Laurens Duyts, a Dane, born in Holstein in 1610, was the progenitor of one of the Dye families in America.
Laurens Duyts arrived in America in July of 1639, on the "Fire of Troy", a private armed vessel, engaged at Hoorn, Holland by Captain Jochiem Pietersen Kuyter. Kuyter, a Danish gentleman, was accompanied by his friend and countryman, Jonas Bronck. All were perhaps fugitives from the Thirty Years War, drawn at first by the promise of freedom and opportunity to Holland. But, as conditions there became more unsettled and trade declined, they along with a multitude of other expatriates, looked toward New Netherland which was extolled as beyond the finest country in the world, where everything can be produced that is grown in France or the Baltic and whose young settlements were free from all tyranny and the corruption of European society. Kuyter shipped a large cargo of cattle aboard the ship, and he and Bronck were accompanied by their families and many herdsmen, farmers and several laborers. [This shipload must have made an impact of sorts on the community of New Amsterdam, which, at the time, was estimated to have had a population of under one thousand.]
Kuyter immediately obtained a grant of about four hundred acres, bordering on the Great Kill (Harlem River) from about the present 127 Street to 140th Street in New York City.(4) Bronck settled directly opposite his friend's land on five hundred acres purchased from the Indians and now part of the borough of the Bronx. (5) Laurens Duyts and Pieter Andriessen, (6) also a passenger on the Fire of Troy, leased portions of Bronck's land, July 21, 1639, for three years, to be used for raising tobacco and maize, from the proceeds of which they were to reimburse Bronck the one hundred and twenty-one florins for their passage, which he had originally paid on their behalf. They were to clear and cultivate a fresh spot every two years for the raising of their tobacco and maize, and then that spot was to return to Mr. Bronck for the planting of grain.
Laurens Duyts was frequently on the move, what might be called "an itinerant farmer," leasing the land he tilled. Nicknamed Laurens Grootschoe (big shoe), he was often quarreling with other residents and in trouble with Dutch authorities. His name appears in the court records of New Amsterdam on more than fifteen occasions between 1643 and 1658. The culmination of his courtroom experiences occurred on November 25, 1658, when Pieter Stuyvesant rendered one of the severest verdicts in New Netherland history:
For selling his wife, Ytie Jansen, and forcing her to live in adultery with another man and for living himself also in adultery, he was to have a rope tied around his neck, and then to be severely flogged, to have his right ear cut off, and be banished for fifty years.
He went to Bergen, New Jersey and died there
(1) He died January 14, and was buried on January 16, 1666 at the Dutch Reformed Church burial ground in Bergen (now Jersey City), New Jersey.
He married first, about 1639, Ijtie "Ytie" Jans, perhaps a sister of Gerrit Jansen of Oldenburg, Holstein, who was a sponsor for her daughter Margaret's baptism. Ytie was still living in 1684.
On November 25, 1658, she was sentenced to a whipping and banishment for living in adultery with Jan Parcell. John Parcell, alias Borcher, of Huntingdonshire, Eng., for living in adultery with Ytie Jans, to be placed at the whipping post with two rods in his arms, to be banished for 20 years, and pay a fine of 100 guilders ($40), with costs. A petition submitted to the Council on December 12, 1658 by John Parcell and Ytie Jans, two sorrowful sinners, ask for pardon and leave to marry. The Council allowed them to remain three months to settle their affairs, but must separate from each other at once.
Official records become strangely silent at this point, but Jan must have found a way to marry Ytie, since a wife by that name survived him and was his widow in 1684.
They provided a home for their children from previous marriages and at least two of their own. (2) On June 13, 1674, Ytie was named as a sponsor at the baptism of Catharine, daughter of son Hans.
Jan Parcell died in 1677, his will proved on September 28, of that year. Ytie, along with step-sons John and Thomas Parcell, appear on the rate list of Newtown in 1683.
In March 1684 she petitioned the Council concerning a dispute over lands near Gravesend - the last time her name appears in the public records.
His second wife was Grietje Jans, said to be the sister of his first wife. Their banns of marriage were proclaimed for the first time on December 3, 1665. After three proclamations, Lourens Duyts and Grietje Jans were married on January 1, 1666, in Bergen, New Jersey. Theirs was the first marriage recorded at the Bergen Dutch church. [1]
Grietje survived her husband and testified in the New York court on January 25, 1668. Perhaps a fitting epitaph is the fact that even after death his name appeared in the court minutes. A dispute arose between two parties over the disposition of fifty schepels of Lauren's wheat, brought by his widow in a canoe to New Amsterdam (called New York City by this date).
