Jan Bastiaenson Van Kortryk

Jan Bastiansen Van Kortryk (b. 1618, d. Aft. 1701) son of Bastian Van Kortryk, was born 1618 in Leerdam, Holland. His wife's name is not known, but many think he married either Annetje Cornelis or Ilanta/Yolanta De La Montagne on Abt. 1640 in Leerdam, Holland, daughter of Jean "Johannes" Mousier De La Montagne and Rachael Monjour De Forest.

Notes for Jan Bastiansen Van Kortryk:

Jan Bastiansen embarked with his brother, Michiel, and their respectivefamilies 16 April 1663 in the ship "DeBonte Koe" (the Spotted Cow), Jan Bergen, master. Each adult was charged 39 florins, children under ten, except infants, half price. It cost Jan Bastiansen for the tranportation of himself, his wife and children, 204 florins, 10 stivers. Jan had settled in Beest, a town near Leerdam. He may have been the "Kortryck" who owned a bouwery on Staten Island in 1674. He spent part of his time at Harlem, but is last mentionned there 8 January 1677 when he was a witness to a power of attorney given his old friend, Jan Louwe Bogert to Hendrick Jansen Baker, to collect money due on Brooklyn property sold to Thomas Lamberts.

More About Jan Bastiansen Van Kortryk:

Immigration: April 16, 1663, Leerdam, Holland.

More About Jan Bastiansen Van Kortryk and Yolanta De La Montagne:

Marriage: Abt. 1640, Leerdam, Holland.

Children of Jan Bastiansen Van Kortryk and Yolanta De La Montagne are:

  1. +Cornelis Jansen Kortryk, b. 1645, Beest, Holland, d. 1689, Harlem, NY.

  2. +Hendrick Jansen Van Kortryk, b. 1648, Beest, Holland, d. 1741, Kingston, Ulster Co., NY.

  3. +Laurens Jansen Louwerens, b. 1651, Beest, Holland, d. 1727, Readington, Somerset Co., NJ?.

  4. Belytie Jans Bastiannsee Kortrijk, b. 1657, Leerdam, Holland, d. Bef. 1702.

Notes:

Amsterdam, Netherlands to Unknown Port [Transcriber's Note: As this information comes from histories of the state of New York, it is probable that the unknown port is New Amsterdam]

Sailed on 16 April 1663

Bontekoe (Spotted Cow) (Brindled Cow) sailed on 16 April 1663 under Captain Jan Bergen.

In 1663 de Bonte Koe sailed from Amsterdam on 16 April arriving in New Amsterdam between 11 May and 17 August, under the command of Captain Jan Bergan.

• 1-6 Adriaen Jansen Honink (Konink), from Well - and wife and four children ages 1/2, 4, 6 and 8 years
• 7 Barent Boerhams (Boerhaus)
• 8-11 Barent Egbertsz from Bentheim (Bentem), - and wife and two children ages 1 and 3 years
• 12-17* David De Maire from Picardy - and wife and four children ages 1, 6, 11, and 18 years [(Demarest), See Revised History of Harlem, James Riker, (c) 1904, page 106, 205]
• 17-20 Elje Barents wife of Adam Bremen - and servant girl(Elsje)
• 21-23 Gerrit Jans (Jansz), from Arnhem, and wife and brother-in-law, Arnoldus Willems (Willemsz)
• 24 Gerrit Verbeeck
• 25-30 Giel Bastiaensen from Leirdam - and wife and four children ages 1, 5, 8 and 9 years
• 31-33 Grietje Gerrits the wife of Dirck Jansen Van Vliet - and two children ages 4 and 9 years
• 34* Hans Jacob Sardingh (Hardingh, Harty), from Bern, Switzerland
• 35 Hendrick Cornelisz from New Netherland
• 36-37 Jacob Kerve from Leyden - and wife
• 38-43* Jan Bastiaensen (Kortright), from Leirdam - and wife and four children ages 6, 12, 15 and 19 years
• 44 Jan Boerhams (Boerhaus)
• 45 Jan Laurens (Lourens), from Rijpen (Rypend in Friesland?)
• 46-49 Jan Laurens from Schoonrewoerd (Schoonderwoert), and wife and two children ages 4 and 7 years [(Jan Louwe Bogert), See Revised History of Harlem, James Riker, (c) 1904, page 98, 105, 205]
• 50-52 Jan Otto van Tuyl (Van Teyl), and wife and child 2 years of age
• 53-55* Jean Arien (Arion), from Montpellier - and wife and child 2 years of age
• 56-58* Jean Mesurole from Picardy - and wife and nursing child
• 59-65* Jerome Bocke (Bovie), from Walslant* (Pays de Vaud) - and wife and five children ages 3, 6, 9, 15 and 18 years[(Boquet),
• 66-68 Joost Houpleine (Houpleyne), from Flanders - and wife and son
• 69-71* Joost Houpleine (Houpleyne) junior, and wife and nursing child[(Joost Oblinus),
• 70 Joris Adriaensen from Leirdam (Leerdam)
• 71 Juriaen Tomassen, from Rijpen (Rypend in Freisland?)
• 72 Lammert Jansen Dorlant
• 73-75 Martin Renare from Picardy - and wife and child(Martyn)
• 76 Marytje Theunis from Beest
• 77-72 Matthys Bastiaensen Vander Perck (Van der Perck), and daughter
• 73* Moillart Journay (Journee), from Walslant* (Pays de vaud)(Moilliart)
• 74 Peter Matthysen from Limborgh(Pieter)
• 75-78* Pierre Niu (Noue), from Walslant* (Pays de Vaud) - and wife and nursing child and sister
• 79-81* Pierre Parmentie (Parmentier), from Walslant* (Pays de Vaud) - and wife and son
• 82 Pierre Richard (Richaird), from Paris
• 83 Staes de Groot from Tricht
• 84-85 Theunis Bastiaensen Cool, and child 8 years of age
• 86 William Goffou from Sweden(Guilliam Goffo)

