Jan Gerritzen

Male 1642 - 1692  (49 years)


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  • Name Jan Gerritzen  [1
    Born 04 May 1642 
    Gender Male 
    Died 1692  Staten Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I2602  Kreider Moyer
    Last Modified 17 May 2018 

    Family Elisabeth Gysberts,   b. 1660, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1703, Staten Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 43 years) 
    Children 
     1. Elizabeth Garritzen,   b. 1 May 1681, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1743, Dongan Hills, Richmond County, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 61 years)
    Last Modified 17 May 2018 
    Family ID F946  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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  • Notes 
    • https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/176420098/jan-gerritszen
      Jan Gerritszen
      BIRTH 4 May 1642
      DEATH unknown
      BURIAL Non-Cemetery Burial, Specifically: location of grave unknown

      Son of Gerrit Janszen van Oldenburg and Clara Matthys.
      "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols.5- (1874-): 5:31.
      Perry Streeter, "Gerrit Jansen van Oldenburg: DNA Testing Yields More Garrison Descendants in New Jersey & New York", New Netherland Connections Vol. 15, page 16 (2010): 15:17.
      Phylis J. Miller, "The Garrison-Gerritsen Descendants of Gerrit Jansen Van Oldenburg Alias Gerrit de Moe", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 124, pp.1-9 (Jan 1993).

      Baptized on 4 May 1642 at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, sponsors Jan Janszen dam, olof Stephenszen Van Courtlt., Elsje Jan Pieterszen.
      "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols.5- (1874-): 5:31. Jan; parents: Gerrt. Janszen, Oldenburgh; witnesses: Jan Janszen dam, olof Stephenszen Van Courtlt., Elsje Jan Pieterszens.

      Married Elisabeth Gysberts, daughter of Gysbert Theuniszen van Barneveldt and Aeltje Wouters, "say 1676" according to one published source, but possibly as early as 1670 or earlier as argued by another.
      Phylis J. Miller, "The Garrison-Gerritsen Descendants of Gerrit Jansen Van Oldenburg Alias Gerrit de Moe", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 124, pp.1-9 (Jan 1993): Married say 1676 based upon an estimated birth date of eldest son.
      Perry Streeter, "Gerrit Jansen van Oldenburg: DNA Testing Yields More Garrison Descendants in New Jersey & New York", New Netherland Connections Vol. 15, page 16 (2010): 15:17. Argues for an earlier marriage date then 1676.

      He received a patent for 24 morgens of land at New Utrecht on 16 Jan 1662.
      Phylis J. Miller, "The Garrison-Gerritsen Descendants of Gerrit Jansen Van Oldenburg Alias Gerrit de Moe", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 124, pp.1-9 (Jan 1993).

      On 1 Nov 1675 John Garretsn was granted a patent for lands on Long Neck upon Staten Island. A survey of 80 acres on Long Neck was laid out for Jon Garrison in early 1676. Another survey for 161 acres laid out for John Garrats De Muff, was made in March 1686. He was named tax commissioner on Staten Island in 1681. On 14 March 1691 he was given power of attorney by his brother Jacob Garrottsone to sell land on Staten Island, and John sold it on 17 Aug 1692.
      Ibid.

      Children by Elisabeth Gysberts:
      Johannes Gerritsen b. ca. 1671
      Jacob Gerritsen b. 30 May 1680, d. before May 1700
      Cornelis Gerritsen b. ca. 1682, d. before 15 Apr 1714
      Aeltie Gerritsen b. ca. 1685, d. before Jan 1742/43
      Elizabeth Gerritsen b. ca. 1688
      Ibid.

      Jan Gerritszen died before March 1697.
      Ibid.

      Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database.
      http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm

  • Sources 
    1. [S38] Find A Grave database.