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Focke Jansz

Also Known As: "Focke Jans", "Focke Janszn"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Drenthe, Netherlands
Death: January 22, 1668 (43-52)
New Amsterdam, New Netherlands
Immediate Family:

Son of Jan Focke and Hester Focke
Husband of Grietje Hendricks
Father of Gerrit Cornelissen? Focken; Willemtje Fockens; Gesje Fockens; Hendrick Focken; Jan Heromans and 3 others

Occupation: farmer
Managed by: Private User
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About Focke Jansz

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Mentioned on the passenger list from De Bonte Koe ("The Spotted Cow"), which was captained by Pieter Lucasz (possibly Peter Lucasz or Pieter Lucasz) and departed 16 April 1660 from Amsterdam and arrived New Amsterdam:

  • Focke Jansz, farmer from Drenthe, wife and 7 children: 19, 17, 13, 11, 9, 3 yrs old, and nursing child [NWI]

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Date and place of birth have also been erroneously reported to be:

  • 1616 at Ruinen, De Wolden, Drenthe, Repubic of the Seven United Netherlands (now Netherlands)
  • 1626 at Ruinen, De Wolden, Drenthe, Repubic of the Seven United Netherlands (now Netherlands)

Date and place of birth have also been erroneously reported to be January 22, 1668 at (now New York City), (now New York County), Nieuw Nederland (?, now New York).

sources

  • Lists of Inhabitants of Colonial New York by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan. Chapter entitled "Early Immigrants to New Netherland 1657-1664".
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Focke Jansz's Timeline

1620
1620
Drenthe, Netherlands
1640
1640
Ritsen, Oost-Friesland, (nu Nedersaksen), Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden (nu Duitsland)
1641
1641
Ruinen, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands
1647
1647
Ruymen, Providence of Dreuthe Holland, Netherlands
1651
1651
Ruinen, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands
1651
1651
Ruinen, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands
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1659
Ruinen, De Wolden, Drenthe, Netherlands