Focke
"Fooke"
Jansz
aka Jans, Janszn
Born about in Ruinen, Landschap Drenthe, Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden
Son of Jan Focke
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Lutgert (Jans) Heermans and Nelletje Jans
Husband of
Margriet Hendricks
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Husband of
Gerritje Willemsdr Horst
— married
1640 in Drenthe, Netherlands
Descendants 
Died
at about age 42
in New York City, York Shire, Province of New York
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Biography
Focke Jansz was a Dutch immigrant to New Netherland, arriving in 1660 with his wife and seven children. The compilation of "Passengers to New Netherland" in the Year Book of the Holland Society of New York for 1902 includes, among the passengers who sailed on De Bonte Koe on 15 April 1660: "Focke Jansz, farmer from Drenthe, wife and 7 children: 19, 17, 13, 11, 9, 3 yrs old, and nursing child."[1] His parents are not known. He may, however, have been a grandson of Evert Focken, who had settled earlier at Werpoes on Manhattan Island in New Netherland, having arrived in 1624 or 1625. Evert Focken died before 1630 and was survived by a wife.[2]
Focke Jansz was one of a large number of emigrants from Drenthe, Netherlands, who arrived in New Netherland during the same time period.[3] Records cited by the Van Voorhees Association suggest that the farm of Focke Jans in Ruinen, Drenthe, was a small one, assessed for "only fl. 737."[4] In New Netherland, Focke Jansz and family settled in the Bouwerij, a farming community north of New Amsterdam. [5]
Focke's wife is often called "unknown," but a list compiled by the Van Voorhees Family Association identifies her as Grietie Hendricx, citing "various printed and unprinted sources both in the Netherlands and the United States" as the basis for the list.[6]
Focke Janszen and wife Grietie Hendricks had three children:
- Grietje (Margareta) Fockens b. 1643 and married Tyman Van Borsum 3 Feb 1675;
- Willemptje Fockens b. 1641;
- Jan Focke Heermance b. about 1650 married Engelte Van Breestede, then Elizabeth Blanshan 2 Nov 1692
Name
- Focke Jansz
- Jans Focke
- Focke Janez
Birth
- Born before 1625
- Born 1626 in Ruinen,Drenthe,Nederland,
- Birth: Date: 1626 Place: Ruinen, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands [8]
Immigration
A Focke Janz, farmer from Drenthe, wife and 7 children: 19, 17, 13, 11, 9, 3 yrs old, and nursing child, emigrated on 'De Bonte Koe' (The Spotted Cow); sailed 16 April 1660 from Amsterdam, arriving New Amsterdam; Captain Pieter Lucasz[9]
- Focke Jansz immigrated in 1660 with his wife and 7 children: [10]
- Jan
- Gerrit
- Geesje
- Hendrick
- Grietje
- Catharina
- Egbert
Marriage
- Husband of Margriet Hendricks
Death
- Died January 22, 1668 in New York, New York, New York [8]
Research Notes
LNAB is determined to be the patronymic Jansz, the name that appears in published lists of the passengers of De Bonte Koe, which is the first identified record for this man. - Smith-62120 03:04, 25 January 2019 (UTC)
Rocke
Through a Dutch Door: 17th Century Origins of the Van Voorhees Family; Van Voorhees Family Association, 1992. Pp. 136-139 list 111 people coming from Drenthe to NY between 1651 and 1679. Among them, Focke Jans and his wife Grietie Hendricx as well as men named Jan Focken (Heemans) and Egbert Fockenszen. Family came from village of Ruinen, settled in the Bouwerij.
Now, from NA/NY records, I personally have only been able to identify four of their children, the Grietje and Willemptje that you list (Willemptje is an ancestor of mine, first wife of Gerrit Janse Snedeker), and Hendrick and Geesje (who m. Claes Jansen Van Heynigen). I have seen nothing else to connect the Jan you mention other than the above quote.
Regards, Ted Snediker
Sources
- ↑ Year Book of the Holland Society of New York, New York, 1902. page 13. See also: Lists Of Inhabitants Of Colonial New York by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan, chapter entitled Early Immigrants to New Netherland 1657-1664: De Bonte Koe (The Spotted Cow) April 1660 voyage, Captain Pieter Lucasz.
- ↑ Pitman, H. Minot, "Fockens—Heermans", The American Genealogist, vol. 36 (1960): pages 215–219 and 228.
- ↑ Van Voorhees Family Association. Through a Dutch Door: 17th Century Origins of the Van Voorhees Family; Van Voorhees Family Association, 1992. pages 103-139,
- ↑ Van Voorhees Family Association. Through a Dutch Door: 17th Century Origins of the Van Voorhees Family; Van Voorhees Family Association, 1992. page 124, citing Oude Staten Archieven, inv. no. 841 (xerox copy), 94.
- ↑ Van Voorhees Family Association. Through a Dutch Door: 17th Century Origins of the Van Voorhees Family; Van Voorhees Family Association, 1992. page 124.
- ↑ Van Voorhees Family Association. Through a Dutch Door: 17th Century Origins of the Van Voorhees Family; Van Voorhees Family Association, 1992. page 137.
- ↑ Source S1: Title: Ancestry Family Trees: Publication: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network.Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;: Page: 1 or more individual Ancestry Family Tree files were combined to create this source citation.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Source S3: Author: Ancestry.com: Title: OneWorldTree: Publication: Name: The Generations Network, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA;: Repository: #R1: Repository R1: Name: www.ancestry.com Page: Database online.Text: Record for Focke Janez
- ↑ New World Immigrants: List of Passengers 1654 to 1664 edited by Michael Tepper
- ↑ Pitman
- Pitman, H. Minot, "Fockens—Heermans", The American Genealogist, 36 (1959): 215–219, 228
- NJGS. "Hermans, Heermans." njgsbc.org. Accessed 13 Jun 2016. http://njgsbc.org/files/BCFamilies/BCFam-Hermans.pdf PDF
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- Noa-Charles Heermans
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Ms. Horst should be removed as spouse, there is no evidence or reason for her attachment here.
We should try to find more sources/evidence for his age. I think 1626 way too young for him, his oldest child would have been born when he was 15 if this is true. I think a date closer to 1620 would be more accurate.
edited by Noa-Charles Heermans
There is so much contradicting and incorrect info in this profile. Is there any way I can assist in cleaning it?
Hi,
These are the same and can be merged, the wifes very likely are just two different people and he was married to just Grietje (Margriet) Hendricks. (see post to solve things added to the other wife)
They both still have PPP so it should be removed from the Vooks profile to be able to merge them .
Greets and have a wonderful day,
Bea :)
i will give merging a go :)
Vooks-3 is completely wrong for this profile but i have no idea how to initiate a change/review. The current Vooks-1 is his daughter and her LNAB "Vooks" is a patronymic based on a spelling variation of Focke/Fooke's first name. His "LNAB" as far as the evidence exists was some variant of "Janszoon".
I do not have access to it myself but i have seen other sites reference Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan. Chapter entitled "Early Immigrants to New Netherland 1657-1664".
I added the existing attachment in his bio.