Jan Jorisen Rapalje1

#12075, (28 August 1637 - 1662)
Father*Juris Jansen Rapalje1 (s 1600 - )
Mother*Catalyntje Trico Rapalje1 (c 1605 - )

Family

Maria Fredericks
Birth*28 August 1637He was born on 28 August 1637 at New Amsterdam, New Netherland; bapt. not found.1 
Marriage*26 April 1660He married Maria Fredericks on 26 April 1660.2 
Marriage17 January 1661He witnessed the marriage of Jan Clercq and Anneken Hansen on 17 January 1661 at New Netherland, her uncle.3 
Death*1662He died in 1662.2 

Citations

  1. [S1168] George E. McCracken, "Catalyntje Trico Rapalje", The American Genealogist 35:4 (October 1959): p. 196, with note 1 on p. 200, "Birth dates in this list appear in Manuscript B1 at the New-York Historical Society and are transcribed from a photostat thereof, not from Allaben's transcript. Though the document appears to be old, the handwriting is not, in my opinion, older then the eighteenth century."
  2. [S1029] Teunis G. Bergen, The Bergen Family or the Descendants of Hans Hansen Bergen (Albany, N. Y.: Joel Munsell, 1876), p. 26.
  3. [S1029] Teunis G. Bergen, The Bergen Family, p. 80. "Aneken (or Annetje) Hansen Bergen, baptized in New Amsterdam, July 22d, 1640 ; m. Jan. 17th, 1661, Jan Clercq of Brazil ; witnesses, Teunis Gysbertse (Bogaert), step-father of the bride, and Jan Jorissen (Rapalie), uncle of the bride. Jan Clercq died Nov. 15th, 1661."
    Feb. 7th, 1657, ''Jan de Clerk's" name appears among the residents of the Wallabout, and was taxed 6 fl. towards the payment of Dominie Polhemius's salary. March 1st, 1660, his name, written "Jean Le Cler" appears on the petition of Rapalie, Bogaert and others, to the governor and council for leave to plant a village at the Wallabout, in sight of Fort Amsterdam, between the lands of Bogaert and Kip. Oct. 2d, 1661, "John Clerk" of Brazil, was admitted a member of the Reformed Dutch Church, of Brooklyn."