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Joris Janssen Rapelje

Joris Janssen Rapelje

Male 1604 - 1663  (~ 59 years)


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  • Name Joris Janssen Rapelje  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14] 
    Birth 1604  Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 13, 14] 
    Baptism 28 Apr 1604  Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Gender Male 
    FSID LRXV-LVD  [4, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45] 
    Death New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 13, 14, 46] 
    Burial 1663  Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 13, 14] 
    • Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery
    Person ID I45672  footsteps | Bunker
    Last Modified 22 Jun 2025 

    Family Catalyntje Jeronimus Trico,   b. 1605, Prisches, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Sep 1689, Wallabout, Long Island, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years) 
    Marriage Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Maretje Jorise Rapalje,   b. Abt 1625, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1685, Talbot, Maryland, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Jeronimus Joriszen Rapalje,   b. 27 Jun 1643, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1690, New York, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F25129  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Jun 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.

  • Sources 
    1. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Joris Janzsen Rapalje of Valenciennes and Catalyntje Jeronimus Trico of Pry" George E McCracken, The American Genealogist, Whole Number 190, April 1972, Volume 48, No 2.
      Well sourced and reputable genealogical journal article from renowned genealogist George E McCracken about Joris and Catalyntje.

    2. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Zabriskie, George Olin. "The Founding Families of New Netherland, no. 4: The Rapalje-Rapelje Family," De Halve Maen, vol. 46, no. 4 (Jan. 1972): pp. 7–8, 16; vol. 47, no. 1 (April? 1972): pp. 11–13; vol. 47, no. 2 (July 1972): pp. 11–14.
      Genealogical journal article going through the proven data about the Rapalje family. No online copies exist of this article but it is available at many universities and public library. In memories is a scan of a copy of a copy which is mostly readable.

    3. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Ondertrouwregister, archiefnummer 5001, inventarisnummer 428, blad p.328Gemeente: AmsterdamPeriode: 1623-1624.
      The original marriage record from Amsterdam of Catharina (Catalyntje) Trico and Joris Rapalje from the Archives of Amsterdam.

    4. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 07 March 2025, 19:56), entry for John Smith V (PID https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G72P-5H4 ); contributed by various users.
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    5. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Tyler, Henry D. (Henry Dunreath), b. 1834, and Dunreath Publishing Co. "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." Map. 1897. Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, https://collections.leventhalmap.org/search/commonwealth:9s161d14t (accessed June 04, 2018).
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    6. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, New York State Archives. New York (Colony). Secretary of the Province. Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642-1660. Series A0270-78. Volume 3, documents 115a-b, side 2.
      A translation provided by the New York State Archives is provided below. This is when Joris sold his home on Pearl Street and its generally accepted that he spent the majority of his time at his home on Long Island. *Note: the website is all translated into English so Joris' name appears in the title as its English equivalent, George.

      June 22, A° 1654, New Amst.

      Before me, Corenlis van Ruyven, appointed secretary in the service of the General Chartered West India Company in New Netherland, appeared Jorse Rapalje, of the first part, and Hendrick Hendricksen, drummer, of the second part, which said Jorse Raplaje acknowledged that he had sold and he, Hendrick Hendricksen, that he had bought of him a certain lot belonging to the seller, with the house standing thereon, situated on the island of Manhatans, on Parrelstraet (Pearl street), in the city of New Amsterdam, in length and in width as is to be seen from the deed made thereof, free and unincumbered, without any charges thereon or issuing out of the same, saving the lord's right; for the purchase of which aforesaid lot and the house standing thereon the buyer promises to pay eight hundred guilders at 20 stivers to the guilder, in the following instalments and currency, to wit: on the date hereof 400 guilders in good merchantable beavers and the remaining 400 guilders A° 1655, also on the 22d of June; for which the parties severally bind their persons and estates, present and future; all in good faith. Thus done and executed in New Amsterdam in New Netherland, this 22d of June A°. 1654.

    7. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, George E. McCracken, “Catalyntje Trico Rapalje,” The American Genealogist 35 (1959): 193-202, at p. 8 193.
      McCracken continues Allabens work on publishing trusted documentary data about the Rapalje and Trico families and corrects misconceptions about the family. Don't miss the huge list of notes which include observations about the quality of sources.

