Jan Teunissen van Pelt

Jan "John" Teunissen Lanen VAN PELT

Baptism

14 Dec 1645. Jan, son of Teunis Jansen van Pelt. Haaften, west of Tuil, Netherlands

• Register of Baptisms of the DRC of Tuil: DTB Haaften 819.1
• chr. 14 Dec 1645 in Haaften, Gelderland, Netherlands

Death

Jan Teunissen Van Pelt died circa 1734 / Bef 11 DEC 1737 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York

Family

Wife: Maria Pieterse

Their children:

1. Peter Van Pelt+3 b. c 1672, d. bt 23 Dec 1742 - 2 May 1752
2. Grietje Jans Van Pelt4 b. 27 Apr 1679

List of Van Pelt children: Teunis, Pieter, John, Hannis or Johannis, Hendrick, Jacob, Daniel, Anna, Margaret and Aert 1661.

Will

• written on 11 Dec 1719 and probated on 11 Dec 1734 Richmond Co, NY.

He names as heirs, his wife, Mary, and specifically names his son Teunis as being his eldest, and names his children from eldest to youngest: Teunis, Peter, Johannes, Hendrick, Jacob, John, Ann, Margaret & Aert

Also named as an heir is his son-in-law: Daniel DeHart who was widower of his deceased daughter Grietje Catherina VanPelt

Notes

• He opposed the British takeover of the Dutch Colony in 1614. But, unlike the rest of the family, he swore allegiance to the British Crown that same year.
• He was given commission as Captain of the Richmond County Militia in 1692.
• He was a member of the Peace Commission to the Indians and an influential social leader in political affairs.
• He was an active supporter and member of the Dutch Reformed Church.

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Van Pelt Manor House

References

1. https://www.seekingmyroots.com/members/files/G006865.pdf
2. https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/genealogy/p681... cites
   1. [S2176] Gerald James Parsons, "Peter Van Pelt", The American Genealogist Vol. 50-51 (1974-75): 50:211. Hereinafter cited as "Van Pelt, TAG 50-51 (1974-75)."
   2. [S2752] Dorothy A. Koenig, "European Origins of Adrien Lamberts Smith and the Brothers Lanen Van Pelt", New Netherland Connections Vol. 4, no. 1 (1999): 4:8. Hereinafter cited as "Lamberts Smith - Lanen Van Pelt."
   3. [S1193] William Brower Bogardus, Dear "Cousin": A Charted Genealogy of the Descendants of Anneke Jans Bogardus (1605-1663) to the 5th Generation - and of her sister, Marritje Jans (Wilmington, OH, U.S.A.: Anneke Jans and Everardus Bogardus Descendants Association, 1996), p.153. Hereinafter cited as Dear "Cousin."
   4. [S1641] David William Voorhees, editor, Records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol.1, 1677-1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998), page 390. Grietje; parents: Jan Teunis, Maria Pieters. Hereinafter cited as RDC Flatbush Recs.
3. [S1641] David William Voorhees, editor, Records of The Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol.1, 1677-1720 (New York: Holland Society of New York, 1998), page 446. pieter; parents: Jochem guijlick, Jacamijntie thuenesen; witnesses: Jan thuenesen, Elijsebet thuenesen. Hereinafter cited as RDC Flatbush Recs.
4. [S2661] A. P. G. Jos van der Linde, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1983), page 160. Pieter; parents: Jochem Gulik, Jacomijntje Theunise. Hereinafter cited as OFDRC Brooklyn.
5. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/185863459/jan-teunissen-van_pelt (image is not this Jan Teunissen Van Pelt; clothes suggest a much later person)
6. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/memories/L41R-B3K
7. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Teunis-81 Cites
   1. Wardell, Patricia A. Space:Early Bergen County Families|Early Bergen County Families]]. File: BCFam-VanPelt.pdf njgbc Bergen County Families, Van Pelt] pg. 5 cites sources:
      1. 1. Additional Data on the Lanen Van Pelts” by Gerald James Parsons, in New Netherland Connections, Vol. 5, No. 1, Jan, Feb, Mar 2000, p. 11
      2. 2. Voorhees, David William, Records of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Flatbush, Kings County, New York, Vol. I, 1677-1720, Holland Society 1998
   2. Register of Baptisms of the DRC of Tuil: DTB Haaften 819.1
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   4. as per p 942 of Vol IV of Documents of Colonial NY.
   5. Bergen's "Early Settler's of Kings Co, NY" on page 356.
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