Jan Debevoise (1704 - 1777)

Born 1704 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

Ancestors

Died 26 Apr 1777 at about age 73 in Newtown, Queens County, New York, United States

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Biography

Jan Carel DeBevoise was born on July 23, 1704, in Brooklyn, New York to Carel Debevoise and his wife, Margarietje Messerole. He married Jane (Jannetje) Rapalje in 1726. They had six children in 18 years. He died on April 26, 1777, in Queens, New York, at the age of 72.

Birth

• Jan Carel DeBevoise was born before July 23, 1704, in Brooklyn, New York, to Margarietje Messerole, age 22, and Carel Charles Debevoise, age 23.^[1]

Baptism

• Jan Carel Debevoise was baptized 23 July 1704.^[2][3]

Marriage

• Jan Carel DeBevoise married Jane (Jannetje) Rapalje in 1726 when he was 22 years old.^[1]

Death

• Jan Carel DeBevoise died on April 26, 1777, in Newtown, Queens, New York, when he was 72 years old.^[1]

Will, Abstract of

Page 26. In the name of God, Amen. I, JOHN DE BEVOIS, of New Town, Queens County, yeoman, being in a reasonable health of body. All debts to be paid. I leave to my dearly beloved wife Jannietie, my best bed and furniture, riding chair and horse, cupboard, and her choice of my negro wenches; £20 per year, payable during her natural life by all my children, each in their proportion; the same to be in lieu of her Dower. Unto my son Karel, £10 for his birthright; Also, my homestead that I had of my father, and the one half of my woodland near New Town Spring; Also, the one half of the woodland that I had of Nathan Smith, he and his heirs rendering and paying ~200 in two equal payments. Unto my son George, the farm that I bought of Bernardus Van Zant, and the one half of my woodland near New Town Spring, one half of the Nathan Smith woodland; he and his heirs to pay £200 in two equal payments. Unto my son Jacobes, the farm he now lives on at Bushwick, with the woodland; Also, two thirds of my meadow at Seller s Neck, he to pay £100 in two equal payments. Unto my son Johannes, the farm that I bought of Culver, with the woodland and meadows; Also two acres and a half of woodland that I bought of Duryo in the Hills; Also the one third of my meadow at Seller s Neck; he to pay £100 in two equal payments. The payments of my sons to begin at two months time after my decease, and the other payment to be one year after that. Unto my son Daniel, £600; one half payable in two months after my decease; the other in one year s time after that. After my debts, funeral charges, and these legacies are satisfied the remainder of my moveable estate unto all my above-named children in equal shares. I make my sons Karel and George and my brother-in-law, Jacob Rapelje, executors. Dated October 1, 1774. Witnesses, Jacob Palmer, Samuel Lawrence (yeomen), Peter Rapelje. Proved, June 25, 1777. Abstract of Wills Lib 35 ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Riker, James, Jr. The Annals of Newtown in Queens County, New York, containing its History from its first Settlement together with Many Interesting Facts Concerning the Adjacent Towns D. Fanshaw; New York; 1852, Page 409.
2. ↑ http://longislandgenealogy.com/baptisms/baps.html
3. ↑ Nationaal Archief Nieuw-Nederland; Den Haag, Nederland; DTB Baptism. DTB Dopen. WieWasWie. https://www.wiewaswie.nl/personen-zoeken/zoeken/document/srcid/22420735
4. ↑ Surrogate's Office, City of New York (Volume X. Oct 23, 1780-Nov 5, 1782) p 257,

• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3DVH-HVS : accessed 30 August 2019), entry for Jan /Debevoise/; "ROBERT SMART 4-2017" file (2:2:2:MM6M-YWK), submitted 12 April 2017 by Loraine Montferret [identity withheld for privacy].
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3D1Y-785 : accessed 30 August 2019), entry for Jan (John) /Debevoise/; "Steeb and Stolz Family Tree" file (2:2:2:MM69-BHC), submitted 21 May 2017 by Shemmy [identity withheld for privacy].
• "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3L38-QFC : accessed 30 August 2019), entry for Jan Debevoise; "ROBERT SMART 2-3-2019" file (2:2:2:MM6G-1W7), submitted 3 February 2019 by Loraine Montferret [identity withheld for privacy].

Acknowledgements

Entered to Wikitree by Meehan-411 30 June 2017.