      A small correction was made later that is worth noting here for those reading the article online. The correction is available in volume 37 and is online here: https://archive.org/details/sim_american-genealogist_1961-01_37_1/page/44/mode/2up?q=Rapalje

    8. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Frank Allaben, The Ancestry of Leander Howard Crall (New York, 1908), 269-72, 276.
      While on the surface, this might look like any other family history, this is the exception that would encourage one to go deeper. Allaben has built a richly sourced essay on the family as a part of building the ancestry of Leander Crall that goes into not just the standard pedigree but deals with various mistakes made by genealogies past (including Holgate and Fernald), as well as other reads that aren't quite hitting the mark either. Each person has original data sourced, right down to translating Native American deeds in the appendix (don't skip it!).

      Its hard to underestimate just how important that this early essay on the family is to the history of the Rapalje family (or de Rapalje family, as it may be).

    9. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, John Blythe Dobson, "The fraudulent Coligny-Rapalje descent," Annals of Genealogical Research Vol. 2, No. 1 (2006) at http://www.genlit.org/agr/viewarticle.php?id=10.
      Article that explains the issues of many online documents and family trees that contain information trying to link the Rapalje family with the French royal house of Coligny (Colet).

    10. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Virkus, Frederick A. Immigrant Ancestors: A List of 2,500 Immigrants to America Before 1750. Baltimore: Genealogical Pub. Co, 1964. Print.
      Joris is mentioned in this book as an immigrant.

    11. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, ENO, JOEL N. "New York 'Knickerbocker' Families: Origin and Settlement." In The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 45:4 (Oct. 1914), pp. 387-391.
      Joris's migration is listed on page 389. No sources or details are indicated other than a one sentence statement.

    12. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, REAMAN, GEORGE ELMORE. The Trail of the Huguenots in Europe, the United States, South Africa and Canada. London: Frederick Muller Ltd., 1963. Reprinted by Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1972.
      "This is the story of the great exodus of the Huguenots from France at the end of the seventeenth century, and of their dispersal to places in Europe, the United States, Canada, and South Africa. It traces their migrations through Europe and across the Atlantic to Canada and the United States, providing startling insights into the origins of many of our earliest colonial settlers. Over half of the book is devoted to the Huguenots and their direct descendants in Canada and the United States, dealing with those who settled in North and South Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, and New England. An Appendix has the names of hundreds of Huguenot immigrants with dates and places of their arrival; there are short biographical sketches with genealogical data, a list of English surnames of French derivation, additions and corrections by Milton Rubincam, and an index of names and places other than those mentioned in the genealogies and appendices."

    13. [S288] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/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

    14. [S288] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/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

    15. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Pedigree Resource File CD 114, (Salt Lake City, UT: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2005).
      Note: this is citing the old Pedigree Resource File that was maintained by FamilySearch prior to the FamilySearch Family Tree system. While this is not a true "source", it is worth remembering the work that went into the genealogy prior to the advent of the Internet.

    16. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Shorto, Russell. The Island at the Centre of the World: The Untold Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Founding of New York. United Kingdom, Black Swan, 2005.
      Starting in Chapter 3 is the story of Catalyna Trico and Joris Rapalje starting at their marriage in Netherlands to settling in New Netherlands (Manhattan Island) to Peter Stuyvesant handing over the island to the British with Catalyna standing next to him.

    17. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York: History, Customs, Record of Events, Constitution, Certain Genealogies, and Other Matters of Interest. V. 1-. United States, Saint Nicholas Society, 1905.
      CONTAINING THE LINES OF DESCENT OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY SO FAR AS ASCERTAINED BY THE COMMITTEE ON GENEALOGY TO JULY 1 1905

      p. 125

      GEORGE BERNARD RAPELYE BORN 1784 ELECTED February 28 1835

      Bernard Rapelye 1759 1837 Deborah Gedney
      George Rapelye 1733 1791 Mary Bloom 1733 1819
      John Rapelye 1711 1756 Maria Lent 1710 1800
      Joris 1675 1741 Agnes Berrien 1675 1756
      Daniel Rapelye 1650 1725 Sarah Klock 1652 1731
      Joris Jansen de Rapalie 16oo? 1663? Catalyntje Trico 1605 1689

    18. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, DTB Dopen met AnnetjeKind: AnnetjeGeslacht: VrouwVader: Joris RappaljeGetuige: Sara PlanckGebeurtenis: DoopDatum: 11-02-1646Gebeurtenisplaats: New YorkDocumenttype: DTB DopenErfgoedinstelling: CBG|Centrum voor familiegeschiedenisPlaats instelling: Den HaagCollectiegebied: New YorkRegistratiedatum: 11-02-1646Akteplaats: Nieuw Amsterdam/New YorkBoek: Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York (Baptisms 1639-1730).
      A translation of the record, that this is the baptism of his daughter Annetje and the book recording this information is included:
      DTB Baptism with Annetje
      Child: Annetje
      Gender: Female
      Father: Joris Rappalje
      Witness: Sara Planck
      Event: Baptism
      Date: 11-02-1646
      Event Location: New York
      Document type: DTB Baptism
      Heritage institution: MEB|Family History Center
      Place of institution: The Hague
      Collection area: New York
      Registration date: 11-02-1646
      Place of registration: New Amsterdam/New York
      Book: Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York (Baptisms 1639-1730)

