Gerrit Lansing

Gerrit Lansing probably was born during the 1670s. He was the son of Gerrit G. and Elsie Van Den Uythoff Lansing. He grew up in a large family in a baker's home on the Rom Street hill near the fort.

In August 1692, he married the widow Catharina S. Glen at the Albany Dutch church where he was a member. By 1709, nine children had been christened in the Dutch churches of Albany and New York.

This Gerrit Lansing appears to have lived in Albany, Schenectady, and New York.

A "Gerrit Lansing" died in January 1736 and was buried from his church. Dutch church burial records differentiate among the same-named individuals.

Sources: The life of this Gerrit Lansing is CAP biography number 3461. This sketch is derived chiefly from family and community-based resources. We seek more activity information on his relatively long life.