Roeloff Jansen

1602 - 1637  (35 years)    Has no ancestors but more than 100 descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Roeloff Jansen
  Birth	1602	Mastrand, Norge
  Gender	Male
  Death	1637	New Amsterdam
  Person ID	I180453	Geneagraphie
  Last Modified	5 Feb 2001

  
  

  Family	Anneke Jans,   b. 15 Jan 1605, Maesterland, Zuid-Holland, Nederland d. Abt 23 Feb 1663, Beverwyck, New Netherland Colony (Age 58 years)
  Marriage	18 Apr 1623	Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland
  Children	1. Lijntje Roeloffs,   c. 21 Jul 1624   d. Yes, date unknown + 2. Sarah Roeloffs,   b. 3 Dec 1626, Nederland d. Aft 7 Aug 1693, New York, New York, USA (Age 66 years)   3. Trijntje Roeloffs,   c. 24 Jun 1629   d. Yes, date unknown   4. Sytje Roeloffs,   b. Abt 1631, de Laets Burg farm, Rensselaerswyck d. Yes, date unknown   5. Jan Roeloffzen,   b. Abt 1633, de Laets Burg farm, Rensselaerswyck d. Yes, date unknown   6. Annetje Roeloffs,   b. Abt 1636, New Amsterdam d. Abt 1642 (Age 6 years)
  Family ID	F72892	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Dec 2000

  
  

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• Notes

  Roelof Jansen was among the first immigrants to New Amsterdam and in 1630 was commissioned to farm land in the new colony of Rensselaerswyck for $72 a year. Roelof and Anneke, together with their two children, a party of colonists and probably Anneke's mother and sister, set sail on March 21, 1630 from the Texel for New Amsterdam aboard the ship "Eendracht", arriving on May 24, 1630. The family resided and worked on "de Laets Burg" farm at Rensselaerswyck until about 1634, or later, when they moved to New Amsterdam. In 1636 Roelof was granted thirty-one morgans (62 acres) of land (later confirmed to the widow of Domine Bogardus in her own name, Anneke Jans, on July 4, 1654), described as a line drawn near the north side of today's Warren Street on the South; and Canal Street, or perhaps Desbrosses Street, on the north; on the west by the Hudson River; and on the east by a series of irregular lines west of Broadway. This presently includes parts of the modern neighbourhoods of Greenwich Village, So-Ho and Tribeca in New York City. A tiny triangle of land at the intersection of Duane and Hudson Streets, now known as Duane Park, has been marked with a plaque proclaiming it to be "the last remnant of greensward of the Anneke Jans Farm." It should be noted that this entire parcel of land, once owned by Anneke Jans, did not encompass the land upon which the Trinity Church of New York was later built, it being upon the southern most tip of Manhattan Island that had been granted to Trinity Church in 1705. It is the ownership of the Bogardus farm as shown above that eventually came to be disputed by subsequent generations of Anneke's descendants as having been improperly conveyed to the Trinity Church Corporation. Roelof Jansen died shortly after his arrival in New Amsterdam