Born in Herwijnen/Bommel, Gelderland, Holland, Aldert was the son of Heyman Roosa and Metje G. Deroos.
Per Sharon Deem (#49280076), the Dutch name and spelling of Aldert's father was Heijman Guijsberten (son of Guijsbert), and that Aldert was the first one to use the name Roosa when the British took control of the colony of New Netherlands in the 1660's. The contributor further stated that Aldert's mother was Ljken Jan's Kuijsten.
In 1642 he married Wyntie Ariens DeJong in Holland.
On April 15, 1660 Aldert and his family arrived from Holland to New Amsterdam aboard De Bonte Koe.
Arrival Source: THE DUTCH SETTLERS SOCIETY OF ALBANY. Yearbook, vol. 45, 1974-1977. Albany, New York: the society, [1977], pp. 42-66.
He was the head of the Roosa family in the United States. They settled in Hurley and Wiltwick, now Kingston, in Ulster County. Aldert became an influential person who was one of the three first schepens or magistrates, and laid out the town of Hurley.
Children:
Arie Roosa 1643-1725
Guert Roosa Abt 1644-1708
Hayman Aldertse Roosa abt 1645-1736
Jan Aldertse Roosa abt 1647-1736
Eyke Aldertse Roosa 1651-1684
Marritje "Mary" Roosa 1652-1706
Neeltje Roosa 1653-1745
Jannetje Roosa 1656-1726
Annetje Roosa 1662-1662
Guert Roosa 1664-1664
Elizabeth Roosa -1663
Anita Roosa -1663
Indians destroyed the town of New Village on June 7th, 1663 and two of the Roosa children referred to as Elizabeth and Anita, with 43 others, were stolen by the Indians and later died in a rescue attempt in September of that year.
Historical account 1:
- At the destruction of the village of Hurley, on 7 June 1663, by the Indians, two of the children of Albert Heymanse ROOSA, with 43 others, women and children, were taken captive. The story of the rescue of these captives by the colonial forces under command of Captain Martin KREGIER is one of the most interesting episodes in the history of early New York. See Kregier, Martin, DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Vol.4, p.39 et seq.; O'Callaghan, E. B. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (1858), v.2, p256 et seq., 323 et seq., 407.
In a hearing of a complaint against Frederick PHILLIPSEN, Nicholaes MEYER, Luykas ANDRIESZEN and others to the Council of New Netherland, the following testimony was given: "8th Xober, 1663 - Also send a convey down in the morning with grain to the river side, which on returning brought up the Wappinger Sachem and his wife, Splitnose, the Indian last taken by us. Which Sachem brought with him two captive Christian children, stating to us that he could not, pursuant to his previous promise of the 29th of November, bring along with him the remainder, being still five Christian captives, because three were at their hunting grounds and that he could not find them, but that another Indian was out looking for them; the two others are in his vicinity; the squaw who keeps them prisoner will not let them go, because she is very sick and hath no children, and expects soon to die; and when he can get Albert Heyman's oldest daughter, who is also at the hunting ground, and whom he hath already purchased and paid for, then he shall bring the remainder of the Christian captives along. For the two Christian Children which he hath brought with him; an Indian child is given him, being a little girl, and three pieces of cloth, with which he was content." Hood, Dellman O. THE TUNIS HOOD FAMILY (Portland, Oregon 1960), p.17.
Historical account 2:
- In May 1665, when it was rumored that Albert Heymanse ROOSA, a Sergeant in the Burgher Guard, was to be arrested for a second assault on the English when he took away a soldier's gun, the guardsmen armed and assembled. Having learned that their sergeant was merely summoned to court, they dispersed without taking any action; but their Officers' Council felt constrained to investigate the matter. After taking some testimony, the investigation was suspended awaiting the coming of the Governor. Governor NICOLLS arrived in September, and sought to ease tensions by replacing the garrison commandant with a commissioned officer, Captain BRODHEAD, who had brought his family here with him to America with the intention of settling here. The Governor instructed BRODHEAD to "be single and indifferent as to justice between soldiers and burghers" and "not let insinuations beget a prejudice in his mind against the Dutch." But the Captain turned out to be a strong partisan of the English.
