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Background: The Hague Temple, The Hague, Netherlands.

Ancestery of James Alphonzo FORREST

Created 9 February 2006

Nicholas (Claes) Janse DEWITT
and
Tjaatje CLAESSEN VAN LEUVEN

Nicholas was born about 1582 in , , Preussen, and married about 1607 in New Amsterdam, Noord Holland, Netherlands, Tjaatje CLAESSEN VAN LEUVEN. She was born about 1590 Amsterdam,Moord Holland, Netherlands and died. Claes died 7 June 1663 in Wyldwych, Ulster, New York.

(Jan Claessen De Witt was a brother of Tjerck Claasen De Witt (q.v.), and died unmarried.)

Jan and Tjerck’s sister, Emmerentje Claessen DeWitt, married Martin Hoffman (see notes above and elsewhere). Her daughter Taatie (probably named after the mother of all three DeWitts) married Evert Bogardus in Kingston. This would appear to be the nephew and niece to whom Jan refers. Nicholas Hoffman here would be another of Emmerentje’s children. Jan was also godfather to at least one of Tjerck’s children.

CHILDREN of Nicholas (Claes) Janse DEWITT and Tjaatje CLAESSEN VAN LEUVEN:
Birth order unknown

    1. IDA        b:    Abt 1609; , , Netherlands or Preussen.
    2. FAEDLE     b:    Abt 1611; , , Netherlands or Preussen.
    3. TJAATJE    b:    Abt 1613; , , Netherlands or Preussen.
    4. LENDERT    b:    Abt 1615; , , Netherlands or Preussen.
    5. ANDRIES    b:    Abt 1616; , , Netherlands or Preussen.
    6. JAN        b:    Abt 1618; , , Netherlands or Preussen.
                 wd: 31 Mar 1699; , Ulster, New York.
                 wp: 26 Jun 1699; Kingston, Ulster, New York.
 +  7. TJERCK     b: 1619 / 1620; , , Netherlands or Preussen.
                 md: 26 Mar 1656; New Amsterdam, New Netherlands.
                                  Barbara ANDRIESSEN
                  d: 17 Feb 1700; Kingston, Ulster, New York.
    8. EMMERENTJE b:        1621; , , Netherlands or Preussen.
                 md:            ; , , .
                                  Martin HOFFMAN
    9. PIETER     b;        ????; , , Netherlands or Preussen.
   10. PETRONELLA b:        ????; , , Netherlands or Preussen.
   11. TIALE      b:        ????; , , Netherlands or Preussen.
   12. GEERTJE    b:        ????; , , Netherlands or Preussen.

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