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- The Rev. Johannes Theodorus Polhemus, (1598-1676) who was the first mem ber of the Polhemus family to settle in America, was born in 1598, prob ably at Boikirchen, a small community now vanished, but thought to be n ear the present Wolfstein in Rhenish, Bavaria.
After serving several churches in Brazil for several years (administere d by the Dutch). The Dutch administrations in Brazil, which succeed ed that of Governor Maurice, were inefficient and corrupt. The Por tuguese revolted and the Dutch finally capitulated January 25, 1654s th ey were given three months in which either to depart or to embrace th e Roman Catholic religion and bacome Portuguese citizens. In April 1 654 there was a fleet of sixteen Dutch ships in the harbor of Recif to e vacuate the Dutch Protestants together with a small number of Dutch a nd Portuguese Jews. For some reason Domine Polhemus took a separate sh ip from the one on which his wife and children were quartered. Fifteen o f these vessels arrived safely in Holland including the one bearing hi s wife and four children. If the sixteenth ship conveying the Domine h ad not met with a misadventure, there probably would never have been a P olhemus family in this country. The Dutch ship on which the Reverend J ohannes Theodorus Polhemus left Brazil was captured by a Spanish priva teer not far from Recif. He finally arrived in New Amsterdam and not i n Holland in September 1654 on the French frigate St. Charles.
After 'Domine Polhemus' arrival in America from Brazil, he went to Long I sland to a village called Midwout. There were at that time three Dutch s ettlements on the western end of Long Island called Midwout, Amersfoort , and Breuckelens they later became the villages of Flatbush, Flatlands , and Brooklyn. There he built a church in Flatbush. This church cont inued in use for one hundred years and was served by Domine Polhemus un til his death in 1676 at the age of seventy eight years.
[Belle Polhemus Gaddis, History of the Polhemus Family, Private manuscr ipt - Initial 1962 Rev. 1968 Rev. 1974]
The Rev. Johannes Theodorus Polhemus, (1598-1676) who was the first mem b er of the Polhemus family to settle in America, was born in 1598, prob a bly at Boikirchen, a small community now vanished, but thought to be n e ar the present Wolfstein in Rhenish, Bavaria.
After serving several churches in Brazil for several years (administere d b y the Dutch). The Dutch administrations in Brazil, which succeed ed t hat of Governor Maurice, were inefficient and corrupt. The Por tugu ese revolted and the Dutch finally capitulated January 25, 1654s th ey w ere given three months in which either to depart or to embrace th e R oman Catholic religion and bacome Portuguese citizens. In April 1 65 4 there was a fleet of sixteen Dutch ships in the harbor of Recif to e v acuate the Dutch Protestants together with a small number of Dutch a n d Portuguese Jews. For some reason Domine Polhemus took a separate sh i p from the one on which his wife and children were quartered. Fifteen o f t hese vessels arrived safely in Holland including the one bearing hi s w ife and four children. If the sixteenth ship conveying the Domine h ad n ot met with a misadventure, there probably would never have been a P ol hemus family in this country. The Dutch ship on which the Reverend J o hannes Theodorus Polhemus left Brazil was captured by a Spanish priva t eer not far from Recif. He finally arrived in New Amsterdam and not i n H olland in September 1654 on the French frigate St. Charles.
After 'Domine Polhemus' arrival in America from Brazil, he went to Long I s land to a village called Midwout. There were at that time three Dutch s e ttlements on the western end of Long Island called Midwout, Amersfoort , a nd Breuckelens they later became the villages of Flatbush, Flatlands , a nd Brooklyn. There he built a church in Flatbush. This church cont in ued in use for one hundred years and was served by Domine Polhemus un t il his death in 1676 at the age of seventy eight years.
