Born: 18 Aug 1629 New Amsterdam

Married: 21 Dec 1642  in New Amsterdam

Died: Aft May 1694

FATHER

Joris Rapalje

MOTHER

Catalyna Trico

HUSBAND

Rem Jansen

CHILDREN

1. Annetje Remsen
    bap. 12 Mar 1645  Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam
    m. Abt. 1669 Jan Gerritse Dorland
    d. 1690 Bedford, Westchester, NY

2. Belitie Remsen
    bap 20 Jan 1647 Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam

3. Jan Remsen
    bap. 12 Jan 1648 Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam
    m. 11 Dec 1681 Martha Janse Damen in Brooklyn, Kings, NY                        
    d.  Aug 1696 Church Records.
"From Marta for the use of the shroud for her husband Yan Remsen  8 g.
 fhl film 17663 image 398

4. Joris Remsen
    bap. 2 Feb 1650 Amsterdam, Montgomery Co., NY Colony
    m. 2 Mar 1684 Femmentje Dirksen Woertmanin in Flatbush, Kings, NY

5. Rem Remsen
    bap. 2 Dec 1652 probably in Beverwijck (Albany, New York)
    m. Marretje Janse Vanderbilt
    d. 7 Dec 1742 Bergen, Hudson, NJ 

6. Hillitje Remsen
    bap. 16 Sep 1653 Beverwijck (Albany, New York)
    m. 21 Oct 1677Aris Jansz Vanderbilt at Amersfort, Kings, NY
    d. AFt. 1713

7. Catalina Remse
    bap. 4 Oct 1655
    m. 18 Apr 1689 Elbert Adriaensen in Flatbush,
    m. 1704 Cornelis Hoogland 

8. Femmetje Remsen
    bap. 1 Aug 1657 Brooklyn, Kings, NY
     m. 21 Oct 1677 Joseph Hegeman
    d. 1745

9. Jannetje Remsen
    b. Abt. 1659
    m. 20 Apr 1685  Gerret Hansen va Nostrand  in Brooklyn, Kings, NY

10. Jacob Remsen
    bap. 19 Mar 1662
    m. 13 Aug 1687 Geertruyt Dirckse van der Vliet in Flatbush, Kings, NY

11. Jeronimus Remsen
    b. Abt. 1664 Wallabout, New Netherlands
    m. 1688 Catalina Cornelis Berrien

12. Daniel Remsen
    b. Abt. 1665
    m. Jannetje Jans Ditmars
    d. Feb 1736 Flatbush, Kings, NY

13. Abraham Remsen
    bap. 16 Sep 1667
    m. Antje Aerts Middagh
    d. 13 Dec 1752 Newtown, Queens, NY

14. Sarah Remsen
    bap 6 Dec 1670
    m. Marten Adriaensen Ryersen
    d. 30 Apr 1723 Flatbush, Kings, NY

15. Isaac Remsen
    bap. 16 Sep 1673
    m. Sarah Pieters Monfoort

16. Jeremias Remsen
    bap. 10 Sep 1675
    m. 26 Sep 1698 Heyltje Christoffels Probasco
    d. 3 Jul 1757 Brooklyn, Kings, NY

Jannetje Rapalje
by Susan Brooke
Jun 2021

Jannetje Rapalje was born in New Amsterdam on 18 Aug 1629. (1) Her parents, Joris Rapalje and Catalyna Trico, had come to New Amsterdam in 1624.  When Jannetje was only thirteen years old she married Rem Jansen on 21 Dec 1642. (2) And her first child, Sara Rapalje, was born 12 Mar 1645, when Jannetje was still five months shy of her sixteenth birthday. (3) She and Rem Jansen had sixteen children over a range of thirty years. In fact she was having children even after some of her grandchildren had been born.  In an age when many women died in childbirth, Jannetje survived and outlived her husband.  Rem died in 1681when Jannetje was fifty-two and her youngest child was six years old.  Jannetje was actively involved in the baptisms of children of her siblings and Rem's siblings.  In 1682 she was a witness for her brother, Jeronimus. She was also a witness for baptisms of babies named Rem born to her husband's siblings, Jan and Hillitie. (4)
In 1683 some of her husband's property was assessed to her. (5) And in 1694 she and some of her children were conveying land to two other children: Isaac and Jeremiah. (6) After that there is no record of Jannetje Rapalje.

