Jannetje (Sijmons) Symens (1624 - 1683)

Born 22 Sep 1624 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Ancestors

Wife of Evert Evertsen Pels — married 15 Dec 1641 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland

Descendants

Died 2 Sep 1683 at age 58 in Esopus, Ulster County, Province of New York

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Biography

"Evert Everts Pels came from “Statijn”, which is believed to be Stettin, Pomerania. Evert married Jannetje Sijmons 15 December 1641 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands. Jannetje was baptized 22 September 1624 in the Oudekerk (old Church), Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, the daughter of Sijmon Floriszen and Claertje Arents. She had four sisters, Lijsbet, Machtelt, Marij (who probably died young), and Marritje, and three brothers, Floris, Arent (who probably died young), and Arent. At the time of his marriage, Evert was a sailor. In 1642, Evert and Jannetje left for the Colony of Rensselaerwyck in New Netherland by the ship De Houttuyn, where Evert is listed as a beer brewer and apparently a freeman. Evert served this colony in this capacity as a brewer In 1643, a Wolphert Nys bound himself for two years as a servant to the Pels family. In 1649, Evert bought property on the island of Manhattan and , in 1651, leased a farm on the North River. On 28 Nov 1651 and 21 May 1652, he was among those who took an oath of fidelity to the Patroon, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer. Evert is found in the records as the owner or skipper of a yacht. Evert freed Jannetje’s sister Marritje from her indenture (see information on the Jacob Barentsen Cool family) 19 February 1659. In 1678, it was written that Evert had also once lived on the Mill Creek in Greenbush. ^[1]

Baptism

Jannetjen Sijmons was baptized September 24, 1624 in Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, the daughter of Sijmon Florisz and Claertje Arents. ^[2][3]

Child/ kind: Jannetjen
Baptism date/ doopdatum: 22-09-1624
Church/ kerk: Oude Kerk (Old Church Amsterdam, Holland)
Religion/ godsdienst: Hervormd
Father/ vader: SijmonFlorisz
Mother/ moeder: Klaer Arents
Remarks/ opmerkingen: occ. father pantsmaker/ Ber. va. broekenmaker ^[2]

Marriage

Amsterdam, int marriage date/ inschrijvingsdatum: 1641-11 name groom/ naam bruidegom:Evert Everts Pels name bride/ naam bruid: Jannetje Sijmons ^[4][5]

Marriage Evert Evertsen Pels and Jannetje Sijmonsdr, November 1641 Amsterdam

"Compareerden als voren Evert Evertsen Pels van Statijn varensgezel out 25 jaren wonende in de Hasselaersteeg, geen ouders, geassisteert met zijn oom Pieter Smit, en Jannetje Sijmonsdr. out 18 jaren wonende als voren geassisteert met haer moeder Claertje. Den 31 November 1641."
Translated: Appeared as before Evert Evertsen Pels from Statijn, sailor, aged 25 years, living in the Hasselaersteeg, having no parents (living in Amsterdam), accompanied by his uncle Pieter Smit, and Jannetje Sijmondr, aged 18 years, living in the same place, accompanied by her mother Claertje. 31 November 1641.^[6]

The text of the actual marriage record: De 15th Dito heft D. Holbekijus getrout als volgt: Evert Everts Pels met Jannetje Sijmons./ The 15th of the same (December 1641) Dominie Holbekijus married as before: Evert Everts Pels with Jannetje Sijmons. ^[6]

Death

Died September 2, 1683 in Kingston, Ulster, New York
or Esopus,Ulster,New York colony

Church Records

Children's baptisms

1. 1651 10 Sep. Clara. Evert Pels. Wit.: Geen getuygen. ^[7]
2. 1661 13 Nov. Rabecca. Evert Pels, Jannetje Symens. Wit.: Do. Gideon Schaets, Annetje Schaets.^[8]
3. 1665 229 Mar. Symen. Evert Pels, jannetje Symens. Wit.: Toomes Chamers, Margriet Chamers, Gysbert van Imbroeck. ^[9]

Baptismal witness

• 1661. 27 March. Jacob Barentsen, Marretje Symensen. Symen. Wit: Evert Pels and Jannetje Symensen, his wife. ^[10]

