Dr. Harmenise Meyndert Van de Bogert

     Harmenise Meyndert was born in 1612 in Zeeland, Netherlands. He was the son of Meyndert Van der Bogart. He immigrated 24 May 1630 on the De Eendracht. By 1633 he was a surgeon at Fort Orange. Harmenise married Jillisje Claes Swits, daughter of Claes Corneliesen Swits, circa 1640 in Schenectady, Schenectady County, New York, at the Reformed Dutch Church.¹ Harmenise departed this life in 1648 in Fort Orange, New York.