Casperse Hallenbeck filed a will in November 1708.
It stated that he was of Albany city and his wife
was "of New York City." It named named seven living
children who would share his property which included
an island in the Hudson River above Albany, other
land, and personal property. He died in March 1709
and was buried at the Albany Lutheran church. Church
records said he was about forty-nine years old!
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Sources: The life of Isaac Casperse Hallenbeck is CAP biography
number 5215. This profile is derived chiefly from
family and community-based resources. Available genealogical
material is summarized online!
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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