WORKMAN FAMILY HISTORY pages 16-27

One of the early Workman families to come to America is that of ANTHONY WORKMAN and his wife ELIZABETH who arrived in the year 1668 with 47 other passengers aboard the "Francis and Mary" which had sailed from Bristol, England, under the command of Captain John England. As a reward for "services" Anthony and his wife were each awarded 50 acres of land on the Island of Kent. He bought another 50 acres creating a tract known as "Workman's Hazard," a very fertile and desirable piece of property.

It is probable that Anthony and Elizabeth had children although to date no such record has been found. However, before ten years had passed, Elizabeth died; and, if there were children, they left home as they reached maturity and were not again identified with the family. Anthony then married Mrs. JOHAN PORTER DUNN, the widow of Robert Dunn who, had come to Maryland in 1649.

In the year 1680, Captain England, sailing again from Bristol, Gloucester, England, this time in the ship "Society," brought a Workman to the American shores. This time it was Samuel who came to Pennsylvania. Samuel, however, died a bachelor having willed his meager possessions to his two nieces (will filed in Bristol Archives, England). There were other scattered migrations about this time and subsequently, but one stands out in importance above all others. 1H. JOHN WILLIAM WORKMAN (the Dutch form of his name being Jans William Woertman) died in Amsterdam, Holland, some time before the year 1647. Little is known of him except that he was married and had a family. It is believed that he was an emigrant from England, coming to Holland as a result of religious persecution during the time of the Puritan upheavals. In Holland, John seemingly integrated into the social and religious way of life of the people there and his family adopted their customs completely so that during the time of their emigrations they were known mainly as sons, daughters, or wife of John. In church records the patronymic pattern was followed almost completely so that John's son, Richard, is recorded as Dirck Jansen very frequently. As early as the year 1628, Jans William Woertman had married HARMTJE (Hannah, an unusual name among the Dutch) and they were the parents of at least three children born in Amsterdam, Holland:

2H. ELIZABETH JANS (or Woertman, dau of John) born about 1630. Her name is spelled variously in church records as Elizabeth, Lysbeth, Lysbet. Her first recorded appearance in America was 7 July 1647 when she married (1) PIETER JANSEN NOORMAN (born in Norway). Elizabeth and Pieter were among the first settlers of the town of Bushwick, having purchased 130 acres of land in that area, located on the East River. Elizabeth was living on and acquired title to this property at the time of her husband's death. She and her second husband made a joint will in 1688 giving the property to Teunis Woertman (son of her brother Dirck Jansen Woertman) in whose family it remained until 1785 and became known as the Woertman House.
Elizabeth married (2) 6 Oct. 1662 at New Amsterdam Dutch Church, JOOST JANSEN COCQUIT (Cockuit or Kokhuyt; bom at Brugge, Flanders, Belguini; recorded as emigrating from Wieringen 27 April 1660, as a soldier on the ship Otter). Elizabeth, as a widow, 10 March 1694/5 executed a codicil to the joint will, indicating that Joost died prior to that time. The will, proved 1 April 1695, made bequests to nephews and nieces indicating that Elizabeth died without issue.

*3H. DIRCK JANS WOERTMAN (Richard, John's son, Workman; it will be noted that the names Richard and John are common names in the Workman family of Gloucester, England, of this era) born about 1630 in Amsterdam, Holland; immigrated to America in 1647 and was unmarried at that time.

