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Came to America in 1664, as a soldier.
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Arrived Jan 1664 ship "Broken Heart." New York was New Amsterdam at the time.
Immigrants to New Netherland 1664 In the Broken Heart
Sailed from Amsterdam January, 1664
Arrived at New Amsterdam April 17, 1664, Captain Dirck Jacobsz deVries
Claes Gerritsen from Wessels, son of Gerrit Lubbertsen
Govert van Oy's wife - and two children ages 5 and 9 years (A note says: "The child aged 5 years died at Amsterdam and Govert Van Oy onthe island of Texel")
Jan Jansen from Amsterdam
Jan Wouterse from Norden (Naerden)
Lysbeth Jansen from Wien near Goch (a note says: "said women being apoor widow was permitted to go in the ship St. Jacob to the Islands")
Wander (Vander, Wandel Warnert) Wessels - and wife (wife died on the island of Texel)
Carol Holderby researched Que. She is a descendent of Ransom VanOrman who settled in the Port Huron, Michigan area.
In the book "Old Hellebergh" by Arthur B. Gregg, the Van Aernam/Armanfamily was one of the earliest around Guilderland, New York. "It is said that when the early colonists came from Germany and Holland they boasted no surnames, but took the name of the locality from whence they originated, and hence, Jan Dirkszen Van Aernam meant John--son of Richard--from Arnem, province of Gelderland, Holland. His is the first record in America, and we find him in New York City in 1665, where he had 8 children baptised." There is a Van Aernam railroadcrossing in Altamont, New York, Albany County.
Census: 13 October 1640, Chr'nd, Arnhem, Netherlands.
Married: 28 JUN 1664 in RDC New Amsterdam 1
Note: 28 June, 1664, "Eodem. Jan Dirckszen, Van Aernhem, Soldaet(soldier), en Sara Theuniszen, j. d. Van Rotterdam" (eodem means the entry occured on the same day as the one preceeding; "j.d" means unmarried woman)
Randall genealogy states they had 8 children.
http://olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/17th/dny_3.shtml
Date: Tue Nov 12 08:31:23 1996
Name: John VanOrman
E- mail: john.vanorman@qm.caled onia.k12.mi.us>
Surname of Immigrant: VANARNHEM
Given name(s) of Immigrant: Jan Dirksen
Origin of Immigrant: Netherlands, possibly Arnhem
Name of Ship: ?
Arrival Date: before 1654
Immigrant's Date & Place of Birth: 1625-1645 possibly Arnhem, Netherlands
Immigrant's Date & Place of Death: ?
Immigrant's Spouse: Sarah Theunis
Source of Information: Baptismal records
Immigrant's Children: Dirckse b. 1664, Magdalin b. 1669, Jan b. 1671,Abraham b.1673, Maria b. 1675, Catharine b. 1677, Isaac and Jacob(twins) b 1680. Notes: Jan Dirksen VANARNEHM"s third child, Jan Jansz VANARNEHM married Hester Fonda of Albany NY on 14 October 1696.
Pete Gonigam 3-06
I've also found an indication that Jan Dircks may have been in New Amsterdam in 1653 in the Burgher Corps. Assuming the Jan Dircks listed is ours and that he stayed in the Corps in the intervening years, he would have been out of a job in 1664 when the Dutch ceded New Amsterdam to the British. The terms of capitulation in August of that year offer any ex-soldier 50 acres if he will take up farming. Which might explain how Jan Dircks van Arnhem, soldaet, ended up farming at Mitspat Kil. Dutch colonies post: The burgher guard was the city militia. The burghers were persons with the rights to the city --for an annual fee they could engage in commerce, run for public office, etc. There were two levels depending on how many rights you wanted and how much you were willing to pay for them.----
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2007 10:52:30 EST From: ETHELKK@aol.com Subject:Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] VanArnhem Family To: Dutch-Colonies@rootsweb.com
Hi Sandra, Welcome ....Your ancestors Jan Dirckszen Van Aernum and Sara Theunis were married in this country. They also had eight children born and baptized in this country. Their marriage banns on 28 June 1664 tells us where they were van/from. "Jan Dirckszen VanAernhem, Soldaet, en Sara Theuniszen, j.d. Van Rotterdam." He is a soldier from Arnhem and she is from Rotterdam. Their marriage banns are entered in the New Amsterdam Dutch Church which became the New York Dutch
Church after the English takeover on 8 Sept 1664. They had thefollowing children all baptized in the New York DRCh. Dirckje,baptized 31 Dec 1664; Magdalena baptized 18 Aug 1669; Jan,baptized 4 Jun 1671; Abraham baptized 9 Apr 1673; Marie baptized 14Jul 1675; Catharina baptized 26 Sep 1677; and twins Isaac andJacob baptized 3 Apr 1680. I am descended from their daughter Mariawho married Jan Janszen Eckerson Regards, Ethel Kay Konight
From: Pete Gonigam <gonigam@hotmail.com> Subject: Re: [VANNORMAN]Holland resource To: <vannorman@rootsweb.com>
May I point out again that "Van Arnhem", at least as it applies to the records of Jan Dircks Van Arnhem who married Sarah Theunis, is clearly a descriptor, not a surname. It means he was "from" Arnhem; perhaps born there, perhaps raised there, perhaps lived there for a while before he came to New Amsterdam. Half a dozen bits collectively suggest to me he probably wasn't born in Arnhem. Among them was a scan several years ago through the Netherlands indices suggested by jroguetech in which I could find no one who looked very much like our Jan Dircks. (Didn't find a Sarah Theunis, either.) Jan Dirck's children didn't begin using the Van Arnhem surname until around 1695, 14 years after the last record that mentions their father (who was still using the presumed patronymic "Dircksen"). In other words, for more than 30 years after 1664 the family was NOT named Van Arnhem.
