Personal History
Occupation: Jan was a “cooper”,maker of barrels. It is said that Jan Claesen arrived in America, New Amsterdam (now New York City), in 1653..Ship records show a Jan Claesen, as a laborer, in August 1662, on the ship, DE VOS, (THE FOX)… …Claesen, in Dutch, is, the surname of “ROMEYN”…Jan was the first of all the, ROMINE, ROMEYN, ROMAIN, ROMEIN AND ROMINES family in the Americas