[Belle Polhemus Gaddis, History of the Polhemus Family, Private manuscr i pt - Initial 1962 Rev. 1968 Rev. 1974]
The Rev. Johannes Theodorus Polhemus, (1598-1676) who was the first mem ber of the Polhemus family to settle in America, was born in 1598, prob ably at Boikirchen, a small community now vanished, but thought to be n ear the present Wolfstein in Rh enish, Bavaria.
After serving several churches in Brazil for several years (administere d by the Dutch). The Dutch administrations in Brazil, which succeed ed that of Governor Maurice, were inefficient and corrupt. The Por tuguese revolted and the Dutc h finally capitulated January 25, 1654s th ey were given three months in which either to depart or to embrace th e Roman Catholic religion and bacome Portuguese citizens. In April 1 654 there was a fleet of sixteen Dutch ships in the harbo r of Recif to e vacuate the Dutch Protestants together with a small number of Dutch a nd Portuguese Jews. For some reason Domine Polhemus took a separate sh ip from the one on which his wife and children were quartered. Fifteen o f these vesse ls arrived safely in Holland including the one bearing hi s wife and four children. If the sixteenth ship conveying the Domine h ad not met with a misadventure, there probably would never have been a P olhemus family in this country. The Dutch s hip on which the Reverend J ohannes Theodorus Polhemus left Brazil was captured by a Spanish priva teer not far from Recif. He finally arrived in New Amsterdam and not i n Holland in September 1654 on the French frigate St. Charles.
After 'Domine Polhemus' arrival in America from Brazil, he went to Long I sland to a village called Midwout. There were at that time three Dutch s ettlements on the western end of Long Island called Midwout, Amersfoort , and Breuckelens they late r became the villages of Flatbush, Flatlands , and Brooklyn. There he built a church in Flatbush. This church cont inued in use for one hundred years and was served by Domine Polhemus un til his death in 1676 at the age of seventy eight years.
[Belle Polhemus Gaddis, History of the Polhemus Family, Private manuscr ipt - Initial 1962 Rev. 1968 Rev. 1974]
The Rev. Johannes Theodorus Polhemus, (1598-1676) who was the first mem b er of the Polhemus family to settle in America, was born in 1598, prob a bly at Boikirchen, a small community now vanished, but thought to be n e ar the present Wolfstein i n Rhenish, Bavaria.
After serving several churches in Brazil for several years (administere d b y the Dutch). The Dutch administrations in Brazil, which succeed ed t hat of Governor Maurice, were inefficient and corrupt. The Por tugu ese revolted and the Dut ch finally capitulated January 25, 1654s th ey w ere given three months in which either to depart or to embrace th e R oman Catholic religion and bacome Portuguese citizens. In April 1 65 4 there was a fleet of sixteen Dutch ships in the har bor of Recif to e v acuate the Dutch Protestants together with a small number of Dutch a n d Portuguese Jews. For some reason Domine Polhemus took a separate sh i p from the one on which his wife and children were quartered. Fifteen o f t hes e vessels arrived safely in Holland including the one bearing hi s w ife and four children. If the sixteenth ship conveying the Domine h ad n ot met with a misadventure, there probably would never have been a P ol hemus family in this country. T he Dutch ship on which the Reverend J o hannes Theodorus Polhemus left Brazil was captured by a Spanish priva t eer not far from Recif. He finally arrived in New Amsterdam and not i n H olland in September 1654 on the French frigate St. Charl es.
After 'Domine Polhemus' arrival in America from Brazil, he went to Long I s land to a village called Midwout. There were at that time three Dutch s e ttlements on the western end of Long Island called Midwout, Amersfoort , a nd Breuckelens they la ter became the villages of Flatbush, Flatlands , a nd Brooklyn. There he built a church in Flatbush. This church cont in ued in use for one hundred years and was served by Domine Polhemus un t il his death in 1676 at the age of seventy eight yea rs.
[Belle Polhemus Gaddis, History of the Polhemus Family, Private manuscr i pt - Initial 1962 Rev. 1968 Rev. 1974]
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Abt 1598 - 1676 (78 years)
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