4H. ANNETJE, known most commonly as Annetje Lodowycke, may have been a half-sister to Dirck and Elizabeth, inasmuch as Lodowycke de Jong appeared as sponsor to the baptism of Annetje's first child. Proponents of this theory point out that the mother of the family, Harmitje, widow of Jans, probably married Lodowycke de Jong in Holland and he probably sponsored the family, Elizabeth and Dirck, children of the first marriage, and Annetje, his own daughter', in the move to America. It is fairly certain that the mother came to America, but in all land transactions she is known merely as Harmitje Jans, with L6,dowicke never appearing in the picture.. She lived to a ripe old age and owned considerable property in Long Island and Brooklyn and died after 1685. This would make Annetje born probably in 1636, half sister to the other two children. At her marriage in 1655, she names herself as "Annetje Loderwycks Van Amsterdam" (Annetje Loderwycks of Amsterdam) - It is also conceivable, and there is indication in the records, that she was a little older than assumed and she came to America as the widow or wife of Lodowyck de Jong. This would then make the Lodowyck. de Jong, sponsor of her first child, a nephew or other relative; or this could have been an attempt to name the father of the child of a previous marriage.
Annetje married 7 Aug. 1655 in New Amsterdam Dutch Church, SIMON CLAUSE (Claeszen Van (or of) Groeningen; his will, made 8 July 1684 and probated 7 Oct. 1684, indicated that Annetje had died before that time). They were residents of Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York. Their children, all christened in Brooklyn, Kings, N. Y. were: Grietje Clause chr 29 July 1657; Engeltye Clause chr 15 Sept. 1658; Janneken Clause chr 5 Dec. 1660; Clause Clause chr 27 Nov. 1661; Elizabeth Clause chr 22 May 1664; Lodewyck Clause chr 25 April 1666; Peter Clause chr 12 Jan. 1671; Margaret Clause chr 14 Jan. 1674; and Jan Clause. In the will of Simon Clause, he requests that the children he left in the guardianship of his wife's brother and brother-in-law, Derick Jans Woertman and Joost Kokhuyt; the estate to be divided between the children of "Annetje Derickson DeJong (Widow) that have the name of Clause." This is a strong indication that Annetje was married previously and had children by that tirst marriage with their christening taking place later, or they could have been omitted because of death or marriage. Only the last six are named in the will.

*5H. HARAMITA WOERTMAN chr 6 June 1661, Brooklyn, Kings, N. Y.

*6H. FEMMETJE (PHOEBE) WOERTMAN chr 6 Jan'. 1663-4, Brooklyn, N. Y.

*7H. JAN DERICK WOERTMAN chr 1665, Brooklyn, N. Y.

8H. GEERTRUY WOERTMAN chr 1667, Brooklyn, Kings, N.Y. married 28 May 1692 to GABRIEL JANSE, SPRONG (born about 1665. Brooklyn, N. Y.; will proved 14 Sept. 1726;.son of Jan Sprong and Ann, Sodelaers) and had children born in Brooklyn, Kings, N. Y.: Annetje Sprong. chr,5 May 1695 and married in 1715 to Simon Duryea (who was baptized 20 Nov. 1693 in t Brooklyn); Ei htie S rong chr 13 Dec. 1696. Jan Sprong chr 27 Nov. 1698 and married Sarah Hansen; Lucas Sprong chr 27 June, 1700; Ade Sprong chr 1702; Marytje Sprong chr 7 Aug. 1704; Gabriel Sprong chr 1707; Catherine Sprong chr 1709.

*9H. TEUNIS DERICK WOERTMAN chr 28 Dec. 1669, Brooklyn, N. Y.

10H. PAULIS (PAUL) WOERTMAN. chr 2 April 1672, Brooklyn, N.Y. Unmarried.

11H. CATHERINE WOERTMAN chr .1677,. Brooklyn, N. Y. Died a child.

*12H. DENYSE (DENNIS) WOERTMAN chr 27 July 1678, Brooklyn, N. Y.

13H. LYSBETH (ELIZABETH) WOERTMAN chr 4 April 1681, Brooklyn, N. Y. Married DIRCK VAN ZUTPHEN.

14H. ANNETJE WOERTMAN chr 15 June 1684, Brooklyn, N. Y. Married 27 April 1705 to ISAAC,De RIEMER (born about 1680; son of Huybert De Riemer and Catherine) and had children born in Brooklyn, New York: Peter Riemer chr 17 Feb. 1706, Isaac Riemet chr 20 June 1708, Hubertus Riemer chr 13'De'c. 1710, Marritje Riemer chr 27 Jan 1714, Catherine Riemer chr 1 Aug. 1716, Elizabeth Riemer chr 11 Feb. 1719, Antje Riemer chr 4 Oct. 1721, Abraham Riemer chr 17 June 1724, Dirck Riemer chr 5 Oct. 1726.

