Coldengham, New York
Store of Cadwallader Colden, Jr.
Van Wien [Van Weyen]
The daughter of the widow Catherine Van Wien [Van Weyen] purchased three-quarter yard of Buckram at the Colden Store on this day, 250 years-ago. The purchase was debited against account #205, which had been the account of Henry Van Wien, but was now titled as the account of Widow Catherine Van Wien. Buckram was "a coarse linen cloth, stiffened with glue, used in garments to keep them in the form intended [bonnets], and for wrappers to cover cloths, and other merchandize." (1828 edition of Webster's Dictionary.)
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This article is one in a series of a daily accountings of Colden Store transactions. Be sure you read the first installment for an introduction to the store. You should also read this article which appeared in the Journal of the Orange County Historical Society.
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The Van Wien surname appeared seventeen times in the DayBook. On eleven of those occasions the given name was 'Henry.' Henry may have been ill because he was almost always represented by others at the store including 'his son', 'his wife' [Catherine], [his] 'daughter', 'Kain', John Graham, and Jacob Roose Junr. He had a son by the same name as 'Henry Van Wien Jun' picked up items on Robert Graham's account.
Henry Van Wien appeared to pass away in early June of 1768. On May 28, 1768, John Graham picked up some items on Van Wien's account (#205). Four weeks later, on June 23, 1768, Catherine Van Wien purchased items at the store 'for her husband's funeral.' They included ten gallons of Rum, twenty-eight pounds of Sugar, Cinnamon, Allspice, and a Gross of Pipes. These items were similar to those purchased for the McCay funeral.
A will for Hendrick Van Weyen of Shawangunk exists. New York Probate Records, 1629-1971/Ulster/Wills 1787-1795 Vol A p 155 at FamilySearch.com It mentions his wife Catharina Schoonmaker, his son Hendrick, and his two daughters (not by name). Strangely, it is signed July 15, 1768, weeks after the funeral purchases. Did she buy funeral supplies prior to the fact, or is one of the dates incorrect?
On September 10th, just three days prior to this purchase of Buchram, several items were purchased on account #205 which was now titled 'The Estate [of] Henry Van Wien.' The items were nothing extraordinary: fabric, thread, Indigo, Pepper, and Nails.
Public genealogies exist for Henry Van Weyen (most with questionable accuracy). This is the spelling used on the roles of the Shawangunk Dutch Reformed Church and in his will, but never in the DayBook
A 'Henry Vanwigan' appeared in the 1779 tax assessment for Shawangunk. Undoubtedly this is Henry Jr. He also appears in the 1790 U.S. census as Henry Van Wye.
Sadly, the patriarch, whose orphaned daughter shopped in the Colden Store on this date, did not live to see his son and daughter marry in the next two years. His daughter Catharina married John Daily [Dayly, Daley] on January 4, 1769 and his son Henrik Jr. married Sarah Rosa on December 13, 1770. (Records of the Shawangunk Dutch Reformed Church)
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