Son of Aert De Hart and Gerritjen Staffels.

Simon Aersen DeHart came to New Netherland in 1664.
On 2 March 1664 Thos. Franzen sold a 30 acre farm at Gowanus, Long Island to Simon Aerson.

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Jacques Bentin and Willem A. Bennett purchased a 930 acre tract of land from the Indians in 1636 in that area that would later be known as Brooklyn, New York. The original grant "covered nearly all the land south of 27th Street in the city of Brooklyn." In 1666, Bennett's widow, who had remarried Paulus Vanderbeek by that time, conveyed a portion of that property defined as "premises with the adjoining land described as a 'certain piece of woodland situate and lying on the Gauwanes over the second meadow'" to Thomas Fransen. This property is in the vicinity of the present day 46th and 47th Streets of New York City. In 1674, Fransen's widow then conveyed "said premises to Seimen Aersen" of Gowanus.

Sources differ on when Simon actually purchased this property - some give the date as 1664, the year he arrived in the New World, others as 1674, when the actual deed is recorded. It is possible that he resided on the property before he actually purchased it or that the transaction was simply not legalized until a later date. The actual patent from Governor Fletcher was not granted until 1696, and only then because a property dispute had arisen between Simon and a neighbor, Adriaen Bennett.

The 300 acres that Simon purchased of Mrs. Fransen was on the "shore of Gowanus Cove, west of the present Third Avenue near Thirty-seventh Street."

Simon built there a stone house that was to remain standing for over 200 years and, when demolished in the late 1800's, was the oldest building in Brooklyn. No definite date is known for its construction but it is referred to in documents prior to 1680 (see description by the Labadist missionaries, below). In 1696 a survey was completed by Augustus Graham that shows the house on a plat that divided the original Benton-Bennett purchase into sections owned by three individuals: Adriaen W. Bennett, Simon Arison and Agnas Van Dyck. There was a pond at one corner of the DeHart property that Stiles refers to as the "'Binnen-water' (lake or marsh), located near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and 39th Street."

The north end of the property lay on the bay of the North River between two meadows. Simon owned the middle section of the original 930 acres, bordered on the west by the Van Dyck land and on the East by Bennett's property.

See http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/view-house-simon-aertsen-de-hart ......for a picture of the house.

Married 1st Geertje Cornelis, daughter of Cornelis.

Witnessed the baptism of Geertje Carelse Van Dyck , daughter of Carel Jansz Van Dyck and Lijsbeth Aersen van Hert, on 8 May 1681 at Midwoud, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (witnesses Geertje vander Hard, Symon van der Hard).

Simon Aersen DeHart took the Oath of Allegiance in 1687 at Kings Co., Long Island, New York, in the country for 23 years.

Children by Geertje Cornelis:
1. Cornelis DeHart b. ca. 1670
2. Catherine DeHart b. ca. 1672, d. 15 Apr 1742
3. Gysbert DeHart b. ca. 1675, d. b 6 Dec 1712
4. Elias DeHart b. 21 Mar 1677
5. Clasje DeHart b. ca. 1678
6. Dorethea DeHart b. 1 Aug 1680
7. Geertje DeHart b. 20 Aug 1682
8. Simon De Hart b. 30 Mar 1684, d. b 3 May 1685
9. Simon DeHart b. 3 May 1685, d. between 30 Jul 1744 and 27 Nov 1745
10. Annetje DeHart b. 6 Jul 1687

Catherine is probably a daughter of Simon De Hart. No record of baptism is found. She named her second son Simon.

Married 2nd with banns published on 19 June 1691 at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, Annatje Andries Willjards. Simon Aerse Ter Haert, widower of Geertie Cornelisen, with Annetie Anderies Welijaerd, widow of Willm Huijke, both residing at Brooklyn.

Witnessed the baptism of Elyas DeHart , son of Elias DeHart and Catherine Lane, on 18 September 1709 at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, (witnesses Symen de Hart, Antje de Hart).

Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
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∼Marriage 1670 Baptized on October 11, 1643 at his place of birth in Holland. He was married three times, being widowed, and had seven sons and seven daughters. He died in 1727 in South Carolina, USA, having lived a long life of 84 years, and was buried in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

He was born Simon Aertszen, meaning son of Aert. He came to America with a sister... Lysbeth, as is recorded on the passenger list of The Caulderland.

Records in New York refer to Ter Aert, Aertszen, and DeHart.
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