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Marcellus
Jans Van Bommel
Marcellus Jans came from Bommel in Gelderland, Holland. He was the founder of the Marselis family of early Albany.
In
February 1655, he was a Beverwyck tavern owner who
was fined for being open on Sunday. In 1661, he was
identified as a "corporal" and on the payroll of the West India Company. Beginning In 1677, he was paid an annual stipend as the Albany "rattle watchman."
During
the 1660s, 70s, and 80s, he acquired and traded numerous
parcels of land in Albany and its hinterland. He
also was a frequent litigant and witness before the
Albany court.
In
1697, his house was enumerated on the census of Albany
householders.
His
wife was Anna Gerrits. In 1690, five of their children
were named in his will. They took the surname "Marselis." In 1683,
he was a member of the Albany Dutch church.
Marcellus
Jans Van Bommel was dead by 1700. His wife was alive
when he filed his will in 1690.
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Sources: The life of Marcellus Jans Van Bommel is CAP biography number 731.
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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