ID: ind03947
Name: Teunis Dirckse VANVECHTEN
Given Name: Teunis Dirckse
Nickname: Poentie
Surname: VanVechten
Sex: M
Birth: 1610 1
Baptism: 2
Death: JAN 1685
Age: 75y
Note: b. Vechten, Utrecht Province, HOL; d. Albany, Albany Co., NY; Teunis Dirckse VanVechten immigrated before 1628 from The Netherlands to the Rensselaer Colony along the Hudson River in New Netherlands. He returned to The Netherlands about 1632 to marry. The family returned to the Rensselaer colony in 1638 to America from Vechte, Holland with his first wife (unknown name), one child and two servants on "The Armes of Norway"; they settled in Greenbush, opposite Albany and had a farm in 1648, north of the farm of his brother, Teunis Cornelisen VanVechten; Teunis Dirckse "was spoken of as an old inhabitant in 1663" and "took an active part in the councils and management of the affairs of the colonies" -- source: The Genealogical Records of the VanVechten's; [R065] A Career Woman in 17th Century New York (Hester Jans); [R110] The Genealogical Records of the VanVechtens from 1638 to 1896 >> www.fonda.org <<
Father: _ALLIED FAMILIES_
Marriage 1
Hester Douw JANS b: 1615
- Married:
21 MAR 1670
Religious Marriage
Marriage 2
unknown b: 1620
Children
Cornelis Teunisz VANVECHTEN b: 01 SEP 1640 Gerrit Teunisz VANVECHTEN b: 16 SEP 1647 Sources:
- Title: A Career Woman in 17th Century New York (Hester Jans)
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record Fonda Family Publication: New York, NY Issue: F17 Edition: Vol. 95, No. 5 (July 1964), pp.129-137 Note: FondaHester
- Title: The Genealogical Records of the VanVechtens from 1638 to 1896
Allied Families Publication: Milwaukee, WI Publisher: Radtke Bros. & Kortsch Publication Date: 1896 Issue: A90 Edition: 126 pgs. Author: VanVechten, Peter Note: AlliedVanVechten
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