Reijnier van der Sluijs (abt. 1673 - abt. 1713)

Biography

Reijnier van der Sluijs was an early settler in Pennsylvania.

(Bold references: [1] indicate primary/reliable sources. All other source links are for research only.)

Map of Locations and Travels of Reynier and Anna Van Der Sluys

Name

• First Name: Reijnier ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}
• Alternate First Name: Reynier ^{[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]}
• Alternate First Name: Reijner ^[28][24]
• Alternate First Name: Reinier Adriaensz ^[29]
• Alternate First Name: Reinhard ^[27][30]
• Alternate First Name: Hans Reinhart ^[24]
• Alternate First Name: Hans Nous Reiner ^[31]

• Patronym: Adriaensz ^[29]

• Last Name: VAN DER SLUIJS ^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][29][14]}
• Alternate Last Name: VANDERSLICE ^{[18][30][21][22][23][25][27]}
• Alternate Last Name: VAN DER SLUYS ^{[18][15][13][16][20][30][21][22][23][27]}
• Alternate Last Name: VANDERSLUYS ^[24]
• Alternate Last Name: VANDER SLUYSE ^[28]
• Alternate Last Name: VANDERSLUYSE ^[17]
• Alternate Last Name: VAN DER SLUYSE ^[26]

History of Last Name

• The surname spelling of VANDERSLICE is "today's" spelling of the name. The correct spelling is VAN DER SLEYS, another source reflects the spelling is VAN DER SLUYS. ^[32]
• Quoting "Pennsylvania the Keystone State", by Pennypacker "...this name was originally Vander Sluys, being probably derived from Sluys, a city on the southwest coast of Holland".^[17]
• From "Van Der Slice and Allied Families" by H. Vanderslice and H. N. Monnett, 1931, p14-26.: The Van der Sluys' come from a long line of Burgomasters, Barons and a Cardinal in the Roman Church. ^[17]
• A family legend from "History of the First VanDerslice in Holland, Taken from a work on Dutch Heraldry in two volumes in the Dutch Language.

  ""The first Van der Sleize was found by a nobleman's wife lying on a beach of the North Sea near or in the city of Groseingen, Holland.He was adopted by the family, but could not take their name.They, not knowing his right name, gave him the name of Van der Sleize, meaning - From the sea Beach. He grew up in their family and married their daughter.The father and mother died and left him and his wife their estate and title which was the father's, he being a Baron.The crest of the Baron was an Arm with a Coat of Mail on it and a dagger in its hand striking downward.The Baron Van der Sleize on taking his title was given as a Crest a Shell representing the place or beach where he was found.He amassed a fortune and was very charitable. For his charity, which was very great, he was endowed with the Cross of the Legion of Honor which was put on a Shield (Dutch) in addition to his Father-in-law's Crest and his own, and the motto 'Sans Crainte' to constitute his Coat of Arms.The motto means 'without fear.' " ^[33]

• From Annals of Phoenixville and its vicinity by Samuel Whitaker PENNYPACKER (1872) p. 295

  "This name was originally Van der Sluys, being probably derived from "Sluys," a city on the southwest coast of Holland. From an interesting folio volume, called "Der Blutige Schauplatzoder Martyer Spiegel," which was reprinted at Ephrata, in 1748, from a German translation of a work, in Low Dutch, published in 1660, we learn that Grietjen Von Sluys, of Guelderland, was one of the Protestant martyrs put to death in 1573." ^[16]

• From "Van Der Slice and Allied Families" by H. Vanderslice and H. N. Monnett, 1931, p 9. Quoting "Pennsylvania the Keystone State", by Pennypacker: (From a Dutch book published in 1666): "There was a Grietjen Von Sluys of Guelderland, was one of the Protestants martyrs put to death in 1573." ^[17]
• From "Biographical Annals of Montgomery Co., PA,", Ellwood Roberts, Ed. p193. ^[20]

  "The Vanderslices are one of the oldest families in Pennsylvania".
  "It is worthy of note that the Vanderslice family has been represented by some of its members in every war in which the country has been engaged, from the time of the Colonial Indian wars to the late Spanish-American war".

Birth

• Birth Date: abt. 1673 ^{[18][30][21][22][23][25][27]}
• Alternate Birth Date: 1668 ^[24]
• Alternate Birth Date: 1680 ^[26]
• Alternate Birth Date: 1661 ^[14]

• Birth Place: Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland. ^{[15][29][24][14]}
• Alternate Birth Place: Harlingen, North Friesland, Nederland ^{[18][30][21][22][23][25][26][27]}

