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He signed his name Albert Albertse.
Immigrant ancestor of the Terhunes of New Amsterdam, Flatlands Long Island, and later Bergen County, East New Jersey. The first record we have of the immigrant is in New Amsterdam, on February 16, 1654, when Wolfret Webber brought a suit against Albert Albertse in the burgomasters and schepens court for services of hisson, hired by Albertse. He was recorded as a "lientwever" (ribbonweaver), when he first came to New Amsterdam, and attempted to carryon his trade in the Dutch city. He next appears in 1657 as having rented and cultivated a farm on the Nyack (Najack) tract in New Utrecht, Long Island, owned by Conelius Van Werckhoven and held for the heirs of the estate of Jaques Cortelyou. He evidently built a rude home. This home after the custom of the early Dutch farmers,consisted of a dugout cellar covered by a heavy thatch of rye straw. A nearby spring was the source of fresh water. From such a house that the Director General and Council of New Amsterdam forced the farmers to leave, after they had either destroyed or unroofed them. He moved his family for safety from the Indians, into the village of New Utrecht, where all isolated settlers were gathered for mutual protection.
This "Garrison Village", as they were called in New England was built in 1660, but not until great opposition on the part of the disturbed farmers, had been overcome by force of law. It is recorded of Albert Albertse that he was fined fifty guilders by the Director General and Council of New Amsterdam for non-conformity with the orders of the government. When he refused to pay he was imprisoned until he agreed to join in the erection of the village of New Utrecht. He became the owner of one of the first twelve houses built in the village, which shows that he was not only a tardy or rebellious settler. The same year he became a land owner by purchasing fifty acres of land from Jacob Van Couwenhoven in the village of Flatlands.
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Abt 1623 - Bef 1685 (< 62 years)