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Teunis Nijssen

Teunis Nijssen

Male Abt 1615 - 1663  (48 years)


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  • Name Teunis Nijssen  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27] 
    Birth Abt 1615  Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [24] 
    Gender Male 
    FSID LRFW-2NM  [28, 29, 30, 31] 
    Religion The Dutch Reformed Church 
    Death 1663  Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [24] 
    Burial 1663  New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [24] 

    • Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery
    Person ID I45522  footsteps
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

    Family Phoebe Sales,   b. 1626, Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1666, Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 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 City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F25042  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 1 Jul 2025 

  • Notes 


    • His name was not Teunis Denyse / Teunis De Nys / Teunis Denise
      No, our ancestor never used this name in his lifetime. Not one record shows him with this. Why leave it here? Because later genealogists, thinking that his name means of Nys, decided to use this form of his surname rather than the one he chose to use in his lifetime, Nyssen, Niessen, or Nijsson, all meaning son of Nijs or Nys, short for Dionys or Dionjs, the Dutch spelling with the J being more preferable than the Y. We should follow what the records say he used, not what we think might be the best name for him.

  • Sources 
    1. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Old First Dutch Reformed Church of Brooklyn, New York: First Book of Records, 1660-1752. United States, Genealogical Publishing Company, 1983.
      Transcriptions and Translations of different records from the First Reformed Dutch Church of Brooklyn.

    2. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Tyler, Henry D., “Map of the original grants of village lots from the Dutch West India Company to the inhabitants of New-Amsterdam (now New-York) lying below the present line of Wall Street : grants commencing A.D. 1642,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/7dbc47e5949abd0d598d940b162381ce.
      Map of the original grants of village lots, Teunis' lot is pictured just under the word "High" in "Great Highway".

    3. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, mla9​Bergen Teunis G. Register in Alphabetical Order of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island N.Y. : From Its First Settlement by Europeans to 1700; with Contributions to Their Biographies and Genealogies. S.W. Green's Son 1881.
      Teunis is mentioned throughout this compilation of genealogies for the oldest Long Island families.

    4. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Bergen, Teunis G.. The Bergen Family: Or, The Descendants of Hans Hansen Bergen, One of the Early Settlers of New York and Brooklyn, L. I., with Notes on the Genealogy of Some of the Branches of the Cowennoven, Voorhees, Eldert, Stoothoof, Cortelyou, Stryker, Suydam, Lott, Wyckoff, Barkeloo, Lefferts, Martense, Hubbard, Van Brunt, Vanderbilt, Vanderveer, Van Nuyse, and Other Long Island Families. United States, Bergen & Tripp, 1866.
      Teunis is mentioned in regards to a land sale by Michael Bergen

    5. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Bergen, Teunis G.. The Bergen Family: Or, The Descendants of Hans Hansen Bergen, One of the Early Settlers of New York and Brooklyn, L. I., with Notes on the Genealogy of Some of the Branches of the Cowennoven, Voorhees, Eldert, Stoothoof, Cortelyou, Stryker, Suydam, Lott, Wyckoff, Barkeloo, Lefferts, Martense, Hubbard, Van Brunt, Vanderbilt, Vanderveer, Van Nuyse, and Other Long Island Families. United States, Bergen & Tripp, 1866.
      Teunis has several mentions in the very large footnote section regarding land sales and family

    6. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, F., Van Laer Arnold J, et al. New York Historical Manuscripts, Dutch. IV, Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, 1974. Page 334.
      Ambrosius Lonnen, plaintiff, vs. Tonis Nysen, heir of Jan Celes, defendant, for payment of 14 gl. Ordered that plaintiff shall prove by witnesses or in writing that Jan Celes owed him for 14 gl.

    7. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, F., Van Laer Arnold J, et al. New York Historical Manuscripts, Dutch. IV, Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, 1974. Page 328.
      Joris Homs, plaintiff, vs. Tonis Nyssen, defendant, for payment of fl. 40. The defendant acknowledges the debt and says that he must pay the child of the said Homs here first when a ship of the Company arrives, and this not In money, but In clothes. Ordered that the defendant shall promptly fulfil this obligation.

    8. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, F., Van Laer Arnold J, et al. New York Historical Manuscripts, Dutch. IV, Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, 1974. Page 305.
      Tonis Nyssen, plaintiff, vs. Jacob Stevensen, defendant, for payment of fl. 26:6. Plaintiff demands payment of fl. 26:6. Defendant acknowledges the debt. Ordered that defendant Is to pay within six weeks, In default whereof the garment may be sold.

