Jan (Jansz) Ros (abt. 1540 - abt. 1627)

Born about 1540 in Koedijk, Noord-Holland, Nederland

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Biography

In 1574, Jan Jansz alias Reus was living on the north end of Koedijk. That year he leased some land around the Amersweyde. In 1582 he leased another field west of the Coedycker canal. In 1588 he leased more land in de Buynen and Koedijk. Then in 1594 he sold some land in Koedijk that was named de Breetuyne. He had a brother Cornelis that he rented some of this land with in 1588.^[1]

There was at least one other Rus family living in Koedijk. They would have been close relatives. H de Vries has a line for this family that goes further back than ours - if we had the documentation they'd probably connect. Here are the earliest generations:

• Pieter Gerrits, born around 1454. He appears in an inquest in Koedijk in 1494.
• Reyer Pietersz Rus, died before 1558. He appears in the kohier van de Tiende Penning of 1542 and 1543, He had at least 2 sons, Pieter and Cornelis. Our Jan's father Jan might have been a 3rd son.
• Cornelis Reijersz Rus (Ruijsch), born 1525, died before May 9 1600. He appears in the kohier van de tinde penning of Koedijk in 1558 and also in some transactions of land and a house just outside the Oude Geesterpoort (a watergate) in Alkmaar at the time. It seems he later worked as a porter at this water gate. Children included Pieter, Adriaen, Reijer, Jan & Lijsbeth.

We don't know when this family became Mennonite, but we do know their grandchildren weren't baptized in the Reformed church and a generation later were found in Mennonite baptism records. The Mennonite faith was practiced in this area as early as the mid 1500's.

Sources

• 1. NA Grafelijkheidsrekenkamer 774b (Verpachting van vroonlanden op 22 april 1574), fol. 4.
• 2. NA Grafelijkheidsrekenkamer 774 (Verpachting van vroonlanden beginnende 13 november 1582) fol. 3v.
• 3. NA Grafelijkheidsrekenkamer (Registers) 778c (Verpachtingsregister van vroonlanden in 1588), fol. 11v.
• 4. NA Grafelijkheidsrekenkamer (Registers) 778c (Verpachtingsregister van vroonlanden in 1588), fol. 10.
• 5. RAA ORA Koedijk 6218 blz. 78, verm. 22 dec. 1594.

• All information was first gathered by H. de Vries and put on his website as found at [1]. Also listed at [2]

• The genealogy of Pieter Gerrits (Rus) by H de Vries as found at [3]

Footnotes

1. ↑ Entered by Bertram Sluys.

Acknowledgments

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