Marijtien Jans (abt. 1634 - aft. 1692)

Born about 1634 in Netherlands

Wife of Jan (Teunisz) Theuniszen — married about 1657 in Nederland

Wife of Willem (Janszen) Romen — married 12 Apr 1676 in New York, Province of New York

Wife of Hendrick Hendrickszen Obee — married 13 Jan 1692 in New York City, Province of New York

Descendants

Died after 13 Jan 1692 after about age 58 in Province of New York [uncertain]

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Biography

Marritje Jans was born in the Netherlands. Since her first known child was baptized in 1657, she is assumed to have been born in the 1630s.

She married Jan Teunisz in the Netherlands and had at least two children there before immigrating to New Netherland in 1661. On 9 May 1661 Jan Theunissen from Amsterdam was listed as a passenger on the ship De St. Jan Baptist, sailing from Netherlands to New Netherland. He was accompanied by a wife and two children, ages 1 1/2 and 4 years old. Arent Teunissen, Jan's brother, was a passenger on the same voyage, traveling with a wife and two children.^[1]

At least one more child of her first marriage was born in New Netherland.

Her first husband died before 19 March 1676, when Marritje Jans, recorded as the widow of Jan Theuniszen, registered banns of marriage with Willem Janszen Romen, a widower.

According to Schulze and Brooks, Marritje Jans was twice widowed when she married Hendrick Obee in 1692.^[2][3] They had no issue.^[4]

The last known record for Marritje is her marriage to Hendrick Hendricksen Obee in New York in 1692. ^[2]

Church Records

Marriages

• 1676 Mar 19 Willem Janszen Romen, Wedr. Van Jannetje Jans, en Marritje Jans, Wede. Van Jan Theuniszen, woonende op 't Versche water. Getrouwt den 12 April. ^[3]
• 1691 26 Dec Hendrick Obee, Wedr. V. Keltie Claes, en Marritje Jans, Wede. V. Willem Janszen, beyde wonende alhier. den 13 Jan. [1692]^[3][2]

Children's baptisms

1. 1664 Mar 05 Theunis, Jan Teuniszen, Marie Jans. Wit.: Jan Spiegelsaen, Gerrit Lambertszen. ^[5]

Research Notes

This baptism record, from Amsterdam, Nederland, was included in this profile and purported to be hers, but there is no apparent evidence for identifying it as her baptism, and the father's name (Abram Jansz) is incompatible with her patronymic name of Jans:

Baptism

• 1634 Nov 30. Marrijtje. Abram Jansz, Trijntjen Sijmons. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ Tepper, Michael, editor. New World Immigrants: A Consolidation of Ship Passenger Lists and Associated Data from Periodical Literature, Vol. 1, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1979. Section: "List of Passengers 1654 to 1664," page 183 (Ancestry.com). Also see: "Ships to New Netherland: DE ST. JAN BAPTIST, Sailed from Amsterdam after May 9 1661, arrived New Amsterdam 6 August 1661," Olive Tree Genealogy, http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/nnship11.shtml, and Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s. Place: New Netherland; Year: 1661; Page Number: 58.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Lorine McGinnis Schulze and Chris Brooks, "Origins of the Pier Family in The Netherlands and an Update of Their Connection to the Ostrander Family," New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 131 (July 2000): 169-170.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} 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.
4. ↑ Absence of baptismal record for any child born from this union in the baptismal register of the RDC, NY (see index)
5. ↑ 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.
6. ↑ DTB Baptisms, archive number 5001,inventory number 7, sheet p.19, deed number DTB 7, Amsterdam 1634-1643, Old Church. https://archief.amsterdam/indexen/deeds/1696c443-60fe-4fcd-b838-e7cef3223d7a?person=961f6ae7-2278-53f7-e053-b784100aa83b

• Wardell, Patricia A. File: BCFam-Pier.pdf, pages 5-6. "Pier: Marie Jans (Maritje)". Accessed 23 Jan 2017. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/

See also:

• Ancestry Family Tree 88970570.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/103619471/martje-jans