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A short biography of Sarah Jorise Rapalje appears. No sources, but its nice little summary. This source appears in the Index to the Women of the World and in the Biographical and Genealogical Master Index. This is the link to the direct source rather than to the indexes.
- [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.Book written by Russell Shorto in 2005 from the records of the Dutch Colonies being transcribed from Dutch to English at the New York State Library in Albany. Bought this book in Border Books in 2005.
It is transcribed records written in Dutch and after a few hundred years given back to America from the British. The Records were transcribed from Dutch to English and Russell Shorto is there while they are transcribing the records.
It has the marriage record of Joris Rapalje and Catalina Trico in 1624 , 4 days before they left on the ship de Eeendracht.
They got to America and went up the Hudson River - had to take a smaller boat to shore. They had to build huts to live in, and the Indians taught them how to plant corn.
Sarah Rapalje was born in Fort Orange NY June 9 1625.
In 1626, Peter Minuet tells Joris Rapalje and Catalina Trico to go to help settle Manhattan Island. It is right after he bought Manhattan Island. Joris Rapalje had a tavern near the fort .
Sarah Rapalje was the first Christian FEMALE born in New Netherlands.
- [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Citation: Bogart, John Albert,. The Bogart family : Tunis Gysbert Bogaert and his descendants. Scranton, Pa.: Printed by the Haddon Craftsmen, 1959.The link above is to a free site with an electronic copy of the book. The book is also available on Ancestry here: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/29953/records/126 and https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/29953/dvm_GenMono008549-00026-0?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2fsearch%2fdb.aspx%3fdbid%3d29953%26path%3d&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnBrowsing.
Information on the Bogart Family - Chapter III is about Teunis Gysbert Bogaert and includes information about his wife Sarah Rapalje. Chapter V also talks about their Property in Wallabout and Bushwick
- [S288] FamilySearch.org, Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVK9-KM75 : Mon Mar 31 20:20:26 UTC 2025), Entry for Sarah Jorise Rapalje Bogaert, 1685.
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33446137/sarah-jorise-bogaert
Sarah Jorise Rapalje Bogaert
BIRTH 9 Jul 1625 Albany, Albany County, New York, USA
DEATH Apr 1685 (aged 59) New York, USA
BURIAL Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery
Flatbush, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA
MEMORIAL ID 33446137
Her first husband was Hans Hansen Bergen, whom she married in 1639. He was a Norwegian.. He died in 1654. Her second husband was Teunis Gysbertse Bogaert, whom she married in early 1654.
- [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, “Sarah Rapalje.” New Netherland Institute, first published 17 Nov. 2014, www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/dutch_americans/sarah-rapalje.In-text cita.
Sarah Rapalje was the first white female child born in New Netherland. She was born in Albany on July 9, 1625, and died in New Amsterdam, then New York, in 1685. During her life time, she had two husbands and bore 15 children. Sarah’s parents were Joris Jansen Rapalje [1604-1662] and Catalyntje Trico [1605-1689]. Sarah’s parents had come over from Holland to New Netherland on the first ship to bring the first immigrants to New Netherland in 1624. The ship was the “Eendracht”, also known by its translated name of “Unity’ or “Concord”. The “Eendracht” had sailed from Amsterdam, Holland on January 25, 1624, arriving in New Netherland in March 1624. She was only 14 years old, in 1639, when she married Hans Hansen Bergen. Probably about a year after Sarah’s husband, Hans Hansen Bergen, passed away, Sarah married Teunis Gysbertsen Bogaert.
- [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Wikipedia contributors. (first published 27 March 2013). Sarah Rapelje. Wikipedia. Retrieved May 23, 2022, from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Rapelje.
Sarah Rapelje (9 July 1625 - 1685) was the first European Christian female born in New Netherland.
Sarah Rapelje was the daughter of Joris Jansen Rapelje (1604-1663) and Catalina Trico (1605-1689), who were Walloon Calvinists who sailed on board the ship Eendracht from the Dutch Republic in 1624.
The Rapeljes arrived at a site along the Hudson River where they helped build one of the first Dutch settlements, Fort Orange, where Sarah Rapalje was born on July 9, 1625.
Sarah Rapelje married Hans Hansen Bergen in 1639 with whom she had eight children. Bergen died in 1653. In 1654 Rapelje married Teunis Gysbertse Bogaert with whom she had seven more children. Rapelje died in 1685 in Boswijck, a village that became the modern Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn.
- [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."
- [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.
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https://ark.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:G72P-5H4
- [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. V. United States, D. Appleton, 1888.[Note: Ancestry has this mis-sourced, its actually volume 5, not 6. its clear when you open the link to view the page]. Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography; Volume: Vol. VI. Ancestry.com. Appletons' Cyclopedia of American Biography, 1600-1889 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61360/records/4663.
A short biography of Sarah, with her name listed as Sarah de Rapaelje (yet another spelling variation).