Children
Children by his first marriage were:
Margaret, Bapt. December 23, 1639; m. Abodia Wouters(7)
Jan Laurens, Bapt. March 23, 1642; d. 1679; m. 1st, Jannetje Jeuriaens, October 2, 1667, and 2nd, Neeltje Adriaens, September 27, 1673 (8)
Hans Laurens, Bapt. September 28, 1644; d. after 1706; m. 1st, Marritje Satyrs [prob. Mary Sawtelle], and 2nd, Mrs. Sarah (------) Fountain
Child by his second wife was:
Catreyn (Catharine), b. the end of March or beginning of April 1667.
Lourens Duijs (Duijsen) and Ijtie Jans registered their intentions of marriage at Amsterdam on 28 August 1638. He was age 26, an "arbeijder" by occupation, of the Brouwersgracht, and had no living parents. She was age 18 and lived in the Haerlemmerstraet. [2] Lourens Duits and Ijtje Jans married on 12 September 1638 in a Reformed church in Amsterdam.[3]
1638. 28 Aug. Ondertrouw (Akte)datum: 28-08-1638 Plaats: Amsterdam Soort akte: Ondertrouw Lourens Duijs van Noortstrant, arbeijder, op de Brouwersgracht, oud 26 jaar, geen ouders hebbende & Ijtie Jans van A(msterdam), woont in de Haerlemmerstraet (?) oud 18 jaar Signatures: Lourens Duijsen , Ijd[4]
Dec. 3, 1665. Lourens Duyts and Grieitje Jans. On the date as in margin, their banns of marriage were proclaimed for the first time. As no objections have been raised, after three proclamations, the marriage has been concluded on Jan. 1, 1666 by the minister or preacher.[1]
1639 23 Dec Margariet, Laurens Duytszen. Wit.: Gerrit Janszen Van OldenBurg, Teuntje Joris, Lyntje Martens.
1642 23 Mar Jan, Laurens Duytschen. Wit.: Jochem Pieterszen, olof Stephenson Van Courtlt., Engelmans.
1644 28 Sep Hans, Laurens Duytsen. Wit.: Jochem Pieterszen en syn huysvrouw; Borger Joriszen, Smit; Jan Snyderken, Schoenmaecker. [6]
1667 10 Mar Catreyn, Lourus Duyts, Grietje Jans. Wit.: Pieter Mercelis and his wife. [7]
Research Notes
The name of Dye is thought to be a corruption of the Danish name, Duyts, changed at first to Dey, Deay, Die, Day and other variations, and finally Anglicized to Dye. There were Dyes from England and Deys from Holland who lived in the same areas of New York and New Jersey as did Laurens Duyts descendants. Adding to the confusion, "Duytsman" to the early Dutch settlers was a German, although it is well established that Laurens was of Danish extraction.
Jan Parcell had four children, two of whom were probably from his first marriage. Son William and daughter Catharine were probably from his second marriage, while Thomas and John were born earlier. Laurens and Ytie's son, Jan, leased a farm at Dutch Kills, Long Island, on the 8th of January 1669, from Jan Parcell, and lived there at the time of his second marriage in 1673. Son, Hans, is also mentioned in Newtown records and married the daughter of a Newtown resident. Jan and Hans' sister, Margaret, apparently also resided in Newtown for a time.
On November 25, 1658, Grietje Jansen, for living in adultery with Laurens Duyts, was to be conducted to the whipping post, and fastened thereto, the upper part of her body being stripped naked, and two rods placed in her hands, to be afterwards conducted, in that manner, outside the city gates, and banished from the province for the term of thirty years, with costs.
Kuyter's life in New Netherland was certainly not without incident. He persevered despite enormous odds in an attempt to develop his land on the flats of Harlem. Added to his frustrations on this score, he incurred the wrath of Governor Caught, when he stood alone with the unimpeachable churchman, Dominie Boards, in condemning Kieft's Indian policies and informed the Directors of the Dutch West India Company of Kieft's misrule. Pieter Stuyvesant, who succeeded Kieft, inherited his hatred of Kuyter. Kuyter was fined one hundred and fifty guilders and sentenced to three years in exile. A twist of fate put the retiring Kieft and Dominie Bogardus on the same Netherland-bound ship with Kuyter. The ship wrecked on the rocky coast of Wales and many persons were killed, including Caught and Boards.