Capt. BRODHEAD tended to embroil himself with the Dutch/French settlers, even with his neighbors at the New Dorp (Hurley), where he had rented a farm. One day he arrived at the store of Louys DuBOIS while a fight between the feisty Albert Hymanse ROOSA and five English soldiers was going on. ROOSA had entered the store in search of a man to repair his plough-colter and, being badgered by the soldiers, who were in there drinking brandy, he had thrown the colter at one who was drawing his sword, scoring a near miss. Three of the soldiers had chased him outside. BRODHEAD's presence ended the outside engagement, but BRODHEAD didn't go inside to stop the beating the other two soldiers were giving the storekeeper, DuBOIS, and his wife. It was the English soldiers that preferred charges; and the Wiltwyck magistrates, with BRODHEAD sitting as observer, held ROOSA for further examination. NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RECORD, v.90, pp.94-102.
Sources:
1. History of the War in Ulster County.
2. History of Ulster County by A.T. Clearwater.
3. THE DUTCH SETTLERS SOCIETY OF ALBANY. Yearbook, vol. 45, 1974-1977. Albany, New York: the society, [1977], pp. 42-66.
4. Kregier, Martin, DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Vol.4, p.39 et seq.; O'Callaghan, E. B. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (1858), v.2, p256 et seq., 323 et seq., 407.
5. Hood, Dellman O. THE TUNIS HOOD FAMILY (Portland, Oregon 1960), p.17.
6. NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RECORD, v.90, pp.94-102.
Note:
Historical accounts 1-2 courtesy of William DeCoursey, Find a Grave member 46613311:
It is believed that Aldert and his wife are in this cemetery given that they were founding members. Also see the Old Dutch Church plaque in Kingston, NY listing their names (Roose & DeJonch).
∼A 'moon tree' is dedicated in his honor by Stuart Roosa.
It is located on the walking trail in Hurley, NY along Route 209.
- Aldert Heymansen ROOSA was commissioned, 30 March 1663, to lay out and fortify with palisades for the protection of the settlers of Dew Dorf (Hurley) against the savages. On 7 April 1663, ROOSA reported to Stuyvesant that the savages would not allow the building of the fortifications because they were not included in the treaty of 1660. He wrote: "Praying that the gifts promised the savages be sent at once that your good and humble subjects may remain without fear and molestation from these barbarous people, for if rumors and warnings may be believed it would be too dangerous for your humble petitioners and faithful subjects to continue and advance their work otherwise."
ROOSA's petition was forwarded to STUYVESANT only a few weeks prior to the massacre of 7 June 1663, when New Dorf (Hurley) was completely destroyed and many houses in Wiltwyck (Kingston) were burned. Bertha Jane Thomas Libby, GENEALOGY OF JANE ELIZABETH WHEELER THOMAS (1974), pp.149-155.
His grave is located at the Old Dutch Church.
Per Sharon Deem (#49280076), the Dutch name and spelling of Aldert's father was Heijman Guijsberten (son of Guijsbert), and that Aldert was the first one to use the name Roosa when the British took control of the colony of New Netherlands in the 1660's. The contributor further stated that Aldert's mother was Ljken Jan's Kuijsten.
In 1642 he married Wyntie Ariens DeJong in Holland.
On April 15, 1660 Aldert and his family arrived from Holland to New Amsterdam aboard De Bonte Koe.
Arrival Source: THE DUTCH SETTLERS SOCIETY OF ALBANY. Yearbook, vol. 45, 1974-1977. Albany, New York: the society, [1977], pp. 42-66.
He was the head of the Roosa family in the United States. They settled in Hurley and Wiltwick, now Kingston, in Ulster County. Aldert became an influential person who was one of the three first schepens or magistrates, and laid out the town of Hurley.
