Jannetje (Van Houten) Smidt (1687 - 1760)

Born 13 May 1687 in Bergen, East Jersey Province

Ancestors

Died 18 Apr 1760 at age 72 in New York Colony

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Biography

Jannetje Van Houten was born on May 13, 1687, in Bergen, New Jersey to Theunis Van Houten and Tryntje Kuyper. She married Arie Lammertse Smidt on January 17, 1711, in Haverstraw, New York. They had five children in 10 years. She died on April 18, 1760, in New York at the age of 72, and was buried in Martinus Hogenkamp Cemetery in New City, New York.

Born

• Jannetje Van Houten was born on May 13, 1687, in Bergen, East Jersey Province, to Tryntje Claesse Kuyper, age 29, and Theunis Roelofse Van Houten, age 29.^[1][2][3][4]

Baptism

• Jannetje was baptized on 23 May 1687, in the Bergen Dutch Reformed Church in Bergen, East Jersey Province.^{[5][6][3][7][8]}

Marriage

• Jannetje married Arie Lammertse Smidt in Haverstraw, New York, on January 17, 1711.^{[1][9][3][7][10]}

Death

• Jannetje died on April 18, 1760, in New York when she was 72 years old.

Burial

• Jannetje is buried in Martinus Hogenkamp Cemetery in New City, Rockland County, New York.^[11]

Church Records

• Baptism: (1687) Theunis Roelofse, Treyntje Claes....Jannetje, bp. May 23....Cornells Roelofsen, Aeltje Bogerts^[12]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Cole, Rev. David, D.D. Isaac Kool (Cool or Cole) and Catherine Severn : married Oct. 15, 1764, at Tappan, Rockland (then part of Orange) Co., N.Y. ; their descendants complete to May 1, 1876; also their American ancestors from the settlement of New York City, page 78. J.F. Trow & Son; New York; 1876. https://archive.org/details/isaackoolcoolorc00cole/page/n8/mode/1up
2. ↑ "Brouwer Genealogy Database." Accessed May 30, 2012. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/index.htm
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} GSBC, Genealogical Society of Bergen County, NJ; Family Files, Jannetje Van Houten; December 2017, page 1051 (accessed 2 Sep 2023). http://dutchgenie.net/GSBC-familyfiles/familyfiles/g1/p1051.htm#i56430
4. ↑ Lee Family History (Website); Our Van Houten line and the early days of the Tappen Patent; 2012. http://vanarsdaleleefamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2012/06/our-van-houten-line-and-early-days-of.html?view=classic
5. ↑ Bergen Baptisms. Author: Robert L Billard; Publisher: www.RootsWeb.com Freepages – Internet; 11 Dec 2001. https://homepages.rootsweb.com/~rbillard/bergen_baptisms.htm
6. ↑ "Brouwer Genealogy Database." Accessed May 30, 2012. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/index.htm; citing Baptisms in the Village of Bergen in New Jersey Beginning 1666, Yearbook of the Holland Society of New York Bergen Book (1913): page 32, no.173. Jannetje, parents Theunis Roelofse, Treyntje Claes, and Arthur C.M. Kelly, Baptism Record of the Tappan Reformed Church (Rhinebeck, New York: Arthur C.M. Kelly, 1998), p.32, no.664..
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Nelson, William. History of the City of Paterson and the County of Passaic, New Jersey, page 238. The Press Printing and Publ Co; Paterson, NJ; 1901 https://archive.org/details/historyofcityofp00nels/page/n4/mode/1up
8. ↑ Washburn, Charles L Demarest. The Van Houten Family of Bergen, New Jersey, page 4. Reprinted from the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record for October 1896 and January 1897; New York; 1897. https://rucore.libraries.rutgers.edu/rutgers-lib/13787/PDF/1/play/
9. ↑ "Brouwer Genealogy Database." Accessed May 30, 2012. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~brouwergenealogydata/index.htm; citing Wilson V. Ledley and B-Ann Moorehouse, Early Dutch Smiths and Van Boerums, New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Vol. 103 (1972): 103:72.
10. ↑ Dutch Reformed Church Records from New York and New Jersey. Holland Society of New York, New York, New York; Clarkstown, Book 50C, page 57. https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/2008629:6961?ssrc=pt&tid=10675731&pid=-598082316
11. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/135287376/jannetje-smith: accessed 03 September 2023), memorial page for Jannetje Van Houten Smith (13 May 1687–18 Apr 1760), Find a Grave Memorial ID 135287376, citing Martinus Hogenkamp Cemetery, New City, Rockland County, New York, USA; Maintained by ❤ Carole Elizabeth Nurmi Cummings # 47178231 (contributor 47178231).
12. ↑ Van Winkle, Edward. Baptismal Register of the Bergen Reformed Church,1666-1778, page 32. Holland Society of New York Yearbook of 1913, Holland Society of New York, New York. 1913. https://archive.org/details/yearbookofholla1913holl