Kuyter was miraculously saved and returned, first to Holland for exoneration, and then back to New Amsterdam, where he was promptly reinstated in his several offices and in the good graces of Stuyvesant. As he was attempting to improve his land once again, this time with Stuyvesant and others as partners, he was murdered by Indians on March 2, 1654.
Jonas Bronck, the first recorded white settler of Westchester County, New York, erected on his land a stone house covered with tile, barns,barracks, and a tobacco house. He died in 1643, leaving among his effects a Danish and Latin library containing books on theology, medicine and law.
Pieter Andriessen eventually moved to Long Island, where he was to learn about Indian raids from personal experience. On October 13, 1655, he and five other persons were attacked at his home, four wounded and all captured. It is probable that he was one of the many captives who were later released for ransom by the Indians.
A daughter, Maria, was baptized in 1671 at the New York Dutch Church. It is assumed that Abodia Wouters is the same as Obadiah Winters who lived in Newtown, Long Island in 1659 and later removed to Woodbridge, New Jersey. Jan lived in Harlem until 1669, when he removed to Long Island.
Jan lived in Harlem until 1669, when he removed to Long Island.
Laurens Duyts, a Dane, born in Holstein in 1610, was the progenitor of one of the Dye families in America. He died January 14, and was buried on January 16, 1668 at the Dutch Reformed Church burial ground in Bergen (now Jersey City), New Jersey. Nothing is known about his parents or the town of his birth.
He married first, about 1639. Ytie Jans, perhaps a sister of Gerrit Jansen of Oldenburg, Holstein, who was a sponsor for her daughter Margaret's baptism. Ytie was still living in 1684. On November 25, 1658, she was sentenced to a whipping and banishment for living adultery with Jan Parcell. John Parcell, alias Botcher, of Huntingdonshire, Eng., for living in adultery with Ytie Jans, was to be placed at the whipping post with two rods in his arms, to be banished for 20 years, and pay a fine of 100 guilders with costs. In a petition submitted to the by John Parcell and Ytie Jans, "two sorrowful sinners", ask for pardon and "leave to marry". The Council allowed then to remain three months to settle their affairs, "but must separate from each other at once." Official records become strangely silent at this point, but Jans must have found a way to marry Ytie, since a wife by that named survived him and was his widow in 1684. They provided a home for their children from previous marriages and at least two of their own. On June 13, 1674, Ytie was named as sponsor at the baptism of Catherine, daughter of son Hans. Jan Parcell died in 1677, his will proved on September 28 of that year. Ytie, along with stepsons John and Thomas Parcell, appear on the rate list of Newtown in 1683. In March 1684, she petitioned the Council concerning a dispute over lands near Gravesend. This is the last time the name appears in public records.
His second wife was Grietje Jans, is said to be the sister of his first wife. The banns for this marriage were proclaimed for the first time on December 3, 1665. After three proclamations, Laurens and Greitje were married on January 1, 1666 in Bergen, New Jersey. Theirs was the first such ceremony of record at the Dutch church in this newly-formed settlement. Grietje survived her husband and testified in the New York court on January 18, 1668.
Laurens Duyts arrived in America in July of 1639 on the "Fire of Troy" a private armed vessel, engaged at Hoorn, Holland by Captain Iochiem Pietersen Kuyter. Kuyter, a Danish gentleman, who was accompanied by his friend and countrymen, Jonas Bronck. All were perhaps fugitives from the Thirty Years' War, drawn to Holland first by the promise of freedom and opportunity. But, as conditions there became more unsettled and trade declined, they, along with a multitude of other expatriates, looked toward New Netherland which was extoled as "beyond the finest country in the world where everything can be produced that is grown in France or the Baltic" and whose young settlements were free from all tyranny and the corruption of European society. Kuyter shipped a large cargo of cattle aboard the ship, and he and Bronck were accompanied by their families and many herdsman, farmers and several laborers. This shipload must have made an impact of sorts on the community of New Amsterdam, which, at the time was estimated to have had a population of under one thousand. Kuyter immediately obtained a grant of about four hundred acres, bordering on the great Kill (Harlem River) from about the present 127th to 140th streets in New York City. Bronck settled directly opposite his friend's land on two hundred acres purchased from the Indians and now part of the borough of the Bronx. Laurens Duyts and Pieter Andriessen , also a passenger on the "Fire of Troy", leased portions of Bronck's land, July 21, 1639, for three years, for raising tobacco and maize, from the proceeds of which they were reimburse Bronck the one hundred and twenty-one florins for their passage, which he had originally paid . They were to clear and cultivate a fresh spot every two years for the raising of their tobacco and maize, and then that spot was to return to Mr. Bronck for the planting of grain. Laurens Duyts was frequently on the move, what might be called "an itinerant farmer," leasing the land he tilled. Nicknamed Laurens Grootschoe (big shoe), he was often quarreling with other residents and in trouble with Dutch authorities. His name appears in the court records of New Amsterdam on more than fifteen occasions between 1643 and 1658. The culmination of his courtroom experiences occurred on November 25, 1658, when Pieter Stuyvesant rendered one of the severest verdicts in New Netherland history: "For selling his wife, Ytie Jansen, and forcing her to live in adultery with another man and for living himself in adultery, he was to have a rope tied around his neck and then to be severely flogged, to have his right ear cut off, and be banished for fifty years." He went to Bergen, New Jersey and died there.
