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View Tree for Jacobus SchellingerJacobus Schellinger (b. Abt. 1625, d. Jun 17, 1693)

Jacobus Schellinger (son of Daniel Schellinks and Constantia van Rijssen) was born Abt. 1625 in Amsterdam, Holland459, and died Jun 17, 1693 in East Hampton, NY459. He married Cornelia Melyn on Apr 07, 1653459, daughter of Cornlis Melyn and Jannetje Van Myert.

 Includes NotesNotes for Jacobus Schellinger:
Old East Hampton was almost purely an English settlement, but for three Holland Dutch names, Schellinger (spelled "Schellinx" or "Scallenger" etc. - thirty different versions have been found in old deeds), Loper and Van Scoy.

Jacobus Schellinger, born in Amsterdam, Holland in 1625 of a family of wealth and position, came to Nieuw Amsterdam (New York) about 1652 as agent for his uncle, an Amsterdam merchant. In 1653 he married Cornelia, daughter of Cornelis Melyn, Patroon of Staten Island and at one time President of the Council of Nieuw Amsterdam, and widow of Captain Jacobus Loper. Their marriage was recorded at the Old Dutch Church on April 7, 1653.

Jacobus and Cornelia Schellinger continued to live in Nieuw Amsterdam or on Staten Island for twelve or thirteen years after their marriage. In March, 1653, he was assessed 200 guilders when the Dutch were preparing defense against the British; the money was used to construct earthworks topped by a palisade along the northerly side of what is now Wall Street, from the East River to the site of Trinity Church; it may be Schellingers were living on Staten Island when there were Indian troubles and their house was burned. Conquest of the New Netherlands by the British in 1664 put an end to trade between Holland and this colony. Jacobus with his wife and children and step-son James Loper, mover to East Hampton to retrieve his fortunes in the "Whale designe." He arrived here probably 1664, and certainly before October 2, 1667, for he is mentioned in a deed of the latter date. His house lot was the original home lot of Andrew Miller. Through his granddaughter Rachel (daughter of Abraham) who married David Gardiner of Gardiner's Island on April 15, 1712/13, the property went into the Gardiner family and remained there until it was sold to Lawrence Baker in the 1940's.

The "whale designe" prospered. Quoting from "Whale Off!" by Everett J. Edwards and Jeannette Edwards Rattray: "The Dutch led the world in whaling in 1625; it was not until after 1750 that their supremacy began to wane and England took the upper hand. Young Loper (James) and his stepfather -- the only two Dutchman then in the English colony of East Hampton -- took to the whaling industry then flourishing there like ducks to water. They formed a whaling company, employing Indians and early Town records are full of their activities. Their fame spread - - - " The book goes on to tell how James Loper, in 1672, was invited to settle in Nantucket and teach the Nantucketers how to whale. Loper did not settle there but research seems to indicate that he did go for a time. Jacobus Schellinger & Co. were given a permit to kill whales off East Hampton November 18, 1675; they had already been employing Indian crews for eight or nine years.

After the death of Jacobus Schellinger on June 17, 1693, letters were written to his widow in East Hampton regarding the settlement of the estate of his brother Daniel. The joint will of Daniel Schellinks and Constantia van Rijssen his wife, of Amsterdam, Holland, dated May 17, 1698 is in the New York State Library, also copies of three letters written 1704, 1705 and 1706 by an Amsterdam notary to Cornelia Melyn Loper Schellinger.




More About Jacobus Schellinger and Cornelia Melyn:
Marriage: Apr 07, 1653459

Children of Jacobus Schellinger and Cornelia Melyn are:
  1. +Catherine Schellinger, b. Apr 09, 1656, Nieuw, Amsterdam459, d. May 14, 1722, East Hampton, NY.
  2. +Jacob Schellinger, b. 1666, East Hampton, NY460, d. Jan 28, 1712/13.
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