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Jan
Gerritse
Jan Gerritse was born during the 1670s. He was the son of Gerrit and Anna Jans Ryerse. He was known by the patronymic "Gerritse."
In
1694, he was identified as a shoemaker who had a
tan pit on the south side of the "little creek." He inherited that property from his father. He later held an additional lot in Rensselaerswyck. The census of 1697 placed him alone in a third ward house next to that of his widowed mother.
He
was a member of the Albany Dutch church which sanctioned
his marriage to tailor's daughter Christina Pruyn
in 1706. She died after only one son. Then in his
forties, by 1713, he had married widow Maria Winne
Vandenbergh. By 1722, she had given birth to three
Gerritse children.
He
served as an assessor for the first ward in 1702
and 1703. In 1715, he was identified as a private
in John Mingal's company of the Albany County Militia.
Five years later, he was listed on a freeholder's
list.
Jan
Gerritse died in November 1725 and was buried under
the church. His widow was still living in 1745.
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Sources: The life of Jan Gerritse is CAP biography number
6008. This profile is derived chiefly from family
and community-based resources.
By Stefan Bielinski, Colonial Albany Social History Project [http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/albany]
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