Laurens Mattijsz Bancker Jr.

Brief Life History of Laurens Mattijsz

When Laurens Mattijsz Bancker Jr. was born in November 1650, in Netherlands, his father, Laurens Mattyse Bancker Sr., was 20 and his mother, Jannetje Hendriks Harnensen, was 20. He married Jannetje Hendrickse in 1680, in New York City, New York County, New York Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 3 daughters. He died in 1735, in North Tarrytown, Mount Pleasant, Westchester, New York Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 85.

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Family Time Line

Laurens Mattijsz Bancker Jr.
1650–1735
Jannetje Hendrickse
1664–1711
Marriage: 1680
Annetje Matthijzen Bancker
1686–1750
Abraham Matthijzen Bancker
1690–
Hendrick Matthijzen Bancker
1688–1733
Maria Bancker
1691–1755
Rombout Matthijzen Bancker
1696–1701
Frederick Matthijzen Bancker
1698–1744
Adolph Laurens Matthijzen Bancker
1698–1744
Jacob Matthijzen Bancker
1700–
Rombout Louwerens Bancker
1704–
Barbara Bancker
1707–1760

Sources (13)

  • Laurens Mattyse Bancker in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
  • Lourens Mathyse in entry for Adolff Mathyse, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"
  • Louwrens Banckert in entry for Johannes Banckert, "New York, Church Records, 1660-1954"

World Events (5)

1655

In 1655 Adriaen Van der Donck, a Dutch colonist, first published a work which referred to the Pocantico River as Slapershaven or, literally, Sleepers’ Haven. Sleepy Hollow appears to be a later, Anglicized version of this name and actually applied to the valley of the Pocantico River. It now serves as the name of the incorporated village.

1664

After the English took over in the 1660s, the colony was renamed New York, after the Duke of York

1683

Historical Boundaries 1683: Westchester, Colony of New York, British Colonial America 1776: Westchester, New York, United States

Name Meaning

Some characteristic forenames: German Siegfried, Bodo, Gerhardt, Heinz, Horst, Kurt, Waltraud.

German (mainly Bäcker): variant of Becker . Compare Backer .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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LAURENS MATTYSE BANCKER

The earliest Banker, or Bancker of which we have any record was Laurens Mattyse Bancker who came on the scene in Harlem in 1673. For an account of his life and some of his descendants we quote extract …

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