Jan Hansen Bergen (bef. 1644 - aft. 1715)

Born before 17 Apr 1644 in New Amsterdam, New Netherland

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Descendants

Died after 1715 after age 70 in Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, Province of New York

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Biography

According to Teunis Bergen in Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y.:

"Jan Hansen, bp. April 17, 1644; married Jannetje [Teunis (Coevert)]; d. after 1715. Obtained a patent in 1664 for 20 morgens or 40 A. at Bedford in Brooklyn, on which he appears to have resided, and which in 1697 he sold to Lucas Coeverts, having previously removed to Jamaica. In 1677 he hails from Bedford and in 1679 from Jamaica, where he owned and cultivated a farm, and from him are descended the Queens Co. Bergens. Signed his name " Yan Hansen." Issue: Hans, bp. Feb. 14, 1677; Teunis, bp. April. 20, 1679; Adriaentje, bp. Dec. 11, 1681, at Br", m. Jan or Johannes Gerretse; Marretje, bp. Mar. 29, 1685, at Br", (sup.) m. Johannes Eldertse; Sarah, m. Jacob Hebbelem; (sup.) Peter; (sup.) Catalyn." ^[1]

In The Bergen Family, Teunis Bergen said:

"His descendants have a tradition that he was owner of vessels engaged in voyages at sea, and that he lost them in a great storm." Citing Documents Relating to the Colonial History of New York, vol. 2, pp. 452 and 456, T. G. Bergen states "that a 'Jan Bergen' was skipper or captain of the ship St. Jan Baptist, Dec. 31, 1661," and was skipper of the Bontekoe or Spotted Cow, Dec. 31, 1663. "The colonial records also show that in May 1661, he carried to New Amsterdam in the St. Jan Baptist, a cargo of emigrants." It is also mentioned that in April 1663 he was skipper of the Bontekoe, in April 1664, skipper of the "D'Eendracht, Concord or Unity," and on December 5, 1664, Gov. Nicolls (of New York) on petition, gave leave to "John Bergen," master of the ship Unity to come to New York. [It has to be pointed out, that as he was baptized in 1644, our Jan Hansen Bergen was only age 17 on Dec. 31, 1661, age 19 in Dec. 1663 and not quite, or just turned 20 in May 1664, and it is therefore completely unlikely that he was ever "skipper," "Captain" or "Master" of any ship crossing the Atlantic Ocean].^[2]

Birth

Jan Hansen Bergen was born before 17 Apr 1644, to Sarah Jorissen Rapalje, age 18, and Hans Hansen Bergen, age 34.^[3]

Christening

17 APR 1644 NY;

RDC New York: 1644 Apr 17 Jans; father Hans Hanszen de Noorman; sponsors: Jan Montfoort, Jan Snyderken, Anneken Bogardus. ^{[4][5][6][7][8][9]}

Marriage

Jan Hansen Bergen married Annetje Teunise Denyse in Arnhem, Gelderland, Netherlands, on July 11, 1675, when he was 31 years old.^{[10][6][7][8][11]}

Religion

member, Dutch Church, Brooklyn^[12]

Death

Died after 1715 in Brooklyn, Kings Co., Long Island, NY Colony

Burial

Jan Hansen Bergen in the Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery in Flatbush, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York.^[3]

Property

Jan Hansen Bergen was very busy in the real estate business. The following is an incomplete list of some of his major transactions:^[13][14]

