Franse Janse Pruyn

- 1712

• Name	Franse Janse Pruyn  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	6 May 1712	Albany, Albany, New York   [2, 3]
  Person ID	I22753	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2019

  
  

  Family	Alida   d. 20 Sep 1704
  Marriage	Bef 1665  [4]
  Children	+ 1. Helena Pruyn
  Family ID	F13712	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Jan 2019

  
  

• Notes

  Appears in Albany records as early as 1661. Said to have been of French descent. "Pruyn" rhymes with shine. He was a tailor. His wife was a member of the Albany Dutch Reform church. He was not; indeed, he refused to sign a 1699 oath of loyalty to William III, calling himself a "papist." He did, however, indicate a willingness to swear fidelity. At any rate he continued to live peacably in the community.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2916] The Lansing Family: A Genealogy of the Descendants of Gerrit Frederickse Lansing by Claude G. Munsell. 1916. [S2925] John V. L. Pruyn, "The Pruyn Family — American Branch." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 13:11, Jan 1882. [S2919] Colonial Albany Social History Project by Stefan Bielinksi., month and year only. [S2919] Colonial Albany Social History Project by Stefan Bielinksi.