Parents

• Father: Adiaen or Adriaan Jansz or Janssen VAN DER SLUIJS (abt. 1628, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland—br: 27 Jan 1687, inside the Grote Kerk, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland). (see Research Note #1) ^[29][14] He started his working life as a "koordenwerker" (= passement maker), following in his father's footsteps, but became a "kruidenier" (= grocer) after buying an entire grocery store with equipment and inventory from the estate of the late Pieter Geeritsz Hulsman and Geertruijt Cuijp in 1654. The house was named "De Herders" or "De Schaapherders" (= the Shepherds) and was located on Vriesestraat. ^[14]
  • Grandparents: Jan GILLISZ (van der SLUIJS), (?—17 Mar 1640, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland, br: in church yard of Grote Kerk, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland)
    A "koordenwerker" or "passementwerker" (= passement maker), living in the house "De Stier-os" (the Ox) on Vriesestraat.
    +md: Adriaantje Adriaansdr, probably around 1625, maybe a bit earlier. She was still alive as of 27 Feb 1669. Jan and Adriaantje were baptized in and joined the Mennonite congregation on 23 Apr 1628. This suggests they likely belonged to the Dutch Reformed Church before this date and had decided to convert.
    Not much else is known about Jan, other than that his father must have been named Gillis.
    None of the records found related to events during Jan's life refer to him with the family name Van der Sluijs; he is simply Jan Gillisz. The family name only shows up posthumously, for the first time on 17 Mar 1652 in the marriage record of son Adriaan, who was listed as "Adriaen Janssen van der Sluijs" and who was assisted by his mother, "Adriaentgen Adriaens", widow of "Jan Gillisz van [der] Sluijs". ^[14]

• Mother: Leyntge or Leentje or Leetje or Lijntje Pietersdr DAREMANS, (? Kakercke, or Kaldenkirchen, Germany, (of Dordrecht, Nederland. ^[15])—br: 16 Jan 1713, inside the Grote Kerk, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland ), md: 7 Apr 1652, Dordrecht (banns before the court 17 Mar; married Mennonite) ^[14]

• • "..."(Father, Adiaen) may have married twice. Once to Anna Vander Heiden, and the other Leentje (Leyntge) no surname. I found Leetje on marriage certificate for Reynier and Anna Spruyt." from email: ^[34]
  • Also another posted comment: "According to the marriage documentation of Reijnier and Anna, Reijnier's mother was "Leyntge van der Sluys". ^[35]

• Alternate Father: Baron (James ^[36]) VANDER SLUYSE / VANDER SLICE of Groningen, (1650, Groningen, Friesland, Nederland —1713, Germantown, Philadelphia, PA) at age 63.) ^[24][25][27]

• Alternate Mother: Anna Maria VANDER HEIDEN or HEYDEN, (1658, Harlingen, Friesland, Nederland (or Groningen; Steentilstraat ^[37]). chr:: 4 June 1662 in Nederlands Hervormde Kerk Friesland, Nederland—Germantown, Philadelphia, PA., in the Nederlands Hervormde Kerk (Dutch Reform), Groningen, Groningen, Nederland ^{[37][25] [38]}) ^[39][25][27]
  • Grandfather, Sebastianus VAN DER HEIDEN, (abt 1625 or '22—?) ^[37][40].
  • Grandmother, Maria SEBASTIANS (abt. 1638, Friesland, Netherlands, chr: 1 may 1743, Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands—?) ^[37][27]

Siblings

• 1. Half-brother, Hans Nous Reiner VANDERSLUYS, (1673—1 Nov 1713, Germantown, PA) ^[24]

Life: Pre-Marriage

• 1676: (Age 3-8). Possibly indentured as an apprentice as a ""bakkersknecht" (= baker’s helper or student baker)." to a Franchois VAN DER MEIJDE (see Research Note #2) on 17 Apr 1676, in Dordrecht, Nederland.. ^[29] Based on the birthdates given, he could have been anywhere between age three and eight. This may seem to be very young but it was not unheard of. (See Research Note #3). He probably did not complete a full apprenticeship. ^[14]
• Bef 1695: He was a "koopman in granen" (= grain merchant) and a "grutter" (= groats or whole-grain miller), living on Voorstraat at the corner of the Bollesteiger and then on Vriesestraat where his parents owned a house named "De Rosmolen" (= the Horse Mill), which indeed had a horse-powered mill to produce groats. ^[14]
• 1685: At time of marriage, Reijnier lived in Dordrecht, Nederland.^[15]

Marriage

• Spouse: Anna Hendriksdr SPRUYT or SPRUIJT (1677 (or 1669 ^{[15][9][12][13][24]}), (or abt 1663 ^[14]), Dordrecht, Nederland.—aft 1713, Germantown, PA (or 1665, Leiden, Netherland, br: Kooromgang, grave #120 ^[13])) ^{[39][24][25][27][14]}
  She lived in Pieterskerckgraft, Nederland. Mother: Margarita VAN SCHARPENBRANT ^[10] of Pieterskerckgraft, Nederland. ^[15], dau. of Hendrik Anthonisz SPRUIJT, a "kruidenier" (= grocer), of Dordrecht, and Margaretha (Grietje) Pietersdr Van SCHARPENBRANT, of Leiden. ^[14]
• Marriage Date: 11 July 1685 ^{[15][24][39][25][27]} (banns Dutch Reformed in Leiden 11 Jul and Dordrecht 15 Jul; married in the Augustijnenkerk ^[14])
• Marriage Place: Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland ^{[15][24][39][25][27][14]}
  • From "Van Der Slice and Allied Families" by H. Vanderslice and H. N. Monnett, 1931, p9-10. Quoting "Roberts History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania":

    "His wife, Anna, also a native of Harlingen survived him some years, and died in Germantown. There are six children mentioned in the father's Will." ^[17]

