Joris Janssen Rapalje was also known as Joris Jansen de Rapele. He was also known as George Rapalje. Joris Janssen Rapalje was born on 24 August 1572 at Leyden, South Holland, Netherlands. Joris Janssen Rapalje was born in 1604 at Valenciennes, Nord, France. Joris Janssen Rapalje was born on 24 April 1604 at Rochelle, France. He was baptized on 28 April 1604 at St. Nicholas R. C. Church, Valenciennes, Nord, France. He was the son of
Jean de Rapalje and
Elizabeth Baudoin. Joris Janssen Rapalje published marriage intentions
Raparlie van Valenchie.../boratwercker out 19 jaeren woon..op 't Waele/padt & Catharina triko van [word parijs crossed out pris in / [word Vranckrijck crossed out] Walslant geasst...met mary Fla[:CR:][:CR:]Raparlie van Valenchie.../boratwercker out 19 jaeren woon..op 't Waele/padt & Catharina triko van [word parijs crossed out pris in / [word Vranckrijck crossed out] Walslant geasst...met mary Fla[m]egh/ haar suster woon...in de Vles out 18 yae....Joris Raparlie, born in Valencie... borat worker, age 19 years, living at the Waele padt, and Catharina Trico, born [Paris, France crossed out] Walslant, assisted by Mary Flamergh, her sister, living in de Vles, age 18 years.[:CR:][:CR:]egh/ haar suster woon...in de Vles out 18 yae....Joris Raparlie, born in Valencie... borat worker, age 19 years, living at the Waele padt, and Catharina Trico, born [Paris, France crossed out] Walslant, assisted by Mary Flamergh, her sister, living in de Vles, age 18 years.
On 13 January 1624. Joris Janssen Rapalje married
Catalynie Catalina Trico, daughter of
Jeronimus Jan Tricot and
Michele Sauvagie, on 21 January 1623/24 at Walloon Church, Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands, (an unknown value). Joris Janssen Rapalje immigrated on 25 January 1623/24 to Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands; aboard the "Eenracht."
On the 16th of June, 1637, Rapalie bought a tract of land of the Indians, "Kakapeyno, and Pewichaas," called "Rinnegakonck," situate "on Long Island, south of the Island of the Manhattans, extending from a certain Kil till into the woods south and eastward to a certain Kripplebush (swamp), to a place where the water runs over the stones." On the 17th of June, 1643, his Indian purchase was patented to him by the governor, and is described as "a piece of land called Rinnegakonck, formerly purchased by him of the Indians, as will appear by reference to the transport, lying on Long Island, in the bend of Mereckkawick (now Brooklyn), east of the land of Jan Monfoort,4 extending along the said land in a southerly direction, towards and into the woods 242 rods, by the kill and marsh easterly up 390 rods, at the "sweet marsh 202 rods on a southerly direction into the woods, and behind into the woods 384 rods in a westerly direction, and certain outpoints next to the marsh, amounting in all to the contents of 167 morgens and 406 rods" (about 335 acres).
On this land, which is situated in the city of Brooklyn, in the vicinity of and including the United States Hospital, and on the easterly side of the Waaleboght, Rapalie finally looated, and died soon after the close of the Dutch administration, having had eleven children.
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n August, 1641, Rapalie was one of the twelve men representing Manhattan, Breukelen and Pavonia, elected to suggest means to punish the Indians for a murder they had committed. In 1655, '56, '57, and 1660, he was one of the magistrates of Brooklyn.
March 1, 1660, "Aert Anthonis Middagh, Tonis Gysbert Bogaert, Jorsey Rapalie, Jean LeCler, Jacob Kip," and others, petitioned for permission to plant a village on the river opposite the Manhattans, in sight of Fort Amsterdam, between the lands of said Bogaert and Kip, but failed to obtain the same. Bogaert at this time possessed the lands patented to Hans Hansen Bergen, and the location of the proposed village was on the line between the towns of Brooklyn and Bushwick.
On the 26th of April, 1660, Rapalie petitioned to be allowed to leave his house standing on his farm for the present, which application appears to have been denied. At this period, in consequence of the Indian troubles, an order had been issued for those residing outside of the villages to abandon their dwellings, and remove to the villages, which were fortified, for safety.
On 26 April 1660.
December 25, 1662, he became a member of the Protestant Reformed Dutch Church of Brooklyn. Rapalie's patent, after his death, was probably divided by will or otherwise between his surviving sons, Jeronimus and Daniel. On the death of Jeronimus, his son, Jeronimus, Jr., appears to have owned 230 acres. The main portion of this tract was conveyed to him by his father, Jeronimus, October 5, 1725 (lib. 6, p. 42, con. King's co. reg. office), described as land in Brooklyn, "at a place called and known by the name of the Wale Bocht consisting of a eight acre house lot * * * * * Bounded Easterly and Southerly by Daniel Rapalje's land, Westerly by the River, and Northerly by Hans Hansen's (Bergen) creek; as also 145 acres of upland * * * * * bounded North by Hans Hansen's (Bergen) kill, East and West by Daniel Rapalje's land, and South by Bedford lotts," etc. In this conveyance, the creek known as Rinnegaconck, appears to be called Hans Hansen's creek or kil. It may be that Jeronimus Rapalie also conveyed to his daughter Sarah, who m. Hans Bergen, 150 acres, for Jacob, son of said Hans and Sarah appears to have owned and sold a tract of this size in 1755, to Martin Ryerse, bounded on the east by land of Jeronimus Rapalje, and others.
The 250 and 150 acres make 400 acres, some 65 acres more than 335 acres, the quantity in the original patent. This may have occurred in-consequence of there being a surplus covered by the patent, or by a purchase of adjoining land. Jan. 8, 1753 (lib. 6, p. 31, King's co. reg. office), Jeronimus Rapalje, Jr., and Helletje, his wife, conveyed to Marten Martense Schenck, of Flatlands (who m. his dau. Antie), his farm at the "Waale Boght," containing by estimation 230 acres, "Bounded Easterly partly to the land of John Noostrand, & partly to the King's highway or road that leads from a place called 'Kroepelhos' to Bedfort, Westerly partly to land of Jacob Bergen & partly to the River; Southerly partly to the land of John Vandervoort & partly to the land of Harman Andriessen, & Northerly to a kil or creek out of the River and between the land of the said Jeronimus Rapalje," etc. In consequence of Daniel Rapalie's land not being referred to in this boundary, it is evident that he must have disposed of it previous to this date. This sale ended the ownership of the patent in the male branches of the Rapalie family.
He died on 21 February 1662/63 at Brooklyn, Kings County, New York, at age 58. He died in 1665 at Wallabout, Kings County, New York.