Person:Anneke Jans (2)
Anneke Jans
b.1605 Flekkerøy, Vest-Agder, Norway
bur.23 Feb 1663 Beverwyck, New York
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Anneke Jans1605 - 1663
Spouse and Children
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m. 18 Apr 1623
  1. Sara Roelofs1627 - 1693
  2. Catrina Roelofse1629 - 1697
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m. Mar 1638
  1. Willem BogardusAbt 1639 -
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Facts and Events
Name Anneke Jans
Alt Name[1] Annetjie Jans
Gender Female
Birth[2] 1605 Flekkerøy, Vest-Agder, Norway
Marriage 18 Apr 1623 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, NetherlandsAmsterdam Reformed Niew Kerk
to Roeloff Jansen
Marriage Mar 1638 New Amsterdam, New Netherlandto Dominie Everardus Bogardus
Marriage License 21 Jun 1642 New York, United Statesto Dominie Everardus Bogardus
Will[1] Jan 1662/63
Burial[2] 23 Feb 1663 Beverwyck, New York

Set sail March 21, 1630 from the Texel for New Amsterdam (New York) aboard the ship Eendracht, arriving May 24, 1630.

In 1636, her husband Roelof was granted thirty one morgans (62 acres) of land. This presently includes parts of the modern neighborhoods of Greenwich Village, So-Ho and Tribeca in New York City. A plaque in Duane Park at the corner of Duane and Hudson Streets in New York City proclaims it to be the "last remnant of the greensward of the Anneke Jans Farm." It is this farm that the ownership was disputed by her descendants as being improperly conveyed to the Trinity Church Corporation in 1705. The land was granted to Trinity Church in 1705 by the Colonial Governor, Lord Cumbury, as a representative of Queen Anne of England. This questionable Conveyance of ownership of the original property of Anneke Jans became the basis for repeated and hotly contested lawsuits initiated by her descendants to claim their ownership of land that is now worth billions of dollars. Questionable lawyers obtained millions of dollars from them. None of the lawsuits, lasting into the 1920's, was ever settled in favour of the descendants. It is clear that the heirs of Anneke Jans were treated unfairly, but it is also clear that the finality of the courts judgments previously rendered make it impossible to re-file any suits.

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Disproved Ancestry

Over the years many have believed that Anneke Jans was the grandaughter of William the Silent - William I, Prince of Orange, 1533-1584 the father of the Dutch Republic. If true, this connection would have been based upon a morganatic relationship between William I and Annetgen Coch. In this arrangement, two children were presumed born: Sara and Wolfert Webber. Anneke was said to be the daughter of Wolfert Webber. The legend has been questioned, thoroughly researched and disproved.

References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Van Deusen, Albert Harrison. Van Deursen family. (New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Company, 1912)
    2:604.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 New Netherland Connections. (Berkeley, California: Koenig, Dorothy A)
    1:82.
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