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Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2010 From: jroguetech@gmail.com Subject: Re:[VANNORMAN] Holland resource To: vannorman@rootsweb.com
Last names weren't formally adopted (in New Amsterdam) until 1687, and weren't in common use for much longer, even into the 1800's.http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/pat.shtml
Most records show Jan Dirksz as Jan Dirckszen http://www.altlaw.com/edball/dutchbap.htm (baptism date, father,mother, child, witness, witness)
Aug; Jan Dirckszen, Sara Theunis; Magdalena; Jilles Joosten, Maria Wouters
4 Jun; Jan Dircxzen Van Aernhem, Sara; Jan; Jan Laurenszen Duyts, Mayken Laurens
9 Apr; Jan Dirckszen, Sara Theunis; Abraham; Jean LeMaistre, Susanna LeMaistre
26 Sept; Jan Dirckszen, Sara Theunis; Catharina; David Hendrickszen, Tryntie Hercks
3 Apr; Jan Dirckszen, Sara Theunis; Isaac and Jacob (twins); Daniel Terneur, Hester de La Maistre, Marritie Pieters
31 Dec; Jan Dirckszen, Sara Theunis; Dirckje; Tryntie Grevenraedt (?)
14 Jul; Jan Dirckszen, Sara Thomas; Marie; Willem Van Leyden (I have Marie listed as a child, but unsourced beyond this record.)
[This particuliar site is not easily sourced, since it's one long list; there's a several sites with New Amsterdam baptisms and marriages. If anyone needs this info with years, I can provide urls.]
Among others, also listed are Jan Dirckszen Straetman or Straetmaecker (Street maker), Jan Dirckszen de Meyer/Mayer, Jan Dircxen op Hoboken, Jan Dirckszen van Bremen, and Jan Dirckszen van Amsterdam. There are also at least two, possibly three Sara Theunis'.
Here's his marriage record, as being "van Arnhem". In addition to what Pete says, since he was a soldier, it's that much less reliable as a birth place. (I have a soldier of the Dutch West India Co., but I have no source.) Sara Theunis is listed as from Rotterdam. Possibly more reliable, but Rotterdam being a port city, it may have been more convient using her (possible) departure place than her actual home. Lot's of times, I've seem numerous immigrant ancester of mine using"New York" or "New Jersey" in census records, rather than actual original country of origin. Note that the patronym system also applies to Sara - "Sara Theuniszen", or "daughter of Theunis".
Soort bron: Trouwboek
Kerkgemeente: Collegiate Church of New York
Proclamatie: 28-06-1664
Gezindte: NDG
Plaats: Nieuw Amsterdam-New York
Bruidegom: Jan Dirckszen
Geboorteplaats bruidegom: Arnhem
Bruid: Sara Theuniszen
Geboorteplaats bruid: Rotterdam
Jongedochter bruid: J
Vorige partner bruidegom:
Vorige partner bruid:
Nadere informatie: De bruidegom is soldaat
Translation:
Source Type: Wedding Book
Congregation: Collegiate Church of New York
Proclamation: 06/28/1664
Belief: NDG
Hometown: New Amsterdam-New York
Groom: January Dircksz
Hometown groom: Arnhem
Bride: Sara Theunisz
Hometown wedding: Rotterdam
Young Daughter bride: J
Previous partner groom:
Previous partner bride
Further information: The groom is a soldier
http://bhic.nl/site/pagina.php?id=193&actie=akte&cid=cTExgRKQ2HdQx1CjKpnEFMDhX&xtr=21967397
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Source for Jan Dirckszen stealing boots:
http://books.google.com/books?id=C04CAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA139&dq=%22new+amsterdam%2
2+%22jan+dirckzen%22&hl=en&ei=kJWyTIKsMMeNnQebxv32CA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=
result&resnum=1&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false