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Jan Claessen de Witt 1604 – 1699 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 21 OCT 1604

Birth Location: Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

Death Date: 31 MAR 1699

Death Location: Ulster County, New York, USA

Father: Pieter Wit

Mother: Wybrich Leyen

Spouse(s): Cateronas Montauk

Children(s): Pieter DeWitt

The story of Jan Claessen de Witt began in 1604 in Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. Jan Claessen de Witt married Cateronas Catherine Montauk, and had children including Pieter Janse DeWitt. Jan Claessen de Witt passed away in 1699 in Ulster County, New York, USA.

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Biography

  • The story of Jan Claessen de Witt began in 1604 in Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
  • Jan Claessen de Witt married Cateronas Catherine Montauk, and had children including Pieter Janse DeWitt.
  • Jan Claessen de Witt passed away in 1699 in Ulster County, New York, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Pieter Wit
1580 –
Birth Location: Enkhuizen
PW
Wybrich Leyen
1580 –
Birth Location: Enkhuizen
WL

Spouses(s)

Cateronas Montauk
1626 – 1658
Birth Location: Montauk Village,Livingston,New York,USA
CM

Children(s)

Pieter DeWitt
1623 – 1705
Birth Location: Leiden, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands
PD

Jan Witt's Ancestors

Self
Jan Witt
1604 – 1699
Birth Place: Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Parents
Pieter Jansz de Wit
1580 –
Enkhuizen
Wybrich (Jans) Leyen
1580 –
Enkhuizen
Grandparents
Jan (de) Wit
1555 –
Zijpe, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Jan (Cornelisz) Leijen
1550 – 1599
Kenou (Dol) Gerrits
1562 – 1593
Holland, Netherlands
Great-Grandparents
Simon Wit
1530 –
Neeltje Overduin
1530 –
Claes Lucasz
1540 – 1591
Wybrich Olferts
1540 – 1573
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Olfert Dol
1520 – 1573
Kenou Jans
1520 – 1573

Jan Witt's Descendants

1.
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Jan (Claessen de) Witt (21 OCT 1604 – 31 MAR 1699) m. Cateronas (Catherine) Montauk (1626 – 1658)
  1. 1. Pieter (Janse) DeWitt (1623 – May 1705) m. Dorthea Volkerts (1630 – 1658)
    1. 1. Pieter (Janszen) DeWitt (19 MAY 1645 – NOV 1721) m. Sarah Albertse-Terhume (13 DEC 1648 – 1710)
      1. 1. Barnett DeWitt (18JAN1665 – 1747) m. Sara (Van) Tassel (1670 – 30 MAR 1708)
        1. 1. Andries (Aries) DeWitt (1695 – 1765) m. Elisabeth Esseling (1700 – 1770)

Jan Witt's Timeline

2 Records

1604
21 OCT 1604
Birth of Jan Claessen de Witt in Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
1699
31 MAR 1699
Age 95
Death of Jan Claessen de Witt in Ulster County, New York, USA
Ulster County, New York, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 21 OCT 1604
    Event Place: Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
    Record Source: Web: Netherlands, GenealogieOnline Trees Index, 1000-2015

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 31 MAR 1699
    Event Place: Ulster County, New York, USA
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