De Vries Name Study
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Surnames/tags: De Vries Devries Defries
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About the Project
The De Vries Name Study project serves as a collaborative platform to collect information on the Vries De Vries name. The hope is that other researchers like you will join the study to help make it a valuable reference point for other genealogists who are researching or have an interest in the De Vries name.
As a One Name Study, this project is not limited to persons who are related biologically. Individual studies can be used to branch out the research into specific methods and areas of interest, such as geographically (England De Vries's), by time period (18th Century De Vries's), or by topic (De Vries DNA, De Vries Occupations, De Vries Statistics). These studies may also include a number of family branches which have no immediate link with each other. Some researchers may even be motivated to go beyond the profile identification and research stage to compile fully sourced, single-family histories of some of the families they discover through this name study project.
Also see the related surnames and surname variants.
How to Join
Please contact the Name Study Coordinator: Susan Hyatt for assistance.
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Research Pages
Here are some of the current research pages included in the study. I'll be working on them, and could use your help!
Membership
- Name Study Coordinator: Susan Hyatt
Related Surnames and Surname Variants
De Vries one of the most common Dutch surnames. It indicates a geographical origin in Vriesland, and is the old spelling of the province of Friesland/Frisia in the Netherlands. It means "the Frisian."
De Vries is also spelled as DeVries, deVries, Devries, and de Vries.
Due to the many people named De Vries, this name study is currently focused on Dutch immigrants in the Americas, where the spelling variations of this surname increased to include: Devries, Devriese, Defries, Defriese, Defrees, Defreese, Defreeze, Defreece, Devrieze, Defriez.
As of 13 September 2023 there are 4,962 on wikitree.
Earliest known Immigrants to the Americas
Dutch Immigants to New Amsterdam, now New York.
- Captain Jan Gerritsen de Vries was a Dutch Army captain employed by the West India Company to fight indians. He came to New Amsterdam (now New York) in 1644. He freed and married a black slave whom he had brought to New Amsterdam form Brazil. Captain Jan De Vries was a member of the New Amsterdam Reformed Dutch Church. His only surviving son, Jan de Vries II, appears on the Tappan Patent in Orange County (now Rockland County), New York.
- Jan (Gerritszen) de Vries was a ship carpenter who arrived in New Amsterdam before 1660. He owned land in Harlem, New York. He was a member of the Reformed Durch Church in New Amsterdam.
- Jan de Vries came to New Amsterdam before 1662. His occupation was that of Voorleser, which translates roughly to a record keeper. He was a member of the Dutch Reformed Church in New Amsterdam. His descendants used the surname Van Dalsen and lived in Tappan, Orange (now Rockland County), New York.
Statistics
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Unconnected profiles on Wikitree: De Vries and Devries, Devriese, Defries, Defriese, Defrees, Defreese, Defreeze, Defreece, Devrieze, Defriez
Resources
De Vries Surname:
New Amsterdam (now New York):
- Calendar of Historical Manuscripts for the State of New York between 1643 and 1803
- Slavery in New Amsterdam
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