Willemtje Jacobs Decker

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• 1668 11 May; Jan Cornelissen, of Gottenborgh, Sweden, jm; Willemtie Jacobs, wid Albert Gerritsen.

M3

• 1679 24 Dec; Jan Broersse Decker, wid Heiltie Jacobs, liv Marbletown; Willemtie Jacobs, wid Jan Cornelisse, of Gottenburgh, liv Kingston

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Jan Broersen was from Husum. As early as 1644, he, as a young man, served Jacob Hay (Huys) in the West Indies. He later came to New Netherland. We find him at Esopus (today: Kingston) in May, 1658, when he and other settlers of this place made an agreement to remove their dwellings and form a village. In March, 1660, Broersen served as a soldier at Esopus. Jan Broersen married Heltje Jacobs. They had the children: Gaerleff, baptized at Kingston (Esopus), February 26, 1662; Grietje, August 31, 1664; Maddelen, June 27, 1666; Fitie, June 18, 1671. His wife was deceased December 24, 1679, when Broersen married Willemtje Jacobs, who had been married to Albert Geritsen and to Jan Cornelissen, a Swede from Göteborg. In 1673, Jan Broersen was nominated magistrate by the inhabitants of Horly and Marble. The Governor accordingly appointed him a magistrate and notified the inhabitants of it in a letter of October 6, 1673. Besides being magistrate Broersen was also lieutenant of the militia.