Jan "Corsi" Corszen

JAN CORSEN VAN PHARNABRUCK was born 1649 in Brazil, and died Unknown. He married METJE THEUNIS 08 October 1673 in NY, daughter of THEUNIS GUERTSEN CRAY. She died Unknown.

Children of JAN VAN PHARNABRUCK and METJE THEUNIS are:

 i.   MARGARET2 CORSEN, b. 1674; d. Unknown; m. (1) JACOB VAN SCHUEREN; d. Unknown; m. (2) JOSEPH SMITH, 1695; b. WFT Est. 1674; d. Unknown. 

 ii.   KORS CORSEN, b. 1676; d. Unknown. 

 iii.   TRYNTJE CORSEN, b. 1678; d. Unknown; m.  JOHAN ROUTIER, 3 Jan 1702; d. Unknown. 

 iv.   THEUNIS CORSEN, b. 1680; d. Unknown; m. JOSYNTJE OBLINUS, 1702; d. Unknown. 

 v.   GERTRUDE CORSEN, b. 1682; d. Unknown; m. (1) STOFFEL CHRISTIANSE, 1704; b. WFT Est. 1682; d. Unknown; m. (2) BURGER MARINUS, 1707; d. Unknown. 

 vi.   JANEKEN CORSEN, b. 1687; d. Unknown; m. JAN LOURENTSZ LOW, 1707; d. Unknown. 

 vii.   JACOBUS CORSEN, b. 06 April 1690; d. Unknown; m. ABRIAENTJE KOEVERT; d. Unknown. 

2. viii. BENJAMIN (JAN) CORSEN, b. 02 September 1692, New York; d. 1770.

 ix.   ELIZABETH CORSEN, b. 1695; d. Unknown. 

Alternate Notes:

Jan Corsen

m: to Metje Teunis Cray Corsen 08 Nov 1673 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City.

9 children. Source: 1 RootsWeb: Barry Price bprice@direct.ca | | Source: 2 RootsWeb: Dec 2001 by William DeCoursey at decoursey@earthlink.net | | Source: 3 The Tree of Life by Norman M Covert 1995 pg 16 | | Source: 4 The Covert Family by Carl W Fischer, William V Covert and Maurice L Patterson 1989 929.273 C838f pg 6, 18 | | Source: 5 New Netherland Connections Jul 2006 Vol 11 No 3 pg 59 | | | | Wife: Metje &ltTeunis> Cray Corsen (Rn=65519) | | b: Jun 1650 at New York City | | Baptized: on 12 Jun 1650 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City | | d: &gtOct 1701 | | Religion: Reformed Dutch Church, New York City | | Residence: 1 New York City | | Residence: 2 New Orange in 1673 | | m: to Jan &ltCors> Corsen (Rn=65518) 08 Nov 1673 at Reformed Dutch Church, New York City | | 9 children | | Source: 1 RootsWeb: Barry Price bprice@direct.ca | | Source: 2 RootsWeb: Dec 2001 by William DeCoursey at decoursey@earthlink.net | | Source: 3 The Tree of Life by Norman M Covert 1995 pg 16 | | Source: 4 The Covert Family by Carl W Fischer, William V Covert and Maurice L Patterson 1989 929.273 C838f pg 6, 18 | | Source: 5 New Netherland Connections Jul 2006 Vol 11 No 3 pg 59

Jan Corszen Corson (b. 1650, d. 1703)

Jan Corszen Corson (son of Hendrick Corson, Sr and ?)459 was born 1650 in France459, and died 1703 in NY459. He married Metje Theunis Cray.

Children of Jan Corszen Corson and Metje Theunis Cray are:

  1. +Jannetie Yannaca Corson, b. 1687, NY459, d. date unknown.

Jan LAURENSZE (LOW) married (banns) 29 May 1707 to Jannetje CORSSE, dau. of Jan CORSZEN and Metje CRAY.

See Orville Corson's THREE HUNDRED YEARS with the CORSON FAMILIES.

