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Descendants of Jan Garretson Decker




Generation No. 1


1. JAN GARRETSON1 DECKER was born 1638 in Heerden, Germany, and died 1717 in Port Jervis, New York. He married GRIETJEN HENDRICKS WESTCAMP 1664 in Esopus (New York suburb), daughter of HENDRICK JANSE and FEMMETJE ALBERTSE.

Notes for J
AN GARRETSON DECKER:

Was originator of modern Decker family line of Grayson County, Kentucky. Born in Heerden Germany, which was in the German State of Upper Gellderland, near the Rhine River. When the 30 year war was over this state became a part of the Netherlands. (Holland) and live in teens and young adult.
Arrived in New Amsterdam, in about 1660 now New York.

Buried in Port Jarvis, New York.



More About J
AN DECKER and GRIETJEN WESTCAMP:
Marriage: 1664, Esopus (New York suburb)
     
Children of J
AN DECKER and GRIETJEN WESTCAMP are:
  i.   DECKER2.
  ii.   DECKER.
2. iii.   GERRET JANSEN DECKER, b. 1665.
3. iv.   HENDRICK DECKER, b. 1667, New Amsterdam (New York); d. 1717, New Amsterdam (New York).
4. v.   HERMANUS DECKER, b. 1673.
5. vi.   JOHANNES DECKER, b. 1675.


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