Jan (Buijs) Buys (1709 - 1790)

Jan (Buijs) Buys was a New Netherland Descendant 1674-1776. Join: New Netherland Project Discuss: new_netherland

Biography

Jan was baptized on 20 April 1709 in the Reformed Dutch Church of New York, recorded as the child of Hendrik Buijs and Willempje Oostrum (a.k.a. Hendrick Ariense Buys and Willemje Oosteroom). Witnesses were recorded as Isaac Anderson and his wife Prudencia (i.e. Prudencia Woodard).

Identified by Jones as the husband of Anna Elisabetha Kuhn without naming his parents (p. 496)

He died on 2 Feb 1790.^{[citation needed]}

His will proved [Jan.?] 1790 Dutchess Co. NY

Children

• Children of Jan and Anna Elizabeth Buys:^{[citation needed]},

• Lea Buys.

Church Records

• Baptism

• 1709. April. Hendrik Buijs, Willempje Oostrum. Jan. Witnesses: Isaac Anderson, Prudencia, s. hs. vrouw.^[1]

• Children's baptisms

1. 1752. 4 November. Jan Buis and Elisabeth Koen. Cathrina. Witnesses: Velte Koen and Cathrina Koen.^[2]

Research Notes

LNAB is Buijs, the name recorded for his father at his baptism. "Buijs" is the correct Dutch orthography, but this name is often rendered as "Buys." Smith-62120 01:28, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

The will cited here, that of John Bois, created on 27 January 1785 and proved in Dutchess County on 30 January 1790, is also identified in WikiTree as the will of John Bois (bef.1750-bef.1790). These are two different men, but there is only one will. The will mentions wife Elizabeth, eldest son Henry Bois, son Arey Bois, and son Peter Bois, who was deceased (he was called "extinct") but had children who were not yet of age. These are the only children named individually, but shares of the estate were to be given to "all my children," possibly including others. Smith-62120 01:53, 11 September 2022 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ Evans, page 338
2. ↑ Martin, David Kendall. "The Wife of Johannes Kreisler." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 106 (1975), page 196, citing Rhinebeck Dutch Reformed Church.

• 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.
• Jones, Henry, Palatine Families of New York (1985)
• [NYC] Baptisms transcription at longislandgenealogy.com
• His will: "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-899R-N8RS?cc=1920234&wc=Q75G-DPX%3A213305701%2C225060001 : 28 May 2014), Dutchess > image 64 of 465; county courthouses, New York.