1. | Jan Sebastiansen Van Kortrijk was born in Abt. 1618 in Leerdam, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands (son of Sebastian Van Kortrijk and Marritje Lucase); died in Aft. 8 Jan 1677 in Harlem, New York, New York, USA1. Other Events and Attributes:
- Also Known As: Jan Bastiaensen Van Kortryk
- Also Known As: Jan Kortryck
- Arrival: 1663, New Amsterdam; Arrived to New Amsterdam on the ship De Bonte Koe (AKA The Spotted Cow)
- Immigration: 1663, New Netherland
- Residence: 1663, Stuyvesant Farm, New Amsterdam; Upon arriving in New Amsterdam, Jan Sebastiansen Van Kortrijk and his brother, Michael, settled at Stuyvesant's Bouwery, also known as the Great Bowery or Peter Stuyvesant's farm. This property was the largest of the six original estates, or boweries, established by the Dutch West India Company in the colony of New Netherland. Known as Bowery No. 1, it included the modern-day areas of the East Village and Stuyvesant Town.
- Residence: Bef. 16 Apr 1663, Beesd, West Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands
- Departure: 16 Apr 1663, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
- Residence: 8 Jan 1677, Harlem, New York, New York, USA
Notes:
Of Oblinus' companions on board the de Bonte Koe (Spotted Cow), Demarest went to Staten Island, Journee and Bogert to Brooklyn, and the Bastiaensen brothers to Stuyvesant's Bouwery, though they all soon after came to Harlem. The Bastiaensens, it may be observed, were the ancestors of the entire Kortright or Courtright family, in the States of New York and New Jersey, and also, through other branches, of the families of Ryer and Michiel (now Mekeel and McKeel, -- a Dutch metamorphosed into a Hibernian name!) of Westchester and other counties of our State, and that of Low, in Somerset County, New Jersey but distinct from the Lows of Ulster county, named in a preceding note.
source: Riker, James. Revised History of Harlem: Its Origins and Early Annals. New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904.
Jan Bastiaensen (Van Kortryk) born 1618, at Leerdam, Holland, went to the town of Beest, not far from Leerdam, where he married and where his children were born, these being Cornelis, Hendrick, Laurens and Belitie. With his brother Michiel and their families, he sailed for New Amsterdam, embarking in the Spotted Cow April 16th, 1663, and had a Bouwery on Staten Island, but probably spent a part of his time at Harlem.
source: Abbott, John Howard. The Courtright (Kortright) Family Descendants of Bastian van Kortryk, a Native of Belgium who Emigrated to Holland about 1615. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1922.
Jan Bastiaensen (born 1618) ... came to [New Netherland] from the County of Leerdam, or the Prince's land, in South Holland, in 1663, accompanied by his brother, Michiel Bastiaensen, (born 1620), both of whom afterwards lived in Harlem. Jan was the "Kortryck" who owned a Bouwery on Staten Island in 1674. He spent part of his time at Harlem, but is last mentioned there Jan. 8th, 1677, when he is witness to a power of attorney, given by his old Schoonrewoerd friend, Jan Louwe Bogert. His children were Cornelius, born 1645, Hendrick, 1648, Laurens, 1651, and Belitie, 1659, known as 'the others, uit Holland', Belitie married, December 8th, 1678, Jacob Jansen Decker, of Esopus, whither her brother Hendrick had gone to live.
source: Abbott, John Howard. The Courtright (Kortright) Family Descendants of Bastian van Kortryk, a Native of Belgium who Emigrated to Holland about 1615. New York: Tobias A. Wright, 1922.
Jan married Annetje Cornelise in Abt. 1644 in Netherlands. Annetje was born in Abt. 1622 in Netherlands. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Cornelis Van Kortrijk was born in Abt. 1645 in Beesd, West Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands.
- Hendrick Van Kortrijk was born in Abt. 12 Feb 1648 in Beesd, West Betuwe, Gelderland, Netherlands; died in Abt. 1741 in Harlem, New York, New York, USA.
- Laurens Van Kortrijk was born in Abt. 1651 in Schoonrewoerd, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
- Belitie Van Kortrijk was born in Abt. 1659 in Schoonrewoerd, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands.
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