1707 Jan Laurensze LOW, baptized 29 April 1685, son of Laurens JANSEN and Mary ROOSA, married 20 June 1707, to Jannetie CORSEN, daughter of Jan and Metje (CRAY) CORSZEN. They had eight children: Gysbert LOW m. Persila --?--; Lawrence LOW m. Geertje ROOSA; Benjamin LOW m. Neeltje Van NEST; Cornelius LOW married Johanna JANSEN; Marytje, m.1749, Jan KOOL; Wenitje "Lavina"; Metje; and Teunis LOW m. Maayke "Mary" HALL.

James Riker, REVISED HISTORY OF HARLEM (1904), p.579-580.

Benjamin CORSSE, son of Jan and Metje (CRAEY) CORSZEN, married, 20 March 1718, to Jannetje REYERA, dau. of Reyer MICHAELSON and Jacomina TIBOUT. They had children: Jacomina CORSA married Johanne VERMILYE, son of John and Sarah (ODELL) VERMILYE; Jane CORSA, m.1753, Abraham LENT; Teunis CORSA, m.1765, Magdalen EVERITT; John CORSA, m.1760, Jane FORSYTH; Isaac CORSA, m.1761, Mary GIBB, dau. of Andrew GIBB; Benjamin CORSA, m.1769, Jemima CHAPPLE; and Cornelia CORSA, m.1761, Ernst Ludwig LENT.

James Riker, REVISED HISTORY OF HARLEM (1904), pp.265n-267n

Note:

1673 - On 25 Oct 1673, the following marriage is recorded in the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam: "Jan CORSZEN j.m. (young man not before married) van (from) Recife in Braziel en Metje THEUNIS j.d. (young woman not before married) van N. Orangien." Prior to this marriage, Jan CORSZEN was a Mariner in the employ of the Dutch West India Company, and more than likely traveled between the colonies of New Amsterdam, Pernamuco, Brazil and Recife, Brazil. The Brazilian colonies were under the authority of the Dutch West India Company from about 1630 until 1654. Following his marriage, he is recorded as Steward for the Burgomaster, in which capacity he issued the provisions for the Garrison. His home at that time was in part of Bever Street between Williams and Broadway, once called "Smith Street Lane". His wife, Metje CRAEY was the daughter of Theunis and Hester CRAEY. She was baptized in the DRC of New Amsterdam, 12 Jun 1650. They had nine children.

Orville Corson, THREE HUNDRED YEARS with the CORSON FAMILIES, v.1, p.8-16.

Valentine's HISTORY OF NEW YORK, p.319,330.

Francis E. Woodruff, THE COURSENS OF SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, passim;

NIAGARA FRONTIER MAGAZINE, v.IV,pp.80-81.

1675 - Jan CORSSEN was on the Dutch Reformed Church membership list, 2 Sep 1675.

NY.GEN.BIOG.REC. v.9,p.147.

1676 - Kors, son of Jan CORSZEN and Metje CRAY was baptized, 10 May 1676, in the DRC of NA. Jan deVRIES and Tryntje VanCAMPEN were witnesses. (Note that a Tryntje VanCAMPEN had married, 1619, to Jan CORSSE or Jan CORSSEN.)

See Woodruff, p.1;

Clute, p.359;

Percival Ullman, pp.15-17.

1686 - Jan CORSZEN purchased property "for a valuable sum of money" from Carter & Gertie SEARUM on the west side of the sheep pasture south of Wall St. (in the area of the present financial district in lower Manhattan which in 1978 sold for $600 a square foot, the most expensive real estate in the world). His occupation is given in this deed as "Marriner". The deed was recorded, 13 Dec 1686, and is to be found in Liber/Reel 13 of Deeds, page 234. He sold this property in April 1695.

