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Pieter
Waldron
 Pieter Waldron was born in New York in June 1675. He was the son of Willem and Engeltie Stoutenburgh Waldron.
Raised
in New York City, he married Manhattan-born Catharina
Vandenbergh in September 1698. After the birth of
their first child in 1699, these Waldrons relocated
to Albany. Over the next twenty-three years, nine
more children were baptized in the Albany Dutch church.
Admitted
to the freedom of New York City as a mason in 1698,
upon moving to Albany Pieter seems to have abandoned
his trade and instead sought to compete in the Indian
fur trade. In 1701, he was granted a license to trade
in Albany. Over the next two decades, he achieved
moderate success in business and as a contractor
of the city.
He
sought acceptance within the Albany community - serving
as a juror, constable, and firemaster for the third
ward. He served as a private in the Albany militia
company. In 1711, he was elected assistant alderman
for the third ward. He was often called on to supervise
repair work and also served as a surveyor.
Just
before his fiftieth birthday, Pieter Waldron died
in 1725 and was buried from the Albany Dutch church.
His marriage to Catharina Vandenbergh and success
in the community economy established the Waldron
family in Albany and in the region for decades to
come.
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Notes: The
life of Pieter Waldron is CAP biography number
668. This profile is derived chiefly from family
and community-based resources.
Black
and white copy of a portrait by an unknown artist!
A painted corner inscription reads "in the 46th year of his life" and "1720." In
the collection of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Folk Art Museum, Williamsburg, Virginia.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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