 1643 - 1724 (81 years)
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| Name |
Claes Arentsen TOERS |
| Born |
1643 |
Holland  [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| BAPM |
29 Oct 1643 |
Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, North Holland [2] |
| OCCU |
Magistrate, schout. lawyer |
| RELI |
RDC [3] |
| Died |
10 Oct 1724 [4] |
| Person ID |
I314 |
The Turses |
| Last Modified |
3 Oct 2016 |
| Father |
ARENT LOURENS TOERS, b. Bef 1618, Amsterdam, Holland , d. Jan 1674, Bergen, Hudson Co, NJ (Age > 56 years) |
| Mother |
ANNA CLAES, b. Bef 1620, d. 1682 (Age > 62 years) |
| Married |
3 Dec 1639 |
Amsterdam, Holland [5] |
| Family ID |
F146 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Living |
| Children |
| | 1. Annetie TOERS, b. 27 Jun 1685, d. 28 Jun 1702 (Age 17 years) |
| | 2. Judicht Claes Arentse TOERS, b. 11 Apr 1687, Bergen, Hudson, NJ, Kakait, NJ , d. 8 Oct 1749 (Age 62 years) |
| | 3. Arent Claesen TOERS, b. Oct 1691, d. May 1694, Bergen (Jersey City), NJ (Age ~ 2 years) |
| | 4. Catalyntie TOERS, b. 4 Feb 1694, d. 7 Jun 1702, Bergen (Jersey City), NJ (Age 8 years) |
| | 5. Pietertje Claes TOERS, b. 6 Sep 1696 |
| | 6. Arent Claesen TOERS, b. 10 Jun 1699, d. 17 Sep 1779 (Age 80 years) |
| | 7. Nicolaes Claes TOERS, b. 11 May 1703, d. 13 Nov 1729, Bergen, NJ (Age 26 years) |
| | 8. Jooris TOERS, b. 16 May 1707, Bergen (Jersey City), NJ , d. 4 Sep 1707, Bergen (Jersey City), NJ (Age 0 years) |
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| Last Modified |
25 Oct 2002 |
| Family ID |
F213 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Claes Arentsen Toers served in several capacities as one of the earliest public officials in Bergen . He served as Schout ; was appointed Schouts, President and Town Clerk on 18 Aug 1673 during the period that the Dutch reoccupied New York after defeating the Engiish at sea; after earlier being appointed Court Messenger at Bergen, among other duties. The fact that he was appointed Schout in 1673 calls into question earlier records of his birth year being 1658, since he is found with parents in it is unlikely that he would receive this appointment at age 15. More likely, he was born in the mid-1640’s, as has been recently discovered thru records in the Netherlands Archive.He was appointed the second coroner of Bergen 6 Dec 1683. It is largely thru his public service and apparent literacy that we have the early history of the family.
Witness to the will of Laurens Andress Van Buskirk together with Enoch Michielsen, Proved: 19 March 1692-3.
Nelson’s History of Bergen and Passaic County notes that Claes Arentsen was most likely admitted to the bar as an attorney in 1661. The records of the courts note that he served as an attorney between 1664 and 1678, but records are limited, and undoubtedly he served in this capacity as long as he was able. Winfield’s History of Hudson County provides the dates of his appointment to posts in Bergen.
Proceedings of the New Jersey Historical Society, 3rd Volume, published Paterson, NJ 1899 contain several citations of his legal documents. [6]
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| Sources |
- [S765] Netherlands, Select Births and Baptisms 1564-1910.
- [S762] .
- [S16] The Toers - Tuers Family, Howard S. F. Randolph.
- [S58] Six Centuries of the Van Dorland Family (Uit de klei getrokken).
- [S764] Netherlands, Noord-Holland Province, Church Records, 1523-1948.
- [S592] History of the County of Hudson, NJ, Winfield, Charles H, (Kennard & Stationary M’fg and Printing Co, 1874).
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