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- Joris (George) Jansen Rapalje was born in Valencenne in Hainut, a provi nce in the southern part of the Spanish Netherlands, on April 28, 1604. H e died February 21, 1663, in Brooklyn, New Netherland, at the age of 58 .
He married Catalyntje Jeronimus Trico (Cataline Tricault) on January 21 , 1624, in the Walloon Church, Amsterdam, Netherlands. She was born in 1 605 and died on September 11, 1689, around the age of 84. She was the d aughter of Jeronimus Trico.
They sailed to America January 25, 1624, on board the Eondracht, arrivi ng in the spring of 1624. Holgate wrote in 1848 that Rapalje family tra dition stated that he brought 1500 Pounds in currency with him.
Joris Jansen Rapalje was a first settler at Fort Orange (now Albany), N ew Netherland. After three years at Fort Orange, Peter Minuet ordered a ll farmers in New Netherland to concentrate on Manhattan. Joris acquire d a plot of ground at what is now the foot of Pearl Street, his propert y abutting the East wall of Fort Amsterdam at the present Battery. Shor tly after his arrival there, he was followed by his two brothers Antoni e Janssen and Willem Janssen. The descendants of these two brothers dro pped the name Rapalje in favor of their middle name Jansen, while the d escendants of their brother Joris retained the traditional family name o f Rapalje.
In 1626, the population of lower Manhattan was 270 white inhabitants. J oris remained there 22 years.
Joris (George) Jansen Rapalje was born in Valencenne in Hainut, a provi n ce in the southern part of the Spanish Netherlands, on April 28, 1604. H e d ied February 21, 1663, in Brooklyn, New Netherland, at the age of 58 .
He married Catalyntje Jeronimus Trico (Cataline Tricault) on January 21 , 1 624, in the Walloon Church, Amsterdam, Netherlands. She was born in 1 6 05 and died on September 11, 1689, around the age of 84. She was the d a ughter of Jeronimus Trico.
They sailed to America January 25, 1624, on board the Eondracht, arrivi n g in the spring of 1624. Holgate wrote in 1848 that Rapalje family tra d ition stated that he brought 1500 Pounds in currency with him.
Joris Jansen Rapalje was a first settler at Fort Orange (now Albany), N e w Netherland. After three years at Fort Orange, Peter Minuet ordered a l l farmers in New Netherland to concentrate on Manhattan. Joris acquire d a p lot of ground at what is now the foot of Pearl Street, his propert y ab utting the East wall of Fort Amsterdam at the present Battery. Shor tly a fter his arrival there, he was followed by his two brothers Antoni e Ja nssen and Willem Janssen. The descendants of these two brothers dro ppe d the name Rapalje in favor of their middle name Jansen, while the d es cendants of their brother Joris retained the traditional family name o f R apalje.
In 1626, the population of lower Manhattan was 270 white inhabitants. J o ris remained there 22 years.
Joris (George) Jansen Rapalje was born in Valencenne in Hainut, a provi nce in the southern part of the Spanish Netherlands, on April 28, 1604. H e died February 21, 1663, in Brooklyn, New Netherland, at the age of 58 .
He married Catalyntje Jeronimus Trico (Cataline Tricault) on January 21 , 1624, in the Walloon Church, Amsterdam, Netherlands. She was born in 1 605 and died on September 11, 1689, around the age of 84. She was the d aughter of Jeronimus Trico.
They sailed to America January 25, 1624, on board the Eondracht, arrivi ng in the spring of 1624. Holgate wrote in 1848 that Rapalje family tra dition stated that he brought 1500 Pounds in currency with him.
Joris Jansen Rapalje was a first settler at Fort Orange (now Albany), N ew Netherland. After three years at Fort Orange, Peter Minuet ordered a ll farmers in New Netherland to concentrate on Manhattan. Joris acquire d a plot of ground at what is n ow the foot of Pearl Street, his propert y abutting the East wall of Fort Amsterdam at the present Battery. Shor tly after his arrival there, he was followed by his two brothers Antoni e Janssen and Willem Janssen. The descendants of these two bro thers dro pped the name Rapalje in favor of their middle name Jansen, while the d escendants of their brother Joris retained the traditional family name o f Rapalje.
In 1626, the population of lower Manhattan was 270 white inhabitants. J oris remained there 22 years.
Joris (George) Jansen Rapalje was born in Valencenne in Hainut, a provi n ce in the southern part of the Spanish Netherlands, on April 28, 1604. H e d ied February 21, 1663, in Brooklyn, New Netherland, at the age of 58 .
He married Catalyntje Jeronimus Trico (Cataline Tricault) on January 21 , 1 624, in the Walloon Church, Amsterdam, Netherlands. She was born in 1 6 05 and died on September 11, 1689, around the age of 84. She was the d a ughter of Jeronimus Trico.
They sailed to America January 25, 1624, on board the Eondracht, arrivi n g in the spring of 1624. Holgate wrote in 1848 that Rapalje family tra d ition stated that he brought 1500 Pounds in currency with him.
Joris Jansen Rapalje was a first settler at Fort Orange (now Albany), N e w Netherland. After three years at Fort Orange, Peter Minuet ordered a l l farmers in New Netherland to concentrate on Manhattan. Joris acquire d a p lot of ground at what i s now the foot of Pearl Street, his propert y ab utting the East wall of Fort Amsterdam at the present Battery. Shor tly a fter his arrival there, he was followed by his two brothers Antoni e Ja nssen and Willem Janssen. The descendants of these t wo brothers dro ppe d the name Rapalje in favor of their middle name Jansen, while the d es cendants of their brother Joris retained the traditional family name o f R apalje.
In 1626, the population of lower Manhattan was 270 white inhabitants. J o ris remained there 22 years.
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1604 - 1663 (~ 59 years)
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