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- ! <>Lootman, Jan[1]Birth , , , NetherlandsGender MaleResidence+ 1658[1]Jan was one of the earliest settlers of Esopus (later renamed Wiltwyck or Wildwyck and then Kingston, by the British), appearing as a signer of an agreement to form a villagethere at the end of May, 1658. Drafted by Peter Stuyvesant, the agreement required the settlers to demolish their dwellings and rebuild at a location selected by the Lord General. The location would be surrounded with "palisades of sufficient height ? to be better able to protect ourselves and our property against the hostile assaults of the savages ?"Occupation+ 1661 Esopus, , , NewNetherland [2]Occupation: bakerJan de Backer, otherwise known as JanLootman, the baker at Esopus."DirectorStuyvesant soon learned that hehad not made the enclosure of the village sufficiently large, and on the 5th of may, 1661, went up to Esopus and marked out an additional number of lots, the receivers of which were required to enclose "with good, stout and dutiable palisades" the full breadth on the outside. The addition was over double the size of the first enclosure, thirty-on lots being numbered and assigned:? 6 Jan de Backer?"Note+ 1664Four years ofrelative peace with the Esopus Indiansended on 7 Jun 1663 when both the "new village" (about 3 miles west of Wildwyck) and Wildwyck were attacked. Except for one barn, the new village was completely destroyed and 12 houses at Wildwyck were burned. More than twenty men, women, and children were killed. One man, fourteen women, and 31 children were taken prisoner by the Indians.Nine months later, on 6 Mar 1664, the child of Jan Lootman was returned leaving four persons still in captivity; "Into the Council chamber, March 6,1664, atFort Amsterdam, came Oratam, chief of Hackingkesacky, Hans, and Kastangh, and with them the followingMenissinck chiefs, Memmesame, Meninger, Mamarikickan; they brought oneof the captured children (it was the child of Jan Lootman, the baker at the Esopus) in token of their good hearts and friendship towards the Dutch, as they say."On 31 May, Styvesant declared that all the prisoners had been returned and that 4 June was to be a day of thanksgiving.None of the prisoners had been killed or injured and "the honor of no woman was assailed." The Esopus were no longer a threat; their villages hadbeen burned and their corn fields destroyed. Many were sick or starving orhad been assimilatedinto other tribes.Name Jan de BackerNameJan LootsmanDied Yes, date unknownPerson ID I3903 My GenealogyLast Modified 5 Mar 2011Family Hilbrants, Witsje, b. 1641, New Amsterdam, , , New Netherland , d. Yes, dateunknownChildren 1. Lootman, Hillebrand, c. 14 Apr 1660, Wildwyck,, ,New Netherlands, d. Aft 1699 2. Lootman, Juriaan, b. Abt 1663, Wildwyck, , , New Netherlands , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 5 Mar 2011Family ID F1423 Group Sheet
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