Juriaen Westfall

1628 - 1667  (39 years)

• Name	Juriaen Westfall  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
  Birth	12 Mar 1628	North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany   [1, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Immigration	1642	New York, USA   [2]
  	Colonial New Netherlands (departed the Netherlands on the ship DeHoutwyn on June 6, 1642)
  Residence	Albany County, New York, USA   [3]
  	(Rensselaerswyck, New Netherlands)
  Death	1 Oct 1667	Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA   [1, 4]
  Burial	Old Dutch Churchyard, Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I22667	A Tree Called Smith
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Marretje Jansen 'Marie' van Nostrand,   b. 1636, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany d. 10 Jan 1670, Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA (Age 34 years)
  Marriage	1653	Albany County, New York, USA   [6]
  	(Fort Orange, New Netherlands)
  Children	1. Johannes Jurian Westfall,   b. 1659, Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA d. 1725, Port Jervis, Orange, New York, USA (Age 66 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F8926	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 12 Mar 1628 - North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany Immigration - Colonial New Netherlands (departed the Netherlands on the ship DeHoutwyn on June 6, 1642) - 1642 - New York, USA Residence - (Rensselaerswyck, New Netherlands) - - Albany County, New York, USA Marriage - 1653 - Albany County, New York, USA Death - 1 Oct 1667 - Kingston, Ulster, New York, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Ancestors

  ~j Campbell-M Campbell Male Ancestor

  
  

  Biographies and Histories

  Bio-WESTFALLL Juriaen Juriaen "Juergen Bestval" Westfall Biography -- John A. Rhodes, 10th Great-Grandson of Juriaen "Juergen" Bestval

  
  

• Sources

  [S6649] Smith, Julie Campbell, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Campbell): WESTFALL Juriaen, (Name: SmithLC.com;), WESTFALL Juriaen 1621-1667. Juriaen was born in the Westphalia area of present Germany. He was living in Leiderdorp when he left the Netherlands on the ship DeHoutwyn on June 6, 1642 and was one of twenty-four passengers bought to America by Killian Van Rensselaer to work his lands at Fort Orange (Albany, New York). Juriaen worked one of the three farms Killiaen had on Papscanee Island in the Hudson River, a short distance south of Fort Orange. Juriaen wed Marretje Hansen at Fort Orange in 1653. In 1654, Juriaen and others moved to the Esopus Creek area to establish a settlement. This was chartered by the Dutch as the city of Wiltwick in 1661. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/67448140/juriaen_westfall [S582] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2010;), Place: New York, New York; Year: 1642; Page Number: 62. [S445] Ancestry.com, Rensselaerswyck, New York Settlers, 1630-58, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2000;). [S202] Ancestry.com, Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-Current, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2014;). [S164] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT ; Date: 2004;), Source number: 23988.002; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 3. [S6648] Smith, Julie Campbell, Find a Grave - Ancestor (Campbell): van NORDSTRAND Marretje Westfall, (Name: SmithLC.com;), van NORDSTRAND Marretje Jansen “Maria” Westfall Jansen 1636-1670. Maria was the daughter of Hans Jansen Van Nordstrand, who wed Reymerig Volkert and lived at Nordstrand Island in present Germany. They had three children; Jan, Simon, and Marretje (Maria). Shortly after Marretje's birth in 1636, the family came to America and Hans took up farming at Amersfoort (Brooklyn) on Long Island. Reymerig died soon thereafter and Hans married Jannetje Van Leeuwen at New Utrecht, Long Island. They had seven children. Marretje was eventually bound out to a tavern keeper at Fort Orange (Albany, NY) and in 1653, at the age of seventeen, wed Juriaen Westfall. In 1654, Juriaen and others moved to the Esopus Creek area to establish a settlement. This was chartered by the Dutch as the city of Wiltwick (Kingston, NY) in 1661. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/105307350/marretje-jansen-westfall