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12 See Revised History of Harlem, James Riker, (c) 1904, page 106, 205

34 Possibly the ancestor of the Harding family of Orange County, see Riker's Harlem,

   page 407;  

38 See Revised History of Harlem, James Riker, (c) 1904, page 105, 205

53 A note says: "Jean Arion being very old and unable to support his family, was permitted

   to move with his family to the Islands"

56 See Revised History of Harlem, James Riker, (c) 1904, page 105

59 See Revised History of Harlem, James Riker, (c) 1904, page 105

69 See Revised History of Harlem, James Riker, (c) 1904, page 67, 105, 205

73 See Revised History of Harlem, James Riker, (c) 1904, page 205

75 See Revised History of Harlem, James Riker, (c) 1904, page 205

79 See Revised History of Harlem, James Riker, (c) 1904, page 105

   Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York

   O'Callaghan; Brodhead; and Fernow (editors) Weed, Parsons & Co., Albany, New York, 1880. 

   Transcribed by Alice(Stansfield)Herzberg a member of the

   Immigrant Ships Transcribers Guild

   22 November 2008

Notes:

Jan Bastiaensen Kortrjt/Kortregt/Courtwright was born in Leerdam, Gelderland, South Holland in 1618. He lived near Beest (Beesd), near Leerdam. He embarked 16 April 1663 with his brother Michael and their families in the ship "De Bonte Koe," Jan Bergen, Master. The cost was 39 florins per adult, children under 10 half-price. The total price of the voyage was 204 florins, 10 stivers.

He spend part of his time in Harlem and is listed there 8 Jan 1677 as a witness to a power of attorney given his friend Jan Louwe Bogert to Hendrik Jansen Baker, to collect money due Bogert on Brooklyn property sold to Thomas Lamberts.

He died after 1677 probably in New York. The name of his wife is not presently known.

Children of Jan Bastianensen Kortrijk were:

1. Cornelius Jansen Kortright/Cortegt was born 1645 in Beest, Gelderland, Netherlands. He is considered to be the founder of the Courtright family in NY and NJ. On 25 Sep 1669, Nicholas de Meyer sold two farms included in his patent to the brothers Cornelis and Laurens. Cornelis, on 5 May 1671, gave a lease of his part to Laurens for four years at the yearly rental of 400 gelders in grain. Jan Bastiaensen, their father, and Bastiaen Elyessen, his father-in-law subscribed to the agreement. Cornelis made his will 25 Feb 1689, proved 18 March 1706.

He married Metje Elyessed, the widow of Claes Teunize Van Appledorn and a daughter of Bastiaen Eleyssen. She managed her husband's business and enhanced his estate.

Their children included: Johannes Cornelissen, Aefie Cornelis, Annitie Quackenbos, and Laurens.