15H. MARRETJE WOERTMAN. chr 21 Nov. 1686 Brooklyn, N. Y. 16H.' PETER DERICK WOERTMAN chr 1688, Brooklyn, N. Y.

17H. LOREWYCK (LODEWYCK) DERICK WOERTMAN chr 1690, Brooklyn, N. Y.

On April 9, 1691, Dirck Woertman as widower of Maritje Teunis made a prenuptial agreement with Annetje Aukes (widow of Wynant Pieters, dau Of Auke Jans Van Nuys who emigrated in 1661 and made his will in 1694 naming his dau Annetje as the wife of Dirck Jansen Woertman). Therdwere no children of this marriage.

TEUNIS (CORNELIUS) NYSSEN came to America in 1638 from Bissnick (Bunnik) in~ the, 'province -of, Utrecht. and lived at New Amsterdam, New York ' dying on Manhattan Island; married FEMMETJE SEALS (or Pheabia Faelix, widow of Hendricks the Boor, dau of Jan Seals and Cornelius Buys) and had children: Jannetje Teunis chr 22 Dec. 1641, Brooklyn, N.Y., and married Jans Han - sen Bergen; Marretje Teunis Denyse chr 3 April 1644, Brooklyn, N.Y..,,and married Dericks Jans Woertman^3H ; Aertje Teunis chr 18 Feb. 1645, Brooklyn, N.Y., and married Hieronemus Rapalie; Elsie Teunis chr 10 May 1648 and married in 1669 to Gerrett Snediker; Femmetje Teunis chr 3 April 1650 and married Michael Hansen Bergen; Denys (Dionys) Teunis chr 16 April 1654 and married 1682 to Elizabeth, Polhemis; Jan Teunis, twin to Denys, chr 12 April 1654 and died a child; Cornelius Teunis chr 1656; Jan Teunis born 1660 and married 16 Nov. 1679 to Catahne Bogoert moving later to Raritan, N.J.; Teunis, Teunis born 1658 moved to Rariton, N.J., and took name of Teunis Van Middlewort; Joris (George) Teunis born 1662.

5H. HARAMITA WOERTMAN, dau of Dirck Jans Woertman ^3H (John William Workman ^1H) and Marrietje Teunis Denyse; chr 6 June 1661, Brooklyn, N.Y.; married (1) 5 Sept. 1680 to THOMAS WILLENSENKOECK (Coeck, or Cook; born 14 April *1658 in New York; died 1 Jan. 1689/90; son of William Koeck and, Sarah Schepmos) and had children:

18H. WILLIAM COECK (Coeck, Cook) born 25 May, 1681, Brooklyn, N. Y.; died 5 April 1739, New, York; married 7 Dec, 1723 to CORNELIA DeGRAW (widow of Richard Mahoon; dau of Leonard DeGraw and Chanty ....................).

19H. DIRCK KOECK (Coeck, Cook) born 1683; married 8 Oct. 1704, SUSANNA CRIGIER.

20H. DIANA KOECK died in 1690.

21H. Infant-probably a twin which died.

22H. SARAH COECK born 1689; married 25 Jan. 1708 to JONATHAN MAYEN of Boston.

Thomas W. Koeck's will was proved 20 Sept 1689 leaving his estate to his wife Harmptje Woertman and children William, Diana, and Sarah.

(2) HARAMITA WOERTMAN 5H married 13 Sept. 1691 ISAAC ARENTZEN VAN HOECK (who died 15 Nov. 1693). To this union was born one son, Isaac Van Hoeck, who was christened in March 1692.

(3) HARAMITA WOERTMAN 5H married 17,June 1694, ABRAHAM MESSLER (or Metselaer; born about 1658; died.1718; son of Jan Adamson Messler and Geertie Dircks. After Harann'ta's death in about 1705, Abraham married (2) 31 Jan. 1706 Agnetje Staats, daughter of Peter Jans Staats). To Haramita. and Abraham Messler were born:

23H. JOHANNAS MESSLER chr 16 Dec. 1694, Staten Island, N. Y.; married 1718 to CATRYNTJE NEIFIES.

