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Jan Gerretse van Couwenhoven

Male 1639 - Abt 1724  (85 years)


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  • Name Jan Gerretse van Couwenhoven  [1, 2
    Birth 1639  Flatlands, Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5
    Gender Male 
    Death Abt 1724  [5
    Siblings 3 siblings 
    Person ID I16741  Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of JTS, Ancestor of TWK
    Last Modified 3 Feb 2019 

    Father Garret Wolfertse van Couwenhoven,   b. Abt 1610, Amersfoort, Utrecht, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1645, Flatlands, Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 35 years) 
    Mother Aeltje Cornelis Cool   d. Bef 21 Jul 1683 
    Marriage Abt 1635  Flatlands, Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Family ID F10504  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gerdientje de Sille,   b. 10 Feb 1642, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 18 May 1670  [5
    Children 
    +1. Aeltjie Couwenhoven   d. 9 Mar 1740, Flushing, Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Gerret van Kouwenhoven,   b. Abt 1676, Brooklyn, Kings, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 16 Apr 1711 and 3 Nov 1712 (Age ~ 35 years)
    Family ID F10468  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Feb 2019 

  • Notes 
    • Recorded as a member of the Reformed Dutch church of Brooklyn in 1677 and 1685. Resided at Brooklyn ferry. "On the settlement of his father's estate, he was allowed more than his brother on account of his being lame." [Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, citation details below.]

  • Sources 
    1. [S1569] The Annals of Newtown in Queens County, New-York by James Riker, Jr. New York: D. Fanshaw, 1852.

    2. [S1764] Catharine T. R. Mathews, "The De Sille Family of Holland." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 34:24, Jan 1903.

    3. [S1571] Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N. Y. by Teunis G. Bergen. New York: S. W. Green's Son, 1881.

    4. [S1765] The Conover Family by Charles Hopkins Conover. Frankford, Philadelphia: Martin & Allardyce, 1912.

    5. [S3097] Lincoln C. Cocheu, "The Van Kouwenhoven-Conover Family." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 70:230, 70:353, 1939; 71:69, 71:157, 71:273, 71:365, 1940; 81:123, 81:172, 81:225, 1950; 82:34, 82:89, 82:175, 82:211, 1951.