  • From "Van Der Slice and Allied Families" by H. Vanderslice and H. N. Monnett, 1931, p26-27:

    "His wife, Anna , whose dates of birth and death are unknown, outlived him, as she was left Executrix of his Will." ^[17]

• Alternate/2nd Spouse: Anna ? ^[17][26] or Antje ? (or Johanna VAN DER WORP ^[39]) (1673, Harlingen, North Friesland, Nederland—1713, Germantown, Philadelphia, PA) ^{[17][18][20][30][26][22][23]}

• Alternate Marriage Date: 1693 ^[39]
• Alternate Marriage Date: 1698 ^[39]
• Alternate Marriage Date: abt. 1700 ^[26]

• Alternate Marriage Place: Harlingen, North Friesland, Nederland. ^[39][26]

Children

• 1. Son, Hendrick or Henry VAN DER SLUYS, (chr: 7 June 1686, in the Dutch Reformed rites. ^[14] (or 1701 ^[25] or 1696 ^[27]), Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland—1686, a few week after baptism). This was their 1st child. ^{[17][12][24][22][25][26][14]}
  2. Daughter, Jannigje VAN DER SLUIJS (abt 1686—between 1696 and 1701) ^[5] (Note: mentioned in a mortgage deed in 1696, eleven years after the marriage of his parents. He.she did not immigrate with them).
  3. Son, Adrian or Adrien VAN DER SLUYS, (1701, or 1699 ^[25], or abt 1694^[27], Harlingen, North Friesland, Nederland—?) ^{[17][24][20][22][25][27]}
  4. Son, Arnold VAN DER SLUYS, (before 1685, or 1701 ^[25][27] Nederland or Philadelphia, PA ^[27]—?, PA) ^{[16][17][22][25][27]}
     (Maybe the same person as Adrian, above. ^[20])
  5. Son, Johannes or John VAN DER SLUYS, (1700 or 1699 ^[25][27], Philadelphia, PA or Nederlands ^[27] —6 May 1742, or 1753 Montgomery Twp., Montgomery, PA, ^[27] (or 1753 Worchester Twp. Montgomery, PA ^[25])) ^{[16][17][24][20][22][39][25][26][27]} md: Frances Anne CONNAL (1703—?) ^[25]
  6. Son, Anthony VAN DER SLUYS, (23 Aug 1703, Germantown, PA—29 Oct or Nov 1751, Trappe, Montgomery, PA) ^{[16][17][24][20][22][25][26][27]}
  7. Daughter, Anna VAN DER SLUYS, (1705, Germantown, PA ^[17] (or 1695, Netherland or 1709, PA ^[27])—?) ^{[16][17][24][20][22][25][26]}
  8. Daughter, Elencha VAN DER SLUYS, (abt 1706 or '07 ^[25], Germantown, PA—?) ^{[16][17][24][20][22][25][26][27]}
  9. Son, Henry VAN DER SLUYS, (abt 1708, PA—?) ^[16][27]

• From "Van Der Slice and Allied Families" by H. Vanderslice and H. N. Monnett, 1931, p26-27:

  "John and Anthony are the only children of this family who have left a definite record. The following pages (of this book) contain the history of their descendants in so far as we were able to gain authentic information regarding them." ^[17]

Life: Post-Marriage

• Religion: Anna's family followed the main (somewhat state-sponsored) Dutch Reformed denomination while Reijnier's family were Mennonites. Their first child, Hendrik, was baptized in the Dutch Reformed rites in Dordrecht. No other children of this couple were baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church, so it seems to adhere to the Mennonite practices, which did not include child baptism; Mennonites were baptized as adults after confession of faith. Reijnier must have been an active member of the Dordrecht Mennonite congregation for he was elected "diaken" (= deacon) for a two year term covering the years 1694-1695. ^[14]

