Jan Janse Verkerk

Abt 1626 - 1689  (62 years)

• Name	Jan Janse Verkerk  [1, 2]
  Birth	Abt 1626	Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1663	New York, New York, United States
  	ship Rosetree
  FSID	9MM4-RF2  [3, 4]
  Death	Between 10 Nov 1688 and 6 May 1689	New Ultrecht, Kings, New York, United States
  Burial	Between 10 Nov 1688 and 6 May 1689	Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States   [5]
  	Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery
  Person ID	I45506	footsteps | Bunker
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Jan Jelisz Verkerck,   b. Abt 1600   d. Bef 19 May 1641 (Age < 41 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Berntien Hermens,   b. Abt 1600
  Relationship	unknown
  Family ID	F25070	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mayke Gysberts,   b. Abt 1630, Netherlands d. United States
  Children	+ 1. Roelof Jansen Verkerk,   b. 6 Jun 1654, Buren, Gelderland, Holland d. Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
  Family ID	F25071	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  In 1663 Jan and his wife left their home in Buren, Guelderland to bring their five children to Nieuw Amsterdm. At the time the children were 9,8,6,5, and 1. The voyabe was on the ship Rosetree. They settled in Nieuw Utrecht (Brooklyn). Mayke signed jan's will so she was living in 1688. Early Dutch Settlers in New Amsterdam: Jan Janse, the common ancestor of the family, emigrated in 1663 from Buren in Gelderland, as per Riker's Newtown, with wife and 5 children, from Buurmelzen (a town on the river Linge near Buren), as per rec. of the marriage of his dau. Geertje, and settled in N.U., where he owned large tracts of land. On the assessment rolls of N.U. of 1675, 76, 83 and 93; mag. in 1679 and 84, on Dongan's patent of 1686. Census of 1698 and took the oath of allegiance there in 1687.

  
  

• Sources

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