    9. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, F., Van Laer Arnold J, et al. New York Historical Manuscripts, Dutch. IV, Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, 1974. Page 131.
      Borger Jorlssen, plaintiff, vs. Tonis Nyssen, defendant. Plaintiff demands payment of fl. 18, due for wages. Defendant admits the debt and asks that he be given time to pay. He is granted six weeks, when payment must be promptly made.
      13 December 1641.

    10. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, F., Van Laer Arnold J, et al. New York Historical Manuscripts, Dutch. IV, Genealogical Publishing Co Inc, 1974. Page 207.
      While this is a secondary source, this well-respected document is posted at the New Netherland Institute as one of the ways to understand the daily life of New Netherland colony residents.

    11. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, N.Y.: Dutch manuscripts, 1630-64. United States, Weed, Parsons, printers, 1865.
      This court case regarding Teunis and Gerrit Janssen regarding a cow is another proof in the daily life of Teunis.

    12. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Willis, Samuel J., and David Thomas Valentine. Manual of the Corporation of the City of New York. Edmund Jones & Co., 1861.
      Land Patent, later sold to Cousin Gerritsen 13 December 1656.

    13. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, O'Callaghan, E. B. Laws and Ordinances of New Netherland, 1638-1674: Compiled and Translated from the Original Dutch Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany, N.Y. Weed, Parsons and Co., Printers, 1868.
      Teunis is among many of the famous residents of New Netherland to give money to hire Rev. Polhemus for the ministerial needs of the colony.

    14. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Banta, Theodore M. Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. Holland Society, 1897.
      Witness to joining members of the Breuckelen Congregation
      10 April 1661

    15. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, O'Callaghan, E. B. The Register of New Netherland, 1626 to 1674. J. Munsell, 1865.
      Teunis is cited for his two terms as Magistrate of Breukelen from 26 March 1658 to 21 March 1661.

    16. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Bangs, C. R. W. (1912). Reminiscences of Old New Utrecht and Gowanus. United States: Brooklyn Eagle Press. Page 124.
      Family listing in history of area. Not well sourced, but a common reference.

    17. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Hodges, G. R. G. (2005). Root and Branch: African Americans in New York and East Jersey, 1613-1863. United States: University of North Carolina Press. Page 13.
      They are actually speaking in the text about another person, Simon Congo, but refer to both Teunis and Jan in the same passage associated with a map of free blacks near the Bowery in the 1640s. "One surviving deed demonstrates that these former slaves were given freehold rights similar to those of Dutch resident. Governor Willem Kieft granted Simon Congo land "by the west or the land of Jan Celes between this land and a thicket, having on the east side Peter Santome." The deed acknowledged Congo's complete "power, authority & order over the forewritten parcel of land to build on, to Live on, in the use of, as he does with all others or his patrimonic lands and effects.""

    18. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Notes on Various Old Somerset Families, Tunison Families - Line of Dr. Garret, of Somerville", Somerset County Historical Quarterly Vol. 7, pages 225-228 (1918): 7:225.
      One of the many articles on the Tunison family in historical journals, this one describes the immigration of Teunis in 1638 from Bunnik. It also refers to other accepted material on later family members.

    19. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Heritage institutionNational ArchivesPlace setting The HagueCollection area New NetherlandRegistration date 11-02-1640Place of deed New Amsterdam-New YorkCollection Collegiate Church of New YorkDeed type Marriage book.
      Groom Theunis Nijssen
      Birthplace Bunnik (Utrecht)
      Marital status Young man
      Bride Phaebea Faelix
      Birthplace Jarleston (England)
      Marital status Young daughter
      Event Marry
      Event location NDG
      Event Proclamation
      date 11-02-1640

    20. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Sanborn, Melinde Lutz, and Clarence Almon Torrey. Third Supplement to Torrey's New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co., 2003.
      Index of marriage records. Recommend using the WieWasWie record instead as its the official government record. See the memories for an image of the marriage.

    21. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam/New York - MarriagesMarriage Book of the Register of the Persons who are herin recorded, and who were married here or outside the city of New York from the 11th Dec. 1639Source: The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record published 1890 and 1940.
      11 Feb. Theunis Nyssen, j.m. Van Bunninck, in't sticht Van Uytr. en Phaebea Faelix, j.d. Van Jarleston, in Engelt. [Lorine says for more info on Theunis Nyssen refer to The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Volume 127 January 1996 Nimber 1 and April 1996 Volume 127, Number 2 Utrecht Farmers in New Netherland From M.S.F. Kemp's "Krommerijners in de nieuwe wereld" excerpted and translated by John H. Van Schaick. For more information on Phaebea Faelix aka Femmentie Jans aka Femmentie Seals, please refer to Totten's article "Jan Cornelise Buys (alias Jan Damen) and his Three Wives: Eybe Lubbertse, Phaebea Faelix (alias Phebe or Femmejte Jans), Willemtie Thysenn..." in Genealogies of Long Island Families by the New York Genealogical and Historical Society]

