Jannetje Jorise Rapalje (1629 - 1699)

Born 18 Aug 1629 in Nieuw Amsterdam, Nieuw Nederland

Ancestors

Wife of Rem (Janszen) van der Beeck — married 21 Dec 1642 in New Amsterdam, New Netherland

Descendants

Died 29 May 1699 at age 69 in Brooklyn, Kings, Province of New York

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Biography

Jannetje's parents fled Valenciennes in northern France and joined the Walloon Church of Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. They were French Huguenots: Calvinist Protestant Christians, who were persecuted for their religious beliefs under the Roman Catholic French Monarchy. As they were from the very-north of France, they were called "Walloons" or French-speaking northerners.

Jannetje Jorisdr Rapalje was born on August 18, 1629, in New Amsterdam, New Netherland, to Joris Rapalje, 25, and Catlyntje Trico, 24. Her parents were Walloon Huguenot emigrants who crossed the Atlantic on the ship Minuit in 1623.

Jannetje married Remmet (Janszen) van der Beeck on December 21, 1642, in New City, New York. They had 17 children in 30 years. She died on May 29, 1699, in Brooklyn, Province of New York, at the age of 69.

Excerpt from "Dorland Family in America" ^[1]

"Born August 18, 1629, at New Amsterdam. Her father, Joris Jansen Rapalie, and her mother, Catalyn Trico, were among the Wallon emigrants who came over with Minuit in 1623. They lived first at Fort Orange (Albany), and 1626 removed to New Amsterdam, where they remained many years. Her father kept an inn there part of the time, and was one of the "twelve men" chosen by the people of New Netherland in 1641 to devise measures of defense against the Indians. The family lived on the north side of the river road, now Pearl Street, and on the south side of the old Fort. This situation gave greater protection from the assaults of the savages. About 1654 Joris began living on some land which he had bought on June 16, 1637, the transaction being considered the second purchase of land within the present limits of Brooklyn. The tract comprised 167 morgens (335 acres) and part of it is now used as the grounds of the Marine Hospital. Joris became a magistrate in Brooklyn in 1655 and served until his death, about 1665.

"Concerning Jannetje Rapalie, it is said that as a child she was taken across from Governor's Island to Brooklyn in a tub. She had 10 brothers and sisters. The eldest of these, Sara, b. while her parents lived at Fort Orange, has been accorded the unique distinction as the first white female child b. in the New Netherlands"

Excerpt from Early New Netherlands Settlers, website by Robert Gordon Clarke

"10. Jannetje <Joris> Rapalje Vanderbeeck (Remsen) (Rn=1223), who was born August 1629 at New Amsterdam and was baptized at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam and died after May 1699 at New York City, at 70 years of age.

She married 21 December 1642 at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, Remmelt <Jan> Vanderbeeck (Remsen) (Rn=3652), who was born 1619 at Jever, Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Westphalia, Germany and who died 1681 at 62 years of age, a son of Jan <?> Vanderbeeck (Rn=44440) and ? <?> Vanderbeeck (Rn=44439).

Baptized on 18 August 1629. Religion 1- - Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam. First Residence - - New Amsterdam. Second Residence - - Fort Orange, New Netherland. Third Residence - - New York City.

Source [The American Genealogist: Volume 35 1960 page 190]

Source [William Adriaense Bennett by Kenneth A Bennett 1998 page 160]

Source [Jacob Milton Bergen Senior by William S Bergen 1995 page 9 Appendix]

Source [Jacob Milton Bergen Senior by William S Bergen 1995 page D 198]

Source [The Bergen Family by Teunis G Bergen 1876 page 26]

Source [Remsen Relatives by Armida Sharpin 1999 page 3]"

Birth

18 AUG 1629 : New Amsterdam.^[2]

ALT #1: 18 AUG 1629 Albany, Albany Co, NY^[3]

ALT #2: 18 AUG 1629 Brooklyn, New York^[4]

Christening

18 AUG 1629 Albany, Albany Co, NY ^[5] Note: Unlikely location as the family had moved to Nieuw Amsterdam in 1626.

Marriage

13 JAN 1642 Walloon Church, Amsterdam, Neth^[6] Bans may have been posted there but there is no evidence the couple returned to Europe for their wedding.

Banns of Marriage 21 DEC 1641^[7]

Banns 1642,11 Dec; Remmet Janszen, jm van Jeveren; Janneken Rapalje, jd van N. Nederlt ^[8]

21 Dec 1642 New City, Rockland, New York, USA Note: Unlikely location as they lived in Nieuw Amsterday, not Rockland County. New York was not the name until after 1664.

