Person:Daniel Van Antwerpen (20)

DANIEL JANSE, born in 1635, was in Beverwyck in 1661, when he agreed to serve Adriaan Appel for one year, for 35 beavers (112 dollars), and found. Soon after Schenectady was settled, he became possessed of the Third flat on the south side of the Mohawk River, about 8 miles above Schenectady; in 1706 he sold the west half of his bouwery (63a., 79 rods) to his neighbor Jan Pieterse Mebie. His village lot was on the east side of Church Street, next north of the present church lot, and was 108 feet wide in front, and 206 feet deep, wood measure. In 1676 he was one of the five magistrates; in 1701 supervisor of the town. His wife was Maria, dau. of Simon Groot. Ch: Jan; Simon; Arent; Daniel; Pieter; Neeltje, bp. July 27, 1690, m. Andries De Graaf; Rebecca, bp. Dec. 25, 1692, m. Johannes Fort; Maria, bp. Jan. 3, 1695, m. Nicolaas Fort.

1. ↑ Pearson, Jonathan. Contributions for the Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany, from 1630 to 1800. (Albany, New York: J. Munsell, 1872).
2. ↑ Pearson, Jonathan. Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady, from 1662 to 1800. (Albany, New York: J. Munsell, 1873).
3. ↑ Pearson, Jonathan. Contributions for the Genealogies of the Descendants of the First Settlers of the Patent and City of Schenectady, from 1662 to 1800. (Albany, New York: J. Munsell, 1873).