• not to be confused with his half brother by the same given name > To confuse matters even more: both Cornelis' of the same father were baptized on the same day. See the < New Amsterdam Baptisms project> July 9 1673

consider, in particular, the story of the Tryall of Pieter Groenendijck as recorded in the Minutes of the City of New York in conjunction with the pair of baptisms occurring on July 9, 1673.

his baptism in the church records

1673 Jul 09; , Annetie Blanck; Cornelis; Tryntie Claes

(unwed mother)

(the sole witness is the child's maternal grandmother Tryntie Claes) reaffirming that this rite was not a particularly great cause for celebration)