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Biography
Jacob Aertse Van Wagenen: born about 1612; married Symen Symonse Groot: born about 1624
"Jacob Aertsz (Arentsz), from Utrecht: referred to as Jacob Aertsz Wagenaer, and also as Jacob Adriaensz Wagenaer (the wagoner); sailed on den Calmer Sleutel, Dec. 1637, at the age of 25, as a farm servant for Albert Andriesz. He served for 1¼ years at the Manhatans and June 26, 1639 began his service in the colony [Rensselaerswyck] for the term of six years, at wages ranging from f90 to f120 a year. He is charged in the accounts with supplies furnished by Albert Andriesz, but is entered as servent of Cornelis Maesen. April 2, 1648, the court ordered him to serve Evert Pels for one year, so as to complete his term. Feb. 23, 1649, he appeared before the court on the charge of having the preceding day, with Jacob Andriaensz Raedemaecker (wheelwright) and Harmen Bastiaensz, prevented Director van Slichtenhorst from arresting Jacob Toenijs, servant of Jan Verbeeck, in the Greenen Bos." [1]
Birth
Born about 1594 in Utrecht, Netherlands
Death
Died in Beverwyck, New Netherlands
Sources
- ↑ Kiliaen Van Rensselaer and A. J. F. Van Laer. Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts: Being the Letters of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 1630-1643, and Other Documents Relating to the Colony of Rensselaerswyck. Albany, N.Y.: University of the State of New York, 1908. 845.
Acknowledgments
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