Sources:

1. familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/g/r/e/...L.../0026-0001.html

2. Carol Hamby, Information provided by the research of Carol Hamby, April 1, 2003.

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Baptism

• 1650 Aug 28; Hendrick Corsens; Jan; Herck Siberts and his wife NA DRC Baptisms 1639-1730

Children

• 1674 Jul 15; Jan Corszen, Metje Theunis; Margriete; Theunis Cray, Geertie Theunis
• 1678 Jan 09; Jan Corszen, Metie Cray; Tryntie; Hendrick Jilliszen, Marritie Van Hoboken
• 1680 Apr 14; Jan Corssens, Metje Theunis; Theunis; Jan Vincent, Geertie Theunis
• 1682 Aug 12; Jan Corszen, Metje Cray; Geertruyd; Hendrick Kermer, Grietie Hendricx
• 1690 Apr 06; Jan Corszen, Metje Cray; Jacobus; Theunis de Key, Catharina der Val NA DRC Baptisms 1639-1730

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Some have (incorrectly?) assumed that Jan Corszen's name was derived from the traditional Dutch Patronymic and that he might have been the son of Kors Janszen and Margietje Lambrucht who, it is said, came to Recife, Brazil as early as 1641 from Holland. There seems to be little supporting evidence for this theory.

The "Corszen" spelling is recorded in his marriage record but the original baptism records of his children show various spellings of the name without the "n". (Later editing of Ted Brassard's transcriptions of the records that has been published by Olivetreegenealogy.com modified all of the baptism records to "CORSZEN", presumably to match the name that was earlier rescorded in his marriage record.)

Other theories suggest that the "Corsi" and "Corsse" surname (as he used in the baptisms of some of his children) was derived from a place name, perhaps the village of Courcy in the Low Counties, a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France (formerly Belgium). It was from that regional that many of the Waloon families who are associated with the family of Jan Corszen formed the Dutch West India Company and eventually settled in New Netherlands. DNA evidence also seems to point in that direction.

Still others propose that his forefathers might have been among the Spanish and Portuguese Conversos who migrated to Belgium and Holland to escape the inquisition between 1645 and 1654. "When the Inquisition was initially implemented in Portugal all Jews were forced to undergo baptism, and were forbidden from emigrating. Many continued to practice their Judaism clandestinely, and when they were able to leave, one favored destination was Brazil. There, they represented up to 90 percent of the 50,000 Europeans who had settled there by 1624, working in commerce and other professions (even as priests), and setting up sugar plantations and mills. On April 26, 1654, the last Jewish residents of the Brazilian town of Recife departed the Portuguese colony after being given an order of expulsion." - HAARETZ, Saturday, May 23, 2015

There have been many conflicting theories proposed over the last several decades as to the origin of the ancestors of Jan Corszen, but none have solved the mystery of his parentage. Several of these theories have been published and discussed in the CCFHA newsletter. The final answer might eventually come from the DNA research in progress at Division II of CCFHA.org.

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On 28 August 1650, a Jan CORSEN, son of Hendrick CORSENS was baptized in the DRC of NA. A witness was Herck SIBRTS and his wife (Weyntie Theunis CRAY). Herck SYBRANT (also known as Hendrick SIBOUTSEN KRANKEYT, had married in 1642, to Wyntje Theunis CRAY and was an uncle to Metje THUENIS CRAY who married in 1673, to Jan CORSZEN. Herck Siboutssen's daughter, Tryntje, married Ryck Abrahamsen LENT. She was the mother of Maria LENT who married Abraham VanAMBURGH, and step-grandmother of Elizabeth van NOMBERG who married, 10 Nov 1726, to John CORSZEN's grandson, Teunis CORSA. See: William A. Eardeley, CHRONOLOGY AND ANCESTRY OF CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW (1918), pp.33-35. [MOTE: IF THIS IS OUR JAN CORSZEN, HE WAS PROBABLY BORN AT RECIFE BRAZIL AND BAPTIZED AT NEW AMSSTERDAM BY HIS FATHER OR GUARDIAN. IT WAS TROUBLED TIMES FOR THE FORMER RESIDENTS OF THE BRAZILIAN PLANTATIONS WHO WERE DEPORTED from Recife.
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On 25 Oct 1673, the following marriage is recorded in the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam: "Jan CORSZEN j.m. (young man not before married) van (from) Recife in Braziel en Metje THEUNIS j.d. (young woman not before married) van N. Orangien." Prior to this marriage, Jan CORSZEN was a Mariner in the employ of the Dutch West India Company, and more than likely sailed the great circle route between New York, England and the Netherlands, the Gold Coast of Africa, the West Indies and back to New York. Following his marriage, he is recorded as Steward for the Burgomaster, in which capacity he issued the provisions for the Garrison. His home at that time was in part of Bever Street between Williams and Broadway, once called "Smith Street Lane". His wife, Metje CRAEY was the daughter of Theunis and Hester CRAEY. She was baptized in the DRC of New Amsterdam, 12 Jun 1650.

