Joris Janssen Rapelje

1604 - 1663  (~ 59 years)

• Name	Joris Janssen Rapelje  [1, 2]
  Birth	1604	Netherlands   [1, 2]
  Baptism	28 Apr 1604	Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LRXV-LVD  [3, 4, 5, 6]
  Death	New York, New York, United States   [1, 2]
  Burial	1663	Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, United States   [1, 2]
  	Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery
  Person ID	I45432	footsteps | Bunker
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Catalyntje Jeronimus Trico,   b. 1605, Prisches, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France d. 11 Sep 1689, Wallabout, Long Island, New York, United States (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	Netherlands
  Children	+ 1. Maretje Jorise Rapalje,   b. Abt 1625, New York, New York, United States d. 1685, Talbot, Maryland, United States (Age 60 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Jeronimus Joriszen Rapalje,   b. 27 Jun 1643, New York, New York, United States d. 1690, New York, New York, United States (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F24968	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Joris (George) Jansen Rapalje was born in Valencenne in Hainut, a province in the southern part of the Spanish Netherlands, on April 28, 1604. He 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 1605 and died on September 11, 1689, around the age of 84. She was the daughter of Jeronimus Trico. They sailed to America January 25, 1624, on board the Eondracht, arriving in the spring of 1624. Holgate wrote in 1848 that Rapalje family tradition stated that he brought 1500 Pounds in currency with him. Joris Jansen Rapalje was a first settler at Fort Orange (now Albany), New Netherland. After three years at Fort Orange, Peter Minuet ordered all farmers in New Netherland to concentrate on Manhattan. Joris acquired a plot of ground at what is now the foot of Pearl Street, his property abutting the East wall of Fort Amsterdam at the present Battery. Shortly after his arrival there, he was followed by his two brothers Antonie Janssen and Willem Janssen. The descendants of these two brothers dropped the name Rapalje in favor of their middle name Jansen, while the descendants of their brother Joris retained the traditional family name of Rapalje. In 1626, the population of lower Manhattan was 270 white inhabitants. Joris remained there 22 years.

  
  

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  [S288] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QVKW-WWPW : Thu Apr 03 06:46:02 UTC 2025), Entry for George. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVKW-WWPW [S288] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QVKW-WWPW : Thu Apr 03 06:46:02 UTC 2025), Entry for George. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33544611/joris-janssen-rapalje Joris Janssen “George” Rapalje BIRTH 28 Apr 1604 Valenciennes, Departement du Nord, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France DEATH 21 Feb 1663 (aged 58) Brooklyn, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA BURIAL Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery Flatbush, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA MEMORIAL ID 33544611 [S325] Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Church Records, 1523-1948, "Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Church Records, 1523-1948," images, FamilySearch (https:///ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QV-G6XK?cc=2037985&wc=SM93-VZS%3A1293197005%2C382015502%2C382094301 : 21 August 2014), Waals Hervormde > Amsterdam > Trouwen 1584-1727 > image 70 of 420; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Den Haag (Netherlands National Archives, The Hague). Marriage Record of Joris and Catalina [S325] Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Church Records, 1523-1948, "Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Church Records, 1523-1948," images, FamilySearch (https:///ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QV-47TJ?cc=2037985&wc=SM9S-DPN%3A1293193204%2C382015502%2C382302101 : 21 August 2014), Nederlands Hervormde > Amsterdam > Huwelijksaangiften, Trouwen 1623-1625 > image 172 of 596; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Den Haag (Netherlands National Archives, The Hague). https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QV-47TJ?cc=2037985&wc=SM9S-DPN%3A1293193204%2C382015502%2C382302101&lang=en [S325] Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Church Records, 1523-1948, "Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Church Records, 1523-1948," images, FamilySearch (https:///ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QV-47TJ?cc=2037985&wc=SM9S-DPN%3A1293193204%2C382015502%2C382302101 : 21 August 2014), Nederlands Hervormde > Amsterdam > Huwelijksaangiften, Trouwen 1623-1625 > image 172 of 596; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Den Haag (Netherlands National Archives, The Hague). Joris Rapalje and Catalina Triko marriage record [S325] Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Church Records, 1523-1948, "Netherlands, Noord-Holland, Church Records, 1523-1948," images, FamilySearch (https:///ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QV-G6XK?cc=2037985&wc=SM93-VZS%3A1293197005%2C382015502%2C382094301 : 21 August 2014), Waals Hervormde > Amsterdam > Trouwen 1584-1727 > image 70 of 420; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Den Haag (Netherlands National Archives, The Hague). Record of Joris Rapalje's marriage with "Caterina Triko" Jan 21, 1624 Walloon church records, Amsterdam (look about twelve lines down on the left hand page)