Rachel (Jans) Unknown (abt. 1650 - 1690)

Descendants

Died 9 Feb 1690 at about age 40 in Schenectady, Albany, Province of New York

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Biography

Name

Rachel /Jans/

Birth

ABT 1650 Albany, Renselaerwyck, NY

Marriage

David Davidts

Rachel Jans

ABT 1670

Children

1. Andries Davidts
2. ?Thomas Davidts
3. ?Geertruy Davidts

Death

Davidt Christoffelse and his wife and four children were slain on February 9, 1690 during the sacking and burning of Schenectady. ^[1]

https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89067339887;view=1up;seq=48

Possible Siblings

Jans(e) was a common patronymic in New Amsterdam / New York during the 1600s, but here are some possible family connections:

Rachel Jan is possibly a brother of Paulus Janse (alias Powelyn Janse) whose son Arnout was carried away to Canada in the same 1690 Schenectady Massacre which killed Rachel:

• http://www.schenectadyhistory.org/resources/patent/janse.html

DRC records (New York) hint at possible family connections among parents & witnesses:

• Davidszen, Jan, j. m. Uyt Sweden, aen de Deutelbay, en Jannetje Jans, j. d. Van Leyden, aen de bouwerye, banns 11 Jun 1676, married 5 Jul 1676
• Davidszen, Jan, Jennetje Jans, Marie, 2 May 1677 (Jan Homs, Maria Jans)
• Davidszen, Jan, Jannetie Jans, Jan, 29 May 1680 (Jan Willemszen, Apollonia Cornelis)
• Davidszen, Jan, Jannetie Jans, David, 31 Mar 1683 (David Davidszen, Rachel Jans)
• Davidszen, Jan, Jannetje Jans, Pieter, 3 Feb 1686 (Jacob Willemszen, Magdaleena Jans)

Search here for "Magdaleena" (sic) to see the above baptism records:

• http://freepages.rootsweb.com/~traces/genealogy/bapproject.uls.html

Profile of the mother Jannetje Jans (from the above baptisms) who is a possible sister to Rachel Jans:

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jans-1894

Profile of Magdalena Jans, a possible sister to Rachel and/or Jannetje Jans:

• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Jans-1975

Many Janse families are listed in this 1697 census of Rensselaerswyck (near Albany):

• http://exhibitions.nysm.nysed.gov//albany/census1697.html#rw

Sources

1. ↑ Pearson, Jonathan. Contributions for the genealogies of the descendants of the first settlers of the patent and city of Schenectady, from 1662 to 1800 (1873). page 36.

• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011.

• WikiTree profile Jans-400 created through the import of davisfamilytree-1.ged on Sep 1, 2012 by Rich Davis. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Rich and others.