When Sarah Jansen was born before 22 August 1762, in Shawangunk, Ulster, New York Colony, British Colonial America, her father, Thomas Hendrickse Jansen, was 27 and her mother, Elsje Oosterhoudt, was 21. She married Abraham Bruyn on 14 November 1784, in Shawangunk, Ulster, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 10 daughters. She died in 1833.
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After the English took over in the 1660s, the colony was renamed New York, after the Duke of York
Historical Boundaries 1683: Ulster, New York Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Ulster, New York, United States
Dutch, Flemish, Norwegian, Danish, and North German: patronymic from the personal name Jan, a shortened vernacular form of Johannes (see John ). In North America, this surname is also an altered form of the variant Janssen . Compare Janson 1 and Johnson .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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