Children:
Arie Roosa 1643-1725
Guert Roosa Abt 1644-1708
Hayman Aldertse Roosa abt 1645-1736
Jan Aldertse Roosa abt 1647-1736
Eyke Aldertse Roosa 1651-1684
Marritje "Mary" Roosa 1652-1706
Neeltje Roosa 1653-1745
Jannetje Roosa 1656-1726
Annetje Roosa 1662-1662
Guert Roosa 1664-1664
Elizabeth Roosa -1663
Anita Roosa -1663
Indians destroyed the town of New Village on June 7th, 1663 and two of the Roosa children referred to as Elizabeth and Anita, with 43 others, were stolen by the Indians and later died in a rescue attempt in September of that year.
Historical account 1:
- At the destruction of the village of Hurley, on 7 June 1663, by the Indians, two of the children of Albert Heymanse ROOSA, with 43 others, women and children, were taken captive. The story of the rescue of these captives by the colonial forces under command of Captain Martin KREGIER is one of the most interesting episodes in the history of early New York. See Kregier, Martin, DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Vol.4, p.39 et seq.; O'Callaghan, E. B. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (1858), v.2, p256 et seq., 323 et seq., 407.
In a hearing of a complaint against Frederick PHILLIPSEN, Nicholaes MEYER, Luykas ANDRIESZEN and others to the Council of New Netherland, the following testimony was given: "8th Xober, 1663 - Also send a convey down in the morning with grain to the river side, which on returning brought up the Wappinger Sachem and his wife, Splitnose, the Indian last taken by us. Which Sachem brought with him two captive Christian children, stating to us that he could not, pursuant to his previous promise of the 29th of November, bring along with him the remainder, being still five Christian captives, because three were at their hunting grounds and that he could not find them, but that another Indian was out looking for them; the two others are in his vicinity; the squaw who keeps them prisoner will not let them go, because she is very sick and hath no children, and expects soon to die; and when he can get Albert Heyman's oldest daughter, who is also at the hunting ground, and whom he hath already purchased and paid for, then he shall bring the remainder of the Christian captives along. For the two Christian Children which he hath brought with him; an Indian child is given him, being a little girl, and three pieces of cloth, with which he was content." Hood, Dellman O. THE TUNIS HOOD FAMILY (Portland, Oregon 1960), p.17.
Historical account 2:
- In May 1665, when it was rumored that Albert Heymanse ROOSA, a Sergeant in the Burgher Guard, was to be arrested for a second assault on the English when he took away a soldier's gun, the guardsmen armed and assembled. Having learned that their sergeant was merely summoned to court, they dispersed without taking any action; but their Officers' Council felt constrained to investigate the matter. After taking some testimony, the investigation was suspended awaiting the coming of the Governor. Governor NICOLLS arrived in September, and sought to ease tensions by replacing the garrison commandant with a commissioned officer, Captain BRODHEAD, who had brought his family here with him to America with the intention of settling here. The Governor instructed BRODHEAD to "be single and indifferent as to justice between soldiers and burghers" and "not let insinuations beget a prejudice in his mind against the Dutch." But the Captain turned out to be a strong partisan of the English.
Capt. BRODHEAD tended to embroil himself with the Dutch/French settlers, even with his neighbors at the New Dorp (Hurley), where he had rented a farm. One day he arrived at the store of Louys DuBOIS while a fight between the feisty Albert Hymanse ROOSA and five English soldiers was going on. ROOSA had entered the store in search of a man to repair his plough-colter and, being badgered by the soldiers, who were in there drinking brandy, he had thrown the colter at one who was drawing his sword, scoring a near miss. Three of the soldiers had chased him outside. BRODHEAD's presence ended the outside engagement, but BRODHEAD didn't go inside to stop the beating the other two soldiers were giving the storekeeper, DuBOIS, and his wife. It was the English soldiers that preferred charges; and the Wiltwyck magistrates, with BRODHEAD sitting as observer, held ROOSA for further examination. NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RECORD, v.90, pp.94-102.
