Frans (Abrahamszen) van Salee (abt. 1654 - 1737)

Born about 1654 in New Amsterdam, New Netherland

Ancestors

Husband of Lucretia (Hendricks) Dircks — married 3 Nov 1680 in New York Colony

Husband of Isabel Franse — married 13 Nov 1704 in New York Colony

Descendants

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Biography

Frans (Abrahamszen) van Salee is a part of US Black heritage.

Their surname “Van Salee” refers to their origin in the Republic of Salé in modern Morocco.[1]

Frans Abrams van Salee was the child of Abraham Jansen van Salee. Hoff suggested^[1] that he was the unnamed child of "Abraham Janszen, Fortuijn" baptized without sponsors at the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam on 22 November 1654.^[2] Hoff asserted that the fact that Frans Abramse Van Salee later appears in Brooklyn with a patronymic name and surname consistent with being the son of Abraham Jansen van Salee "is compelling evidence" he was that he was child baptized in 1654. Hoff further suggested that Fortuijn (Fortuyn), meaning lucky, could have been a nickname of Abraham Janszen or the name of the child’s mother.^[1]

Frans and Lucretia Hendricks entered banns of marriage on 17 October 1680 and were married on 3 November 1680 at the Reformed Dutch Church in New York.^[3] Among their children were:

1. Abraham van Salee was baptized 30 October 1681 at the Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church.^[4][5]
2. Anna Maria van Salee was baptized 10 October 1683 at the Reformed Dutch Church in New York.^[6]
3. Jan van Salee was baptized 5 March 1686 at the Reformed Dutch Church in New York.^[7]
4. Caspar van Salee was mentioned in his will.
5. Cuffein van Salee was mentioned in his will.

Frans married his second wife Isabel Franse on 13 November 1704 at the Reformed Dutch Church in New York.^[8] They had three known children:

1. Frans was baptized 9 October 1706 at the Reformed Dutch Church in New York.^[9]
2. Ysabelle van Salee was baptized 5 April 1708 at the Brooklyn Reformed Dutch Church.^[10]
3. Berbertje van Salee was baptized 14 May 1710 at the Brooklyn Reformed Dutch Church.^[11]

He made his will on May 3, 1737. It was proved on May 5, 1738. He mentions his youngest son France Sellea Jun'r, his wife Isabala, his eldest son Abraham, his daughter Anna Mary Van Sellea, his second son (Casteen? or Jan?) prime Van Sellea, third son Caspar prime Van Sellea, and wife's daughter Marya Salmons (also called Maryte Salomo).^[12]

Church Records

Baptism

• 1654. den 22 Nov. Ouders (parents): Abraham Janszen, Fortuijn. [The rest of the entry is blank.]^[2]

Marriage

• 1680. den 17 Octob. (Ingeschreven ), Getrouwt den 3 Nov. Frans Abrahamszen, j. m. op Bedfort, en Lucretia Hendricks, j. d. op de Bouwerije. ^[3]

Research Notes

LNAB is Abrahamszen, the name recorded at his marriage. Smith-62120 03:26, 28 December 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Hoff, Henry B. "Frans Abramse Van Salee and His Descendants," page 66.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Evans, page 38.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Purple, Samuel S., editor. "Marriages from 1639 to 1801 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York." Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. 1. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1890. page 48: Marriage 3 Nov 1680, Frans Abrahamszen, j. m. op Bedfort, en Lucretia Hendricks, j. d. op de Bouwerye.
4. ↑ Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of the town of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, 1677-1872, (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS79-B9RM-Z?i=29&cat=167565), page 27, 1681 Oct 30 at Midwoud, Abraham, son of Frans abrahamsz from Bedford and Lucretia Hendrikse from Bowery, witnesses Jan De Vries and his wife Adriaantje.
5. ↑ Cohen, David, "Ramapough Mountain People," published 1971 by Rutgers Press, pp. 28, 33, (https://archive.org/details/ramapomountainpe00cohe/page/28/mode/1up?q=Salee), Page 28: Abraham Van Salee born 1681. Page 36: "Cobus Defroest" (Jacobus De Vries, the brother of his wife Helena) sold 20 morgen to Abraham Van Celea (Van Salee) and Lenah (Helena) for 30 pounds on February 16, 1730.
6. ↑ New Amsterdam Reformed Dutch Church Baptisms 1639-1730, (https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rbillard/na_baptisms_1639-1730.htm), 1683 Oct 10; Frans Abrahams, Lucretia Hendricx; Anna Maria; Jan Domingo, Anna Maria, Augustyn Franciscus.
7. ↑ New Amsterdam Reformed Dutch Church Baptisms 1639-1730, (https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rbillard/na_baptisms_1639-1730.htm), 1686 Mar 05; Frans Abrahamszen, Lucretia Hendricks; Jan; Salomon Pieters, Marritie Hendricks.
8. ↑ Purple, page 104: 1704 Nov 13 Frans Abrahamsze Van Betfort & Isabelle Salomons.
9. ↑ New Amsterdam Reformed Dutch Church Baptisms 1639-1730, (https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rbillard/na_baptisms_1639-1730.htm), 1706 Oct 09; Frans Abramse, Isabel Franse [Salomons?]; Frans; Abram Franse, Susanna Franse
10. ↑ A. P. G. Jos van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), page 152. Baptism 1708 April 5: Ysabelle; parents: Frans Abrahamse, Ysabelle; witnesses: Willem Daij, Susanna Salomons.
11. ↑ A. P. G. Jos van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), page 154, baptism 14 May 1710, Berbertje; parents: Frans Abramz, Elyzebeth; witnesses: Jacob Salomonz, Elyzabet, his wife.
12. ↑ Will of France Abrahamse Van Sellea, "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YC9-R81?cc=1920234&wc=Q7P7-W38%3A213301001%2C215021601 : 28 May 2014), Albany > Wills 1629-1802 vol AV > image 98 of 716; county courthouses, New York.

• Child, Christopher C. Van Salee Descendants, Vita Brevis (blog), New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2 December 2022.
• Evans, Thomas Grier. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York. Baptisms from 25 December, 1639 to 27 December, 1730." Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol 2. New York: Printed for the Society, 1901.
• Hoff, Henry B. "Frans Abramse Van Salee and His Descendants: A Colonial Black Family in New York and New Jersey." The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 121, April 1990, Number 2, pages 65-71.
• Henry B Hoff, RESEARCHING AFRICAN-AMERICAN FAMILIES IN NEW NETHERLAND AND COLONIAL NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, (https://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/sites/default/files/hoff_researching_colonial_ny.pdf), page 91 (page 9 of 13), FRANS ABRAMSE VAN SALEE.
• Purple, Samuel S., editor. "Marriages from 1639 to 1801 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York." Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. 1. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1890.