• 1686: Reijnier VAN DER SLUIJS (occupation: a "grunt / grocer") bought in Dordrecht, a "corner house and yard on a new street" for f2000 from a pastor, Henricus VAN RHEENEN ^[1]
• 1688: On 29 June, Reijnier and wife Anna and an apparent heir, Pieter Aecxhouck VAN SCHRAPENBRANT (occupations unknown), borrowed f45, using their corner house in Dordrecht as collateral.^[2]
• 1690: Immigrated to America from Holland with a wife and three children. They settled in Germantown. ^[19] (NOTE: UNLIKELY as the next couple of entries have them in the Nederland until at least 1701)
• 1695: On 3 March Reijnier (occupation: a "grunt / grocer") along with a Pieter VAN DER SLUIJS, a baker, (then deceased), were witnesses to a deed transfer of a house in Dordrecht. ^[3]
• 1695: On 10 May Reijnier (occupation: a "grunt / grocer"), was a witnessing "neighbor" to the sale of a house, in Dordrecht. ^[4]
• 1695: (Age early 20s) After struggling to pay off debts (for large supplies of buckwheat and possibly other things), Reijnier was declared bankrupt in Dec 1695 and the court-appointed curators sold his house on Voorstraat to help pay his creditors. The effects of his bankruptcy seem to have lingered for years and even in 1699, actions were taken to make arrangements to seemingly reduce a debt. By then, Reijnier's occupation was listed as "bakker" (= baker). ^[14]
• 1696: On 28 February, Reijnier (occupation: unknown) became a creditor, along with his child, Jannigje and two others to a carpenter for the amount of f300 and f200, in Dordrecht, one month before they go bankrupt. (See entry below). A Pieter VAN DER SLUIJS was a witness (?) to this deed, though in the deed it metioned that he had "overleden", or "passed away". ^[5]
• 1696: On 28 February, the same day as above, Reijnier (occupation: unknown) was a execuator of a will that included a transfer of a house deed for f850 to a carpenter, in Dordrecht, one month before they go bankrupt. (See entry below).^[6]
• 1696: On 28 February, the same day as above, Reijnier (occupation: unknown) was a execuator of a will that included a transfer of a house deed for f830 to a carpenter, in Dordrecht, one month before they go bankrupt. (See entry below). A Pieter VAN DER SLUIJS was a witness (?) to this deed, though in the deed it metioned that he had "overleden", or "passed away". ^[7]
• 1696: On 17 March, one month later, Reijnier (occupation: a "grunt / grocer") became bankrupt and apparently sold his "corner house and yard on a new street" for f1650 to a Damas HOOGLANDER, in Dordrecht, after owning it for 10 years. ^[8]
• 1699: On Dec 20, both Reijnier and wife Anna were in Leiden, Nederland, where they registered a notary deed. ^[9]
• 1701: On 26 August, a notary deed was registered between Reijnier, wife Anna SPRUIJT and her mother, Margarita VAN SCHARPENBRANT in Dordrecht. (NOTE: Is this giving their home to Anna's mother before they immigrated?) ^[10]
• 1701: On 26 August, a notary deed was registered between Reijnier VAN DER SLUIJS, wife Anna SPRUIJT and a, Casper VAN VERMAAS in Dordrecht. (NOTE: The same date as the deed above) (NOTE: Is this giving away their home before they immigrated?) ^[11]
• 1701 Immigration: Possibly triggered by the effects of his bankruptcy and maybe inspired by religious freedom for their Mennonite practices, Reijnier and Anna decided to leave Holland behind. On 26 Aug 1701 they gave power of attorney to brother-in-law Caspar Vermaes to handle their affairs as they were intending to make a voyage to Pennsylvania (the record initially said New Netherlands, but this was crossed out and corrected). On the same day, they borrowed 553 guilders from Anna's mother to fund the necessities for their voyage. These records proves the connection between Dordrecht and Philadelphia. The final proof is in the fact that Reijnier's signature on his 1713 will in Philadelphia, although affected by his physical weakness, closely resembles the signatures he left behind in several records in Dordrecht. ^[14]
• From "Van Der Slice and Allied Families" by H. Vanderslice and H. N. Monnett, 1931, p9-10. Quoting "Roberts History of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania":

  "Reynier van Der Sluys came from Harlingen, (on the Zuyder Zee,) North Friesland, and settled in Germantown, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, about 1700. He and his son, Adrian, were made citizens September 29, 1709. Their petition was pending for several years.
  Revnier Van Der Sluys died In Germantown in 1713 and his Will, witnessed by John Cadwallander and Daniel Sprogel, is on record in Philadelphia, and the office of the Register of Wills...
  John, the third son of this couple, settled in Worcester Township, Montgomery County, and at one time was school trustee. His wife was Francis________, ..." ^[17]

  (NOTE: 1700 date of immigration UNLIKELY as the next couple of entries have them in the Nederland until at least after 1701.)
• Alternate immigration to America: from Harlingen, North Friesland, Holland, ^[20][24] NOTE: UNLIKELY as all other records indicate that they were living in Dordrecht before they immigrated. See entries prior to 1700 above.)
• 1708-9: Moved to the low countries of PA: From "Van Der Slice and Allied Families" by H. Vanderslice and H. N. Monnett, 1931, p9. Quoting "Pennsylvania the Keystone State", by Pennypacker:

  "Reynier Vander Sluys and his son, Adrian, immigrated from the low countries very soon after the settlement by Penn, and were naturalized by an Act of the Provincial Assembly, in the year 1708-9. Revnier died in 1713, leaving the following named children: Arnold, Henry, Anthony, Johannes, Anna, Elencha" ^[16][17]

• 1709: Moved to Philadelphia in 1709. For the next four years, he worked as a baker in Germantown. ^[26]
• 1709: On 29 Sep, he became naturalized with son Adrian (Adrien). Germantown ^[20][24]
  From "Van Der Slice and Allied Families" by H. Vanderslice and H. N. Monnett, 1931, p11. Quoting "Volume II, Colonial Records", page 493:

  "At a Council held at Philadelphia, 29 September, 1709.
  The Governor acquainted the Board that last night at Speaker attended with several members of the House, brought him the Bill for naturalizing the Germans, which he now desired to pass, and accordingly he was pleased to give his assent to the said Bill, being entitled An Act for the better Enabling of Divers Inhabitants of the Province of Pennsylvania, to Hold and Enjoy Lands, Tenemts. and Plantations in the same Province, by which are naturalized the persons following, vizt.:
  ... Reiner Van der Sluys, and his son Adrian Van der Sluys... (Along with many other names.)" ^[17]

