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About Matthys Jansen van Pelt
Also listed in historical records as Matthys Janse Lanen Van Pelt.
The Laenens were at one time traders who traveled with the famous Flemish cloth to Holland, Germany, and Lorraine. While staying in these places, they were referred to as "van pelt" (of pelt).
Matthys and Marijken sailed in 1663 on the ship "Rosetta", but Marijken died on the voyage and was buried at sea.
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tullis/VanDyke/Va...
• 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.
GEDCOM Note
Matthys Jansen Laenen, the younger of two brothers who arrived on the "Rose Tree" in 1663, was the ancestor of the Lane families of New Jersey counties Monmouth, Somerset and Hunterdon. He had set sale with his first wife, Tryntje and four children aged 17, 15, 13 and 11 years. Tryntje died on the passage to America so that, when he arrived at New Amsterdam, he was a widower. He immediately settled in New Utrecht, Long Island, NY where his name appears on the assessment rolls of 1675 and 1676. He subsequently married his second wife, Adriaentje Hendricks. His death date is unknown, but it was prior to 1683, because, on May 20, 1683, his widow married Cornelius Wynhard, who had emigrated (in 1657) from Groningen, Holland, as his 2nd wife. Matthys was a farmer, born in or near Liege, Belgium about 1626, and would have been about fifty-six years old at the time of his death. His first name was often abbreviated by himself to "Thys," which most of his children used as a middle name "Thyssen" (son of Thys). Matthys signed his name "Thys Jansen van Pelt," not using the "Laenen" at all, but this simply followed custom and, as has been stated (see notes concerning his father) he was "from the Peel." However, the "van Pelt" was not used by any of his children. In September, 1687, when the oath of allegiance was administered on Long Island, NY to all adult males, two of Matthys' sons took the oath and were described as "natives," i. e., born there: hence we know that Jan and Jacob were children by his second wife, born in America. They are entered on the lists as follows: "Jan Thyssen Laenen, native; Jacob Thyssen Laenen, native. At the same time Matthys' brother, Teunis, was put down as: "Theunis Janse van Pelt Laenen; 24 yrs" (24 years in America.) In the latter case it will be noticed that "Laenen" is placed last, and "van Pelt" before it, although contrary to Teunis' signature. Matthys, himself, was not living in 1687 and hence his name does not appear.
GEDCOM Note
emigrated in 1663 on the ship Rosetree his wife Tryntje Marijken died on the ship and was buried at sea
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Matthys Jansen van Pelt's Timeline
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April 12, 1618
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Overpelt, Limburg, Flanders, Belgium
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April 1618
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Overpelt, Limburg, Flanders, Belgium
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1639
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Liège, Région Wallonne, Belgique (Belgium)
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| 1646 |
December 2, 1646
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Liege, Liege, Walloon Region, Belgium
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1648
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Buren, Gelderland, Netherlands
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| 1650 |
1650
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Buren, Gelderland, Netherlands
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| 1663 |
1663
Age 44
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New Utrecht, New Netherlands
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