Reynier Sebastiaen (Geison) Van Geisen (abt. 1640 - abt. 1707)

Born about 1 Jan 1640 in Giessen, Noord-Brabant, Nederland

Husband of Hendrickje Buys — married 17 Oct 1699 (to 1707) in Bergen Dutch Reformed Church

Descendants

Died about 1 May 1707 at about age 67 in Bergen, New Jersey

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Biography

Reynier Sebastiaenszen Van Giesen was born sometime in 1640 to unknown parents and no record of any kind of being baptized. Reynier first married Dircktie Cornelese and fathered 8 children. She passed away Oct. 1698. oct. 17,1699 he wed Hendrickje Janse Buys, widow of Cornelis Verwey.

~From the History of the City of Paterson and the County of Passaic: The common ancester of this New Jersey family was Reinier van Giesen, as he usually wrote his name. He was generally called Reynier Bastiaensen, indicating that hisfather's baptismal name was Bastiaen. The appellation assumed by Reinier justifies the inference that he came from Giessen, in North Brabant. This is a village of about 350 inhabitants, but with an antiquity utterly disproportionate to its size, for it is mentioned in history as long ago as A.D. 698, when it already had a church. No record has been found of his arrival in America, the first appearance of his name in our annals being in an agreement dated June 6, 1660, between him and the magistrates of Flatbush, L.I., and the consistory of the Dutch church of that place, wherein he undertook to teach school, perform the duties of court messenger, to ring the bell, keep the church in order, act as precentor, attend to the burial of the dead, and all else that was necessary and proper in the premises. The young man evidently had confidence in his abilities, and was not afraid of work. For these multifarious duties he was to receive an annual salary of two hundred florins ($80), besides perquisites. He was probably the first school master at Flatbush. In a deed given by him, Jan. 6, 1663, for land at Flatbush, he is styled "court attendant." About the time of the execution of this deed he probably removed to Bergen, N. J., where he took the oath of allegiance to the English, in November, 1665. His name is also appended to the remonstrance in 1700, by the people of East Jersey against the Proprietary Government. His name appeared as a witness to a deed, Nov. 6, 1696, from Hans Dedricks to Jan Adrianse Sip, for Lot No. 11, of the Acquackanonk patent, and it is not unlikely that he was the scrivener who drafted the conveyance. [1, 2]

Hughey-1856Wife #1)Name:Dircktje Cornelese Van Groenland Gender: Female Died:October 1698 Bergen, New Jersey Find all individuals with events at this location: Buried:17 October 1698 Bergen, New Jersey ...Last Modified 2 May 2015

Sources

• *Marriage Record: Hackensack Dutch Reformed Church.

28 Sep 1699. Mr. Reynier Van Gÿsse, widower of Dircktie Cornelese Van Groenland & Hendricktie Buÿs, widow of Cornelis Verweÿ [S555] (Holland Society of New York, 1891).

[S742] William Nelson, (Paterson, NJ: Press Printing & Publ., 1901).

[S501] Bergen, New Jersey, Dutch Reformed Church Marriages, (1914).