Jean de Peyster

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• Name	Jean de Peyster  [1]
  Born	Ghent, Belgium   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Biography	From Henry de Peyster Baudouin: "In 1368 in one of these family quarrels, but too frequent in those days, Jean killed his cousin Ser Jean van Maelte. He was sentenced to go on a pilgrimage to St. Jacques de Compostello in Spain after a lawsuit in which he was supported by his father and all his relatives, including Jean de Peyster son of Pierre, Chief-Dean of the Grainweighers, Ser Guillaume de Meersman, Ser Jean Mayhus, Jean Haeck, mayor of St. Peter and many others. As he was not yet of age his father was to pay for him an indemnity to Simon, Jacques van Maelte's son. This fine was paid in 1371. The father died soon after the sentence and Jean de Peyster, son of Pierre, the grain weigher or coreman, was appointed guardian, together with Gilles van Zwartebrouck, the goldsmith, a near relative. It may be assumed that this Gilles was responsible for this line joining the Goldsmiths' Guild, which they never left afterwards." "On his return from Spain, and very likely as early as 1369, Jean married a daughter of Guillaume de Waghener, whose mother was a sister of Henry de Monteneere, the head of a well-known family of the landed gentry who in the course of the 13th century quarreled with the Abbey of St. Peter about some rights in the Overmeersch district..." "Jean de Peyster had inherited property from his grandfather Jean the chambellan. This was situated in l'Overmeersch where the family had its principal possessions divided over several parishes along the road from Baerle to Duerle. This road was, according to a charter dating from 1322, called the Peyster Road : et via ilk. locatur Peysterwech." "Jean was the first owner of the fief "on the Adenberch" at Saint Pierre, which he had inherited from Agatha de Riemaker, a relative on his grandmother's side. See the records of this fief at the end of this article. The proof of descent of the following generations is to be found in the succession of this fief which was held by the de Peyster family until the year 1602."
  Died	1396  [1]
  Person ID	I3792	Our Family
  Last Modified	27 Sep 2016

  
  

  Father	Jean de Peyster,   b. Ghent, Belgium ,   d. 1368
  Mother	Elisabeth de Groote,   d. 1382
  Married	Y  [1]
  Family ID	F1352	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	de Waghener
  Married	Abt 1369  [1]
  Children	1. Jean de Peyster,   b. Ghent, Belgium ,   d. 1432
  Last Modified	18 Dec 2016
  Family ID	F1351	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - - Ghent, Belgium  = Link to Google Earth
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• Sources

  [S463] De Peyster Gen: NY Gen Record.