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Descendants of Christoffel VanSant

Generation No. 1

1. CHRISTOFFEL¹ VANSANT was born Abt. 1618 in Kleverins, Germany, and died September 1655 in New Amsterdam, New York (Manhattan Island). He married (1) MOEDER GERRITS June 16, 1643 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, daughter of GERRIT JANSZEN and VROUTGEN PIETERS. She was born Abt. 1623 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and died July 1644 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He married (2) TRIJNTJE CLAES September 24, 1645 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, daughter of CLAES PIETERSZ and GIERTJE HEEREN.. She was born Abt. 1617 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and died Aft. 1687.

Notes for CHRISTOFFEL VANSANT:
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Arrived in New York in 1651. He was a cloth worker, perished in the attack of the Indians in 1655, ("The Peach War"). The Indian trouble developed in September 1655 when Governor Stuyvesant and most of his armed forces were on the Delaware subduing the Swedes, and Indians swarmed into New Amsterdam to avenge the slaying of a squaw for stealing peaches. After hours of harassing the inhabitants, killing several of the watch and wounding the burgher who shot the owman, the warriors crossed to the Jersey shore and captured or slew most of the Dutch settlers found there. The next day they moved on to Staten Island and continued to pillage and kill.

The origin of the name Van Sandt is believed to come from Xanten, Germany.

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More About CHRISTOFFEL VANSANT:
Cause of Death: Killed in an Indian attack on New Amsteram.
Immigration: September 1655, New York City, NY (New Amsterdam)

Notes for MOEDER GERRITS:
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The register of St. Anthonis Cemetery, Amsterdam, shows the burial on July 14, 1644 of Moedertien Gers, leaving one child. The child was named in honor of her father.

She was baptized November 1623 in the Lutheran Church, Amsterdam, the sponsor, Ytgen Gerrits.

More About MOEDER GERRITS:
Burial: July 17, 1644, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Christening: November 02, 1623, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Notes for TRIJNTJE CLAES:
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Trijn, daughter of Claes Pieterz and Giertje Heeren, was baptised January 1619 in the New Church, with Annetje Gerrits as sponsor. Trijn's parents marraige intention was recorded October 11, 1614.

Child of CHRISTOFFEL VANSANT and MOEDER GERRITS is:

GERRET STOFFELSE² VANSANT, b. 1644, Amsterdam or Zandberg, Netherlands; d. Bef. June 20, 1706, Bensalem Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania.

Child of CHRISTOFFEL VANSANT and TRIJNTJE CLAES is:

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CLAESTIEN² STOFFELSZEN, b. 1646.

Notes for CLAESTIEN STOFFELSZEN:
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Baptized 9/16/1646, undoubtedly died young.

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