Turkish pirates in North Atlantic

For instance, the Ottomans never occupied Madeira (and the Spanish king - he rulled Portugal as well - wouldn't ever allow it). They did raid the Portuguese shores, including the island, looking for small ships, but that was it.

Anthony owned about 250 acres opposite of Coney Island.   I beleive that he did eventually receive part if not Coney Island.   It  was known as "Turk's Island."  There is so much written on the family and so little that is documented.  A lot is theory and conjecture at this point.   If anyone has more documented sources I would be glad to know of them.  I am especially interested in the marriage record o Anthony.  It is said Anthony had a Koran that was in his family until modern times at least.  I have found no one that has ever seen it or claims to own it.  It was said to be sold at auction within the past fifty years or so.

 

Scott: There are also those that believe that Jansen had three wives: his first, dutch wife, his second, a moorish woman and finally, one of the sultan's daughters - the product of His Royal Loins and Concubine X. There are those that believe that Anthony was born in Cartagena, Spain, from JJVS's moorish wife, but who's to say what's really what? While court records/transcripts give us a good idea as to just how much land he owned and when, I think they also help give us a better understanding of the kind of person he was. In my opinion, the fact that he was in court often does not automatically make him a disreputable person, nor do any of the accusations brought against him. He was a wealthy, visible minority living in a time and place where rumors abounded. One constant that seems to follow him throughout his life in the New World is the contempt and jealousy of his neighbours, whom were always trying to steal from him, whether they were after his cattle, letting their animals graze in his fields or outright encroaching upon on his land.

 

There are those that will try to sound intelligent, swearing by their favorite author's authenticity while they ridicule any idea which is new to them, and that with the fervor of a religious zealot, without ever having an iota of actual proof. Please, people, try to keep an open mind about things and don't take their drivel as canon. A lot can happen in four or five hundred years. Many revelatory documents can be lost or misinterpreted, and it would be a big mistake to swear by something just because someone who sounded "smart" said it.

 

My Dutch connection survived the centuries from ear to mouth and so on through several generations of illiteracy. After researching the fact, it's funny to say, but I find that a lot of these family stories hold more truth than any internet "knowitall" working out of their mom's basement ever could.

 

Respectfully yours,

 

MDLP

 

Another descendant of JJVS.

 I have seen the varied speculation about the mother of Anthony.  I have even seen somewhere mention of a birth record in Holland for him.  That might have been on an ancestry.com chart.  There is a wealth of speculation on there.  Perhaps someday DNA testing will be advanced enough to solve the parentage of Anthony.   The apparent ownership of the Koran by Anthony might be true but he apparently could not read or write.  So much that is known about him is based on theory.   The New Amsterdam records are the best, albeit not perfect, source that I have found.    If anyone has examined records in the Netherlands I would certainly be grateful to know about it.

 

I don't know wheather your know ( or not) in Turkish, we use a sentence (it is a pattern like idiom )

 

The cat "which it doesn't reach to lung; kidney" says it is bad.