Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church collection
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The Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church collection dates from the period circa 1680 to 1930 and consists of eight original and copied documents relating to the establishment and early activities of the Church in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Historical Note
The Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church was formed in 1654 in the Dutch town of New Amersfoort, one of the six original towns comprising the present-day borough of Brooklyn, and now known as the neighborhood of Flatlands. The Church's first building was erected at a site near the present-day intersection of Kings Highway and East 40th Street, and stood until 1794. As of 2011, the current Church building is the third one to occupy the original site. The building, constructed in 1848, was designated a New York City landmark in 1973.
Source:
- Weinstein, Stephen. "Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church," in The Encyclopedia of New York City, ed. Kenneth T. Jackson (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press; New York: New York Historical Society, c1995), 418.
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The Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church collection dates from the period circa 1680 to 1930 and consists of eight original and copied documents relating to the establishment and early activities of the Church in the 17th and 18th centuries. Documents also concern the affairs of the Church's ministers and parishioners, as well as the Church's connection to the Dutch Reformed churches in the towns of Brooklyn, Bushwick, Flatbush, and New Utrecht. The majority of the documents are written in Dutch, with only a few being accompanied by English translations. Remaining documents are in English. All documents are accompanied by explanatory notes illuminating their contents.
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Open to researchers without restriction.
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Identification of item, date (if known); Flatlands Dutch Reformed Church collection, 1973.106, Box and Folder number; Center for Brooklyn History, Brooklyn Public Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of the Kings County Historical Society, 1941.
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Amersfoort, 1663; 1930
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This folder contains a copy of a petition of the inhabitants of Amersfoort (Flatlands) to Director General Petrus Stuyvesant and his Council of New Netherland, asking aid in building a church in their town, dates at Amersfoort, June 4, 1663, written and signed by Adriaen Hegeman, along with an English translation from 1930.
Petition to the Court of Sessions, circa 1680, inclusive
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This folder includes an original document: a complaint of the representatives of the Dutch churches of Long Island against Jan Gerritsen van Marcken, signed by Domine Casparus van Zuuren and four elders. It is accompanied by an English translation.
Quuren, 1682
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Original document of proposals made by Domine Casparus van Quuren to the Church at Amersfoort (Flatlands), September 7, 1682, regarding the support of the ministry. There is no accompanying translation.
Midwout and Breukelen, 1702; 1708
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This folder contains an original document: an inquiry by the consistory of the Church at Nieur Amersfoort as to whether a minister should be called, in conjunction with the churches Midwout and Breukelen, and whether the Church at Nieuw Utrecht should be separated from them. Dated June 3, 1702. Signed by two elders and nineteen others. Attested on April 23, 1708, by Henry Filkin.
Rutgert van Brunt, 1714
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This folder contains an original document: a certified copy by Rutgert van Brunt of a declaration of the authorized representative of the six churches of Midwout, Breukelen, Amersfoort, Nieuw Utrecht, Boswijck, and Nieur Jamaico, in regard to apportionment of subscriptions to be made by the said churches, respectively, toward the salaries of thier ministers, Domines Antonides and Freeman, and relating to the rotation of services in the respective churches, done at Midwout on December 27, 1714.
Antonides, circa 1725, inclusive
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This folder contais an original document: a letter to the Consistory of the Church at Nieuw Amersfoort (Flatlands) in regard to repairs to Domine Vincentius Antonides' parsonage at Flatbush.
Notice to Wilhelmus Stoothoff, October 26, 1746
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This folder contains an original document: A notice from Johannes Lott to Wilhelmus Stoothoff requesting that he come to a meeting at the parsonage of Domine Arondeus.
Stoothoff, 1828
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This folder includes an original document: a certified copy by John Terhune, September 27, 1828, of an instrument of Wilhelmus Stoothoff of September 17, 1747, regarding the conveyance of land by the heirs of Elbert Stoothoff to the Dutch Church at Flatlands.
