| Jan Gerritse Dorlandt | Immigrant Ancestor | see FAMILY TREE |
Born: Abt. 1640 Netherlands
Married: Abt. 1666 first wife
Married: Abt. 1669 Annetje Remsen
Died: Abt. 1711 Bedford, Kings, New York
FATHER
WIVES
Unknown
CHILDREN with first wife
1. Gertie Dorlandt
b. Abt. 1667
named as half sister in will of her brother Jan Dorland's son
Jan Dorlandt in 1754
CHILDREN with Annetje Remsen
1. Gerret Janse Dorlandt
b. Abt. 1670
m. 20 May 1692 Jannetje Schenck
witness to baptism of Isaac Lott 27 Oct 1704, son of Abraham
Lott and wife Geertie (8)
2. Rem Dorlandt
b. Abt 1672
m. Anna Gerrets Snediker
witness to baptism of Harmtje Dorland 30 May 1695, daughter
of Gerret Lambertse Dorland and Marytje (8)
3. Geertje Dorlandt
bap. 19 Aug 1674
m. 2 Aug 1695 Abraham Lott
4. Marytje Dorlandt
b. Abt. 1675
m. Abt. 1694 Gerret Lambertse Dorland
d. Abt. 1751
witness to baptism of Jacob Dorland 21 Jun 1716, son of
Abraham Lott and Sara (second wife after the death of Geertje Dorland) (8)
witness to baptism of Merritje Dorland 28 Mar 1725, son of
Jan Darlandt and Catherine (grandson of Jan Dorland and Marritje Cornelis van
der Veer) (8)
5. Jannetje Dorlandt
b. Abt. 1676
m. Rijck Hendricksen Suydam
Rijk Hendricksen was witness to the baptism of Lena Dorland
12 Oct 1714, daughter of Marytje and her husband, Gerret Dorland (8)
6. Jan Dorlandt
b. Abt. 1677
m Abt. 1701 Marritje Cornelius van der Veer
d. Bef. May 1713 when his wife was listed as widow on list of
freeholders in Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York. (9)
7. Styntje Dorlandt
b. Abt. 1680
m. Jacob Martense Ryerson
8. Catryntie Dorlandt
b. Abt. 1683
m. Isaac Snedicker
d. Aft. 1750
9. Antje Dorlandt
b. Abt. 1685
10. Abraham Dorlandt
Abt. 1690
Jan Gerritse Dorland
by Susan Brooke
May 2021
According to the Oath of Allegiance taken in Kings County NY in September
1687, Jan Gerritse Dorland had immigrated to New York in 1652. (1) It is
estimated that he was born about 1640 which would make him about 12 years old
when he arrived. By looking at the patronymics of others in the area, Gerret
Gerretz Dorland and Styntje Gerrits Dorland appears to be his siblings. (2) His
brother, Gerret Dorland, is also listed in the 1687 Oath of Allegiance as
"Native." When this brother, Gerret Dorland, was deposed in 1741 he
gave his age as 86 making him born about about 1655, fifteen years after the
birth of Jan Gerritse Dorland, and three years after the family had emigrated to
New Amsterdam.
Jan Gerritse married Anna Remsen about 1669. (3) They had several children, but
only one baptismal record has been found. When their daughter Geertje was
baptized in 1674 the witnesses were Annetje's father, "Rem Janssen from Breuklen",
and Annetje's sister "Hille Remsen".
Lambert Janson Dorland, a probable cousin of
Jan Gerritse Dorland, came to New York in 1663. He married Hermetie Pieters and
when they baptized their daughter Elsie on 12 May 1678, one of the witnesses was
Annetje Rems, wife of Jan Gerritse Dorland. (5)
Jan settled first near the present Fulton Street Ferry. His property in 1683 was
valued at £123. (6) He was then living on 20 morgens of land, in Bedford on the
road from the ferry to Flatbush, which was a little under 40 acres of land.
In 1687 he was elected commissioner of Brooklyn. By 1692 their children
were starting to marry and Jan was a witness at the baptism for the infants born
to five of his children: Rem, Jannetje, Jan, Styntje and Marytje Dorland. (7)
Sources
(1)
Oath of Allegiance September 1687
Jan Gerrise Dorland 35 Jeare
Gerret Dorland Native
(2) Patronymics of siblings
1682 May 25 Marriage of "Gerrit Gerritz Dorland to Cor. Beauvois" Flatbush,
Kings, NY
1683 Dec 23 Marriage of "Gerrit Stryker to Styntje Gerrits Dorland" Flatbush,
Kings, NY
(3)
North American Histories
"Remmert Jansen Vanderbeek died in 1681, probably intestate. In 1683 his
property was assessed to his widow. April 10, 1696, his children, Joris
Remsen, Rem Remsen, Jacob Remsen, Jan Dorlant (who m. Anna
Remsen), Aris Vanderbilt (who m. Hildegonde or Hilletje Remsen), Joseph Hegeman
(who m. Femmetje Remsen), Gerret Hansen (Van Nostrand) (who m. Jannetje Remsen),
Elbert Adriaensen (who m. Cateline Remsen), and Marten Adriaensen (who m. Sarah
Remsen), conveyed their father's plantation at the Wallebocht, --- to Isaac
Remsen and Jeremias Remsen, their brothers."
(4) Baptisms of Children of Jan Gerretse Dorland
(5) Baptisms of Dutch Reform Church, Brooklyn
1678 May 12 Lammert Dorlant, Elsie: Witnesses Thomas Lammertz and Annetie Rems
(6)
The Dorland Family in America, by John Dorland Cremer, 1898
pg 37
26 Sep 1683 "Valuation of Breuckelen"
(7) Jan Dorland is witness to baptisms of his grandchildren
1695
Jun 8 Rem Dorlant, Antie Dorland: Elsje, Witnesses: Jan Gerrits Dorlant, Elsje
Snedeker
1701 Feb 2 Rijk Hendrickze and Jannetje, his wife: Henricks: Witnesses: Jan
Dorlandt and Eytje Hendrickze
1701 Jul 27 Jan Dorland and Marytje van der Veer, Jan: Witnesses Jan Dorland and
Trintje van der Veer
1704 Nov 14 Gerrit Dorlandt and Marytje: Annetje, Witnesses: Jan Dorlandt and Lena Dorlandt
(8) Baptisms where siblings are witnesses
1695 Dec 30 Gerret Dorland and Marytje: Harmtje, Witnesses: Rem Dorland and Bennetje
1704 Oct 27 Abraham Lodt and Geertie: Isaac, Witnesses: Gerret Dorlandt and Catharyntie Lodt
1716 June 21 Abraham Lott and Sara: Jacob, Witnesses: Douwe van Ditmar and Marytie Dorlandt. Dutch Reform Church Jamaica
1725 Mar 28 Jan Dorlant and Catherine: Marritje, Witnesses: Gerrit Dorlant and Marretje his wife." New Utrecht Church, Brooklyn
(9) Brouwer Genealogy
"d:
wedúwe Jan dorlant, Junr was
on the list of freeholders in the township of Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York.