Individual Details

Harmen Janse KNICKERBOCKER {K-1}

(Abt 1655 - 1714)

Events

Birth	Abt 1655	Janse or Jansen means "son of Jan". Several men were called Harman Janse in Duchess County. Extreme skepticism should be applied to anyone claiming to know this man's roots.
Knick References	1655	Harmen Janse is discussed in many reports on knic.com. See, for example, "The Many Names of Harmen Janse Knickerbocker." See also the Van Alstyne history from NYGBR (available as a PDF on knic.com).
Knick Lineage	1655	1. Harman Janse (which we often shorten to "HJ"). This was the first person ever called "Kenickerbacker".
Knick Generation Number	1655	1
Residence	1704	Dutchess County, New York, USA
Residence	1710	Dutchess County, New York, United States
Death	1714	Date of Harmen's death, 1714, is from court records. (Peter Knickerbocker testified in a lawsuit related to the boundaries of his father's property. See Law Records of Alexander Hamilton, Volume 3.) - Tivoli, Dutchess County, New York, USA
Burial	1714	When Cornelius Knickerbocker sold his inheritance in what is now called Tivoli, the deed noted that his father Harmen Janse Knickerbocker was buried in a small burying ground there. - Tivoli, Dutchess County, New York, USA
Residence	1714	Dutchess County Census - Dutchess County, NY
Extra information	1718	In 1718, Dutchess County imposed a property tax. The largest assessment was on the widow of Harmen Janse Knickerbocker. This is proves that Harmen Janse Knickerbocker died before 1718. - Dutchesss County, New York
Extra information	1784	In 1784, Peter Knickerbocker gave an affidavit for a dispute over the south border of the Livingston Patent (now Columbia Co). Peter stated that his father died in 1714.
Knick Family, NYGBR	1908	Person [1] in Van Alstyne's numbering system. NYGBR, 1908/1909.
Probate		This is the will of Harmen Janse "Knickerbocker" in the original Dutch. (See page 124 of the filmstrip.) - Albany, New York, USA

Families

Spouse	Lysbet Janse BOGAERT (1659 - )
Child	Johannes 1st Harmense KNICKERBOCKER {K-2} (1679 - 1749)
Child	Jaenntie KNICKERBOCKER {K-3} (1680 - )
Child	Infant dy KNICKERBOCKER {K-4} (1681 - 1682)
Child	Lourens Lawrence KNICKERBOCKER {K-5} (1685 - 1766)
Child	Cornelius KNICKERBOCKER {K-6} (1692 - 1776)
Child	Cornelia KNICKERBOCKER {K-7} (1695 - )
Child	Everett KNICKERBOCKER {K-8} (1699 - )
Child	Peter KNICKERBOCKER {K-10} (1702 - )

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