---------- > From: Andrew A. Hendricks, M. D. <DrH@carolina.net> > To: Dutch-Colonies@rootsweb.com. > Cc: HENDRICKS-L@rootsweb.com; NJOCEAN@rootsweb.com; NJMONMOU-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: HENDRICKS AND HENDRICKSON FAMILIES OF MONMOUTH COUNTY, NJ > Date: Sunday, January 24, 1999 5:13 PM > > I am preparing a manuscript for the first FAMILY REUNION of the > HENDRICKS AND HENDRICKSON families of Monmouth County, New Jersey. > Information about this reunion is contained in a separate e-mail. The > Reunion is scheduled for Friday June 11th through Sunday June 13th, 1999 at > Old Brick Church in Marlboro, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Old Brick > Church is celebrating her 300th anniversary this year. Since the Hendricks > and Hendrickson families helped found this church, it seems appropriate to > try to get the family together on this occasion. > > I thought members of this list and related lists might be interested in > the first page of my manuscript on the Hendricks and Hendrickson families. > My manuscript presently numbers over 80 pages and will be handed out at the > family reunion. So, if you are related, you HAVE TO COME TO THE REUNION!! > Due to space considerations at the church and their reception hall, we > are limited to 150 people. > > "There has been much speculation as the identity of the original immigrant > who founded the Hendricks and Hendrickson families of Monmouth County, NJ. > Family tradition has been that he was among the earliest settlers in New > Netherland. Several authors have proposed different theories as to his > identity. > > (1) George C. Beekman in "Early Dutch Settelrs of Monmouth county, New > Jersey" (Freehold, NJ: > Moreau Brothers, 1901, page 121) attributed the family origin to Hendrick > Hendrickson who was living in Monmouth County, NJ in the 1690s. > > (2) Francis B. Lee in "Genealogical and Memorial History of New Jersey" > (1910, Volume 4, pages 1479-1483) created a fanciful ancestry through > Hendrick Hendrickson who emigrated on de Rooseboom in 1663. This erroneous > history was repeated in the Genealogical Notes section of "The History of > Tennent Church" by Reverend Frank R. Symmes (Cranbury, NJ: George W. > Burroughs, Printer, 1904, page 452-454). > > (3) Andrew J. Provost, Jr. in "The Hendrickson Family of Long Island, NY" > (1943, pp 6-7) suggested a line of descent from Jacob Hendricks and Geese > Bartels of Kings County, Long Island, NY. Each of these conflicting > histories contain contain an element of truth. > > A scholarly study by Henry B. Hoff in the "New York Genealogical and > Biographical Record" 106: 1-3, 1975) traced the true family origin from > Hendrick Willemsz. The > transformation of the name "Willemsz" to "Hendricks" requires a knowledge > of the customs of the period. Surnames like "Hendricks" originated for the > purpose of more specific identification around 1000 AD. The primary > sources for most surnames were the family occupation, location, personal > characteristics, or father's name. The name "Hendricks" is patronymical in > origin and derives from the > Dutch, German, and Scandinavian customs of adding -sz, -s, -se, -zoon, or > -sen to the father's name to designate "son of" or "daughter of". In this > manner, the name Hendrick Willemsz means "Hendrick, the son of William". > > The first names of the first two sons and daughters were also determined > by a system of patronymics especially among the Dutch. The first son was > named after his paternal grandfather and the second son after his maternal > grandfather. In contrast, the first daughter was named after her maternal > grandmother and the second daughter after her paternal grandmother. For > example, the first born son of Hendrick Willemsz was named "William > Hendricks"; "William" after his paternal grandfather and "Hendricks(z) as > he was the "son of Hendrick". > > Family surnames were spelled in many different ways and most people with > the name Hendricks or Hendrickson are probably not directly related to > each other. "Hendrik" is probably the more correct Dutch spelling. After > the British conquest of New Netherland (i.e. the mid-Atlantic states) in > 1664, many of these family surnames like Hendricks and Hendrickson were > adopted by successive generations of each family (so-called "frozen > patronymics"). The name "Hendricks" appears in many different forms from > Hendrik and Hendriks (Dutch); Heinrich, Hendricks, Hendrix, Hanke, Hankes, > Heinz, Heintz, Heins (German); Henricksen and Hendricksen (Scandinavian); > Henri and Herriot (French); Henrici and Ricc (Italian); Jindra (Czech); and > Enriquez (Spanish)." > > > >