McQueen – Freeport History Timeline

Roeloff Jansen is born

kip — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 20:12:13 +0000

c 1603

– of Dutch descent in Marstrand, Norway (later ceded by Sweden)

Anneke Jans is born

kip — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 20:01:33 +0000

c 1606

– of Dutch descent in Flekkeroy, Norway

https://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany/bios/j/anjans.html

Roeloff Jansen and Anneke Jans are married

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Roeloff Jansen and Anneke Jans emigrate to New Netherland

kip — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 19:25:03 +0000

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

Wouter van Twiller grants land in New Amsterdam to Roeloff Jansen and his wife Anneke Jans

kip — Tue, 25 Mar 2014 05:02:37 +0000

c 1636

– They have one more child, Annitjen, soon after , and Jansen dies

The area presently bounded by Canal Street to the north, Warren Street to the south, near Broadway to the east and the West Side Highway to the west comprising about 62 acres

The head of the farm is now Saint Johns Park

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John’s_Park

Today the edge of the Hudson River is two to three blocks further west than pictured on this map

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

Anneke Jans remarries with Domine Everardus Bogardus

kip — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 20:47:00 +0000

c March 1638

– Bogardus is the second domine of the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam

– About this same time, Jans pledges a reasonable share of Roeloff Jansen’s estate to his surviving legitimate children

– Jans has four sons with Bogardus over the next 7 years; Willem, Cornelis, Jonas and Pieter

Director General Willem Kieft and Domine Everardus Bogardus die in a shipwreck

kip — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 02:42:09 +0000

After native attacks resulting from Kieft’s War cause many settlers to return to Holland the Dutch West India company loses confidence in its control of New Netherland and recalls Kieft to account for his conduct.

Everardus Bogardus, the domine of the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam, who is an adversary to Kieft and would often denounce his policies from the pulpit, accompanies him as he sets sail from New Amsterdam on August 17. The two have agreed to have their charges and countercharges heard and judged by the Classis of Amsterdam (the Dutch Reformed Church assembly for its church boards).

Both men drown when the he ship wrecks in the Bristol Channel near Whales before reaching its destination.

Anneke Jans moves her family from Fort Amsterdam to Fort Orange

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– After hearing of husband Everadus Borgardus’ death

– Domine Megapolensis notes her arrival to Fort Orange with her nine living children, five of which by her first husband, Roeloff Jansen

Director Stuyvesent issues a patent to Anneke Jans for land in New Amsterdam

kip — Sun, 13 Jul 2014 18:24:56 +0000

c 1654

– Confirming Jans’ ownership of land in New Amsterdam issued to her late husband Roeloff Jansen in 1636