Phoebe Sales

Phoebe Sales

Female 1626 - 1666  (40 years)


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  • Name Phoebe Sales  [1
    Birth 1626  Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Baptism 1 May 1626  Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Death Dec 1666  Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial 13 Dec 1666  Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I41138  footsteps
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

    Father John Sales,   b. Abt 1600   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Philippa Soales,   b. Abt 1600   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Relationship natural 
    Family ID F22071  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Teunis Nijssen,   b. Abt 1615, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1663, Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Annetje Theunis Denyse,   b. Abt 1645, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1734, Queens, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Femmetje Nyssen,   b. 3 Apr 1650, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1715, Brooklyn, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F879  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2025 

  • Notes 
    • Phoebe Sales was born in 1626 in Suffolk, England and was christened 5/ 1/1626. The christening register reads: "1626/Phoebe Sales, daughter o f John Sales." The christening event happened in the same church in wh ich John Sales & Philip Soales were married on 8/11/1625 [Note the name i s not recorded as Phillipa - Phillip in early England was not an uncomm on name for a girl, when the widowed John Sales remarries in 8/1644 in a N ew Amsterdam church, John is listed as a widower of Philippa Zaals]. I n April 1630 John Sales, wife Phillip, daughters Phoebe & Sarah sailed f rom Southampton England aboard "Talbott", 1 of 10 ships in the Winthrop F leet bound for New England. When the ship arrived in Mass., only John S ales & daughter Phoebe were aboard. Phillip & Sarah, were two of the t welve passengers who had died & were buried at sea. John Sales & daugh ter Phoebe/Phebe were in Massachussetts Colony, NEW England from the fa ll of 1630, until 1637 when they removed to New Amsterdam, where they l ived among & affiliated with the Dutch and assumed Dutch names. John S ales became Jan & the surname Sales with more than several alternate sp ellings as seen on Dutch records. Phoebe became known as Femmetje [the D utch equivalent of Phoebe] & since the Dutch did not use surnames unti l England took control in 1664 -& in the instance of Phoebe "person ide ntifiers" were used in which "s", "sen", "szen" were added to the fathe r's given name & added to his child's given name. In this way, Phoebe S ales, daughter of John Sales became known in her adopted "Dutch" area & l ife as Femmetje Jans, meaning Femmetje, daughter of Jan.
      Phoebe Sales was born in 1626 in Suffolk, England and was christened 5/ 1 /1626. The christening register reads: "1626/Phoebe Sales, daughter o f J ohn Sales." The christening event happened in the same church in wh ic h John Sales & Philip Soales were married on 8/11/1625 [Note the name i s n ot recorded as Phillipa - Phillip in early England was not an uncomm on n ame for a girl, when the widowed John Sales remarries in 8/1644 in a N e w Amsterdam church, John is listed as a widower of Philippa Zaals]. I n A pril 1630 John Sales, wife Phillip, daughters Phoebe & Sarah sailed f r om Southampton England aboard "Talbott", 1 of 10 ships in the Winthrop F l eet bound for New England. When the ship arrived in Mass., only John S a les & daughter Phoebe were aboard. Phillip & Sarah, were two of the t w elve passengers who had died & were buried at sea. John Sales & daugh t er Phoebe/Phebe were in Massachussetts Colony, NEW England from the fa l l of 1630, until 1637 when they removed to New Amsterdam, where they l i ved among & affiliated with the Dutch and assumed Dutch names. John S a les became Jan & the surname Sales with more than several alternate sp e llings as seen on Dutch records. Phoebe became known as Femmetje [the D u tch equivalent of Phoebe] & since the Dutch did not use surnames unti l E ngland took control in 1664 -& in the instance of Phoebe "person ide nt ifiers" were used in which "s", "sen", "szen" were added to the fathe r 's given name & added to his child's given name. In this way, Phoebe S a les, daughter of John Sales became known in her adopted "Dutch" area & l i fe as Femmetje Jans, meaning Femmetje, daughter of Jan.
      Phoebe Sales was born in 1626 in Suffolk, England and was christened 5/ 1/1626. The christening register reads: "1626/Phoebe Sales, daughter o f John Sales." The christening event happened in the same church in wh ich John Sales & Philip Soale s were married on 8/11/1625 [Note the name i s not recorded as Phillipa - Phillip in early England was not an uncomm on name for a girl, when the widowed John Sales remarries in 8/1644 in a N ew Amsterdam church, John is listed as a widower of Phi lippa Zaals]. I n April 1630 John Sales, wife Phillip, daughters Phoebe & Sarah sailed f rom Southampton England aboard "Talbott", 1 of 10 ships in the Winthrop F leet bound for New England. When the ship arrived in Mass., only John S ales & dau ghter Phoebe were aboard. Phillip & Sarah, were two of the t welve passengers who had died & were buried at sea. John Sales & daugh ter Phoebe/Phebe were in Massachussetts Colony, NEW England from the fa ll of 1630, until 1637 when they remove d to New Amsterdam, where they l ived among & affiliated with the Dutch and assumed Dutch names. John S ales became Jan & the surname Sales with more than several alternate sp ellings as seen on Dutch records. Phoebe became known as Femmetje [th e D utch equivalent of Phoebe] & since the Dutch did not use surnames unti l England took control in 1664 -& in the instance of Phoebe "person ide ntifiers" were used in which "s", "sen", "szen" were added to the fathe r's given name & added to h is child's given name. In this way, Phoebe S ales, daughter of John Sales became known in her adopted "Dutch" area & l ife as Femmetje Jans, meaning Femmetje, daughter of Jan.
      Phoebe Sales was born in 1626 in Suffolk, England and was christened 5/ 1 /1626. The christening register reads: "1626/Phoebe Sales, daughter o f J ohn Sales." The christening event happened in the same church in wh ic h John Sales & Philip Soal es were married on 8/11/1625 [Note the name i s n ot recorded as Phillipa - Phillip in early England was not an uncomm on n ame for a girl, when the widowed John Sales remarries in 8/1644 in a N e w Amsterdam church, John is listed as a widower o f Philippa Zaals]. I n A pril 1630 John Sales, wife Phillip, daughters Phoebe & Sarah sailed f r om Southampton England aboard "Talbott", 1 of 10 ships in the Winthrop F l eet bound for New England. When the ship arrived in Mass., only Joh n S a les & daughter Phoebe were aboard. Phillip & Sarah, were two of the t w elve passengers who had died & were buried at sea. John Sales & daugh t er Phoebe/Phebe were in Massachussetts Colony, NEW England from the fa l l of 1630, until 163 7 when they removed to New Amsterdam, where they l i ved among & affiliated with the Dutch and assumed Dutch names. John S a les became Jan & the surname Sales with more than several alternate sp e llings as seen on Dutch records. Phoebe becam e known as Femmetje [the D u tch equivalent of Phoebe] & since the Dutch did not use surnames unti l E ngland took control in 1664 -& in the instance of Phoebe "person ide nt ifiers" were used in which "s", "sen", "szen" were added to the fath e r 's given name & added to his child's given name. In this way, Phoebe S a les, daughter of John Sales became known in her adopted "Dutch" area & l i fe as Femmetje Jans, meaning Femmetje, daughter of Jan.

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  • Sources 
    1. [S27] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index"FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QVKW-WWPQ : Thu Apr 03 06:40:22 UTC 2025), Entry for Femmetje.