Person:Auke Van Nuys (1)

Alternative parentage

An alternative set of parents is given for Auke Janszen in numerous web-pages and gedcoms. Little original documentation is given in most cases. In these versions Auke's father is said to be a man by the name of Jan Goosen, born 1581 in Dakkam, Friesland, Netherlands. Auke's mother is named as being Ebelken Hermans who is said to have been born 1578 in Borkum, Germany. The parents are said to have been married Dec. 24, 1606. No dates are given for their deaths and no places are listed for the marriage or for their deaths. The source, if any is given at all, is said to be a book by Guy E. Van Nice, "A Continuation of the 1916 Van Nuys Genealogy", published in 1991. No further documentation is given. So far no documentation has been found to support this information.

Instead Jan Aukes has been listed as a speculative father as he does appear as a witness at the baptism of Auke and Magdaleen's first son, Jan Aukes, who, presumably was named in honor of his grandfather.

1. ↑ New York. Surrogate's Court (New York County); New York. Prerogative Court; Robert H Kelby; and William Smith Pelletreau. Abstracts of wills on file in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York, 1665-1801. (New York, New York: Printed for the New York Historical Society, 1893-1909 [i.e. 1913])
   1:294-295;16:31.

   Original transcription in vol. 1 had some errors which were corrected in vol. 16. Source page provides link to FHL catalog entry to download files of these volumes.

2. ↑ Will of Auke Jansen Van Nuys, in Pelletreau, William. Will of Auke Jansen Van Nuys. (Abstracts of Wills on File in the Surrogate's Office, City of New York)
   1:294-295;16:31.

   Transcription of the abstracted text of the will can be found at the above link.