Born about [location unknown]
Brother of
Maria Jans [half], Anthonis (Jansen) van Salee, Lijsbet Jans [half] and Trijn Jans [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Frans (Abrahamszen) van Salee
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
Profile managers:
Carl Budd 
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Biography
Name: Abraham Jansen van Salee[1]
Their surname “Van Salee” refers to their origin in the Republic of Salé in modern Morocco.[1]
Born about 1602
Abraham's son Frans Abrahamszen, apparently an illegitimate child fathered with an unknown black woman,[2] became the progenitor of the African-American side of the van Salee family. Descendants include: [1]
- Dr. John van Salee De Grasse, born in 1825. He was the first African American to be formally educated as a doctor. A member of the Medical Society of Massachusetts, he also served as surgeon to the celebrated 54th Regiment during the Civil War.
- Serena De Grasse, who married George Downing, a successful black restauranteur in New York City and in Newport, Rhode Island.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Blurred Racial Lines of Famous Families: The Van Sallee Family, PBS Frontline website, article by Mario de Valdes y Cocom. Accessed 21 September 2020.
- ↑ Evans, Thomas Grier. "Records of the Reformed Dutch Church in New Amsterdam and New York. Baptisms from 25 December, 1639 to 27 December, 1730." Collections of the New-York Genealogical and Biographical Society. Vol 2. New York: Printed for the Society, 1901. page 38, 1654 Nov 22. Ouders: Abraham Janszen, Fortuyn. (no other info).
- Child, Christopher C. Van Salee Descendants, Vita Brevis (blog), New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2 December 2022. Includes a chart of descendants. The sources referred to in the blog post seem to all be secondary sources.
- Hoff, Henry B. "Frans Abramse Van Salee and His Descendants: A Colonial Black Family in New York and New Jersey." The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, vol. 121, April 1990, Number 2, pages 65-71.
Acknowledgments
- This person was created through the import of MASTER2011WIKITREE.GED on 27 January 2011.
- Abraham Jansen van Salee (Van Salee-13) was created by Michael Carl Budd through the import of MCBAncestorsOnly.ged on May 5, 2014.
- Van Salee-13 was created by Michael Carl Budd through the import of MCBAncestorsOnly.ged on May 5, 2014.
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I did revise his LNAB before connecting him here. Our New Netherland project naming conventions indicate that his LNAB should be Abrahamszen, the patronymic name recorded at his marriage.