Aeltje Olive Theunise Cozine

also known as : Aeltje Amak, Aafje Cozynszen, Olive

• Cosyntze, Jacobus married Antje Otina.k    Feb. 2, 1707 From Valentine’s Manual 1863”, page 574
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   From: Dorothy Koenig <dkoenig@library.berkeley.edu>

   Subject: [D-Col] Aeltje (Van Wyck) Van Couwenhoven Cosine

   Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 13:03:29 -0700 (PDT)

   In-Reply-To: <25.9bc17bd.26ced647@aol.com>

Cynthia, You said (in part):
"Rev. Cornelius' father was Jacobus who m. Aafje Amak 2 Feb. 1706 and

   then he m. 2nd Aeltie Van Wyck, wid. of Gerret Jansen Couwenhoven? And

   isn't Aeltie Van Wyck the Rev's. mother?"

Let me point out again that page 46 of the 1898 Yearbook of the Holland

   Society containing Henry Onderdonk's abbreviated transcription of the

   Flatbush church records contains the first *marriage* on 2 Feb 1707 of

   "Jacobus Cosyn and Aatje (sic) Amak". Her name was actually "Aefje/Aafje"

   (Eve). There is no record in the book of Cornelis' baptism in 1718.

And, yes, Aeltje Van Wyck must have been the mother of the Cornelis

   Jacobsz Cosyn born in 1718. We can draw this conclusion from the will of

   Gerrit Janszen Van Couwenhoven, Aeltje Van Wyck's first husband. Gerrit

   wrote his will on 6 April 1711. He refers to himself as Geritt

   Cowenhoven, son of John Gerittse Van Cowenhoven and goes on to say, "I

   leave to my wife Aeltie and my son John all estate real and personal,

   either in Kings County or elsewhere. My executors, if they see cause, may

   sell all houses and lands at Bushwyck in Kings County. I make my wife and

   my brother Nicesimus Cowenhoven, and Theodorus Van Wyck, executors.

The will was proved 3 November 1712, and the editor of the will abstracts

   has added the notation, "Altie Cowenhoven being then the wife of Jacobus

   Cosine." (NY Abstracts of Wills, 2:121)

Philip Van Wyck's article, "The First Generation of Van Wycks in America",

   that appeared in the March 1988 issue of "de Halve Maen" lists the

   children of Cornelis Barentszen Van Wyck and his wife, Anna Polhemius, but

   it says nothing about whom these children married. Their children were

Theodorus17 Sep 1668

   Marritjeabout 1670

   Johannes17 Jan 1677

   AELTIE 5 Oct 1679

   Anna 9 Jul 1682

   Elizabeth16 Jan 1685

   Adriaentje 9 Sep 1688

The nearest piece of contemporary evidence I have been able to find to

   support the believable claim that Gerrit Cowenhoven's first wife was

   indeed a Van Wyck is the fact mentioned above that Gerrit named Theodorus

   Van Wyck as one of the executors of his will. This Theodorus would have

   been his wife's oldest brother.

Since Aeltje Van Wyck was married to her second husband, Jacobus Cosyn,

   before 3 Nov 1712, she must have been the mother of the Cornelis born in

   1718.

Dorothy
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   Dorothy A. Koenig, Editor

   "New Netherland Connections"

<dkoenig@library.berkeley.edu>