Polemus, Johannes Theodorus

Polemus, Johannes Theodorus

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  • Name Polemus, Johannes Theodorus 
    Gender Male 
    Person ID I23350  My Genealogy
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 

    Family Van Werven, Catherina,   b. 1612, Brazil Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1702, Midwout (Flatbush), Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 90 years) 
    Married 1643  Isle Itmarca, Brazil Find all individuals with events at this location 
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     1. Polemus, Margaret,   b. Midwout (Flatbush), Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1702, Flatbush, Long Island, New York Find all individuals with events at this location  [natural]
    Last Modified 21 Jan 2022 
    Family ID F8843  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

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    • Reverend Johannes Theodorus Polhemius was born in 1598 in Boirkirchen, Switzerland (son of Johann Theodor Polhemius). He settled in the Palatine, Germany from1625-1628. He lived in Meppel, Overyssel, Netherlands from 1628-1630. He married at this time to an unknown first wife. He had a daughter baptized in 1629 inthe Netherlands. He returned to the Palatine, Germany and lived there from 1630-1635. He immigrated before October 1636, to Wholfstein, Rehnish, Bavaria. Hesailed on October 25, 1636 from Texel Harbor near Amsterdam, Holland and landedon Jan. 23, 1637 in Recif of Pernambuco, Brazil. He was in Olinda, Brazil from1635-1645. He married in 1643 on Isle Itmarca, Brazil to Catharina Van Werven.He was a minister in Itamacus, Brazil from 1645-1654. The Dutch in Brazil wereevacuated in 1654, when the country was surrendered to Portugal. In April 1654he sailed to the Netherlands, on a ship which was captured by a Spanish privateer (or French Man-of-War). In 1654 he landed in New Amsterdam, age about 56, settling in Flatlands, Long Island, New York. He was the first regularly stationed minister of the Dutch on Long Island. When he came here, his wife did not accompany him. She went to Holland to seek collection of the money owed him by the Dutch West India Company. He was the minister in the church in Flatbush from1654-1665. He was the Founding Father of the First Reformed Church of Brokelynand served there until his death. In 1672, he owned property in Flatbush, LongIsland. He died June 9, 1676 in Flatbush, New York.