Aaltje Jans Splinters

1658 - 1728  (~ 69 years)

• Name	Aaltje Jans Splinters
  Born	New Amsterdam, New Netherlands
  Christened	20 Feb 1658	New York Dutch Reformed Church, Kings, New York, United States   [1]
  Gender	Female
  AFN	8FCB-0N
  Buried	25 Jan 1728	New York Dutch Reformed Church, Kings, New York, United States   [2]
  Person ID	I482	James Henry Martineau
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2015

  
  

  Father	Jan Hendricks Van Bommel,   b. Abt 1630, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands ,   d. 1693, New York City, New York, United States  (Age ~ 63 years)
  Mother	Lysbeth Jans,   b. Abt 1633, New Amsterdam, New Netherlands ,   d. 1662  (Age ~ 29 years)
  Married	Abt 1657	New Amsterdam Dutch Reformed Church, New York, New York, United States
  Family ID	F197	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laurens Wessels,   c. 16 Apr 1651, New York Dutch Reformed Church, Kings, New York, United States ,   d. Bef 2 Dec 1724, New York City, New York, United States  (Age ~ 73 years)
  Married	11 Dec 1678	New York Dutch Reformed Church, Kings, New York, United States   [3]
  Children	+ 1. Elizabeth Wessels,   c. 18 Jun 1679, New York City, New York, United States ,   d. Bef 1722  (Age ~ 42 years)   2. Wessel Wessels,   c. 22 Oct 1681, New York City, New York, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   3. Gertie Wessels,   c. 4 Dec 1685, New York City, New York, United States ,   d. Bef 1690  (Age ~ 4 years)   4. Wessel Wessels,   c. 5 Apr 1688, New York City, New York, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   5. Gertie Wessels,   c. 9 Nov 1690, New York City, New York, United States ,   bur. 31 Jul 1767, Brooklyn Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church, Kings, New York, United States  (Age ~ 76 years)   6. Annetje Wessels,   c. 5 Feb 1693, New York City, New York, United States ,   bur. 18 Jun 1766, Brooklyn Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church, Kings, New York, United States  (Age ~ 73 years)   7. Wessel Wessels,   b. 6 Mar 1695, New York City, New York, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   8. John Wessels, Twin,   c. 5 Nov 1699, New York City, New York, United States ,   d. Yes, date unknown   9. Margareta Wessels, (Twin),   c. 5 Nov 1699, New York City, New York, United States ,   bur. 17 Sep 1740, Brooklyn Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church, Kings, New York, United States  (Age ~ 40 years)   10. Laurence Wessels,   c. 9 Jun 1703, New York City, New York, United States ,   bur. 15 Mar 1768, New York Dutch Reformed Church, Kings, New York, United States  (Age ~ 64 years)
  Last Modified	27 Oct 2015
  Family ID	F194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  NAM:Aeltje Jans, the first dau of Jan Hendricks van Bommel, was four when her mother died & was brought up by her stepmother, Annette Abrahams, with the other children. She was also known as Jans (her father's name); as Aeltje Hendricks (her father's father's name); and as Aeltje Splinters, which was the family name chosen by her stepmother's family (Annatie Abrahams). The Splinters name was fixed in use by Abraham who had "married Geertie, a sister of Laurens Wessel". NY Wills Vol II p 240, 241. Her birth date listed in N.Y. Dutch Reformed Church rec. of Bap. in the NYG&B rec. Vol. 2, 974.7 B4ne her siblings on pp.149, 171, 185, 199, 212, 224, 262, 291 . Her burial is recorded in NYHS yr bk 1899, N.Y.RDC rec. of burials 974.7 C4h p.209 Aeltje Jans half sister, Lyntie, probably the one bap. 27 Oct 1680, was named "Lyntie Splinters, jong dochter" (i.e,young daughter) at the bap. of Aeltje's twins on 5 Nov 1699, when Lyntie would have been 19. Lyntje Splinters married Andries Ten Brock at NYDC, 3 Jul 1701 (p. 586) (from the research notes of Harriet Stryker-Rhoda noted Dutch researcher)

  
  

• Sources

  [S48] Dutch Reformed Church of New York Bap., (New York Genealogical & Biographacal Rec.), Vol 2, p. 48 (Reliability: 3). [S93] New York His't Society yr bk 1899, p. 209 (Reliability: 3). [S203] Reformed Dutch Church Marriages in New Amsterdam & New York, 974.7 B4ne., Vol 1, p. 45 (Reliability: 3).