Thank you to Peter, Liz and David, With this information from the three of you, I'm going to continue treating them as different names. So the "Jan Aertszen" who had inter-actions with Albert Albertsen Terhune's son and step-son is probably NOT the same man as the "Jan Ariansen" whom Albert Sr. hired as a substitute. Thank you for your help. Renee L. Dauven On 8/11/2013 7:16 AM, bomendal wrote: > RE: Jan Ariansen van Gent. David M. Riker, "Genealogical and Biographical > Directory to Persons in New Netherland," lists Jan Arienszen and Jan > Aertszen (family names: Harrison, Arrison, Aertsen, Aerson), but neither one > would appear to be an exact match with Jan Ariaensen van Gent. I see no > other possible candidates, however. > > David Smock > ============= > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Renee L. Dauven"<promine@web-ster.com> > To:<DUTCH-COLONIES@rootsweb.com>; "New-Netherland" > <NEW-NETHERLAND@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2013 1:53 PM > Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Jan Ariansen van Gent > > >> Does anyone on the list have a clue who the Jan Ariansen van Gent of the >> following document might be? Albert Albertsen is almost certainly to be >> identified as Albert Albertsen Terhune. But who is the other fellow? Can >> Ariaensen be understood to be Aertsen or should they be viewed as two >> seperate names? >> Thank you for any help you maybe able to give. >> >> Renee L. Dauven