Remmelt Jansen Vanderbeek

1619 - 1681  (61 years)

• Name	Remmelt Jansen Vanderbeek  [1, 2]
  Birth	18 Aug 1619	Netherlands   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1638
  FSID	LY1R-6MC  [3, 4]
  Burial	1681	Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, United States   [1, 2]
  	Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery
  Death	29 May 1681	Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I45331	footsteps | Bunker
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Jannetie Jorise Rapalje,   b. Abt 1620, Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States d. 29 May 1699, Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, United States (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	21 Dec 1642	New York, New York, United States
  	Reformed Dutch Church
  Children	+ 1. Femmetje Remsen Vanderbeek,   b. Abt 1658, New York, New York, United States  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F24986	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Rem Jansen was probably born before 1620. He married Jannetje Jorise Rapalje, daughter of Joris Janszen Rapalje and Catalyna Trico, at Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam, on 21 December 1642 "Remmet Janszen, j.m. Van Jeveren, en Janneken Rapalje, j.d. Van N. Nederlt" Samuel S. Purple, Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York; Marriages from 11 December 1639 to 26 August 1801 (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, reprint 2003, original 1890 NYG&BS), p.12. Remmerlt Jansz, from Jewerden (Jeveren, or Jever, in Oldenburg), smith, was at New Amsterdam as early as 1638, and in 1643 owned land on Long Island. Early in May 1650, he obtained from the authorities of Rensselaerwijck a lease of a garden adjoining the churchyard, and is referred to as being an Inwoonder in Fort Orangien (inhabitant of Fort Orange). A.J.F. van Laer, Settlers of Rensselaerswyck 1630-1658 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1965, 1980), page 41. Rem Jansen and Jannetje Jorise Rapalje were members of the at Reformed Protestant Dutch Church, Flatbush, Kings Co., Long Island, New York, on 19 November 1679 "in the Wallabout." Ibid., page 333 Register of the Members from the Four Villages. 19 Nov 1679. In the Wallabout. Rem Jansz (Died Feb 1681) and wife Jannetje Joris Rapailie (note says, "left for N. York with certificate).

  
  

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  [S288] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QL2R-9CXP : 25 May 2022), Rem Jans Van Der Beeck, ; Burial, Flatbush, Kings Brooklyn, New York, United States, Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery; citing record ID 182809356, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL2R-9CXP [S288] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:QV25-771M : Thu Apr 03 13:09:08 UTC 2025), Entry for Rem Jansen Van der beek, 1681. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77244758/remmet-jansen-van_der_beek Remmet Jansen “Rem” Van der Beek BIRTH 1619 Jever, Landkreis Friesland, Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany DEATH 1681 (aged 61–62) Flatbush, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA BURIAL Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery Flatbush, Kings County (Brooklyn), New York, USA MEMORIAL ID 77244758 He was in New Amsterdam by 1638. Spouse: Jannetje Joris Rapalje Van der Beek 1629–1699 (m. 1642) [S342] Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969, "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https:///ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-997M-T9DN-3?cc=2060211&wc=WWXQ-XW5%3A352086501%2C352149501 : 20 May 2014), V > Van den Tillaart, Joannes (1787) - Van Der Dussen, Jacob (1683) > image 421 of 1179; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Jan Vanderbeeck (1585) married and had a son according to previous research. [S342] Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969, "Family Group Records Collection, Archives Section, 1942-1969," images, FamilySearch (https:///ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97M-T9DJ-K?cc=2060211&wc=WWXQ-XW5%3A352086501%2C352149501 : 20 May 2014), V > Van den Tillaart, Joannes (1787) - Van Der Dussen, Jacob (1683) > image 502 of 1179; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, compiler, Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah. Rem Jansen Vanderbeeck married in 1642 Jannetje Rapalje and had children according to previous research.