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                 ANTHONY JANSEN VAN SALLEE, 1607-1676                              by Hazel Van Dyke Roberts, PH.D.   I'm using the historical writing of Hazel Roberts, as she did a lot of research on it.  Anthony was the son of the Pirate King, Jan Jansen, told about in the last entry, # 154.  This is about an interesting part of early New England History.  New Amsterdam became the city New York when the English conquered the Dutch in 1664.       Anthony Jansen Van Salee was a unique, interesting, and  important figure in the early history of New Amsterdam,  He has been found to be the most unusual and interesting figure in the New Amsterdam records . Contentious and obviously a nuisance to them, he was treated by the authorities with the respect due to a person of importance.  It is speculated that Anthony’s ...

Every family has a few skeletons in their closets!  If you haven't found them yet, you probably will someday .  The story below, although around 450 years old, is about one ancestor who was a pirate, and his son, who wasn't too reputable of a person either.  They are on my Pennsylvania Dutch Ancestry line.  I hope you enjoy reading about them -- Hopefully by now they have repented!                               JAN JANSZOON VAN HAARLEM                                 The Pirate King of the Barbary Coast                                    c. 1575-c. 1641       About 1575 a child christened Jan, was born in the city of Haarlem, North Holland, the Netherlands. Jan grew up an average Dutch boy, and when...