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- 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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