The Fulkerson Family Pages
Jacob Dircks, #7 of 9 of Dirck and Christina
Jacob Dircks was the younger of the two sons born to Dirck Volckertszen De Noorman and Christina Vigne and the seventh of their nine children. Jacob's birth year is thought to have been in 1646, making Jacob about three years younger than his only brother, Volkert.
It appears that Jacob was less successful than his siblings, as his property amounted to about a quarter of what each of the rest had. On the 'Assessment Roll of the Real and Personal Property in Boswyck, made up on the 19th August, 1675' (when he was about 29 years old), he was listed as:
Dierckse, Jabecq: 1 poll, 1 horse, 1 ditto of 3 yrs, 1 cow, 1 sheep, 5 morgans of land...53. 10 pounds
However, a year later he had doubled his land holdings, for on the 'Assessment Roll of Boswyck made up 23 Septemb. 1676' he was recorded as:
Dierckse, Jabecq 1 poll 2 horses 1 do of 1 yr 2 sheep 10 morgans land 65 18
Jacob's appearance on assessment rolls Boswyck in 1683 showed a possible reversal of fortune:
Dirckx, Jacob: 1 poll, 1 horse, 7 morgans of land 44.
His name also showed up on a protest against the salary of Rev. Dominie POLHEMUS. The last record of him was in 1689 when he sold property to his brother's son Dirck:
"17th July, 1st year of William and Mary [1689], Jacob Dirckse by and with consent of Barent Flacxbeeck, Pieter Schaimpe, Jurian Nagel, Hendricus Defforeest, William Aertsen and William Huddleston conveys property in Bushwick to Dirck Folkert."
July 17 1st year of William and Mary, Purchased from Jacob Dirckse land at Bushwick, bounded East South and west by land of widow Folkert."
[Kings Co. Deeds, 1:63-MsRec 264]
It is unknown whether he married. He did not appear on the 1698 census, and the family tree by Chuck Fulkerson indicates he died in the year 1700, at around the age of 54.
Minister Johannes Megapolensis served the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam from 1649 to 1670. It is likely Megapolensis baptized the two youngest children of Dirck Volckertszen De Noorman and Christina Vigne, Araiantne and Jennekin.
Wilhelm Kieft would have been the Dutch Director-General in charge at the time of Jacob's birth. Kieft served as teh sixth Dutch Director-General of the colony of New Netherland from 1597 to 1647. Kieft became infamous for his attacks on the Raritan/Lenape tribes and the subsequent deterioration in relations between colonists and Native Americans that nearly resulted in the destruction of New Netherlands (see Kieft's War). With Bogardus, Kieft perished aboard The Princess, but, along with the ship and all its passengers, was lost at sea in the Bristol Channel, off the coast of Swansea, Wales, enroute to Amsterdam to defend himself against charges stemming from his attacks. Rev. Bogardus, who perished with him on the Princess, was to have testified against him.
