Pieter Jansen de Witt

Abt 1626 - 1705  (79 years)

• Name	Pieter Jansen de Witt
  Birth	Abt 1626	Netherlands
  Baptism	Abt 1633	New York, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  FSID	LC8F-NK1
  Occupation	worked for Dutch West Indian Company
  Death	May 1705	Bushwick, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
  Burial	May 1705	Bushwick, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States
  Person ID	I45441	footsteps | Bunker
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

  Father	Jan de Wit,   b. Abt 1600   d. 31 Mar 1699, Ulster, New York, United States (Age 99 years)
  Relationship	unknown
  Mother	Engeltje Pietersdr,   b. 1600, Netherlands
  Relationship	unknown
  Family ID	F25046	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Dorothea Volkers,   b. Abt 1630, Netherlands d. 15 Apr 1660, Bushwick, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States (Age 30 years)
  Children	+ 1. Catherine De Witt,   b. 10 May 1654, Bushwick, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States d. 1734, New York, New York, United States (Age 79 years)  [Father: unknown]  [Mother: unknown]
  Family ID	F25047	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jul 2025

  
  

• Notes

  Pieter Jans DeWit was a well respected educated man who spoke several languages, and was appointed to assist the French Huguenots in setting up the village of Boswyck. Pieter Jans DeWit was one of the few who, in that era, used an identifier after his given name - Pieter Janson. The 'de Wit' means 'the white one' likely for his hair color of blond. Other times, an identifier was used only in court records when more than one person was in the area with the same given name.