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From: "Earle & Pat" <>
Subject: Re: Will of Jan Hendrickszen Prevoost
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 07:02:01 -0700


Would these Brevoorts be ancestors or close relatives of
Jacomyntie J Brevoort who married Benjamin Stout in New York 24
Aug 1766.

Earle Koeble


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----- Original Message -----
From: Pat Wardell <>
To: <>
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: Will of Jan Hendrickszen Prevoost


> Wayne (and all else interested) --
>
> This will is actually for Jan Hendricks Brevoort (Prevoost is
probably a
> misreading of the handwritten surname).
>
> Here's his family group:
>
> Brevoort, Jan Hendricksen (Jan Hendricksen Kyckuyt)
> Jan Hendricksen Brevoort, son of Hendrick Janszen (Brevoort), m.
(banns:
> 29 Jan 1668 NYC Ref Ch), Annetje Bastiaens [Ellison], dau. of
Bastiaen
> Elyessen & -?-.
> Jan Hendrickszen Brevoort d. 1714.
> Annetje Bastiaens Elyessen d. before Oct 1714.
> In the marriage record, they were: Jan Hendrickszen, j. m. Van
> Amersfoort, op Mispat, en Annetje Bastiaens, j. d. Van
Werckhoven.
> Jan Hendrickszen & Annetje Bastiaenszen witnessed the baptism 23
> Aug 1673 NYC Ref Ch, of Hendrickje, dau. of Hendrick
Bastiaenszen &
> Marritje Hendricks.
> In his will, dated 28 Oct 1714, probated 21 Dec 1714, "Jan
> Hendrickse Prevoost [a misreading of Brevoort] of the out ward
of the city
> of New York" mentions son eldest Henry, a weaver; son Elias, a
carpenter
> (appoints them executors). Also mentions daughters Janettie,
wife of Thomas
> Seikelson of the out ward of New York; Maria, wife of Zachariah
Seikelson
> of New Harlem. Mentions late wife Anettie. In his will, he
wrote: 28
> October in the first year of the Glorious reign of our Sovereign
Lord,
> George, by the Grace of God, King of England, &c., 1714. I, Jan
Hendrickse
> Prevoost, of the out ward of the city of New York. I make my
sons Henry
> Prevoost, weaver, and Elias Prevoost, carpenter, executors. I
leave to my
> eldest son Henry £20, for his birthright, whereby I do entirely
cut him off
> as being my heir-at-law. I leave to my daughter Janettie, wife
of Thomas
> Sickelsen, of the out ward of New York, my new cupboard,
commonly called a
> "kass." I leave all my clothing to my two sons Henry and Elias.
I leave to
> my daughters Maria, wife of Zachariah Sickelson of New Harlem,
and
> Janettie, wife of Thomas Sickelson all the clothing of my late
wife
> Anettie. All my real estate is to go to such of my children as
shall be
> able and willing to pay o400 for the same, to be paid to the
rest of my
> four children. Witnesses, Peter Arkell, Jan Willense Room, John
Conrad
> Codwise. Proved, December 21, 1714.1
> ---children of Jan Hendricksen Brevoort & Annetje Bastiens
Elyesen:
> * Hendrickje Brevoort, bp. 13 Jan 1669 NYC Ref Ch (wit: Hendrick
> Bastiaenszen, Anna Bordings); d.y.
> * (prob)Hendrick Brevoort, bp. 17 Dec 1670 NYC Ref Ch (wit:
Gysbert Van
> Loenen, Marritie Hendricks) (parents in bp. record are Jan
Hendrickszen &
> Jannetie Jans); m. (1) 26 Aug 1699 Maryken van Couwenhoven; m.
(2) 9 Oct
> 1705 Jacomyntje Bokee
> * Marritie Brevoort, bp. 12 Nov 1673 NYC Ref Ch (wit: Cornelis
> Bastiaenszen, Metje Bastiaens); m. 23 Aug 1693 Zachariah Sickles
> * Elias Brevoort, bp. 21 June 1676 NYC Ref Ch (wit: Laurens
Janszen,
> Annetie Bastiaens); m. 16 May 1701 Margaret Sammans (Hamman),
dau. of John
> Sammans
> * Jannetie Brevoort, bp. 9 Apr 1679 NYC Ref Ch (wit: Joost Van
Oblinus,
> Mayken Cammut); m. 5 Apr 1702 Thomas Sickles
> ---Sources:
> [1] Pelletreau, William S., Abstracts of Wills on File in the
Surrogate's
> Office, City of New York, pub. as Collections of the New York
Historical
> Society, Vol. II (1708-1728), p. 144;
> Nelson, William, History of the City of Paterson and the County
of Passaic,
> 1901, p. 225; Riker, James, History of Harlem, 1904, p. 477; NY
Hist. Soc.
> Coll. 1896, Abstracts of Wills, NYC, 1754-1760 (Pelletreau),
Vol. V, p. 430
> appendix; Reynolds, Cuyler, Genealogical and Family History of
Southern New
> York and the Hudson River Valley, 1914, Vol. II, p. 735;
Marriages from
> 1639 to 1801 in the Reformed Dutch Church, New Amsterdam-New
York City,
> 1940 (Vol. IX of Collections of the New York Genealogical &
Biographical
> Society), reprinted 1997 by Heritage Books; Baptisms in the
Reformed Dutch
> Church, New York [City], 1901 (Collections of the NY
Genealogical &
> Biographical Society, Vol. III)
>
> Pat
>
> >Was he Elias's brother?
> >Wayne
> >
> >Abstracts of Wills Vol II 1708-1728, page 144:
> >Page 366.--JAN HENDRICKSE PREVOOST. In the name of God, Amen,
the 28 October
> >in the first year of the Glorious reign of our Sovereign Lord,
George, by the
> >Grace of God, King of England, &c., 1714. I, Jan Hendrickse
Prevoost, of the
> >out ward of the city of New York. I make my sons Henry
Prevoost, weaver, and
> >Elias Prevoost, carpenter, executors. I leave to my eldest son
Henry o20, for
> >his birthright, whereby I do entirely cut him off as being my
heir-at-law. I
> >leave to my daughter Janettie, wife of Thomas Sickelsen, of the
out ward of
> >New York, my new cupboard, commonly called a "kass." I leave
all my clothing
> >to my two sons Henry and Elias. I leave to my daughters Maria,
wife of
> >Zachariah Sickelson of New Harlem, and Janettie, wife of Thomas
Sickelson all
> >the clothing of my late wife Anettie. All my real estate is to
go to such of
> >my children as shall be able and willing to pay o400 for the
same, to be paid
> >to the rest of my four children.
> >
> >Witnesses, Peter Arkell, Jan Willense Room, John Conrad
Codwise. Proved,
> >December 21, 1714.
> >
> >
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>
> Pat Wardell in Englewood, FL
>
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