Jan (John) Pietersz van Deventer (1627-ca. 1692) married Maria Hoogeboom in 1652, and 1661 the family immigrated from The Netherlands to New Amsterdam, New York and settled in Brooklyn, New York. Descendants and relatives lived in New York, New Jersey, Virginia, Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Arkansas, Kansas, Illinois, Oklahoma, California, Texas, Missouri, Colorado, Wisconsin and elsewhere. Includes some ancestry and genealogical data in The Netherlands.

Jan/John Pietersz van Deventer (1627-ca. 1692) married Marie/Marieken Hoogeboom at Houten, Netherlands, in 1652. In 1662, they immigrated to New Netherlands and settled on Long Island. Willis Van Devanter (1859-1941) became Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States under President Taft. Descendants scattered throughout the country.

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Van Deventer Family