Jan Beselie b. Abt 1684

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Name Jan Beselie

Born Abt 1684

Gender Female

Reference Number 9716

Siblings 2 Siblings

	1. Jan Beselie, b. Abt 1684
	2. Francois Beselie, b. Abt 1686
	3. John Beselie, b. 16 Mar 1687

Person ID I9716 FelsingFam

Last Modified 16 Feb 2024

Father	Jan Beselie, b. Abt 1660, France , d. Between 1687 and 1689, Tarrytown, Westchester, New York, USA (Age ~ 27 years)
Relationship	natural
Mother	Grace Cerant, b. Abt 1664
Relationship	natural
Married	Abt 1683	based on birth of children
Family ID	F2868	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Last Modified	16 Feb 2024
Family ID	F3315	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Notes

From https://minerdescent.com/2010/08/06/robert-willemze/

Gressje Cerant (Grace Serant) was born in 1667, perhaps in France. She first married John Beselie in 1684. Gressje died in Tarrytown, NY.

Jean/John Besly/Beselie (c.1645, Rochelle, France - bef. 1689, Croton Point, NY), a fugitive Huguenot from the Isle de Re, two miles off the coast of Rochelle, France, possible, but unproven, son of Jean Besly & Louise Sauton, [Alternatively, it has been postulated that Jean was brother of Oliver Besly of Isle de Re.] With presumed brother or cousin, Etienne (c.1650), he emigrated to New York in 1681. Our Huguenot ancestor Rene REZEAU from the Miller line also fled the Isle de Re in 1685, eventually, arriving with his family in New York City. Here they joined the French Church, finally, they moved permanetly in Staten Island.

Gressje Cerant’s husband Jean Besley had to sell his home in St Martin, Isle de Re and flee to America.

“Jean Besly marchand demeurant cy devant en la ville de saint Martin en L’isle de Ré, est aussy fugitif du Royanne et a laissé. -Une maison, une piece de terre y joignant situeéan lien des prises en l’Isle de Ré…”

“Jean Besly, merchant living formerly in the city of St. Martin in Isle of Re, is also a fugitive of the crown and at large. -One house, one piece of land there adjoining the seizure on the Isle of Re…”

Jean married c.1670 Grace (Grees) Cerant of/or Heering, presumably of French birth. Because no record of this marriage can be found in the early New York church records, it is likely that they were married before they embarked for America. Upon arrival, they moved north along the Hudson and settled “among the aborigines” near Croton Point, just north of the Croton river.