Isaac Ammerman Descendants

I have been researching the Ammerman family for more than 30 years.
The following information is true to the best of my knowledge. If anyone has
additional information, or finds errors here, I would welcome your input.

In making an educated guess, I believe the Isaac Ammerman I show here was a descendant
of Dirck Jansz Amerman, the first known Amerman in America. However, I do NOT have
definitive proof of this, so again...it is only an educated guess, based on dates and locations.
Therefore, I have shown Isaac Ammerman as my oldest known ancestor. If I ever find the
elusive link to Dirck's family, I will update the following information accordingly.

The information shown below, on Dirck Jansz Amerman, is readily available on the Internet, and
is deemed correct by other Ammerman family researchers.

The earliest Ammerman to arrive in America was Dirck Jansz Amerman.
(Note that he spelled his name with one "m". Also, his name is sometimes
found spelled Dirck Janzen Amerman. Multiple spellings are common in old records.)

Dirck had no birth or baptismal record, but it is believed he was born in the 1640's in Holland.
He came to America about 1650. Researchers are not sure how he got here, but they do
know that he shows up on a list of those swearing allegiance to the British Crown in 1687. On
that list it is recorded that he had been in the province 37 years. He settled in Flatlands, NY,
and was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church there, serving as deacon in 1682 and elder
in 1703. He married in 1665 to Aetlje Van Der Beek, and they had 12 children.

Other Ammerman family historians have found that he was the first man to run a ferry from what
is now Brooklyn to Manhattan. In June 1694 he and his wife sold their farm "in the township of
Amesford or “Flatlands” to Hendrick Wyckoff, in exchange for other lands, and thereafter his
name was seen in connection with numerous land transfers. In 1689 Dirck was commissioned
an Ensign in the Kings County military company, and in 1690 promoted to Captain, commanding
a foot company in the Canada expedition of 1691.

In 1704 he was known as a “fisherman", and he and others of Flatlands gave bonds to the Town
of Jamaica not to fish there. Dirck, died sometime in 1723-1724 in Flatlands, Kings County, NY.

To protect the privacy of my living relatives, I have used
the word private in place of personal information.