Jan Aertsen Vanderbilt

Dutch colonist to the Dutch Colony after 1625.

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Jan Aertsen VANDERBILT

• Sex: M
• Birth: 1627 in Bilt, Utrecht , Netherlands
• Death: 2 FEB 1704/05 in Bergen Town , NJ at age 77
• Burial: ABT. 2 FEB 1704/05 Bergen, Hudson Co., NJ
• Immigration: 1650 Immigrant Jan Aertsen Vanderbilt arrives from der Bilt, Holland 1
• Residence: 1694 Bergen, NJ

"His mark to documents resembles a window sash with four panes of glass. T. Bergen, Pg. 321.

Not sure how accurate the following is:

"Jan Aertsen Vanderbilt was born circa 1627 in Utrecht, Holland (which is very near a town call de Bilt. (Vander = from, or of the) and immigrated to an unknown destination in 1640.

"He married Anneken Hendricks (b. Bergen, Norway - d. about 1655) on Feb 6, 1650 and had three children: Geertje Janse born before 1650, Aris Janse born before 1651 died 1715, Marritje Janse born bef 1651.

"Jan was also married to Dieber Cornelis (probably before 1680 but after 1656). They had Jacob Janse Vanderbilt who married Mary Vandervliet and had 5 children: Jan, Jacob (born 1694), Derrick (b. 1696), Antje (b. after 1696) and Hendrick (b. 1705).

"Jan married Magdalena Hanse, 11 Dec 1680 in Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY. Their son Jan Janse, married Helena Lefferts and had a daughter, Abigail.

"Jan died 2 Feb 1705/1706 in Bergen, Hudson, New Jersey at the age of 77."

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Genealogist George O. Zabriskie believes the birth place of Bergen for 1st wife Annetje Hendricks is a transcription error. He places her with sisters Belitje Hendrickse and Geertje Hendrickse from Arnelm in Gederland.

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from page 229-230 of The Social History of Flatbush: And Manners and Customs of the Dutch ... By Mrs. Gertrude Lefferts Vanderbilt

An old paper, bearing date 1661, conveying the farm on which he lived to Jan vande Bilt, signed by Governor Stuyvesant, is still in possession of the family.

The pleasantest portion of the original Vanderbilt farm is now inclosed within the boundaries of Prospect Park. The highest point there was formerly known as Vanderbilt's Hill. It commands a more extended view than any other spot in the Park. The hill next, on which is the carriage-drive or Concourse, was also a portion of the Vanderbilt farm.

This family are descended from Jan Aertson Vanderbilt, or Jan Aerson from the Bild or Bilt. This, according to Mr. T. G. Bergen, was a manor in the province of Friesland, in the Netherlands. The family tradition, however, is to the effect that this ancestor came from the Baltic—Jan van de Belt having that signification. This is strengthened by the fact that his first wife, Anneken, whom he married February 6, 1650, was from Bergen in Norway. [SIC: see comment above]

• page 4 of Dutch Reformed Marriage Records of New Amsterdam & New York City by Robert L. Billard. "1650 06 Feb; Jan Arentsen van der Bilt, jm; Anneken Hendricks, jd van Bergen in Noorwegen"
• Reference: WikiTree Genealogy - SmartCopy: Dec 11 2016, 7:53:01 UTC

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Rand, Jean M. Some Descendants of Jan Aertsen Vanderbilt. Baltimore (1001 N. Calvert St., Baltimore 21202): Gateway Press, 1991.

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Jul 1 2018, 22:45:45 UTC

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Jan was the immigrant ancestor of the family van der Bilt (Vanderbilt). According to Virkus' Compendium of American Genealogy:

He came from Bilt or der Bilt, nr Zeyst, Friesland, Holland, to New Amsterdam, ca.1650; settled at Flatbush, Long Island; to Bergen, New Jersey ante 1694; m. 1650, Anneken Hendricks (b. Bergen, Norway); m. 2nd Dierber Cornelis; m. 3rd 1681, Magdalena Hanse, widow of Hendrick Jansen Spier. [1]
According to Jean M. Rand's Some descendants of Jan Aertsen Vanderbilt:

"Jan emigrated, perhaps from Bilt, 3 miles east of Utrecht, Holland, to New Amsterdam where he was indentured, October 12, 1640 to Peter Wolfertsen Van Couvenhoven for 3 years. In 1643 he participated in Indian fighting in the area. In 1663 he lived in New Amsterdam. On June 16, 1666 in Midwout (Flatbush), Brooklyn, N. Y. he made his mark as witness to a land deed of Hendrick Kip and on December 16, 1666 he witnessed the guardianship of the late Jan Claesz's children. On February 5, 1667 he mortgaged a bouwery of his in Flushing, Queens, NY to Nicholas de Meyer; and in 1683, was on the Rate List of Flatbush where in the same year he, his son, Aris Janse, and 2 others were named Overseers. In 1694 he owned land in Bergen (Jersey City),N.J. He died there, 2 Feb 1705." [2]
The second wife of Jan Aertsen Vanderbilt was Divertje Cornelis, wdiow of Lubbert Gysbertsen. They lived on Long Island, at or near Midwout [Flatbush]. Her date of death is not known, but her widower [Jan Aertsen Vanderbilt] married 11 December 1681 (by banns of 7 November at Flatbush and 11 November at Bergen) Magdaleentje Hannsen, widow of Harman Eduarsz. Harman Eduarsz' first wife had been Jannetje Hendricks Oosteroom, one of Divertje's granddaughters. Lubbert Gysbertsen and his wife Divertje Cornelis had seven children [the last b. abt. 1641].[3]

Third he married Magdalena Hanse/Jans Van Swol, former wife of Hendrick Jansen Spier.