• From "Van Der Slice and Allied Families" by H. Vanderslice and H. N. Monnett, 1931, p26-27:

  "FIRST GENERSATION,br/>"REYNIER VANDER SLUYSE, came to America about 1700. The date of his birth is unknown, but he died in Germantown in July, 1713....
  Reynier Vander Sluyse was a Hollander as was shown by the statement of Rev. Muhlenberg, and also by the signature of his will, where he used the Dutch spelling, Reijner. He and his son Adrian were naturalized by the Act of 1709, and the statement is made that their application had been pending for some time. Adrian is not mentioned in his Will, and the supposition is that he must have died before that time.
  In "Roberts' History of Montgomery County," he speaks of Adrian, (Arnold,) as though they were identical, but in his Will, Reynier Vanderslice names his children as though none of them were of age. ^[17]

• Occupation:
  • In Netherland:
    • "leerling bakker" = student baker ^[29][14]
    • "koopman in granen" = merchant in cereals.^[15][14]
    • "grutter" = grocier (from "grut" = grain) ^{[1][3][4][8][8][14]}
  • In PA:
    • baker. ^[28][24][26]

• 13 July 1713, Will: witnessed by John Cadwallader, his attorney, and Daniel Sprogel, is on record in Philadelphia in the register of wills' office. ^[20] Text:

  "Reijner Vander Sluyse, of the city of Philadelphia, in the province of Pennsylvania, Baker, being sick and weak in body, but of sound mind and memory and understanding, and calling to mind the frailty of this Transitory life, and the certainty of the Death, Do make and ordain this my last Will and Testimony in manner and form following...
  "I give, devise and bequeath unto my dear and well beloved wife Anna, all and singular my estate...
  "I give, devise bequeath each of my sons Arnold, Henry, Johannes and Anthony, and to my daughters Anna& Elentha, the sum of five shillings lawful silver money of Penn., a piece...
  "In witness whereof, either said RBS had put my hand and seal hereunto dated the third day of July in the 12th year of the reign of Queen Anna, 1713" ^[28]

Death

• Death Date: 1 Nov 1713, age 45 ^{[18][16][20][30][21][22][23][24][25][27]}
• Alternate Death Date: abt July 1713 ^[31][26]

• Death Place: Germantown, Philadelphia, PA ^{[18][20][30][21][22][23][24][25][27]}
• Alternate Death Place: Nederland ^[24]
• Alternate Death Place: Philadelphia PA ^[26]

• Burial: 1713, Germantown. PA^[27]
• Alternate Burial: Kooromgang Grave #120, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland ^[41][42][24]

Research Notes

"The father's name has got to be Adriaen, which is the Dutch form of Adrian. Note that it says "Adriaensz" is Reinier's "Patroniem," that is, patronym, or father's name. Like how a Russian man would have the patronym Ivanovich in his name if his father's name was Ivan. "Adrianson."
"I think we've got a mom and a dad on our hands."

2. The name "Franchois" in Dordrecht Archives of 17 Apr 1676 ^[29] seems to be normally a male name in the Nederland, therfore it would seem more likely that he is not the mother but the party receiving the apprenticeship.

"In 1754, Boston’s overseer of the poor bound out Joseph Clifton, aged two, as an apprentice to Aaron Clinton, a brickmaker in Medford, Mass. Joseph, probably orphaned or abandoned, had no say in the matter.
"For the next 19 years, Joseph couldn’t leave his master’s household without permission. He had to gladly obey all of his orders. In return, Clinton would provide room and board and teach Joseph his trade, along with reading, writing and arithmetic. When Joseph turned 21, Clinton would give him two suits, called freedom suits, one for Sunday and one for work.
"Joseph wasn’t alone. Surviving records in Massachusetts show that from 1735 to 1805, Boston’s overseers of the poor bound out about 1400 children as apprentices. Rhode Island’s surviving records show 725 poor children were bound out during the second half of the 18th century." ^[43]

4. Reasons for the validity of the source, Dordrecht Archives of 17 Apr 1676 ^[29]:

• 1. Same first and last name, though with spelling variance.
  2. Both first and last name being fairly rare.
  3. Same country and town has as known birthplace.
  4. Date is a logical date for an apprenticeship.
  5. A baker apprenticeship matches future occupation.
  6. Father's first name and Reinier's middle name (Adiaen) will be the same name as his oldest son who immigrated with him. Many times the older son will have the same name as the father or grandfather.