Sources:
1. History of the War in Ulster County.
2. History of Ulster County by A.T. Clearwater.
3. THE DUTCH SETTLERS SOCIETY OF ALBANY. Yearbook, vol. 45, 1974-1977. Albany, New York: the society, [1977], pp. 42-66.
4. Kregier, Martin, DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Vol.4, p.39 et seq.; O'Callaghan, E. B. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (1858), v.2, p256 et seq., 323 et seq., 407.
5. Hood, Dellman O. THE TUNIS HOOD FAMILY (Portland, Oregon 1960), p.17.
6. NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RECORD, v.90, pp.94-102.
Note:
Historical accounts 1-2 courtesy of William DeCoursey, Find a Grave member 46613311:
It is believed that Aldert and his wife are in this cemetery given that they were founding members. Also see the Old Dutch Church plaque in Kingston, NY listing their names (Roose & DeJonch).
∼A 'moon tree' is dedicated in his honor by Stuart Roosa.
It is located on the walking trail in Hurley, NY along Route 209.
- Aldert Heymansen ROOSA was commissioned, 30 March 1663, to lay out and fortify with palisades for the protection of the settlers of Dew Dorf (Hurley) against the savages. On 7 April 1663, ROOSA reported to Stuyvesant that the savages would not allow the building of the fortifications because they were not included in the treaty of 1660. He wrote: "Praying that the gifts promised the savages be sent at once that your good and humble subjects may remain without fear and molestation from these barbarous people, for if rumors and warnings may be believed it would be too dangerous for your humble petitioners and faithful subjects to continue and advance their work otherwise."
ROOSA's petition was forwarded to STUYVESANT only a few weeks prior to the massacre of 7 June 1663, when New Dorf (Hurley) was completely destroyed and many houses in Wiltwyck (Kingston) were burned. Bertha Jane Thomas Libby, GENEALOGY OF JANE ELIZABETH WHEELER THOMAS (1974), pp.149-155.
His grave is located at the Old Dutch Church.
Born in Herwijnen/Bommel, Gelderland, Holland, Aldert was the son of Heyman Roosa and Metje G. Deroos.
Per Sharon Deem (#49280076), the Dutch name and spelling of Aldert's father was Heijman Guijsberten (son of Guijsbert), and that Aldert was the first one to use the name Roosa when the British took control of the colony of New Netherlands in the 1660's. The contributor further stated that Aldert's mother was Ljken Jan's Kuijsten.
In 1642 he married Wyntie Ariens DeJong in Holland.
On April 15, 1660 Aldert and his family arrived from Holland to New Amsterdam aboard De Bonte Koe.
Arrival Source: THE DUTCH SETTLERS SOCIETY OF ALBANY. Yearbook, vol. 45, 1974-1977. Albany, New York: the society, [1977], pp. 42-66.
He was the head of the Roosa family in the United States. They settled in Hurley and Wiltwick, now Kingston, in Ulster County. Aldert became an influential person who was one of the three first schepens or magistrates, and laid out the town of Hurley.
Children:
Arie Roosa 1643-1725
Guert Roosa Abt 1644-1708
Hayman Aldertse Roosa abt 1645-1736
Jan Aldertse Roosa abt 1647-1736
Eyke Aldertse Roosa 1651-1684
Marritje "Mary" Roosa 1652-1706
Neeltje Roosa 1653-1745
Jannetje Roosa 1656-1726
Annetje Roosa 1662-1662
Guert Roosa 1664-1664
Elizabeth Roosa -1663
Anita Roosa -1663
Indians destroyed the town of New Village on June 7th, 1663 and two of the Roosa children referred to as Elizabeth and Anita, with 43 others, were stolen by the Indians and later died in a rescue attempt in September of that year.
Historical account 1:
- At the destruction of the village of Hurley, on 7 June 1663, by the Indians, two of the children of Albert Heymanse ROOSA, with 43 others, women and children, were taken captive. The story of the rescue of these captives by the colonial forces under command of Captain Martin KREGIER is one of the most interesting episodes in the history of early New York. See Kregier, Martin, DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Vol.4, p.39 et seq.; O'Callaghan, E. B. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (1858), v.2, p256 et seq., 323 et seq., 407.
