When Arend Jansen was born on 7 January 1782, in Maurik, Gelderland, Netherlands, his father, Thomas Jansen, was 25 and his mother, Mechteld van Renne, was 33.
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An alliance between Britain, Prussia and the Netherlands was ratified at the Hague.
France declared war on Britain and the Netherlands.
The Dutch defeated the French.
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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