24H. PETER MESSLER chr 7 Feb., 1697, New York;. married 1721 CORNELIUS NEIFIES.

25H. LOREWICK (LODEWYCK) MESSLER chr 12 Feb. 1699.

26H. ABRAHAM MESSLER, Jr., chr 3 June 1701; married 25 July 1734 to RACHEL Van BERKUM (a widow).

27H. MARY (MARYETTE or MARRIETJE). REMSEN born about 1685 at Brooklyn Ferry, Kings, N. Y.; married about 1708-10 to JOOST DeBEVOISE (BEAUWORS) (who was chr 27 March 1683; died 1773-7) and had children born in Brooklyn, N. Y.: Jacobus DeBevoise born. about 1712 and married Maria Gerretson; Femmetje DeBevoise born. about 1714 and married John Johnson; Mary DeBevoise born about 1716; Anna DeBevoise born 20 Oct. 1720 and married Johannas Wyckoff; Elizabeth DeBevoise born about 1722 and married Peter Cowenhover; Sophia DeBevoise born 1724 and married Albert Nostrand.

28H. SARAH REMSEN born about 1687, Brooklyn, N. Y.; married JACOB DeBEVOISE.

29H. FEMMETJE REMSEN born about 1689 and married PETER GOTT.

30H. REM JORIS REMSEN born about 1692,New York; married AELTJE BERGEN.

31H. ELIZABETH REMSEN chr 5 March 1699; married GEORGE RAPALYE.

32H. ANNTJE REMSEN chr 27 July 1701, Brooklyn, N. Y.; married RYNIER REMSEN.

33H. CALATINE REMSEN chr 12 April 1704; married HENDRICK REMSEN.

34H. HILLETJE REMSEN chr 12 Dec. 1705, Brooklyn_N. Y.

35H. TEUNIS REMSEN chr 26 Oct. 1716; married MARGARIETJE VALENTINE. Teunis. may have been born about the time of- Femmetje's death and not christened until much later, or he was actually the son of Altie Bergen, second wife of Joris Remsen.

*36H. ANDRIES. WOERTMAN chr 22 Nov 1691 in Brooklyn, Kings, N. Y.

37H. DIRCK WOERTMAN chr 26 Nov. 1693 in Brooklyn, N. Y.; died in Bushwick, New York; married ELIZABETH ------------------- (born about 1696) and had children born in New Brunswick,New Jersey: Anna Marie Wortman born 3 Feb. 1723; Dirck Wortman born 28 March 1725; Jacobus Wortman born 21 April 1727; (Note the move for a time to New Jersey).

38H. JAN EVERTSEN BOUT WOERTMAN chr 4 May 1695 in Brooklyn, New York; married (1) BELITIE (BELLETJE) ------------------- (it is believed that she is the Belitie Woertman who died 19 June 1720). To this union was bom: one child Janavera (John) Woertman born, 19 June 1720 but died soon. Jan married (2) NELLITJE --------------------- and had children born in Somerville, Somerset, New Jersey: William (Willem) Woertman born 17 Nov. 1721; Maria Woertman born 9 Feb .1724; Sarah Woertman born 5 Feb. 1727; Jan (John) Woertman born 1 Feb. 1729 and died 1807; Catherine Woertman born about 1730 and married Johannes Van Zendt.

*39H. PETER WOERTMAN chr 30 Sept. 1698 in Brooklyn, N. Y.

40H. ELIZABETH WOERTMAN chr 19 Sept. 1699 in Somerville, New Jersey.

41H. HERMITIEN WOERTMAN chr 25 Oct. 1704 in Raritan, New Jersey; married LUCUS COESVERT and had a son Isaac.

42H. ANNA WOERTMAN chr 30 April 1707 in Raritan, New Jersey; married JACOB PIETERSE.

*43H. ABRAHAM WOERTMAN chr 27 April 1709 in Raritan, New Jersey.

44H. JAN (JANE) WOERTMAN chr 25 Oct. 1710 in Raritan, New Jersey.