In a hearing of a complaint against Frederick PHILLIPSEN, Nicholaes MEYER, Luykas ANDRIESZEN and others to the Council of New Netherland, the following testimony was given: "8th Xober, 1663 - Also send a convey down in the morning with grain to the river side, which on returning brought up the Wappinger Sachem and his wife, Splitnose, the Indian last taken by us. Which Sachem brought with him two captive Christian children, stating to us that he could not, pursuant to his previous promise of the 29th of November, bring along with him the remainder, being still five Christian captives, because three were at their hunting grounds and that he could not find them, but that another Indian was out looking for them; the two others are in his vicinity; the squaw who keeps them prisoner will not let them go, because she is very sick and hath no children, and expects soon to die; and when he can get Albert Heyman's oldest daughter, who is also at the hunting ground, and whom he hath already purchased and paid for, then he shall bring the remainder of the Christian captives along. For the two Christian Children which he hath brought with him; an Indian child is given him, being a little girl, and three pieces of cloth, with which he was content." Hood, Dellman O. THE TUNIS HOOD FAMILY (Portland, Oregon 1960), p.17.
Historical account 2:
- In May 1665, when it was rumored that Albert Heymanse ROOSA, a Sergeant in the Burgher Guard, was to be arrested for a second assault on the English when he took away a soldier's gun, the guardsmen armed and assembled. Having learned that their sergeant was merely summoned to court, they dispersed without taking any action; but their Officers' Council felt constrained to investigate the matter. After taking some testimony, the investigation was suspended awaiting the coming of the Governor. Governor NICOLLS arrived in September, and sought to ease tensions by replacing the garrison commandant with a commissioned officer, Captain BRODHEAD, who had brought his family here with him to America with the intention of settling here. The Governor instructed BRODHEAD to "be single and indifferent as to justice between soldiers and burghers" and "not let insinuations beget a prejudice in his mind against the Dutch." But the Captain turned out to be a strong partisan of the English.
Capt. BRODHEAD tended to embroil himself with the Dutch/French settlers, even with his neighbors at the New Dorp (Hurley), where he had rented a farm. One day he arrived at the store of Louys DuBOIS while a fight between the feisty Albert Hymanse ROOSA and five English soldiers was going on. ROOSA had entered the store in search of a man to repair his plough-colter and, being badgered by the soldiers, who were in there drinking brandy, he had thrown the colter at one who was drawing his sword, scoring a near miss. Three of the soldiers had chased him outside. BRODHEAD's presence ended the outside engagement, but BRODHEAD didn't go inside to stop the beating the other two soldiers were giving the storekeeper, DuBOIS, and his wife. It was the English soldiers that preferred charges; and the Wiltwyck magistrates, with BRODHEAD sitting as observer, held ROOSA for further examination. NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RECORD, v.90, pp.94-102.
Sources:
1. History of the War in Ulster County.
2. History of Ulster County by A.T. Clearwater.
3. THE DUTCH SETTLERS SOCIETY OF ALBANY. Yearbook, vol. 45, 1974-1977. Albany, New York: the society, [1977], pp. 42-66.
4. Kregier, Martin, DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Vol.4, p.39 et seq.; O'Callaghan, E. B. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (1858), v.2, p256 et seq., 323 et seq., 407.
5. Hood, Dellman O. THE TUNIS HOOD FAMILY (Portland, Oregon 1960), p.17.
6. NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RECORD, v.90, pp.94-102.
Note:
Historical accounts 1-2 courtesy of William DeCoursey, Find a Grave member 46613311:
It is believed that Aldert and his wife are in this cemetery given that they were founding members. Also see the Old Dutch Church plaque in Kingston, NY listing their names (Roose & DeJonch).
∼A 'moon tree' is dedicated in his honor by Stuart Roosa.