    19. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, BERGEN, TUNIS (TEUNIS) G. Dutch Settlers in New Jersey. In New Jersey Genesis, vol. 13:2 (Jan. 1966), pp. 544-546; vol. 13:3 (Apr. 1966), pp. 557-558; vol. 13:4 (July 1966), pp. 569, 571; vol. 14:1 (Oct. 1966), pp. 580-582; vol. 14:2 (Jan. 1967), pp. 592-594.
      The U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s catalogues a variety of sources for Ancestry users. If you go back to the original record as listed in the index, the actual source of the citation is the New Jersey Genesis, which is the historical and genealogical source journal for the state of New Jersey.

    20. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Genealogy of the Onderdonk Family in America. United States, privately printed., 1910.
      George is mentioned in many pages of this book, unfortunately with his name in multiple forms. Its a family genealogy that doesn't come with sources included, but is a little slice of what the connections are between the Rapalje family and the Onderdonk family. The link above goes to page 298, but if you search the Rapalje, Rapalye, and Trico names for George you will find at least ten other pertinent texts.

    21. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Mackenzie, George Norbury, and Nelson Osgood Rhoades, editors. Colonial Families of the United States: in Which is Given the History, Genealogy and Armorial Bearings of Colonial Families Who Settled in the American Colonies From the Time of the Settlement of Jamestown, 13th May, 1607, to the Battle of Lexington, 19th April, 1775. 7 volumes. 1912. Reprinted, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1995.
      The Ancestry link is to a specific set of documents related to the Hardenburgh family that list the Rapalje family connection. It *appears* to be in volume 1 but there are no online versions available (only limited search at HathiTrust).

    22. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Place: Albany, New York; Year: 1623; Page Number: 11BOYER, CARL, 3RD, editor Ship Passenger Lists, New York and New Jersey (1600-1825). Newhall, CA: the editor, 1978. 333p. 4th pr. 1986. Reprint. Family Line Publications, Westminster, MD, 1992.
      Joris didn't seem to be in the records online for the book cited at the Ancestry index, but that doesn't mean he's not there. They could have been using a different version or volume than what's available online. For those without Ancestry access the information is:
      Name: Joris Jansen Rapalje
      Arrival Year: 1623
      Arrival Place: Albany, New York
      Primary Immigrant: Rapalje, Joris Jansen
      Source Publication Code: 714
      Annotation: Contains passenger listings mentioned in Lancour, A Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists, 1538-1825 (1963), nos. 72-76, 78B, 79, 81-83, 83 note, 85, 87A, 88, 89, 98(1), 100, 102(1A), 104-106, 107A, 110-111, 111 corr., 112-114. Includes index to ship names, place names, and about 10,000 personal names, with variant surname spellings. Tepper, in nos. 9120, 9135, 9143, 9144, and 9151, has similar lists.
      Source Bibliography: BOYER, CARL, 3RD, editor Ship Passenger Lists, New York and New Jersey (1600-1825). Newhall, CA: the editor, 1978. 333p. 4th pr. 1986. Reprint. Family Line Publications, Westminster, MD, 1992.

    23. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Ancestry.com. New York Historic Homes and Family History, Volumes I-IV [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2002.Original data: Pelletreau, William S. Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Family History of New York. Vol. I-IV. New York, USA: Lewis Publishing, 1907.
      Family genealogy register for many New York families. Please note this source DOES contain information from the Jerome Holgate Fabrication, which tries to connect the Rapalje family and the Coligny-Colet house of France. Please be very careful with this information and read the information at https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Jerome_Holgate_Fabrication to understand why not to add any additional information from prior to Joris' father Jean Rapareillet.

    24. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Source InformationAncestry.com. The Ryerson genealogy [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data: Ryerson, Albert Winslow,. The Ryerson genealogy : genealogy and history of the Knickerbocker families of Ryerson, Ryerse, Ryerss, also Adriance and Martense families, all descendants of Martin and Adriaen Reyersz (Reyerszen), of Amsterdam, Holland. Chicago: Priv. print. for Edward L. Ryerson, 1916.
      Family genealogy that's available in many places that documents the Ryerson family and goes through its connection to the Rapalje family. Which while it does not have sources attached, this is one of many nice family genealogies that can provide a good start to the family research.

