Elsje Jans Slecht

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Elsje Jans Slecht (Van Bresteede)

Also Known As: "Elsie Jans Van Breestede", "Elsje Jansen Schoonmaker", "Elsie Janse Schoonmaker"
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Birthplace: Breestede, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Death: September 26, 1684 (61-62)
Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America
Place of Burial: Livingston, Columbia County, NY, United States
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jan Janszen Van Breestede, II and Engeltje Marritje Janse
Wife of Adriaen Pieterszen Van Alcmaer; Lt Hendrick Jochemsz Schoonmaker and Cornelius Barentsen Slecht
Mother of Jannetje Adriaense van Alcmaer; Sytie Adriaense van Alcmaer; Lysbeth Adriaense van Alcmaer; Pieter Adriansen Van Alcmaer; Tannetie Adrianse and 10 others
Sister of Jan Janse Van Breestede; Tryntje Jans Roseboom; Dorothea Jansen Douwe; Simon Van van Breestede and Frans Jansen van Breestede

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About Elsje Jans Slecht

Marriages

  1. 1643 May 17 Adriaen Pieterszen, Van Alcmaer, Wede. Van Grietje Pieters, en Elsje Jans, Van Breestede. [7]
  2. 14 Oct 1653 in Fort Orange, Albany, New Netherland, Elsie, daughter of Jan Janse Van Breestede and Engeltjen Jans, and widow of Adriaen Pieterzen Van Alcmar, married Hendrick Jochemse Schoonmaker.
  3. 1684 26 Sep; Cornelis Barentz Slegt, wid Tryntie Bos, of Woerden, Holland; Elsie Jans, wid Hendric Jochemz, of Breestee, both liv Kingston. [8]

Cornelis Slecht made out his will (Anjou wills V 1 191) and died in Kingston on November 5, 1697. Apparently Cornelis did move from Kingston for a short time after the death of Tryntje in September, 1664. Flatbush deeds (A-64) show he bought property in Flushing, New York in 1669, and sold it three years later. Cornelis married his second wife, Elsje Janse Van Bresteede, the widow of Hendrick Jochemsen Schoonmaker, of another prominent family, on September 26, 1684.


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Elsje Jans Slecht's Timeline

1622
1622
Breestede, Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
1625
1625
Age 3
New York City, New York, United States
1643
August 5, 1643
New York, British Colonial America
1643
Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States
1645
April 17, 1645
New Amsterdam, New York, Colonial America
1647
March 24, 1647
New Amsterdam
March 27, 1647
Kingston, Ulster County, New York, Colonial America
1653
November 4, 1653
Albany, Albany County, New York, Colonial America