    22. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, A History of the City of Brooklyn, including the Old Town and Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Bushwick, and the Village and City of Williamsburgh. by Henry R. Stiles.in two volumes.1867.Volume 1, Pages 425-426Appendix VII. (Page 141)Extracts from Ancient Records of the First Protestant Reformed Dutch Church in Brooklyn(Copied by Hon. Teunis G. Bergen).
      ist of Church Members March 12th, 1660, when the Church was first organized.

      Joris Dirckson
      Susanna Dubbels.
      Albert Cornelissen (Wantenear, i.e. "the glove maker"
      Tryntie Hadders (Hudden?)
      Aeltje Joris (Brinckerhoff)
      Pieter Montfoort
      Sara de Plancke
      Jan Evertse (Bout)
      Tryntje Symons
      Willem Bredenbent
      Aeltje Brauckunee
      Jan Pietersen
      Grietje Jans
      Teunis Nyssen (Denyse)
      Femmetie Jans
      Adam Brouwer
      Magdalena Jacobs
      Johannes Marcus
      Elsje Hendricks
      Teunis Janse
      Barber Lucas
      Jan Jorisse (Rapalie)
      Jan Hibon (under censure)
      Gertruyt Barents
      1660, Oct. 17th. Maria Fredericks, of the Haag.
      Pieter Jansen, of the Manhattens.
      Annetje Jans, of Amsterdam.
      Dec. 29. Wiggert Reyniersen, of Oosturieslant.
      Swantie Jans, wid. of Cornelis Potter.
      Jan Martyn van Campen
      1661, April 10th. Sara Joris Rapalje (wife of Hans Hansen Bergen) taken on certificate from the Manhattans, as a member.
      Dirck Jansen, of Amsterdam.
      Marritien Teunis, of Nieuw Netherland.
      Thomas Jansen (van Dyck) of Niew Utrecht.
      Fytie Dircks, of Amsterdam
      Pieter Prae, of Diepe.
      Catharine Lethie
      Marcus Soison
      Lysbeth Rossillou, of Leyden
      May 29th. Symon Joosten, of Marrelbeeck.
      Auneken Barents, of Amsterdam.
      Teunis Gysbertse (Bogart), of Heykoop.
      Aris Willemzen (Bennet), of Nieuw Netherland.
      Garrit Dirckzen Crousen, of Wynschoot.
      Jannekin Pieters, wife of Jan Cornelissen de Zeen.
      Oct. 2d. Jan Clerk, of Brazil, admitted to membership.
      Dec. 25. Willem Willemse (Bennet)
      Gertruyt van Mullen.
      Thomas Verdon.
      Janneken Claese
      1662, April 2d. Brecktje Hans (Bergen) of Nieuw Netherland.
      May 22. Fytie Martens, of Hamburg.
      September 27th. Mechtelina Specht, of Utrecht.
      Marritie (Baddia, nee, Bennett, nee) Thomas, wife of Mr. Paulus (Vanderbeeck)
      Anneken Hans (Bergen) of Nieuw Netherland.
      Agnietie Jans of Amsterdam.
      Dec. 25th. Joris Jansen Rappalje
      Catherine Jeronymus (Rappalje).
      Catharine Joris Rapalje of Nieuw Netherland.
      Frederick Lubbertsen.
      Tryntje Hendricks.
      Paulus Derckse, with attestation of Fort Orange.
      Jan Pietersze.
      Maria Hoogeboom, of Bunnick.
      1663, Feb. 21st. Wilhelmus Bredenbent, of Cujanus (Gowanus) chosen Elder in place of Jan Jorise, who died on the 28th of January, 1663.
      March 25th. Marten Reyerzen, of Amsterdam, admitted to membership with attestation of Flatbush.
      Anneken Dourcoop, wife of Michael Syperus, with attestation of certificate of the Manhattans.
      Sept. 23rd. Pierre Parmentier, of Manhiem.
      Thonnet Terrin, of Manhiem.
      Roelof Willemszen, of Beverwyck.
      Willemken Tyssen, from Beverwyck.
      Dec 23d. Cornelis van Bossum (Borsum).
      Geertje Gysbert.
      Jean Messural.
      Jenne Carton.
      1664, APril 9th. Meynert Jorney, of Manheim.
      Jacob Leendertsen, of Middlewout.
      Rebecca Fredericks, of Middlewout.
      Tryntje Jans, of Middlewout.
      Aert Teunissen Middagh, of Heykoop.
      Janneken Jans, of Almeloo.
      Judith Joris (Rapalie), of Nieuw Netherland.
      Janneken Montfoort, of Nieuw Netherland.
      Anneken Rems, of Nieuw Netherland.
      Nieltke Jans, of Nieuw Netherland.
      1670, May 13th. Dirck Storm.
      Jan Pietersen Mackelyck.
      Styntien Janssen, his wife.
      1684, Oct. 3d. Maria Baddia presented the Church with a silver "beecker" or communion cup. (This Maria Baddia, sometimes called Mary Thomas, mar. 1. Jacob Vardon or Verden; 2. Willem Adriaense Bennet, and 3. Mr. Paulus Vanderbeeck).

