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The name Kleyn is a form of klein, a nickname for a small man - Hugh Barents de Kleyn of New Amsterdam (Hugh Barents the small), for instance. Also, as Klein, Kline, Klyn, Klyne, de Kleyn, Kleyne, Cline, Cleen, Cleyn, Cliene and Cleijnen. The name is apparently strongly associated with the Rhine river, from western Germany through the Netherlands.
The family may be either Dutch or German in origin.
German:See also Kleyn Genealogy.
- Ulderick Kleyn, born in Staden, Hesse, in Germany, came to New York in 1640 as a soldier. On 28 July 1641 "Ulderick Cleen, jm Uyt Hessen" and "Aefje Pieters, jd van Amsterdam" were married in the New Amsterdam Reformed Dutch Church. The couple moved to the Dutch community of Albany after 1642.
Or Dutch:
- Willemyntje Huygens De Kleyn landed in New Netherlands in 1680.
- Koenraet Kleyn, Lodewyk Kleyn, Ludwig Kleyn, Michael Kleyn, and Hans Willem Kleyn landed in New York in 1709.
However, the Kleyns did live within the bounds of the Dutch colonial settlements of New Netherland.
| New Netherland
The original Dutch settlers, under the guidance of the West India Company, focused on the fur trade with the local Indian tribes. While mainly Dutch, the settlers included Waloons, French speaking Huguenots, Scandinavians and Germans. Kingston, on the west bank of the Hudson river, was founded in 1652 . . . Settlement along the South river, the later Delaware river, was sparse . . . In the 1660's the Netherlands were forced to cede their colony to England. |
Or Joa: = Johannes. There is a Johannes Jacob Kleyn born in 1685, the son of Joseph Klein and Johanna Frantz. Joseph was born in 1629 in Windesheim, Rheinland, Prussia [that's an anachronism]. He could be the father of Johannes Kleyn, below, if we push his date of birth back a bit. Otherwise he may have been an older brother or uncle. The following attempts to tie Jacob with our Kleyn family of Lower Smithfield.
"A Johannes Klein sp. [sponsored] Thomas Brinck and wife Antje Kleyn with a Catherina Kleyn in 1748 (Walpeck Ref. Chbk.); this Walpeck congregation also had a Thomas Hesson and wife Catherina Kleyn at an early date (HJ). Perhaps this family belongs with Johann Jacob Klein and his descendents (HJ)." - from "The Palatine families of New York" by Henry Z. Jones and Hank Jones
Johannes was born on in about 1678 in Kingston, Ulster county, New York. He married Anna Orsela Keyser in about 1703 in New Hurley, Ulster county, New York. She was the daughter of Dirck Corneliszen Keysler and Agniet Jacobsen Coens, born in about 1682 in Kingston.
Their children were,
(19) Jacob Kleyn (1704)Born on 2 June 1704 in Hurley, Ulster county, New York. He married first Margriet Stokraad and next Cornelia Sluyter, of Hurley, on 28 January 1733 in Kingston and had three children. He was still living in Kingston in 1733.
(19) Anna Margriet Kleyn (1713)Baptized on 1 March 1713 & witnessed by Willem Stokkeraat [father-in-law of Jacob Jr.?] and Anna-Margriet. "Reys Thomas, jm, of England, liv Poughkeepsie" married "Margriet Kleyn, liv Rosendale" in the Kingston Reformed Dutch Church on 1 June 1733.
(19) Elisabeth KleynShe married Niclaas Brandauw.
Johannes was born in about 1690 in Ulster county, New York. I have another source that says he was born in 1682 in Marbletown, Ulster county, New York, parents unknown.
He first married Elsjen Leydekker in 1713 in Kingston, Ulster county, New York. Elsjen was born in about 1695 and died before 1728. Johannes second married Angenietjen Bosch [Bush], both of New Marbletown, on 11 February 1728 in the Kingston Reformed Dutch Church - from "Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston" by Estelle Stewart J. King and Roswell Randall Hoes. Note that Thomas Hesom and Catherina Kleyn, were witnesses at the baptism of Johannes Bosch and Mary Johnson's daughter, Cathrina, in 1755. Does this indicate a family relationship? Johannes children were,
(20) Anne 'Antje' Magdalena Kleyn (1714)
(20) Margriet Kleyn (c1715)
(20) Johannes Kleyn Jr. (c1718)
(20) Catherina Kleyn (c1720)
The following are the Kleyn's of Smithfield that I've identified so far. We know that Anna Kleyn was the daughter of Johannis Kleyn and Elsjen Leydekker of Kingston, Ulster county, New York. I tie Anna to Johannis Kleyn Jr. and our Catherina Kleyn as siblings through the Smithfield Reformed Dutch Church and their shared witnessing duties. Margriet Kleyn may have been another sister because she too ended up in Smithfield having children in the mid 1740's, though that is a bit more tenuous. Kleyns, Kleins, Klines, and Clines continued to live in Smithfield for another hundred years.