45H. FEMMETJE (FEMMETCHEN) WOERTMAN chr 23 Aug. 1716 in Raritan, New Jersey.

46H. AALTIE WORTMAN chr 8 April 1719.

47H. JANNETJE WORTMAN chr 3 Feb. 1722.

48H. JAN (JOHN) WORTMAN chr 7 Feb. 1725.

49H. AGNITJE WORTMAN chr 5 Feb. 1727.

50H. TEUNIS WORTMAN chr 20 April 1730.

51H. ELIZABETH WORTMAN chr 12 May 1734.

52H. ANDRIES. WORTMAN, Jr. chr 1736; died before 1811 as his will was probated that year; married MARGARET -------------------- and had children: William Wortman born about 1765; Peter Wortman born about 1767; Cintha Wortman bom about 1769; Eleanor Wortman bom about 1771; Auiston Wortman born 1773; Jane Gorden Wortman. Andries Wortman (as Andrew Workman) enlisted in the New Jersey Militia and served in the Revolutionary War, drawing military land in New Jersey as, a reward.

53H. PETER WORTMAN chr in 1738; died 1776 in Old Bedminster, Somerset, New Jersey; married SARAH VAN NEST (born. 1741; died 1771 in Bedminster, New Jersey; dau of John Van Nest) and had children: Maregritta Wortman born 16 Aug. 1761 and married (1) Phillip Van Arsdale, (2) Bergun Van Doren; Marie Wortman born 15 April 1764; Peter Wortman born 3 March 1766; Dircks Wortman born 1768.

55H. PETERUS (PETER) WORTMAN chr 20 Nov. 1731; died about 1783; married CATHERINE VAN NEST (born 1737; died 7 Oct. 1815 aged 78 years) and had children John Wortman born 1758; Able Wortman born 1759; William Wortman born 1760 and died 1817 aged 59 years; Alleta Wortman chr 1773 and died 6 June 1861 aged 88 years; Samuel Wortman born 1776 and married Mary Robinson; Andrew Wortman born 1780, died 6Nov. 1865 aged 85 years, married Mary Dow.

56H. JOHN WORTMAN chr 1733; died May 1772; married 22 June 1752 to ANNA VAN OSTRAND (Oastrandt; born about 1734) and had children born at Bridgewater, Somerset, N. J.: Teunis Wortinan born about 1754; Garritt Wortman born about 1758; Mary Wortman born about 1760; Catherine Wortman born about 1762; Jane Wortman born about 1764; Phebe Wortman born about 1764.

57H. CATHERINE WORTMAN chr 1734-5; married PETER SUTFIN, SR., (born about 1730) and had children born in Somerville, N. J.: Peter Sutfin born 1750 and died a child; Charity Sutfin chr 16 Feb. 1752 and died Jan. 1809, married Matthias Lane, Jr.; Margaret Sutfin chr 26 May 1754 and died 13 Nov. 1824, married Cornelius Bodine; Gisbert Sutfin chr 9 Jan. 1757 and died infant; Gisbert Sutfin chr 27 June 1762, married Elizabeth Pross; Judith Sutfin chr 28 Nov. 1764 and died 24 Dec. 1847, wife of Peter Stoothuff; Elizabeth Sutfin chr 1767, died 9 Nov. 1849, wife of William Henrod; Nalley Sutfin chr 1767 died before 1801; Catherine Sutfin born 1769 and married Joseph Still (Stull); John Sutfin born 7 July 1770.

58H. ANNETJE WORTMAN born 1736.

59H. SARAH WORTMAN born 1737; married about 1772 to ROBERT TELFORD (born about 1733 in Tyrone Co., Ireland; died 1823 in Kentucky; son of Alexander Telford) and had children born in Somerville, N. J.: Mary Telford born 4 Nov. 1773; John Telford born 7 June 1775 and married (1) Ann Wortman and (2) Catherine Guthrie; Jean Telford born 3 March 1777; Alexander Telford born 9 Jan. 1778; Robert Telford born 15 Nov. 1780; Sarah Telford born 15 Sept. 1782 and married Thomas Gillmore; Elizabeth Telford born 21 Dec. 1784 and married James Gillmore; William Telford born 21 April 1787; David Telford born 23 May .1789; James Telford born 17 June 1791.

