In brief

Baptized about 1675 in Hurley, Ulster County, New York. He married October 12, 1697, at the Old Dutch Church, Kingston, Ulster County, New York.

Family

Children

  • Annetje van Etten
    b. August 1698
    m. Jan Oosterhout
  • Johannes de Hooges van Etten
    b. May 1700
    m. Rebecca Ostrander
  • Jacobus van Etten
    b. January 1704
    m. Margaret Kool
  • Margriet van Etten · in this line
    b. Baptized: March 2, 1707, at the Old Dutch Church in Kingston, Ulster County, New York
    m. Abt. 1723
  • Katrina van Etten
    b. May 27, 1711, in Kingston, Ulster County, New York
    m. Franz Kool
  • Benjamin van Etten
    b. December 1715
    m. Altje?
  • Petrus van Etten
    b. January 24, 1720, in Kingston, Ulster County, New York
    m. Elizabeth Schriver around 1745

Siblings

Full siblings — children of Jacob Jansen de Lange van Etten and Annetje “Anna” Ariens

  • Jan Jacobszen/Jansen van Etten
    b. January 1666, in Hurley, Ulster County, New York
    m. Jannetje Roosa in 1690/1692
    m. Cornelia van Aaken, June 22, 1731
  • Hytje/Sytie van Etten
    b. March 1668
    m. Jan Evertz/Everts, April 23, 1685
  • Adriaen/Arien van Etten
    b. June 1670
    m. Catharina Crom around 1694
    d. 1702
  • Petronella “Nollotie” van Etten
    b. Abt. 1675
    m. Aldert Roos/Roosa, June 21, 1696
    d. After 1736
  • Heiltie “Hail” van Etten
    b. April 1679 in Marbletown, New York
    m. William van Vredenburg, November 12, 1699
  • Emanuel van Etten
    b. December 1681
    m. Antje de Hooges, May 10, 1702
  • Tietie van Etten
    b. February 1684
    m. Evert Roosa, May 10, 1702
  • Jacobus van Etten
    b. May 1686
    m. Rebekka/Rebecca Roosa in 1710
    d. December 31, 1759, in New York
  • Geesje/Geesjen van Etten
    b. December 1688 in Hurley, New York
    m. Jacob Decker, November 25, 1704

Half-siblings — children of Aert Pietersen Tack and Annetje Ariens

  • Cornelis Tack
    b. August 1661

Life story

From Hurley to Dutchess County

Pieter van Etten was baptized around 1675, son of Jacob Jansen de Lange van Etten, and married Eva de Hooges at the Old Dutch Church in Kingston, New York, in October 1697, settling in nearby Hurley. Around 1720–1721 he moved with his brother Jacobus to Dutchess County, New York.

Sources (5)
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