Pieter Jansen (VanDeventer) Van Deventer (1653 - aft. 1709)

Born 22 Dec 1653 in Bunnik, Utrecht, Nederland

Ancestors

Husband of Marie (van Doorn) van Deventer — married 22 Mar 1686 in Flatbush, Kings, New York

Descendants

Died after 19 Oct 1709 after age 55 in Monmouth, New Jersey, British Colonial America

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Biography

"Pieter Jansen Van Deventer young man from the Bishopric of Uytrecht, residing on Marteman's Neck and Mayke Christiaense young dame from New Uytrecht, residing at Geele Hoeck (Yellow Hook, later New Utrecht) married March 22, 1686. "Bishopric of Uytrecht" refers to the Bishopric and Province of Utrecht in the Netherlands. "Marteman's Neck" designates Pieter's place of residence on Long Island." ^[1]

In many Dutch records the last name (surname) of the person mentioned is often omitted. Mayke Christianse van Doorn was the daughter of Christiaen van Doorn and a sister to Jacob van Doorn. "Young dame" denotes that she was an unmarried woman.

Residence

1698 census book of Kings Co., NY identifies Pieter Van Deventer as the head of a family of six persons including his wife, Maria, and four children: Christian, Abraham, Maria and Isaac. About 1701, the family moved to Monmouth Co., NJ, having first purchased land in Monmouth Co. 2 September 1699, followed by a second purchase 15 May 1705.

Family & Church Customs

2 Apr 1693 New Utrecht (Flatbush), Kings, NY Pieter made a gift of 50 guilders to the Dutch Reformed Church in memory of his deceased father according to the custom of the time and paid 6 guilders for the use of the church pall.

Parents' Marriage

Husband: Jan Pieters Vandeventer

Wife: Maria Hoogeboom

Child: Pieter Jensen Vandeventer

Marriage:

Date: 1652

Place: Houten, Holland ^[2]

Name

Name: Pieter Jansen /Vandeventer or VanDeventer ^[2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1653

Place: Bunnik, Prov. Utrecht, Holland ^[2]

Marriage

Husband: Pieter Jensen Vandeventer

Wife: Mayke Christiaense Van Doorn

Child: Isaac Vandeventer

Marriage:

Date: 22 MAR 1685/6

Place: New Utrecht (Flatbush) New Netherlands (New York) ^[2][3]

Church Records

Children's baptisms

• 1697. 5 September. Abram, Isack twelingen (twins); parents: Piter van deventer, Mayke van deventer; witnesses: Hendrick Ryke, Joost van brunt, ytie hendricks, aaltie van brunt.^[4][5]
• 1704. 12 Augustus. Pieter Van Deventer, Maijke Van Doorn. Abraham, Isaack, tweelingen. Witnesses: Cornelis Van Deventer, Antie Van Thuijl, Tjerk Van Dijk, Trijntie Van Dijk.^[6]

These records show that the twins Abra[ha]m and Isa[a]ck were baptized twice. The second baptism of the twins is explained by the fact that the 1697 baptism was not recorded by the pastor in the usual book, but instead was entered on a loose sheet of paper (documented as Flatbush paper No. 6828) along with some other baptisms, possibly with an intention to copy them into the regular book. The loose paper was found some years later among the pastor's effects. In the meantime Pieter and his family had moved from Flatbush to Monmouth County, New Jersey. Apparently the parents wanted a permanent record of the twins' baptisms, so they had them baptized in the New York Dutch Church.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ Reformed Protestant Dutch church of the town of Flatbush, Kings Co., NY, (entered in the Dutch language)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Source: S011686 Data: Text: Date of Import: 5 Mar 2010 Source: S011680 Data: Text: Date of Import: 19 Mar 2010 Title: HERBERT(4)(2).FTW Ancestry (facts)
3. ↑ Source: S011660 Title: v96t1366.FTW Data: Text: Date of Import: 16 Apr 2010
4. ↑ Chester, Chris. The Brouwer Genealogy Database, Abraham Vandeventer, Citing David William Voorhees, editor, Records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol.1, 1677-1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998), page 451. Flatbush Paper No. 6828.
5. ↑ Van Deventer, page 57.
6. ↑ Evans, page 300.
7. ↑ Van Deventer, pages 21-22.

• Van Deventer, Christobelle, comp. The Van Deventer Family. Columbia, MO: Press of E.W. Stevens, 1943. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x000485277.

See also:

• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/44897389/family
• Source: S001752 Title: New Jersey EASy - Indexing Project (batch) # B07194-1; source file 584573; Ref v X p 392

Acknowledgments

• VanDeventer-116 was created by Sarah Sherman-VanDeventer through the import of VanDeventer Family Tree.ged on Oct 28, 2014.