It is located on the walking trail in Hurley, NY along Route 209.
- Aldert Heymansen ROOSA was commissioned, 30 March 1663, to lay out and fortify with palisades for the protection of the settlers of Dew Dorf (Hurley) against the savages. On 7 April 1663, ROOSA reported to Stuyvesant that the savages would not allow the building of the fortifications because they were not included in the treaty of 1660. He wrote: "Praying that the gifts promised the savages be sent at once that your good and humble subjects may remain without fear and molestation from these barbarous people, for if rumors and warnings may be believed it would be too dangerous for your humble petitioners and faithful subjects to continue and advance their work otherwise."
ROOSA's petition was forwarded to STUYVESANT only a few weeks prior to the massacre of 7 June 1663, when New Dorf (Hurley) was completely destroyed and many houses in Wiltwyck (Kingston) were burned. Bertha Jane Thomas Libby, GENEALOGY OF JANE ELIZABETH WHEELER THOMAS (1974), pp.149-155.
His grave is located at the Old Dutch Church.
Per Sharon Deem (#49280076), the Dutch name and spelling of Aldert's father was Heijman Guijsberten (son of Guijsbert), and that Aldert was the first one to use the name Roosa when the British took control of the colony of New Netherlands in the 1660's. The contributor further stated that Aldert's mother was Ljken Jan's Kuijsten.
In 1642 he married Wyntie Ariens DeJong in Holland.
On April 15, 1660 Aldert and his family arrived from Holland to New Amsterdam aboard De Bonte Koe.
Arrival Source: THE DUTCH SETTLERS SOCIETY OF ALBANY. Yearbook, vol. 45, 1974-1977. Albany, New York: the society, [1977], pp. 42-66.
He was the head of the Roosa family in the United States. They settled in Hurley and Wiltwick, now Kingston, in Ulster County. Aldert became an influential person who was one of the three first schepens or magistrates, and laid out the town of Hurley.
Children:
Arie Roosa 1643-1725
Guert Roosa Abt 1644-1708
Hayman Aldertse Roosa abt 1645-1736
Jan Aldertse Roosa abt 1647-1736
Eyke Aldertse Roosa 1651-1684
Marritje "Mary" Roosa 1652-1706
Neeltje Roosa 1653-1745
Jannetje Roosa 1656-1726
Annetje Roosa 1662-1662
Guert Roosa 1664-1664
Elizabeth Roosa -1663
Anita Roosa -1663
Indians destroyed the town of New Village on June 7th, 1663 and two of the Roosa children referred to as Elizabeth and Anita, with 43 others, were stolen by the Indians and later died in a rescue attempt in September of that year.
Historical account 1:
- At the destruction of the village of Hurley, on 7 June 1663, by the Indians, two of the children of Albert Heymanse ROOSA, with 43 others, women and children, were taken captive. The story of the rescue of these captives by the colonial forces under command of Captain Martin KREGIER is one of the most interesting episodes in the history of early New York. See Kregier, Martin, DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Vol.4, p.39 et seq.; O'Callaghan, E. B. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (1858), v.2, p256 et seq., 323 et seq., 407.
In a hearing of a complaint against Frederick PHILLIPSEN, Nicholaes MEYER, Luykas ANDRIESZEN and others to the Council of New Netherland, the following testimony was given: "8th Xober, 1663 - Also send a convey down in the morning with grain to the river side, which on returning brought up the Wappinger Sachem and his wife, Splitnose, the Indian last taken by us. Which Sachem brought with him two captive Christian children, stating to us that he could not, pursuant to his previous promise of the 29th of November, bring along with him the remainder, being still five Christian captives, because three were at their hunting grounds and that he could not find them, but that another Indian was out looking for them; the two others are in his vicinity; the squaw who keeps them prisoner will not let them go, because she is very sick and hath no children, and expects soon to die; and when he can get Albert Heyman's oldest daughter, who is also at the hunting ground, and whom he hath already purchased and paid for, then he shall bring the remainder of the Christian captives along. For the two Christian Children which he hath brought with him; an Indian child is given him, being a little girl, and three pieces of cloth, with which he was content." Hood, Dellman O. THE TUNIS HOOD FAMILY (Portland, Oregon 1960), p.17.