    23. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, History of the First Reformed Protestant Dutch Church of Breuckelen: Now Known as the First Reformed Church of Brooklyn, 1654 to 1896, written in 1896, compiled by Order of the Consistory.
      LIST OF ORIGINAL MEMBERS IN 1660.
      On the 12th of September, 1660, Elder Joris Dircksen reported to the Consistory of Brooklyn, having handed the letter of the Consistory to Domine Polhemus, with our thanks for his rendered services, and gave him the following list of members belonging to the jurisdiction of Breuckelen: Joris Dircksen, Tryntie Hadders, Peter Monfort, Tryntie Simons, Jan Pietersen, Femmetie Jans, Johannis Marcus, Barber Lucas, Gertruy Barents, Altie Joresi, Altie Brackenee, Magdalena Jacobs, Jan Hibon (under censure), Susanna Dubbels, William Gerritre Van Cowenhoven, Sarah De Plauck, William Bredenbent, Grietie Jans, Adam Brower, Elsie Hendricks, Jan Janse, Albert Cornelissen, Jan Evertse, Teunis Nyssen (Denyse), Teunis Janse.

    24. [S288] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2B1-XW1X : Tue Apr 01 00:51:33 UTC 2025), Entry for Theunis Nyssen.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2B1-XW1X

    25. [S326] FamilySearch.org, New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HY-SLG : 14 February 2020), Theunis Nijssen in entry for Jannetje Theunis, 1641.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HY-SLG

    26. [S326] FamilySearch.org, New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HB-SDM : 14 February 2020), Theunis Nijssen in entry for Annetje Theunis, 1646.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HB-SDM

    27. [S326] FamilySearch.org, New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HY-YF9 : 14 February 2020), Teunis Nijssen in entry for Femmetje Teunis, 1650.
      https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HY-YF9

    28. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, The Ancestry.com link for their search index here was actually to the original source document by Richard Schermerhorn, which is where the HathiTrust link goes to. The HathiTrust link is accessible for free to all, versus the Ancestry.com link to their search index was only available to subscribers and not to the actual content.
      Name: Teunis Nyssen Denise
      Arrival year: 1620-1664
      Arrival Place: New Netherland
      Primary Immigrant: Denise, Teunis Nyssen
      Source Publication Code: 8060
      Annotation: New Netherland settlers, 1620-1664, with original places of residence in Holland, Belgium, and Germany. Also in no. 9135, Immigrants to the Middle Colonies, pp. 6-16; and no. 0714, Boyer, Ship Passenger Lists, New York and New Jersey, pp. 26-37.
      Source Bibliography: SCHERMERHORN, RICHARD, JR. "Representative Pioneer Settlers of New Netherland and Their Original Home Places." In The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 65:1 (Jan. 1934), pp. 2-12.

    29. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Note, the Passenger and Immigration Lists Index at Ancestry is just an index. The actual source of the data, seen described in the notes by the original submitter, is Immigrant Ancestors by Frederick Virkus.
      Name: Theunis DeNyse
      Arrival year: 1638
      Arrival Place: New York, New York
      Primary Immigrant: DeNyse, Theunis
      Source Publication Code: 9448
      Annotation: In the years from 1925 to 1942, Frederick A. Virkus edited seven volumes with the title, The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy, published in Chicago by the Institute of American Genealogy. Each volume has a section in the main body of the work, co
      Source Bibliography: VIRKUS, FREDERICK A., editor. Immigrant Ancestors: A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1964. 75p. Repr. 1986.

    30. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HY-QRQ : 14 February 2020), Theunis Nijssen in entry for Marritje Theunis, 1644.
      This extracted record was used to create this person in Family Tree.

    31. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State Albany New York: Dutch.
      Contain legal, deed, land records of individuals who have cause to have a legal record


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