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Margaret Balthazar Stuyvesant
Abt 1635 - Aft 1715 (~ 81 years)-
Name Margaret Balthazar Stuyvesant Born Abt 1635 Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands 
[1, 2] Gender Female AFN 8FC5-4N Died Aft 1715 Elizabethtown, Union, New Jersey, United States Person ID I446 James Henry Martineau Last Modified 27 Oct 2015
Father Balthazar Stuyvesant, Rev., b. Abt 1572, Scherpenzeel, Gelderland, Netherlands , d. 26 May 1637, Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands (Age ~ 65 years) Mother Styntie Pieters, b. Abt 1606, Haarlem (of), Noord-Holland, Netherlands , d. Yes, date unknown Married 22 Jul 1627 Haarlem, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Family ID F176 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Jacob De Backer, b. 1631, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands , d. 1669-1670, , , East Indies (Age 39 years) Married 30 Oct 1655 New York City, New York, United States [3, 4] Children 1. Daniel Backer, c. 1655, New York City, New York, United States , d. Yes, date unknown+ 2. Nicholas Backer, b. 25 Mar 1657, New York City, New York, United States , d. Bef 27 Aug 1726, , Richmond, New York, United States (Age 69 years)3. Balthazar Backer, b. 18 Sep 1658, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands , d. Bef 1669 (Age 10 years)4. Hillegond Backer, b. 7 Sep 1659, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands , d. Bef 1669 (Age 9 years)5. Henricus Backer, c. 26 Sep 1660, New York City, New York, United States , d. 4 Feb 1734 (Age ~ 73 years)6. Abraham Backer, b. 23 Nov 1664, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands , d. Yes, date unknownLast Modified 27 Oct 2015 Family ID F174 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 2 Balthazar De Hart, b. Abt 1635, , Gelderland, Netherlands , d. 1672 (Age ~ 37 years) Married Abt 1656 Delfzijl, Groningen, Netherlands Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 Family ID F1058 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 3 Hendrick Droogestradt, b. Abt 1645, New York City, New York, United States , d. Yes, date unknown Married 11 Mar 1677-11 Mar 1678 New York City, New York, United States Last Modified 27 Oct 2015 Family ID F1057 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Married - 30 Oct 1655 - New York City, New York, United States 
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Notes - (1) Dutch Reformed Church of New York Mgs. Vol 1 974.7 B4ne p.20 (3), (4) list her birth place & about B. date. Her place of death & abt. death date listed in (3)
(7) gives this information:" Margaret Stuyvesant Backer was a half sister of Governor Peter Stuyvesant & quite a noted character. Jacob Backer, her husband was a prosperous Merchant in New York. He resided on the East side of Broad St. near Beaver St. & adjoining his store. He was Schepen for several years & held in high esteem. He went over to Holland in 1660 & left his business here in charge of his wife. Margaret, returning only accassionally ( the Govenor using him as an emissary on several of his trips abroad) After the English conquest he returned once or twice more to Holland & seems after 1669 not to have come back. It was reported that he died in the East Indies. His property was heavily mortgaged to Jean Cousseau, who foreclosed in 1670. Baltthazar de Hart, a wealthy merchant purchased the property in Oct 1670, at a public sale. As the sequel shows, he had become quite intimate with widow Backer. He died the next year 1672 & having never md., left the most of his estate to his 3 brothers Daniel, Matthius & Jacob, having first made provision for his natural son, Matthius; And bequeathed to his" natural son Daniel de Hart, procreated by Margaret Stuyvesant, the house & lot then occupied by him and Elias Provost Smith," &" two great stilling kettles; also 600 guilders wampum annually; of all which the mother was to have the use until their son, Daniel (who had been baptized, 1 Sep 1671) should come of age. Among the Albany records is a petition, dated 29 Apr 1776, of Margaret Stuyvesant, for an examination of her account against the estate of the late Balthazar de Hart, with whom she was engaged to be married, & who in his lifetime made use of her estate.( In the History of Elizabeth, New Jersey p. 248)
A petition to the court by Margaret Backer setting forth that her husband Jacob Backer, about 8 years since, departed from her, leaving her with 3 small children, in a very poor condition, without making any pro-vision for payment of his debts or for the maintenance of his family. She very much doubts his life, not having in several years had any letter or advice from him, but various reports from Holland to the Easr Indies." Upon her petition letters of Administration were granted 27 Jul 1677 (8) Abstractsof N.Y. Wills, NYHS yr bk 1892 Vol I, 1665-1701, XXV p.105, 186
She was md. 11 Mar 1677/8 to Hendrick Droogestradt.(3) & (7) "The History of Elizabeth, New Jersey, by (Rev) Edwin Hatfield, 974. 936 H2h p. 251 - (Research):IGI also has birth in Scherpenzeel, Friesland, Netherlands
- (1) Dutch Reformed Church of New York Mgs. Vol 1 974.7 B4ne p.20 (3), (4) list her birth place & about B. date. Her place of death & abt. death date listed in (3)
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Sources - [S88] O'Callighan's Register of New Netherland, pp. 29-164 (Reliability: 3).
- [S86] Ancient Families of New York, 974 B2n., Vol9, p. 56-57 (Reliability: 3).
- [S48] Dutch Reformed Church of New York Bap., (New York Genealogical & Biographacal Rec.).
- [S83] Dutch Reformed Church of New York Mgs., 974.7 Brne., Vol 1, p. 20 (Reliability: 3).
- [S88] O'Callighan's Register of New Netherland, pp. 29-164 (Reliability: 3).