60H. MARGARET WORTMAN chr about 1745; died 20 Sept. 1769; married in 1763 at Bedminster, N. J., to STEPHEN HUNT (born 1739 at Wolf Hollow, N. Y.; died age 30 when last child was born in 1769) and had children born in Bedminster, Somerset, N. J.: Stephen Hunt born 1765; Margaret Hunt born 1767; Catherine Hunt born 1769.

*61H. JAN WORTMAN born about 1695 Bushwick, Kings, N. Y., died 1773.

62H. MARRETJE WORTMAN chr 17 Dec. 1696-7 Bushwick, N.Y.; married SIMON SIMONSON (born about 1695).

63H. ANTJE (ANNEKE, ANNA) WORTMAN born 7 Sept. 1698, Albany, N. Y.; married JACOB PIETERSE (born about 1695).

64H. ELIZABETH (LYSBETH) WORTMAN chr 10 March 1700,. Bushwick, N. Y.; married JAN LEQUIRE (baptized 1661, Bushwick, N. Y.).

65H. - SARAH WORTMAN born 1702 Bushwick, N. Y.; married 30 April 1737 to CORNELIUS HOOGLAND (born 1703 in Flatbush, N. Y.; died 20 May 1777; son of William Hoogland and Neeltje Andries; he married (2) Maria Hardenberg). To Sarah and Cornelius, were born in Wolf Hollow, Long Island, New York: William Hoogland born 21 Feb. 1742; Wyllen Hoogland born 27 Oct. 1748; Femmetje' Hoogland born 28 June 1752;~ Cornelius Hoogland born 28 Feb. 1756. *

66H. DAVID WORTMAN born 1706, Bushwick, N. Y.; married ELIZABETH ANNIN.

67H. DIRCK WORTMAN born 1708 Bushwick, N. Y.; will probated 1762; married about 1740 to ANNA NICHOLAS FOLKERTSON (born about 1710 Bushwick or Boswick, N. Y.; died 1763; dau of Nicholas Folkertson) and had children born in New Brunswick, N. J.: Teunis Wortman born about 1742 and married Marretje' Kittel; Lydia (Ledea.) Wortman, born 11 July 1744.

68H. JANNETJE WORTMAN born 22 Oct. 1727.

69H. TEUNIS WORTMAN chr 3 Aug. 1729; died 27 Aug. 1775, aged 45 years; married RHODA SMITH TOWNSEND (born 1739 of Oyster Bay, N. Y.; died 26 Dec.. 1800, aged 61 years) and had children: Susanna Wortman born 1760 Long Island, N.Y. and married Jacob Rennesen; Rhoda Wortman born 1761 Long Island; Rebecca Wortman born 1763, Long Island, N. Y., and married Caleb Smith; Coles Wortman born 1764 Oyster Bay, N. Y. and died 28 Feb. 1810, aged 46 years. Coles Wortman married (1) Salley VanWyck (born 16'Oct. 1769 and died 9 Aug. 1795). He married (2) Elizabeth Letten.

70H. GEERTIE WORT.MAN chr 3 Aug. 1729; married Mr. SAREL.

71H. JOHN WORTMAN, JR., chr 5 Jan 1734;, married ALCHE LUYSTER.

72H. FEMMETE WORTMAN chr 15 Jan. 1738; married CHARLES SIMOUSON.

73H. GERRET WORTMAN born about 1740; married SARAH PETERS.

74H. MARY WORTMAN born 1742; married 17 Dec. 1764 to WILL RICHARDSON.

75H. CATHERINE WORTMAN born 5 Jan. .1744; married JOHANNAS VAN SANT.

76H. WILLIAM WORTMAN born about 1700-2; bought land in Peapack, Somerset, N.J.; married SARAH WILLIAMS (dau of Calvin William ) and had children born in Peapack, N. J.: Bout Wortman born 1720; Jan (John) Wor.1man born about 1722; Andrew Wortman born about 1724; William Wortman born 1721 and died in 1803, aged 82 years. William, Jr., is probably the same who married Maragritta and had a son Samuel born 6 Aug. 1757.

