Marijtje
(Marritje)
Jans
aka Jonckers, Popinga
Born about in New Amsterdam, Nieuw-Nederland
Daughter of Jan (Cornelissen) van Rotterdam
and Aeltie Jans
Sister of
Jan Jansz van Rotterdam and Cornelis Cornelissen
Wife of
Cornelis Van Langevelt
— married
19 Jan 1658 in New Amsterdam
Wife of
Thomas Laurenszen
— married
9 Jun 1663 in New Amsterdam
Descendants 
Mother of
Cornelius (van Langevelt) Longfield, Johannes Van Langevelt, Aeltie Van Langevelt, Aeltje (Thomas) Popinga, Laurens (Thomaszen) Popinga, Thomas Laurenszen Popinga, Samuel Laurenszen Popinga and Rachel Popinga
Died about
at about age 61
in New York
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Biography
A Sept. 4 1662 power of attorney document (O.M. ii, 25f) confirms her husband, father, her birth date, the use of 'jonckers' and her identity in other documents.
Birth
- Born about 1639 in New Amsterdam, New Netherlands, New York
Marriage
- The Jan. 19 1658 New Amsterdam marriage notice says Cornelis van Langevelt, from St. Laurens in Flanders, married Marytje Jans from New Amsterdam.
- The June 9 1663 New Amsterdam marriage notice says Thomas Laurenszen from Groeningen married Marritje Jans widow of Cornelis Langevelt.
Death
- New York
Church Records
Marriage:
- 1658 Jan 19 Cornelis Van Langevelt, Van St. Laurens in Vlaenderen, en Marijtje Jans, Van N. Amsterdam. [1]
- 1663 Jun 09 Thomas Laurenszen, j.m. Van Groeningen, en Marritje Jans, Wede. Van Cornelis Langevelt. [1]
Children's Baptisms:
- 1664 Mar 26 Aeltje, Thomas Laurenszen, Marritie Jans. Wit.: Jacob Theuniszen de Keij, Marritie Van Beeck. [2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Samuel S. Purple. "Marriages from 1639 to 1801 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York" In Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. I. New York: Printed for the Society, 1890.
- ↑ Thomas Grier Evans. "Baptisms from 1639 to 1730 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York." In Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. II. New York: Printed for the Society, 1890.
- Source: [O. M.] Minutes of the orphanmasters of New Amsterdam, 1655 to 1663, by Berthold Fernow; Waleyn Van der Veen; New York (N.Y.). Orphanmasters, New York : F.P. Harper, 1902-1907.: Contents: v. 1. The minutes of the orphanmaster; v. 2. Minutes of the executive boards of the burgomasters of New Amsterdam and the records of Walewyn Van der Veen, notary public, 1662-1664.
- NJGS. "P: Margrietie Jans" njgsbc.org. Accessed 22 Dec 2016. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/
- Source: "Jan Cornelissen van Rotterdam", NYGBR (Jan. 1983), pp. 13-16.
- Some Records of the Beekman Family by James R. Gibson, JR
- Distinguished Families in America by William B. Aitken, A.M., PhD, page 165
- Genealogical and Family History of New York, William S. Pelletreau, A.M.
Acknowledgments
- This person was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
- Maritjie Jonckers as remembered by Jack Wise, Saturday, May 24, 2014.
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Do you have any idea where the name Jonckers may have come from? By her patronymic her father was a Jan, so perhaps Jonckers was his patronymic in turn. But that is just a guess. And in which case, it would not be a correct *surname* for her at birth.