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Jan Gerritsen Decker 1640–1717 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 April 1640

Birth Location: Heerde, Gelderland, Netherlands

Death Date: 5 April 1717

Death Location: Port Jervis, Orange, New York, British Colonial America

Father: Broersen Decker

Mother: Catharina Gerritsen

Spouse(s): Grietjen Westercamp

Children(s): Gerrit Decker

The story of Jan Gerritsen Decker began in 1640 in Heerde, Gelderland, Netherlands. Jan Gerritsen Decker married Grietjen Hendricks Westercamp, and had children including Gerrit Jansen Decker. Jan Gerritsen Decker passed away in 1717 in Port Jervis, Orange, New York, British Colonial America.

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Biography

  • The story of Jan Gerritsen Decker began in 1640 in Heerde, Gelderland, Netherlands.
  • Jan Gerritsen Decker married Grietjen Hendricks Westercamp, and had children including Gerrit Jansen Decker.
  • Jan Gerritsen Decker passed away in 1717 in Port Jervis, Orange, New York, British Colonial America.

Immediate Family

Parents

Broersen Decker
1589–1648
Birth Location: Osnabruck, Hannover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
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Catharina Gerritsen
1592–1639
Birth Location: Hanover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
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Spouses(s)

Grietjen Westercamp
1642–1701
Birth Location: New City, Rockland, New York, USA
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Children(s)

Gerrit Decker
1665–1740
Birth Location: Kingston,Ulster,New York,USA
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Jan Decker's Ancestors

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Jan Decker
1640–1717
Birth Place: Heerde, Gelderland, Netherlands
Parents
Broersen Hendrick Decker
1589–1648
Osnabruck, Hannover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
Catharina (Elisabeth) Gerritsen
1592–1639
Hanover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
Grandparents
Hendrick Decker
1567–1589
Hannover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
Malinda Broerson
1572–1595
Lower Saxony, Niedersachsen, Germany
Great-Grandparents
Broer Broersen
1552–1589
Hijl Broers
1550–1597
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Decker
1523–1589
Anna Zaininger
1520–1580

Jan Decker's Descendants

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Jan (Gerritsen) Decker (23 April 1640–5 April 1717) m. Grietjen (Hendricks) Westercamp (19 October, 1642–24 August, 1701)
  1. 1. Gerrit (Jansen) Decker 1665–1740 m. Magdalena (Willemsze) Schut 1666–1722
    1. 1. Heyltje (Gerritse) Decker 1686–1773 m. Hendrick (Jochemse) Schoonmaker 1683–1732
      1. 1. Petronella Schoonmaker 1706–1764 m. Joseph Wheeler 1701–1731
        1. 1. Joseph ((Lt.)) Wheeler 1726–1787 m. Maria (Alice) Holmes 1733–1797

Jan Decker's Timeline

2 Records

1640
23 April 1640
Birth of Jan Gerritsen Decker in Heerde, Gelderland, Netherlands
Heerde, Gelderland, Netherlands
1717
5 April 1717
Age 77
Death of Jan Gerritsen Decker in Port Jervis, Orange, New York, British Colonial America
Port Jervis, Orange, New York, British Colonial America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 April 1640
    Event Place: Heerde, Gelderland, Netherlands
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 5 April 1717
    Event Place: Port Jervis, Orange, New York, British Colonial America
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree
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