Major Abraham Staats

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Major Abraham Staats or Abram Staes (Amsterdam January 19, 1620 (baptized)– New York ca. 1694) was one of the first settlers of the New Netherland colonies. He emigrated to Beverwijck (Albany) in 1642 and is the founder of the Staats family in New Amsterdam and the early American colonies. Abram was the son of Isaac Staes and Sarah Lauwers. (Originated from Antwerp) Abram married January 26, 1642 in Amsterdam to Trijntje Jochems, daughter of the WIC captain Jochem Gijsen and Trijntje Gerrits. Abram (and maybe also Trijntje) travelled to New York on board of the "Houttuijn" in 1642. Abraham was employed as a surgeon in the New Netherland by the Van Rensselaer family.^[1]

His name is given to some early place names in the Hudson Valley, such as Staats Island, Staats Point (on the Hudson), and Abram Staats Kill (Creek). The Abraham Staats house, which he built, is currently the oldest home in Columbia County.^[2]

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