2. Hendrik Jansen Van Kortright (aka Hendrik Jansen Van Beest) was born 1648 in Beest, Gelderland, Netherlands. He bought land near Stuyvesant's Bouwery 12 Feb 1669, but did not hold it long. He and his brother Laurens moved to Esopus where he married 14 Dec 1672 to Catharyn Hansen who died in 1740. Thei children baptized in the New York City Reformed Dutch Church: Jan Hendricksen Kortright, Hendrik Hendricksen Kortright Jr., Cornelis Hendricks Kortright, Geertje Kortright Schut, Arie Kortright, Antje Hendricks Kortright Dekker, Laurens Kortrecht, Jacob Kortrecht, Jannetji Kortrecht Decker, Pieter Hendrickson Kortright, and Cathereine Kortright.

3. Laurens/Louwerens Jansen was the ancestor of the Readington, New Jersey Lowe family. He was born 1651 in Leerdam, Gelderland, Netherlands. On 25 Dec 1669, Nicholas de Meyer sold two farms to the brothers Cornelis and Laurens and Cornelis leased his shar to Laurens. His share of the farm was the foundation of an ample estate he acquired. In 1677 he was elected as an overseer. In 1727 Laurens Jansen died and his land subsequently descended to his son Albert Low of Somerset Co., NJ who released it to his brother Laurens in 1731.

In 1672 he married Mary, the daughter of Albert Heymans Roosa and Wyntje Ariens of Esophus. They became the parents of 10 children.

4. Belytie Jans Bastiannsee Kortrijk/Corteght was born 1651 or 1659 Leerdom, Gelderland, Netherlands. and died before 1702. She married 8 Dec 1678 to Jacob Janse Decker of Esopus, NY.

Source:

www.geocities.com/cwheatley2000/lowfam.html?200919

Who was the Wife of Jan Bastiansen Kortrijk?:

"According to a book by Henry H. Courtright (written before 1900) (1112) Jan's wife is not named. It just says Jan married and settled farther up the Linge, at a busy little village within sight of Wolfsweart Castle, also of the ruined Abbey of Marienweest, and called Beest.' It later states that he and his three sons (approaching manhood) and his brother Chiel (Michael) left for America on April 19,1663 on the Brindled Cow'".

-- Bev Farrington unstart@texas.net

"According to many accounts, Jan Bastiansen Kortrijk was married (circa 1640 - 1645) to Iolanta/Jolant/Jolanta De La Montagne, in Beest, Holland, daughter of Johannes Mousnier De La Montagne (1592 - 1670) and Rachel Monjour de Forrest (1609 - 1643). Iolanta De La Montagne is said to have been born in 1627 in Belgium (or Leyden, Holland) and (according to one source citing the name as Yolanta de la Montagne) to have died after 1677 in Harlem, New York. A seemingly authoritative source listing the six children of Rachel de Forrest, includes a "Jolant," who was born in 1627, but who died in Tobago, West Indies, as an infant. It is known that the family returned from the West Indies to Holland, where two other children were born before they emigrated to America. Only if "Jolant" did not die, but returned to Holland, could she have married Jan Bastiansen Kortrijk. Those wishing to pursue the matter should see: "The Montanye Family," edited by Lois Stewart and published by the Society of Descendants of Johannes de la Montagne, 3657 West Nichols, Springfield, MO 65803, August, 1991, as well as this web site.

"So who was Jan's wife? Another line of research suggests it could have been a woman named Annetje Cornelis. I have found mention of such a woman, born circa 1610, and the name appears numerous times in Dutch baptismal records of the Reformed Dutch Church of New Amsterdam in the years 1647, 1655, 1656, 1659, etc. apparently as a sponsor. However, I find no connection of this name to Jan Bastiansen Kortrijk and I was initially sceptical of this theory because this woman was using a maiden name in the baptismal records. We do find a(n) "Annetje Cornelis Kortright," born about 1680, a daughter of Cornelius Van Quackenbush. A search for her grandparents might be worthwhile. As always, variant spellings also hinder the search. The question is further confused by a source that says "Jan Bastieansen married Annetje Cornelis De La Montagne", thereby suggesting that the "two women" may be the same. It is a shame that confusion reigns at this point, as the Montange line leads to Yolanta's father, Jean Mousier de la Montag/ne (born 1592 in Saintes,Santonge,France) and possible avenues of interest.

