James Hans Dey, son of Hans Laurens Duyts



James Hans Dey was the son of Hans Duyts and Marritje Snyderken. James Hans Dey was born about December 31, 1671 on Staten Island, New York and he died around 1745 in Matchaponix, Middlesex County, New Jersey (X on the right on the map at the bottom of this page).

He married (1) Margaret Dey on August 3, 1699. She was born about 1685 in Kings, New York and her father is listed as a John Dey (?). She died around 1714.

James Hans Dey and his half-brother John Laurens Dey were born in Staten Island, New York. Perth Amboy, New Jersey, across the river from Staten Island, is on the Pennsylvania Railroad. South from Perth Amboy, the railroad goes through a number of stations including South Amboy in the northern part of the county.

John Laurens Dey purchased a farm near Cranbury, Middlesex County, New Jersey in about 1725. Cranbury Station is on the Penn Railroad near the southern end of the county. Cranbury was a few miles to the west, near the edge of the image.

Matchaponix, New Jersey, is seven miles due east of Cranbury, New Jersey. Thus, the two half- brothers lived a short distance from each other during the later parts of their lives.

James Hans Dey and wife Margaret had seven children:

  1. James Dey was born on July 12, 1706 in Staten Island, New York and died before October 12, 1784 in South Amboy, Middlesex County, New York. He married Dinah Tiller who was born on December 2, 1703.

  2. Lawrence (Laurens) Dey was born on May 20, 1708 in Staten Island, New York and died before February 9, 1792 in South Amboy, Middlesex County, New Jersey. He married Anne Dey who was the daughter of John Laurens Dey, his "step" uncle. John Laurens Dey and Hans Laurens Dey were step brothers.

  3. Mary Dey was born about 1712

  4. Margaret Dey was born in 1712 on Staten Island, New York and died on November 27, 1797

  5. Isaac Dey was born about 1714 on Staten Island, New York and he died after February 5, 1754 in Piscataway, Middlesex County, New Jersey (X on the west side of the map to the right. South Amboy is about miles to the east of Piscataway. Cranbury is about 9 miles south of Piscataway).

    He married Susanna de la Maetre. They had 6 children:

    1. Hannah Dey
    2. Sara Dey
    3. Ursula Dey
    4. Isaac Dey (Middlesex County, New Jersey)
    5. Gilbert Dey was born on August 13, 1738
    6. Catherine Dey was born about 1740

  6. John Dey was born about 1716 in Staten Island, New York

  7. William Dey was born about 1717 in Staten Island, New York and he died in 1785.
Isaac Dey married Hannah Compton and migrated to Geeene County, Pennsylvania by the 1779s. He was a member of the Goshen Baptist Church at Garrard's Fort along with three grandchildren of his uncle, John Laurens Dey.

The relationships between the descendants of James Hance Dey and his half-brother John Laurens Dey get rather complicated. A partial chart may help keep relationships in perspective.

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