Jannetje (Bresie) Dutcher (abt. 1673 - 1749)

Born about 1673 in Albany, New York

Ancestors

Wife of Roelof (de Duytser) Dutcher — married 17 Nov 1700 in Kingston, Ulster County, New York

Descendants

Died 26 Jul 1749 at about age 76 in Salisbury, Hartford County, Connecticut [uncertain]

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Biography

Jannetje was born in Albany, New York, probably in the 1670s (before the date of the earliest surviving church records for Albany). Some online genealogies assert that she was born in 1673, but no evidence has been found supporting this specific date. She was a daughter of Christopher Bresie and Christina Claasz. In The Dutcher Family, Griffin listed Brusy, Brisse, Bressy, Bresjes, Brosie, Brusie, Pressy, Prusie, and Cressy as variant spellings of her family name.^[1]

Roelof de Duytser and Jannetje Bresie were married on 17 November 1700 in the Reformed Dutch Church of Kingston, New York. According to the marriage record, Roelof was born in Mormelt and Jannetje in Albanien (Albany). They were both residing in Kingstouwn; it was the first marriage for both. ^[2] This appears to be the earliest known record for Jannetje.

Jannetje, widow of Rulof Dutcher, died on 26 July 1749,^[3] probably in Connecticut, where the family had lived after about 1720. In his will, written 17 January 1736/7, her husband described himself as of Weataug (modern spelling is Weatogue) in Connecticut.^[4]

Research Notes

LNAB is Bresie, the name found in the earliest record known for her. -Smith-62120 19:26, 6 May 2020 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Griffin, page 28.
2. ↑ Hoes, page 516
3. ↑ Griffin, page 29.
4. ↑ Whittemore, pages 15-27.

• Griffin, Walter Kenneth. The Dutcher Family, pages 7, 28, 31 & 30. https://archive.org/details/dutcherfamily00grif/
• Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York. New York: De Vinne Press, 1891.
• Pearson, Prof. Jonathan. Contributions for the Genealogies of the First Settlers of the ancient County of Albany, 1630-1800. (Albany, NY: J. Munsellin, 1872), page 28; my ebooks, www.newenglandancestors.org
• Bullard, Edgar J. Bullard and allied families: The American Ancestors of George Newton Bullard and Mary Elizabeth Bullard. (Detroit, Mich.: 1930), page 63; digital images, Heritage Quest Online
• Whittemore, Henry. Our Colonial Ancestors and Their Descendants. (Watertown, NY: The Hungerford-Holbrook Co., 1902). https://books.google.com/books?id=RkxKAAAAMAAJ

Acknowledgments

• Janice Hardin. Click the Changes tab for the details of edits by Janice and others.
• Thank you to Blain Mercer for creating WikiTree profile Bolsie-1 through the import of Blain Mercer Family Tree.ged on May 27, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Blain and others.