Teunis Jansen van Pelt

Immigration: 1663 "Rosebud"

Occupation: Fisher

Note: He was the sponsor and 'Patroon' of the New Utrecht community.

He immigrated in 1663 on the 'Rosebud' with his brother Matthys and their families.

1999 article by Dorothy A Koenig and 2000 article by Gerald James Parsons

Teunis Jansen Lanen Van Pelt and his twin sister Elizabeth, children of Jan [Joannes] and Catharina Bakelmans, were Bapt. 5 May 1622 in St. Martin's Roman Catholic Church in Overpelt, Province of Limburg, Belgium, which at that time was in the Principality of Liege. [His latin name was Anthonius].

His family name was actually Laenen, but he was recorded as 'van Pelt' meaning 'from Pelt' when he sailed from Amsterdam, The Netherlands to New York in 1663 in "the Rosetree [Roseboom]" Teunis was a fairly recent immigrant to Tuil, The Netherlands from his home of Pelt, Belgium that he had left in 1639" to go north to seek his fortune about the time of his mother's second marriage.

Peter Nouwt commented "During the period 1636-1647 the Company of Captain Peter De Swart was staying in the area of Tielerwaard, not far from the village of Tuil. At some time Mathijs Jansz. Lanen (prior to 1640) and Adriaen Lambertsz. Smeets (prior to 1647) must have joined this Company, but we do not know exactly when or where. Teunis Jansz. Lanen is mentioned as a peddler (1649-1652), but it is possible that he too was a soldier originally."

Three children in 1648, 1651, 1652 are recorded in the Register of Baptisms of the Dutch Reformed Church of Tuil as being children of "Teunis, peddler by the dyke ."

Dorothy A Koenig wrote: "Finally, we can make an educated guess why the Smith and Lanen van Pelt families emigrated to New Netherland. On pages 80 and 83 of 'A Van Tuyl Chronicle: 650 Years of a Dutch-American Family,' by R L Van Tuyl and J N A Groenendijk [Los Altos, CA: Rory Van Tuyl, 1996] we learn that the River Waal had not flooded for years. Then came severe floods in 1651, 1658, and in December 1662. On page 30 of H. van Heiningen's 'Dijken en dijkdoorbraken in het Nederlandse rivierengebied [Den Haag: 1978] is the description of the lay of the land in the Tuil area that December, 'The turmoil and the floods progressed until the land was completely covered, many feet deep, with the water as high as the dike on both sides. The loveliness of the fields was smothered beneath the waters.'"

Listed as passengers on the Rosetree that left The Netherland on 15 March 1663.

• "Theunis Jansen, from the country of Liege, wife and six children, 18, 16, 14, 9, 7, and 2 years old.
• Thys [Mattys] Jansen, from the country of Liege, and four children 17, 15, 13, and 11 years old"

Teunis died in "The Van Pelt Manor House" in New Utrecht, Long Island about 1700.

First Marriage

Teunis Jansen Lanen Van Pelt was married abt 1644 in Haaften, Gelderland, Netherlands to Peterken Andriesse

• 1. Jan [John] Teunisse Lanen VanPelt
  • chr. 14 Dec 1645 in Haaften, Gelderland, Netherlands - 1734 Staten Island
  • Jan "John" Teunisse Lanen VanPelt & Marytje "Maria/Mary" Pieterse were married about 1668 Flatbush, Kings Co, NY

Second Marriage

Teunis Jansen Lanen Van Pelt married on 28 Feb 1647 in Tuil, Gelderland, Netherlands to Grietje Anthoinis: "Antonis Jansen, widower of Peterken Andriesse, and Grietje Anthonis, young daughter of Asch."

• 1. Anthoine [Anthony] Teunisse Lanen Van Pelt
  • bap/chr Nov 1648 Tuil, Gelderland, Netherlands - 2 Feb 1720/1 New Utrecht
  • married bef 1679 Magdalena Joosten
• 2. Hendrick Teunisse Lanen Van Pelt [lived in New Utrecht and Staten Island]
  • b.ab 1650 Tuil, Gelderland, Netherlands
  • married bef 1681 Annetje Meinders
• 3. Jacomyntje Teunisse Lanen Van Pelt
  • bap/chr 18 May 1651 Tuil, Gelderland, Netherlands - dy bef '63
• 4. Teunis Teunisse Lanen Van Pelt
  • bap/chr 15 Nov 1652 Tuil, Gelderland, Netherlands - dy bef '63
• 5. Wouter Teunisse Lanen Van Pelt ca 1654 Feydersweeof, Netherlands - 1744
  • Wouter Teunisse Lanen Van Pelt wrote his will 10 May 1728 and his will was probated [in Kings County NY] 29 Sep 1744 They lived in New Ultrecht and Gowanus, Brooklyn
  • married at Flatbush 22 Mar 1686 Maria Janse Schaers
• 6. Jacomymtje Van Pelt ca 1656 Feydersweeof -
  • married ca 1676 Jochem Gulick d ca 1723 of Gravesend, Kings Co, NY
  • will was dated 20 Dec 1711 - prob: 26 Aug 1723
    • a. Pieter Gulick bapt. 22 Sept 1689 Flatbush, Kings Co NY -

