Hendrick Hansen Explained

Hendrick Hansen
Office1:	Member of the New York Provincial Assembly
Term Start1:	1699
Term End1:	1724
Order2:	Mayor of Albany, New York
Term Start2:	1698
Term End2:	1699
Predecessor2:	Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck
Successor2:	Pieter Van Brugh
Birth Date:	February 26, 1665
Birth Place:	Albany, Province of New York
Death Place:	Albany, Province of New York
Parents:	Hans Hendrickse Eva Gillis de Meyer
Children:	7, including Johannes

Hendrick Hansen (February 26, 1665 – February 17, 1724) was the fifth Mayor of Albany, New York.^[1]

Early life

Hendrick Hansen was born on February 26, 1665, in Albany. He was the son of Hans Hendrickse, a Beverwyck trader,^[2] and Eva Gillis de Meyer Hansen.^[1]

Career

Hansen was a prominent landholder and trader who inherited substantial property from his father.^[1] In 1693, he was elected as Assistant Alderman to the Albany City Council, representing the Third Ward.^[1] In 1695, he was elected Alderman and served until 1698 when he was appointed mayor.^{[1] [3]}

In 1698, he was appointed the fifth Mayor of Albany, New York, succeeding Dirck Wesselse Ten Broeck.^{[4] [5]} He served in that role until 1699 when Pieter Van Brugh became the sixth mayor.^[1] In 1699, he was elected to represent Albany in the New York General Assembly, serving five terms until his death in 1724. In 1703, while serving in the Assembly, he was again elected Alderman for the Third Ward.^[1]

He served for a total of 14 years as a Commissioners of Indian Affairs,^[6] having been appointed in 1710, 1712, 1715, and 1720.^{[7] [8]}

Personal life

In 1692, he married Debora Van Dam (c. 1670–1742),^[9] the only daughter of Claes Ripse Van Dam (d. 1709), an carpenter and Justice of the Peace for Albany County,^[10] and Maria (née Bords) Van Dam. Together, they were the parents of seven children, including:^[11]

• Debora Hansen (1693–1745), who married Jacobus Beekman (1685–1739)^[12] in 1714.^[13]
• Johannes "Hans" Hansen (1695–1756), who also served as Albany mayor and who married Sara Cuyler (b. 1693), daughter of mayor Johannes Cuyler, in 1723.^[14]
• Maria Hansen (1697–c. 1697), who married David A. Schuyler (1692–c. 1697), eldest son of Abraham D. and Geertruy (née Ten Broeck) Schuyler, in 1725.^[15]
• Nicholas Hansen (b. 1698) who married Engeltie Wemp in 1722.^[16]
• Ryckert "Richard" Hansen (1703–1766), who married Sara Thong (d. 1733), in New York City, in May 1727. After her death, he married Catharina Ten Broeck (1717–c. 1780s), daughter of Johannes Ten Broeck and Catharina (née Van Rensselaer) Ten Broeck,^[17] in July 1738.^[18]

Hansen drew up his will on September 2, 1723.^[19] Hansen died on February 17, 1724, in Albany.^[1]

Descendants

Through his eldest daughter Debora, he was the grandfather of Albany mayor Johannes Jacobse Beeckman (1733–1802).^[20]

See also

• History of Albany, New York

External links

• Hendrick Hansen at the New York State Museum

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Hendrick Hansen. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
2. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Hans Hendricks. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
3. Book: Albany Chronicles: A History of the City Arranged Chronologically, from the Earliest Settlement to the Present Time; Illustrated with Many Historical Pictures of Rarity and Reproductions of the Robert C. Pruyn Collection of the Mayors of Albany, Owned by the Albany Institute and Historical and Art Society. 1906. J. B. Lyon Company, printers. 136. 12 September 2017. en.
4. Book: Laer. Arnold J. F. Van. Early Records of the City and County of Albany and Colony of Rensselaerswyck: Volume 4 (Mortgages 1, 1658-1660, and Wills 1-2, 1681-1765). 2009. Genealogical Publishing Company. 9780806351537. 29 June 2017. en.
5. Book: Proceedings of the Albany (N Y.) Common Council. 1922. 25. 12 September 2017. en. Common Council. Albany (N. Y.)..
6. Book: Hutchins. Stephen C.. Civil List and Constitutional History of the Colony and State of New York. 1891. Weed, Parsons & Company. 263. 12 September 2017. en.
7. Book: Rhoden. Nancy L.. English Atlantics Revisited: Essays Honouring Ian K. Steele. 2014. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. 9780773560406. 240–243. 7 September 2017. en.
8. Book: Trelease. Allen W.. Indian Affairs in Colonial New York: The Seventeenth Century. 1960. University of Nebraska Press. 080329431X. 352. 12 September 2017. en.
9. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Debora Van Dam Hansen. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
10. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Claes Ripse Van Dam. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
11. Book: Reynolds. Cuyler. Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: A Record of Achievements of the People of the Hudson and Mohawk Valleys in New York State, Included Within the Present Counties of Albany, Rensselaer, Washington, Saratoga, Montgomery, Fulton, Schenectady, Columbia and Greene. 1911. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. New York. 29 June 2017. en.
12. Web site: Jacob Beekman. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
13. Web site: Debora Hansen Beekman. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
14. Web site: Hans Hansen. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
15. Web site: Maria Hansen Schuyler. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
16. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Nicholas Hansen. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
17. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Catharina Ten Broeck Hansen. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
18. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Ryckert Hansen. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
19. Web site: Will of Hendrick Hansen - 1723. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.
20. Web site: Bielinski. Stefan. Johannes Jas. Beekman. exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. 12 September 2017.