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Geesje Catherine (Jans) Springsteen (1620 - aft. 1653)

Geesje Catherine (Geertje) "Geesje, Geesjen" Springsteen formerly Jans aka Van Groeningen
Born in Groningen, Groningen, Nederlandmap
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of — married 1638 in Groningen, Groningen, Nederlandmap
Wife of — married 8 Sep 1652 in New Amsterdam, New Netherlandmap
Descendants descendants
Died after after age 33 in New York Colonymap
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Biography

Geesje Jans was an immigrant settler in New Netherland. That she was born in Groeningen is indicated by the record of the banns for her second marriage, registered in New Amsterdam on 8 September 1652, on which she is called Geesje Jans, Van Groeningen, widow of Caspar Springsteijn.[1]'

She married Caspar Springsteijn in the Netherlands in about 1638. Baptism records for several of their children have been found in Groeningen records.

On 8 September 1652 Geesje Jans married for the second time in the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam, on 8 September 1652 Jan Janszen van Groeningen.[2]

She had one child with Jan Janszen van Groeningen: Caspar, baptized 30 November 1653 in the New Amsterdam Reformed Dutch Church. The name of the mother does not appear on the baptism record.[3]

Baptisms-Children first marriage

These are the only children I can find named similar and baptized in Groningen, but mothers name is Geesje (which is correct and matches the marriage record , when she married Jan Janszen her name was Geesje ) , but...could be a typo as well or maybe Casper Johannes was named Casper Joris later ?) could be different people as well of course. Also read somewhere they could be from Germany and Geertje just left from Groningen with her children.
  1. Baptism-Doop: 22-04-1642 Groningen; A-kerk Child-Kind: Johannes Gender-Geslacht: m Father-Vader: Casper Josephs Mother-Moeder: Geesjen [4]
  2. Baptism-Doop: 23-06-1646 Groningen; A-kerk child- Kind: Melcher Geslacht m Father-Vader: Casper Josephs Mother-Moeder: Geesjen[5]
  3. Doop: 07-02-1647 Delfzijl Kind: Casper Geslacht: o Vader: Casper Jans Diversen: soldaat [6] Probably not theirs but just in case..
  4. Baptism- Doop: 11-07-1649 Groningen; A-kerk Child-Kind: Barber Geslacht v Father-Vader: Caspar Joris Mother-Moeder: Geesje[7]

Marriages

  1. Caspar Springsteyn
  2. New Amsterdam 1652 08 Sep: Jan Janszen Van Groeningen, Wedr. van Agnietje Andries, en Geesje Jans, van Groeningen, Wede. van Caspar Springsteyn.[8]

Church Records

Children's baptisms
  • 1654. den 30 Nov. Jan Janszen Van Groen. Caspar. Geen getuygen (English: "No witnesses"). [9]

Research Notes

Distinguishing this family in Groningen records

Note there were two actually three couples with a man named Casper in Groningen around this time, one couple was a Casper Stickers also named Starkers , Stockers or Stevens , with his wife named Catharina, Catarijne (might have been Anna Catharine Siwerts, because there is a marriage for a Casper Stickers and Ann Catharina Siwerts, but this couple did not have children with names Joost , Johannes , Casper and Barber.
And there's couple number two, a Casper Hensker (soldier) and wife Cathrine Sanders
Now according the marriage in New Netherland , Caspers wife was named Geesje Jans , so it seems very likely Casper Josephs (or Joris) and his wife Geesje , parents of the children Johannes , Melcher (Melchior) Barber (Barbara) are the correct ones .
There is also one child named Casper baptized in Delfzijl in 1647 , his father was named Casper Jans (soldier) so it could be maybe this child was also theirs , so I added the info for him , but it's not certain he was theirs . Timmerman-225 13:26, 23 February 2016 (EST)

Evidence for Immigration Date

In 1687, Joost Casperse and Johannis Casperse of Brooklyn both stated that they had been in the country for 35 years. [10]

Content from Other Versions of Profile

Geesje Catherine was born about 1618. She passed away about 1650.

Source: John Reynolds Totten, "Van Der Beek Family Notes", New York Genealogical & Biographical Record Vol. 64, pp.229-243; 367-387 (1933): p.368 fn.

Children by Caspar Springsteen:

  • Johannes Casparszen Springsteen d. between 4 Apr 1693 and 14 May 1694

Ibid.

  • Melchior Casparsz Springsteen
  • Joost Casparszen Springsteen b. ca. 1637, d. before 19 Oct 1695

Ibid., 65:310.

Bio includes data from The Brouwer Genealogy Database. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/surname_index.htm

  • Fact: Burial Manhattan, New York

Geertje was born about 1620. She came to New Netherlands with her four children some time after her husband died in 1652, nominally (1653-1669). She then remarried a Mr. Jan Jansen van Groening. She passed away before 1700.

Sources

  1. Purple, page 17.
  2. 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. (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, reprint 2003), p.17.
  3. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New York", New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vols.5- (1874-): 5:151. Parent Jan Janszen Van Groen.
  4. Source: Bron: Algemeen doopboek 1640-1657 Kerkelijke gemeente - Groningen Collectie DTB (toegang 124) Inventarisnummer 146 [Transcript +scan child Johannes
  5. Source: Bron: Algemeen doopboek 1640-1657 Kerkelijke gemeente - Groningen Collectie DTB (toegang 124) Inventarisnummer 146 transcript+scan child Melcher
  6. Source: Groningen Archief - Alle Groningers Bron: Doopboek 1641-1717 Kerkelijke gemeente - Delfzijl Collectie DTB (toegang 124) Inventarisnummer: 48 Baptism child Casper
  7. Source: Bron: Algemeen doopboek 1640 1657 Kerkelijke gemeente - Groningen Collectie DTB (toegang 124) Inventarisnummer 146 Child Barber transcript +scan
  8. 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. (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, reprint 2003), p.17.
  9. Evans, page 36.
  10. E. B. Callaghan. The Documentary History of the State of New-York; Arranged under Direction of the Hon. Christopher Morgan, Secretary of State. Vol. I. Albany: Weed, Parsons &, Public Printers, 1850. 430.

Acknowledgments

  • WikiTree profile Jans-431 created through the import of McClintock Family Tree.ged on Oct 5, 2012 by Kimberly McClintock. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Kimberly and others.
  • Jans-1085 was created by Gail Williams through the import of Carry Case gedcome - Jan 2015.ged on Jan 26, 2015.




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I do not see evidence that she ever was called by the last name of either of her husbands (Dutch women of her time seldom were called by husbands' names) but I have not researched this family. Is there evidence I have not noticed, or do we need to move the husbands' names to "Other Last Names" data fields?
posted by Ellen Smith
Jans-4959 and Jans-431 appear to represent the same person because: Same name, same husband, same biographical details.
posted by Ellen Smith
Jans-5059 and Jans-431 appear to represent the same person because: Clearly the same person. I just proposed a merge for the two profiles for her Springsteen husband.
posted by Ellen Smith
Jans-1085 and Jans-431 appear to represent the same person because: This recently imported duplicate is the oldest maternal ancestor in this chain in need of a merge into the NNS PPP. No tree conflicts. Name is Geertje, and the alternative unsourced name here is Catherine. Thanks!
posted by Steven Mix
I'm not sure this Geertje was wife to both Caspar Springsteen & Jan van Groenengen... it doesn't seem likely to me that she would name her child by Jan after her previous husband Caspar.
posted by Liz (Noland) Shifflett

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