Notes:

Abraham Lakerman.1 is the son of Abraham Lacreman, b1660 in Leydon, Holland, & Catherine Crocheron.

Executor, Legal Work:
. 1697 Oct 12 - Benjamin Fletch, Governor, Know ye at at New York, the WILL of John Lacuna was proven & Peter Lacuna & Abraham Lockerman, Wakeman are confirmed as Executors.
Ref: Staten Island Wills & Letters of Administration, Richmond County, New York, Liber 5-6:198.

. 1697 Oct 2 - John LeConte, Richmond Co. being in good health.
to daughter Susannah, all my estate, after the death of my wife Hester Leconte or when she shall marry again,
If Hester should remarry before my daughter comes of age, she is to have £20. But if she do not remarry, than she shall enjoy the use of all the estate, till my 6 daughters come of age.
If Susannah should die, the estate is to go to Peter & Wm. Lucent.
Executors: Brother Peter Leconte & his friend Abraham Lockerman, Wakeman.
Buried my body in the garden by my own house.
Richmond County, New York, Liber 5-6:199.
Peter Le Counte, Staten Isl. wife Margaret, use of all estate,
son John LeConte £50 & 2 lots of & meadow.
Executors Jacob Garriot, & Abraham Lockman.
Ref: Richmond County, New York, Liber 7:159.

. 1724 Dec 20 - WILL of Isaac Van Tuyn, in the name of God, Amen. I, ISAAC VAN TUYL, of Richmond County, Gentleman, being very sick. I leave to my eldest son, Isaac, or such of my sons as shall be the eldest at my decease, one Golden Pistole, in full of all presence as Heir-at-Law.
I leave to my wife Sarah, full power to dispose of all estate, during her widowhood, but if she marries, she is to have this power in conjunction with my executors.
I leave to my son Isaac, ?50. To my sons, Abraham & John, ?30each. After the above four sums be taken, which amount to ?111, 8s., all the rest is to be divided among all my children, Isaac, Abraham, John, Catharine, & Gertruy.
My wife is to have her maintenance during her life.
Executors: I make my wife & Abraham Lakerman, & Abraham Van Tuyl, Gentlemen.

. 1734 WILL of Abraham Lakerman devised £100 to daughter Catharine, wife of John Morgan, Richmond County. [John Morton, b 1652, Constable & Surveyor 1704.- - -

Birth:
1682 Verify

Abraham married Sarah JONES on 24 May 1738 in Staten Island, New York City, New York. Sarah was born in 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Abraham LAKERMAN, The 4th, U.E. was born in 1740 in Fresh Kills, Richmond, NYC; died in 1776 in Richmond, Staten Island, New York.

Notes:

Abraham is the son of Esther Castle, & Louis Laqueman, b 1634, Netherland. (Anne DeSanchoy, b 1638 France, was the second wife of Louis Laqueman).

. Louis Lacqueman, in company with Isaac Vermilje (Vermeille), Nicholas DuPuis, Gideon Merlett, Jean le Conseille, & others, reached Manhattan, early in 1663, via the Delaware River. These Walloons had lived at Leyden, Holland.
Louis Lacqueman brought a wife, Anna du Sauchoy, & 3 children, but had also a son, Jacob, born 1664, besides other children, by a second wife, Maria Walters. 2 of the children that came over with him were Abraham & Peter, who afterwards got grants upon Staten Island, but Peter Lakeman removed to New York, in 1698, when he married the widow Jannetie Stavast.
The wife of Louis Lacqueman, Anna du Sauchoy, united with the church at New Amsterdam, April 1, 1663.
Ref: Early Annals of Harlem, New York City, James Rider, 2008

. 1684 he inherited land from his father Gouvert Lakerman, b 1616-1684.
He built Lakerman Cortelyou House on Richmond Rd, Staten Island.
. 1734 Mar 25 - WILL of Abraham makes no mention of a daughter named Sarah, though it does name a daughter Mary who may be the Maria that was godmother to Sarah's daughter Catherine in 1709.

Govert Loockermans:
. 1670 Jul 13 Memorandum Gov. Nicols & Lovelace: Commissions to be issued to be Lieutenant, Govert Loockermans, Stephanus Van Cortland, ensign of a company at New York, p106.
. 1672 Jul 2, Bill against the estate of the late Govert Lockermans, p131 Gov. Nicholls & Lovelace.
. 1674 Mar 19 Deed Maretie, Widow of Govert Loockermans, Balthazard Bayard, Hans Kierstede with Johanmnes dePeyester & Oloff Stevenson van Cortland, guardians of Jacob Loockermans, heirs of said Govert Loockermans,
to Roclof Martense Schenck of a bouwera at Amersfoort, Long Isl., containing 200 acres; also 1 lot in the village aforesaid, 2 valley lots at Canuressingh, 1 lot on Vriesenhook, one lot on Varcken's hook, 1 lot on Bestrvaer's island, 2 longs in the hear of the land in the Great Valley, with buildings thereon, pg 12-433.
. 1677 Jan 12. Gov. Andros deed, to Marretje Loockermans to Joh Shackerly, lot of sound in NY, p15.
. 1679 Dec - Draft of patents to Francois Martin, Luis Packman.
1684 Feb 7, Gov. Dogan, Order appointing persons to examine condition of the estate of Govert Loockermans, deceased, p 111.
Ref: Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, NY, Edmund B O'Callaghan, 1866.

