Harmen Thomase Hun

Harmen Thomase is said to have been born in Ammersfort (Amersfoort), Holland about 1625. He emigrated to New Netherland and was living in Beverwyck by 1661.

By that time, he had married Catharina Bercx - a widow with several children. Harmen Thomase was the founder of the Hun family of early Albany. They made a joint will in 1663.

He was called a "master shoemaker", was a litigant before the Albany court, a member of the Albany Dutch church, and an Albany householder identified on the census in 1679.

As he aged, his name became more scarce on Albany rolls. However, in 1699, he joined with his neighbors in swearing allegiance to the king of England. Harmen Thomase Hun was last heard from in 1703.

Sources: The life of Harmen Thomase Hun is CAP biography number 4772. This sketch is derived chiefly from family and community-based resources. See also, an antiquarian work that utilizes the historical imagination of Mary Hun Sears.