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Wynant
Gerritse Vanderpoel
Traditional sources tell us that Wynant Gerritse Vanderpoel was born in Europe about 1620. He was the son of Gerrit Vanderpoel and Cornelia Wynants. He married Tryntie Melgers about 1640. The marriage produced at least two sons and two daughters before Tryntje's death about 1671.
By
the 1650s, these Vanderpoels were living in Beverwyck
in a house on the south side of what became State
Street. In 1660, his name was included on a petition
regarding the fur trade.
In
1674, he purchased half interest in a sawmill east
of the Hudson on a stream that later would be called
the "Wynantskill." But during that time, he was a mainline Albany resident, involved in business, and a frequent litigant. He also was a member of the Albany Dutch church.
During
the early 1690s, he moved his family to New York
City. Wynant Gerritse Vanderpoel filed a will in
February 1695. It stated that he was a former resident
of Albany. He died in 1699.
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Sources: The life of Wynant Gerritse Vanderpoel is CAP biography
number 6276. This profile is derived chiefly from
family and community-based resources.
At
one time, he was identified as a trunkmaker. His
business (chiefly involving the fur trade) is loosely
chronicled in the Early Records of Albany and of
the Albany court.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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