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Note: Dirck married second to Gysbertje DeGraw, daughter of Gerrit DeGraw of New Brunswick, East Jersey before 1736. They had two daughters, Catlina (baptized 05 December 1736, witnessed by Anna Degraew), and Dorta (baptized 20 March 1738), and both were baptized at the First Reformed Church of New Brunswick (PNJHS, vol. 11, pp. 404 and 405, respectively). It is probable that Gerret DeGraw's wife was named Dorta, and Catlina was named after Dirck's deceased first wife according to custom. Dirck and Gysbertje were named in her father's will written on 06 May 1739 in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, East Jersey, which was proved on 12 June 1739. "Derck Van Aersdale" was named as soninlaw of "Gerrit De Graaw," and as one of the executors of the will (New Jersey Wills, Lib. C, p. 283).
It is possible that sometime after 1739, Dirck moved the family to Albany, New York. The baptisms of two sons named Gerrit Van Arsdalen were recorded in Albany on 05 February 1749 (HSY 1906, p. 124), and on 21 June 1752 (HSY 1907, p. 29), the latter witnessed by Isaac and Maria Ouderkerk. Both sons were named after their maternal grandfather. It is likely that the first son named Gerrit died young, and it is also likely that Dirck and Gysbertje had other children that remain unidentified. It is very unusual that in this family we find no children named after paternal ancestors, and to date no other researcher has identified the pedigrees of any of the sons of Dirck van Aersdalen.
The baptism of Gerrit Van Arsdalen in 1752 in Albany is the last trace we have of Dirck van Aersdalen, and this branch of the family needs much more work to be done in records of New Jersey and New York.
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