RESEARCHERS SHOULD NOTE THAT THERE IS SO VERY MUCH WRITTEN ABOUT THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY THAT REFERENCE TO THESE WRITINGS IS HERETO REFERRED:

REFERENCE: https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/mcdonald-wilton-family-tree/I775555.php

REFERENCE: https://www.geni.com/people/Lt-Hendrick-Schoonmaker/6000000006938444776

He was the progenitor of the Schoonmaker Family in America.

Parents

Jochem Schoonmaker, 1589–1627

Catherina Ordorp, 1582–1627

Hendrick Jochemsz (ca. 1624-ca. 1682) was christened in Hamburg, Germany (whether of Dutch or German lineage is unknown), entered the Dutch service, and immigrated to New Netherlands, where he married widow Elsie Janse (Van Breesteede) Van Alcmaer in 1653. His son used the surname of Hendricksz, and his grandson, Frederick Schoonmaker (1692- 1775/1778), used the surname of Schoonmaker, and married twice. Descendants lived in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Iowa and elsewhere.

UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WILL BE UPDATED SOON!

SUGGESTED READING:

https://www.ancestry.com/sharing/31951275?h=c506c8

https://archive.org/stream/schoonmakerfamil06heid#page/n163

Reference:

See the book; INVADING PARADISE, By Andrew Brink

https://books.google.fr/books?id=2q-YrjHBBWAC&pg=PA80&lpg=PA80&dq=nationality+of+the+name+Van+Breestede&source=bl&ots=9XYByCx75j&sig=boRAwEq41EZr0z3tU0Jrb-AFyEA&hl=fr&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwilvd6hnrHdAhWQZVAKHXR4BekQ6AEwBnoECAMQAQ#v=onepage&q=nationality%20of%20the%20name%20Van%20Breestede&f=false

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See: History of New Paltz, New York, and its old families https://archive.org/stream/historyofnewpalt01lefe/historyofnewpalt01lefe_djvu.txt

Search: "The Schoonmaker Family in Gardiner"

Jochem Hendrickse SCHOONMAKERRootsWebhttps://homepages.rootsweb.com › ~celiadon

Reference: https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/KP4N-HM7/Hendrick-Jochemsen-Schoonmaker.html

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jochemsen-20

http://lewis-genealogy.org/genealogy/Weaver/Schoonmaker-1.htm

(Except where specifically cited, information contained is conjecture and should not be considered as fact.)

https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/hendrick-jochemsen-schoonmaker-24-12f3tq