Research Correspondence
It (the marriage intentions or banns) was pretty easy to find - it's on microfilm from the LDS Family History Center. Kerkelijke registers, 1553-1870 Nederlands Hervormde Kerk. Amsterdam (Noord-Holland) Nederlands Hervormede Kerk, Amsterdam. Aangiften van Trouwen Bk 448-449 FHC 0113198 Item 2 pg 153 left-hand side
Regina
rbarry @@ delanet.com
2214606(4).FTW
Marriage data from the Bergen Church Marriage Records 1665-1800, and marriage license Lawrence Duyts, liber 3 of deeds page 224, date Nov. 15, 1665, to marry Margaret Johnson.
Marriage; 1 Jan 1666; Laurens Duyts and Grietje Jans; "Bergen Church Marriage Records" in State of New Jersey Marriage Records 1665-1800, (BYU 974.9 D65 V. 22).
"Yes, I am acquainted with the marriage intentions of Laurens and Ytie,but you are the first to send me some evidence.
My friend in Winnetka said it was located by 'Lim Nieuwenhuis'. whoever that is. Wish I knew which church or municipal record it was copied from....and names of the witnesses.
This is handwritten because my typewriter is acting up.
Sincerely,
Barbara Dey Callarman
This is beginning to look more and more like the real thing.
P.S. Barbara is the one who sent me the copy of Laurens' baptismal
record--which I promise I will post as soon as I have it reduced in
size. She sent it to me in about a two foot square format. I will
reduce it and send it along as an attachment.
Census 1666; Lourens Duyts; 1666 DUYTS LOURENS Bergen County NJ Jersey City NJ Early Census Index NJS1a956308 ; Ancestry.com
!s-Morehouse letter g-from Holstein, Denmark; nationality llkely German; on the "Fire ofTroy" by Jul 21 1639 in Jonas Bronck's party a-sentenced and banished in 1658 in New Amsterdam for selling wife;[seeCouncil Minutes vol VIII, Dutch Manuscripts]; worked for Bronnc onplantation in Bronx; moved to Bergen, NJ a-marriage intention date; living at Brouwergracht; age 25 to Yigie Jansfor Amstterdam age 18
The intention appears on FHC microfilm 0113198, Item 2. Aangiften van trouwen, Nederlands Hervormde Kerk, Amsterdam. Bk vol 448-449. Pg 153, left-hand side. 28 Aug 1638.
Both Laures Duijts and Ytie Jans signed the intention; which leads me to wonder if this is the same couple who appeared in New Amsterdam - the various documents which are supposedly signed by Laurens Duijyts in New Amsterdam are signed by mark - but this is only reported second-hand in compiled sources. Has anyone seen any of the originals (microfilm or otherwise)? It seems unlikely that a man who could sign his name in Amsterdam would use a mark in New Amsterdam...
