Sales, Phoebe^[1]

Abt 1626 - Abt 1666  (40 years)

• Name	Sales, Phoebe
  Christening	Abt 1 May 1626	Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England
  Birth	Abt 11 Aug 1626	Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England
  Gender	Female
  Death	Abt Dec 1666	Flatbush, Kings, New York, British Colonial America
  Burial	Abt 13 Dec 1666	Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Kings, New York, British Colonial America
  Person ID	I2374	Theisen & Allied Families
  Last Modified	9 Dec 2022

  
  

  Family	Nyssen, Teunis,   b. Abt 1615, Binnick, Utrecht, Netherlands d. Abt Aug 1663, Brooklyn, New Amsterdam, New Netherland (Age 48 years)
  Marriage	Abt 11 Feb 1640	Dutch Reform Church, New Amsterdam, Colony of New Netherlands, Netherlands
  Children	1. Denyse, Jannetje Teunis,   b. 22 Dec 1641, New Amsterdam, New York, New York, United States d. 21 Nov 1735, Midwood, Kings, New York, United States (Age 93 years)   2. DeNyse, Marritje Teunis,   b. 3 Apr 1644, Brooklyn, Kings, Colony of New York, British Colonial America d. 1690, Brooklyn, Kings, Colony of New York, British Colonial America (Age 45 years)   3. Teunis, Annatje,   b. 1645, Gowanus (Brooklyn), Kings, Long Island, New York d. 1734, Long Island City, Queens, NY (Age 89 years)   4. Theunis, Elsje,   b. Abt 10 May 1648, Flatbush, Kings, New Amsterdam d. 1694, Flatbush, Kings, New York, United States (Age 45 years)   5. Nyssen, Femmetje Teunis,   b. 3 Apr 1650, New Amsterdam, New Netherland d. Abt 1715 (Age 64 years)   6. Tunison, Cornelius,   b. 21 Jul 1652, Breuckelen, New Netherlands d. 3 Oct 1731, Raritan, Somerset, New Jersey, United States (Age 79 years)   7. Van Middleswaert, Jan Teunise,   b. to 12 Apr 1654, New Amsterdam, United States d. From 1742, New Jersey, United States (Age 87 years)   8. DeNyse, Dionys Tunessen,   b. 12 Apr 1654, New Amsterdam (now New York City) d. 1703, Hamilton, Monmouth, New Jersey, United States (Age 48 years)   9. Van Middleswaert, Joris,   b. 1662, New Amsterdam, Colony of New Netherlands, Netherlands d. Yes, date unknown   10. Buys, Jacob Janse,   b. 24 Aug 1664, Flatbush, Kings, New York, British Colonial America d. 1712, Brooklyn, Kings, New York, British Colonial America (Age 47 years)
  Family ID	F561	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	20 Mar 2026

  
  

• Sources

  [S1] FamilySearch Family Tree, https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-1260473773/phoebe-sales-in-familysearch-family-tree. Phoebe Sales&lt;br&gt;Birth name: Phoebe Sales&lt;br&gt;Married names: Phebe NyssenPhoebe Buys&lt;br&gt;Also known as: Femmetje JansFemmetie Jans or Fallix SealsPhoebe or Femmetje Sales or JansPhebe&lt;br&gt;Gender: Female&lt;br&gt;Birth: Aug 11 1626 - Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England&lt;br&gt;Christening: May 1 1626 - Little Waldingfield, Suffolk, England&lt;br&gt;Marriage: Feb 11 1640 - Dutch Reform Church,New Amsterdam, Colony of New Netherlands, Netherlands&lt;br&gt;Marriage: Aug 24 1663 - Midwood, Kings, New York, British Colonial America&lt;br&gt;Death: Dec 1666 - Flatbush, Kings, New York, British Colonial America&lt;br&gt;Burial: Dec 13 1666 - Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church Cemetery, Kings, New York, British Colonial America&lt;br&gt;Parents: <a>John Sales</a>, <a>Phillip Sales (born Sole)</a>&lt;br&gt;Spouses: <a>Teunis Nyssen</a>, <a>Jan Corneliszen Buijs</a>&lt;br&gt;Children: <a>Dionys Tunessen DeNyse</a>, <a>Jan Teunise Van Middleswaert</a>, <a>Joris Van Middleswaert</a>, <a>Jannetje Teunis Devries (born Denyse)</a>, <a>Cornelius Tunison</a>, <a>Femmetje Teunis Bergen (born Nyssen)</a>, <a>Elsje Snedeker (born Theunis)</a>, <a>Annatje Rappleye (born Teunis)</a>, <a>Marritje Teunis Woertman (born DeNyse)</a>, <a>Jacob Janse Buys</a>&lt;br&gt;Sister: <a>Sarah Seales</a>&lt;br&gt;&nbsp;&nbsp;Additional information: LifeSketch:Femmetje Jans began her life as Phoebe Sales, infant baptized/christened 1 May 1626 in a Little Waldingfield Suffolk England church where her parents John & Phillip [yes, Phillip is correct] Sales had married in August 1625. John & Phillip had only two children Phoebe & Sarah when they set sail on board ship Talbot in the Winthrop Fleet bound for New England [Massachusetts] early spring 1630. When the ship docked at Charlestown Mass in summer of 1630 only John & daughter Phoebe disembarked. Wife and mother Phillip and daughter, sister Sarah had perished on board and were buried at sea. John Sales and Phoebe Sales remained in Mass. until 1637 when they removed to New Amsterdam [New York City]. In New Amsterdam John & Phoebe affiliated & lived among the Dutch. Phoebe married two times and both husbands were Dutch. Living among the Dutch Phoebe became known as Femmetje, the Dutch equivalent, & her father John as Jan. The Dutch of New Amsterdam did not use surnames until 1664. Children took as a "patronymic" the given name of their father with "s", "se", szen" added. So, Phoebe Sales, born in England, in New Amsterdam was known as Femmetje Jans [meaning Femmetje, daughter of Jan]. Father, John Sales, in New Amsterdam was known as Jan Sales. Whoever could write spelled, and wrote what was heard, not what was meant to be heard.