VAN SANT, Joseph Janse

- Bef 1753

• Name	VAN SANT, Joseph Janse
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 16 Oct 1753	Albany, Albany County, New York
  Buried	16 Oct 1753
  Person ID	I11059	Uriah Davis I - Genealogy
  Last Modified	21 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	VAN SANT, Jan
  Mother	Jannetje
  Family ID	F3651	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	VAN BOMMEL, Seitje Marcelis,   b. Abt 1668,   d. Albany, Albany County, New York
  Married	5 Jul 1688	Albany, Albany County, New York
  Children	1. VAN SANT, Jannetje,   b. Bef 11 Aug 1689,   d. Yes, date unknown   2. VAN SANT, Anna,   b. Bef 4 May 1693,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. VAN SANT, Johannes,   b. Abt 1695,   d. Yes, date unknown   4. VAN SANT, Gerrit,   b. Bef 4 Oct 1695,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. VAN SANT, Maria,   b. Bef 2/02 Jan 1697/1698   6. VAN SANT, Anthony,   b. Bef 27 Oct 1700,   d. Yes, date unknown  (Age ~ 50 years)   7. VAN SANT, Celia,   b. Bef 1703,   d. Bef 1703  (Age < 0 years)   8. VAN SANT, Celia,   b. Bef 1 Aug 1703,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. VAN SANT, David,   b. Abt 1704,   d. Yes, date unknown   10. VAN SANT, Gysbert,   b. Abt 1705,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Last Modified	24 Jun 2018
  Family ID	F3650	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "The Albany Line," as the Joseph Janse line is referred to, was begun by Joseph Janse and his wife Seitje Marcelis Van Bommel, who were married in 1688. Having lived in Albany, New York, about 30 years, Joseph came to court on December 6, 1715 to become naturalized. Asked for his surname, he responded that he had never used one, but he was of the Santander family. From that time he is called Van Sant and Van Santen. The next generation changed it to Van Zandt and Van Zant. - Apparently Joseph mentioned that he was of Spanish descent. Though this is questionable, the tradition has continued in families through the generations and is a means of identifying members of the Joseph Janse line. At the time of Joseph's immigration Spain was in possession of Holland, perhaps that is why he stated he was Spanish. - Joseph and Seitje had ten children. Their daughters: Jannetje, Anna, Maria, and two Celias. Their sons: Gerrit, Anthony, David, Gysbert, and Johannes. Of the three lines, Joseph Janse's line remained in the Albany area until well into the 1800s before some descendants started to move westward. - Joseph and Johannes are listed in the 1720 census of "freeholders" in the city of Albany, (1st ward). SOURCE: E.B. O'Callaghan, M.D., The Documentary History of the State of New-York. (Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1850), vol. 1, p. 241-246. - Collections on History of Albany, p. 184L. VAN ZANDT [Van Santen], Joseph Janse, m. Seitje Marcelis, 1688. He was a Spaniard by birth; naturalized Dec. 6, 1715; buried Oct. 16, 1753. Ch: bp.; Jannetje, Aug. 11, 1689; Anna, May 4, 1693; Gerrit, Oct. 4, 1695; Maria, Jan. 2, 1698; Anthony, Oct. 27, 1700, buried Sept. 2, 1751; Celia, Aug. 1, 1703; David, Aug, 6, 1704: Gysbert, Dec. 22, 1706; Celia, June 12, 1709; Johannes. - Author: The Holland Society of New York Title: Records of The Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Albany, New York 1683-1809 Abbrev: Albany Church Records Publication: Clearfield Publishing, 1999 and Genealogical Publishing Co., 1978 Text: Albany is one of the oldest settlements in America. The Dutch arrived there in 1610; built a fort in 1614 which was replaced by a stockade in 1623. The first 40 years of the church's records are not available and transcribed records begin with 1683. Note: Reprinted from the Year Books of The Holland Society of New York for 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1922/23, 1924/25, 1926/27. Library of Congress Card No. 78-54063 and ISBN 0-8063-0808-7. Marriage and baptismal records start in 1683. Records prior to 1683 were not maintained.