On my fathers, fathers side this is what we know. Matthys Jansen Laenen Van Pelt and his brother Teunisn Jansen Laenen Van Pelt immigrated with their families aboard the "Rosenbloom" from Amsterdam in 1663. Matthys is my great, great and so on grandfather. My maiden name is Lane. Boy, did they shorten the last name! On my fathers, mothers side we can trace back to 1650 to Germany, they came to the United States in the early 1800's. My mothers side of the family are from Sweden. They came to the States also in the early 1800's.