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Biography
The progenitor of the family in America, Thomas Janse van Dyck was born Abt. 1580 in Amsterdam North Holland, and died 1655 in New Utrecht, Long Island, King Co.[1]
He came to New Amsterdam from Amsterdam with 3 generations of his family on the ship De Bonte Kou (The Spotted Cow) in 1652, settling at Brooklyn, Long Island, Where he became a member of the 1st reformed church. "Source 2 He was one of founders in 1657 of New Utrecht, which became an established town comprising of about one thousand acres divided into farms of fifty acres each. He was active in the affairs of the colony from the beginning and soon received honors and appointments under its goverment. He inherited the qualities of energy and the ability from his ancestors of Holland.He was for many years a Magistrate of Fort Orange and New Utrecht A family which had long been considered one of the best. In 1659 he added a tract of land, (meadow) that extended toward what is now called Coney Island"
On January 16, 1657, he was one of the founders of New Utrecht, where Director-General Peter Stuyvesant had permitted the establishment of a town, comprising about one thousand acres divided into farms of fifty acres each. Jan Thomasse Van Dyke was the owner of one of these farms and in 1659 added to it a tract of meadow land extending toward what is now called Coney Island. Active in the affairs of the Colony from the beginning, he soon received honors and appointments under its government.
On October 2, 1659, he was appointed sergeant by the Director-General and Council at Fort Amsterdam, "to keep watch, the people to acknowledge and obey him."
For many years he was a magistrate at Fort Orange and New Utrecht.
Marriage
Thomas Janse Van Dyke, came to New Amsterdam in 1652, with his wife and children, and in 1661 he and his wife were enrolled as members of the Reformed Dutch Church in Brooklyn. Thomas Janse Van Dyke married Sytie Dirks.
Children:
Jan Thomasse
Claes or Nicholas Thomasse, who, it is said, married (1), April 20, 1689, Tryntje Rinnerse Arends; June 4, 1692, Fransyntie Hendricks.
Hendricks Thomasse, married, in New Amsterdam, September 7, 1679, Neeltje Adriaens, widow of Jan Lauwrensz, of New Utrecht.
Event
Immigration: On ship De Bonte Kou (The Spotted Cow) 1 Immigration: With 3 generations of his family
1661 -- arrived at New York, New York
1652 -- arrived at New York, NY
Event: Settled Unknown 1652 Brooklyn,Long Island,NY
Event: Founding father Unknown Of New Utrecht, Long Island, Kings Co, NY
Death
1665 -- Jan van Dyck died at Brooklyn, Long Island, New Amsterdam, New York, United States
Thomas Janse died 1665, or at least I can throw out the 1655 as a typo since he was alive and admitted to Dutch reformed Church at Brooklyn 1661, several other dates after 1655 he was up and well
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1580 - 1665 (85 years)
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