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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The Dutch conquered Salvador, Brazil.
Curacao became a colony of the Netherlands.
End of Eighty Years' War with Spain.
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.
Possible Related NamesJan 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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