!Marriage;Laurens Dey;abt. 28 Aug 1838;of Browersgracht;"Laurens Dyijs from Noortstrant, a laborer living at the Brouwersgracht, aged 26 years, with Ytgie Jans from Amsterdam, aged 18 years."; Noordstrand was most probably the present day Nordstrand, an island off shore from Husum in Sieswig Holstein; Jayne Wunsch Dye, jaynedye, me.com
Laurens arrived in New Amsterdam in 1639;Lease from Jonas Bronck to peter Andriessen and Lourens Duyts. They shall be at liberty to plant tobacco and maize, on the express condition that every two years they shall clear new pieces of land...furthermore, Peter Andriesz and Lourens Duyts bind and pledge their persons and properties for the payment of what Mr. Bronck has disbersed for them on board the ship De Brant van Troyen, 120 guilders, 16 silvers, of which Peter Andriessen must pay fl. 81:4 and Lourens Duyts fl. 49:12. Done in Fort Amsterdam, 21st of July 1639;New York Historical Manuscripts, Dutch/Vol. 1 1638-1642, Baltimore, MD, 1974, The Genealogical Publishing Co., Morris Library, Univ. of Delaware;received from Regina Berry, rbarry, DELANET.COM
Immigration Library;Scandinavian Immigrants in New York 16301674 (found at Ancestry.com) Part I: Norwegian Immigrants in New York 16301674 Pieter Jansen VI page 83
"Pieter Jansen Noorman, pltf. v|s Hermen Barensen, deft. Pltf. says, he hired his land to the deft. for the time of six years for which the deft. shall pay rent for the first year fl. 250 and every year after fl. 300 to the end of the lease according to contract exhibited in Court, but that the deft. has not fulfilled the contract. Deft. answers he leased the land from the pltf., when the grain was standing and he could not examine it; and afterwards found, that the land was nothing else than rocks and stone and [he] could not make that money of it, and aided the pltf. 15 days: also that he the pltf. leased the land again for fl. 600 for four years, being willing to prove it. Pieter Jansen is asked if he has hired the land again? Answers, he has partly agreed with Lauwerens Grootschoe, but has not concluded, as he wants fl. 200 (?) a year and Lauwerens will not give more than fl. 200." The Court ordered the defendant Herman Barensen to prove on next court day, that the pltf. Pieter Jansen has released the land.Ibid., II., p. 2. Grootschoe (Big Shoe) was a nickname for Laurens Duyts, a Dane.200
Same source, pp. 181-182; deposition of Jan van Ditmersen & Cornelius Jacobsen in regard to leather stolen by Roelant Hackwaert from Laurens Duyts, Nov. 1643.
"Register of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, New York From the First Settlement by Europeans to 1700" by Teunis G. Bergan, 1831: "There was a Lourens Duyts who July 1 1639, with Pieter Andriesen leased a plantation of Joris Bronck on the mainland opposite Manhatten I., as per p. 9 of Calendar of Dutch Man, who may have been this Jan Laurentszen.
See additional biographical and vital records notes from the source above, received from Regina Barry, rbarry, DELANET>COM
!Marriage;Laurens Dey; abt. 28 Aug 1838; of Browersgracht; "Laurens Dyijs from Noortstrant, a laborer living at the Brouwersgracht, aged 26 years, with Ytgie Jans from Amsterdam, aged 18 years."; Noordstrand was most probably the present day Nordstrand, an island off shore from Husum in Sieswig Holstein; Jayne Wunsch Dye, jdye, BUCKEYENET.NET 2. " The reference to Laurens' being from Noortstrant. The island of Strand was almost destroyed by a giant flood in 1634 and was split into 3 separate islands, one of which from that date on was referred to as Nordstrand. These names are updated into current spelling. Strand and Nordstrand were the home of Laurens Duyts and family. Last September I personally went there and verified these facts".-- Robert Dye.
For records of his trial for adultery, see "Register of the Provincial Secretery 1639 Vol. 1;received by e-mail from Jaynedye, me.com. It appears that Laurens and his first wife seperated, or divorced, and both went on to live with someone else, and eventually remarried. See biography on John Butler's home page.
↑ Amsterdam archief Marriage 28 August 1638 Bronvermelding Bijzonderheden: Opmerking: Huwelijksintekeningen van de KERK.Ondertrouwregister, archiefnummer 5001, inventarisnummer 449, blad p.304, aktenummer DTB 449 Gemeente: Amsterdam Periode: 1638. Ondertrouw (Akte)datum: 28-08-1638 Plaats: Amsterdam Soort akte: Ondertrouw Lourens Duijs van Noortstrant, arbeijder, op de Brouwersgracht, oud 26 jaar, geen ouders hebbende & Ijtie Jans van A(msterdam), woont in de Haerlemmerstraet (?) oud 18 jaar Signatures: Lourens Duijsen , Ijd
↑ William Nelson. Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey; Marriage Records, 1665-1800. Vol. XXII. Paterson, New Jersey: Press Print. and Pub., 1900.
