Gulian Verplanck (1637–1684)

Gulian Verplanck (1637–1684) (also known as Gulyne, Galyna and Geleyn[1]) was a colonial American fur trader and merchant in New York.

Early life

He was the eldest son of Abraham Isaacsen Verplanck, was a merchant, fur trader, and purchaser of a 1/3rd interest in what became the sprawling Rombout Patent in the southeast of the then Province of New York. His younger sister, Catharina Verplanck, was the wife of David Pieterse Schuyler, the Dutch born fur trader who became an Alderman of Albany.[2]

Career

The Hudson River shore of the Rombout Patent in the town of Wappinger, New York

In 1685, King James II of England issued a royal grant for some 85,000 acres (340 km^2) of land to Verplanck and partners Francis Rombouts, and Stephanus Van Cortlandt (both former mayors of New York City) they had purchased from Wappinger Indians on the east bank of the Hudson River in what is today's southern Dutchess County, New York.[3]

Personal life

Verplanck was married to Hendrikja Wessels (also known as "Henrica").[1] Together, they were the parents of:[4]

• Samuel Verplanck (1669–1698), who married Ariaantie "Harriet" Bayard,[1] a daughter of Rev. Balthazar Bayard.[2]
• Jacobus Verplanck (1671–1699), who married his first cousin, Margarita Schuyler, the youngest daughter of Philip Pieterse Schuyler.[5]
• Abraham Verplanck (b. 1674)
• Anna Verplanck (b. 1680), who married merchant Andries "Andrew" Teller, a son of Andries Teller and Sophia (née Van Cortlandt) Teller.[6]

Verplanck died in 1684. After his death, his widow Henrica married Jacobus Kip, grandson of Hendrick Hendricksen Kip, and the family's share of the patent passed down through that line.[7]

Descendants

Through his son Jacobus, he was a grandfather of Philip Verplanck (1695–1771), who married Gertrude Van Cortlandt, a granddaughter of Stephanus Van Cortlandt.[8]

See also

• Philipse Patent

References

1. The Verplanck-Crommelin Family Bible, Miff Crommelin
2. Bulloch, Joseph Gaston Baillie (1919). A History and Genealogy of the Families of Bayard, Houstoun of Georgia: And the Descent of the Bolton Family from Assheton, Byron and Hulton of Hulton Park, by Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch ... J. H. Dony, Printer. Retrieved 16 March 2017.
3. "Vest Pocket Tours of the Hudson Valley". Fishkillridgecommunityheritage.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-10-03.
4. York (State), New (1968). New York Marriages Previous to 1784. Genealogical Publishing Com. ISBN 978-0-8063-0259-1. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
5. York, Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New (1905). Genealogical Record. The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York. p. 178. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
6. Greene, Richard Henry; Stiles, Henry Reed; Dwight, Melatiah Everett; Morrison, George Austin; Mott, Hopper Striker; Totten, John Reynolds; Pitman, Harold Minot; Ditmas, Charles Andrew; Forest, Louis Effingham De; Mann, Conklin; Maynard, Arthur S. (1878). The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. p. 155. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
7. Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Volume 2. Lewis Historical Publishing Company. 1915. p. 744. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
8. "Philip Verplanck". exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov. New York State Museum. Retrieved 11 August 2021.