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Pieter Janse DeWitt 1623 – 1705 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1623

Birth Location: Leiden, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands

Death Date: May 1705

Death Location: Bushwick, Livingston, New York, USA

Father: Jan Witt

Mother: Cateronas Montauk

Spouse(s): Dorthea Volkerts

Children(s): Pieter DeWitt

Pieter Janse DeWitt SR was born in 1623 in Leiden, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, the child of Jan Claessen de Witt and Cateronas Catherine Montauk. Pieter Janse DeWitt SR married Dorthea Volkerts, and had children including Pieter Janszen DeWitt. Pieter Janse DeWitt SR passed away in 1705 in Bushwick, Livingston, New York, USA.

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Biography

  • Pieter Janse DeWitt SR was born in 1623 in Leiden, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, the child of Jan Claessen de Witt and Cateronas Catherine Montauk.
  • Pieter Janse DeWitt SR married Dorthea Volkerts, and had children including Pieter Janszen DeWitt.
  • Pieter Janse DeWitt SR passed away in 1705 in Bushwick, Livingston, New York, USA.

Immediate Family

Parents

Jan Witt
1604 – 1699
Birth Location: Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
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Cateronas Montauk
1626 – 1658
Birth Location: Montauk Village,Livingston,New York,USA
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Spouses(s)

Dorthea Volkerts
1630 – 1658
Birth Location: Netherlands
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Children(s)

Pieter DeWitt
1645 – 1721
Birth Location: Leiden, Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
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Pieter DeWitt's Ancestors

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Pieter DeWitt
1623 – 1705
Birth Place: Leiden, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands
Parents
Jan Claessen de Witt
1604 – 1699
Enkhuizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Cateronas (Catherine) Montauk
1626 – 1658
Montauk Village,Livingston,New York,USA
Grandparents
Pieter (Jansz de) Wit
1580 –
Enkhuizen
Wybrich (Jans) Leyen
1580 –
Enkhuizen
Grand (Sachem Wyandanch\) Chief
1571 – 1659
Montauk Village, Livingston, New York
Tau (But Wuch I) Kit
1575 – 1660
Montauk Village, Paum Man Ak, New York
Great-Grandparents
Jan Wit
1555 –
Jan Leijen
1550 – 1599
Kenou Gerrits
1562 – 1593
Sachem Mongotucksee
1550 – 1628
Quashawan Montauk
1556 – 1600
Wahl Wuch-i-Ki-Tau-But
1550 –
Mother Allah
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Simon Wit
1530 –
Neeltje Overduin
1530 –
Claes Lucasz
1540 – 1591
Wybrich Olferts
1540 – 1573
Sachem Sowheag
1500 – 1650
Sarah Root
1485 – 1550
Chief (Pequot)
1536 – 1637
Sowheag Montauk
1530 – 1650
Mattabesetts Montauk
1500 – 1569
Al-lah Montauk
1532 – 1600

Pieter DeWitt's Descendants

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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)
        1. 1. Mary (Elizabeth) Dewitt (25 Apr 1732 – 1813) m. Phillip Anthony (Abt. 1742 – Abt. 1832)

Pieter DeWitt's Timeline

2 Records

1623
1623
Birth of Pieter Janse DeWitt SR in Leiden, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands
Leiden, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands
1705
May 1705
Age 82
Death of Pieter Janse DeWitt SR in Bushwick, Livingston, New York, USA
Bushwick, Livingston, New York, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1623
    Event Place: Leiden, Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: May 1705
    Event Place: Bushwick, Livingston, New York, USA
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