- [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, “Akte - CBG|Centrum Voor Familiegeschiedenis.” WieWasWie, first published 2009, www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/20678112.Note: this information appears in the Netherlands Baptism Index at Ancestry, however, the link on the page is incorrect and does not link to the baptism on WieWasWie. It is correct above. https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61284/records/10938299.
baptism record for Aertje Bogaert citing her mother Sarah
DTB Dopen met Aertje
Kind Aertje
Geslacht Vrouw
Vader Teunis Gijsbertszen Bogaert
Moeder Sara Joris Rapalje
Getuige Magdaleentie van Swanevelt
Gebeurtenis Doop
Datum 19-12-1655
Gebeurtenisplaats New York
Documenttype DTB Dopen
Erfgoedinstelling CBG|Centrum voor familiegeschiedenis
Plaats instelling Den Haag
Collectiegebied New York
Registratiedatum 19-12-1655
Akteplaats Nieuw Amsterdam/New York
Boek Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York (Baptisms 1639-1730)
- [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Table of Contents: Hardenbergh FamilySource InformationAncestry.com. Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors.Original data: 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.
Note: Ancestry broke this file up into families. The problem with this is that it doesn't give the actual volume information so the source is incomplete.
Its a biography of the Hardenbergh family. There are no sources, and it cites misinformation about the family including a fake "origin" in Rochelle, France.
- [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, “Akte - CBG|Centrum Voor Familiegeschiedenis.” WieWasWie, first published 2009, https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/20679085.Note: this information appears in the Netherlands Baptism Index at Ancestry, however, the link on the page is incorrect and does not link to the baptism on WieWasWie. It is correct above. https://search.ancestry.com/collections/61284/records/11001980Nationaal Archief Nieuw-Nederland; Den Haag, Nederland; DTB Baptism.
baptism of daughter Annetje identifying Sara as her mother.
DTB Dopen met Annetje
Kind Annetje
Geslacht Vrouw
Vader Theunis Gijsbertszen Bogaerts
Moeder Sara Rappalje
Getuige Jeronijmus Rappalje
Getuige Pieter Pieterszen
Getuige Judith Baijard
Getuige Trijntie Roelofs
Gebeurtenis Doop
Datum 23-08-1665
Gebeurtenisplaats New York
Documenttype DTB Dopen
Erfgoedinstelling CBG|Centrum voor familiegeschiedenis
Plaats instelling Den Haag
Collectiegebied New York
Registratiedatum 23-08-1665
Akteplaats Nieuw Amsterdam/New York
Boek Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York (Baptisms 1639-1730)
Opmerking Tweeling. Getuige 2 is Mennoniet
- [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Bogart, John Albert,. The Bogart family : Tunis Gysbert Bogaert and his descendants. Scranton, Pa.: Printed by the Haddon Craftsmen, 1959.The link above is to a free site with an electronic copy of the book. The book is also available on Ancestry here: https://search.ancestry.com/collections/29953/records/126.
The most well known book on the Bogaert/Bogart family that has tons of information on the family and its descendants.
- [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Section: The Rapelye and Allied FamiliesSource InformationAncestry.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.
Yet another biography of the family, again presented with no sources. Ancestry never identifies which volume that its "family file" comes from
- [S273] FamilySearch.org, FamilySearch FamilyTree, Frost, J. Michael. “Sarah Joris RAPALJE b. 7 Jun 1625 Fort Orange, New Netherland [Now Albany, Albany County, NY] d. 1685 Bushwick [Now Brooklyn], Kings County, NY: Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families.” Frost, Gilchrist and Related Families, 5 Aug. 2021, www.frostandgilchrist.com/getperson.php?personID=I11935&tree=frostinaz01.
Family biography, most of the information comes from "Zabriskie, George Olin, "The Founding Families of New Netherland, No. 4 - The Rapalje - Rapelje Family, Part III," de Halve Maen, Vol. 47, No. 2 (July 1972), p. 13."
- [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.Book Title: The Bergen family : or the descendants of Hans Hansen Bergen, one of the early settlers of New York and Brooklyn, L. I. This is also available in the North American Family Histories Collection at Ancestry: http://search.ancestry.com/collections/61157/records/1084583.
Name: Sarah Rapalie
Gender: Female
Age: 60
Birth Date: 9 Jun 1625
Birth Place: Albany
Death Date: 1685
Father: Jores Jansen Rapalie
Mother: Catalyntie
Spouse: Hans Hansen Bergen
Tenis Bogaert
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A family journal report by Chris Chester. The main database page links to better options: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~brouwergenealogydata/genealogy/index.htm
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Compilation of families who settled New York and historical details. Rapalje family chapter begins on page 53.
page 53 Joris arrived in New Amsterdam 1623 aboard "Unity"
page 54 mentions Sarah; next pages list other descendants
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Hans Hansen Bergen (1614-1654) married Sarah Rapalje in 1639 and had children according to research before 1943
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Joris Rapalje and Catalina Triko marriage record
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