77H. MARRITIE WORTMAN chr 10 Feb. 1703.

78H. ANTJE WORTMAN chr 10 Oct. 1708.

79H. SAMUEL WORTMAN chr 30 Sept. 1711; his will was proved 14 July 1792; married about 1736 to NANCY ............ and had children: James Wortman born 1737 and married Phebe Curry; Daniel Wortman born 1740; Peter Wortman born 1744 and died 1768, aged 24 years.

80H. MARIE WORTMAN chr 4 Jan. 1718.

*81H. ISAAC WORTMAN (WORKMAN) born 1710 Brooklyn, Kings, N. Y., is probably the Isaac who with his wife, Femmetje (Phoebe) Ragel, were witnesses to. the christening of Isaac, son of Lucas Covert and Harmptje Woertman^41H. (See next Chapter.)

82H. CORNELIUS WORKMAN (WORTMAN) born 1715 Brooklyn, N. Y., was probably the "Nee" Workman who established the original Workman Farm near Frostburg, Allegany, Md.

*83H. PETER WORTMAN born 1720 probably in New Jersey.

84H. MARGARET WORKMAN born 1727 probably in New Jersey. There were probably other daughters.

85H. ANDREW WORKMAN born 1748 in Roxbury, Morris, N. J.; died 1803, aged 55 years; married MARY DOW who died 1803.

*86H. JOSEPH WORKMAN born 1750 in Roxbury, Morris, N. J.

87H. ELIZABETH WORKMAN born 1755.

88H. ALSHE WORKMAN born 1757.

89H. SARAH WORKMAN born 1759.

90H. MARGARET WORKMAN born 1760 and married ANDREW BIRD.

91H. ALETTA WORKMAN born 1762.
(Note: Although the Dutch form Woertman or Wortman is still used, the Anglicized form of the name is beginning to make its reappearance; and, while some families maintain the Wortman form of the name to the present tkne, other branches will be found only as Workman from this time on.)

92H. OLIVE MARY WORTMAN born 1781; married HENRY DORLAND.

93H. GERTRUDE WORTMAN born 1783; married STEPHEN HOWELL.

94H. JACOB WORTMAN born 1785; married SARAH (SALLY) CRATER.

95H. NICHOLAS WORTMAN born 1787 in Chester, Morris Co., N. J.

96H. MALINDA WORTMAN born 1790 in Chester, N. J.

*97H. PETER WORTMAN born 1794 in Chester, N. J.; died 11 May 1865.

98H. JACOB WORTMAN born 31 Oct. 1815; died 4 Nov. 1859; married I Dec. 1839 to ANNA E. EMMONS.

99H. ELIAS WORTMAN born 8 Jan. 1819; married EMELINE LEEK.

100H. SARAH WORTMAN born 27 Jan. 1821; died 31 Oct. 1884; married ANDREW RARICK.

101H. FANNIE (FRANCES) WORTMAN born 1823; died 1824.

102H. MARGARET WORTMAN born 3 August 1825; married 2 Jan. 1847 to WILLIAM DORLAND.

*103H. STEPHEN H. WORTMAN born 23 August 1827; married CATHERINE MELICK.

104H. CATHERINE WORTMAN born 15 Feb. 1830, married three times. Third husband was HERBERT TEUNIS VANCOTT.

105H. MARY WORTMAN born 1 March 1832; died 21 August 1891.

106H. ANDREW J. WORTMAN born 18 Dec. 1834; died 6 Feb. 1835.

107H. ELIZA WORTMAN born 26 June 1837; married MOSES AMMERMAN.

108H. MARY E. WORTMAN born 26 Sept. 1852; died 20 August 1854.

109H. ANNA L. WORTMAN born 26 June 1855; married in 1874 to JOHN ROWE.

110H. MARY W"ORTMAN born 5 May 1857; married in 1880 to AARON CREGER.

111H. WILLIAM M. WORTMAN born 22 D ec. 1859; married in 1883 to MELISSA PICKLE.