Possible Other Sources

* (No date given). A notary record registration (a Testament), listing Reijnier VAN DER SLUIJS with a Pieter SPRUIJT and his wife Maria VERPOORTEN (parents or relatives of his wife?), and another individual, Jacobus TIMMERMAN at Dordrecht, Nederland.. archive 20, inventory number 192, folio 334-335. https://www.openarch.nl/rad:055aa035-e9c9-2ef2-3ef0-2e25889940ea ALSO: archive 20, inventory number 192, 0001 https://www.openarch.nl/rad:76360014-EE97-4FB2-BEBF-E6E9F5A6FF3E

*1685: On15 July, a Anna SPRUYT was married in Dordrecht. No husband mentioned. ^[44] (NOTE: Likely, if this is the correct Anna. Correct name and place, but day is a few days later, from the 11 July reported by these sources: ^{[15][24][39][24]})

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} house purchase registration in Dordrecht on 20 Nov 1686. Regional Archives Dordrecht, Judicial archives Nadere toegang akten, Dordrecht, archive 9, inventory number 1630, record number 1, folio 123 https://www.openarch.nl/rad:F825457A-4137-499B-8D49-E6639164A6D6
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} house debt of f45 using their house as collateral. Judicial archives Nadere toegang akten, Dordrecht, archive 9, inventory number 1631, record number 1, folio 106 https://www.openarch.nl/rad:d421d800-8a7f-0636-5f2f-f93e0ea4cfca
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3} house witness to the sale of a house on 3 Mar. Judicial archives Nadere toegang akten, Dordrecht, archive 9, inventory number 1635, record number 1, folio 11v https://www.openarch.nl/rad:07E8B8D8-6469-4E56-8554-D961C0907DA2
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} house witness #2 to the sale of a house on 10 May. Judicial archives Nadere toegang akten, Dordrecht, archive 9, inventory number 1635, record number 2, folio 35 https://www.openarch.nl/rad:0c6b57c7-ed47-cf06-6221-3f61ab9aba51
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3} creditor 1696 Became a creditor along with his son, Jannigje Judicial archives Nadere toegang akten, Dordrecht, archive 9, inventory number 1635, record number 2, folio 105 https://www.openarch.nl/rad:81BF77D4-940B-4C03-9A36-2BF076DE907C
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Execuator 1696 Became an execuator of a will. Judicial archives Nadere toegang akten, Dordrecht, archive 9, inventory number 1635, record number 1, folio 105 https://www.openarch.nl/rad:024e084d-d906-f761-bff7-717e46fafd9d
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1 7.2} Execuator 1696#2 Became an execuator of a will. Judicial archives Nadere toegang akten, Dordrecht, archive 9, inventory number 1635, record number 1, folio 105 https://www.openarch.nl/rad:52590378-ED0C-49BB-AA38-99453638DC53
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4} house backruptcy in Dordrecht on 17 Mar 1696 Judicial archives Nadere toegang akten, Dordrecht, archive 9, inventory number 1635, record number 1, folio 113v https://www.openarch.nl/rad:4f94ab49-211c-0159-101c-949a88718fb5
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3} Notary/Dec20,1699 A notary record registration for both Reijnier VAN DER SLUIJS and wife Anna SPRUIJT in Leiden, Netherlands., Notarial Archives of Dordrecht, Leiden, archive 20, inventory number 288, 20-12-1699, Further access notarial deeds, record number 87 https://www.openarch.nl/rad:4EA65630-BDC8-40B0-A832-3CAD2409F4DF
   ALSO: https://www.openarch.nl/rad:7a5e5340-c154-acb9-fd54-f26d951a626b
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3} Notary/26 Aug,1701 A notary record registration for both Reijnier VAN DER SLUIJS and wife Anna SPRUIJT and her mother, Margarita VAN SCHARPENBRANT in Dordrecht. Notariële archieven van Dordrecht, archive 20, inventory number 289, 26-08-1701, Nadere toegang notariele akten, record number 61 https://www.openarch.nl/rad:002B3E2B-05EF-4AF7-A6D7-D3EDB987E09E
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1 11.2} Notary/26 Aug,1701#2 A notary record registration for both Reijnier VAN DER SLUIJS and wife Anna SPRUIJT and a Casper VAN VERMAAS in Dordrecht. Notariële archieven van Dordrecht, archive 20, inventory number 289, 26-08-1701, Nadere toegang notariele akten, record number 60 https://www.openarch.nl/rad:78451B0F-5C81-45E5-9714-1D2F47923222
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3} 1686/Christening/Hendricks "Nederland, Indexen van de Archieven, Primaire Archiefstukken (BS en DTB), 1600-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLDJ-99TD : 23 August 2017), Reijnier van der Sluijs in entry for Hendrick, Baptism 07 Jun 1686, Dordrecht, Zuid-Holland, Nederland; from database, openarchives (https://www.openarch.nl : 2016); citing Doopboeken, toegang 11, Inventarisnummer 7, archive 11, inventory number 7, folio; Doopboeken, toegang 11, Inventarisnummer 7; Regionaal Archief Dordrecht. https://www.openarch.nl/rad:613D0556-ADDC-4263-96FF-889BE19F5061