↑ Thomas Grier Evans. "Baptisms from 1639 to 1730 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York." In Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol. II. New York: Printed for the Society, 1890.
↑Year Book of the Holland Society of New York. New York: Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1913.
Boyer, Carl, Ship Passenger Lists - New York and New Jersey, 1600-1825 (1978), pp. 16, 21
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Jenkins, Stephen, The Story of the Bronx (1912), p. 27
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"...the names of these pioneers, who first succeeded in planting the seeds of civilization and religion in this vicinity."
" Jan Pietersen Slot, Nicolaes De Meyer, Jan Laurens Duyts, Jacob Elderts Brouwer, Dane.
of all these, ...Duyts was the only one born here, being twenty years of age, and the son of Laurens Duyts, who came out with Bronck, the good Kuyter ing stood as god father for Jan at his baptism."
This is an incomplete listing but it refers to the Duyts' as Danes.
There is an interesting detail about Laurens' name. Duyts is remarkably like the Dutch word for "German" - "Duitse". The population of Holstein was largely German, so that is not surprising. It does raise the possibility that Laurens may be shown with other names in some records. It would seem that his surname was more of an epithet used by the Dutch authorities. The naming practises also include the use of the father's name as a surname. It is used in the possessive case to indicate that the son/daughter/wife was from that man's family. Compare with the sons Jan Laurenszen and Hans Laurenszen (indicating son of Laurens) and Hans' wife Sarah Hance Vincent.
As for the cause of his migration, the storm may have been a factor, but the population of Holstein was also largely Lutheran. The Dutchy was nominally a possession of the Church of Rome and the departure came in the middle of the 30 Years War, so there may have been some persecution happening at the same time. Holland was a Protestant nation and large numbers of German refugees went there and also to England, for the same reason. They were encouraged to settle in America just because of the disruption caused by numbers of foreigners coming to a small country.
Laurens Duyts of Noortstrant (Nordstrand) was in Amsterdam when he married in 1638. This was only four years after the Burchardi flood struck the North Sea coast of North Frisia and Dithmarschen in October 1634. It caused thousands of deaths and catastrophic damage, washing away much of the island of Strand, forming the islands of Nordstrand, Pellworm and several halligen (small islands without protective dikes). Could this event have led to his migration to Amsterdam?
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Lauren's Duyts and Ijtje Jans were married in Amsterdam on 12 September 1638.
Source - "Netherlands, Noord-Holland Province, Church Records, 1523-1948," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9QV-GV3W?cc=2037985&wc=SM93-2NG%3A1293193204%2C382015502%2C382782701 : 21 August 2014), Nederlands Hervormde > Amsterdam > Trouwen 1565-1669 > image 331 of 628; Nederlands Rijksarchiefdienst, Den Haag (Netherlands National Archives, The Hague).
The date 28 Aug 1638 was the date of their marriage announcement (banns), as sourced already.
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Thanks for finding that! I added the marriage info to the biography.
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This profile is one that has received large chunks of text copied from somewhere else (likely plagiarized and possibly violating copyright, as well as being redundant and internally contradictory). It needs attention from members who are sufficiently interested in the family to carefully review the text, remove redundancy and contradictions, insert footnotes, and craft a much better finished product. Are you interested?
edited by Ellen Smith
"...the names of these pioneers, who first succeeded in planting the seeds of civilization and religion in this vicinity."
" Jan Pietersen Slot, Nicolaes De Meyer, Jan Laurens Duyts, Jacob Elderts Brouwer, Dane. of all these, ...Duyts was the only one born here, being twenty years of age, and the son of Laurens Duyts, who came out with Bronck, the good Kuyter ing stood as god father for Jan at his baptism."
This is an incomplete listing but it refers to the Duyts' as Danes.
Burials in the Village of Bergen in New Jersey Beginning 1666 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSSR-XGWG?i=358 January 16 1668 Bur. Lourus Duyts at Bergen
As for the cause of his migration, the storm may have been a factor, but the population of Holstein was also largely Lutheran. The Dutchy was nominally a possession of the Church of Rome and the departure came in the middle of the 30 Years War, so there may have been some persecution happening at the same time. Holland was a Protestant nation and large numbers of German refugees went there and also to England, for the same reason. They were encouraged to settle in America just because of the disruption caused by numbers of foreigners coming to a small country.