    25. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Hamm, Margherita Arlina. Famous Families of New York: Historical and Biographical Sketches of Families which in Successive Generations Have Been Identified with the Development of the Nation. United Kingdom, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1902.
      Family biography written of the family in 1902. Nicely written source that does not use data from the Holgate fabrication.

    26. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Historical Society of the New York Courts.
      Unknown-c. 1665
      Joris Jansen de Rapelje, a Huguenot who had fled to Leiden from Valenciennes, was one of New Netherland’s first settlers. A weaver by trade, he arrived in 1625 with Adriaen Jorisz Thienpont, an employee of the West India Company who had been directed to establish a settlement at the trading post of Fort Orange (now Albany, NY).

      In 1636, following the murder of the Commissar (Commander) of Fort Orange by the Mohawks, Director Pieter Minuit ordered all the colonists in the outlying settlements to move to Manhattan. Joris Jansen de Rapelje set up an inn on Pearl Street, adjoining the old Fort. He was also a boatswain, involved in the capture of ships for prize.

      On June 16, 1637, Joris de Rapelje purchased a 335-acre bowery near Wallabout in Brooklyn from the Native Americans. The estate included a considerable waterfront on the Bay, and lay along the stream known by its Indian name of Rinnegakonck.

      In 1641, de Rapelje was selected as a member of the Twelve Men. By 1655, he had become a permanent resident of Long Island, and was appointed by the Council of New Amsterdam as one of the Schepens (Magistrates) of Breukelen (Brooklyn), an office that he also held in 1656, 1657 and 1660.

      Joris Jansen de Rapelje died around 1665. Brooklyn’s Rapelye Street is named for the family.

      Source

      Order for the Distribution of Prize, May 23, 1654

    27. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Note the Wikipedia article was first written in 2011 and revised continuously, most recently as of October 2023.
      Joris Jansen Rapelje (28 April 1604 – 21 February 1662/63) was a member of the Council of Twelve Men in the Dutch West India Company colony of New Netherland. He and his wife Catalina (Catalyntje) Trico (1605–1689) were among the earliest settlers in New Netherland. Joris Rapelje and Catalina Trico were married 21 January 1624, at the Walloon Church of Amsterdam. Four days later, on 25 January, the couple departed from Amsterdam, bound for North America. In 1641, Rapalje was one of the Council of Twelve Men representing Manhattan, Breukelen and Pavonia. From 1655 through 1660, he was a magistrate of Brooklyn. Joris Jansen Rapelje and Catalina Trico were the parents of 11 children

    28. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Bogart, John Albert, 1889-. The Bogart Family: Tunis Gysbert Bogaert And His Descendants. [Scranton]: Privately printed [by Haddon Craftsmen, 1959.
      Joris and his wife are mentioned extensively throughout this family genealogy file. I would suggest going to page 91 to read the profile of Joris before jumping around.

      ***NOTE: This does include information trying to fraudulently link the Rapalje family to the House of Coligny-Colet of France. I HIGHLY encourage you to read more information here before adding information from this document to the tree for the earlier generations: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Category:Jerome_Holgate_Fabrication

    29. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Ancestry.com. The records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 anno Domini [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data:The records of New Amsterdam from 1653 to 1674 anno Domini. New York: Published under the authority of the city by the Knickerbocker Press, 1897.
      Joris Janssen Rapalje cited in a court case between Simon Turck and Dirck van Schelluyne, 1659.

      Text of the case:
      Tuesday 19th August 1659 in the City Hall.
      Simon Turck, pltf. v/s Dirck van Schelluyne as att'y of Albert Andriessen, deft. Deft. in default. Symon Turck produces in Court in writing his demand against Albert Andriessen concluding, that the attachment on the two cows grazing with Wolfert Webber shall stand good and have its full effect, until the said Albert Andriesen shall have paid him his arrears to the amount of fl. 2. sent to him by Joris Jans Rapalje Ao. 1649 the 3 Sept in the absense of Pieter Cornelissen, millwright decd, not accounted for nor made good by him. The attachment on the cows is declared valid by the Court.

    30. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Ancestry.com Lineages of Members of the National Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims, Vol. I [database on-line].
      Family lineage submission of Helen Loraine Covert to The Society of Sons and Daughters of the Pilgrims. Note some of the information here has since been disproven but additional source information would be available to those that apply to the Society. The submissions are unfortunately undated but from the cover information we know that the submissions end January 1, 1929.

