Jan Wybesse Spoor was born on July 5, 1640 in Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands, a son of Gerritse and Anna (Janse) Wijbe; he married Anna Marie Hans Barheit about 1675 in Holland; he died by August 11, 1719 in Linlithgo, Columbia County, New York.
Birth: 1640 in Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands
Death: AFT 11 AUG 1723 in Linlithgo, Columbia, NY
Immigration: ABT 1650 From Holland to the Hudson River Valley.
Occupation: 1662 farm servant
Residence: 1662 Niskayuna, Albany, New York
Jan (alias Wybesse), resided a time at Beverwyck, and (as Jan Wybesse van Harlingan) bought 16 morgens of land on Catskill Creek; removing to Niskayuna. where he bought land in 1698: married Annatje Maria Hanse; and their son, Johannes, lived in Kinderhook, joining the Albany church in 1700, and married Maria Singer
MARR: Genealogies of the First Settlers of Albany From 1630-1800
929.3 ny a 32 p page 104
Connecticut Valley Historical Museum; Springfield, Massachusetts.
The word Spoor is the Dutch for track or trail and as a common noun is used to designate the traces left by an animal or man in the sand,the mud or the snow. The name as applied to a family is a common one today in Holland, but when or how it came to be applied either to the Dutch or to the American family now bearing that name is lost in obscurity.
In the original Dutch, the name is pronounced as though it were spelled Spore, the Dutch oo being like our long o sound, and it is probable that this pronunciation will account for the change in spelling the name to Spore, which appears in several branches of the family. Spur is also the German equivalent of the Dutch Spoor.
The Spoors in general have been tall and stalwart figures, in the earlier generations frequently attaining a height of more than six feet. They have manifested the Dutch virtues of industry, frugality and probity, and have been the solid men in the communities in which they have lived. FROM: Spoor Family
From: A SKETCH OF SOME OF THE PROMINENT FAMILIES OF THE TOWN OF DANUBE
The Spoor family is of Fresian origin, the original immigrant having been Jan Wybesee Von Harlingen who came to the New Netherlands prior to 1662. He first settled in the Catskills and afterwards in Niskayuna. One of his daughters was a victim of the Schenectady massacre in 1690
From-Collections on History of Albany
Spoor, alias Wybesse, Jan, of Niskayuna; in 1662, Jan Wybesse VanHarlingen, farm servant, bought of Christoffel Davidts 16 morgens of land over the kil at Catskill, lying next to Eldert Gerbertse Cruiff's land. In 1698, he owned land at Niskayuna, which he sold to Johannes Schuyler for L120. His wife was Anna Maria Hanse.
Children of Jan Wybesse and Anna Maria Hans (Barheit) Spoor are:
1- Gerritt Wibusse Spoor
2- Johannes John Spoor
3- Isaac Spoor
4- Antje Jans Spoor, she was killed and burnt at Schenectady by the French and Indians February 9, 1690
5- Saartje (Sara) Spoor
6- Nicolaas, April 27, 1690
7- Barrentje Spoor
8- Annetje Spoor
9- Rebecca Spoor
10- Rachel Spoor
Jan purchased a small piece of land in 1662 which was located in the Loveridge Patent and adjoing the brewery of Eldert Cruyf near the south bank of the Catskill River. He next bought land in the area of Niskayuna, east of Schenectady. By 1699 Jan was "of Albany" (he was probably there well before then), and probably living with son Johannes by the census of 1714, in Livingston Manor.
The last record of Jan Spoor was in Aug of 1723. At this date he was recorded as a member of the Linlithgo church in Columbia County, New York. His burial place has not been found and it is believed that it was probably sunk below plow area, as were many other family plots of that time, to make way for agriculture.
Birth: 1640 in Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands
Death: AFT 11 AUG 1723 in Linlithgo, Columbia, NY
Immigration: ABT 1650 From Holland to the Hudson River Valley.
Occupation: 1662 farm servant
Residence: 1662 Niskayuna, Albany, New York
Jan (alias Wybesse), resided a time at Beverwyck, and (as Jan Wybesse van Harlingan) bought 16 morgens of land on Catskill Creek; removing to Niskayuna. where he bought land in 1698: married Annatje Maria Hanse; and their son, Johannes, lived in Kinderhook, joining the Albany church in 1700, and married Maria Singer
MARR: Genealogies of the First Settlers of Albany From 1630-1800
929.3 ny a 32 p page 104
Connecticut Valley Historical Museum; Springfield, Massachusetts.
The word Spoor is the Dutch for track or trail and as a common noun is used to designate the traces left by an animal or man in the sand,the mud or the snow. The name as applied to a family is a common one today in Holland, but when or how it came to be applied either to the Dutch or to the American family now bearing that name is lost in obscurity.
