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About Gijsbert Thyssen Laenen
Gysbrecht Thyssen (who became known both as Geisbert, and also as Gilbert Lane), from Liege, Belgium, b. about 1652; emigrated with his father in 1663; d. 1727; m., about 1672, Jannetje Adriaense Lambersen. He was a member of the New Utrecht Dutch ch. in 1677 and a deacon in 1683, but seems not to be among those taking the oath of allegiance to the English Government in 1687. However, he was living there in 1698, when his name appears on the census roll as "Gysbert Tysse," with himself, wife and seven children ("Doc. Hist, of N. Y." Vol. 3, p. 88) ; evidently his two older sons were then living away from home.
In 1706 he was assessed there for eighty-three acres of land, purchased in 1700 of his half-brother, Adriaen. That he had become on Long Island a prosperous agriculturist is evident from the fact that he could make two large purchases of land in Monmouth Co., N. J., in 1709 and '10, a large farm for himself and a smaller one for his son Cornelius. On Apr. 23, 1709, he purchased of Rev. Alexander Innes, of Middletown, 460 acres of land in Middletown twsp., for £5 10. It is described in the deed as bounded by Swimming River, Robert Morris, Daniel Applegate and Hop River. (Trenton Deeds, Book I., p. 387). This he made his homestead, for he removed to Monmouth co. in that year.
On Feb. 5, 1710, he purchased 200 acres in the adjoining township of Shrewsbury, of Tobias Hansen, of Dover, N. H., for £50, (Monmouth Deeds. Book D. p. 138). This tract he conveyed to his "loving son, Cornelius," June 5, 171 1. Geisbert was then nearly sixty years of age, and Cornelius, who probably married that year was twenty-six. The second son, Matthias, did not marry until the next year; and three years later, May 20, 1715. Geisbert conveyed the homestead of 460 acres to his son, Matthias; consideration £500. (Monmouth Deeds, Book E., p. 344).
Of Geisbert's eldest son, Adriaens, who was probably living in 1727, when his father died, I have no information and find no trace of him in Monmouth co., after his father's death. Matthias is the one son who represents the Somerset line, as they were his ch. who migrated to Somerset.
In the same year that he removed to Monmouth the "Reformed Congregation of Freehold and Middletown," was organized 1 in what is the present village of Marlborough, and "Gisbert Laen and Jannetie Lammerse" are recorded as two or the organizing members, along with members of the Van Deventer, Wykoff, van Doom, Schenck, Cowenhoven, etc., families.
death and will
Geisbert lived twelve years after conveying his homestead to Matthias. The draftsman of his will, evidently an English lawyer, used the name "Gilbert Lane," the English equivalent for Gysbrecht, and for Geisbert, but it took another century for the Dutch to go out of use. Geisbert's signature to his will was by mark. This will, dated Nov. 7,
1720, was probated May 17, 1727. (Trenton Wills, Book B., p. 66). In it he names his sons "Adriaens, Cornelius, Matthias and Joseph who is blind," and his daughters, "Moika Langstreet, Catherine D'Hart, Mary van Sicklah and Jane," and "grandchildren born of my daughter, Williamea Hendrickson, deceased, wife of William Hendrickson, deceased." The three sons first named were executors. His real estate was directed to be sold and the money divided into eight parts, to be equally given to eight of his nine children ; the other child, Joseph, being blind, was to have a fund set apart out of the estate for his support.
Geisbert's wife, Jannetje, must have lived thereafter with her son, Matthias, as on June 16, 1732, etc., he gave bonds to his co-executors to contribute £& yearly for the support of his mother, "Jane Lane." (Monmouth Deeds, Book H., pp. 67, 107).
Somerset County Historical Quarterly Volume II.— 1913
Second account
The municipality of Overpelt (13,581 inhabitants on 1 January 2007; 4,085 ha) is located in Kempen, close to the border with the Netherlands.
Overpelt, a fairly ancient settlement, formed together with Neerpelt, Kaulille and Kleine-Brogel, the domain of Pelta, mentioned for the first time in 815, as Palethe, from Middle Dutch pael, "a pond" (in modern Dutch, poel). The domain of Pelta, renamed in 1585 Pelt-Gravenbroek, was one of the six domains forming the County of Loon, with Overpelt as its capital. Most of the village belonged to the Norbertine abbey of Floreffe.
Located on the Antwerp-Cologne road, Overpelt was an important trading place. A cloth hall was planned in 1545, which was never built because of the Religious Wars. In the XIXth century, the main activities in Overpelt were agriculture and hawking - like all villages in Kempen, Overpelt had its teuten. Industrialization started with the building of the Kempen Canal (1846), of the Eindhoven-Hasselt (1866) and Mol-Neerpelt-Mönchengladbach (1879) railways. The first significant factory in Overpelt was set up by Schulte & Co. in 1888.
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Also known as: Gijsbert Thyssen LAENEN, Gysbaecht Thyssen LAENEN, Guisbert Thyssen LANEN, Gybrecht Tyssen LANE, Gilbert LANE, Gysbert Thysz Laanen VAN PELT He and Jannetje Adriaans SMITH resided in 1675 at New Utrecht, Kings County, Long Island, NY. He and Jannetje Adriaans SMITH members of the Dutch Reformed Church, New Utrecht, NY between 1677 and 1709. He was a Deacon of the Chruch at New Utrecht 1683. He appeared on the census of 1698 at New Utrechet, Kings County, Long Island, NY. Owned 83 acres of land in 1706. He left a will on November 7, 1720. He died circa 1727 at Monmouth County, NJ. His estate was probated on May 17, 1727 at Of, Middletown, Monmouth County, NJ.
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Gijsbert Thyssen Laenen's Timeline
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December 2, 1646
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Liege, Liege, Walloon Region, Belgium
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December 2, 1646
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Tuil, Gelderland, Netherlands
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1663
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Brooklyn, New Netherlands, New York
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1663
Age 16
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New Utrecht, New Netherlands
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1672
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New Utrecht, Kings County, New York, United States
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1673
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New Utrecht, Kings County, New York
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1675
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New Utrecht, Kings Co., New York
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1677
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Flatbush, Long Island, Province of New York
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February 19, 1679
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Flatbush, Kings County, New York
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