112H. MARTHA WORTMAN born 9 Jan. 1861; married in 1882 to JOSEPH PICKLE.

113H. KATE WORTMAN born Sept. 1865; married in 1886 to MARSHALL RARICK.

114H. CHARLEY WORTMAN born 12 Nov. 1876 in Chester, N. J.; died 5 Feb. 1888.

115H. ROBERT WORTMAN born in Chester, N. J.; died a child.

116H. STEPHEN H. WORTMAN born 22 May 1881 in Chester, Morris, IN. J.

The first move westward into the American hinterland began early for the Woertman's of New York. As early as 1650, a Dutch explorer, Cornelius Van Tunhover, had returned to the New York area to tell of a valley where the fattest deer roamed and 60-pound turkeys could be had for the shooting. This land, he said, was the pleasantest and handsomest place a man had ever seen. Huge pines, oaks, chestnut and hickory trees grew there, and a glistening river meandered through meadows and fields of corn. Not too long after this, negotiations began between the Dutch and the Raritan Indians; and, by the 6th of Dec. 1651, Augustine Hermanon had received a grant of almost all the entire northern half of what is. now Somerset County-granted to him by the Raritan Indians.

Among the early settlers of this beautiful valley was Jan Derick Woertman (Wortman) ^7H who, with his , family, came from Brooklyn Heights, New York, in the year 1699, his daughter Elizabeth being christened in Somerville in September of that, year. By the year 1704 he removed to the village of Raritan where he remained for a number of years, moving from there with grown 'children to Pluckemin. Here he erected a long old-fashioned house made of logs that was to be known for many years as the Workman Homestead. Here a descendant, Jan Wortman, known as Squire Wortman (no, doubt because of his vast estate of 500 acres) entertained the patriots, Gisbert Sutphen (see Catherine Wortman ^57H) , Aaron Melick, and Colonel Stephen Hunt when they met to plan their resistance to the British army a year before the Declaration of Independence was signed. It was here too that Jan Wortman ' trained by his father in the family trade as a blacksmith, shod the horses of George Washington and his entourage during the Revolutionary War. Some nights John and his helpers worked all through the night repairing the carriages and shoeing the horses, so they would be ready for the General the next morning.

The Woertman tradition in America had been one of civic loyalty. Derick Jans^3H had begun it in 1673 when he became an officer of his town in Brooklyn. Jan Derick continued it as Justice of the Peace in New Jersey; Squire Jan Wortman, his nephews and sons planned and worked for the revolutionary forces and from Somerset County Peter^13H and Andrew Wortman ⁵² joined the Militia. In a neighboring state from the county of Washington, Maryland, other Workman sons, whose record follows, on the 28th day of August 1776 joined the service declaring themselves, Isaac Workman, Stephen Workman, Joseph Workman Jacob Workman, John Workman, and Andrew Workman, to be for the cause of liberty.

Remaining in Maryland, Isaac, John, Andrew, Stephen, and Joseph also took the oath of Fidelity to. the state of Maryland, listing themselves under the company of Andrew Bruce from Washington County. In the years 1788 and 1789 men of known service during the Revolution were given the chance to acquire 50 acres of land each. Among those so rewarded were John Workman, Isaac Workman, William Workman Andrew Workman, Jacob Workman,. Stephen Workman, John Wyckoff, and Samuel Wyckoff. It was at this time that Washington County was divided and Allegany County came into being with Cumberland as the county seat.

It will be noted that Joseph did not receive land in Maryland for his military service. It is believed that he and his family removed before this time to become the first settlers of Boone County, West Virginia. The foregoing is the result of the research of Mrs. Lydia W. Billings.

Bibliography:

King County Genealogical Club Collections - W. H. Stillwell

Van Cott's Allied Families - Mrs. Annie A. VanCott

New Jersey Genealogical and Biographical Records

American Ancestry

Bushwick Church Records from Kings Co., New York

Documentary History of Oyster Bay, Kings Co., N. Y.

Year Book of Holland Society

Marriages in the Dutch Church before the Revolutionary War

History of Brooklyn, New York

Ancient Families of New York - By Purple

Holland Society of New York