Aeltjie Couwenhoven

Aeltjie married Dirck Brinckerhoff in 1700. Dirck (son of Abraham Jorisen Brinckerhoff and Aeltje Stryker) was born on 16 Mar 1677 in Flushing, Long Island, New York; died on 26 Apr 1748 in Flushing, Long Island, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Abraham Derickse Brinckerhoff was born about 1700 in of Fishkill, Dutchess, New York; died before 16 Mar 1743.

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Recorded as a member of the Reformed Dutch church of Brooklyn in 1677 and 1685. Resided at Brooklyn ferry. "On the settlement of his father's estate, he was allowed more than his brother on account of his being lame." [Register in Alphabetical Order, of the Early Settlers of Kings County, citation details below.]

Jan married Gerdientje de Sille on 18 May 1670. Gerdientje (daughter of Nicasius de Sille and Cornelia Meulmans) was born on 10 Feb 1642 in Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Also called Gerardina de Sille.

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He was a member of the Council of Eight in 1643.

Although most of the American descendants of the Kouwenhoven/Couwenhoven family eventually changed their surname to Conover, there were descendants of Garret Wolfertse van Kouwenhoven in Brooklyn calling themselves Kouwenhoven as late as 1939, and possibly more recently.

Garret married Aeltje Cornelis Cool about 1635 in Flatlands, Long Island, New York. Aeltje (daughter of Cornelis Lambertse Cool and (Unknown first wife of Cornelis Lambertse Cool)) died before 21 Jul 1683. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Bef 1674, New Utrecht, Long Island, New York

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Doctor of Law. Studied first at Leiden and then at Orleans. At Leiden, he belonged to the Gelderland-Overijssel student fraternity. In the Netherlands, he was a court advocate and a captain in the service of the Estates General.

Upon emigrating to New Amsterdam he became first counselor to Peter Stuyvesant, 1653-57, and schout fiscaal in 1656-57. He was one of the original proprietors of New Utrecht.

Nicasius married Cornelia MeulmansNetherlands. Cornelia (daughter of Peter Meulmans and Anna Marschalk) died before 1655. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate death: Aft 1660, New Netherland
• Alternate death: Bef 27 Apr 1662

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Also known as Wolfert or Wolphert Gerretse; also van Kouwenhoven; also "Van Amersfoort", etc.

Possibly a son of Gerrit Wolferts Suype of Nijkerk, in the Dutch province of Gelderland, and his wife Styne Roberts. Gerrit Wolferts Suype was buried in the chancel of the church at Nijkerk on 12 Dec 1604. Suype was a common surname in sixteenth-century Gelderland, along with its variants Sube, Zuben, Supen, etc.

Wolfert is first seen circa 1630 as a superintendent of farms at Rensellaerswyck, near what is now Albany. From about 1632 to 1636 he leased and farmed a bouwerie on Manhattan, running roughly from today's Chatham Square down to Pearl Street. In 1636 he was granted several hundred acres on Long Island, where he named his plantation "Achervelt." This settlement was later named New Amersfoort, in honor of his birthplace. It is now known as the Flatlands neighborhood of Brooklyn.

In 1654 he served as a schepen (roughly, alderman) of New Amsterdam, and in 1657 he was made a burgher. He served on the Council of Eight Men. Gerritsen Beach is named for him.

Wolfert married Neeltje. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cornelis married (Unknown first wife of Cornelis Lambertse Cool). [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Studied law at the university of Orleans, where he graduated "with the cap" (i.e., received a doctorate). Schepen of Arnheim in 1611, 1612, 1613, 1615, 1616, 1619, 1620, and 1621; Burgomeister in 1614 and 1618; afterward treasurer of Brabant (Fiscaal van de Generaliteit) and of the Supreme Military Court.

Laurens married Walburg EverwijnArnheim, Gelderland, Netherlands. Walburg (daughter of Gijsbert Everwijn, Burgomeister of Arnheim and Gerardina Puyn) was born in of Arnheim, Netherlands; died on 4 Feb 1635 in The Hague, Netherlands; was buried in Klooster Kerk, The Hague, Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Peter married Anna Marschalk. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]