one had to take care of his own, prevented anything beneficial being adopted at that time. nevertheless it was resolved that as many Englishmen as were to be got in the country should be enlisted, who were indeed now proposing to depart; the third part of these were to be paid by the commonalty; this promise was made by the commonalty but was not followed by the pay. Burgher In 1657 Abraham became a burgher, and there is no more mention of him in the extant records. Death and burial He died sometime before July 28, 1672. That is the date his wife died, and she was listed as a widow. It is not known where he was buried. Legacy Abraham Pietersen Van Deursen (1607-c1670) was the third great-grandfather of Martin Van Buren (1782–1862), the 8th President of the United States, and ancestor of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) the 32nd President of the United States. Timeline 1607 Baptism in Haarlem, Netherlands on November 11 1624 New Amsterdam established 1627 Marriage to Tryntie Melchiors (1611–1678) in Haarlem on December 7 1636 Emigration from Netherlands 1636 Living on Island of Quentensis in front of Sloops Bay 1638 Working as miller in New Amsterdam 1638 Willem Kieft appointed Director General 1640 The Pig War 1641 Council of 12 chosen on August 29 1642 Council of 12 convened to discuss Indian War on February 18 1642 Colony attacks Native-Americans 1643 Council of 8 convened on September 13 1644 Council of 8 seeks an expanded role in the government on June 18 1644 Council of 8 petitions Amsterdam for relief from Kieft in October 1647 Willem Kieft departs 1647 Peter Stuyvesant appointed 1657 Appointed burgher on April 14 1657 Lance Corporal of Company Second of the Burghers Corps 1664 New Amsterdam under Peter Stuyvesant captured by the British and renamed New York 1664 Abraham and son, Isaac swear allegiance to the King of England in October 1670 (c.) Death of Abraham 1672 Death of his wife on July 28 See also Eight Men Twelve Men Further reading Cornelius Burnham Harvey; Genealogical History of Hudson and Bergen County, New Jersey (1900) Albert Harrison Van Deursen; Van Deursen Family (1912) John Franklin Jameson; Narrative of New Netherland George Olin Zabriskie; Van Deusen-Van Deursen Family George Olin Zabriskie; Founding of New Amsterdam: Fact and Fiction (1977) References External links Van Deursen Family on Geocities (archive copy) John Franklin