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Male Rutger Jansen Click to view Rutger Jansen in the family tree

Rutger was born in 1669 in New York,New York and his baptism took place there on December 16th, 1669.  Rutger's father was Jan Wouterzen Den Bosch and his mother was Wyntje Rutgers.  His paternal grandfather was Wouter Den Bosch; his maternal grandparents were Rutgert Wouters and Styntje Jacobs. He had four brothers and four sisters, named Benjamin, Jacob, Jan, Cornelius, Judith, Sara, Styntje and Annetje.  He was the oldest of the nine children.  He died at the age of 73 in 1742 in Somerset County,New Jersey.  He was buried in Princeton,New Jersey.


Rutger's family with Annetje Gerritts Vanderberg

‌Rutger and Annetje Gerritts were married in a religious ceremony on April 12th, 1699 in Bergen Reformed Dutch Church,Queen's County,New York.  They had two sons and six daughters, named Garret, John, Mary, Winifred, Ann, Christina, Elizabeth and Eve.

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