    ALSO: displayed in https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/159385389/person/292115989655/media/00f7a031-7668-40bb-a947-c298da20b696
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3} AnnaSpruyt/Notarial Deed Heritage Leiden and environs in Leiden (Nederland), Notarial records Period: 1665, Leiden, Grafboek Pieterskerk, folio 231v https://www.openarch.nl/elo:42e520ab-5fa1-4277-8c7a-2bf29ca22a10
    ALSO: https://www.openarch.nl/elo:fa4ab471-27a8-4006-96b4-1550e945f078 (No date given. Just "widow of Reijnier van der Sluys".)
14. ↑ ^{14.00 14.01 14.02 14.03 14.04 14.05 14.06 14.07 14.08 14.09 14.10 14.11 14.12 14.13 14.14 14.15 14.16 14.17 14.18 14.19 14.20 14.21 14.22} Email#1/ Marcel Verolme personal research sent on 2/27/2026
15. ↑ ^{15.00 15.01 15.02 15.03 15.04 15.05 15.06 15.07 15.08 15.09 15.10} 1685/Marriage/Reynier "Nederland, Indexen van de Archieven, Primaire Archiefstukken (BS en DTB), 1600-2000," database, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLR1-66NL : 13 October 2017), Reynier van der Sluys and Anna Spruyt, Marriage 11 Jul 1685, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland; from database, openarchives (https://www.openarch.nl : 2016); citing Archiefnaam: Nederlands Hervormd Ondertrouw (1575-1795), Deel: 23, Periode: 1682-1686, archive 1004, inventory number 23, record number , folio Y - 249v; Archiefnaam: Nederlands Hervormd Ondertrouw (1575-1795), Deel: 23, Periode: 1682-1686; Erfgoed Leiden.
    ALSO: recorded in NH Ondertrouw Y. 1682 - January 1686. , archive number 1004 , Nederlands Hervormd Ondertrouw (1575-1795) , inventory number 23 , page Y - 249v, Municipality : Leiden, Period : 1682-1686 https://www.wiewaswie.nl/en/detail/51913899
    ALSO: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/159385389/person/292115989655/media/ecd645b5-34b4-4ebf-91e6-f245ab23bbd6 and https://www.erfgoedleiden.nl/collecties/personen/zoek-op-personen/deeds/095ae6ba-37af-968e-2d4f-028c4e4c22ff
    ALSO: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/159385389/person/292115989655/media/ce5996ce-f8ba-4fdb-bbe2-e0b6808b10bd
16. ↑ ^{16.00 16.01 16.02 16.03 16.04 16.05 16.06 16.07 16.08 16.09 16.10} Annals of Phoenixville and its vicinity: from the settlement to the year 1871, giving the origin and growth of the borough with information concerning the adjacent townships of Chester and Montgomery counties and the valley of the Schuylkill by Samuel Whitaker PENNYPACKER (1872). Philadelphia: Bavis & Pennypacker, Printers. (Mainly p 295-296) https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/008651557
17. ↑ ^{17.00 17.01 17.02 17.03 17.04 17.05 17.06 17.07 17.08 17.09 17.10 17.11 17.12 17.13 17.14 17.15 17.16 17.17 17.18 17.19 17.20 17.21} Van Der Slice and Allied Families by Howard Vanderslice and Howard Norman Monnett, 1931, p10-32, 197-199, 219, 220-221 Copyright 1931 By SAMUEL I. VANDERSLICE, Los Angeles, Calif. Printed in the United States of America by the NEUNER CORPORATION, Los Angeles, Calif. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89062520739&view=1up&seq=7
    ALSO: https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G006922.pdf
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1 18.2 18.3 18.4 18.5 18.6 18.7} FindAGrave/Anthony Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 16 January 2020), memorial page for Anthony Vanderslice (1703–1 Nov 1751), Find A Grave Memorial no. 70739671, citing Augustus Lutheran Church Cemetery, Trappe, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave (contributor 8)
    ALSO: Quoting "Van Der Slice and Allied families" by Howard Vanderslice, Howard Norman Monnett, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/70739671
    ALSO: https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?did=18&pidlist=60525-42957788&o_iid=39553&o_lid=39553&o_sch=Web+Property&gss=angs&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=42957788&dbid=60525&indiv=1&ml_rpos=1
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1} Article by Patricia (Schearer) Mertz, enbedded in Find A Grave for son Henry: https://images.findagrave.com/photos/2013/10/95556774_135795096436.jpg
20. ↑ ^{20.00 20.01 20.02 20.03 20.04 20.05 20.06 20.07 20.08 20.09 20.10 20.11 20.12 20.13 20.14} Biographical Annals of Montgomery Co., PA, Containing Genealogical Records of Representative Families, including many of the Early Settlers and Biographical Sketched of Prominent Citizens, Ellwood Robert, Editor. T.S Benham & Co and The Lewis Pub Co. 1904. Vol 1 p193 http://usgwarchives.net/pa/montgomery/roberts/roberts100.html
21. ↑ ^{21.0 21.1 21.2 21.3 21.4 21.5 21.6} rootsweb/145105/I3161 Website now defunct. (3/2024)
22. ↑ ^{22.00 22.01 22.02 22.03 22.04 22.05 22.06 22.07 22.08 22.09 22.10 22.11 22.12 22.13 22.14} worldconnect/McNealMillerick: Website now defunct. (3/2024)
