When Hendrick Hendrickson was christened on 23 July 1682, in Long Island City, Queens, New York City, New York, United States, his father, Peter Hendrickson, was 31 and his mother, Catharina Jans, was 30.
Americanized form of Swedish Henriksson (see Henrikson ), Danish, Norwegian, and North German Henriksen or Henrichsen , and Dutch, North German, and Danish Hendriksen . Compare Hendrixson and Henrickson .
English (eastern): patronymic from the personal name Hendrick + -son. This form of the surname appears to be a 16th- or 17th-century importation to Britain from the Netherlands, and was reinforced in the 20th century.
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