Third Marriage [just when they married is not known so she may be mother of some listed above]

Grietje Jans was the third wife of Teunis Jansen Lanen VanPelt

• 7. Elisabethan VanPelt ca 1661 Feydersweeof -
  • (she was one of the sponsors for bap/chr of Pieter Gulick on 22 Sep 1689, Flatbush, Kings Co, NY s/o Joachim Gulick & Jacomymtje VanPelt; the other sponsor was her half-brother Jan)
• 8. Aeert [Adrien] Teunise Lanen Van Pelt ca 1663/1664 New Utrecht, Kings Co, NY - aft July 1735
  • he is listed in NY records as being native born
  • married Flatbush Reformed Dutch Ch 3 Oct 1686 Neeltje Janse Van Tuyl, daughter of Jan Otten Van Tuil & Geertryd Janse Van Lent

Fourth Marriage

Geertryd Janse Van Lent, (widow of Jan Otten Van Tuil) was 4th wife of Teunis Jansen Lanen Van Pelt. Teunis & Geertryd were married on 6 Aug 1696 in Manhattan, New York Co, NY

1696 06 Aug; Theunis Lanen, wid Griet Jans; Geertruyd Jans, wid Jan Otto, d'eerste op N. Uytrecht; tweede alhier. getrouwt tot N. Uytrecht;

She had 8 children by her first husband

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His Parents:

• Father: Jans * Lanen VAN PELT b: Abt 1595 in Liege, Belgium (if Theunis' family name was Laenen before leaving Amsterdam, and Theunis was the first to be assigned the name that describes him as being "from Pelt," then the father wouldn't have the name "VAN PELT" - only Laenen or Lanen -Ben M. Angel)
• Mother: Catherina * BAKELMANS b: 1593 in Belgium, Europe

Marriage 1:

• Peterken * ANDRIESSE
  • Married: Abt 1644 in Tuyl, Gelderland, Netherlands 3

Children

• 1. Jan * "John" Teunissen Lanen VAN PELT

Marriage 2 :

• Greitje Janse ANTHOINES
  • Married: 28 FEB 1647 in Tuyl, Gelderland, Netherlands 3 1
  • Note: Alt. marr.: 28 Feb 1646

Children

• 1. Anthony Teunissen Lanen VAN PELT b: Abt 1647 in Liege, Belgium
• 2. Hendrick "Henry" Teunissen Lanen VAN PELT b: Abt 1649 in Liege, Belgium
• 3. Jacomyntje Teunisse "Magdalena" VAN PELT b: Abt 1651 in Liege, Belgium
• 4. Wouter Teunissen Lanen VAN PELT b: Abt 1654 in Liege, Belgium
• 5. Aerte "Art" Teunisse VAN PELT b: Abt 1663 in New Utrecht, Kings, New York
• 6. Teunis VAN PELT

Marriage 3 :

• Geertryd Janse VAN LENT
  • Married: 06 AUG 1696 in New Amsterdam, New York, New York (Nieuw-Amsterdam changed to New York City in 1664 following English invasion and annexation. It was briefly named "New Orange" during the Dutch occupation of July 1673 to November 1674. Ever after, it was simply called New York City. -Ben M. Angel)

1696 06 Aug; Theunis Lanen, wid Griet Jans; Geertruyd Jans, wid Jan Otto, d'eerste op N. Uytrecht; tweede alhier. getrouwt tot N. Uytrecht;

Children

• 1. Maritie VAN PELT b: Abt 1696 in Staten Island, Richmond, New York

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Anthonius Laenen

• FamilySearch Family Tree
• Birth: May 5 1622 - Liège, Belgium
• Death: 1699 - Kings, New York, United States
• Wife: Grietje Laenen (born Antonis)
• Son: Jan Teunissen Lanen Van Pelt

Theunis Jansen Laenen Van Pelt

• FamilySearch Family Tree
• Birth: May 5 1622 - Liege, Liege, Belgium, Holland
• Death: 1696 - Long Island, Queens, New York, United States
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Teunis Jansen Lanen/laenen van Pelt

