Scandinavian immigrants in New York, 1630-1674; with appendices on Scandinavians in Mexico and South America, 1532-1640, Scandinavians in Canada, 1619-1620, Some Scandinavians in New York in the eighteenth century, German immigrants in New York, 1630-1674 . •?^.>. ^- ;topendael I JANS. 91 vation when he died, leaving his widow the arduous task of caringfor a family of five children in a colony hardly settled as «Of Jansens children, Sarah, Katrina and Sofia married in NewNetherland (See the articles following). Annetje died as a (Roelofsen) settled in Schenectady and
Scandinavian immigrants in New York, 1630-1674; with appendices on Scandinavians in Mexico and South America, 1532-1640, Scandinavians in Canada, 1619-1620, Some Scandinavians in New York in the eighteenth century, German immigrants in New York, 1630-1674 . •?^.>. ^- ;topendael I JANS. 91 vation when he died, leaving his widow the arduous task of caringfor a family of five children in a colony hardly settled as «Of Jansens children, Sarah, Katrina and Sofia married in NewNetherland (See the articles following). Annetje died as a (Roelofsen) settled in Schenectady and was killed by theIndians in the massacre of 1690. Jansens widow married again. The Dutch Reformed preach-er in New Amsterdam Everardus Bogardus took her for his wifein 1638. See the article Anneke Jans. Of all Scandinavianimmigrants in early New York she is probably the best known. ANNEKE JANS. Anneke Jans arrived with her husband and three children atNew Amsterdam May 24, 1630. As we have seen in the fore-going sketch, she came from Marstrand, Norway. She was withher husband at Fort Orange until 1634 or 1635 when the familymoved down to New Amsterdam and settled on sixty-two acresof land, which Jansen received in 1636. He died shortly afterwar
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