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15664. Reynier Sebastiaenszen Van Giesen. Born ca 1640 in Giessen, North Brabant. Reynier Sebastiaenszen died in Bergen, New Jersey in May 1707. Buried on 15 May 1707 in Bergen, New Jersey.

Reynier first married Dircktie Cornelese, second Hendrickje Janse Buys, widow of Cornelis Verwey.

Marriage Record, Hackensack Dutch Reformed Church347
28 Sep 1699. Mr. Reynier Van Gÿsse, widower of Dircktie Cornelese Van Groenland & Hendricktie Buÿs, widow of Cornelis Verweÿ

Check out
1. Descendants of Roelof Van Houten by Herbert S Ackerman 1945
2. The Van Gieson Family in America by Thomas Boslooper 1997
3. History of the City of Paterson and The County of Passaic by William Nelson 1901

From the History of the City of Paterson and the County of Passaic:470
The common ancester of this New Jersey family was Reinier van Giesen, as he usually wrote his name. He was generally called Reynier Bastiaensen, indicating that hisfather's baptismal name was Bastiaen. The appellation assumed by Reinier justifies the inference that he came from Giessen, in North Brabant. This is a village of about 350 inhabitants, but with an antiquity utterly disproportionate to its size, for it is mentioned in history as long ago as A.D. 698, when it already had a church. No record has been found of his arrival in America, the first appearance of his name in our annals being in an agreement dated June 6, 1660, between him and the magistrates of Flatbush, L.I., and the consistory of the Dutch church of that place, wherein he undertook to teach school, perform the duties of court messenger, to ring the bell, keep the church in order, act as precentor, attend to the burial of the dead, and all else that was necessary and proper in the premises. The young man evidently had confidence in his abilities, and was not afraid of work. For these multifarious duties he was to receive an annual salary of two hundred florins ($80), besides perquisites. He was probably the first school master at Flatbush. In a deed given by him, Jan. 6, 1663, for land at Flatbush, he is styled "court attendant." About the time of the execution of this deed he probably removed to Bergen, N. J., where he took the oath of allegiance to the English, in November, 1665. His name is also appended to the remonstrance in 1700, by the people of East Jersey against the Proprietary Government.
His name appeared as a witness to a deed, Nov. 6, 1696, from Hans Dedricks to Jan Adrianse Sip, for Lot No. 11, of the Acquackanonk patent, and it is not unlikely that he was the scrivener who drafted the conveyance.

Reynier Sebastiaenszen first married Dircktje Cornelese Van Groenland. Dircktje Cornelese died in Bergen, New Jersey in Oct 1698. Buried on 17 Oct 1698 in Bergen, New Jersey.

Their children include:

32934i.

Johannes Van Giesen

32935ii.

Magdelena Van Giesen (ca Apr 1659-)

32936iii.

Bastiaen Ryniers Van Giesen (ca 1661-aft 1730)

32937iv.

Isaac Van Giesen (Twin) (ca 1666-)

32938v.

Abraham Ryniers Van Giesen (Twin) (13 Nov 1666-19 Jul 1753)

32939vi.

Anna Maria Van Giesen (ca 1668-bef 3 Aug 1698)

32940vii.

Jacob Van Giesen (ca 1670-13 Apr 1704)

32941viii.

Gysbetje Van Giesen (Died soon) (ca Apr 1673-May 1673)

On 17 Oct 1699 Reynier Sebastiaenszen second married Hendrickje Janse Buys (8826) , daughter of Jan Cornelis Buys (20 Aug 1629-1690) & Eybetje Lubbertse Van Blarcom (3037) (ca 1636-24 Aug 1663), in Bergen Dutch Reformed Church.240 Reynier Van Giesen & Hendrickje Janse Buys. Born on 15 Mar 1654. Marriage bans on 28 Sep 1699 at Hackensack Reformed Church.347

Hendrickje first married Cornelis Verwey, second Reynier Van Giesen as his second wife.

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