• MyHeritage Family Trees
• ShroutMK710 in SHROUT Web Site, managed by Mike Shrout
• Birth: May 5 1620 - Limburg, Flanders, Netherlands (now Belgium)
• Death: 1696 - New Utrecht, Kings, New York
• Parents: Jan (Johannes) Lanen Van Pelt, Catherina Henricusse Bakelmans
• Siblings: Henricus Laenen Van Pelt, Bartholomeus Laenen Van Pelt, Matthys Janse Laenen Van Pelt, Jacobus Laenen Van Pelt, Catherina Laenen Van Pelt, Petrus Van Pelt
• Wife: Peterken Gertrude Van Pelt (born Andriesse)
• Children: John (Jan) Teunisse Lanen Van Pelt, Teunis Lanen Anthony Van Pelt, Hendrick Teunise Van Pelt, Petroneltje Teunisse Vanpelt, Anthony (Anthoine) Teunisse Van Pelt, Wouter Teunise Van Pelt, Jacomyntje Teunise Jacomyntie Teinisse Gulick Sr (born Laenen Van Pelt), Elisabethan Van Pelt
• Reference: MyHeritage Family Trees - SmartCopy: Oct 13 2017, 19:24:08 UTC

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GEDCOM Note

Emigrated 1663 from Lucyk (Liege, Belgium). The Van Pelt house built in1664 still stands (in 1991) in New Utrecht, Brooklyn, NY and is a museum. He was often called "Tonis the Fisher" Teunis Jansen Laenen van Peelt is the full manner in which the supposed elder of the two immigrant brothers signed his name to documents. The fact that Teunis spelled out "van Peelt," as he did, is one of the proofs that his ancestors, if not he himself, came from "the Peel," a tract of country in the nature of a morass, located both in the southern part of Holland and the northern part of Belgium. It occupies about sixty square miles of land between two large rivers, the Meuse and the Aa. In Belgium "the Peel" is in the province of Limburg. Teunis and his brother came from the province of Liege. The name of Teunis wife , who came with him to America in March, 1663, is not certainly known. But his children were aged 18, 16, 14, 9, 7 and 2 years, and were perhaps the six first named of the following nine children, which he had by both his first and second wife: Jan; Anthony; Elizabeth; Magdalena; Aert; Wouter; Hendrick; Teuntje and Rebecca. Teunis married as his second wife Gertrude Jans, ("widow of John Otter", disputed), and located at first in Brooklyn. He was by occupation a fisherman. Between 1675 and 1684 he made four or more purchases of land at New Utrecht, L. I., NY and appeared to prosper. He signed his name "Tonis Jansen Lanen Van Pelt."

GEDCOM Note

Biography

Anthonius Laenen, was baptized on 5 May 1622 in Overpelt, Limburg, Prinsbisdom Luik [1] Teunis Jansen or Tonis Jansen Lanen Van Peelt, as written by himself, from the land of "Luyck (Liege), emigrated in 1663 with w. and 6 children from Netherlands; aboard the ship Rooseboom - "The Rosetree. He gave oath of allegiance in 1687 at New Utrecht, Kings County, New York.[2]

He married 1st (sup.) Grietje Jans; m. 2nd Aug. 6, 1696, Gertrude Jans widow of John Otter. Bought Apl. 7, 1670, of David Jochems of N. Y. land near to " Rechawyck" (Br"), previously granted to Ryer Lambertse, cong. 57 morgens, located in Br. Suppose he sold these premises to Jan Messerole. Bought land in N. U. in 1675, '78, and '80; on Dongan's patent of 1686; took the oath of allegiance there in 1687; and was known as Tunis the fisher, that being probably his principal occupation. Signed his name Tonis Jansen Lanen Van Peelt.

Teunis Van Pelt was the principal founder of the New Utrecht settlement and became “patron” or mayor. The wife of Teunis was Grietje. They had six children and a brother Matthias (Thys) Jansen Van Pelt.

Anthony Van Pelt was baptized Teunis Van Pelt, married Marie Drageau and settled on Staten Island around 1700. This may have been a son of the original Van Pelt immigrant … or … possibly a Swaim descendent that took on the surname of Van Pelt. This is unclear. The account that Anthony was a descendent of the Van Pelt immigrant was put forward by Orra Eugene Monnette in First Settlers of Ye Plantations of Piscataway and Woodbridge, Olde East New Jersey 1664-1714 published in 1934. It is also described in Mabel Wood Swaim’s book The Swaim Family. Some claimed that not all Swaim’s descend from Thys Barentsen and that some descend from Anthony Teunissen Van Pelt. There are also family stories passed down that mentions the name change from Van Pelt to Swaim. Note: The 2007 Swaim Y-DNA study included a descendant of Teunis Jansen Lanen. None of the Swaim descendants from North Carolina ancestors matched the Van Pelt descendent. This study disproved a Swaim – Van Pelt connection.

The DNA results rules out that this Anthony Swaim descends from the Van Pelt immigrant. However it does not necessarily rule out that a Barentsen descendent (or his descendents) could have used a surname of Van Pelt for a period of time before the descendents began using Swaim as a surname. The documented surnames used by Barentsen descendents were quite chaotic in the 1600s and early 1700s.

The key point is that essentially all Swaims in the United States descend from Mathijs Barentsz aka Thys Barentsen.

http://www.jswaim.com/family/Swaim_Genealogy.pdf page 161