Anthony (Wansaar) Wanshaar (bef. 1657)

Born before 4 Jul 1657 in New Amsterdam, New Netherland

Ancestors

Husband of Maretje (Herberts) Wanshaer — married 8 Jun 1681 in Flatlands, Kings, New York

Descendants

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Biography

Anthony was a son of Jan Janszen Wanshaer and Baertie Hendricks Kip, baptized in the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam on 4 July 1657.^[1]

He married Maritie Herberts on 8 January 1682. The marriage of Anthonius Wansaar and Maretje Herberts was recorded in the Reformed Dutch Church of Flatbush.^[2]

Church Records

Baptism

• 1657. den 4 Jul. Anthony, Jan Janszen Van St. Obyn, Baertie Hendricks, Wit: Hendrick Kip en syn hus vr [in English: "and his wife"], Jillis Pieterszen

Marriage

• 1682. Jan. 8. Anthonius Wansaar to Maretje Herberts.

Children

1. Catherine, bpt. 2 OCT 1682. Antoine Wanshaar, Maritie Herberts. Wit: Jan Dirkz Meyer, Baartje Kips. ^[3]
2. Jan
3. Abraham

Research Notes

LNAB is Wansaar, the last name on his marriage record, which is the first identified record that gives him a last name of his own. - Smith-62120 17:40, 30 August 2019 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Evans, Thomas Grier. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York. Baptisms from 25 December, 1639 to 27 December, 1730." Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol 2. New York: Printed for the Society, 1901. Page 46.
2. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Brooklyn and Flatbush NY, Book 72. Image of handwritten register transcript accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6961/42037_2421401696_0511-00166 . Note: Wanzer (page 27) gives the marriage place as Flatlands and gives the date as 8 June 1681.
3. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Brooklyn and Flatbush NY, Book 72. Image of handwritten transcript of register, accessed on Ancestry at https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6961/42037_2421401696_0511-00231

• Wanzer, W. David. History of the Wanzer Family in America: From the Settlement in New Amsterdam, New York, 1642 to 1920. (Medford, Mass.: Medford Mercury Press, 1920), pp. 26-27.[1]