Research Notes

LNAB is Sijmons, the last name on her marriage record. Orthographically this is equivalent to Symons, but the recorded name is Sijmons. - Smith-62120 03:04, 31 July 2019 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Michelle Boyd. "Evert Everts Pels and Jannetje Simons." www.boydhouse.com. Accessed 13 Jun 2016. "
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Source: Amsterdam archief bronverwijzing: DTB 6, p.94 Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) Doopregister: NL-SAA-24397234
3. ↑ Sijmon Floriszen Boyd House by Michelle Roosa]
4. ↑ Amsterdam archief 1641-11 - Pels, Evert Everts - Sijmons, Jannetje - DTB 457, p.50 - Huwelijksintekeningen van de KERK. - OTR00042000029 Marriage Intentions 31 November 1641 bronverwijzing: DTB 457, p.50 opmerkingen: Huwelijksintekeningen van de KERK. Archief van de Burgerlijke Stand: doop-, trouw- en begraafboeken van Amsterdam (retroacta van de Burgerlijke Stand) Ondertrouwregister: NL-SAA-26381974
5. ↑ familysearch Netherlands, Noord-­Holland Church Records, 1523­1948 > Nederlands Hervormde > Amsterdam > Huwelijksaangiften, Trouwen 1641­1643 > Image 231 of 629 >
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} miner descent Evert Pels
7. ↑ Thomas Grier Evans. "Baptisms from 1639 to 1730 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York." In Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. II. New York: Printed for the Society, 1890.
8. ↑ Hoes, page 2, #10.
9. ↑ Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York: (formerly Named Wiltwyck, and Often Familiarly Called Esopus or 'Sopus), for One Hundred and Fifty Years from Their Commencement in 1660. New York: De Vinne Press, 1891.
10. ↑ Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and marriage registers of the old Dutch church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York, by Kingston, Kingston, N.Y. Reformed Dutch Church. 1891, page 1, No. 3. https://archive.org/details/baptismalmarriag00king/page/n17

• https://stadsarchief.amsterdam.nl/archieven/archiefbank/indexen/doopregisters/zoek/query.nl.pl?i1=1&v1=sijmon&a1=florisz&x=19&z=a Baptisms Jannetje and her siblings
• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/21920874/family and https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/tree/1545140/family
• Hoes, Roswell Randall, ed. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston,Ulster, New York, 1660-1809. New York: De Winne Press, 1891.
• "Evert Everts Pels and Jannetje Simons" Boyd House Michelle Roosa Cites:
  • Huwelijks Aangifte (Marriage Intentions for all Dutch Reformed Churches in the City of Amsterdam), Film 113201, Vol. 475.
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• Pearson's "First Settlers of Albany", p. 87
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000, p. 26 of p. 24 - 27 - Albert Heyman Roosa - Marriage of Arien Aldertse Roosa and Maria Evertsen Pels. Note: This is not the title of a book. It's an Ancestry database that consists of many books; it's important to cite the actual book.

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Needs paraphrasing

The Pels family later left Rensselaerwyck and settled in Wildwyck (later caller Kingston, Ulster, New York) . On 1 September 1659, Evert is reported as being a member of a scout party that attacked a group of Native Americans involved in a drunken brawl near Wildwyck. Evert was appointed as one of the first Schepens (magistrates) of this settlement in 1660. In 1662, his appointment as a commissary was continued by Peter Stuyvesant. In 1665, Evert was appointed a commissary of Kingston by the English Governor Richard Nicolls. Evert was again selected as a commissary in 1667. In 1669, Evert applied for and was granted the position of corn-measurer and watchman at the Rondout. He was reappointed to these positions in 1670.

In between November of 1666 and February of 1667, there seems to have been some problems between Jannetje and her family and her sister Marritje and her family, as Jacob Barents Cool (Marritje’s husband) sued Evert in Jacob’s brother’s behalf for debt, then Evert sued Jacob for debt, and finally Marritje sued Jannetje for unpaid wages. In 1668, Jannetje was arrested for a debt to Jochem Ketelheym and Juriaen Westphael (then deceased), which Evert had neglected to pay, but the court found the arrest invalid.

Evert had a small part in the transition of Esopus, New Netherland to Kingston, New York.[3] In 1664, the Governor Stuyvesant handed the colony over to the English. The English, eager to gain control, over the region sent troops to various areas, including Kingston. There were a number of abuses by these soldiers and great number of fights between them and the Dutch burghers. Finally, in 1667, Captain Broadhead arrested Cornelis Barentsen Slecht. The burghers felt that it had been done unjustly. Evert and Thomas Chambers were selected to ask the captain to release Slecht from arrest and go through the proper channels of the court to redress any offense. The captain refused and stated that he would be ready for anyone who tried to fetch Slecht from prison. This, among other grievances, lead to the Esopus Mutiny, in which the burghers openly rebelled against the soldiers.

Later, during the summer of 1672, rumors reached Kingston that Dutch ships had arrived at New York City to retake the colony from the English. Evert was one of two men dispatched to investigate the truth of the rumor. They were indeed true and the colony of New York temporarily became a possession of the Netherlands once more. It was recorded that a son of Evert Pels was captured by Native Americans during the outbreak of the Second Esopus War (just prior to the surrender of New Netherland to the English). The son was adopted by and married into the tribe. He and his wife, who became pregnant, were unwilling to part. Unfortunately, I do not know the name of this son or of his wife.