Jacob Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt

• Name	Jacob Thyssen Lanen Van Pelt
  Birth	of New Utrecht, Long Island, New York, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	of Freehold, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States
  Person ID	I5660	Petersen-de Lanskoy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2026

  
  

  Father	Matthys Jansen Lanen Van Pelt,   b. of Liege, Belgium d. Abt 1676, of New Utrecht, Long Island, New York, United States
  Mother	Adrientje Hendricks   d. of New Utrecht, Long Island, New York, United States
  Marriage	of Utrecht, Netherlands
  Family ID	F2504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  RESEARCH_NOTES: 1. The book “Genealogy of the Family of Longstreet with Its Related Families…,” by Edward Mayes (Tuttle Antiquarian Books, Inc., Rutland, VT; 1989?), pp. D37-D39: “MATTHYS JANSEN LANEN VAN PELT that is Matthias the son of John, was generally called Thys Jansen, and signed his own name as "Thys Jansen Van Pelt." He immigrated, along with his brother, Tennis Jansen, from Liege, in 1663. His wife died on the passage: but he brought over safely four children. His coming, as already remarked, was only in the year before the seizure of the province by the English; but it was fourteen years prior to the organization of the congregation at New Utrecht, of which account was given. Coming from Liege, and being a Walloon, it is matter for interesting speculation as to what motives drove him and his brother into the wilderness and a new world. The Dutch did not come to this country, like the Puritans, forced, by religious persecution: for at home the Protestant religion was established triumphantly. But they were a trading nation, and they came to trade; they were also an agricultural people, and they came to acquire broad acres of freehold, which there was little chance to get at home. With the Walloons, however, it was not so. The settlement of 1625, known to have been moved by aspiration after spiritual freedom, at Wallabout, will be remembered. They were under Spanish dominion, the most terrible of fanaticisms. But after all, while we may wonder, we cannot tell what brought over the two brothers, with their wives and ten children. Matthvs settled in New Utrecht, and his name appears on the assessment rails of that village for the years 1675 and 1676. He married a second wife, Adrientje Hendricks, who after his death married Cornelis Wynhard. Since his name is not included in the list of the congregation of New Utrecht for 1677, and his widow married Wynhard in 1683, it is probable that he died in the latter part of 1676 or early in 1677. His four oldest children, were by the first marriage; the seven youngest by the second. They are as follows: (1) Anthoine, or Anthony; born in 1646, and came over with his father. Resided in New Utrecht in 1693. (2) Teuntje (or Tryntje) Thyssen; born in 1648, married Jan Janse Van Dyck, member of N. Ut. Church in 1680. Married May 9, 1673, lived on farm adjoining Brooklyn line. Issue. (1) Catalyntje, bapt. Nov. 13, 1681, mar. Gerret Ketteltas; (2) John, mar. Martha Griggs; (3) Matthys, bapt. Nov. 4, 1683, died 1749; (4) Tryntje, mar. Daniel Hendricksen; (5) Angenietje, bapt. Apl. 29, 1686, mar. Simon De Hart, Jr.; (6) Jannetje, mar. Rutgert van Brunt. (3) Hendrick Thyssen, born (supposed) in 1650. Came over with his father, Mar. 1st., Sept. 23, 1679. Annatie Tileman Vander Meyer; 2nd. Apl. 25, 1699. Marritje Bennet, widow of Johannes C. Schaers. Died about 1693. Issue, (1) Tileman. bap. Dec. 12, 1680; (2) Thys, bap. May 13, 1683; (3) Mayke. bap. Apl. 23, 1693. (4) Gysbrecht Thyssen, of whom hereafter. (5) Annetje Thyssen: married Jurian Lootman of Esopus. (6) Jan Thyssen. A minor in 1683: took oath of allegiance in 1687 as a native. Married Aeltie, daughter of Gerrit Cornelise Vat Duyn. At one period resided in Newtown. Issue: (1) Gerrit, bap. Oct. 30, 1695, died young; (2) Thys, bapt. Sept. 19, 1708; (3) Jackamintje. (7) Jacob Thyssen. A minor in 1683; took the oath in 1687 as a native. Supposed he had a son John who owned a farm at Bay Ridge, and died in 1766. A Jacob Lane (supposed to be this man) and his wife, Elizabeth Barkeloo, were members of the R. D. Church of Freehold, N. Jersey, in 1709. (8) Adrien Thyssen, or Arie Thyssen. Of New Utrecht. Married Marrytje Smack. On census of 1698: but in 1700 was residing in Middletown, N. Jersey. Issue: Jannetje; Geertruy; and Hendrick, bap. in 1707, in New York. (9) Pieter Thyssen. Took the oath in 1687 as a native. Was assessed in New Utrecht in 1706 for 49 acres of land. Married Barbara Houlten. Issue. Teunis; Matys; Maria; Catryna; and Rebecca. (10) Jannetje Thyssen; married Tunis Idense. (11) Lysbeth Thyssen: married Anthoni Jachum, of Bushwick.”