Anneke Jans
Anneke was born in 1605 in
Flekkeroy, Norway.
- Birth Notes
- She was born in 1605 in Flekkeroy (in Vest Adger, Norway), a village on an island of the same name, four miles south of the city of Kristiansand --- this information was first discovered by George O. Zabriskie.
Columbia-Lippincott Gazetteer p. 619: Flekkeroy [58.05N 8.03E] Vest Agder, Norway, 4 miles south of Kirstiansand. Is coastal resort, with good harbor. Has old fortress.
Both Anneke and husband, Roelof, were Norwegians by birth, but may have been of Dutch ancestry.
She died at the age of 58 on February 23rd, 1663 in
Beverwyck (Albany), NY. Her burial was in
Dutch Calvinist Burying Ground.
- Death Notes
- The date of her death is taken from the date that her son, Jan Roelofszen, paid the church for a funeral pall rental: February 23, 1663.