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Hendrick  Aten 

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About Hendrick Aten
Hendrick Aten 8/26/1723 - 1773 Hendrick Aten was born on 8/26/1723 in an unknown place and died about 1773 in Northhampton, PA. He was 50 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 apart of Brooklyn, New York) where he married Elizabeth Lysbet Thomas and was the Constable of Flatbush. Hendrick’s grand parents were Thomas & Elsje Schillman Aten and his parents were Adrian (1695-1757) & Jacobje Middaugh Aten. He married Mary Bellis and they had seven children: Adrian, Hendrick, Thomas(1760), Mary (1763), John (1765), Sarah (1769) & George (1771).
Age Date Event Viewing events that affected the communities where Hendrick Aten lived Viewing U.S. History Viewing World History Viewing Discoveries 7 1730 Map of US Colonies 9 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. 15 1738 System of forced labor to build roads in France is devised by Jean Orry 20 1743 King George's War against North America and Caribbean begins 24 1747 The New York Bar Association is founded in New York City 25 1748 King George's War against North America and Caribbean ends 27 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. 29 1752 Great Britain adopts the Gregorian calendar on 9/14/1752. 33 1756 Seven Year's War begins 36 1759 Jesuits are forced out of France 37 1760 The Cherokee War (1760-61) ends in a treaty that opens the Up County for settlement. The Bounty At of 1761 offers public land tax free for ten years, and settlers from other colonies begin pouring into the Carolina "Up Country". 40 1763 Seven Year's War ends; Peace is established in Paris between France, Spain, England and Portugal 41 1764 Britain passes the Sugar Act forbids American importation of foreign rum and taxing imported molasses, wine, silk, coffee, and a number of other luxury items. 43 1766 Britain passes the Stamp Act taxing all colonial newspapers, advertisements, leases, licenses, pamphlets, and legal documents. Later the same year, Britain repeals the Stamp Act in Britain -- but it continues to be enforced on colonists in North America 44 1767 Jesuits are forced out of Spanish America 46 1769 The first steam engine is invented by Watt 50 1773 Angered by the tea tax of 1767 and the British East India Company's monopoly on tea trade, the independent New England colonial merchants dump the precious cargo overboard into the Boston harbor. This incident is called the Boston Tea Party.     Click on the Community, US History, World History or Discoveries button above to see a listing of historical events that happened during Hendrick Aten's life. These events affected the life and times of Hendrick, his family and friends. The Age column will show how old Hendrick was when the event occurred. No events were found for the communities where Hendrick Aten was known to have lived. Please click one of the history buttons above (US, World or Discoveries) to view other events that happened during his lifetime.

The Children of Hendrick Aten
	John Aten Born somewhere in PA on 6/10/1765 and died somewhere in PA on 9/30/1840. He was 75 years old. On a 300 acre tract of land, six miles east of Milton, PA, John built a log cabin, a barn with a thatched roof and a flour mill that he operated for forty years. The name Aten was changed to Auten aft...