Dr. Gerardus Wessells

Other Events:

• Contract Agreement: 5 May 1683, New England; Articles of Agreement Doctor Gerraldus Vessell of Boston, New England merchant and Reynier Vander Colen of New Castle, merchant by mutual and voluntary agreement do contract and agree for the term of 7 years (Notes)
• Natualized: 1694, Maryland; He petitioned the Maryland court to become a citizen in 1694 in Maryland (Maryland Assembly Proceedings: 58).

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Died:
Payments made 3 Nov 1709 & 16 Feb 1710 by son James to creditors of Geradus

Dr. married Unknown in 1679. Unknown was born in 1661. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anne Wessells was born in 1682 in Maryland.
2. Elizabeth Wessells was born in 1686.
3. James Wessells was born in 1688 in Kent County, Delaware, USA; died in January 1754 in Accomack County, Virginia.

Other Events:

• Note: 1 December 1654, New Amsterdam, New York; Appointed Farmer of the Excise, a position involving the taxation of alcoholic beverages, as such he appears in court multiple times between 1653-1672 (See 13 Jan 1657 in notes)
• Note: 16 November 1669, New Amsterdam, New York; It is this day Ordered that Warnaer Wessells shall be Constable of this City during the Mayority of Mr. Mayor Steenwyck

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Birth:
See notes

Warnaer married Anna Elizabeth Masschop. Anna was born in 1630 in Probably Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Source: The Dutch in Dixie, by Tom Wessells

Unknown married Metje (Mettie) Boonen in 1624 in Holland. Metje was born in 1600 in Netherlands; died after 1661 in New Amsterdam, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Migration: 1653, New Amsterdam, New York; Metje and her children migrated to New Amsterdam sometime before 1653, as this is the first time Warnaer seems to appear in court records.

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Birth:
See Notes