Jan Jansz Woertman

Jan Jansz Woertman

• BIRTH 1600 Oldenburg, Stadtkreis Oldenburg, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany
• DEATH unknown
• Amsterdam, Amsterdam Municipality, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• BURIAL Burial Details Unknown
• Spouse: Hannah (Harmtje) Died after 1685 Married about 1628

Children

• 1. Elizabeth Jans (Woertman) Noorman
  
• 2. Richard John (Dirk Jan Woertman)
  
• 3. Anneken Jans
  
• 3. Annetje Loderwycks Clause [Stepchild?]
  

Disputed name and origins

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/65457887/jan-jansz-woertman

His birth year is approximate and his death date is unknown. It is assumed that he died before his wife and son emigrated to America in 1647.

Despite the speculative biographical material that someone copied from an undocumented book on Workman Family History by Thelma Anderson and anonymously added in the flowers section (something that should never be done), this man's name was NOT John William Workman nor was he an immigrant from England.

The many days I spent researching the family in the Amsterdam Archives revealed that he was from Germany and that his father's name was also Jan, which is why his patronymic (middle name) is Jansz (Dutch short form for Jan's son). His surname in German was Wortman (with an umlaut over the o). This was changed to an e after the o when he immigrated to Holland since there is no umlaut in Dutch.

Biography

It is believed that John William Workman emigrated from England to Holland in the early 1600s. [SIC] All of the children left Holland to come to the New Netherlands in America. At this time the colony was under the judicial powers of Peter Stuyvesant. This area was not named "New York" until 1664 when the area was captured by the English. Elizabeth and her husband were among the first settlers of the town of Bushwick (now in Brooklyn) and Richard and Annetje made their home in what is now Brooklyn, Kings County.

Disputed Origins

• Father: Thomas Workman b: ABT. 1540 in England Mother: Agnes Hale b: BEF. 1550 (unproven)
• Possible grandparents ...William Workman and Elizabeth Cocks (there is little proof for any parents, although his parents are thought to be John Workman and Esther Wood, but at present his parents are unknown

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Records

Marriage Jan Willemss and Jannetje Harmans 22 November, 1629 Amsterdam. According the record this Jan Willemsz was born in Amsterdam (b. abt 1608) and Jannetje was from Zwolle (Swol) (b. abt 1607)

Baptism Twin, Dirk and Anneken Woertman, 7 December 1631, Amsterdam kind: Dirk en Anneken kerk: Evangelisch Luthers: boek 139; vader: Jan Woertman [11]

Comments: See the witnesses and the name Harman, which could indicate Harman maybe was the grandfather...which could mean Harmtje was daughter of Harman and the above found marriage is indeed correct and Harmtje maybe after the death of her husband and emigration just adopted her husbands first name as her patronymic -last name , but it could also mean these just all are totally different people or maybe Jan later married Harmtie Jans ?

Old

WORKMAN FAMILY LINEAGE

• Name: Jan Willemsz Workman
• Sex: M
• Birth: ABT. 1598 Gloucester, England
• Death: 10 JAN 1639/40 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands,
• Burial: perhaps 12 JAN 1639/40 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

References

• http://www.workmanfamily.org/histories/AndersonBook/Wortman.html
• angelfire.com... ...;
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Woertman-9 cites
• John William Woertman, Harmtje Jans and Lodewyck de Jong Families
• Chester, Chris. "The Brouwer Genealogy Database." [freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata. Accessed May 23, 2016.] and Jan Woertman
• Source: Descendants of John William Workman Woertman Family
• Source: Workman Family History Americana pages 16-27 <Archive.Org>
• "Ancestral Sequence of Jans William Woertman of Netherlands 1600-2003" published by Robert Bryner Colton, 2002. <link>

John William Workman (the Dutch form of his name being Jans William Woertman), M. Born in Stroud, Glouchester, England ca 1598. Jans (John) William died on 3 May 1647 in Amsterdam Holland.

The Dutch ancestors from material gathered by Lorraine Hansen Butta of Longmont CO., from Dutch Reform Church Records. It is believed that he was an emigrant from England in 1628, coming to Holland as a result of religious persecution during the time of the Puritan upheavals...In church records, the patronymic (naming) pattern was followed . John's son Richard, is recorded as Dirck Jansen (or Jans) meaning Richard, son of John.

JOHN WILLIAM WORKMAN/WOERTMAN died in Amsterdam Holland sometime before 1647. It is believed he migrated to Holland from England during the time of the Puritan turmoil. As early as 1628 he had married HARMTJE/HANNAH (unknown). Harmtje may possibly have been a widow after the first two children were born and then married to a Lodowycke De Jong who would be the father of the third child. Harmtje Jans is believed to have lived to a ripe old age and owned considerable property in Long Island and Brooklyn.

http://workmanfamily.org/histories/AndersonBook/Americana.html

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanlee/Workman_fam.html#A...

JOHN WILLIAM WORKMAN (the Dutch form of his name being Jans William Woertman) died in Amsterdam, Holland, some time before the year 1647. Little is known of him except that he was married and had a family. It is believed that he was an emigrant from England, coming to Holland as a result of religious persecution during the time of the Puritan upheavals. In Holland, John seemingly integrated into the social and religious way of life of the people there and his family adopted their customs completely so that during the time of their emigrations they were known mainly as sons, daughters, or wife of John. In church records the patronymic pattern was followed almost completely so that John's son, Richard, is recorded as Dirck Jansen very frequently. As early as the year 1628, Jans William Woertman had married HARMTJE (Hannah, an unusual name among the Dutch) and they were the parents of at least three children born in Amsterdam, Holland:

• 3H. DIRCK JANS WOERTMAN (Richard, John's son, Workman; it will be noted that the names Richard and John are common names in the Workman family of Gloucester, England, of this era) born about 1630 in Amsterdam, Holland; immigrated to America in 1647 and was unmarried at that time.

http://www.workmanfamily.org/histories/AndersonBook/Wortman.html

• angelfire.com... ...;

Children:

Dirk "Richard" Jans Woertman
John William Workman Born: 1598, Gloucester Englnad Married to Hannah Harmtje Died: Jan 10 1639, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

• Name: John William Workman, Sex: M, Birth: ABT. 1598 in Gloucester, England, Death: 10 JAN 1639/40 in Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, Burial: 12 JAN 1639/40 Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands WORKMAN FAMILY LINEAGE
• John William Workman (Jans William Woertman) Died before 1647 in Amsterdam, Holland
• Hannah (Harmtje) Died after 1685
• Married about 1628

CHILDREN:

• 1. Elizabeth Jans (Woertman) Noorman
  
• 2. Richard John (Dirk Jan Woertman) Workman
  
• 3. Annetje Loderwycks Clause
  

It is believed that John William Workman emigrated from England to Holland in the early 1600s. All of the children left Holland to come to the New Netherlands in America. At this time the colony was under the judicial powers of Peter Stuyvesant. This area was not named "New York" until 1664 when the area was captured by the English. Elizabeth and her husband were among the first settlers of the town of Bushwick (now in Brooklyn) and Richard and Annetje made their home in what is now Brooklyn, Kings County.

Father: Thomas Workman b: ABT. 1540 in England Mother: Agnes Hale b: BEF. 1550

Marriage 1 Hannah Harmtje b: ABT. 1614 in Amsterdam, Noord, Holland, Netherlands Married: ABT. 1628 in Amsterdam, Holland Children Dirck 'Richard' Jans Woertman b: ABT. 1630 in Amsterdam, Holland

References

• http://workmanfamily.org/histories/AndersonBook/Americana.html
• http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~jeanlee/Workman_fam.html#A...