(20) Anne 'Antje' Magdalena Kleyn (1714)Anna Magdalena Kleyn [Antje is a diminutive], the daughter of Johannes Kleyn and Elsjen Leydekker [Lydecker], was baptized on 26 September 1714 in the Kingston Reformed Dutch Church, Ulster county, New York. Witnesses were Harmen Bietser and Anna Magdalena [no surname given]. I believe Catherina Kleyn was her sister.
Anne 'Antje' married Thomas Lambertsen Brink in about 1740 at Walpeck, Sussex County, New Jersey. Thomas Brink was born December 1685 at Hurley, Ulster County, New York and was baptized at the Reformed Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster County, New York. He was the son of Huybert Lambertsen Brink and Hendrickje Swartwout, and the grandson of Lambert Huybertsen Brink. Thomas Hesom, the husband of Anna's younger sister, Cathrina, had, as a second wife, Elizabeth Brink, a niece of Thomas Brink. By the way, Thomas Brink was considerably older than Anna and was part of the previous generation, (19).
Thomas Brink's first wife had been Francis Schoonhoven [Francynljen Schuonhuvcn], his 1st cousin. Francis was the daughter of Heodrick Clacsse and Cornelia Swartwoul[t] - from "A Brink Book" by Laurel Shanafelt Powell. Francis died in 1737 in Sussex county, New Jersey.
Nicholas Van Schoonhoven, whose sister was Francis, was a Walpack business partner of Thomas' - from "0Invading Paradise: Esopus Setters at War with Natives" by Andrew Brink. Nicholas, in company with his brother-in-law Thomas, purchased 1,210 acres of land at Lower Walpack, just above the river bend on 10 October 1725. In 1737 he donated and deeded the grounds for the First Walpack Church, near the bend, to the Christian people of that community. - from "The Rosenkrans Family in Europe and America."
Catherina Kleyn Hesom and Anna Kleyn Brink were having children at about the same time, and were, on occassion, witnesses for each other at the baptisms.
- 18 July 1741 Thomas Brinck and Antje Kleyn baptized their daughter, Rachel, at the Walpack Reformed Dutch Church.
- In 1744 Thomas Brinck and Antje Kleyn baptized their daughter, Sara, in front of witnesses Dirck Van Vliet and Rachel van Keuren, syn H. vr. at the Walpack Reformed Dutch Church.
- In 1746 Thomas Brinck and Antje Kleyn baptized another daughter, Jenneke, in front of witnesses Alexander Thomson and Arriaentje De Long syn Huys vr. at the Walpack Reformed Dutch Church.
- In 1746 Thomas Brinck and Antje Kleyn, syn Huys vr. were witnesses at the baptism of John, the son of Thomas Hisson and Catherina Kleyn at the Walpack Reformed Dutch Church.
- In 1748 Thomas Brinck and Antje Kleyn baptized their son, Johannes, in front of witnesses Johannes Kleyn and Catherina Kleyn at the Walpack Reformed Dutch Church.
- In 1752 Thomas Brinck and Antje Kleyn were witnesses at the baptism of Thomas, the son of Niclaes Brinck and Catherina Decker at the Walpack Reformed Dutch Church.
- 4 February 1753 Thomas Brinck and Antje Kleyn baptized their son, Thomas, in front of witnesses Thomas Swartwout and Jenneke Swartwout at the Walpack Reformed Dutch Church. Note that Thomas Brink's mother was a Swartwout. - from "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record."
