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On 29 Apr. 1655 he purchased a house and land adjoining that of Jan Dirksen's
in Brooklyn and by 1677 was keeping a tavern here.
On 21 Aug. 1663 he purchased from Cornelis Hendrickse Van Eens
a farm on the West side of the road in Flatbush NY.
In 1667 he is recorded as a member of the Reformed Dutch church of Brooklyn
hailing from the Wallabocht. He is on a patent of Brooklyn in 1677 and took
the oath of allegiance there in 1687.
In 1674 he apparently resided at Norman's Kil, and bought a farm at Kyckuyt
from Claes Claessen Smit. In 1686 he bought the main portion of the farm of
Pieter Ceser Alburtis at the Wallabocht.
He and his wife made a joint will dated 1 Sept. 1680 and probated 20 June
1707. Jan Damen voted at a town meeting in Flatbush NY on 19 Jan. 1703-04
and again on 12 Aug. 1704.
Jan Cornelise Damen was born circa 1636 in Bunnik, Utrecht Netherland. He emigrated from Bunnik, Netherlands circa 1650 and later married Sophia (aka Fytie) Martense. To date no record of him as a passenger on a ship has been found. However an Amsterdam Netherlands notarial document in 1651 has been found where a Jan Cornelisz. van Vechten signed on to come to the New World in the employ of Jacob Stoffels. My research takes the Damen ancestry back four more generations in Holland. This book provides all ancestral details, and follows Jan and Sophia's family down two more generations.
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'To the Right Hon'ble Director-General and Council of New Netherland:
'Shew with due reverence and respect, the undersigned, neighbors
and inhabitants of the village of Breuckelen [Brooklyn], our Honors'
obedient servants, that there lies convenient to us a certain place
near Breuckelen fit to be erected into a new village, for our advantage,
being a woodland (as we) believe (is) known to your Honors, in which
place there is sufficient accommodation whre twenty or thirty persons
can have a suitable place and lot; and as the valleys thereby furnish
no nearer place (than) those adjoining between the 3d and 4th kills,
to supply the cattle with fodder, and is also the nearest spot,
therefore we, the Petitioners, are under the necessity of turning to
your Honors, humbly praying and soliciting that the aforesaid requested
place may be granted to them, each his lot, as the valleys in the hay
season be far from here, and they seek the nearest, in order to bring
in the grass dry and in good condition (with God's blessing), for the
preservation of the cattle, and all that is annexed thereto, that
appertains to the farmers. Awaiting, therefore, a favorable answer,
if your Honors the Director-General and Council, in your wise discretion,
shall vouchsafe to grant the same, we remain your Honors' obedient servants.
Sources you may wish to consult for further details on the DAMEN family are:
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New Netherland Settlers: The Damen Family: Ancestors and Descendants of Jan Cornelise Damen & Sophia Martens