Historical account 2:
- In May 1665, when it was rumored that Albert Heymanse ROOSA, a Sergeant in the Burgher Guard, was to be arrested for a second assault on the English when he took away a soldier's gun, the guardsmen armed and assembled. Having learned that their sergeant was merely summoned to court, they dispersed without taking any action; but their Officers' Council felt constrained to investigate the matter. After taking some testimony, the investigation was suspended awaiting the coming of the Governor. Governor NICOLLS arrived in September, and sought to ease tensions by replacing the garrison commandant with a commissioned officer, Captain BRODHEAD, who had brought his family here with him to America with the intention of settling here. The Governor instructed BRODHEAD to "be single and indifferent as to justice between soldiers and burghers" and "not let insinuations beget a prejudice in his mind against the Dutch." But the Captain turned out to be a strong partisan of the English.
Capt. BRODHEAD tended to embroil himself with the Dutch/French settlers, even with his neighbors at the New Dorp (Hurley), where he had rented a farm. One day he arrived at the store of Louys DuBOIS while a fight between the feisty Albert Hymanse ROOSA and five English soldiers was going on. ROOSA had entered the store in search of a man to repair his plough-colter and, being badgered by the soldiers, who were in there drinking brandy, he had thrown the colter at one who was drawing his sword, scoring a near miss. Three of the soldiers had chased him outside. BRODHEAD's presence ended the outside engagement, but BRODHEAD didn't go inside to stop the beating the other two soldiers were giving the storekeeper, DuBOIS, and his wife. It was the English soldiers that preferred charges; and the Wiltwyck magistrates, with BRODHEAD sitting as observer, held ROOSA for further examination. NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RECORD, v.90, pp.94-102.
Sources:
1. History of the War in Ulster County.
2. History of Ulster County by A.T. Clearwater.
3. THE DUTCH SETTLERS SOCIETY OF ALBANY. Yearbook, vol. 45, 1974-1977. Albany, New York: the society, [1977], pp. 42-66.
4. Kregier, Martin, DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Vol.4, p.39 et seq.; O'Callaghan, E. B. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (1858), v.2, p256 et seq., 323 et seq., 407.
5. Hood, Dellman O. THE TUNIS HOOD FAMILY (Portland, Oregon 1960), p.17.
6. NEW YORK GENEALOGICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY RECORD, v.90, pp.94-102.
Note:
Historical accounts 1-2 courtesy of William DeCoursey, Find a Grave member 46613311:
It is believed that Aldert and his wife are in this cemetery given that they were founding members. Also see the Old Dutch Church plaque in Kingston, NY listing their names (Roose & DeJonch).
∼A 'moon tree' is dedicated in his honor by Stuart Roosa.
It is located on the walking trail in Hurley, NY along Route 209.
- Aldert Heymansen ROOSA was commissioned, 30 March 1663, to lay out and fortify with palisades for the protection of the settlers of Dew Dorf (Hurley) against the savages. On 7 April 1663, ROOSA reported to Stuyvesant that the savages would not allow the building of the fortifications because they were not included in the treaty of 1660. He wrote: "Praying that the gifts promised the savages be sent at once that your good and humble subjects may remain without fear and molestation from these barbarous people, for if rumors and warnings may be believed it would be too dangerous for your humble petitioners and faithful subjects to continue and advance their work otherwise."
ROOSA's petition was forwarded to STUYVESANT only a few weeks prior to the massacre of 7 June 1663, when New Dorf (Hurley) was completely destroyed and many houses in Wiltwyck (Kingston) were burned. Bertha Jane Thomas Libby, GENEALOGY OF JANE ELIZABETH WHEELER THOMAS (1974), pp.149-155.
His grave is located at the Old Dutch Church.
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