The Fulkerson Family Pages
Fulkerson Family Ties of Bob Fulkerson
GUILLAUME (GULEYN) VIGNE and ADRIENNE CUVELIER (1st Generation)
Guillaume Vigne and Adrienne Cuvelier were from Valenciennes - which is now in France, but in those times was part of the war-torn southern Netherlands. Both were born about 1590. They emigrated to Leiden, Holland, probably along with other Walloons seeking refuge from war and persecution, by 1623. The Vignes were among the first 30 French Walloon families the Dutch West India Company sent to establish the New Netherlands colony in North America in 1624. They had three daughters and one son: CHRISTINE, Maria, Rachel and Jan.
DIRCK VOLCKERTSZEN (2nd Generation)
ca. 1600-1678
Dirck Volckertszen De Noorman (AKA Volckerson, Holgersøn, Volckertsen, Volkertszen] was the founder of the Fulkerson families in America. He was born about 1600, possibly near Bergen, Norway. He arrived in America between 1625 and 1630, and died about 1678 in what is now Brooklyn. He was a ship's carpenter when he arrived in the New World. He married Christine Vigne in 1630/31. Information on his offspring is found at The First American Generation.
VOLKERT DIRCKS (3rd generation)
b. 15 Nov 1643 d. in or before 1698
Volkert married Annetje Phillips. She was the daughter of Phillip Langelan, who brought his family from the Netherlands on the ship "Faith" in 1659.
Volkert worked the 200 acres he contracted and later received from his father, from the age of 22. He was assessed taxes for 200 acres in 1683, and sold some of the land in 1685 to Peter Praa. He was listed in village records in 1687, but had died by the time of the census in 1698.
Volkert and Annetje had 10 children, all born in Boswyck. Their surnames retained the patronymic system and Dutch spelling, Volkertsz, Volkertson or Volkerse: Dirck (1667), Neeltje (1669), PHILIP (1670), Nicholas (1672), Grietje (1675), Sara (7 Jan 1680), Lydia (twin, 26 Feb 1682), Machtelt (26 Feb 1682), Rachel (16 Nov 1683), and Rebecca (24 Mar 1686).