Jan CORSSEN was on the Dutch Reformed Church membership list, 2 Sep 1675. NY.GEN.BIOG.REC. v.9,p.147.
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Jon COURSEN is on the New York Tax City tax list, 10 Nov 1676. NY.GEN.BIOG.REC., v.2,p.37.
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Jan CORSZEN purchased property "for a valuable sum of money" from Carter & Gertie SEARUM on the west side of the sheep pasture south of Wall St. (in the area of the present financial district in lower Manhattan which in 1978 sold for $600 a square foot, the most expensive real estate in the world). His occupation is given in this deed as "Marriner". The deed was recorded, 13 Dec 1686, and is to be found in Liber/Reel 13 of Deeds, page 234. He sold this property in April 1695.
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John Corsen, "mariner" and Metje, his wife, sold their home beside the "Sheep Pasture" on 3 April 1695.
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Governor Benjamin Fletcher becoming Godfather of Jan Corzen's youngest son on 2 Sep 1692, only three days after Fletcher arrived in New York to serve as Colonial Governor and the naming of the child after Fletcher suggests a more than casual relationship between Governor FLETCHER and the mariner, Jan CORSZEN, perhaps a family relationship or perhaps as associates in the business of privateering and piracy. Under Col Govnr. Fletcher, piracy was a leading economic development tool in New York City’s competition with the ports of Boston and Philadelphia. New York City had become a safe place for pirates. Fletcher continued to grant known pirates commissions to harass French vessels in addition to encouraging Red Sea piracy, with the understanding that a portion of the booty would be rewarded to him in exchange for his cooperation. From 1692-1699, Fletcher granted at least sixteen such privateering commissions"

"Benjamin Fletcher enjoyed relationships with Atlantic pirates that were even more beneficial than that of his predecessor, Jacob Leisler, who spent his time in office supporting privateering, if not outright piracy.. Fletcher’s connection to Frederick Philipse (1626-1702) is easily among the more notorious. Philipse was a Dutch-born businessman who arrived in New Amsterdam to work as an apprentice to a carpenter, although he soon began to amass unspeakable wealth in the shipping and slave trade industries and a 1662 marriage to a wealthy and driven widow, Margaret HARDENBROECK de VRIES (1637-1690) who was herself involved in the business of privateering and the slave trade while the Dutch were still in control of New Amsterdam. For seven crucial years, coinciding with Benjamin Fletcher’s tenure as governor of New York, Frederick Phillipse kept the pirate colony of St. Mary’s, an island off the coast of Madagascar known by all to be a pirate safe haven, regularly supplied with rum, clothing, foodstuffs, and gunpowder. Upon his death, Philipse was one of the greatest landholders in the New Netherlands. He owned the vast stretch of land spanning from Spuyten Duyvil Creek in the Bronx (then in lower Westchester County), to the Croton River. He was regarded by some as the richest man in the Colony. His son Adolphus acquired substantial land north of modern Westchester sanctioned as the royal Philipse Patent.