    31. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Finnell, Arthur L. The Order of Americans of Armorial Ancestry Lineage of Members. Baltimore, Md: Clearfield, 1997. Print. FamilySearch also has this tree: https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/records/item/552912-the-order-of-americans-of-armorial-ancestry-lineage-of-members?offset=1.
      Genealogy register submitted by Carl Fred Hinderer, ID 399. Not much information included, but the Order would ideally have additional information submitted to justify the register.

    32. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Ancestry.com. Jacques Leroux, the French Huguenot : and some of his descendants Leroux, Laroe, Larue [database on-line]. Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005.Original data: Champine, Emojene Demarest,. Jacques Leroux, the French Huguenot : and some of his descendants Leroux, Laroe, Larue. unknown: unknown, 1939.
      A family biography of the Leroux family that includes a biography that has mention of the Rapalje family.

    33. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, 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.
      U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s is a index compilation of the actual sources, not the source that the reference is actually from. I've updated this source to the actual one, which is cited above. The book cited describes the first permanent settlements in 1624 in the Hudson River area that included Joris Janssen Rapalje and many other families.

    34. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, 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, Comp. from Various Sources. United States, S. W. Green's son, printer, 1881.
      Contains a biography of the Rapalje family in which Sarah is mentioned, as well as her parents, husbands, and children.

      Teunis Bergen is a well respected researcher of the area and includes many sources in his work.

    35. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Virkus, Frederick A., "The Abridged Compendium of American Genealogy", Chicago: A. N. Marquis & Company, Publishers, 1925.*note: the Rapaljes are present in ALL of the 7 volumes.
      The Rapaljes are listed in many of the biographies in these volumes, as they are intricately connected to pretty much every major early family in New Netherlands and later, in the US.

      The previous editor listed these page numbers, however, they did not list the volumes these came from.

      Pg. 296 says, lists Sarah as a child of Joris Janssen de Rapalye and Catalyntie Trico and says, "Sarah (1625-85), first white female b. in New Netherlands, m. 1639 Hans Hansen Bergen (d. 1653/4, native of Norway, came from Holland to New Amsterdam, 1633."

      Reason:Pg. 489 says, "Isbrandt Van Cleve - - - m. Janetje Aertse Van der Bilt; bpt. in New Utrecht, 9/16/1682. She was the dau. of Aert Vanderbuilt, who was a captain of infantry in 1700 and who m. Hildegrad Remson."

    36. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Book: Genealogies of New Jersey Families From the Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey, Vol I reprinted for Clearfield Company, Inc. by Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, Maryland 2005.
      Excerpts from Genealogical Magazine of New Jersey with added Introduction, contents and Index. Published in cooperation with the Genealogical Society of New Jersey, PO Box 1291, New Brunswick, NJ 08903

    37. [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Internet, St. Nicholaes Roman Catholic Church Records, Valenicennes, Flanders, France, Church.
      Church record: Christening record or certificate: birth-name: Georges Rapareillet or Joris Jansen Rapalje

      1604, 28 Avril, Georges Rapareillet, illegitimus fils de Jean Rapareillet, susceptor (godfather) Noe Vasseur susceptrix (godmother) Jehenne de latre
      --Register of St. Nicholaes Roman Catholic Church of Valenciennes

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      Source created by RecordSeek.com

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      Translation
      Indian deed to George Rapalje for land on Long Island
      Series:A1880Scanned Document:NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0020
      We, director general and council of New Netherland, etc. testify and declare, that on the date underwritten personally appeared before us Kakapetteyno, Pewichaas, as owners of this district, and declared that voluntarily and advisedly, by special order of the rulers and with consent of the community there, for and in consideration of a lot of merchandise, which they acknowledge to have received into their hands and power to their full satisfaction and contentment before the passing hereof, they have transferred, ceded, surrendered and conveyed as lawful, true and free possession, as they herewith transfer, cede, surrender and convey to and for the behoof of George Rapalje a certain piece of land, called Rinnegachonck, located upon the Long Island, south of the island, Manhattan, containing [ blank ] morgens and reaching from a kil to the woods, south and east to a certain thicket, where the water runs over the stones, with all the action, rights and privileges, etc.

      Done on the island of Manhattan, this 16 June 1637.

      W. v. Twiller
      J. van Corler
      A. Hudde
      Jacus Benteyn
      Claes van Elslant

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      Joris appears on the list of Pew Holders of the Dutch Church in 1736.

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      Marriage Record of Joris and Catalina

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      Joris Rapalje and Catalina Triko marriage record

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      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)

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