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Jan Janssen Van Breestede of New Amsterdam
Jan Jansen Van Breestede was born in about 1596 in Bredstedt, Duchy of Schleswig (now Germany). In 1621, Jan Jansen married Engeltje Jans b. c. 1600 in the Duchy of Schleswig.
Jan Janssen and Engeltje and children immigrated to New Amsterdam in about 1624. Born in Breestede, Jan Janssen was probably the son of Dutch merchants. And as a son of merchants, immigration to the newly founded colony presented an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a wonderful business opportunity.
Corporate profit was the leading cause of early colonization from Northern Europe. Whereas the Spanish and Portuguese sailed for conquest and to spread Catholicism, English and Dutch merchants organized parties of colonists to settle their corporate colonies. Circumstantial evidence leads to the belief that Jan Janssen was an employee of the Dutch West Indies Company; as he was appointed to Peter Minuit's Council in 1626.
Jan Janssen and Engeltje lived their lives in New Amsterdam, raising five children. But Jan Janssen died before 1641. Engeltje married again on 9/1/1641 to Egbert Wouters b. c. 1600 in the Dutch Republic. Engeltje was last recorded in a New Amsterdam baptism on 5/15/1673 and died sometime thereafter.
Born c. 1600 Breestede, Duchy of Schleswig
Married 1621 Breestede, Duchy of Schleswig to Engeltje Jans b. c. 1600 in the Duchy of Schleswig
Immigrated before 1626 to New Amsterdam
1626 New Amsterdam Summary of Events
| The following men were appointed as Minuit's council. This council had supreme executive and legislative authority in the colony: Jan Janssen Brouwer (Brewer). |
Died 1641 in New Amsterdam
Engletje married 9/1/1641 in New Amsterdam to Egbert Wouters b. c. 1800 in the Dutch Republic
| 1641 01 Sep; Egbert Wouters, jm van Yselsteyn; Engel Jan van Breestede, wid van Jan Janszen. |
3/3/1658 New Amsterdam Baptisms
| 1658 Mar 03; Andries Hoppe, Geertie Hendricks; Mattheus Abbertus; Lambert Huybertszen Mol, Arie Corneliszen, Christina Harmens, Engeltje Wouters |
1664 New Amsterdam ceded to by the Dutch Republic to England
Engletje died after 5/1673 in New York
| 1673 May 15; Hendrick Wesselszen, Jannetie Jans; Jan; Jan Breestede, Engeltje Wouters |
1. Elsje Jansen Van Breestede b. c. 1622 Breestede, Duchy of Schleswig
| 1647 01 Nov; Jan Janszen, jm van Breestede; Marritje Lucas, jd
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| 1648 Jul 19; Jan Janszen Van Breestede; Jannettie; Andries Lucaszen, Engeltje Jans Van Breestede, Elsje Ariaens |
3. Tryntje Jansen Van Breestede
| 1646 03 Jun; Ruth Jacobszen, jm van Renselaerswyck; Tryntje Janszen, jd van Breestede |
4. Dorothea Jansen Van Breestede
| 1650 19 Apr; Volckert Janszen, jm van Frederickstadt; Dorothea Jans, jd van Breestede |