In April 1746, Teunis CORSA (1703-c.1763), a grandson of Jan CORSZEN. was serving as the assessor for the 60,000 acre Phillilpsburg Manor plantation (a center of the slave trade in New York). His occupation was "mariner". He later removed to Dansbury (Smithfield), PA, a settlement established by BRODHEAD. NY.GEN.BIOG.REC., v.59,p.35,204. See FAG #133707693

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Other Sources: Orville Corson, THREE HUNDRED YEARS with the CORSON FAMILIES, v.1, p.8-16. Valentine's HISTORY OF NEW YORK, p.319,330. Francis E. Woodruff, THE COURSENS OF SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, passim; NIAGARA FRONTIER MAGAZINE, v.IV,pp.80-81.

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Some have (incorrectly I believe) assumed that Jan CORSZEN's name was derived from the traditional Dutch Patronymic and that he might have been the son of Kors JANSZEN and Margietje LAMBRUCHT who, it is said, came to Recife, Brazil as early as 1641 from Holland. There seems to be little supporting evidence for this theory. _The "CORSZEN" spelling is recorded in his marriage record; but the original baptism records of his children show various spellings of the name without the "n". {Later editing of Ted Brassard's transcriptions of the records that has been published by Olivetreegenealogy.com modified all of the baptism records to "CORSZEN", presumably to match the name that was earlier rescorded in his marriage record.] _Others suggest that the "Corsi" and "Corsse" surname as he used in the baptisms of some of his children was derived from a place name, perhaps the village of Courcy in the Low Counties, "a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in northwestern France (formerly Belgium). It was from that regional area that many of the Waloon families who are associated with the family of Jan Corszen formed the Dutch West India Company and eventually settled in New Netherlands.. DNA evidence also seems to point in that direction. -Still others propose that his forefathers might have been among the Spanish and Portuguese Conversos who migrated to Belgium and Holland to escape the inquisition. _There have been many conflicting theories proposed over the last several decades as to the origin of the ancestors of Jan CORSZEN; but none of them have solved the mystery of his parentage. Several of these theories have been published and discussed in the CCFHA newsletter, The final answer might eventually come from the DNA research in progress at Division II of CCFHA.org.

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Jan CORSZEN states in his marriage record that he was "born at Recife, Brazil". His family could very likely have been among the Jewish Converso refugees who were expulsed from Brazil by the Portuguese between 1645 and 1654. "When the Inquisition was initially implemented in Portugal all Jews were forced to undergo baptism, and were forbidden from emigrating. Many continued to practice their Judaism clandestinely, and when they were able to leave, one favored destination was Brazil. There, they represented up to 90 percent of the 50,000 Europeans who had settled there by 1624, working in commerce and other professions (even as priests), and setting up sugar plantations and mills. "On April 26, 1654, the last Jewish residents of the Brazilian town of Recife departed the Portuguese colony after being given an order of expulsion." - HAARETZ, Saturday, May 23, 2015 --- On 28 August 1650, a Jan CORSEN, son of Hendrick CORSENS was baptized in the DRC of NA. A witness was Herck SIBRTS and his wife (Weyntie Theunis CRAY). Herck SYBRANT (also known as Hendrick SIBOUTSEN KRANKEYT, had married in 1642, to Wyntje Theunis CRAY and was an uncle to Metje THUENIS CRAY who married in 1673, to Jan CORSZEN. Herck Siboutssen's daughter, Tryntje, married Ryck Abrahamsen LENT. She was the mother of Maria LENT who married Abraham VanAMBURGH, and step-grandmother of Elizabeth van NOMBERG who married, 10 Nov 1726, to John CORSZEN's grandson, Teunis CORSA. See: William A. Eardeley, CHRONOLOGY AND ANCESTRY OF CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW (1918), pp.33-35. [MOTE: IF THIS IS OUR JAN CORSZEN, HE WAS PROBABLY BORN AT RECIFE BRAZIL AND BAPTIZED AT NEW AMSSTERDAM BY HIS FATHER OR GUARDIAN. IT WAS TROUBLED TIMES FOR THE FORMER RESIDENTS OF THE BRAZILIAN PLANTATIONS WHO WERE DEPORTED from Recife.
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On 25 Oct 1673, the following marriage is recorded in the Dutch Reformed Church of New Amsterdam: "Jan CORSZEN j.m. (young man not before married) van (from) Recife in Braziel en Metje THEUNIS j.d. (young woman not before married) van N. Orangien." Prior to this marriage, Jan CORSZEN was a Mariner in the employ of the Dutch West India Company, and more than likely sailed the great circle route between New York, England and the Netherlands, the Gold Coast of Africa, the West Indies and back to New York. Following his marriage, he is recorded as Steward for the Burgomaster, in which capacity he issued the provisions for the Garrison. His home at that time was in part of Bever Street between Williams and Broadway, once called "Smith Street Lane". His wife, Metje CRAEY was the daughter of Theunis and Hester CRAEY. She was baptized in the DRC of New Amsterdam, 12 Jun 1650.

