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Generation: 1
Generation: 2
4. | Josse de Peyster (1.Elizabeth1) was born in 1554 in Ghent, Belgium. Notes:
Biography:
Josse was in the goldsmith guild (meaning he was a banker) and was captain of the Ghent militia.
Family/Spouse: Jeanne van de Voorde. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 5. Josse de Peyster
was born in 1586 in Ghent, Belgium; died in 1624.
- 6. Jean de Peyster
was born in 1595 in Ghent, Belgium; died in 1648 in Haarlem, The Netherlands; was buried in St. Bavo Church, Haarlem, The Netherlands.
- 7. Jacque de Peyster
was born in 1596 in Ghent, Belgium; died about 1655 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
- 8. Lieven de Peyster
was born in 1597 in Ghent, Belgium.
- 9. Marie de Peyster
was born in in Ghent, Belgium.
- 10. Jonas de Peyster
was born in 1599 in Ghent, Belgium; died in 1639 in London, England.
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Generation: 4
13. | Johannes (Jean) de Peyster (6.Jean3, 4.Josse2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born on 28 Apr 1626 in Haarlem, The Netherlands; died about 1685 in New York, New York. Notes:
Biography:
From "The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Vol 9 (1878) p.124:
JAN (or JOHANNES) DE PEYSTER, the ancestor of a distinguished race of noted public men in the civil and military affairs of New York, was born at Harlem, in Holland, and came to New Amsterdam as early as July, 1649. His ancestors were originally from France, of noble descent, and fled to Holland to escape the persecution of Charles IX. against his Protestant subjects. Possessed of a considerable fortune by inheritance, he engaged in mercantile pursuits upon his arrival here, his trading operations being chiefly with the home country, and soon became in wealth and influence one of the prominent men of New Amsterdam. He was a Schepen in 1655-1657, 1658, and 1662; Alderman, 1666, 1667, and 1669; Burgomaster, 1673; Alderman, 1673 and 1676, and Deputy Mayor in 1677, having declined the Mayoralty in that year, on account of his imperfect acquaintance with the English language. It has been supposed he died prior to 1686, but as no mention of his widow's name (as such), who survived him many years, is found till 1689, it is probable his death occurred near the latter date. He married in the Dutch Church in New Amsterdam, Dec. 17. 1651, CORNELIA LUBBERTS, also from Harlem. She was a near relative of the De La Noys, and probably the sister of Marritie Lubberts, wife of Abraham De La Noy, who was keeper of the City tavern in 1652, and the first of that family in New Amsterdam. She made her will Jan. 19, 1699, with two codicils; the first dated Dec. 22, 1711, and the second ___ 17, 1714. It was admitted to probate Sept. 25, 1725. Supposing that to have been the year of her death, and that she was eighteen years old when married, her death must have occurred at the advanced age of 92 years.
Johannes married Cornelia Lubberts van der Elburch on 17 Dec 1651 in Dutch Reformed Church, New York, New York. Cornelia (daughter of Lubbert Arents van der Elburch and Marie MacquƩ) died between 1714 and 1721. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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