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     Annica Jansen married Thomas Southard.¹ She was born at The Netherlands.¹
     Married name: Southard.

     Caroline Jansen married William Van Gaasbeck, son of Thomas G. Van Gaasbeck and Margaret Folant.¹ She was born on 21 July 1812 at Marbletown, NY.²
     Married name: Van Gaasbeck.

     Catharine Jansen married Benjamin Ten Broeck, son of Johannes Wesselse Ten Broeck and Rachel Roosa.^1,2 She was baptized on 6 May 1733.¹ She died on 15 December 1792 at age 59.¹
     Married name: Ten Broeck.

     Catherine Jansen was born on 25 March 1784.² She married Frederick DeWitt, son of Levi DeWitt and Wyntje Schoonmaker, on 29 March 1802.² She died on 12 May 1860 at age 76.²
     Married name: DeWitt.

     Catherine Stanley Jansen married Hiram Van Steenbergh.¹
     Married name: Van Steenbergh.

     Ellen DeWitt Jansen married Anthony Roosa Wynkoop, son of Peter P Wynkoop and Anna Roosa, on 8 February 1837.¹
     Married name: Wynkoop.

     Eva Antonise Jansen was born in 1641.¹ She was baptized on 3 November 1647 at Dutch Reformed Church, New Amsterdam, aged 6.³ She married Ferdinand Van Sicklen circa 1660.¹
     Married name: Van Sicklen. Name variation: Eva Antonisdr Van Salee.³

     Harri Hans Jansen was born on 12 May 1925 at Reading, PA.¹
     Name variation: Dr.¹

     Helen Jansen married Daniel Schoonmaker, son of Simon Schoonmaker and Margaret Low.¹ She was baptized on 29 January 1809.¹
     Married name: Schoonmaker.

     Helena Jansen was baptized on 6 March 1770.¹ She married Abraham Hasbrouck, son of Joseph Hasbrouck and Elizabeth Bevier, on 6 March 1797.¹ She died in 1824.¹
     Married name: Hasbrouck.

     Hendrick Jansen married Elizabeth Lake, daughter of John Lake and Anne Spicer.¹ He was born circa 1663.² He died before 1735.²

     Hendrick Jansen was baptized on 6 April 1679.¹ He married Anneken Schoonmaker, daughter of Egbert Hendrick Schoonmaker and Anneke Berry, on 28 November 1724.¹ He died in 1759.¹

     Henry Sleght Jansen was born on 12 August 1806.¹ He was baptized on 14 September 1806.¹ He died on 4 December 1848 at age 42 unmarried.¹

     Hester Jansen married Isaac Freres, son of Isaac Freer and Marytie Deyo.¹
     Married name: Freres.

     Johannes Jansen married Jannitie Shermerhorn on 28 June 1750.¹ He died before 1763.¹

     Magdalena Jansen was baptized on 21 January 1713 at Kingston, NY.¹ She married Daniel Schoonmaer, son of Jochem Hendricksen Schoonmaker and Antje Hussey, on 26 October 1733.¹
     Married name: Schoonmaer.

     Margaret Jansen married Willem Cortright, son of Jan Hendricksen Cortright and Maria Van Vreedenburg. She died after 1774.¹
     Married name: Cortright.

     Martin Stanley Jansen married Sarah Brink.¹ He was born on 5 March 1827.¹

     Mattheus Jansen married Cornelia Sleght.¹ He was born in 1738.¹

     Michiel Jansen was born in 1610 at Scrabberkerche, Zeeland, The Netherlands. He married Fitje Hartmans, daughter of Hartman Wessels and Preyntje. He died before June 1663.
     There was in Holland a place named Vreelandt, but whether a hamlet, parish or manor has not been ascertained. The family in this country bearing the name is descended from Michiel Jansen, who came from Broeckhuysen (North Brabant). He owned a farm or polder in South Beveland, one of the islands in the Province of Zeeland, but his church home was in the village of 'sHeer Abskerke, three miles from his farm, the common name of the village being Schabberkerke. From here he went to Bergen-op-Zoom in Brabant, and took a boat to Amsterdam, from whence he sailed in May, 1638 on the ship, Het Wapen van Norwegen, (Arms of Norway) and arrived in New Amsterdam on August 4th of that year.

Arrangements had previously been made with Patroon Killian van Rensselaer, who had been granted a large tract of land surrounding the present site of the Hudson River near Albany. Jansen leased the farm known as the 'Hooge-Berg,' located on an elevation immediately opposite the present city. He settled at what is now Greenbush, opposite Albany, as a boereiknecht, or farm servant. It was not long before he grew weary of agricultural pursuits and the narrow road thereby opened to wealth, and engaged in the fur trade, in which 'he made his fortune in two years.' Such private speculation being prohibited by law, soon brought him into difficulty with the authorities. He thereupon abandoned his farm, and came to Manhatten. The date of this change is not known, but he was a resident in New Amsterdam November 4, 1644, on which date he empowered Arent Van Curler to settle with Patroon van Rensselaer all accounts and differences.

