Press Release: The Van Slyke Family in America, Revised Edition

Press Release: The Van Slyke Family in America: A Genealogy of Cornelise Antonissen Van Slyke, 1604-1676 and his Mohawk Wife Ots-Toch, including the story of Jacques Hertel, 1603-1651, Father of Ots-Toch and Interpreter to Samuel de Champlain REVISED EDITION by Lorine McGinnis Schulze.

Published May 2010. Coil bound 8.5x11.
287 pages
ISBN: 978-0-9680744-5-9

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While this book is not officially part of the New Netherland Settlers Series, Cornelis Van Slyke was an early New Netherland Settler.

Cornelis Van Slyke's story is of a Dutchman who came to the New World as a carpenter at the age of 30, who became an interpreter for the Mohawk nation, was adopted into the tribe, and who met and married a French-Mohawk woman (Ots-Toch)who never left her native village. Their children, all raised at Canajoharie, one of the Mohawk castles or villages, became well-known and respected in the Dutch community. All except one left the village and married Dutch settlers.

One of their children was Jacques Cornelissen Van Slyke who was known as Akes Gautsch, and whose Mohawk name was It-sy-cho-sa-quash-ka. Jacques was also an interpreter and one of the first settlers of Schenectady.

History combined with genealogy makes this book a fascinating read. Descendants will want to learn more about Cornelis and his early life in the exciting world of New Netherland (present day New York)

My first book on the family was published in 1996. In the Revised Edition, new findings on the Van Slyke family in Breuckelen are revealed. New facts are added to the descendant genealogies and a few errors from the first book are corrected. More sources have been added and there is more detail about individuals included. There are 1,342 footnoted sources for the facts contained in this 287 page book.

See the Cornelis Van Slyke book List of Contents and Download an Order Form to pay by check or pay using Paypal for this informative book. An order placed before Dec. 13th using Paypal ships the next day and should arrive before Christmas. What a great Christmas gift for a family member!
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