Descendants of the Heyns/Hains Family
of New York and Pennsylvania

Generation #1

William Heyns of New Amsterdam

Evolution of the Hains Surname

Studying the Dutch Patronymic naming system, we encounter the many variations of  a surname: literally, the father's name. Males added the suffix "sen" and females added the suffix "se." For example: the father was Hendrick Joachem Schoonmaker; the son was Joachem Hendrixsen Schoonmaker; and the daughter was Tryntje Jaochemse Schoonmaker. And, we find variations on both suffixes.

Researching records from the Dutch Republic and New Amsterdam, we find the Heyn surname.
-1628 Admiral Piet Heyn captured the Spanish Tierra Firma treasure fleet off Havana, Cuba.
-1649 Pieter Heyn was a resident of New Amsterdam.

Other researchers propose that Hein is a variation of the same name. Later, we find Heyns which appears to be the patronymic form of Heyn. And, I propose that Heyns was Americanized to Hains.

Going up the family tree, there are records for a William Heyns from Kingston NY who married Lysbeth Horsey and was the father of Elysabet, Isabella and Margrith.

Researching Lysbeth's family, we learn that her sister, Antje Horsey was the second wife of Joachem Hendrixsen Schoonmaker, previously mentioned. This is the first connection to the Schoonmaker family who intermarried with the DeVoor/ Devore family who intermarried with the Hains family. And, these connections continued for over 100 years.

Current research continues to link the Heyns family of Kingston NY and Bucks Co PA and Bedford Co PA to the Schoonmaker family also of Kingston NY and Bucks Co PA; as the Schoonmaker family has records in Kingston NY contemporaneous with William Heyns.

• Born c. 1660 Esopus, Dutch America

• 1664 New Amsterdam captured by an English fleet sent by the Duke of York, renamed New York

• 1673-74 Return to Dutch rule

• Married 1684 in Kingston NY to Lysbeth Horsey ch. 11/15/1665 Kingston NY

• Date and place of death unknown

    Children

    1. Elysabeth Heyns

• Christened 4/5/1685 Kingston NY

• No further information

    2. Isabella Heyns

• Christened 1686 Kingston NY

• No further information

    3. Margrith Heyns

• Christened 12/25/1688 Kinston NY

• Married c. 1708 in New York to Elias Kindt b. c. 1685

• Died Essex Co NJ

    4. Hendrick Heyns b. c. 1690 Kingston NY

    5. Hartman Heyn

Research Note: This relationship is unknown. In the 1716 timeframe, the only connection with the Swedish/ Dutch settlements of the Delaware River was by sea around New Jersey. What prompted Hartman to migrate to Kingston NY? Research for 3 generations:

• Born 1694 New Castle Co PA (now DE)

• Married 3/16/1716 Kingston NY to Marytjen Tack b. 11/1696 Kingston NY

• 1717 Ulster Co NY Tax List, Town of Hurley: Hartman Heyn £5 

• 1750 Kingston NY Church Record

• Died Marbletown NY

        5-A. Son. William Hein

• Born 1/20/1717 Kingston NY

• Married 6/16/1746 in Ulster Co NY to Eva Osterhout b. 8/1718 Kingston NY

• 1750 Kingston Church Record

Dutch Reformed Church; Kingston NY: 7/15/1750 William Hein, Eva Osterhout; Hartman; Hartman Hein & wife Mareitje Tak

• Died 1762 Marbletown NY

        5-A-1. Grandson Philip Hine

    6. Anna Christina Heyns

• Born c. 1695 Kingston NY

• Married c. 1715 in Kingston NY to Hanneman Saalbag b. c. 1710 in New York

• 1716 - 1719 Kingston NY Church Records

• Date and place of death unknown

Generation #2