In the years 1647, '49 and '50, he represented Pavonia in theCouncil of 'Nine' and joined his associates in their crusade against Governor Stuyvesant. It was at his house that the journal of Vander Donck was seized, and it was suspected upon information furnished by himself. Michiel was a signer of the application for the first municipal government of New Netherland, July 26,1649.

During the troubles of 1655, the Indians drove Michiel from his home, when on September 15, they made a raid on Pavonia and killed every man there, except the family of Jansen. From the dangers and uncertainties of border life at 'Gamoenepa,' he took refuge in Manhatten, where, because he was an 'old man with a heavy family,' and had lost his all, he was on November 22, 1655, permitted to keep a tap room. Like many modern tapsters, he soon learned how to keep the letter of the law while he violated its 'spirit.' An ordinance prohibited tapping afterbell-ring, and on October 23, 1656, the schout prosecuted Jansen for its violation. The defendant confessed that two soldiers were playing at back-gamnon and three sailors waiting for their skipper; denied that he had tapped after bell-ring; admitted that his guests 'had their cans by them and got chatting,' but shrewdly omitted to state that he had filled their cans aginst the time when he could not lawfully tap.

For the same reason that he was permitted to tap he received gratis, in February, 1656, a lot of ground in the city. On February 21, 1657, he was appointed one of the Measurers of Lime and Grain. On April 13, 1657, his name was placed on the roll of small burghers. Much to his credit, he soon grew weary of tap room life, and longed to return to his wheat-producing bouwerie. During the war he had not parted with the title to all the land which he had previously bought of Bout for 8,000 florins. In 1658 he sold part of it to Harman Smeeman. On January 22, 1658, he asked for permission to return to Pavonia, and to be relieved from certain tithes. In September, 1661, he had become a man of 'competence, 'living on his bouwerie at Gemoenepa. He was one of the first magistrates of the new court at Bergen. In December, 1662, he joined his neighbors in asking the Governor for a minister of the gospel, and for whose support he subscribed twenty-five florins.

Michiel died between the dates of 4 Jan 1663 and 18 Jun 1663. Circumstances as to how, where and why are unknown.

See also: Who was the first Freeland. Name variation: Michiel Jansen Vreeland.^1,2 Name variation: Michael Jansen Van Broekhuysen.²
General source(s) for this information, see footnotes.³

     Rachel Blandina Jansen was born on 12 June 1820.¹ She married William Kiefer Brink on 6 January 1858.¹
     Married name: Brink.

     Rebecca Jansen was born on 26 April 1686 at Kingston, NY.² She was baptized on 26 April 1686 at Kingston, NY.¹ She married Cornelius Elting, son of Jan Roelofse Elting and Jacomyntje Slecht, on 3 September 1704 at Kingston, NY.²
     Married name: Elting. Name variation: Rebecca Van Metern.²

     Roelof Jansen van Maesterlandt was born in 1602 at Maesterland, Sweden.^2,3 He married Anneke Jans, daughter of Johannes Jonas and Tryn, on 18 April 1623 at Amsterdam, The Netherlands.^1,3,2,4 (Banns for Roelof Jansen van Maesterlandt and Anneke Jans publ. On 1 April 1623 at Amsterdam, The Netherlands.)³ He died circa 1637 at New Amsterdam, NY.²
     Name variation: Roelof Jans.⁴ Name variation: Roelof Jansen.² He and Anneke Jans immigrated on 21 March 1630 from Texel to New Amsterdam on the "Eendracht" with two children.³

     Sara Jansen married Jan Crispell, son of Jan Crispell and Geertje Janse Roosa, on 10 December 1736 at Marbletown, NY.¹
     Married name: Crispell.

     Sara Jansen married John Emmons.¹
     Married name: Emmons.

     Sarah Jansen was born on 29 April 1816 at Marbletown, NY.¹ She married Wessel Ten Broeck, son of John Ten Broeck and Margaret Delamater, on 7 October 1852 at Ulster Park.¹
     Married name: Ten Broeck.

     Thomas Jansen was born on 22 March 1734/35 at Kingston, Ulster County, NY.¹ He married Elsie Osterhoudt, daughter of William Osterhoudt and Sara Hasbrouck, on 26 October 1760 at Kingston, Ulster County, NY.¹ He died on 2 December 1802 at Ulster County, NY, at age 67.¹

     Thomas Jansen married Janneke DuBois, daughter of Garret DuBois and Margaret Elmendorf, on 5 July 1776.¹

     Thomas Jansen was baptized on 20 June 1708 at Kingston, NY.² (Banns for Thomas Jansen and Margaret Hoffman publ. On 8 August 1731 at Kingston, NY.)²

     Thomas H Jansen was born on 28 June 1780.¹ He married Antje Van Gaasbeek, daughter of Abraham Van Gaasbeek and Annatje Ten Broeck, on 15 November 1801.¹ He died on 4 August 1854 at age 74.¹