The Ancestors of My GrandchildrenFrederick Janss1 
M, #6040, * s 1620
Family | Grietien * s 1625 |
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Frederick Janss married Grietien.1
Other information:
Frederick Janss, a Dane from Flensborch and a ship carpenter, was living in Brazil in 1649 in the employ of the Dutch West India Co., (according to the records of William Blue who has written a book about the family). Frederick Jans had first come to New Amsterdam and was there first on 30 May 1641 when he sued Claes Sybrantsen Veringh for wages earned in making a canoe which had been delivered to Claes.
He was on the coast of Brazil (Pernambuco, now Recife) in the mid-1640s when he and wife Grietien Jans bp. their first child, Anna, at the Dutch Reformed Church there on 16 Dec. 1646. The mother of Jan Fredericks and his sister Aeltje (perhaps twins), bp. Aug. 1649, in Brazil was also Grietien, no family name mentioned.
He died before about 1652 when his widow married (2) (banns 15 May 1652 NYC Ref Ch), Jan Pieterszen van Husum [Staats].
Stokes' shows [Icon II:361] that Frederick Jansen was granted a lot west side of Broadway in 10 March 1651. That lot was sold 23 Jun 1656 by "Jan Pietersen, husband and guardian of Gretchen Jansen, wid. of Frederic Jansen."2
Other information:
Frederick Janss, a Dane from Flensborch and a ship carpenter, was living in Brazil in 1649 in the employ of the Dutch West India Co., (according to the records of William Blue who has written a book about the family). Frederick Jans had first come to New Amsterdam and was there first on 30 May 1641 when he sued Claes Sybrantsen Veringh for wages earned in making a canoe which had been delivered to Claes.
He was on the coast of Brazil (Pernambuco, now Recife) in the mid-1640s when he and wife Grietien Jans bp. their first child, Anna, at the Dutch Reformed Church there on 16 Dec. 1646. The mother of Jan Fredericks and his sister Aeltje (perhaps twins), bp. Aug. 1649, in Brazil was also Grietien, no family name mentioned.
He died before about 1652 when his widow married (2) (banns 15 May 1652 NYC Ref Ch), Jan Pieterszen van Husum [Staats].
Stokes' shows [Icon II:361] that Frederick Jansen was granted a lot west side of Broadway in 10 March 1651. That lot was sold 23 Jun 1656 by "Jan Pietersen, husband and guardian of Gretchen Jansen, wid. of Frederic Jansen."2
Citations
- [S202] Dutch Reformed Church, Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, index. FHL microfilm Q981.3V2W.,. Index and/or images online at http://www.familysearch.org
- [S880] Patricia Wardell, Bergen County Families, Blauw file.
- [S731] Blue, Gen. A1 (pg. 1938).