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JAN BROERSON DEKKER 1630–1717 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 23 April 1630

Birth Location: Husum, Copenhagen, Denmark

Death Date: 1717

Death Location: Port Jervis, Orange, New York, United States

Father: Jan Decker

Mother: Catharina Gerritsen

Spouse(s): HEYLTJE JACOBS

Children(s): CATHARINA DEKKER, Anna Decker, Jacobus Decker

The story of JAN BROERSON DEKKER began in 1630 in Husum, Copenhagen, Denmark. JAN BROERSON DEKKER married Heyltje Jacobs, and had children including Anna Maria Decker, Catharina Magdalena Dekker, Jacobus Jansen Jacob James Decker. JAN BROERSON DEKKER passed away in 1717 in Port Jervis, Orange, New York, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of JAN BROERSON DEKKER began in 1630 in Husum, Copenhagen, Denmark.
  • JAN BROERSON DEKKER married Heyltje Jacobs, and had children including Anna Maria Decker, Catharina Magdalena Dekker, Jacobus Jansen Jacob James Decker.
  • JAN BROERSON DEKKER passed away in 1717 in Port Jervis, Orange, New York, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jan Decker
1604–1658
Birth Location: København, Kobenhavn, Denmark
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Catharina Gerritsen
1592–1639
Birth Location: Hanover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
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Spouses(s)

HEYLTJE JACOBS
1635–1678
Birth Location: Goteborg, Goteborg and Bohus, Sweden
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Children(s)

CATHARINA DEKKER
1666–1741
Birth Location: Dierdorf, Neuwied, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
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Anna Decker
1675–1728
Birth Location: Kingston, Ulster NY (USA)
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Jacobus Decker
1658–1720
Birth Location: New Amsterdam, Dutch Colony, New Netherland
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JAN DEKKER's Ancestors

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JAN DEKKER
1630–1717
Birth Place: Husum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Parents
Jan Broorsen (Broersen) Decker
1604–1658
København, Kobenhavn, Denmark
Catharina (Elisabeth) Gerritsen
1592–1639
Hanover, Stadt Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany
Grandparents
Hans (Pieter) Gerritsen
1566–1605
Osnabrück, Stadt Osnabruck, Niedersachsen, Germany
Maria (Jan Heijmans) Jansen
1574–1604
Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Great-Grandparents
Jan Jansen
1533–1603
Cornelia (Willems)
1535–1605
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Jan Jansen
1500–1550
Adriaen Avoirt
1500–1545

JAN DEKKER's Descendants

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JAN (BROERSON) DEKKER (23 April 1630–1717) m. HEYLTJE JACOBS (1635–9 Jan 1678)
  1. 1. CATHARINA (MAGDALENA) DEKKER 1666–1741 m. Johann (Christian) Zickenhainer 1665–1741
    1. 1. ANNA (CATHARINA) ZICKENHAINER 1698–1741 m. GEORGE (WILHELM) BERGER 1695–1767
      1. 1. Johann (Christianus) Berger 1723–1774 m. Anna (Barbara) Weiss 1728–1762
        1. 1. Eve Berger 1750–1814 m. John (Shively) II 1748–1781 m. Phillip Mann 1750–
    2. 2. Heinrich (Wilhelm) Zickenheiner 1700–1742
  2. 2. Anna (Maria) Decker 1675–1728
  3. 3. Jacobus (Jansen "Jacob James") Decker 1658–1720

JAN DEKKER's Timeline

2 Records

1630
23 April 1630
Birth of JAN BROERSON DEKKER in Husum, Copenhagen, Denmark
Husum, Copenhagen, Denmark
1717
1717
Age 87
Death of JAN BROERSON DEKKER in Port Jervis, Orange, New York, United States
Port Jervis, Orange, New York, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 23 April 1630
    Event Place: Husum, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1717
    Event Place: Port Jervis, Orange, New York, United States
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