Hij is getrouwd met Helena Jacquessen Denyse.
Zij zijn getrouwd.Bronnen 3, 6
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The Rapalje Children and the artist was John Durand. Shows 4 children bo y, boy, girl, boy in period garb for the mid 1700's..The painting is in t he Museum of New York at the Henry Luce III Center which opened in 2002.
painting listed as "The children of Garret Rapalje (b. 1730) and Helena ( de Nyse) Rapalje were Garret (b. 1757), George (b. 1759), Anne (b. 1762 ), and Jaques (b. 1752). "
Mr. Durand also painted their father, Garret, in 1768.
He is described as: "Garret, the son of George Janse Rapalje and Diana (Mi ddagh) Rapalje, resided in New York ..."
Garret Jorissen Rapalje | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Helena Jacquessen Denyse |
In the name of God, Amen, September 4, 1745. I, GEORGE RAPALJE, of the Ferry in the township of Brookland, in Kings County, on the Island of Nassau, yeoman, at present sick and weak. I leave to my wife Dinah all my whole estate, houses and lands in Brookland or elsewhere, during her natural life, "or so long as she, my said wife, shall continue my widow and bear my name, but no longer." "But if she come to remarry again, I leave her âê400." I leave to my eldest son, John, âê15, over and above his share, before any division, for his birthright. I leave to my son John all my farm or Plantation, which I now live on, on the Ferry, aforesaid, with all meadows and appurtenances. I leave to my son Gerritt all my farm or Plantation lying and being at the Walebooght, so called, in the township of Brookland, with all appurtenances. My son John shall pay to my son Gerritt âê600. I leave to my daughter Cornelia, wife of Abraham Lott, of New York, âê800, out of my movable estate. I leave to my daughter Antie, âê800. All the rest to my children, John, Gerritt, Cornelia, and Antie, I make my loving brother, Jeronimus Rapalje, and my brother-in-law, John Middagh, executors.
New York City Wills, 1706-90
Source: Ancestry.com