Teunis Nijssen

Abt 1615 - 1663  (48 years)

• Name	Teunis Nijssen  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	Abt 1615	Netherlands   [1]
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LRFW-2NM
  Religion	The Dutch Reformed Church
  Death	1663	Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, United States   [1]
  Burial	1663	New York, New York, United States   [1]
  	Flatbush Reformed Dutch Church Cemetery
  Person ID	I45522	footsteps | Bunker
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Family	Phoebe Sales,   b. 1626, Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England d. Dec 1666, Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York, United States (Age 40 years)
  Children	+ 1. Annetje Theunis Denyse,   b. Abt 1645, New York, New York, United States d. 1734, Queens, New York, United States (Age 89 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Femmetje Nyssen,   b. 3 Apr 1650, New York, New York, United States d. 1715, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States (Age 64 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F25042	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  His name was not Teunis Denyse / Teunis De Nys / Teunis Denise No, our ancestor never used this name in his lifetime. Not one record shows him with this. Why leave it here? Because later genealogists, thinking that his name means of Nys, decided to use this form of his surname rather than the one he chose to use in his lifetime, Nyssen, Niessen, or Nijsson, all meaning son of Nijs or Nys, short for Dionys or Dionjs, the Dutch spelling with the J being more preferable than the Y. We should follow what the records say he used, not what we think might be the best name for him.

  
  

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• Sources

  [S288] Find a Grave Index, "Find a Grave Index", FamilySearch (https://www./ark:/61903/1:1:Q2B1-XW1X : Tue Apr 01 00:51:33 UTC 2025), Entry for Theunis Nyssen. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2B1-XW1X [S326] New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https:///ark:/61903/1:1:V2HY-SLG : 14 February 2020), Theunis Nijssen in entry for Jannetje Theunis, 1641. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HY-SLG [S326] New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https:///ark:/61903/1:1:V2HB-SDM : 14 February 2020), Theunis Nijssen in entry for Annetje Theunis, 1646. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HB-SDM [S326] New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962, "New York, Births and Christenings, 1640-1962", database, FamilySearch (https:///ark:/61903/1:1:V2HY-YF9 : 14 February 2020), Teunis Nijssen in entry for Femmetje Teunis, 1650. https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2HY-YF9