Claes Cornelissen Van Schouwen was born on 3-Apr-1597 at Boda, Kalmar, Sweden. He married Margaret Van Der Goes on 9-Nov-1623 at Netherlands. Claes Cornelissen Van Schouwen died circa 1674 at New York.

    He was also known as Claes Van Schouw.

-------------------- Claes Cornelissen VAN SCHOUEN

http://awt.ancestrylibrary.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=ddevries&id=I35906&ti=5542

CLAES CORNELISSEN van SCHOUWEN b abt 1574 possibly Boda, Sweden? Netherlands?? d abt 1674 prob near Flatbush, Long Island, New Amsterdam/New York; married possibly 1st) Margaret VAN DER GOES (there is some controversy about this 1st wife who died 1631 in the Netherlands) and 2nd) Metje HARPERTS in 1632 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Metje died 1652 in Bergen Co NJ. CLAES CORNELISSEN van SCHOUWEN is possibly the originator of the "Wyckoff" surname in America?? CLAES' nickname was "Mutelaer" (Grumbler), and an island near Long Island was named after him, although it is now known as Bergen Island.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bettysboneyard/Dutchancestors.html