Sources

(1) The American Genealogist by George E McCracken Vol 35 no 4, October 1959, pg 196-7
Children of Joris Janszen Rapalje and Catalyntje Jeronymous Trico
1. Sara, b. Albany, 9 June 1625, baptisms not found
2. Marratie, b. Albany or New Amsterdam, 18 Aug. 1627, baptism not found
3. Jannetie, b. New Amsterdam, 18 Aug. 1629, baptism not found.
4. Judith, b. New Amsterdam, 5 July 1635, baptism not found.
5. Jan, b. New Amsterdam, 28 Aug. 1637, baptism not found
6. Jacob, b. New Amsterdam, 28 May 1639, baptism not found.
7. Catalyntje, b. 28 Mar. 1641, bapt. 29 Mar. 1641.
8. Jeronymus, b. 27 June 1643, bapt. 28 June 1643.
9. Annetje, b 8 Feb. 1646, bapt. 11 Feb. 1646.
10. Elisabeth, b. 27 Mar. 1648, bapt. 29 Mar. 1648.
11. Daniel, b. 29 Dec. 1650, bapt. 1 Jan. 1651.

(2) Marriages of New Amsterdam

1642 Dec 21 Remmet Janszen, j.m. Van Jeveren, en Janneken Rapalje, j.d. Van N. Nederl

1645 Mar 12; Rem Janszen; Annetje; Witnesses Joris Rappalje, Catalyn Joris, Margrietje Hendricks

1647 Jan 20; Rem Janszen Smit; Belitje; Witnesses Joris Rappalje, Catalina Trico

1648 Feb 09; Rem Janszen; Jan; Witnesses Michiel Pauluszen, Hendrick Willemszen, Backer, Sara Rapalje

1673 Sep 16; Rem Janszen, Jannetje Joris; Isaac; Witnesses Jeremias Janszen, Geesje Jans 

(4) Witness at baptisms

Baptisms of Dutch Reform Church, New Amsterdam

1643 Jun 28; Joris Rappalje; Jeronymus; Hans Hanszen, Rem Janszen, Jannetje Rappalje

Baptisms of Dutch Reform Church, Flatbush

1678 Oct 20; at Midwout Joseph Hegeman, Femmetje Rems; Jannetje; Witnesses Jannetje Joris Rapailie, Rem Jansz (source fhl film 17663 image 10)
1679 Dec 26; Joris Hansz Bergen, Sara Stryker; Lammertje; Witnesses Jannetie Joris Rapelye, Jan Striker
1682 Apr 01; Hieronymus de Rapelie, Annetje Tunis; Hieronymus; Witnnesses Dirk Jansze Veerman, Jannetie Joriz Rapelje
1682 Oct 06; Jan Remsz, Martha Damen; Rem: Witnesses Jan Damen, Jannetie Rems.
1683 Oct 21; Jan Remsz, Martha Jans; Rem; Witnesses Jan Damen, Jannetie Rapelye

Baptisms in Brooklyn
1686 Aug 29; Ares Janse VandeBilt, Hillitje Remsen; Rem; Witnesses Jan Aertsen Vanderbilt, Jannetje Remsen

(5) 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."

(6) The Bogart Family Chapter by Tunis Gysbert Bogaert and his descendants.  Compiled by John Albert Bogart, 1959   V History of the Bogart property at the Wallabout, in Bushwick and Brooklyn, page 81-82
The settlement of Bedford where Tunis and Aert T. Middagh acquired 100 acres of land in 1654, dates from the year 1662 when Joris Jansen Rapalje, Tunis Gysbert Bogaert, Cornelius Jacobsen, Hendrick Sweers and Michael Hans Bergen, asked the governor for a grant of unoccupied woodland situated in the rear of Rapalje's farm. The governor made the grant with the stipulation that the inhabitants should not make a new hamlet.  It is evident that the petition was granted, but according to the records of New Amsterdam, there seems to be no indication of the extent of the property given to Bogaert and his associates.  If Bogaert received a portion of this land as claimed, the files of the Secretary of State at Albany, New York do not reveal any title or conveyance to him.  Woodlots were often granted in those day on a temporary, utility basis, especially when virgin woods were available or adjacent to occupied property of the settlers.
In view of the foregoing, we shall confine the history of the Bogaert property to the western part originally granted to Hans Hansen Bergen, the evolution of which began in 1662 when a part of it was sold to Rem Vanderbeek.  In 1698, Bogaert willed or transferred the greater part of it to his son Gysbert T. Bogaert.  From this point on it descended through a chain of circumstances until it was gradually disposed of by the family over many years.  The details of these transactions reveal some interesting events in which the property was subjected to successive ownership.
In 1694, Rem Vanderbeek's widow, Jannetje Rapalje and her children, conveyed the property to two of their number, Isaac and Jeremiah Remsen.  In 1704, Isaac sold his share of the estate to his brother Jeremiah Remsen who thus became the sold owner of the paternal farm.  At the time of the conveyance of Vanderbeek in 1694, Tunis Gysbert Bogaert was still in possession of the greater part of the original Bergen tract, Remsen's property (Vanderbeek's) being bounded on the north by Bogaert's land as indicated on the map.