. 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. Larason (Larsen), was a Danish nobleman, compelledto flee and lose his estates by confiscation on account of a con-spiracy, in 1660, because of taxes. He fled to Scotland, and, hear-ing that a price was set on his head, came to America, and pur-chased a large tract, about 1,700 acres, near Brooklyn, L. I. * Year Book of the Holland Society
. 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. Larason (Larsen), was a Danish nobleman, compelledto flee and lose his estates by confiscation on account of a con-spiracy, in 1660, because of taxes. He fled to Scotland, and, hear-ing that a price was set on his head, came to America, and pur-chased a large tract, about 1,700 acres, near Brooklyn, L. I. * Year Book of the Holland Society of New York, 1900, p. 178. 246 DANISH IMMIGEANTS IN NEW YORK, 1630-1674. John Larason is on the rate list of Newton, L. I., 1683. Heprobably married, (1) May 22, 1688, Jemima Halsey; (2) Decem-ber 22, 1686, the widow Mary Howell. He died at Chester (?),N. J., at an advanced age. He probably had a son. Larason may be a corruption of Lauridsen, or an as-sumed name. Larasen often occurs in older Norwegian records. Catharine Larason, who was married in 1779; Anne Larason,married in 1768; David Larason, married in September, 1780;James Larason, married in 1783 (see New Jersey Archives, FirstSeries, XXH., pp. 236, 247), may be descendants of John RIBE, ABOUT THE CLOSE OF THE SIXTEENTH Braunius: Theatrum urbium. I must add that this information is given mainly on the author-ity of Theodore Freylinghuysen Chambers. The flight of Lara-son, as well as the price on his head, would perhaps throw someinteresting light on the so-called Revolution in Denmark in 1660,when the nobility lost their power and the king was made an abso-lute monarch. The flight, if at all historic, must have been dueto something else than a conspiracy connected with the changein the government of Denmark in 1660.^^^ 7\ JAN LAURENS. Jan Laurens, from Ribe, in Denmark, is on the list of sol-diers who were to sail to New Amsterdam, April 15, 1660, on the 578 Theodore F. Chambers, The Early Germa
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