Roeloff Jansen and Anneke Jans emigrate to New Netherland

c 1630

– from Amsterdam with their two children Sara and Tryntje, their third child Lijntje dies before the trip

– They settle in the Manor of Rensselaerwyck, which extends on either side of the Hudson River which includes what is now Rensselaer, New York

– Janson and Jans have two more children in Rensselaerwyck; Sijtje and Jan

– Jansen farms for Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, the founder of the manor and one of the original directors of the Dutch West India Company

– while living there Roeloff is appointed magistrate by Van Rensselaer but is never sworn in nor serves

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manor_of_Rensselaerswyck

https://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/na/rensselaerswyck.html

Rensselaerwyck Manor Records, A Preliminary Inventory