Individual Details
Jan Gerritsen De Fries Van Dolzen Captain
( - 10 Sep 1647)
Events
| Death | 10 Sep 1647 | At Sea Off Wales, England |  | ||
| Death | 9 Oct 1647 | At Sea |  | | |
| Marriage | <1646> | | |||
| Alt name | Jan Gerritsen Van Dalfsen De Fries (De Vries)) | | |||
| Title (Nobility) | Captain | | |||
| Birth | Friesland, , Holland | | |||
| Name | | |
Families
| Spouse | Elara ( - ) |
| Child | Jan Gerritsen Van Dolzen Captain (1647 - 1687) |
Notes
Death
Died: Sept. 10, 1647. Drowned in a shipwreck of the vessel. The Princess, OffWales. Was a Dutch Army Captain. App[ears in New Amsterdam, records of
the Reformed Dutch Church (New York) in May 1640, and then again in 1644,
having arrived there from Brazil. A colorful Character, he aided in the
defense of the city, and sat in court on disputed claims. He fought with
then Director Kieft, and was sent back to Holland by Director Peter
Stuyvessant as a witness against Kieft, in 1647. It was that journey
that was his demise. He left a son in New Amsterdam in the care of Elara,
the Creloe, the child's mother, named Jan. (see below)
Name
The family name of Dolson (Dolsen) came from Van Dalfsen. (from Dalfsen, Holland)Endnotes
1. Compiler: Douglas Elmer Field, Family Records of Douglas Elmer Field, Books #1 & #2..
2. GEDCOM file submitted by 579773.ged. Imported on 4 December 2011..
3. Kent Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society, "The Dolsen Family History", Roots Branches and Twigs", Vol. 17, No. 3, 1994, Kent Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society, Chatham, Ontario, Canada. (Extract from Dolsen Family History letter from Edna Elizabeth Dolsen Swann, of Aberdeen, Saskatchewan, in 1980 sent to Gladys Irene Cook Campbell of Portland, Oregon. Published in "ROOTS BRANCHES AND TWIGS", Kent Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. Vol. 17 No. 3, 1994. pg Kn-58-94).
4. GEDCOM file submitted by 579773.ged. Imported on 4 December 2011..
5. GEDCOM file submitted by 579773.ged. Imported on 4 December 2011..
6. GEDCOM file submitted by 579773.ged. Imported on 4 December 2011..
7. GEDCOM file submitted by 579773.ged. Imported on 4 December 2011..
8. Compiler: Douglas Elmer Field, Family Records of Douglas Elmer Field, Books #1 & #2..
9. GEDCOM file submitted by 579773.ged. Imported on 4 December 2011..
10. GEDCOM file submitted by 579773.ged. Imported on 4 December 2011..