Over seven years ago in the post of November 14, 2012, I mentioned corrections to "Willem Adriaense Bennet of Brooklyn, N. Y., and Some of His Descendants," published in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, by Wilson V. Ledley beginning with volume 94, number 4 (1962) and ending with volume 95, number 4 (1964). The intention at the time was to follow up with more corrections in posts here on this blog. Well, that didn't happen.
Mike Morrissey, however, has further researched and published a large number of corrections to Ledley's series of articles. They can be found online on his blog, "New Netherland Ancestry," with nine posts dated March 30, 2017. The nine posts each focus on a specific Bennet family and include a genealogical summery reflecting the corrections. Sources are included. This is very professionally done. The work is very good here, and mention of the corrections can be found in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 149 (2018):316 (in Additions and Corrections to Articles in the RECORD). The corrections include the volume and page number from Ledley's articles for each individual being corrected, making it easy to compare the two (the correction and the original) side by side. This is a must reference for Bennet family researchers. There are, unfortunately, a lot of errors in that original publication. Here's list of links to the individual posts:
The Family of Jan3Bennet (Adriaen2, Willem1) (#9) and Femmetje Rapalje
The Family of Adriaen3 Bennet (Adriaen2, Willem1) (#10) and Barbara Vonk
The family of Jacob3Bennet (Adriaen2, Willem1) (#12) and Barbara Verdon
The Family of Isaac3Bennet (Adriaen2, Willem1) (#14) and Magdalena Joosten
The Family of Abraham3Bennet (Adriaen2, Willem1) (#15) and Jannetje Folkerts
The Family Angeniejte3 Bennet (Adriaen2, Willem1) (#16) and Hans Volkerts Van Nostrand
The Family of Jan3 Bennet (Willem2, Willem1) (#20) and Aeltje Wynans
The Family of Willem3Bennet (Willem2, Willem1) (#21) and Arriantje Vandewater
The Family of Jacob3Bennet (Willem2, Willem1) (#22) and Neeltje Beekman
Thank you Mike Morrissey, and my apologies for taking nearly three years to recognize this work!
I must emphasize that if you are using Wilson V. Ledley's published articles in the RECORD, you MUST consult the above pages for the corrections. The two have to be used hand in hand.
In addition, I would recommend exploring Mike's website for other New Netherland families that might be of interest. Many of the families featured in the posts (54 posts to date) are found in Kings County, New York and in New Jersey, two areas where baptismal and marriage records are very incomplete and where very careful research is required. Many of the posts correct previously published accounts (including other articles authored by Wilson V. Ledley) while others feature family summaries that (to my knowledge) are not published elsewhere.
BGB 667
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