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- Variants of his name include Cornelis Cornelissen and van de Bogart; also, possibly, Cornelis Vos and variants thereof; see further on in these notes.
According to Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts (citation details below), he arrived on the ship den Waterhondt, sailing from the Texel in June or July 1640, and worked as a farm laborer for six years beginning 4 Sep 1640. However, in 1959 John Albert Bogart (citation details below) pointed out the existence of a 1657 deed in which Cornelius, his brother Gysbert, and their cousin Tunis are referred to as having been "minor orphans" in 1656. If so, this would seem to obviate the idea that he arrived as early as 1640.
Whenever he actually arrived, his parents in the Netherlands are clearly identified in the transaction quoted below:
"On this day, the 3rd of September 1661, appeared before me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter named witnesses: Gysbert Cornelisz Bogaert, of the first part and Cornelis Cornelisz Bogaert, his brother of the second part, Gysbert Bogaert dwelling in Katskil and Cornelis Bogaert in the aforesaid colony [of Renselaerswyck] in N: Netherland; acknowledging, said Gysbert Bogaert that he had sold, and he Cornelis Bogaert, that he had bought of him, a just child's portion, to wit, a one-fourth interest in a farm lying in the jurisdiction of Schoonderwoert in Holland, received by him by inheritance and descent on the death and demise of their father Cornelis Theunisz Bogaert and of their mother Beeltie Cornelisz at Schoonderwoert aforesaid […]" [Early Records of the City and Colony of Albany and Colony of Rensselaerswyck, Volume 3, trans. Jonathan Pearson, ed. A. J. F. Van Laer; Albany: University of the State of New York, 1918]
"Schoonderwoert " is Schoonrewoerd, a village about 15 miles south of Utrecht, modern population about 1600. It is also worth noting that one of our Cornelius's sons, Hendrick, stated in his 1679 marriage banns that he had been born in Heykoop, a tiny village two miles west of Schoonrewoerd.
Our Cornelius may have been the same person as Cornelis Vos, also Cornelis Cornelisz alias Vosje. A. J. F. van Laer, in the appendix to Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts (citation details below), says that this is "probably" the case. From Minutes of the Court of Rensselaerswyck 1648-1652 ed. A. J. F. Van Laer (Albany: University of the State of New York, 1922): "January 29, 1649, Cornelis, called Vossgen, has taken the farm next to Rem Jansz, smith, to the north, on the same conditions as others, the lease whereof shall commence next Easter."
If so, then his wife may have been the Dirckjen Pieterse who was the subject of these probate records from Early Records of the City and Colony of Albany and Colony of Rensselaerswyck, Volume 1, trans. Jonathan Pearson (Albany: J. Munsell, 1869): "Conditions; The guardians over the estate left by Dirckjen Pieterse, deceased, wife of Cornelis Vos; propose at once to sell, at public sale, some household stuff, whereof the payment shall be made in good strung merchantable seewant, and that in the time of 8 days, and conditioned that no one shall purchase by an offset of any debts, as the aforesaid household stuff by order of the honorable court is retired, and destined for the payment of the funeral expenses (dootschult). The auction fees become a charge on the buyer. Payment as aforesaid. Done on the 6th of February, A. D., 1665, in Albany." [p. 68] And, three pages later: "We, the undersigned, administrators and guardians of the estate of Dirkje Pieterse, deceased, late wife of Cornelis Vos, acknowledge that in respect to the goods sold of said Dirkje deceased, they are paid and satisfied by the vendue master, Johannes Provoost. Done on the 12|22 March, A. D. 1665, in Albany. Andryes De Vos. This is the mark + of Barent Pieterse [Coeymans]. with his own hand set." [p. 71]
A footnote to the second record quoted above states that "Dirkje Pieterse Coeymans (?)" was "probably" sister of the abovementioned Barent Pietersie Coeymans, alias Molenaer (Miller), which if true would make her a daughter of Pieter Barendse Coeymans of Utrecht and later New Netherland. However, a further footnote asserts that two years later, in 1667, the Cornelius Vos who was the widower of Dirkje Pieterse had married again and "was then called the son-in-law of Andries de Vos." S. V. Talcott (citation details below) and others say that our Cornelius died in or near Albany in 1665, which calls into question whether our Cornelius was in fact the man who was Dirkje Pieterse's husband.
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