Metje Van Kortrijk

1655 -

• Name	Metje Van Kortrijk  [1, 2, 3, 4]
  Birth	Abt. 1655	Schoonrewoerd, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Metje Michiels  [4]
  Also Known As	Metje Van Kortryk  [3]
  Arrival	1663	New Amsterdam   [3]
  Immigration	1663	New Netherland   [3]
  Departure	16 Apr 1663	Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands   [3]
  Person ID	I15	Ryer Genealogy
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2025

  
  

  Father	Michiel Sebastiansen Van Kortrijk,   b. Abt. 1620, Leerdam, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands d. Aft. 1663, Manhattan, New York, New York, USA (Age ~ 44 years)
  Family ID	F5	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hendrick Kiersen,   b. 1648, Gees, Coevorden, Drenthe, Netherlands
  Marriage	1673  [4]
  Children	1. Kier Kiersen,   b. 1674   2. Michael Kiersen,   b. 1676   3. Jannetie Kiersen,   b. 1680   4. Sarah Kiersen,   b. 1682   5. Peter Kiersen,   b. 1684   6. Maria Kiersen,   b. 1687   7. Rachel Kiersen,   b. 1693   8. Hendrick Kiersen,   b. 1696
  Family ID	F7	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	9 Feb 2025

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] Dorothy Giles and Irma Franklin, Thomas Davenport, Philipstown Pioneer, 1682-1759, and His Descendants, (Richwood Publishing Company, 1975). [S2] James Riker, Revised History of Harlem: Its Origins and Early Annals, (New York: New Harlem Publishing Company, 1904). [S1] John Howard Abbott, 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). [S135] James Riker, Harlem (City of New York): Its Origin and Early Annals, Prefaced by Home Scenes in the Fatherlands; or, Notices of Its Founders Before Emigration. Also, Sketches of Numerous Families, and the Recovered History of the Land-titles, (New York, NY: James Riker, 1881).