Paulus Dircksen

Paulus Dircksen

Male 1620 - 1692  (72 years)


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  • Name Paulus Dircksen  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
    Birth 1620  Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    FSID LKSC-N24  [1, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13
    Immigration 19 Dec 1650  New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    ship "Fortune" 
    Burial May 1692  Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 24 May 1692  Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Person ID I45534  footsteps | Bunker
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2025 

    Father Dirck Dirxszen Hoff,   b. 1594, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1692, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 98 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Mother Jannettee Jejanes,   b. 1595, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1655, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Relationship unknown 
    Family ID F25125  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Geertie Willemse,   b. 1622, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1657, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 35 years) 
    Marriage 1643  Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Elisbeth Paulis Dirckszen,   b. 1651, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Jul 1734, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
    Family ID F25126  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2025 

  • Sources 
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    2. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Place: New York, New York; Year: 1651; Page Number: 131.
      Name Paulus Dircke Hoff
      Arrival Year 1651
      [19 Dec 1650]
      Arrival Place New York, New York
      Primary Immigrant Hoff, Paulus Dircke
      Source Publication Code 1262
      Annotation Date and place of settlement or date and place of arrival. Names not restricted to the Order of Founders and Patriots of America.
      Source Bibliography COLKET, MEREDITH B., JR. Founders of Early American Families: Emigrants from Europe, 1607-1657. Cleveland: General Court of the Order of Founders and Patriots of America, 1975. 366p.
      Household Members (Name)
      Paulus Dircke Hoff

    3. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Source number: 1272.065; Source type: Family group sheet, FGSE, listed as parents; Number of Pages: 1.
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    4. [S288] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK1Z-PV1L : Thu Apr 03 19:16:32 UTC 2025), Entry for Paulus Dirckszen Hoff.
      https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140500770/paulus-dirckszen-hoff
      Paulus Dirckszen Hoff
      BIRTH 1620 Gelderland, Netherlands
      DEATH 24 May 1692 (aged 71–72) Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, USA
      BURIAL Burial Details Unknown
      MEMORIAL ID 140500770
      He came to America in 1645 and lived on Long Island until late in his life. He married Geertje Jannetse Willemse and their children were: Derrick and Lysbeth. After the death of Geertje, Paulus married Annetje Hermanse and they were the parents of Geertruyd. Paulus adopted the name Hoff late in life. His will was made March 29, 1688. He died May 24, 1692 in Brooklyn, Kings County, New York

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      Published information: birth-name: Paulus Dirckse (Dirckszen)

    11. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Ancestral File (TM), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, June 1998 (c), data as of 5 JAN 1998, Family History Library, 35 N West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, UT 84150 USA.

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      Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances.
      Search performed using PAF Insight on 27 Dec 2005
      Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances.
      Search performed using PAF Insight on 27 Dec 2005
      Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances.
      Search performed using PAF Insight on 27 Dec 2005
      Record submitted after 1991 by a member of the LDS Church to request LDS temple ordinances.
      Search performed using PAF Insight on 27 Dec 2005

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