Van Pelt Family

Teunis Jansen Lanen Van Pelt was baptized 5 May 1622 in Overpelt, Limburg, Belgium. His parents were Jan Lanen and Catharina Bakelmans. He married four times and had six known children. He emigrated with his third wife and six children in 1663. They settled in Brooklyn, New York. Ancestors, descendants and relatives lived mainly in Belgium, New York, New Jersey, Iowa and Wisconsin.

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