What Sources do we have for this birthdate and place?
1668Lübeck, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Berndt is gebore in 1668 in Lübeck, Noordduitsland, onafhanklike hawestad naby Hamburg in Sleeswyk-Holstein.3
citation for Lubeck (dead link) in Overview: http://www.safamilytree.com/TNG/getperson.php?personID=I1643&tree=D...
The VOC Docs for him leaving from Amsterdam in 1686 say he is from Halverstad -which doesn't mean he was born there.