![]() ![]() ![]() His will (under the name John Winance) was written Februand his inventory was appraised in 1695. He was granted 200 acres of land in Elizabethtown on Decem(General Board of Proprietors of the Eastern Division of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, Liber I, page 161 and Liber II, part II, page 37.) He was well educated, as evidenced by the number of books in his home. Jan, along with brothers-in-law Jacob Melyn and Matthias Hatfield, was one of the original "Associates" who founded and settled Elizabethtown, New Jersey about 1664. Jan and Susanna were married in a double wedding ceremony with her widowed sister Maria Paradys to Matthias Hatfield, also a professional weaver. His marriage is the first known record of Jan Winans in the New World. ![]() Jan sometimes signed his name Jan Wynants, which is Southern Netherlandish ("Jan Wijnants, Weaver" by Edythe D. ![]() The son, presumably Jan/John Winans, removed to New Netherlands sometime before 1653. Although there is no known proof, it is thought that the painter's son by his first wife left home to become an apprentice to a Gobelin weaver after his father's second marriage. It is generally believed, based on research by European genealogists, that Jan is the son of the famous 17th century Haarlem landscape painter Jan Wynants and his first wife. Immigrated w/ brother (Barnanbus?) before 1653 ![]()
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