Thomas died in 1761 at Walpeck, Sussex County, New Jersey at the age of 76. The executors of his will were his wife and Emmanuel Gonsales of Upper Smithfield. The children of Thomas and Francis were,
(21) Hendrickje Brink
(21) Eva Brink
(21) Nicholas Brink (1728)
(21) Thomas Brink
(21) Jacobus "James" Brink (1732)
The children of Thomas and Anna were,
(21) Rachel Brink (1741)
(21) Sarah Brink Hover (1744)
(21) Jenneke Brink (1746)
(21) Johannes Brink (1748)
(21) Catherine Brink (c1750)
(21) Thomas Brink Jr. (1753)
Margriet Kleyn was born in Esopus, Ulster county, New York. Margriet first married Benjamin Eekerli [Ekele]. Their son Benjamin was baptized in the Kingston Reformed Dutch Church on 4 September 1743; no witnesses were named. Benjamin Sr. died and Margriet Kleyn then married Jan [John] Gerrestsen [Gerritsz] Decker, widower of Barbara DeWitt, on 8 November 1747 at the Lower Smithfield Reformed Dutch Church.
[Banns read] "Oct. 18, 1747. John Decker, widower of Barbara Dewitt, to Margriet Kleyn, widow of Benjamin Eekerli, both dwelling in Smithfield, and born in Esopus; married the 8th of November" - from the Records of the Reformed Dutch Church at Smithfield, PennsylvaniaThis was two years after Catherina Kleyn's Smithfield marriage to Thomas Hesom in the same church. Margaret was John's second wife. John, the son of Gerrit Jans Decker and Grietje Jans [unknown], was born in Esposus and had been baptized in Kingston, Ulster county, New York on 28 July 1688. Witnesses were Jan Gerithse Decker [his grandfather] and Jacob Janse Decker [his uncle].
- 31 December 1749 Margriet and John were witnesses to the baptism of James McGomery, the son of Nathan McGomery and Sara Cole, at Lower Smithfield Reformed Dutch Church.(20) Johannes Kleyn (c1718)
He probably married Eva Brink.
- In 1748 Johannes Kleyn and his sister, Catherina Kleyn, were witnesses at the baptism of Johannes, the son of Thomas Brinck and Antje Kleyn.(20) Catharina Kleyn (c1720)
- Johannes Clin [sic] was a witness to a Walpack will of Jonathan Prusfander. Executor Thomas Brink. 6 March 1748.
- In 1754 Johannes Kleyn and Eva Brinck were witnesses at the baptism of William, the son of Thomas Hisson and Catherina Kleyn. Eva may have been a relative of Thomas Brink. Thomas Hissom inventoried Thomas Brink's estate after the latter's death.
Catharina was born in Smithfield, according to the record of her marriage. She was most likely the daughter of Johannes Kleyn and Elsjen Leydekker [Lydecker] and the sister of Anna Magdalena Kleyn Brink. Catherina married Thomas Hesom in 1745 at the Lower Smithfield Reformed Dutch Church.
"Feb. 3, 1745. Thomas Hesom, young man, born in Trenton, to Catharina Kleyn, young woman, born in Smithfield, and both dwelling here. Married the 24th of February." - from the Register of Those in This Congregation who had the Banns Proclaimed and were Married in the Reformed Dutch Church of Smithfield, PennsylvaniaThree of Thomas and Catherine's children were on record being baptized at the Smithfield church.
- In 1746 Thomas Brinck and Antje Kleyn, syn Huys vr. were witnesses at the baptism of John, the son of Thomas Hisson and Catherina Kleyn. I propose that Antje was Catherina's sister.Thomas and Catherina were witnesses at the Smithfield church.
- In 1748 Dirk Kermer and Jacomyntje Keyser, syn Huys vr. were witnesses at the baptism of Ann, the daughter of Thomas Hisson and Catherina Kleyn. The Keyser's may have been relations of the Kleyn's. See Johannes Kleyn and Elizabeth Keyser of Kingston associated as witnesses in the baptismal records.
- In 1754 Johannes Kleyn and Eva Brink were witnesses at the baptism of William, the son of Thomas Hisson and Catherina Kleyn. I proposed that Johannes was Catherina's brother. Note that Eva Brink was not identified as Johnannes' wife. I propose she was a relative of the Hesoms via Thomas Brinck [Brink].
- In 1748 Johannes Kleyn and his sister, Catherina Kleyn, were witnesses at the baptism of Johannes, the son of Thomas Brinck and their sister, Antje Kleyn.I group Anna, Johannes and Catherina as children of Johannes since it was common for siblings, or parents, to act as witnesses.
- In 1755 Thomas Hisson and Catherina Kleyn syn Huys vr. [wife of] witness the baptism of Catherina, the daughter of Johannes Bosch [Bush] and Mary Johnson.
Also living in Smithfield at this time was the family of Conrad and Margareth Klein and their daughter, Elizabeth, but they look to be German.
