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Guleyn Vigne | Immigrant Ancestor | see FAMILY TREE |
Born: Abt. 1590 Valenciennes, France
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Married: Before Abt. 1610
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Died: Between 1634 - 7 May 1638 New Netherlands |
WIFE
CHILDREN
1. Maria Vigne
b. Abt. 1612
m.
Abt. 1631 Jan Ross
m. Abt. 1632 Abraham Isaacszen Ver
Planck
2. Christina Vigne
b. Abt. 1614
m. Abt. 1630 Dirck Volkertszen
3. Gudyen Vigne
b. Abt. 1616
4. Rachel Vigne
bap. 2 Sep 1618 Leiden
5. Abraham Vigne
bap 26 Sep 1619 Leiden
6. Sara Vigne
bap. 26 Sep 1619 Leiden
7.Abraham Vigne
bap. 26 Dec 1621 Leiden
8. Rachel Vigne
bap. 19 Mar 1623
m. 1639 Cornelius Van Tienhoven
9. Johannes (Jan) Vignes
b. Abt. 1624
m. Emmerentje Gosens
m. Weiske Huytes
d. 1689
Guleyn Vigne
by Susan Brooke
Mar 2021
Guleyn Vigne was born Abt. 1590 in Valenciennes, France
and married Adrienne Cuvellier about 1610. They were protestant Walloons
being prosecuted for their religious beliefs. They fled to Leiden, Holland
with their first three born children and were attending the Walloon Church in
Leiden in 1618 when their daughter, Rachel, was baptized. Five of their children
were baptized in that church. It is worth noting that one of the witnesses
to the baptism of their 2nd daughter Rachel in 1623 was "Marguerite Vigne."
(1)
The Vignes were one of 30
Walloon families selected by the Dutch West India Company to establish a
permanent settlement in New Netherlands. They are believed to have sailed from
Holland in April of 1624 on the "Nieuw Nederlandt" or on the "Eendracht." (2) At
that time they had three daughters, Maria, Christina and one year old Rachel who
had just been baptized in Leiden in 1623. Their son Jan was born shortly
after their arrival making him the first male born of Europeans in New
Amsterdam. (3)
The Vignes established their Manhattan farm north of what is now Wall Street,
along the East River. (4) Guleyn Vigne owned that land that the New York Stock
Exchange now stands on.
Guleyn died sometime after 1634 and before 7 May 1638
when a prenuptial agreement was signed by his widow, Adrienne Cuvellier. (5)
Adrienne married Jan Janszen Damen in 1638 and moved into his home on the other
side of the Wall.
Sources
(1) Baptisms of children in Leiden
1618 Sep 2; Rachel, daughter of Ghilain Vignier and his wife. Witnesses: Antoine Hardewin and his wife, Ghilain Hardewin and Gertrude Quinze
1619 Sep 26 Abraham and Sara, children of Gileyn Vinoist and Adrienne Cuvelier (image 78)
1621 Dec 26 Abraham, son of Guillain Vivier and Adrienne Cuvelier, Witnesses: Charie Bailieu and Jean Collas and the wife of Jean Adam (image 103)
1623 Mar 19 Rachel, daughter of Guillain Vigne. Witnesses: Henri Lambert, Pierre de Fache and Marguerite Vigne (image 113)
Other Baptisms in Leiden
1617 Oct 3 Jenne Prevost, daughter of Abraham Prevost and Marie Cuvelier; Witnesses: Jenne Cuvelier, Margueritte Allard, Sidrach Crauwein, Pierre Tauris (image 67)
1622 Apr 24 Elisabeth, daughter of Jean du Vivier and Marguerite le Prest, Witnesses: Gerasrdt Bourgeois, Elisabeth Roban, Marguerite Carlier, Abraham du Vivier (image 106)
1624 Nov 17 Joachim Cuvelier, son of George Cuvelier and Anthoinette; Witnesses: Marguerite Rousse, Jean Fournie, Anthoine Herbij, Thoinette Lamoij (image 127)
(2)
Sailed 1624
Ghislain and Adrienne (Cuvellier) Vigne and their children Marie, Christine, and
Rachel were on either Niew Nederland or De Eendracht, as their son Jan would be
the first male child born in the new colony.
(3) Wikitree
Jan's honor to be the first-born male was well-known and is recorded in
The Journal of Jasper Danckaers, (ed. by Bartlett Burleigh James and J. Franklin
Jameson, New York, 1913). Excerpt from entry of 23 Sep 1679, translation
from Dutch: "We Conversed with the first male born of Europeans in New
Netherland, named Jean Vigne. His parents were from Valenciennes and he
was now about sixty-five years of age." Danckaerts overestimated or
miscopied Jan Vigne's age - he would have been about 55, and not 65, in 1679 -
but the presence of Jan's wife, more than 70 years old, could have thrown them
off if they were guessing. His true age is roughly substantiated by the fact
that Jan was still in school in 1635, according to a prenuptial agreement in
which his future step-father promised to feed and clothe him and ensure he
attended school. At one time there was also a bronze plaque in the Town Hall,
naming him as the first-born. The first European child born in New York was Sara
Rapalje, daughter of Joris Janszen Rapalje and Catalina Trico, in June 1625.
(5) Word Document found on Ancestry.com
"Dirck Volgersen Noorman and Ariaentje Cevelyn, his wife's mother, came before us in order to enter into an agreement with her children whom she has borne by her lawful husband Willem Vienje, settling on Maria Vienje and Christina Vienje, both married persons, on each the sum of two hundred guilders ... and on Resel Vienje and Jan Vienje, both minor children, also as their portion of their father's estate, on each the sum of three hundred guilders; with this provision that she and her future lawful husband, Jan Jansen Damen, shall be bound to bring up the above named two children until they attain their majority, and be bound to clothe and rear the aforesaid children, to keep them at school and to give them a good trade, as parents ought to do." This agreement was dated "the last of April 1632," but was not recorded until 7 May 1638. [New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Volume 1, ed. and trans. by Arnold J. F. Van Laer. Baltimore, 1974, The editor, Van Laer, was of the opinion that the year 1632, given as the date of the document, is probably wrong and should be 1635 or later. The document was certified by William Wyman, blacksmith, and Jan Thomaisen Groen, and witnessed by Jacob Albertsen Planck who arrived in New Amsterdam in 1634 on the "Eendracht."]
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