Aerjan "Adrian" Jans

Bef 1625 - Abt 1657  (32 years)

• Name	Aerjan "Adrian" Jans  [1]
  Nickname	Adrian
  Birth	Bef 1625	Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  Death	Abt 1657	New Netherland Territory   [2]
  Notes	Emily Stowell writes, in her historical novel AMERICAN NOMADS, that Adrian Jans "came to Draedvadt in 1657 (when the) Indian troubles had just hotted up...Governor Stuyvesant sent (Adrian) to help move the scattered settlers' houses into the village and help put up the palisades. He was a house carpenter...(during the warfare with the Esopus tribe, the tribe) ambushed the soldiers and settlers down by the ball court near the Strand, collected the ransom for their prisoners, then tortured and killed seven of them....Adrien was one of the sorry seven. Burned alive like the rest..." (Stowell, p 78).
  Person ID	I18740	Strong Family Tree
  Last Modified	17 Aug 2014

  
  

  Family	Geerthen Jans,   b. Bef 1625, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Bef 1645
  Children	1. Dirck Adriens,   b. Bef 1645, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands d. 7 Jun 1663, New Netherland Territory (Age 18 years)   2. Anneke Adriens,   b. 29 Aug 1645, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands d. Aft 1690, New York (Age 45 years)
  Family ID	F6068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2006

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - Bef 1625 - Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Sources

  [S396] Stowell, Emily AMERICAN NOMADS(1988: Iris Press, Del Mar, California), p 488 (Reliability: 3). [S396] Stowell, Emily AMERICAN NOMADS(1988: Iris Press, Del Mar, California), p 78-79 (Reliability: 3).