"Yet, another source claims that Jan Bastiassen Van Kortryk Louw was married twice, once about 1640 to a Yolanta de La Montagne and then to Annettje Cornelis. She is said to have been born in 1622 in Leerdan, Holland, and to have married our man in 1644, in Beest, Holland . But the web page also states: "It hasn't been proven yet that she is the wife of Jan. Documentation is needed.""

The names of the four children:

• Cornelius Jansen Lowe
• Hendrick Jansen Lowe
• Laurens Jansen Van Kortryk Lowe
• Belitie Isabella Janse Van Kortryk Lowe

offer little in the way of guidance, with the possible exception of the first, "Cornelius," who may have gotten is name from his mother's maiden name: Cornelis.

The names of grandchildren, however, and their baptismal records may provide a clue. I am grateful to "Cousin Jean," a knowledgeable contributor to Internet genealogy sites, who tells me that, with respect to Annetje Cornelis, experts on Dutch colony "L" names theorize that she was the wife of Jan Bastiaensen for two reasons. One is based on the Dutch naming pattern usually practiced by most Dutch settlers; the other is based on who appeared as godparents at an infant's Baptism. Reason #1 is supported by the fact that all the daughters of Jan's children Cornelis, Hendrik, Laurens (my ancestor), and Belitje were named "Annetje." Reason #2 is supported by the finding that a "Annetje Cornelis" appears as a godmother at the baptism of Hendrik Jansen Kortright's first son, Jan Hendriksen, in 1672 in Harlem, Manhattan. As to why she would use her maiden name, it is reported that, before they adopted the use of their husbands' surnames in the 1700s, all Dutch and Flemish women used their patronymic names as their personal identification. There were two women named Annetje Cornelis: one who came to Kingston in the 1640s; the other who came to Harlem in 1663. This is the same year that Jan and his wife came over on the Spotted Cow and so, this theory goes, it was she who was Jan's wife. If only Jan had made a will, the mystery would be put to rest.

The information on the remainder of this page comes from the gedcom and history prepared by Gordon Courtright (Glcourtr@aol.com) who has generously shared it with his distant cousins:

He migrated on April 16 1663. He sailed on the Bontiekoo (the spotted cow) from Amsterdam to Harlem with his brother, Michiel. This was in Abbott's book on the Courtright family.

Notes for JAN-BASTIAN "BASTIAENSEN" VAN KORTRYK: He and his brother Michiel came to New Amsterdam with their families in 1663 on the ship [IT:Bonte Koe [Spotted Cow]:IT], embarking from Rotterdam on 16 April 1663.

Moved to Beest, Holland when a young man and married there. Beest is several miles north of Leerdam, Holland on the River Linge well within the sight of the Wolfswaert Castle and of the ruins of the Abbey of Marenwaert near the Gelderland border. His four children were born here. Jan's brother Michiel or "Chiel" as he was known was married and lived in the "Prince's Land" as it was known, near Schoonrewoerd about two miles north of Leerdam and some of his children were born here, possibly three or four.

The two brothers yielded to the flattering offers held out to colonists by the Dutch West India Company, and with their families, agreed to leave together for that distant land of New Amsterdam in America Records show that they proceeded to Amsterdam and embarked on April 16, 1663, in the sailing vessel, "Brindle Cow," with Jan Bergen as the Master or Captain of the ship.

In reference to the ship "Brindle Cow", there is some controversy as to that name. There are manifests present that the ship was called "Spotted Cow." In dictionaries in the hands of this writer and the manifests in hand the ship was called "Spotted Cow." Brindle in the dictionaries; means "spotted or having dark streaks." This writer has been told many times by his father and others that the ship was called "Brindle Cow" but when the manifests were found and the ship was called "Spotted Cow" a determination or explanation was in order. Several other booklets, pamphlets, and other paraphernalia would suggest that the name was truly "Spotted Cow" therefore for the purpose of this genealogical history/tree any reference to the Brindle Cow or Spotted Cow will be synonymous and we must take for granted that one persons "Spotted Cow" is another's "Brindle Cow"! The cost to Jan Bastiaensen was 204 Florins and 10 Stivers for himself and his family. The Dutch Florin or Guilder valued at 40 cents and the Stiver at 2 cents. That cost of passage for his family and himself being, in U. S. currency, $81.80. Considering the purchasing power of the dollar in those times, had the dollar been present the Master Jan Bergen, was quite well paid.&