23. ↑ ^{23.0 23.1 23.2 23.3 23.4 23.5 23.6 23.7} worldconnect/mariay99: Website now defunct. (3/2024)
24. ↑ ^{24.00 24.01 24.02 24.03 24.04 24.05 24.06 24.07 24.08 24.09 24.10 24.11 24.12 24.13 24.14 24.15 24.16 24.17 24.18 24.19 24.20 24.21 24.22 24.23 24.24 24.25 24.26} Ancestry/Francis on JacobSr From his tree on Ancestry.com, sent to David FRANTZ as a pdf file by email on Aug 31, 2020
25. ↑ ^{25.00 25.01 25.02 25.03 25.04 25.05 25.06 25.07 25.08 25.09 25.10 25.11 25.12 25.13 25.14 25.15 25.16 25.17 25.18 25.19 25.20 25.21 25.22 25.23 25.24 25.25} GenealogyOnline/Ludwig Richard Oliver Ludwig, "Genealogy Ludwig", database, Genealogy Online (https://www.genealogieonline.nl/genealogy-ludwig/I90750.php : accessed July 21, 2022), "Reynier Vanderslice (1673-1713)" https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/genealogy-ludwig/I90750.php
26. ↑ ^{26.00 26.01 26.02 26.03 26.04 26.05 26.06 26.07 26.08 26.09 26.10 26.11 26.12 26.13 26.14 26.15 26.16} Mark Planter's original data entered in merged prorfile (Reynier van der Sluyse (abt.1680-1713)) created 8 Jul 2022. merged 7 Aug 2022. Probably from the Bland genealogy stored at Pennsylvania Genealogical Society. (Unsourced)
27. ↑ ^{27.00 27.01 27.02 27.03 27.04 27.05 27.06 27.07 27.08 27.09 27.10 27.11 27.12 27.13 27.14 27.15 27.16 27.17 27.18 27.19 27.20 27.21 27.22 27.23 27.24 27.25 27.26 27.27 27.28} familysearch/LZ29-C51 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LZ29-C51
28. ↑ ^{28.0 28.1 28.2 28.3} 1713/Will/Reijner text recorded in https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/159385389/person/292115989655/media/c868578f-01fb-4b96-b322-e7f93fe81b5a.
    ALSO: recorded in Philadelphia, Will Book C, p. 350., as reported by Mark Planter in his orig data.
29. ↑ ^{29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 29.4 29.5 29.6 29.7 29.8 29.9} Dordrecht Archives Access #20 Notarial Archives of Dordrecht, folio #116. A Notarial Deed from 17 Apr 1676, probably as an agreement for being indentured as an apprentice as a "student baker." to a Franchois VAN DER MEIJDE https://proxy.archieven.nl/46/C7552D001FFD4BF09DAC871445B2C950
    (see Research Note #4 for validity of this source.)
30. ↑ ^{30.0 30.1 30.2 30.3 30.4 30.5 30.6 30.7} Source: #S-2122389820 Data: Text: Edmund West, comp. Family Data Collection - Individual Records. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2000.
31. ↑ ^{31.0 31.1} familysearch/ark/3WBZ-NMS [https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3WBZ-NMS
32. ↑ familysearch/KLY5-FPQ https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KLY5-FPQ
33. ↑ genealogy.com/Trent forum tread https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/vanderslice/122/
34. ↑ Email/FrancisX6 email sent from Francis J. VANDERSLICE to David FRANTZ on Aug 25, 2020
35. ↑ Email/George Vanderslice Jr. comment posted by George Vanderslice Jr.on 7 Mar, 2024
36. ↑ geni/Gollihur [https://www.geni.com/people/Anthony-Vanderslice-Sr/6000000001312264680?through=6000000001312291884
37. ↑ ^{37.0 37.1 37.2 37.3} Christening/AnnaMarie "Netherlands Births and Baptisms, 1564-1910", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:4G4M-79MM : 7 February 2020), Anna Maria Van Der Heiden, 1662.
    ALSO: "Nederland, Indexen van de Archieven, Primaire Archiefstukken (BS en DTB), 1600-2000," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QLDF-L4DB : 23 August 2017), Sebastianus van der Heiden in entry for Anna Maria, Baptism 04 Jun 1662, Groningen, Nederland; from database, openarchives (https://www.openarch.nl : 2016); citing Kerkelijke gemeente - Groningen, archive 124, inventory number 147, folio; ; AlleGroningers.
38. ↑ familysearch/ark/37NZ-GKL https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:37NZ-GKL
39. ↑ ^{39.0 39.1 39.2 39.3 39.4 39.5 39.6 39.7 39.8 39.9} familysearch/ark/36SR-5K9: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:36SR-5K9
40. ↑ familysearch/ark/3H8J-6YC: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3H8J-6YC
41. ↑ Book of Families by Gordon Major Copy at Montgomery Co. Historical Society, Norris Town, PA. Referenced in [1]
42. ↑ Pieterskerk's Grave Book page 231v Period 1665. Listed in: https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/tree/159385389/person/292115989655/media/418c958e-ced2-4ec8-bf17-b0574522f681
43. ↑ Article: New Eng. Hist. https://www.newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/when-poor-apprentice-laborers-were-2-years-old/
44. ↑ marriage/Anna? Regional Archives Dordrecht, Church records marriages Trouwboek, nadere toegang op inventarisnummer 24 van archieftoegang 11, Dordrecht, archive 11, inventory number 24 https://www.openarch.nl/rad:49EB63C9-D9AA-4EF1-8F5A-A87867FABBC0

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