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- Swantje Jans was born in Germany, moved with her parents in the early 1 620s to newly-settled "Batavia" (Djakarta, Indonesia, which would remai n a Dutch East Indies colony for more than 300 years). It was probably t here that she married the first of her five husbands, Cornelis Adriaens B leyck, a mason from the Netherlands who was building fortifications. Th ey had six children, all of whom died young, except their hardy daughte r, Ariaentje. Cornelis died, too, about 1638.
Swantje then lost two successive husbands, both Dutch East India Compan y skippers, within three years. Life in the area was obviously precario us and threatened male adventurers with additional hazards. In 1643 thr ice-widowed Swantje married Cornelius DePotter, a widower employed by t he same Company. Left Indonesia some time after October 1648, were in A msterdam by 18 March 1651, and in New Netherlands (USA) by 9 July 1651. T he two children she had with Cornelius DePotter had died by the time th e couple moved to New Netherland in 1651, but they took their two survi ving children, Ariaentje and Elizabeth - DePotter's daughter from his p revious marriage, who would become an ancestor of Eleanor Roosevelt.
After DePotter died nine years later, Swantje remained a widow for near ly twenty years, well into her seventies. She saw both daughters marrie d and re-married, before her own final marriage to widower Jan Strycker , who managed to survive her to wed again.
Swantje Jans was born in Germany, moved with her parents in the early 1 6 20s to newly-settled "Batavia" (Djakarta, Indonesia, which would remai n a D utch East Indies colony for more than 300 years). It was probably t her e that she married the first of her five husbands, Cornelis Adriaens B l eyck, a mason from the Netherlands who was building fortifications. Th e y had six children, all of whom died young, except their hardy daughte r , Ariaentje. Cornelis died, too, about 1638.
Swantje then lost two successive husbands, both Dutch East India Compan y s kippers, within three years. Life in the area was obviously precario us a nd threatened male adventurers with additional hazards. In 1643 thr ice -widowed Swantje married Cornelius DePotter, a widower employed by t he s ame Company. Left Indonesia some time after October 1648, were in A ms terdam by 18 March 1651, and in New Netherlands (USA) by 9 July 1651. T h e two children she had with Cornelius DePotter had died by the time th e c ouple moved to New Netherland in 1651, but they took their two survi vi ng children, Ariaentje and Elizabeth - DePotter's daughter from his p r evious marriage, who would become an ancestor of Eleanor Roosevelt.
After DePotter died nine years later, Swantje remained a widow for near l y twenty years, well into her seventies. She saw both daughters marrie d a nd re-married, before her own final marriage to widower Jan Strycker , w ho managed to survive her to wed again.
Swantje Jans was born in Germany, moved with her parents in the early 1 620s to newly-settled "Batavia" (Djakarta, Indonesia, which would remai n a Dutch East Indies colony for more than 300 years). It was probably t here that she married the firs t of her five husbands, Cornelis Adriaens B leyck, a mason from the Netherlands who was building fortifications. Th ey had six children, all of whom died young, except their hardy daughte r, Ariaentje. Cornelis died, too, about 1638.
Swantje then lost two successive husbands, both Dutch East India Compan y skippers, within three years. Life in the area was obviously precario us and threatened male adventurers with additional hazards. In 1643 thr ice-widowed Swantje married Cor nelius DePotter, a widower employed by t he same Company. Left Indonesia some time after October 1648, were in A msterdam by 18 March 1651, and in New Netherlands (USA) by 9 July 1651. T he two children she had with Cornelius DePotter had died b y the time th e couple moved to New Netherland in 1651, but they took their two survi ving children, Ariaentje and Elizabeth - DePotter's daughter from his p revious marriage, who would become an ancestor of Eleanor Roosevelt.
After DePotter died nine years later, Swantje remained a widow for near ly twenty years, well into her seventies. She saw both daughters marrie d and re-married, before her own final marriage to widower Jan Strycker , who managed to survive her t o wed again.
Swantje Jans was born in Germany, moved with her parents in the early 1 6 20s to newly-settled "Batavia" (Djakarta, Indonesia, which would remai n a D utch East Indies colony for more than 300 years). It was probably t her e that she married the f irst of her five husbands, Cornelis Adriaens B l eyck, a mason from the Netherlands who was building fortifications. Th e y had six children, all of whom died young, except their hardy daughte r , Ariaentje. Cornelis died, too, about 1638.
Swantje then lost two successive husbands, both Dutch East India Compan y s kippers, within three years. Life in the area was obviously precario us a nd threatened male adventurers with additional hazards. In 1643 thr ice -widowed Swantje marrie d Cornelius DePotter, a widower employed by t he s ame Company. Left Indonesia some time after October 1648, were in A ms terdam by 18 March 1651, and in New Netherlands (USA) by 9 July 1651. T h e two children she had with Cornelius DePotter ha d died by the time th e c ouple moved to New Netherland in 1651, but they took their two survi vi ng children, Ariaentje and Elizabeth - DePotter's daughter from his p r evious marriage, who would become an ancestor of Eleanor Roosevelt.
After DePotter died nine years later, Swantje remained a widow for near l y twenty years, well into her seventies. She saw both daughters marrie d a nd re-married, before her own final marriage to widower Jan Strycker , w ho managed to survive he r to wed again.
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1603 - 1686 (83 years)
