Jan Guleyn Vigne

Brief Life History of Jan Guleyn

When Jan Guleyn Vigne was born in 1624, in Leiden, South Holland, Netherlands, his father, Guillaume Geleyn De La Vigne, was 38 and his mother, Adrienne Cuvellier, was 35. He married Emmerentje Goosens van der Sluys on 14 September 1645, in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 21 December 1689, in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, United States, at the age of 65.

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Family Time Line

Jan Guleyn Vigne
1624–1689
Emmerentje Goosens van der Sluys
1602–1681
Marriage: 14 September 1645
Jan Vigne
1646–

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  • Netherlands, Select Marriages, 1565-1892
  • Global, Find a Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current
  • Jan Vigne, first baby born in New York when New Amsterdam

Spouse and Children

World Events (5)

1624

The Dutch conquered Salvador, Brazil.

1642

Curacao became a colony of the Netherlands.

1648

End of Eighty Years' War with Spain.

Name Meaning

French: from Old French vi(g)ne ‘vineyard’, hence a topographic name for someone who lived near a vineyard or a metonymic occupational name for a vine dresser or the owner of a vineyard. See also Lavigne .

History: This surname is listed in the register of Huguenot ancestors recognized by the Huguenot Society of America and also in the similar register of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina.

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

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Credited with being first of European Baby From in New Amsterdam

Jan Vigne [1624-1689] Notable Dutch-American Jan Vigne is the first white European male born in New Netherland. Some documents report his birth to have occurred in 1625, but the 1624 date appears to …

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