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Jan Wybesse Or Wybes SPOOR
b.1640
Facts and Events
| Name[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] |
Jan Wybesse Or Wybes SPOOR |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
1640 |
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| Alt Birth? |
1640 |
Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands |
| Christening? |
5 Jul 1640 |
Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands |
| Immigration? |
Abt 1650 |
From Holland to the Hudson River Valley |
| Occupation? |
1662 |
farm servant |
| Residence? |
1662 |
Niskayuna, Albany, NY |
| Marriage |
Abt 1678 |
to Anna Maria HANSE-BARHEIT |
| Reference Number |
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Anna Maria HANSE-BARHEIT |
| Death[8] |
Aft 11 Aug 1723 |
Linlithgo, Columbia, NY |
| Alt Death? |
1723 |
Linlithgow, Columbia, Ny |
| Alt Death[9] |
Aft 11 Aug 1723 |
Linlithgo, Columbia, NY |
| Reference Number |
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3436 |
The word Spoor is the Dutch for track or trail and as a common noun is used to designate the traces left by an animal or man in the sand, the mud or the snow. The name as applied to a family is a common one today in Holland, but when or how it came to be applied either to the Dutch or to the American family now bearing that name is lost in obscurity.
In the original Dutch, the name is pronounced as though it were spelled Spore, the Dutch oo being like our long o sound, and it is probable that this pronunciation will account for the change in spelling the name to Spore, which appears in several branches of the family. Spur is also the German equivalent of the Dutch Spoor.
The Spoors in general have been tall and stalwart figures, in the earlier generations frequently attaining a height of more than six feet. They have manifested the Dutch virtues of industry, frugality and probity, and have been the solid men in the communities in which they have lived. FROM: Spoor Family
From: A SKETCH OF SOME OF THE PROMINENT FAMILIES OF THE TOWN OF DANUBE
The Spoor family is of Fresian origin, the original immigrant having
been Jan Wybesee Von Harlingen who came to the New Netherlands
prior to 1662. He first settled in the Catskills and afterwards in
Niskayuna. One of his daughters was a victim of the Schenectady massacre in 1690
From-Collections on History of Albany
Spoor, alias Wybesse, Jan, of Niskayuna; in 1662, Jan Wybesse Van Harlingen, farm
servant, bought of Christoffel Davidts 16 morgens of land over the kil at Catskill, lying next
Eldert Gerbertse Cruiff's land. In 1698, he owned land at Niskayuna, which he sold to
Johannes Schuyler for 120. His wife was Anna Maria Hanse. Ch: bp.; Antje; she was killed
and burnt at Schenectady by the French and Indians Feb. 9, 1690; Saartje, Dec. 3, 1684;
Nicolaas, April 27, 1690; Annetje, June 7, 1691; Rebecca, April 22, 1694; Rachel, Jan.
31, 1697.
The last record of Jan Spoor was in Aug of 1723. At this date he was recorded as a member of the Linlithgow church in Columbia County, New York. His burial place has not been found and it is believed that it was probably sunk below plow area, as were many other family plots of that time, to make way for agriculture.
References
- ↑ Collections on History of Albany.
- ↑ The Spoor Family in America by Marie A. Underwood.
- ↑ The Personalities of Melvin Hill Cemetery by David Burnisky 1995.
- ↑ Collections on History of Albany.
- ↑ The Spoor Family in America by Marie A. Underwood.
- ↑ The Personalities of Melvin Hill Cemetery by David Burnisky 1995.
- ↑ The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Ancestral File (R) (14). (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).
- ↑ The Spoor Family in America by Marie A. Underwood.
- ↑ The Spoor Family in America by Marie A. Underwood.
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