Children

1. Annatje <Remmelt> Vanderbeeck, baptized 12 March 1645; died before April 1660.
2. Belitje <Remmelt> Vanderbeeck, baptized 20 January 1647 at New Amsterdam; died young.
3. Jan <Remmelt> Remsen, born January 1648; married Metje <Jan> Damen Remsen/Simpson.
4. Joris <Remmelt> Remsen, born 2 February 1650; married Femmetje <Dirck> Woertman Remsen .
5. Rem <Remmelt> Remsen, born 2 December 1652; married Marritje <Jan> Vanderbilt Remsen.
6. Hilltje <Remmelt> Vanderbeeck Vanderbilt, born Sept. 1653; married Aert <Jan> Vanderbilt.
7. Catalyntje <Remmelt> Vanderbeeck Ryersen (Adriance)/Hoogland, born 1 Oct. 1655; married Elbert <Adriaen> Ryersen (Adriance).
8. Femmetje <Remmelt> Vanderbeeck Hegeman, born 01 August 1657; married Joseph <Adriaen> Hegeman.
9. Jannetje <Remmelt> Vanderbeeck Van Nostrand, born about 1658; married Gerrit <Hans> Van Nostrand.
10. Annatje <Remmelt> Vanderbeeck Dorlandt, born 11 April 1660; married Jan <Gerrit> Dorland.
11. Jacob <Remmelt> Remsen, born 19 March 1662; married Geertje <Dirck> Vandervliet Remsen.
12. Jeronimus <Remmelt> Remsen, born 1664 at Wallabout, New Netherland; died before 1750 at Newtown, Queens County, New York at 86 years of age. He married 1688 Catalina <Cornelis> Berrien Remsen, born about 1679 at Flatbush, Kings County, New York, a daughter of Cornelis <Jan> Berrien and Jannetje <Jan> Stryker Berrien/Edsall.
13. Daniel <Remmelt> Remsen (Rn=6366), born 1665 at Wallabout, Kings County, New York; died 29 February 1736 at Flatbush, Kings County, New York at 71 years of age. He married Jannetje <Jan> Ditmars Remsen, born about 1665 at Flatbush, Kings County, New York; died 02 September 1736 at 71 years of age, a daughter of Jan <Jan> Van Ditmars and Adriantje <?> ? Van Ditmars.
14. Abraham <Remmelt> Remsen, born 14 September 1667; married Antje <Aert> Middagh Remsen.
15. Sarah <Remmelt> Vanderbeeck Ryersen (Martense), born 06 December 1670; married Marten <Adriaen> Ryersen (Martense).
16. Isaac <Remmelt> Remsen, born 4 September 1673; married Sarah <Pieter> Monfoort Remsen.
17. Jeremias <Remmelt> Remsen, born 10 September 1675; married Heyltje <Christoffel> Probasco Remsen.

Death

Jannetje was born in 1629. She passed away on 16 August 1699 and was buried at Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York Province.

Brooklyn, Kings Co, NY^[9] WFT Est: between 1660-1723^[10]

ALT: 1685 Brooklyn, Kings, New York; Other Alternate death dates of 1706 ^[11] and 1664 have also been reported.

Sources

1. ↑ The Dorland Family in America, by Jan Dorland Cremer. Washington D.C. (privately published), 1898. Page 40
2. ↑ Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Rem Jansen Vanderbeeck
3. ↑ Source: #S185: TMPLT
4. ↑ Source: #S06407 . Date of Import: 27 Mar 2010
5. ↑ Source: #S185: TMPLT
6. ↑ Source: #S185: TMPLT
7. ↑ Source: #S185: TMPLT
8. ↑ Source: New Amsterdam Marriages 1639-1674
9. ↑ Source: #S185: TMPLT
10. ↑ Source: #S06407 Date of Import: 27 Mar 2010
11. ↑ Source: #S1 Database online. Record for Rem Jansen Vanderbeeck

• "Early New Netherlands Settlers" website by Robert Gordon Clarke

• The Dorland Family in America, by Jan Dorland Cremer. Washington D.C. (privately published), 1898. Page 40.

• Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 [database online]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2004.

• Rootsweb S185: GEDCOM file submitted by Thomas Gull - from Rootsweb.com gedcom file, tmrgull @ msn.com. Imported on 30 April 2010.

• Source: S06407 v134t0402.FTW Repository: Media: Other

• Ancestry.com family trees S1 Ancestry.com Public Member Trees: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; 2006,

* https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/168169165/person/412186923804/facts

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