. 1680 - Abraham Lakeman petitioned for land on the south side of the Fresh Kill, on Staten Island.
. 1683 Mar 18 - Peter Lockerman of Staten Island made an agreement with George Cumins & Abraham Lockerman,
both of Staten Island, in which Lewis Lakerman, late of Staten Island, deceased, "father of the parties to the present indenture, had in his lifetime desired his property to be divided equally between them, said Peter Lockerman agreed to divide the estate in 3 equal parts.
. 1693 - He was among the Justices of the County of Richmond.
Ref: Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of NY, 1854.
. 1693 A patent for piece of land on Stattetn Island at Great Kill, granted to Wm. Stilwell: Wm. Stillwell sold this tyrant of land & Abraham Lkeman stood seized of it through several mens conveyances & petitioned for a confirmation of his title hick was granted 1693 Dec, 1693.
Ref: History of Lieut. Nichlas Stillwell.
. 1694 Sept 12 - He received a grant of 80 acres on the northwest side of Staten Island at an annual rent of one bushel of wheat.

. 1695 Nov 21, Petition to Gov. Fletcher. Jacob Lockerman, for letters of administration on the estate of Govert Lockerman, his father, p93.
Ref: Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, NY, Edmund B O'Callaghan, 1866.

. 1701 - Freeholder on Staten Island.

. 1697 Aug 19 - To Governor Fletcher, Petition of Abraham Lakeman, for a patent for a lot of ground in NY City., p 105.
1693 To Gov. Fletcher, Petition Abraham Lakeman of Staten island, for a confirmation of a grant of 78 acres of land unsaid island, with deduction of title, p 36.
. 1703 Oct 19, To. Gov. Cornsbury. Petition Abraham Lakeman, guardian & curator of Susanna LeConte, for confirmation of a certain grant of land. p84. Gov. Consbury.
. 1703 Nov 29 - Deimus potentates. Abraham Lakeman & John Stillwell to all civil & military officers thin the Richmond Co., the oath of a allegiance & supremacy, signed by Mr Clarke, Secretary, p107.
. 1706 Sept 17. Report to Gov. Cornsubry. Ellis Duxbury, John Stilwell, Abraham Lakeman & Ephraim Taylor, Justices of Peace, Richmond Co., on Petition Jacob Galliot in relation to a road to the church of which said Galiot is the clerk, p 164.
. 1707 Feb 12 - Order. Capt. Abraham Lakeman to appear before Governor Conbury, P 11. v LII.
. 1722 Nov 29. To Gov. Burnet. Petition Gerret Veght, Abraham Lakeman, Christian Corsin & others, Staten Island inhabitants, objecting agains grants of land to low water, by which they should be debarred from the use of the beaches, p 29.

. 1704 - Justice of Peace. Volume I, New York Historical Society.
. Abraham Lakerman, gentleman, executor to the WILL of Isaac Van Tuyl, Gentleman of Richmond County.
Ref: Pre-Revolutionary Dutch Houses & Families in Northern New Jersey & Southern NJ, as recorded in: Crocheron Family of Staten Island, NY.

. 1720 May 1 - Witness: Baptism Catherine VanTuyl.
Ref: NY Church Record 1749-1828, Staten Island.

. 1734 Mar 24. WILL: In the name of God, Amen, I, Abraham Lakermans, of the County of Richmond, Gentleman, being very sick.
After the payment of debts & funeral charges, I give & devise my farm or plantation whereon I now live at Old Town, in said County,
- to my 3 daughters, Hester, wife of Nicholas Lazelier, Catharine, wife of John Morgan, & Elizabeth, wife of John Vandeventer, all of Richmond County.
I also leave to each of them Guilders 100. My executors are to sell at a publick vendue, my 2 dwelling houses in New York, one fronting Wall street, & now in tenure of James Searle; & the other on Dock street, now in tenure of Sharmin Goldsmith, with the lots;
And also my grist mill & lot on the Great Kill, Richmond Co.;
& also my woodland in said County between the Fresh Kill lots, & the land formerly of William Barker.
My personal estate is also to be sold at a public vendue. If any of my SLAVES prove stubborn, or obstinate, or disobedient, they are to be sold by my executors.
And whereas I am bound that my wife Anje shall have Guilders 100, & a negro girl Beth, the said girl is to be delivered to her.
Out of the remainder of my estate,
my son Jacob, & my daughter Mary, wife ( or widow), of Nicholas Matisen, shall be provided for with reasonable dwelling, meat, drink, washing, lodging, & apparell, during their lives. After their decease, all my estate is to be divided among my children in such proportions as my executors may think proper.
Executors: I appoint my trusty & well-beloved friends, Gosen Adrians, of Richmond County, & Rem Vanderbeek, of New York, Gent., & Jaques Cortelyou, Sr., of New Utrecht, in Kings County,
& my 3 sons-in-law, Nicholas Lazelier, John Morgan & John Vandeventer Gent., of Richmond County, my executors.
Witnesses, Jacob Bergen, Nicholas Stillwell, Samuel Thurston.
Proved 23 April 1734.
Ref: NY Abstracts of Wills, XII:144-5. - - -

Died:
d. Staten Isl. Date of Will

Abraham married Catherine CROCHERON in 1677 in New Amsterdam, New York. Catherine was born in 1656 in Zele, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium; died in Apr 1734 in New Amsterdam, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Catherine is the daughter of Marie (Mary) & Jean Crocheron, b 1610 Belgium.

Birth:
(i.e. East Flanders).

Died:
Staten Island, Richmond, NY.

Notes:

Married:
Estimate 1682 ref chid Katherine Crocheron.