Descendants of Jan Jansen Van Breestede
of New Amsterdam

Van Breestede

Generation #1

Jan Janssen Van Breestede of New Amsterdam

Jan Jansen Van Breestede was born in about 1596 in Bredstedt, Duchy of Schleswig (now Germany). In 1621, Jan Jansen married Engeltje Jans b. c. 1600 in the Duchy of Schleswig.

Jan Janssen and Engeltje and children immigrated to New Amsterdam in about 1624. Born in Breestede, Jan Janssen was probably the son of Dutch merchants. And as a son of merchants, immigration to the newly founded colony presented an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a wonderful business opportunity.

Corporate profit was the leading cause of early colonization from Northern Europe. Whereas the Spanish and Portuguese sailed for conquest and to spread Catholicism, English and Dutch merchants organized parties of colonists to settle their corporate colonies. Circumstantial evidence leads to the belief that Jan Janssen was an employee of the Dutch West Indies Company; as he was appointed to Peter Minuit's Council in 1626.

Jan Janssen and Engeltje lived their lives in New Amsterdam, raising five children. But Jan Janssen died before 1641. Engeltje married again on 9/1/1641 to Egbert Wouters b. c. 1600 in the Dutch Republic. Engeltje was last recorded in a New Amsterdam baptism on 5/15/1673 and died sometime thereafter.

The following men were appointed as Minuit's council. This council had supreme executive and legislative authority in the colony: Jan Janssen Brouwer (Brewer).
Dutch Reformed Church, Manhattan NY:
1641 01 Sep; Egbert Wouters, jm van Yselsteyn;
Engel Jan van Breestede, wid van Jan Janszen.

Dutch Reformed Church, Manhattan NY: 3/3/1658

Parents Child Sponsors
Andries Hoppe
Geertie Hendricks
Mattheus &
Abbertus
Lambert Huybertszen Mol, Arie Corneliszen,
Christina Harmens, Engeltje Wouters

Dutch Reformed Church, Manhattan NY: 5/15/1673

Parents Child Sponsors
Hendrick Wesselszen
Jannetie Jans
Jan Jan Breestede
Engeltje Wouters

    Children

    1. Elsje Jansen Van Breestede b. c. 1622 Breestede, Duchy of Schleswig

    2. Jan Jansen Van Breestede 

Dutch Reformed Church, Manhattan NY:
1647 01 Nov; Jan Janszen, jm van Breestede;
Marritje Lucas, jd van N. Amsterd .

Dutch Reformed Church, Manhattan NY: 7/19/1748

Parents Child Sponsors
Jan Janszen Van Breestede Jannettie Andries Lucaszen
Engeltje Jans Van Breestede
Elsje Ariaens

    3. Tryntje Jansen Van Breestede

Dutch Reformed Church, Manhattan NY:
1646 03 Jun; Ruth Jacobszen, jm van Renselaerswyck;
Tryntje Janszen, jd van Breestede

    4. Dorothea Jansen Van Breestede

Dutch Reformed Church, Manhattan NY:
1650 19 Apr; Volckert Janszen, jm van Frederickstadt;
Dorothea Jans, jd van Breestede

    5. Frans Jansen Van Breestede b. c. 1630 in New Amsterdam

Generation #2

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