Jan
van Amesfoort
formerly Jansen aka van Amersfoort, van Steenbergen, van Steenberg, van Steenburgh
Born about in Amersfoort, Utrecht, Nederland
Son of Jan Dircksz
and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Catharyn Mattysen
— married
3 Oct 1660 in Wildwyck (Kingston), New Netherland
Descendants 
Father of
Styntje Van Steenbergh, Thoomes Janse van Steenberge, Styntje (Van Steenbergh) De Grauw, Gertjen Van Steenbergh, Sara Van Steenbergh and Mateys van Steenbergen
Died about
at about age 43
in Kingston, Ulster, New York
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Biography
Jan was born in 1635. He passed away about 1678.
Was a member of the Dutch Militia and fought with Stuyvesant in the Indian wars
1668 "Van Amersfoort had a violent temper. As a result, he spent much time in court and jail. In 1668, he was exiled from the colony for physically and verbally abusing his wife and mother-in-law. Although no direct explanation has been found, it is believed that this is the reason that all of his children used the 'Van Steenbergh' surname." (Why the name Van Steenbergh was chosen is not known)[1]
Jan Jansen sold the Wyldwyck estate to his wife's siblings "seven months prior to his exile"[2]
"Jan disappeared, fueling speculation that he may have been 'encouraged against his will' to disappear"[3]
Jan Jansen van Amersfoort, son of Jan Dircksen van Amersfoort, came to New Netherlandt either in 1638 (@ age 2 or 3) with his father, or in 1642 when his father made a trip to Holland and back to New Netherlandt. It is speculated that Jan Dircksen may have come alone in 1638 and made the 1642 trip to fetch his family. Jan Jansen v A's contract as New Amsterdam City Carpenter (15 May, 1657) indicated that he was a "Bachelor and Freeman", meaning that he was unmarried, over 21, and not indentured. In 1658, he accepted the job to erect a stockade at Kingston, and later became the City Carpenter for Kingston. He married Catryn Mathyssen, d.o. Mathijs Jansen van Ceulen and Margriet Hendrickse, in Kingston, 3 Oct, 1660, and they baptised their first child 8 weeks later. Jan was exiled from the colony for abusing his wife and mother-in-law. On one occasion, Jan had beaten Katryn so badly that she was thought dead, and taken to her mother's house for last rites. She was 8 months pregnant at the time, and luckily she and child survived the beating. Jan was a heavy drinker and a "hothead"; he appeared as a defendant in court in more than 70 occasions between 1660 and 1678. He disappeared in 1678, and it assumed that he either died at that time, or left the area never to return. Birth: 1630 in Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands Death: of after his exile AFT 1678 [4]
Origins
- As stated at his marriage, Jan was from Amersfoort, [5] currently located in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
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| Amerſuoert, Utrecht c. 1570 |
Occupation
- 15 MAY 1657 New Amsterdam, NY - City carpenter and listed as a "Freeman and a Bachelor"
- 1658 Kingston, Ulster County, NY - Carpenter to build the new stockade there
Death
- ABT 1678 Kingston, Ulster County, NY[6]
Church Records
- Marriage
- 1660 Oct 03 Jan Jansen, carpenter, of Amesfoort, j.m., and Catharyn Mattysen, j.d., both resid. in the Esopus. Banns published three times at the Manathans. [7]
- Children's baptisms
- 1660 Dec 19 Styntje - Jan Jansen, carpenter, Catryntje Mattysen. Wit.: Albert Rosa, Margriet Chambrits, Anna Blom.
- 1663 Jul 01 Thoomes - Jan Janse van Amesfoort, Kateryn Tysse. Wit.: Toomes Chambers, Surgeon, Gysbert van Imbroeck, Annetje Tyssen, Aechje Aariaens vander Vliet.
- 1665 Aug 16 Styntje - Jan Jansen van Amesfoort, Cateryn Tyssen. Wit.: Jacob Buerhans, Sara Chambers.
- 1667 Oct 09 Geertjen - Jan Jansen, Cateryntje Mattysen. Wit.: Maddeleen Blanschan, Mattys Mattysen.
- 1678 Mar 31 Mateys - Jan Janse. [8]
Sources
- ↑ Source: #S418: Page: p. 66
- ↑ Source: #S418: Page: p. 13
- ↑ Source: #S418: Page: Index (supplement), p. 6 of Descendants Chart
- ↑ Information is a compilation of data from other family trees.
- ↑ Hoes: Page 499
- ↑ Source: #S418: Page: Index (supplement), p. 5 of Descendants Chart
- ↑ Hoes: Page 499
- ↑ Roswell Randall Hoes. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York: (formerly Named Wiltwyck, and Often Familiarly Called Esopus or 'Sopus), for One Hundred and Fifty Years from Their Commencement in 1660. New York: De Vinne Press, 1891.
- Hoes, Roswell Randall. Baptismal and Marriage Registers of the Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster County, New York (De Vinne Press, 1891)
- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=4651&id=I18094
- http://gw.geneanet.org/tdowling?lang=en&p=thomas+jansen&n=van+steenbergen&oc=0&type=tree
- S418: Van Keulen/Van Keuren/Van Kuren/Van Curen. Author: D. G. Van Curen: Publication: Gateway Press, Inc., Baltimore, MD, 1998
Acknowledgments
- This profile was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.
- This profile was created through the import of MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011.
- Tim Dowling Family History
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DNA Connections
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jan by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
- Bob Steenberge
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Family Tree DNA Y-DNA Test 111 markers, haplogroup Q-M242, FTDNA kit #494456
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~0.39%
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