This piece was written by my third cousin, twice removed, Paul Hampton Harty, Jr.
He shares the information regarding Het Bonte Koe - The Spotted Cow, the immigrant ferry that sailed our ancestors to Nieuw Nederalands, what we now call New York.
The Bonte Koe was a Dutch ship used to ferry immigrants from the Nederlands/Holland to the Nieuw Nederlands or what we now call New York. The Bonte Koe sailed from Amsterdam on 16 April 1663 and arrived in Nieuw Amsterdam, Nieuw Nederlands between 11 May 1663 and 17 August 1663. The Captain at that time was Captain Bergen.
**My ancestor is underlined on the manifest. Hans Jacob Sardingh (Hans Jacob Hartje) **
The following were passengers on The Bonte Koe:
Hendrick Cornelius from Nieuw Netherlands
Stees de Groot from Tricht
Elsje Barents - wife of Adam Bremen
Jan Laurens Bogaert from Schonderwoert with wife and two kids.
Theunis Bastiansen Cool and child (Cool should be Kool)
Jan Bastiaensen from Leerdam with wife and four children
Giel Bastiaensen from Leerdam with wife and four children
Gerrit Jans from Arnhem with wife and brother-in-law Arnolders Willems
Joris Adraaiaensen from Leerdam
Peter Matthysen from Limbough
Jan Boerhams or Burham
Barent Boerhams
Lammert Jasen Dorlant
Gerrit Verbeek
Grietje Gerrits wife of Dirck Jansen Van Viet and two children
Adriaen Janse Konink from Wel with wife and four children
Hans Jacob Sardingh (Hans Jacob Hartje)
Juriaen Tomassen
Jan Laurens
Jan Otto Van Tuyl with wife and four children
Matthys Bastiesen Vander Perck and daughter
Jerome Bocke with wife and five children
David Dr Maire or Demarest from Picardy with wife and four children
Pierre Niu with wife and child
Jean Mesurole from Picardy with wife and child
Jean Arien with wife and child
Martin Remare from Picardy with wife and child
Jacob Kerve from Leyden with wife
Joost Houpleine with wife and child
Gulliam Goffu from Sweden
Pierre Richard
The Demarest, Bogaert, and Kool families all married into the Hartje family or families that inter-married with the Hartje family. Het Bonte Koe was 170 feet long, 49 feet wide, and about 20 feet deep. It was not a large ship! 77 passengers plus the crew. They must have taken turns sleeping while the others hug off the yard arms!
Het Bonte Koe made several trips across the ocean with many more settlers throughout the years of its operation and many other ships brought more settlers into Nieuw Netherlands.
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| The Bronte Koe looks exactly like the Half Moon. They are built of the same basic plans. The Half Moon is or was older and probably more ornate but Het Bronte Koe probably had a few more amenities that The Half Moon. Both ships are a flute or a barque ship depending on which Naval expert is taking! |
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| Courtesy of Hendrick-Hamel Holland. The Half Moon Interior. |
Thank you for this information. Jan Laurens Bogaert and his wife are my husband's ancestors. Do you know what became of the Bonte Koe?
ReplyDeleteHi Jeanne, clearly I have not given my blog any attention for years! I do not know what happened to the Bonte Koe but am up to the task of finding out!
DeleteJan Laurens Bogaert and family are also my ancestors.
DeleteHi, My 7x great grandfather Aldert Roosa came on the Bonte Koe in 1660. I am trying to locate a ships passenger list if it exists, tried to contact a Netherland ship yard but they didn't respond. I find this interesting because we are going to Hurley, NY to see a stone house that a Roosa lived in, it was a Tavern in the 1700's called Half Moon Tavern, it could be referencing this ship! Would you know how to find a passenger list? Thanks, Lorie
ReplyDeletehttps://www.geni.com/projects/Bonte-Koe-Spotted-Cow-Passengers-1660/43689
Deletehttps://www.immigrantships.net/v10/1600v10/bontekoe16630416.html
DeleteThe De Bonte Koe - 1660 passenger list has Albert Heymans (ROOSA)listed as:
DeleteAldert Heyman, farmer, from Gelderland, wife and 8 children: 17, 15, 14, 9, 8, 7, 4, 2 yrs old
Here is a passenger list of the De Bonte Koe 1660
http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/nnship22.shtml
Aldert Heymans Roosa is my (11th?) great grandfather. Is your name (still) carried as "Roosa"? My grandmother's maiden name was "Rose" -- I believe it became "Rose", with my 4x great grandfather (Peter Rose).
DeleteDavid Demarest is my oldest paternal relative in the "New World."
ReplyDeleteMine as well
DeleteMy family came over on this ship in 1693. Can’t seem to find the passenger list from that voyage but I have been told that’s when the Oosterhoudts came over. Any info would be appreciated.
ReplyDeleteDoes your cousin have any more information on Bonte-Koe or anything else to do with the Demarest family?
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting this. It’s the best information I’ve ever seen on the ship and passage
Hi Madeleine,
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ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this information. My 10th Great Grandfather, Lubbert Gysbertsen (VanBlarcom) arrived to New York on the Spotted Cow. It's wonderful to see this information!
ReplyDeleteEvidently, my 10th great grandfather was Joorst van d'oblinous from Hooplines with his wife and son. Your information is a great addition to what inbave gathered so far. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteHey that's my ancestor too! My mom's maiden name was O'Bleness, she grew up in Kansas!
DeleteDe Bonte Coe if it is the same ship was sailing between New Amsterdam and the Netherlands as early as 1651. See the Van Lear manuscripts vol. 3 for records of surety bonds for goods shipped in a ship of that name in 1651.
ReplyDeleteJoost Houblaine is actually Joost Van D'Olblinis from Houbline. Tha ks.
ReplyDeleteVery interesting. My ancestors, ie: Pieter Petersen came over on De Bonte Koe. Fascinating!
ReplyDeleteMy ancestor, Meynard Journey came over on the Spotted Cow in April 1663.
ReplyDeleteJan Otten van Tuyl is emigrated 16 april 1663 whit the spotted cow. I Am a descendant of his brocherende. My name is Jacob van Tuijl, The Netherlands
ReplyDelete.My 7th g-grandfather was Pierre Niu with wife and child. The last name was changed over the years and became Noe' I now use that as my middle name. It used to be called Noah. Pronounced Noee or Noa with a long "a".
ReplyDeleteOur ancestors were on one of the voyages. Van Wogleum. I could not find them
ReplyDeleteMy ancestor, Staes de Groot came over in 1663 on the De Bonte Koe.
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