Maria Mattyse

Pat Wardell's work on the surname

Looking into the future' : 'Maria's (Marytie) {probable} father married 2nd Jora (widow of Aree van Genee ...from whence came the surname Aray ... prominent in Michigan and the Underground Railroad)

marriage

Maria Matthyse, m. 1730 Hackensack Ref Ch, Lewis Claessen is this by inference? Her 1st child was baptized that year

Sources: 1) Hoffman, Henry B., "Researching African-American Families in New Netherland and Colonial New York and New Jersey" in New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Vol. 136, No. 2, April 2005, p. 94;
2) “Some Early Records of the Lutheran Church, New York” published in Holland Society Yearbook, 1903, p. 8;
3) "Baptisms in the Lutheran Church, New York City" in New York Genealogical& Biographical Record, Apr 1971, p. 88;
4) "First Communions in the Lutheran* Church of New York City" in New York Genealogical & Biographical Record, Apr 1973,p. 115

• Note: It could be important to point out that Aree van Genee (1st husband of Jora) was a central figure in the establishment of the Zion Lutheran Church in NJ.
  

needs research

did Marttie have a sister Rachel who was married to a Van Dunk?

http://www.geni.com/photo/view/6000000038634499870?album_type=photos_of_me&photo_id=6000000039377913404 This graphic indicates that the future Mann family is part of longstanding free black lines that had their origins in New Amsterdam.