Dr. Nicholas Claessen de Witt<br>Geboortenaam: Nicholas Claes DeWitt<br>Ook bekend als: Nicholas ClaussenCornelius (Dr.) DEWITT<br>Geslacht: Man<br&;gt;Geboorte: 1594 - Herwijnen, Gelderland, Netherlands<br>Huwelijk: Echtgeno(o)t(e): Taatje Cornelisse Van Leuven - Ongeveer 1618<br>Overlijden: 1663 - Holland, Netherlands<br>Er schijnt een probleem te zijn met de verwanten van deze persoon. Bekijk deze persoon op FamilySearch om deze informatie te bekijken.<br> Aanvullende informatie:
LifeSketch: Nicholas ClaussenCornelius (Dr.) DEWITT was born on Oct 31, 1588 in Herwynen, Gelderland, Netherlands. He died before 1662 in Essen, East Friesland, Germany. He was buried before 1662 in Emden, Harlinger Land, Aurich, Niedersachsen. Nicholas DeWitt remained in Holland and is one of the ancestors ofPresident Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He was probably too young to havebeen a physician at this time. and stories in regard to this adventure are given as thereason for three of his children emigrating to New Amsterdam to seek theopportunities it held. We know that Emmerente, Jan Classen and Tjerckemigrated in 1662. s are offered as the father of Claes Nicholas DeWitt orNicholas Claes DeWitt. merican records in the variousforms of De Wytte, De Wit, De Wittem Dewitte, DeWette, De Wet, DeWitt,and Dewitt, of which the last two are the most generally accepted formsof the name today in America. In most documents about Holland, it isspelled de Witt. l, social, and civil life of Holland. cob Westfall DeWitt of Pennsylvania, who was historian ofthe DeWitt Family Hisorical Society, Jan and Cornelius DeWitt had anuncle, their father's brother, named Dr. Nicholas DeWitt. This Dr. DeWittaccompanied Hendrick Hudson to American on the HALF MOON in 1609ascending the "River of the Mountains," later named the Hudson River, ona voyage of discovery to try and find a passage to the Indies. On hissreturn to holland, his accounts of the New World so fascinated hisfamily that his two sons and a daughter were determined to visit andpossibly settle in this new land. Parents: John (Jan) DEWITT and Jacomina VAN BARESTIJNE.ildren were: Tjerck Claessen DEWITT, Jan Claessen DEWITT, Emmerente DEWITT.
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