Jan Pieterse Stryker

Jan Peterese Stryker was son of Pieter Stryker and Annetje Barends.

On April 19, 1704, Jan married Margrietje Schenck daughter of Johannes Schenck and Magdalena De Haes. Jan and Margrietje had nine children: Pieter Schenk, Johannes Schenk, Annetje Schenk, Magdelena Schenk, Margarita Schenk, Abraham Schenk, Lammetje Schenk, Jacobus Schenk,and Maragrita Schenk. After the death of his first wife in 1721, on Feb 17, 1722 Jan married Sara, daughter of Michael Hansen Bergen of Brooklyn. Jan and Sara had five children: Michael Stryker, Femmetje Stryker, Barent Stryker, Sara Stryker, and Isaac Stryker.

Jan was one of the Sachems of the Tammany Society. He was a member of Captain Domenicas Vandervere’s Company, Kings County Militia, in 1715. He resided in Flatbush and seems to have had considerable landed property there.¹

Jan Pieterse Stryker died August 17, 1770 and he was buried in the Baptist Reformed Church churchyard.

¹Stryker, William S. Genealogical Record of The Strycker Family. Sinnickson Chew, Camden, NJ. 1887; 10, 12-14.