In the original Dutch, the name is pronounced as though it were spelled Spore, the Dutch oo being like our long o sound, and it is probable that this pronunciation will account for the change in spelling the name to Spore, which appears in several branches of the family. Spur is also the German equivalent of the Dutch Spoor.
The Spoors in general have been tall and stalwart figures, in the earlier generations frequently attaining a height of more than six feet. They have manifested the Dutch virtues of industry, frugality and probity, and have been the solid men in the communities in which they have lived. FROM: Spoor Family
From: A SKETCH OF SOME OF THE PROMINENT FAMILIES OF THE TOWN OF DANUBE
The Spoor family is of Fresian origin, the original immigrant having been Jan Wybesee Von Harlingen who came to the New Netherlands prior to 1662. He first settled in the Catskills and afterwards in Niskayuna. One of his daughters was a victim of the Schenectady massacre in 1690
From-Collections on History of Albany
Spoor, alias Wybesse, Jan, of Niskayuna; in 1662, Jan Wybesse VanHarlingen, farm servant, bought of Christoffel Davidts 16 morgens of land over the kil at Catskill, lying next to Eldert Gerbertse Cruiff's land. In 1698, he owned land at Niskayuna, which he sold to Johannes Schuyler for L120. His wife was Anna Maria Hanse.
Children of Jan Wybesse and Anna Maria Hans (Barheit) Spoor are:
1- Gerritt Wibusse Spoor
2- Johannes John Spoor
3- Isaac Spoor
4- Antje Jans Spoor, she was killed and burnt at Schenectady by the French and Indians February 9, 1690
5- Saartje (Sara) Spoor
6- Nicolaas, April 27, 1690
7- Barrentje Spoor
8- Annetje Spoor
9- Rebecca Spoor
10- Rachel Spoor
Jan purchased a small piece of land in 1662 which was located in the Loveridge Patent and adjoing the brewery of Eldert Cruyf near the south bank of the Catskill River. He next bought land in the area of Niskayuna, east of Schenectady. By 1699 Jan was "of Albany" (he was probably there well before then), and probably living with son Johannes by the census of 1714, in Livingston Manor.
The last record of Jan Spoor was in Aug of 1723. At this date he was recorded as a member of the Linlithgo church in Columbia County, New York. His burial place has not been found and it is believed that it was probably sunk below plow area, as were many other family plots of that time, to make way for agriculture.
Jan Wybesse Spoor was born on July 5, 1640 in Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands, a son of Gerritse and Anna (Janse) Wijbe; he married Anna Marie Hans Barheit about 1675 in Holland; he died by August 11, 1719 in Linlithgo, Columbia County, New York.
Birth: 1640 in Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands
Death: AFT 11 AUG 1723 in Linlithgo, Columbia, NY
Immigration: ABT 1650 From Holland to the Hudson River Valley.
Occupation: 1662 farm servant
Residence: 1662 Niskayuna, Albany, New York
Jan (alias Wybesse), resided a time at Beverwyck, and (as Jan Wybesse van Harlingan) bought 16 morgens of land on Catskill Creek; removing to Niskayuna. where he bought land in 1698: married Annatje Maria Hanse; and their son, Johannes, lived in Kinderhook, joining the Albany church in 1700, and married Maria Singer
MARR: Genealogies of the First Settlers of Albany From 1630-1800
929.3 ny a 32 p page 104
Connecticut Valley Historical Museum; Springfield, Massachusetts.
The word Spoor is the Dutch for track or trail and as a common noun is used to designate the traces left by an animal or man in the sand,the mud or the snow. The name as applied to a family is a common one today in Holland, but when or how it came to be applied either to the Dutch or to the American family now bearing that name is lost in obscurity.
In the original Dutch, the name is pronounced as though it were spelled Spore, the Dutch oo being like our long o sound, and it is probable that this pronunciation will account for the change in spelling the name to Spore, which appears in several branches of the family. Spur is also the German equivalent of the Dutch Spoor.
The Spoors in general have been tall and stalwart figures, in the earlier generations frequently attaining a height of more than six feet. They have manifested the Dutch virtues of industry, frugality and probity, and have been the solid men in the communities in which they have lived. FROM: Spoor Family
From: A SKETCH OF SOME OF THE PROMINENT FAMILIES OF THE TOWN OF DANUBE
The Spoor family is of Fresian origin, the original immigrant having been Jan Wybesee Von Harlingen who came to the New Netherlands prior to 1662. He first settled in the Catskills and afterwards in Niskayuna. One of his daughters was a victim of the Schenectady massacre in 1690
From-Collections on History of Albany
Spoor, alias Wybesse, Jan, of Niskayuna; in 1662, Jan Wybesse VanHarlingen, farm servant, bought of Christoffel Davidts 16 morgens of land over the kil at Catskill, lying next to Eldert Gerbertse Cruiff's land. In 1698, he owned land at Niskayuna, which he sold to Johannes Schuyler for L120. His wife was Anna Maria Hanse.
