Cornelis Jansen Van Texel (abt. 1600 - abt. 1684)

Born about 1600 in Texel, Noord-Holland, Nederland

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Descendants

Died about 1684 at about age 84 in Long Island, Province of New York

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Biography

Cornelis Jansen Van Texel was a New Netherland settler. Join: New Netherland Settlers Project Discuss: new_netherland

Cornelius Jansen Van Texel or van Tassel^[1] was born about 1585-1600 in Schoonderwoert, near Leerdam, South Holland.^[2] Earlier, his family may have originated from the Island of Texel (The Texel), southwest of the Frisian Islands.^[3]

He was the first Van Tassel (van Texel) immigrant to America.^{[citation needed]}

The specific year of his emigration is not known, but his son was born at Fort Amsterdam in 1625. (Others suggest Jan was born about 1621; see his profile.) He likely arrived on one of the Dutch Vessels that commenced trading with the Indians after Hendrick (Henry) Hudson, in 1609 sailed up the river that bears his name.

He married (or otherwise had a child by) a Native American on Long Island (Great Neck) ~1624.^[4]

No marriage record has been found. The union is based on a claim by his son Jan, that Jan had a Christian father and a Native mother.

An earlier theory that Wyandance, Sachem of the Montauk an Indian Tribe on Long Island , gave him his daughter Catoneras in marriage has been debunked. While Catoneras may have been related to Wyandance, she herself was a sachem, and was in the same generation as Wyandance.^[5]

Strong (2010) suggests that Cornelius also married a Dutch woman named Geertje Teunis:

"but the date of the marriage is not known. In 1662 there is a record of a dispute involving Geertje and another woman over money for a gown.[10] Cornelis, who would have been over sixty, may have been married to her for some time. There is also a reference in 1655 to Jan Cornelissen’s brother, but it could have been a half-brother, or perhaps Geertje’s son. He appears to have been a younger brother because Jan was acting as his protector, accusing a man named Anthony Jansen Van Vaes of withholding his brother’s wages. The brother had worked for Van Vaes for three years.[11]"^[6]

He died in 1684 in Long Island, New Amsterdam (now New York).^{[citation needed]}

Research Notes

Name Variations

Cornelis Jansen Van Texel aka Van Tassel

Cornelius Jensen Van Texel

Cornelis Janezan Van Tassell

Cornelius Jensen Van Tassel

Cornelius Jansen Van Texel

Sources

1. ↑ Ora S. Roland, “Rowland – Van Tassel Family History” ,self-published, 1964 or 1980, Toledo, Ohio (62-page PDF) or Page D
2. ↑ "Original Places of Residence in Holland, Belgium, and Germany of the Pioneer New Netherland Settlers."
3. ↑ This appears to be a theory based on his surname.
4. ↑ See Catoneras' profile for details and discussion
5. ↑ Strong, John A., James Van Tassel and Rick Van Tassel. "In Search of Catoneras: Long Island's Pocahontas." in Long Island History Journal, 21 (2010); link (Accessed 06 Jul 2016.)
6. ↑ Strong, et al (2010), op cit, citing Berthold Fernow, ed., Records of New Amsterdam 1653-70, Vol. 4 (Albany: Weed Parsons and Company, 1897), 8 and Berthold Fernow, ed., Records of New Amsterdam 1653-70, Vol. 1 (Albany: Weed Parsons and Company, 1897), 346-347.

See also:

• 'Wardell, Pat A. Early. Early Bergen County Families: "Van Tassel: [Van Tassel] Van Texel, Cornelis Janszen." . Genealogical Society of Bergen County, NJ, P.O. Box 432, Midland Park, NJ 07432. webpage: https://www.njgsbc.org/gsbc-research-resources/bergen-county-families.

• Pages 2-10 of ‘GENEALOGY of the VAN TEXEL – VAN TASSELL family in America 1625 – 1900: Descendants of JAN CORNELISSEN VAN TEXEL Born 1625 On Isle of TEXEL off north Coast of HOLLAND’, Compiled by DANIEL VAN TASSEL (Typed and Indexed, 1950-1951. Through the Van Tassell Family organization of Utah from a typed copy of the original by Mariam R. Owen).

Acknowledgements

• Thanks to Ron Rowland for entering this profile.
• WikiTree profile Vantexel-4 created through the import of Lent_Vise_2011-05-11aa.ged on May 26, 2011 by Bryan Sypniewski.
• Thank you to Laura Peterson for Tassell-16 creating Van Tassell-16 on 24 Dec 13.
• This person was created through the import of Parker1778.ged on 25 March 2011.
• Van Texel-13 was created by Peter Wetherill through the import of Smaller.GED on Jun 26, 2014.