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Descendants of Jan Thomasse Van Dyck

Generation No. 2

2. THOMAS JANSE² VAN DYCK (JAN THOMASSE¹) (Source: Notes on the Van Dyck Ancestry, by Joseph North Van Dyck, Origin of Family--Biographical Sketches of Hendrick and Cornelis Van Dyck--The Genealogical Record of the First Four Generations of the Family in America.) was born 1580 in Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands, and died 1665 in The Netherlands. He married SYTJE DIRKS (Source: Notes on the Van Dyck Ancestry, by Joseph North Van Dyck.) in The Netherlands. She was born 1584 in Amsterdam, North Holland, The Netherlands, and died Unknown.

Notes for THOMAS JANSE VAN DYCK:
The Van Dyck Family Name: The family name has been found spelled in eleven different ways in the old records. Strangely, in the old court records of the Province of Utrecht, one finds it recorded as DIJK; also, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, the Patroon, in letters adressed to Governor-General Kieft, spelled it likewise. Today, most descendants have adopted the anglicised forms VAN DYKE or VAN DYCK. The family can trace its origin back to an early Germanic tribe, found by the Roman army in its conquest of Belgic Gaul, occupying a part of the present Holland, especially the Island called Batavia, formed by that branch of the Rhine which empties into the sea near Leyden, together with the rivers Waal and Maas. Caesar, in his 'Commentaries' refers to this tribe as 'The Batavii', and their home as 'Island of the Batavians', now geographically designated 'Bommel-er-Waard'. After the sixth century, the name 'Batavians' disappears, to be replaced by the name 'Friesians'. Later, or during the era when members of the Van Dyck Family migrated to the New Netherland, we find them residing in the City of UTRECHT, in the Province of the same name, of which it is the capital. An early historian has recorded that, "the family had long been considered one of the best of the Burgher families in the Province of Utrecht." The first Member of the family to arrive in New Netherland was HENDRIK (Hendrick) THOMASSE VAN DYCK. He was a native of Utrecht, being the son of Thomas Janse Van Dyck and wife Sytie Dirks. They were also the parents of two other sons, all of whom eventually came to New Netherland.

More About THOMAS VAN DYCK and SYTJE DIRKS:
Marriage: The Netherlands

Children of THOMAS VAN DYCK and SYTJE DIRKS are:

3.	i.	JAN THOMASSE³ VAN DYCK, b. 1605, Utrecht, Holland; d. 1673, Brueckelen, Long Island, New York.
	ii.	NICKLAS THOMASSE VAN DYCK, b. Abt. 1607; d. Unknown.
4.	iii.	HENDRIK THOMASSE VAN DYCK, b. 1617, Utrecht, The Netherlands; d. 1687, New York City, New York, USA.

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