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Name |
Judith VARLETH |
Birth |
Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands |
Gender |
Female |
Name |
Judith "Judy" VARLETH |
Notes |
- (1) Purple, Edwin R., Contributions to the History of Ancient Families of New Amsterdam and New York, New York, NY: privately printed, 1881, pp. 111-112:
JUDITH VARLETH, born in Amsterdam, was probably the youngest daughter of Casper and Judith Varleth. She resided for some time with her parents at Hartford, Conn., and in 1662 was imprisoned there on a "pretended accusation of witchery." In that year Ann, daughter of John Cole, "who lived near a Dutch family" at Hartford, "was seized in a strange manner with Fits wherein her Tongue was improved by a Demon," &c., who confounded her language, so that she "made Uterances in Dutch of which Language she knew Nothing." It was probably in this case the accusation of witchery was made against Judith Varleth. Through the interposition of Gov. Stuyvesant she escaped her peril, and it is related "that as soon as the suspected Witches were executed or fled Mrs. Cole was restored to Health." In happier hour, says the not always prosaic Mr. Savage, Judith Varleth's power of fascination was sufficient to ensure her marriage with NICHOLAS BAYARD, one of the patrician families of the neighboring province of New York. She married May 23, 1666, in New York, Nicholas, son of Samuel Bayard and Anna Stuyvesant, born at Alphen, in Holland, who accompanied his widowed mother and uncle, Gov. Petrus Stuyvesant, to New Netherland in May, 1647. In 1654 he was Clerk in the Secretary's office at New Amsterdam, and possessing, with other scholarly attainments, a knowledge of the English language, was appointed, July 1, 1657, English Secretary, and August 16, 1663, was made Commissary of Imports and Exports, vice Jacob Sam, who had returned to Holland. In August, 1673, he was commissioned Secretary of the Province, and, on the 20th of September following, Receiver-General. He was Mayor of New York in 1685, and for many years a prominent member of the Legislative Council. As the "Dutch head of the English party," he was among the most active of Leisler's opponents, and was imprisoned in the Fort by Leisler's orders for more than a year. Upon the arrival of Gov. Sloughter in New York, he was foremost in urging Leisler's execution. He was tried and condemned to death for high treason in March, 1701; but this judgment was reversed by Act of the Legislature during Lord Cornbury's administration. While ostensibly a brewer by occupation, he was from early youth an office-holder, and essentially a politician, with all the name implies. He died in 1709, leaving a large estate to his widow and only son Samuel; and it may be regarded as a fitting commentary upon the slackness of genealogical and biographical investigations in New York, that among his numerous and respectable descendants, male and female, the biography of a man who filled so large a space in the early history of the Colony remains unwritten. His will is dated May 9, 1707, in which he styles himself "of the city of New York Merchant," and names only his wife Judy, and son Samuel, whom he makes executors of his estate.
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Person ID |
I20794 |
Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families |
Last Modified |
26 Mar 2024 |
Family |
Nicholas BAYARD, b. Alphen aan den Rijn, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. Aft 9 May 1709, New York City, New York County, NY |
Marriage |
23 May 1666 |
New York City, New York County, NY |
Children |
| 1. Samuel BAYARD, b. Bef 5 Sep 1669 d. Bef 1 May 1746, New York City, New York County, NY (Age < 76 years) |
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Family ID |
F9216 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
26 Mar 2024 |
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