The Bastiaensen brothers and their families, after porting (landing), went to Stuyvesants Bouwery (farm), but soon moved to Haarlem (Harlem) which is located at the upper end of Manhattan Island. The brothers and their families settled in this area and were the progenitors of the entire Courtright family clan in New York and New Jersey and later to spread all over the world. Eventually, the Van was dropped and about 1674 the name was spelled Kortryk, Kortregt, Kortrecht, Kortright, then Americanized to Cortright and later to mostly Courtright. This writer, even today receives mail that is spelled; Cortright, Kortright, Cartright, Cartwright, Courtwright along with the correct spelling of Courtright. On September 19, 1701, Jan Bastiaensen bought from Peter Van Oblienas a tract of land on Sherman Creek (Harlem) which became the well known Kortright farm, which continued in the family till 1786. Here, Jan, built and lived till very aged, at least his name remained in the tax lists until 1753.

Back to the Lowe Family page.

Sources:

1. "Revised History of Harlem (City of New York), James Riker (1903), New York, New Harlem Publishing Co.

2. -- http://www.yodaslair.com/dumboozle/famhist/jans-wife.html

•ID: I00855 •Name: Jan Bastiaenson Van Kortryk •Sex: M •Birth: 1618 in Kortrijk, West Vlaanderen, South Holland, Netherlands •Death: 1715 in Haarlem, Manhatten Island, New York •Emigration: April 16, 1663 on Bontiekoo •Event: Ethnicity Walloon •Note: "...settled farther up the Linge (from leerdam) at a busy little village within sight of Wolfswaert Castle, as also of the ruined abbey of Marienwaert and called Beest, it's balliwick of the same name joining westerly to t he Prince's land, but within the Gelderland border." (Also seen as Beesd. )

Later he embarked with his brother Michael (Michiel) and their respective families 16 Apr 1663 on the ship "De Bonte Koe, (the Spotted Cow)" headed for Nieuw Amsterdam -- Jan Bergen was Master of the ship. Each adult was charged 39 florins, cchildren under 10, except infants were half price. It cost Jan Bastianensen for the transportation of his family 204 florins, 10 stivers.

He may have been the "Korttryck" who owned a bouwery on Staten Island in 1674. He spent part of his time at Harlem, but is last mentioned there 8 Jan 1677 when he was a witness to a power of attorney given his old friend, Jan Louwe Bogert to Hendrick Jansen Baker, to collect money due Bogart on Brooklyn property sold to Thomas Lamberts.

SOURCE: "The Courtright Family," by John Abbott, 1922.

Source: Source: Joan Sholl Francis GENEALOGICAL NOTEBO OK - TRACING LINES OF DESCENT database: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/c gi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=joanfran&id=I05 207

On Page 98 of Riker's "REVISED[!] History of Harlem":

Jan Bastiaesen, whose three sons were born at Beest, his humble home in a bend of the Linge, were now fast approaching manhood, yielded to the flattering offers held out to colonists & agreed to leave together for that distant land. The contagion also seized some of the neighbors at Schoonrewoerd, one of who was Jan Lowe BOGART, a young man with a wife & two children & whose kinsman, Theunis Gysberts BOGART had already been 10 years in America. They all embarked April 16, 1663 in The "Brindled Cow", J an Bergen, Master. There also sailed several French Refugee Families" D. T. Holling, DCML, 9/3/2001

"To Leerdam had retired from the religious troubles in Flanders, as before noticed, the family of Sebastian, or Bastiaen van Kortryk, about all we know of this Kortright progenitor with his royal Spanish name. Two sons of Bastiaen, of whom we must speak, Jan and Michiel, were born at Leerdam ; but the first married and settled some farther up the Linge, at a busy little village within sight of Wolfswaert Castle, as also of the ruined abbey of Marienwaert, and called Beest, its bailiwick of the same na me joining westerly to the Prince’s Land, but within the Gelderland border ." James Riker's "History of Harlem", 1881, NY; Ch. 5, pg. 106

