Jean Casier (1645 - 1709)

Born 1645 in Martinique Isle, West Indies

Husband of Lysbeth Janse Damen — married 14 Dec 1679 in RDC, Flatbush, New York, NY

Descendants

Died 1709 at about age 64 in Staten Island, Richmond County, Province of New York

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Biography

Jean's father, Phillippe Casier, was originally from Picardy, France, and fled with wife Marie and family to the Island of Martinique in the West Indies where they remained about ten years. Martinique became increasingly undesirable for the Huguenots and by 1645 the family returned to Calais, then to Sluis, Flanders, then fled to Mannheim in the lower Palatinate of Germany, before finally departing in 1660 from Calais in the ship The Golden Otter that took them to Harlem on Manhattan Island.

Name

Jean Casier

Birth

Martinique Isle

Marriage

Husband of Lysbeth Janse Damen — married January 1680 in New York, NY

Church Records

1679 14 Dec; Jean Casier, ym of Martinique liv S.I.; Lisbeth Jans Damen, yd of Bkln liv Bushwick ^[1]

1680 01 Jan; Jan Casie, jm van Martenico op't Staten Eylt; Lysbeth Jans Damen, jd van N. Breuckelen, woonende tot Boswyck. ^[2]

Will, notes on

26 Dec 1709 John "Cashire" of Staten Island, being sick, named wife Susanah 40 pounds and 2 beds and the best room in the new dwelling house for life if she remains his widow otherwise she is to have only 12 pounds per annum, named children: eldest son Philip to have one-half the estate and lands, younger son Peter the other half, Sophia 10 pounds, Elizabeth 200 pounds. Sons Philip and Peter executors. Proved 24 Jan 1710. New York Wills page 35-6.^[3]

Death

1709/1710 Staten Island, NY

Occupation & Legal

Baker

Jan Cassjer, pltf. v/s Alexander Watts, deft. Pltf. demands from deft. the proceeds of 1 25 lbs. of biscuit according to handwriting of deft. to his brother Jacques Cassjer and requests payment. Deft. says, the ship is wrecked ; also that the pltf. must run the risk of the bread etc. Deft is ordered to pay the 125 lb demanded or the value thereof at the price here, with costs.^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Brooklyn and Flatbush NY, Book 72 - RDC Flatbush original church records on ancestry.com https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/6961/42037_2421401696_0511-00164?pid=80559
2. ↑ Marriage Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York From Samuel S. Purple's 'Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York Marriages from 11 December 1639 to 26 August 1801. http://longislandgenealogy.com/Marriage/MARR.HTM
3. ↑ Early New York Wills page 35-6 https://ia902704.us.archive.org/24/items/abstractswillso07kellgoog/abstractswillso07kellgoog.pdf
4. ↑ https://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=morrvoort&id=I17708 citing The Records of New Amsterdam, vol 3, pg 72

See also: NJGS. "Casier: Casier, Jan (Jean)" njgsbc.org. Accessed 16 Oct 2016. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/

Acknowledgments

• This person was created through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged on 13 September 2010.
• This person was created on 06 January 2010 through the import of gl120368.ged