Or, More Than You Ever Wanted to Know.
The Huff Family
The Hulsey, Head and Huff Families of North Georgia.
Or, More Than You Ever Wanted to Know.
The Huff
Family
Dirck (Hoff)
Born: 1594 in Luttenborg, Netherlands.
Emigrated: 1652 to New Netherlands.
Died: 1692(?) Brooklin, Kings Co., New York.
Married: 1610 in Luttenborg, Netherlands.
Jennette Jejanes
Born: 1595 In Luttenborg, Netherlands.
Died: 1655 in Brooklyn,
Kings Co., NY.
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After 350 years, the
historical information is incomplete and unreliable. For example, Dirck does not
have a patronymic, common with Dutch naming conventions. These notes are based
on the available information.
Dirck never used the name “Hoff” during his lifetime,
as Family Names were not used at that time. No patronymic survives. The
listed data has his marriage at age 16 and his wife at 15. He had moved to
Hoven, Zutphen, Gelderland, Netherlands
by 1620 where his son was born. (Some listings show a second son, Leonardt, born
in 1611. This is questionable as Leonardt is shown as being born in New York
before any settlement of the area. There is no further information on this son.)
He is shown as
emigrating in 1652, but may have arrived in the company of his son in 1650. He
was 57 years old at the time of emigration. He settled in Brooklyn, Kings Co.,
New York. No occupation has been listed. Brooklyn was an
agricultural community at that time.
His
wife died in 1655 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., NY.
He has not been found in any
records of the Dutch Reformed Church, unusual for the period. His death date is
questionable as it is the same date as that of his son.
Child:
Paulus Dirksen (Hoff) (1620-1692). See separate article.