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Descendants of Richard Duyts

Generation No. 2

2. LAURENS² DUYTS (RICHARD¹) was born 1610 in Holstein, Denmark, and died 01/16/1667-68 in HUDSON CITY, NJ. He married GEERTJE JANSEN 01/01/1665-66 in Bergen, NJ. She was born 1612 in Oldenburg, Germany, and died WFT Est. 1670-1736.

Notes for LAURENS DUYTS:
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0268, Date of Import: Jan 30, 2000]

IMMIGRANT ANCESTOR, LAURENS DUYTS ARRIVED IN THE COLONY
OF NEW NETHERLANDS IN 1639. HE CAME TO AMERICA ON THE SHIP
"DE BRANT VAN TROGEN" OR "FIRE OF TROY." HE HAD BEEN BORN IN
HOLSTEIN (PRESENT DAY DENMARK, THEN IT WAS PART OF THE
NETHERLANDS) IN 1610. WHEN HE ARRIVED HE GOT A JOB HELPING
CLEAR 500 ACRES OF LAND WHICH HAD BEEN PURCHASED FROM THE
INDIANS BY JONAS BRONK. THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN BRONK AND HIS
2 WORKERS STILL EXISTS. BRONK WAS TO ADVANCE 121 FLORINS TO
PAY THEIR BOARD UPON THE SHIP. BY THIS AGREEMENT LAURENS
DUYTS WAS A PIONEER OF THE AREA WHICH TODAY IS THE BOROUGH
OF THE BRONX IN NEW YORK CITY.
LAURENS DUYTS WAS COMMONLY KNOWN AS "LAURENS GROOTSCHOE"
OR "BIG SHOE". HE MARRIED YTIE JANSEN AND THEY HAD 3 CHILDREN.
HE WAS BANISHED FROM THE COLONY IN 1658, FROM THE BOOK
SCANDINAVIAN IMMIGRANTS IN NEW YORK 1630-1574, IT SAYS HIS MORAL
LIFE DOES NOT DESERVE MENTION, "BIG SHOE" TRAMPLED UPON THE
LAWS OF DECENCY HE RECEIVED A MOST SEVERE SENTENCE FROM
STUYVESANTA ON NOVEMBER 25, 1685 FOR SELLING HIS WIFE, YTIE
JANSEN, AND FORCING HER TO LIVE IN ADULTERY WITH ANOTHER MAN
AND FOR LIVING HIMSELF, ALSO IN ADULTERY, HE WAS TO HAVE A ROPE
TIED AROUND HIS NECK, AND THEN BE SEVERELY FLOGGED, TO HAVE HIS
RIGHT EAR CUT OFF, AND BE BANISHED FOR 50 YEARS.
LAURENS DIED AT BERGEN, NEW JERSEY AROUND 1668.

LDS LIBRARY GIVES BIRTH DATE OF 1610, HOLLAND, MARRIED YTIE JANSEN AND FATHER RICHARD DUYTS[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 4, Ed. 1, Tree #3379, Date of Import: Jan 29, 2000]

Duyts-Dye Family History:

Other spellings: Laurens Duytszen, Laurents Duyts, Laurens Duytts

He came to America's shores in 1639 by way of Holland, as a passenger on board the ship "deBrant van Trogan", or Fire of Troy. The ship came into habour at New Amsterdam whose name was then New Netherland.
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 4, Ed. 1, Tree #3379, Date of Import: Jun 21, 1999]

Duyts-Dye Family History:

Other spellings: Laurens Duytszen, Laurents Duyts, Laurens Duytts

He came to America's shores in 1639 by way of Holland, as a passenger on board the ship "deBrant van Trogan", or Fire of Troy. The ship came into habour at New Amsterdam whose name was then New Netherland.

Notes for GEERTJE JANSEN:
[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 5, Ed. 1, Tree #0268, Date of Import: Jan 30, 2000]

BIRTHDATE FROM LDS LIBRARY

More About LAURENS DUYTS and GEERTJE JANSEN:
Marriage: 01/01/1665-66, Bergen, NJ

Children of LAURENS DUYTS and GEERTJE JANSEN are:

	i.	MARGARET³ DUYTS, b. Abt. 12/23/1639, New Amsterdam; d. WFT Est. 1640-1733.
	ii.	JAN LAURENS DUYTS, b. Abt. 03/31/1641; d. WFT Est. 1642-1731.
3.	iii.	HANS LAURENSZEN DYE, b. 09/28/1644, New Amsterdam, NY; d. Abt. 1708, On Staten Island, NY.
4.	iv.	HANS LAURENSEN (LAURENS) (DUYTS) DEY, b. 09/28/1644, New Amsterdam; d. Abt. 1706, Staten Island, New York.
	v.	CATREYN DUYTS, b. Abt. 04/14/1667, Bergen, NJ; d. WFT Est. 1668-1761.

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