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Adrian Aten
9/4/1695 - 1757
Adrian Aten was born on September 4, 1695 in Long Island, New York and died about 1757 somewhere in Pennsylvania. He lived to be 61 years old.

His parents were Thomas & Elsje Schillman Aten. He married Jacobje Middaugh. Jacobje was born in Hunterdon Co., NJ, to Derick Middagh and Katalyntje Van Neste and was baptized Oct.24,1693.

The Atens come from the Netherlands, Provinces of Utrecht, Holland. Adrian's Grandfather, Adrian Hendricks Aten, crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1651. He settled in Flatbush, Long Island (now apart of Brooklyn, New York) where he married Elizabeth Lysbet Thomas and was the Constable of Flatbush.

Adrian and Jacobje children:
Antje "Ann" Aten (8/25/1719) married Nicholas Schamp
Dirck “Richard D.” Aten (8/22/1721) married Judick Van Fleet
Hendrick “Henry M.” Aten(9/ 3 /1723)
Catholyne Aten(1/27/1725)never married
Maritje “Mary” Aten(1/15/ 1727) married William Van Fleet Sr.
Cathalyntje(7/29 /1730) married A.M. Insley
Jan “John” Aten (12/22 /1732) married Elizabeth Bodine
Gerradus “Gerrit” Aten (12/22/ 1732)
Judick “Jude” Aten(7/ 9/ 1735)married Joseph Morehead
Adrian “Aaron” Aten(11/ 7/ 1737)married Elizabeth
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Other Amwell Township NJ (Hunterdon County)  
1728-9 -March 9: John Low, of Amwell Township, Hunterdon Co.; will of. Wife Yanaca. Children--Lawrence, Gysbert, Benjamin, Cornelius, Tunis, Marica, Minar and Winca. Real and personal estate. Executors--brothers Albert and Cornelius Low. Witnesses--Adriyan Oten (Aten), Peter van Este, John Reading. Proved May 30, 1729. Lib. 3, p. 48
May 31,1729 - Inventory of the personal estate, 87.5.6; made by Adriyan Aten and Peter van Este.
Oct.7, 1729 - John Low of Penn's Neck, Salem Co. Inventory of Calendar of Wills.- 299  
Other11/12/1775 PA (Northampton County) 18 yrs after death 
Name as it appears: Jacobje Aten, Name as later spelled: Jacobje Middagh Aten, Wife/Spouse: Adrian Aten, Date of will or inventory:Nov. 12, 1775, County, state: Mount Bethel Twp., Northampton Co., PA, Family named: son Dirck; daughters Antie, Mary, Catholine & Judick; sons Garret, John, Hendrick, Adrian Probable Lineage: AHA> Thomas> Adrian, husband of Jacobje
Burial location: Executors: my brother Peter Middagh and my son Adriaen Aten
Division made: “to be divided amongst all my sons & daughters equally, that is to say to my son Dirck, one equal share, the Heirs of my sone Hendrick deceased one full share to be equally divided amongst them, my son John Aten, one equal share, and my son Gerret Aten one equal share, & Adreaen Aten one equal share & each of my daughters (& the heirs of her body) before named one equal share each, excepting the share of my daughter Catholine which I will shall after my decease be put out on interest by my said executors, & the interest arising therefrom to be paid------------------ to be paid yearly, and every year unto my said daughter Catholine by my executors & after her decease, to the heirs of her body Lawfully begotten, or to be begotten & in Default of such, I leave then to my surviving sons and daughters to share and share alike.” 
Other1/1/1795 Long Island NY  38 yrs after death 
Adrian Aten was baptized on September 4,1695 

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57 1752 Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar on 9/14/1752.
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54 1749 Laws in GA prohibiting the importation of slaves are rescinded. Georgia planters were hiring SC slaves for life and even openly purchasing slaves at the dock in Savannah.
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5 1700 By the early 1700's, Virginia and Maryland have established a strong economic and social structure. The planters of the tidewater region, with abundant slave labor, have large houses, an aristocratic way of life, and a desire to follow the art and culture of Europe. Less wealthy German and Scots-Irish immigrants settle inland, populating the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia as well as the Appalachian Mountains. Those on the frontier build small cabins and cultivate corn and wheat.
25 1720 The population of American colonists reaches 475,000. Boston (pop. 12,000) is the largest city, followed by Philadelphia (pop. 10,000) and New York (pop. 7000)
35 1730 Map of US Colonies
37 1732 James Oglethorpe establishes the Georgia Colony in the new world. The new settlers form friendships with the Creek Indian Nation towns in this area. Georgia is the thirteen English colony to be settled.
52 1747 The New York Bar Association is founded in New York City
55 1750 Charleston, SC, has become the most affluent and largest city in the South. It is the leading port and trading center for the southern colonies. The population in the Carolinas has exceeded 100,000 with many French Protestant Huguenots. The wealth plantation owners bring private tutors from Ireland and Scotland. Public education does not exist.
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3 1698 Tsar Peter the Great begins traveling Europe
6 1701 England's Act of Settlement created; War of Spanish Succession begins
12 1707 Scotland and England unite to form "Great Britain"
20 1715 War of Spanish Succession ends
43 1738 System of forced labor to build roads in France is devised by Jean Orry
48 1743 King George's War against North America and Caribbean begins
53 1748 King George's War against North America and Caribbean ends
61 1756 Seven Year's War begins


The Children of Adrian Aten

Hendrick 'Henry' M. Aten
Born somewhere in New York in an unknown country on September 3, 1723 and died in Northhampton, Pennsylvania about 1773. He was about 49 years old.

The Atens come from the Netherlands, Provinces of Utrecht, Holland. Hendrick’s Great-Grandfather, Adrian Hendricks Aten, crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1651. He settled in Flatbush, Long Island (now ap...
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