[16966] All data from Serven.
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| (1540 - ....)
_Epke LIEUWES _______|
| (1569 - 1630) m 1589|
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_Jacob EPKSE ________|
| (1598 - 1656) m 1618|
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| | ___??__ CORNELIS ____|__
| | | (1540 - ....)
| |_Sil CORNELISDA _____|
| (1570 - 1630) m 1589|
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|--Epke JACOBSE
| (1619 - 1686)
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|_Reytske SICKEDR ____|
(1600 - 1652) m 1618|
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Data from Webb and McDowell. Epke Jacobs was a farmer who lived inthe vicinity of Harlingen (65 miles north of Amsterdam), an importantseaport of Friesland, the most northern of the providences of TheNetherlands. His son, Seba was born in Osterbierum and the rest of hischildren were born in Innertsga. These are small towns six and ninemiles north of Harlingen, respectively. Epke probably lived betweenthese two villages. This part of Friesland is flat and much of it isbelow sea level, protected by dikes. Epke is a rare name as no otherpersons have been found to have this name. It is thought to be theequivalent of the English Egbert as latter generations in NJ arereferred to as Egbert in some documents. In volume 14, page 90, ofthe colonial manuscripts in the State Library, at Albany, NY (copiedinto NY Documentary History III: 52,53) there is the bill of chargesfor passage to America for Epke and his family. Translated fromDutch, it reads:
Epke Jacobs, from Harlingen, farmer: Debit
For passage and board when he came over in the ship De Trouw, JanJansen Bestevaer, skipper, Feb 12,1659............................................fl 36
For his wife and five sons of 1/4,2,3,4, and 6years..................................108
Cash received from LordDirectors.............................................................15
fl 159
Upon arrival he probably settled in Flushing. In 1669 he was stillresiding in Flushing. In Liber A, pg 69, in the Surrogates office,New York is a record that, in Sep 1669, Epke served with JohnLawrence, as an appraiser. Lawrence, subsequently the mayor of NewYork was the most influential man in the area and tends to make onethink Ekpe was of sort import in the community. On Dec 29, 1671 Epkebought a mill in the adjoining town of Jamacia. It is listed in theTown Book of Jamicia, NY. By 1675 Epke had moved to Bergen, NJ. OnFeb 18, 1679, Epke was appointed one of the Special Court of Oyer andTerminer to be held at Bergen, beginning the first Tues of Mar 1679.In 1681, he purchased land in Hackensack with his sons and became oneof the earliest settlers of that ancient village. The first deed isrecorded in Trenton in Liber 2, pg 141 of deeds. and dated Jun 1681.A deed dated Jun 17, 1685 shows Epke sold what is now known asRidgefield Park to Hendrick Joris Brinkerhoff. Jun 9, 1686, GovenorGawen Lawrie deeded 240 acres to Epke on the west side of theHackensack River. The deed is recorded in Trenton, Liber A, folio323. This land covered what was formally known as Sluckup and nowSpring Valley.
The last notice of Epke found is in the "Journals of the Procedures ofthe Governor of East Jersey" pages 137 and 138, dated 23 Oct 1686.The last name Banta first appears in writing Jul 5, 1697 at theBaptism of Epke's grandchildren. Seba's Daughter's also used the lastname Banta when she joined the church Jul 10, 1698.
According to "Banta Pioneers", Epke was the owner of a windmill nearMinnertsga, Friesland, the Netherlands. He was a miller inOosterbeirum and Minnertsga. In 1652, he and his wife bought a housein the village of Oosterbeirum, but sold it at a loss in 1655,returning to Minnertsga.
Records show that he was arrested on Oct 8, 1656 and fined forpermitting a Roman Catholic priest into his house to Baptise his child(probably Hendrick). The state religion was the Reformed ProtestantChurch. Regardless, Epke and his descendants were staunch supportersof the Dutch Reformed Church.
It is not known why Epke and his family left the Netherlands forAmerica, but he is known to have had financial problems. He and hisfamily left the Netherlands on Feb 12, 1659 from Harlingen on the ship"DeTrauw" for New Amsterdam. The ship sailed to the Canary Islands,then the West Indies and then north along Virginia to New Amsterdam(later renamed to New York by the British).
Epke and family settled in Vlissingen (now Flushing), Long Island. Hebecame an Innkeeper, an important person. There he spent the next 16years. He had restless genes, though, and in 1671 he bought a new millin Jamaica, Long Island. Milling was his occupation in theNetherlands, and so he was in his element. The mill was built on theriver between Old Town Neck and Long Neck. His genes were stillrestless, and in 1675 he sold the mill to Joseph Carpenter and CalebCarmen and he moved to Bergen, Bergen Co., NJ (now Jersey City).
Epke was an upstanding and respected citizen, and on Feb 18, 1679 hewas appointed as a Magistrates Assistant to the Court of Oyer andTerminer, under Captain John Berry. The Court, on which Epke served,met semiannually and had jurisdiction of all indictable crimes.
Epke's sons were very active in the Dutch Reformed Church as Eldersand Deacons of the Church. It is not known where Epke was buried, orthe exact date of his death, however, Elsa Banta thinks it may havebeen in the Old French Burying Ground at the site of the French Churchof Kinderkamack. He was married to Sitske Dirksda.
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_John, Sr. JAGGER ___|
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|--Benjamin JAGGER
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[2443] All data from Webb.
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[2488] All data from Webb.
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|--Elizabeth JAGGER
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| _William CROSS _______|
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[2445] All data from Webb.
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Early Settlers of Stamford
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Early Settlers of Stamford
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_Jeremia, Sr. JAGGER _|
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_Jeremia, Jr. JAGGER _|
| (1647 - 1690) |
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| |_Elizabeth __??__ ____|
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|--Elizabeth JAGGER
| (1679 - 1744)
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| _Jeffrey FERRIS _____|__
| | (1610 - ....) m 1633
| _Peter, Sr. FERRIS ___|
| | (1633 - 1706) m 1654 |
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| | |_Mary __??__ ________|__
| | (.... - 1658) m 1633
|_Mary E. FERRIS ______|
(1664 - 1706) |
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| _John REYNOLDS ______|__
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|_Elizabeth REYNOLDS __|
(1634 - 1705) m 1654 |
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|_Sarah __??__ _______|__
[68] Webb supplied birth and death dates.
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_John, Sr. JAGGER ___|
| (1634 - 1684) |
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| |_Elizabeth __??__ ____|
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|--Hannah JAGGER
| (1668 - 1729)
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| _William CROSS _______|
| | (1620 - ....) |
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|_Hannah CROSS _______|
(.... - 1682) |
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[2002] All data from Webb.
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_Jeremia, Sr. JAGGER _|
| (1606 - 1658) |
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|--Jeremia, Jr. JAGGER
| (1647 - 1690)
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[2307] Data from Webb as Jeremia, Jr. and from D'Auitolo as Jeremy, Jr.
[2308]
[S52]
Early Settlers of Stamford
[2304] All data from Webb.
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[S39]
History of Ancient Wetherfield