1. March 18th, 1662, was made "a kind request to the Director General and Council of New Netherlands, if it will please them to present us the grant of a parcel of woodland situated between the land of Joris Rapalje, next to the old path to the Bay.....The request is granted to the supplicants....Under this application patents for twenty morgen or forty acres were granted to each of the six applicants . . . . Jan Hansen {Bergen's) patent was also dated May 15th, 1664, and covered the northerly one-half of the farm at Bedford, late of Lambert Suydam, and designated as that of the widow Lott on Butts's map of Brooklyn..
2. April 16th, 1697, John Hansen {Bergen), of Jamaica, Queen's county (see lib. 2, p. 140, of con. King's county register's office), conveyed his patent to Lucas Coevcrts, of Queen's county, . . . .
3. March 14th, 1675-6, " Jan Hansen" of Bedford, on his own behalf, and by virtue of verbal authority of Jan Vennagar, conveyed to " Claes Pieterse " (Wyckoff), about 12 morgens of land in Flatlands. On the same date he conveyed, on his own behalf, and by virtue of power from the aforesaid Jan Vennagar, to Dierck Jansen/ about 16 morgens of land, also located in Flatlands. . . . .
4. April 26th, 1697 (lib. 2, p. 140, of con.. King's county register's office), he sold the land patented to him in Bedford to Lucas Coeverts,' containing by estimation 20 morgen (40 acres), as hereinbefore set forth. . . . .
5. June 9th, 1706, Geisham Higgins conveyed to "Jan Hanse" two acres on the main street in the village of Jamaica

Sources

1. ↑ Bergen, Teunis G. Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y., Page 154.
2. ↑ Bergen, Teunis G. The Bergen Family, Page 89.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 August 2019), memorial page for Jan Hansen Bergen (17 Apr 1644–unknown), Find A Grave: Memorial #184981347, citing Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery, Flatbush, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA ; Maintained by cchldrss (contributor 49126320) .
4. ↑ http://longislandgenealogy.com/baptisms/baps.html
5. ↑ Nationaal Archief Nieuw-Nederland; Den Haag, Nederland; DTB Baptism, https://www.wiewaswie.nl/personen-zoeken/zoeken/document/srcid/22414523
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Allaben, Frank. The Ancestry of Leander Howard Crall…Monographs on the Crall, Haff, Beatty, Asfordby, Billesby, Heneage, Langton, Quadring, Sandon, Fulnetby, Newcomen, Wollet, Cracroft, Gascoigne, Skipwith, Plantagenet, Meet, Van Ysselsteyn, Middagh, Bergen,and De Rapalje Families, with Coat Armor, Pedigree Charts and Documentary Appendices. The Grafton Press; New York; 1908. Page 261.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Chester, Chris. Descendants of Hans Hansen, Progenitor of the Bergen Family (An unpolished journal report of descendants for three generations). 7 Nov 2013. Copyright 2013 by Chris. Page 6-7. Chester www.brouwergenealogy.blogspot.com
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Bergen, Teunis G. Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y..
9. ↑ Bergen, Teunis G. The Bergen Family, Page 72.
10. ↑ Ancestry.com. Netherlands, Select Marriages, 1565-1892 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
11. ↑ Bergen, Teunis G. The Bergen Family, Page 84.
12. ↑ Source: #S244
13. ↑ Bergen, Teunis G. Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y.,', Pages 84-98
14. ↑ Chester, Chris. Descendants of Hans Hansen, Progenitor of the Bergen Family (An unpolished journal report of descendants for three generations). 7 Nov 2013 Copyright 2013 by Chris Chester. Page 6-8. www.brouwergenealogy.blogspot.com

• Bergen, Teunis G. The Bergen Family, or, the Descendants of Hans Hansen Bergen (J. Munsell, Albany, N.Y., 1876)
• Bergen, Teunis G. Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N.Y., from Its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700: With Contributions to Their Biographies and Genealogies, Compiled from Various Sources. (New York: S. W. Green's Son, 1881.)
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Ancestral File (TM) June 1998, data as of 5 JAN 1998. Ancestral File Number: B5D5-7S
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Family Search FSFTID KN3J-RGN
• Source: S244 Genealogies of Long Island Families: From The NYG & B Record Publication: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (Baltimore: 1987)
• Bangs, Charlotte R. Woglom. Our Ancestors. Brooklyn: Press of Kings County Journal, 1896.
• Ancestry Family Trees: Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Page: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/7221440/person/1442674978/facts

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