They had nine children baptized at the RDC of New Amsterdam as follows: 1) Margrietie "CORSI", bpt.15 July 1674. [Possibly named after a paternal grandmother.] Witnesses were Theunis Cray [child%E2%80%99s maternal grandfather] and Geertie Theunis [child%E2%80%99s aunt, a dau. of Theunis CRAY]. Margrietie CORSI married 1st to Jacob VANDERSCHUEREN and 2nd on 12 July 1695 to Joseph SMITH of Burmuda and New York, bpt. 16 July 1674 DRC of NY, son of John and Elizabeth (STOWE) SMITH. See: SEVERSMITH - SMITH GENEALOGY, p.22-23; William Plumb Bacon, ANCESTORS OF WILLIAM HOWE WHITTEMORE (1907), pp.100-101;Orville Corson, pp.9-10.

2) Kars CORSSEN, bpt. 10 May 1676. [possibly named after a paternal grandfather, as was the custom.] Witnesses were Jan de Vries [an uncle to the child; Jan de Vries married Greitje Theunis CRAY] and Tryn Van Campen [the child’s maternal grandmother. Note also that another Tryntje VanCAMPEN had married, 1619, to a Jan CORSSE or Jan CORSSEN. See Woodruff, p.1; Clute, p.359; Percival Ullman, pp.15-17.]

3) Tryntje CORSSE, bpt.1 Jan 1678 [probably named after her maternal grandmother, Tryntje Van CAMPEN]. Witnesses were Hendrick JILLESZEN and Marratie vanHOBOOKEN. Tryntje CORSSE married, 3 Jan 1702, to Johan ROUTIER.

4) Theunis CORSI, bpt.14 Apr 1680 [Probably named after his maternal grandfather, Theunis CRAEY.] Jan VINCENT and Geertie THEUNIS were witnesses. Theunis CORSI married, 8 May 1702, Josyntje Van OBLINIS.

5) Gertrude CORSSE, bp.12 Aug 1682; Witnesses were Hendrick KERMER and Gertie HENDRIX. Geertruyd CORSZEN married, 14 Sep 1704, to Chrostoffel CHRISTIANSE.

6) Janneken CORSSE, bpt.22 May 1687, witnesses were Johannes KIP and Helena Van BRUG (VERBRUGH). Janneken married, 29 May 1707, to Jan LAURENSZE LOW.

7) Jacobus CORSSE, bpt.6 Apr 1690; Witnesses were Theunis deKEY and Catherina der VAL. [The witness Teunis deKAY was husband of Helena VERBRUGGE.) Jacobus CORSEN married Adriaentje KOEVERT and moved to Somerset Co. and Hunterdon Co., New Jersey. His will of 12 Mar 1756, was proved 20 Aug 1756, in Hunterdon Co., NJ.

8) Benjamin Fletcher CORSSE, bpt.2 Sep 1692; Witness was his namesake, the honorable Benjamin Fletcher, the newly appointed English Colonial Governor of New York and his wife. Benjamin CORSEN married, 20 Mar 1718, to Jannetje REYERS. His will made, 1 Oct 1770, is on record in Westchester Co., NY, and he died before 22 Dec 1770, when the will was proved. It disposed of lands now occupied by Fordham University. NY.GEN.&BIOG.SOC.COL., v.1,p.128.

