When Andries Van Giesen was born on 23 October 1698, in Bloomfield, Essex, New Jersey, United States, his father, Abraham Reynier Van Giesen, was 31 and his mother, Feytje Andries, was 27. He married Martje on 26 May 1727, in Bergen, New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 2 daughters. He died about 24 September 1753, at the age of 54.
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German and Dutch: patronymic from Gies or Giese .
German: habitational name from Giessen in Hesse, which derives its name from a castle ze den Giezzen ‘on the streams’ or from any other place called Giesen (Baden-Württemberg, Lower Saxony, former Brandenburg, Pomerania).
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