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Carsten
Frederickse Van Iveren
Carsten Frederickse was born during the early 1600s. He probably came to New Netherland during the 1640s or 50s. He was the older brother of Myndert Frederickse.
By
1660, he had found his way to Beverwyck where he
was identified as one of the principal fur traders
in the area. In 1667, he married Catharina Warners
(or Warants). Four of their children were alive in
1689. He was a member and deacon of the Albany Lutheran
church.
Carsten
Frederickse was a blacksmith as well - probably in
partnership with Myndert Frederickse. In 1679, his
name appeared on a list of Albany householders. A
decade earlier, his Albany home included a chamber,
back room, front hall (with a bundle of hay in it),
a loft and an attic, a window in the rear gable,
a drywell, and a crib in the attic that held forty
beavers.
With
his wife, Carsten Frederickse filed a joint will
in July 1689. It identified their four surviving
children aged nine to twenty. The survivor was made
executor of the estate. Carsten died first - within
a few years. His widow's Albany household was included
on the census of 1697.
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Sources: The life of Carsten Frederickse Van Iveren is CAP
biography number 2296. This profile is derived chiefly
from family and community-based resources.
Home: Description dated December 5/15, 1667 and printed
in the Yearbook of the Dutch Settlers Society, vol
14:2-3. Formerly, he kept a boarder, soldier Philip
Brown, whose alleged burglary of the home prompted
the inquiry!
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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