Barent Baltus van Kleeck

Barent Baltus van Kleeck. Van de Lippstadt (from Lippstadt, Prussia-Now Nowth Rhine in Westphalia) was born about 1606 -1610 at Lippstadt. He came to the Netherlands at an early age, as he was a good penman in the Dutch Language. He was married first on May 18th in Haarlem (Holland) to Sara Pieters. Sara was baptized March 18, 1612. She died December 17, 1634, just 9 months after her son Peter was born.

On January 29, 1636, Barent married for a second time. Her name was Mayken Laurens De Guyter. She was baptized August 17, 1611, at Haarlem. During the next 10 years she gave birth to seven children. She died on October 20, 1647. Barent's third marriage was to Aechtie (Agatha) Powlese. She was born in Amsterdam in 1607.

Barent, his wife (Aechtie) his children and several of his sisters came to New Amsterdam around 1654 or maybe earlier. The name of the ship on which they traveled is unknown. It's even possible that it was his own ship. Barent died before November of 1659 when his widow married Isaac Classen.