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Note: N1792 "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962"
Name: Jacob Van Arnhem
Gender: Male
Christening Date: 30 Oct 1732
Christening Place: FIRST DUTCH REFORMED CHURCH,ALBANY,ALBANY,NEW YORK
Father's Name: Jac. Van Arnhem
Mother's Name: A.
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C50619-2
System Origin: New_York-ODM
GS Film number: 908989
DAR Genealogical Research system, Ancestor Search
VAN ARNUM, JACOB Ancestor #: A116921
Service: NEW YORK Rank: CAPTAIN
Birth: 10-27-1732 ALBANY CO NEW YORK
Death: 5-5-1813 KNOWERSVILLE GENESEE CO NEW YORK
Service Source: ROBERTS, NY IN THE REV, P 101
Service Description: 1) COL PHILIP P SCHUYLER, 3RD REGT, ALBANY CO MILITIA
Note on Knowersville/Altamont from Wikipedia:
“In colonial times, this area was part of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck, granted by the Dutch West India Company to Killian Van Rensselaer in 1630. The area was known as Hellerburgh in the early 18th century. In the early 19th century Knowersville was established in the rural part of Albany county just below the Helderberg Mountains. This settlement eventually became known as Altamont.” Nearby towns: Knox, Guilderland Center
Marker
Captain Jacob Van Aernam
1732 - 1813
Revolutionary hero buried here
Courageous always he fought for
his beloved Country's independence
Location. 42° 41.279′ N, 74° 1.045′ W. Marker is in Guilderland, New York, in Albany County. Marker is on Brandle Road 0.6 miles north of Altamont-Voorheesville Road (New York Route 156), on the right when traveling north. Click for map. Just south of the railroad grade crossing. Marker is in this post office area: Altamont NY 12009, United States of America.
Marker #2
Jacob Van Aernam
1723 - 1813
Capt. 3rd Albany Regiment
Leader of Patriot forces
in the Helderberg region
during American Revolution
Lived on farm here
Erected 1954 by New York State Education Department.
Location. 42° 41.198′ N, 74° 1.325′ W. Marker is in Guilderland, New York, in Albany County. Marker is on Altamont-Voorheesville Road (New York Route 156) 0.4 miles north of Brandle Road, on the right when traveling north. Click for map. The marker is just a short distance south of the village of Altamont. Marker is at or near this postal address: 871 Altamont-Voorheesville Road, Altamont NY 12009, United States of America.
will: VANAERNAM, JACOB; GUILDERLAND; Albany, NY-1-v4-p270 4 =1809-1817
His will is printed in full in Arthur R. Gregg's "Old Helleburgh, Scenes from Early Guilderland," an undated local history reprinted by the Guilderland Historical Society in 1975.
JACOBUS, and Catarina, dau. of Willem Bancker, both from colony Rensselaerwyck, m. Nov. 26, 1757. Ch. bp: Johannes, July 23, 1758; Willem, Oct. 1, 1759; Evert, Nov. 1, 1761; Annatie, Oct, 23, 1763;Henderick, March 10, 1766; Elisabeth, Dec. 20, 1767; Hester, Sept. 20,1769; Thomas, Feb. 9, 1774; Helena, June 19, 1779.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~hubbard/NNY_index/graves.html
The Van Arnheim family was one of the early Dutch families of Rensselaerwyck, where Jacobus and Catarina (daughter of Wimmial Bancken) Van Arnheim was married Nov. 26, 1757. There are various spellings of the name now in use, but the early Dutch family were VanArnhem. They are first of mention in 1696, when Jan Janse VanArnhem (probably the settler) married Hester Fonda, of the early Dutch family. They also intermarried with the Lansings, Van Wies, Bogerts and Van Dusens - all early families of note and influence.
Captain Jacob was a soldier in 1767. An outstanding figure during the Revolution. His will is written in full in the book, "Old Hellebergh" by Arthur B. Gregg. He is buried at the old Severson homestead in Altamont. This farm burying plot of the Van Aernam's is located near the D&H tracks, southeast of Altamont, New York.(Kester)
On the Captain Jacob VanAernam farm of 1760, now Oakley Crounse,and adjacent to the south side of the D and H railroad tracks enclosed by an iron fence, are nineteen stones.
Capt. Jacob VanAernam, died May 5, 1813 aged 80 years. A Captain in the Revolution
Catharine Banker, his wife, died February 15, 1805 aged 70 years
Hester VanAernam, wife of C.H. Waldron, died 1835 aged 65 years
Thomas VanAernam, died 1858 aged 84 years
John VanAernam, died 1831 aged 72 years. A soldier in theRevolution
Mary Vrooman, his wife, died 1852 aged 88 years
Nancy VanAernam, wife of Richard Waldron, died 1849 aged 72 years
VanVechten VanAernam, son of Thomas, died 1843 aged 1 year
Sanford VanAernam, son of Thomas, died 1853 aged 5 years
Nellie VanAernam, daughter of Thomas, died 1847 aged 2 years
Abram VanAernam, son of Jacob, died 1840 aged 1 year
Thomas VanAernam, son of Jacob, died 1841 aged 4 years
Catharine VanAernam, died 1872 aged 53 years
N.V.A. died 1773 aged 9 years
W.V.A.
