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Jacobus Jansen "Jacob James" Decker 1658–1720 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Bef. 17 Nov 1658

Birth Location: New Amsterdam, Dutch Colony, New Netherland

Death Date: 29 May 1720

Death Location: Kingston, Ulster Co., NY

Father: JAN DEKKER

Mother: HEYLTJE JACOBS

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Jacobus Jansen "Jacob James" Decker was born in 1658 in New Amsterdam, Dutch Colony, New Netherland, the child of Jan Broerson Dekker And Heyltje Jacobs. Jacobus Jansen "Jacob James" Decker passed away in 1720 in Kingston, Ulster Co., NY.

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Biography

  • Jacobus Jansen "Jacob James" Decker was born in 1658 in New Amsterdam, Dutch Colony, New Netherland, the child of Jan Broerson Dekker And Heyltje Jacobs.
  • Jacobus Jansen "Jacob James" Decker passed away in 1720 in Kingston, Ulster Co., NY.

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Jacobus Decker's Ancestors

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Jacobus Decker
1658–1720
Birth Place: New Amsterdam, Dutch Colony, New Netherland
Parents
JAN BROERSON DEKKER
1630–1717
Husum, Copenhagen, Denmark
HEYLTJE JACOBS
1635–1678
Goteborg, Goteborg and Bohus, Sweden
Grandparents
Jan (Broorsen (Broersen)) Decker
1604–1658
København, Kobenhavn, Denmark
Catharina (Elisabeth) Gerritsen
1592–1639
Hanover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Hans Gerritsen
1566–1605
Maria Jansen
1574–1604
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jan Jansen
1533–1603
Cornelia (Willems)
1535–1605

Jacobus Decker's Timeline

2 Records

1658
Bef. 17 Nov 1658
Birth of Jacobus Jansen "Jacob James" Decker in New Amsterdam, Dutch Colony, New Netherland
New Amsterdam, Dutch Colony, New Netherland
1720
29 May 1720
Age 62
Death of Jacobus Jansen "Jacob James" Decker in Kingston, Ulster Co., NY
Kingston, Ulster Co., NY

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Bef. 17 Nov 1658
    Event Place: New Amsterdam, Dutch Colony, New Netherland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 29 May 1720
    Event Place: Kingston, Ulster Co., NY

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