Jan Jansen (Bleyker) Bleecker (1641 - 1732)

Born 9 Jul 1641 in Meppel, Overyssel, Nederland

Husband of Margriet (Rutsz) van Schoonderwoert — married 2 Jan 1667 in Albany, Province of New York

Descendants

Died 21 Nov 1732 at age 91 in Albany, Albany, Province of New York

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Biography

Jan Jansen (Bleyker) Bleecker is Notable.

"Jan Jansen Bleecker, born Meppel, Overyssel, Holland, July 9, 1642, settled in Albany in1658 when but sixteen years of age, and died in Albany, November 21, 1732. Bleecker held many offices and titles: City Chamberlain of Albany (1686), a Captain in the Indian wars (commissioned in 1689), Commissioner of Indian Affairs (1691 to 1694), Recorder of Albany (1696 to1700), member of the New York Colonial Assembly (1698 to 1701), and Mayor of Albany (1700). On January 2, 1757, he married, in Albany, Grietjen Van Schoendewert, daughter of Rutger Jacobse and Tryntje (Van Breestede) Van Schoendewert, born September 10, 1647, died October 26, 1733. Rutger Jacobse Van Schoendewert was in Albany as early as 1640. He married in New Amsterdam, June 3, 1646, Tryntje Janse Van Breestede, daughter of Jan J. Van Breestede of New Amsterdam. Rutger was a magistrate in Albany for several years. While the descendants of Rutger's brother Teunis took the name Van Woert, those of Rutger adopted the name of Rutgers."^[1]

Immigration

ABT 1658

Church Records

Children's baptisms

1. 1686 Apr 11 Henderik, of Johannes Bleyker. Wit.: Cornelis Van Dyk, father. By Maria Vinhagel. ^[2]
2. 1688 Nov 14 Rachel, of Johannes Bleyker. Wit.: father, Godefridus Dellius. By Catarina Bleyker. ^[2]
3. 1692 Feb 07 Maria, of Johannes Bleyker, Sr., and Margriet Rutsz. Wit.: Abraham Cuyler, Sara Verbrugge. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ The Van Benthuysen Genealogy by A. S. Van Benthuysen and Edith McIntosh Hall (1953) p459
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Secretary Henry L. Bogert. "Albany Records, Baptisms" in Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1904.

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Needs paraphrasing

From: People of Colonial Albany

Jan Janse was the founder of the Albany Bleecker family. Tradition holds that he came to New Netherland in 1658 and soon after settled in Beverwyck. Initially, young Jan Janse brought a black smith's skill to the fur trade. While coming of age as a trader, Jan Janse improved his lot by teaching school, serving as a notary, and representing the cases of others before the Albany court. In 1667, he married Margaret Van Woert, the daughter of an Albany brewer. Between 1668 and 1692, their ten children were baptized in the Albany Dutch church where both parents were members and frequent baptism sponsers. A pillar of the church, Jan Janse served as deacon and elder from the 1670s until his death. These Bleeckers lived on Pearl Street where Jan Janse was an Albany mainstay. During the 1670s, he began to buy and sell town lots and was very active in the Albany real estate market. Like many aspiring traders, he appeared frequently before the Albany court as plaintiff, defendent, and witness. As he prospered, he also invested in land outside of Albany. During the 1680s, he served on the Albany court and was identified as a commissary. In 1686, he was appointed one of the first aldermen under the new city charter. Governor Dongan also named him first chamberlain or city treasurer. As a member of the Albany corporation, he sat as a justice and served as one of the Commissioners of Indian Affairs. While serving at the muncipal level, he was elected to represent Albany in the provincial Assembly in 1698. Named recorder of Albany in 1696, his public career peaked with his appointment as mayor of Albany in 1700. He served for a year and was succeeded by his eldest son. Jan Janse's sons extended the Bleecker trade network deeper into the Indian country during the peace of 1714-44. In 1715, their father became a naturalized British subject - further cementing the family's establishment in America. Jan Janse lived out his long life in Albany - patriarch of a large and successful family. He died on November 21, 1732. Margarita passed less than a year later. Both were buried beneath the Albany church.