Nellie M. VanAernam, died 1872 aged 53 years
http://www.vanderheijden.org/gen/guilderland/text.html#75
See also:
Gen of Desc of 1st Settlers of Schenectadywww.schenectadyhistory.org/families from webferret
Schenectady Marr - Pearson's Gen.
Some insight:
JOHN AKER, RWPA #S11950. He states he was born at Black Creek about three or four miles from the Helleburgh in Albany County, New York in1757. He first served as a second lieutenant in Captain Jacob VanAernam's Company of the First Rensselaerwyck Regiment of Albany County Militia [Colonel Philip P. Schuyler's Regiment] Fort Constitution where Colonel ____ Bailey commanded. He was also one of seven men who volunteered under Captain John Williams of the City of Albany Regiment of Albany County Militia [Colonel Jacob Lansing, Junior's Regiment] togo to Fort Constitution and while there he volunteered to serve as apart of the tow guard under the direction of Lieutenant ____ Elsworth, monitoring vessel traffic on the Hudson River. His next tour of duty was under Captain John Price of the Albany City Regiment of AlbanyCounty Militia [Jacob Lansing Junior and Abraham Cuyler's Regiment],the sergeants being First Sergeant Hugh Dennis and Sergeant BenjaminWallace. In 1778, he also served a tour as a second lieutenant under Captain John J. Lansing Junior and Lieutenant Colonel John H. Beekman of the Second Rensselaerwyck District Regiment of Albany CountyMilitia [Colonel Kilian Van Rensselaer's Regiment] guarding the public stores and the quarters of Barron Von Steuben as well as going to Stillwater to attempt to save some boats from ice which was building up. In 1780, he was ordered out to the Lower Schoharie Fort underCaptain Jacob Van Aernam along with First Lieutenant George Waggoner,& Ensign John Van Aernam. While at the Lower Schoharie Fort, he states that Major Barent Staats of Colonel Philip P. Schuyler's Regiment. Of this tour, he states: . . . when the enemy came he with Capt. Van Ornam Lieut. John Dietz with a small party to meet them with a field piece fired upon them & retreated to the fort, above the fort the enemy parted the regulars passed on the west side & the tories and indians on the east side both fired some upon the fort & fired buildings as they passed and they we fired upon them from the fort with a fieldpiece after the enemy passed a volunteer was wanted to go on express to Albany he tendered his service which was accepted by maj- Staats & Abraham Evert Vanornam a son of the Capt. Accompanied him they went to gen. [Abraham] Tenbrook came there in the night called him up the general sent his son with them to governor George Clinton who was then in the city the gov. told them he had no time to write and that they return and tell maj- Staats that he must pursue the enemy with all the force he could raise and that he himself was preparing to go. And that when he came to Schoharie the troops had already gone in pursuit of the enemy he then followed after to the Mohawk river the troops to or near fort Plain met the men returning. . . . He also marched to Beaverdam and Bradts Fly under Second Major Myndert M. Wemple of the Schenectady District Regiment of Albany County Militia [Colonel Abraham Wemple's Regiment] to arrest a few Loyalists. Eaker states that he was taken hostage by some Loyalists at Bankers Hill 13 or 14 miles from Albany but was not long detained . . . He also speaks of serving a tour to the Middle Schoharie Fort as a second lieutenant under Captain Henry Ostrum of Colonel P.P. Schuyler's Regiment. In August of 1780, he marched to the Upper Schoharie Fort as second lieutenant under the command of Captain Lavinus F. Lansingh's Company of the said Colonel Schuyler's Regiment, the first sergeant being Lawrence Schoolcraft. He states that he stood at the Saratoga Stone Church and watched General Johnny Burgoyne's Army pass by as prisoners-of-war. On a tour of duty at Fort Anne, he states here members seeing a regiment of Negroes, many of whom had been wounded in battle. His file contains a deposition by Cornelius Van Sice as to his services, and Ensign Dirrick Hans Staats at Fort Hunter. [M805]
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Stephen Wood stephe.w300@@gmail.com to VANNORMAN
Jacob Van Aernam of Town of Guilderland, Albany County, New York
Will written 18 December, 1812
Will recorded 31 May, 1813
- son John
- daughter Hester, wife of Cornelius H. Waldron
- daughter Elizabeth, wife of John M. Brown
- daughter Lany, wife of Isaac Burham
- daughter Nancy, single woman
- son Thomas
- Sam, my Negro slave
- grandson Henry Waldron, son of Cornelius H. Waldron
- youngest Negro Slave named Garret
- young female Slave named Chris
- Conrod Crounse, son William Van Aernum & son Henry Van Aernum to be the
Executors
- Will witnessed by: Peter Van Petten, John Crounse, Lydia Van Petten.
