Person:Jan Dekker (3)

Jan Gerritson Dekker
m. 23 Mar 1664
  1. Gerrit Dekker1665 -
  2. Hendrick Jansen DekkerBef 1667 - 1757
  3. Jacob DekkerAbt 1670 -
  4. Harman Decker1673 -
  5. Johannes Dekker1675 - Aft 1754
Facts and Events
Name Jan Gerritson Dekker
Alt Name Jan Gerritsen Dekker
Gender Male
Birth? Abt 1640 Gelderland, NetherlandsHeernden
Marriage 23 Mar 1664 Kingston, Ulster, New York, United StatesKingston RDC
to Grietje Hendricks Westercamp
Death? 1717 Port Jervis, Deerpark, Orange, New York

From the Kingston marriage register: 23 March 1664 Jan Gerretsen, j.m., of Herden, and Grietjen Hendricks Westercamp, of [New] Amsterdam in Nieunederlant [New Netherland], both residing here [in Wiltwyck, now Kingston]. "Est nec virgo nec vidua." First publication of banns, 9 March; second, 16 March; third, 23 March.

Est nec virgo nec vidua. Latin for "Neither a virgin nor a widow." This refers to the fact that Grietje was the mother of an illegitimate child.