Children of Jan Wybesse and Anna Maria Hans (Barheit) Spoor are:
1- Gerritt Wibusse Spoor
2- Johannes John Spoor
3- Isaac Spoor
4- Antje Jans Spoor, she was killed and burnt at Schenectady by the French and Indians February 9, 1690
5- Saartje (Sara) Spoor
6- Nicolaas, April 27, 1690
7- Barrentje Spoor
8- Annetje Spoor
9- Rebecca Spoor
10- Rachel Spoor
Jan purchased a small piece of land in 1662 which was located in the Loveridge Patent and adjoing the brewery of Eldert Cruyf near the south bank of the Catskill River. He next bought land in the area of Niskayuna, east of Schenectady. By 1699 Jan was "of Albany" (he was probably there well before then), and probably living with son Johannes by the census of 1714, in Livingston Manor.
The last record of Jan Spoor was in Aug of 1723. At this date he was recorded as a member of the Linlithgo church in Columbia County, New York. His burial place has not been found and it is believed that it was probably sunk below plow area, as were many other family plots of that time, to make way for agriculture.
Birth: 1640 in Harlingen, Friesland, Netherlands
Death: AFT 11 AUG 1723 in Linlithgo, Columbia, NY
Immigration: ABT 1650 From Holland to the Hudson River Valley.
Occupation: 1662 farm servant
Residence: 1662 Niskayuna, Albany, New York
Jan (alias Wybesse), resided a time at Beverwyck, and (as Jan Wybesse van Harlingan) bought 16 morgens of land on Catskill Creek; removing to Niskayuna. where he bought land in 1698: married Annatje Maria Hanse; and their son, Johannes, lived in Kinderhook, joining the Albany church in 1700, and married Maria Singer
MARR: Genealogies of the First Settlers of Albany From 1630-1800
929.3 ny a 32 p page 104
Connecticut Valley Historical Museum; Springfield, Massachusetts.
The word Spoor is the Dutch for track or trail and as a common noun is used to designate the traces left by an animal or man in the sand,the mud or the snow. The name as applied to a family is a common one today in Holland, but when or how it came to be applied either to the Dutch or to the American family now bearing that name is lost in obscurity.
In the original Dutch, the name is pronounced as though it were spelled Spore, the Dutch oo being like our long o sound, and it is probable that this pronunciation will account for the change in spelling the name to Spore, which appears in several branches of the family. Spur is also the German equivalent of the Dutch Spoor.
The Spoors in general have been tall and stalwart figures, in the earlier generations frequently attaining a height of more than six feet. They have manifested the Dutch virtues of industry, frugality and probity, and have been the solid men in the communities in which they have lived. FROM: Spoor Family
From: A SKETCH OF SOME OF THE PROMINENT FAMILIES OF THE TOWN OF DANUBE
The Spoor family is of Fresian origin, the original immigrant having been Jan Wybesee Von Harlingen who came to the New Netherlands prior to 1662. He first settled in the Catskills and afterwards in Niskayuna. One of his daughters was a victim of the Schenectady massacre in 1690
From-Collections on History of Albany
Spoor, alias Wybesse, Jan, of Niskayuna; in 1662, Jan Wybesse VanHarlingen, farm servant, bought of Christoffel Davidts 16 morgens of land over the kil at Catskill, lying next to Eldert Gerbertse Cruiff's land. In 1698, he owned land at Niskayuna, which he sold to Johannes Schuyler for L120. His wife was Anna Maria Hanse.
Children of Jan Wybesse and Anna Maria Hans (Barheit) Spoor are:
1- Gerritt Wibusse Spoor
2- Johannes John Spoor
3- Isaac Spoor
4- Antje Jans Spoor, she was killed and burnt at Schenectady by the French and Indians February 9, 1690
5- Saartje (Sara) Spoor
6- Nicolaas, April 27, 1690
7- Barrentje Spoor
8- Annetje Spoor
9- Rebecca Spoor
10- Rachel Spoor
Jan purchased a small piece of land in 1662 which was located in the Loveridge Patent and adjoing the brewery of Eldert Cruyf near the south bank of the Catskill River. He next bought land in the area of Niskayuna, east of Schenectady. By 1699 Jan was "of Albany" (he was probably there well before then), and probably living with son Johannes by the census of 1714, in Livingston Manor.
The last record of Jan Spoor was in Aug of 1723. At this date he was recorded as a member of the Linlithgo church in Columbia County, New York. His burial place has not been found and it is believed that it was probably sunk below plow area, as were many other family plots of that time, to make way for agriculture.
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