Jan (van Blerkom) VanBlarcom (bef. 1698)

Born before 25 Dec 1698 in Bergen, Province of New Jersey

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Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Ramapo Valley, New York, United States

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Biography

The man later known as John Van Blarcom was baptized as "Jan" on 25 December 1698 in the Reformed Dutch Church of Hackensack, New Jersey, recorded as the child of Peter Jansen and Jacquemina Cornelese. WItnesses were Jan Lubberse and his wife Magdaleene (young Jan's paternal grandparents).^[1]

His parents were Pieter Janse (Van Blarcum), son of Jan Lubbersen, and Jacomyntje Cornelis, daughter of Cornelis Mattyssen “van Stockholm” and Barentje Dircks “van Meppel.”^[2]

He married Jannetje Lent or Lanker at Acquackenonk, New Jersey, on 25 March 1726.^[3][4]

The family lived in the general area of modern upper Bergen County, New Jersey, and lower Rockland County, New York, where the state boundary line was in dispute and where there are virtually no old land records. The last two recorded children were recorded at Tappan, New York.^[5]

Zabriskie identified the following as the probable children of Jan and wife Jannetje:^[6]

1. Pieter, baptized 23 April 1727 at Hackensack, apparently died young.
2. Elizabeth, baptized 9 May 1731 at Hackensack; married Lucas Van Blarcom.
3. Martha
4. David, born December 1736, a twin.
5. Pieter, born 14 December 1736, baptized 23 January 1737 at Tappan, New York.

Zabriskie noted that Nelson (source to be determined) had identified son Pieter baptized 1727 as having married Susannah Calyer in 1745, but Zabriskie rejected that because the birth of a brother of the same name indicated that the first Pieter had died young, and the Pieter baptized in 1736 also could not have married Susannah Calyer in 1745, as he was only 9 years old.

John Van Blarcom Jr., the eldest son of Pieter Jansen Van Blarcom, was appointed administrator of his father Pieter's estate on 31 March 1749.^[7]

Church Records

Baptism

• 1698. Dec. 25. Peter Jansen, Jacquemina Cornelese. Jan. Jan Lubberse, Magdaleene his wife.^[1]

Marriage

• 1726. March 21 (license), married upon license, March 25. Johan Van Blerkom with Jannetje Lanker, both living on Sadel River in Bergen Co.^[4]

Children's baptisms

• 1727. April 23. Pieter. Parents: Jan Van Blerkum, Jannetje Lentis. Witnesses: Pieter Van Blerkum, Antje Broekman.^[8]
• 1731. May 9. Elizabeth. Parents: Jan Van Blerkim, Jannetjen Lent. Witnesses: Jan Van Voorheese, Eli(z/s)abeth Van Orden. ^[9][10]

Research Notes

LNAB

Since the father was recorded with a patronymic name at this child's baptism, we need to look to other records to determine an LNAB for him. He is recorded as Van Blerkom at his marriage, so his LNAB by New Netherland conventions is van Blerkom (correction made for the case on the preposition "van"). Smith-62120 00:04, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1802." Collections of the Holland Society of New York Vol. 1, Part 1 (Hackensack). New York, 1891. page 79.
2. ↑ Zabriskie, Vol. 99, page 214.
3. ↑ Zabriskie, Vol. 100, page 40.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Holland Society of New York, Acquackanonk (Passaic) I, Book 54. Handwritten image of church register, accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/6961/images/42037_1521003239_0785-00025
5. ↑ Zabriskie, Vol. 100, page 40.
6. ↑ Zabriskie, Vol. 100, page 40.
7. ↑ Zabriskie, Vol. 99, page 214, citing NJA 30:493.
8. ↑ "Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1802." Collections of the Holland Society of New York Vol. 1, Part 1 (Hackensack). New York, 1891. page 159.
9. ↑ Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Hackensack NJ, Book 62. Image of handwritten transcript of church register, accessed on Ancestry.com at https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/300191650:6961
10. ↑ "Records of the Reformed Dutch Churches of Hackensack and Schraalenburgh, New Jersey, 1686-1802." Collections of the Holland Society of New York Vol. 1, Part 1 (Hackensack). New York, 1891. page 160.

• Ancestry Family Trees. Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com.
• Zabriskie, George Olin. "The Van Blarcom Family of New Jersey." New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vols. 99-100 (1968-1969).

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Sheldon Sickler for creating WikiTree profile VanBlarcom-12 through the import of Sickler Family Tree(2).ged on Nov 5, 2013.