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Roelof Janse Sebring
Chrystyntje Volkertse Volkertszen
Research By Lucinda M. Miller Kolba Deitman
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SPOUSE 1: Chrystyntje Volkertse VOLKERTSZEN
BORN: About 1678 in Bushwyck, Long Island
FATHER: Volkert Dirckse VOLKERTSZEN
MOTHER: Annetje Phillipse LANGLEN
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SPOUSE 2: Angenitje LEBOITEAUX
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NOTES:
It has been stated that Roelof Janse removed to the Raritan Valley of New Jersey about 1700, but from church records of Long Island it appears that he was still living in Flatbush as late as 1707. October 26, 1703, Roelof and Chrystn Sebering baptized son Johannes, at Brooklyn; sponsors were Cornelis Sebering and Rachel Volkers (who is identified as baptized at Flatbush November 16, 1683, daughter of Volkert and Annetje Dirckse.) October 26, 1707, Christina Sebring was baptism sponsor with Peter Praa, at Brooklyn, for Christina, daughter of David Spring and wife (Rachel Volkers). Roelof first appeared in Raritan Records on August 8, 1708, as a witness with Seyne Van Neste at the baptism of Wellem, son of Auke Jansen and wife. Only two of Roelof`s children were baptized at Raritan: Derck in 1709 and Annetje in 1711, the latter being the only known daughter. Chrystyntje, Roelof`s first wife and mother of all his children, died some time before 1752, at which time Roelof wrote his will. He was by that time married to his second wife, a widow, Angenitje Leboiteaux, whose grown son was one of the excutors of Roelof`s will. This would indicate that he may have been married quite a while to Angenitje and although it is not known when his first wife, Chrystyntje, died, that may have occured soon after the birth of the youngest child. Roelof`s will discloses that his plantation was bounded on the north by the Raritan River, on the west by land of Dirck Vilkertse, his brother-in-law. It was inherited by Roelof`s son Cornelius, with provisions to pay "Certain sums of money of the province, to the other heirs". Roelof`s wife was to be given choice of any room in the house and to be furnished a garden and firewood and the "Life and service of my negro slave, Bess, as long as she remains my widow." His signature on the will is hardly legible, no doubt due to his age; at the time of its writing he was about 77 years old and in poor health. He signed his name as "Roelof Sebering", although the writer of the will had spelled the name as "Sebring" throughout the will. Roelof Janse was among the founders of the Dutch church of New Brunswick, at the time of its organization, and was joint pew holder of pew #8, with John Aeten, Sr., which no doubt led to the later inter-marriages of their children. Roelof was decon of the church in 1717, 1718 and again in 1733.
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