"To the Colonie afterward Do. Schaets had also gone. Each bit of news wafted home from time to time in friendly letters served to quicken interest in the new country which had caused so many vacant tenements and broken families about Beest and Schoonrewoerd. Yet ‘Chiel Kortright tarried some years at the latter place, till blest with three or four children; when he and his elder brother, Jan Bastiaensen, whose three sons, born at Beest, his humble home in a bend of the Linge, were now fast approaching man hood, yielded to the flattering offers held out to colonists, and agreed to leave together for that distant land. The contagion had also seized some of the neighbors at Schoonrewoerd, one of whom was Jan Louwe Bogert, a young man with wife and two children, and whose kinsman, Theunis Gysberts Bogert, of Heykoop, two miles northwest of Schoonrewoerd, had been already ten years in America. Proceeding to Amsterdam, they all embarked, April 16th, 1663, in the Brindled Cow, Jan Bergen, master, in which ship there also sailed several French refugees from Mannheim, in the Palatinate, who will command further notice." J. Riker, Hist of Harlem, Ch 5

"Soon after this [October 12th, 1662], the Palatinate was threatened with hostile invasion by the Duke of Lorraine and other neighboring Catholic princes. The refugees having every thing to fear from such enemies to their kind and religion, many more of these hastily quit Mannheim. The Demarest, Oblinus, and Parmentier families, with Journee, returned to Holland, apparently with purpose formed of going to New Netherland, for making short stay at Amsterdam they all embarked for that country in the Brindled Cow, April 16th, 1663; having in company Jean Mesurolle, a Picard, but then from Mannheim, Jerome Boquet (Bokee) and Pierre Noue, both originally from Walslant; beside our several Dutch colonists before noticed, the Bogerts and Kortrights, from Schoonrewoerd and vicinity. Men, women, and children, there were ninety odd passengers, the French composing a third. Each adult was charged for passage and board thirty-nine forms; children of ten years and under, except infants, half price. It cost Jan Bastiaensen (Kortright) for himself and family 204 fl. 10 st., and David Demarest, 175 fl. 10 st." James Riker, "History of Harlem", 1881, NY; Pg. 117

In the next 75 years this family migrated from Harlem to Esopus and the Minisink area of New York/New Jersey and then around 1735 to the south branch of the Potomac.

From: Ancestors of William Henry Hough "He may have been the "Kortryck" who owned a bouwery on Staten Island in 1 674. He spent part of his time at Harlem, but is last mentioned there 8 J an 1677 when he was a witness to a power of attorney given his old frien d, Jan Louwe Bogert to Hendrick Jansen Baker, to collect money due Bogert on Brooklyn property sold to Thomas Lamberts.He died after 1677 probab ly in New York."

Additional Information: NOTE: According to Riker's "History of Harlem" (1904), Jan Bastien Van Kor tryk's parents retired and then moved to Leerdam (Prince's Land, because it was owned by Prince William of Orange) in circa 1615. There is a town caled "Kortryk" in the Netherlands, just 10 miles from Leerdam, founded by a Protestant. It may have been settled by people from Kortryk, Flanders (Around 1600, many polders were being reclaimed from the sea and many Walloons and other refugees were fleeing to Netherlands from Flanders).

Father: Sebastian Van Kortryk b: 1586 in Kortrijk, West Flanders, Spanish Netherlands (Belgium) Mother: Marritje Lucase b: ABT 1590 in Kortrijk, West Flanders, Spanish Netherlands (Belgium)

Marriage 1 Annetje Cornelisse

Marriage 2 Iolanta de la Montague b: AFT 1618 in Kortrijk, West Vlaanderen, South Holland, Netherlands •Married: ABT 1640 in Beest, Gelderland, Holland Children 1. Cornelius Jansen Kortryk b: 1645 in Beest, Gelderland, Holland 2. Hendrick Jansen Kortreght b: 12 FEB 1648 in Beest, Gelderland, Holland 3. Laurens Jansen Von Kortryk Louw b: 1651 in Beest, Leerdham, Gelderland, Holland 4. Belitie Jans Bastiaansse "Isabella" Kortryk b: 1659 in Leerdam, Gelderland/ Beest, Holland

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Data from a variety of sources, in particular the Thompson-Choctaw Descendants Association & the Mt. Tabor Indian Community in Rusk County, Texas. Other sources include, Oklahoma Historical Society, Brian Tompsett at the University of Hull, and many other sources, some cited.

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Jan and family came to New Amsterdam (NYC) on April 16, 1663 on the ship "Spotted Cow". They came as free citizens, meaning they paid their own way and not indebted to the Dutch West India Company. Jan had a wife and 4 children