[Will in Vol. 4, page 270; Images 462 & 463? (faint writing); Index image
116]
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Multimedia file:
Date: Tuesday, April 24, 1804
Location: Albany, New York
Paper: Albany Centinel
Article type: Legal/Probate/Court
Support for Aaron Burr for governor
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Biography
Captain Jacob Van Aernam
http://www.altamontfreelibrary.org/?page_id=3477
Captain Jacob Van Aernam was the leader of patriot forces in the Helderberg area during the American Revolutionary War as well as a wealthy landowner. Captain Jacob Van Aernam was descended from Jan Dirkszen Van Aernam, a Dutchman and one of the earliest settlers in the Altamont area. His name actually means “John, son of Richard. From the Arnem province of Gerdland, Holland”. Jacob Van Aernam had large landholdings in the area. Van Aernam rented land from the wealthy Dutch patroon Stephen Van Rensselaer. The rent agreement called for “18 bushels of good, clean merchantable wheat, and four fat fowls . . . and perform one service with a carriage and horse . . .” . Like many land owners during that time period, Van Aernam also owned slaves. One local legend claims that a slave named Sam saved his master from a band of Tories when the two of them were working in the Van Aernam peach orchard.
Jacob Van Aernam served in company of militia under Lt. John M. Veeder and Ensign Gerret Banker of the Colony of Rensselaerwyck. He proved his ability to such a degree that he was made captain of the 3rd Regiment of the Albany County Militia under Col. Phillip B. Schuyler. The 3rd Albany Regiment was in active service from October 8, 1779 to November 4, 1781. While the Helderberg area did not host any major battles against the redcoats, the region was faced by a threat from within. Van Aernam’s primary concern would be rooting out Tories. Tories were American colonists still loyal to Britain and King George. Tories would often act as spies and saboteurs and provide supplies to the British troops, undermining the revolutionary forces from within. Van Aernam was put in charge of rooting out Tories in the Helderberg area in cooperation with the Albany County Commissioners for Detecting and Defeating Conspiracies. It is fortunate that the minutes of the Albany County Commissioners and of the Albany Committee of Correspondence have been preserved so well. Here are some excerpts:
“This Committee having received information that a number of disaffected Persons skulk in and about the Helleburgh and by various indirect and insidious ways and means induce many of the well meaning tho’ misguided Inhabitants to enter into Combinations against the Liberties and Independence of the States. To prevent practices so detrimental to the safety of the State and to support in those parts the Friends to the Country in the enjoyment of their Libety and property.”
“Resolved, that Col. Peter B. Vroman of the Regiment of the District of Schoharry be ordered and he is hereby ordered to draft 50 Men under command of proper Officers to march immediately to the House of Jacob Van Aernam. And also That 100 Men of the Militia of this County already drafted be ordered on the said service.”
“Resolved, farther, that Col. Roseboom and Capt. John Price and the Committee of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck or a Sub Committee thereof, and one or more of the Committee of Schoharry be a Committee of this Board, and that they repair to the Helleburgh, and they are hereby empowered to take the direction of the Said Militia and by their assistance to approach all and every such person or persons as they have sufficient Cause by proof to suspect Inimical to the Liberties of this State and forthwith to Convey them to the Goal of this County, and that they march and station the said Troops at such places as they may Judge necessary to obstruct and defeat the proceedings of such Traitors.”
Rangers under Van Aernam’s command would take Tories or other people committing traitorous acts and bring them to Van Aernam who would in turn bring them before a board to be examined. One suspected Tory spy, Jacob Schell, even surrendered himself to Van Aernam on the Van Aernam farm. Van Aernam’s patriotism didn’t stop at rooting out Tories, though. Van Aernam wrote letters to his superior officer requesting that he and his men provide military aid in one of the Revolution’s local battles. The Commissioners for Conspiracies had a great deal of confidence in Captain Van Aernam. On July 1, 1778, this was recorded in the Commission’s minutes:
“Resolved that Capt. John Ryley with the Party of Rangers under his Command go to the Helleberg- he will there endeavor to make strict Enquiry for such Persons as are dangerous to the State and if he should find any he is to bring them to us, he will when he arrives at the Helleberg consult with Capt. Jacob Van Aernam and take his directions.”
Captain Jacob Van Aernam died in 1813. He was buried in a plot near the railroad tracks that go through Altamont. Two historical markers commemorate this local patriot. One marker on Route 156 marks the site of his family home and another one on Brandle Road marks his burial place.
Begley, Alice C. Historic Markers in the Town of Guilderland, Albany County, New York. Guilderland, New York: Town of Guilderland, 1994. Print.
Gregg, Arthur B. Old Hellebergh: Scenes from Early Guilderland.Albany, New York: Guilderland Historical Society, 1975. Print.
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