9) Elisabeth CORSSE, bapt.14 Jul 1695. Witnesses were Johannes HARDENBROECK and Margarete MEYNDERS, wife of Colonel LODOWE or LUDOWYC.
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Jan CORSSEN was on the Dutch Reformed Church membership list, 2 Sep 1675. NY.GEN.BIOG.REC. v.9,p.147.
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Jon COURSEN is on the New York Tax City tax list, 10 Nov 1676. NY.GEN.BIOG.REC., v.2,p.37.
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Jan CORSZEN purchased property "for a valuable sum of money" from Carter & Gertie SEARUM on the west side of the sheep pasture south of Wall St. (in the area of the present financial district in lower Manhattan which in 1978 sold for $600 a square foot, the most expensive real estate in the world). His occupation is given in this deed as "Marriner". The deed was recorded, 13 Dec 1686, and is to be found in Liber/Reel 13 of Deeds, page 234. He sold this property in April 1695.
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John Corsen, "mariner" and Metje, his wife, sold their home beside the "Sheep Pasture" on 3 April 1695.
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Governor Benjamin Fletcher becoming Godfather of Jan Corzen's youngest son on 2 Sep 1692, only three days after Fletcher arrived in New York to serve as Colonial Governor and the naming of the child after Fletcher suggests a more than casual relationship between Governor FLETCHER and the mariner, Jan CORSZEN, perhaps a family relationship or perhaps as associates in the business of privateering and piracy. Under Col Govnr. Fletcher, piracy was a leading economic development tool in New York City’s competition with the ports of Boston and Philadelphia. New York City had become a safe place for pirates. Fletcher continued to grant known pirates commissions to harass French vessels in addition to encouraging Red Sea piracy, with the understanding that a portion of the booty would be rewarded to him in exchange for his cooperation. From 1692-1699, Fletcher granted at least sixteen such privateering commissions"

"Benjamin Fletcher enjoyed relationships with Atlantic pirates that were even more beneficial than that of his predecessor, Jacob Leisler, who spent his time in office supporting privateering, if not outright piracy.. Fletcher’s connection to Frederick Philipse (1626-1702) is easily among the more notorious. Philipse was a Dutch-born businessman who arrived in New Amsterdam to work as an apprentice to a carpenter, although he soon began to amass unspeakable wealth in the shipping and slave trade industries and a 1662 marriage to a wealthy and driven widow, Margaret HARDENBROECK de VRIES (1637-1690) who was herself involved in the business of privateering and the slave trade while the Dutch were still in control of New Amsterdam.. “For seven crucial years, coinciding with Benjamin Fletcher’s tenure as governor of New York, Frederick Phillipse kept the pirate colony of St. Mary’s, an island of off the coast of Madagascar known by all to be a pirate safe haven, regularly supplied with rum, clothing, foodstuffs, and gunpowder”. Upon his death, Philipse was one of the greatest landholders in the New Netherlands. He owned the vast stretch of land spanning from Spuyten Duyvil Creek, in the Bronx (then in lower Westchester County), to the Croton River. He was regarded by some as the richest man in the Colony.[1] His son Adolphus acquired substantial land north of modern Westchester sanctioned as the royal Philipse Patent.

In April 1746, Teunis CORSA (1703-c.1763), a grandson of Jan CORSZEN. was serving as the assessor for the 60,000 acre Phillilpsburg Manor plantation (a center of the slave trade in New York). His occupation was "mariner". He later removed to Dansbury (Smithfield), PA, a settlement established by BRODHEAD. NY.GEN.BIOG.REC., v.59,p.35,204. See FAG #133707693

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Other Sources: Orville Corson, THREE HUNDRED YEARS with the CORSON FAMILIES, v.1, p.8-16. Valentine's HISTORY OF NEW YORK, p.319,330. Francis E. Woodruff, THE COURSENS OF SUSSEX COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, passim; NIAGARA FRONTIER MAGAZINE, v.IV,pp.80-81.

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