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June 1, 2020

D is for Dutch Ancestors

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Olive Tree Genealogy is continuing a new Alphabet Genealogy series of blog posts. I'm not following the usual way of going A-Z surnames. Instead I will create a one word "tag". Then I will share an ancestor (mine, my husband's, an inlaw's or one of my children's) who fits the tag.

Today's letter is D and the tag word is Dutch. I have so many Dutch ancestors who left Holland for New Netherland (New York) that I've lost count! Here are the names of twelve with their years of immigration.

  1. Cornelis Van Slyke from Holland to New Netherland (New York) in 1634
  2. Albert Andriessen de Noorman (Bradt family) from Norway to New Netherland (New York) in 1637
  3. Leendert de Grauw from Holland  to New Netherland (New York) in 1637
  4. Cornelis Van Schaik to New Netherland (New York) in 1640
  5. Jan Snediker from Germany to New Netherland (New York) in 1641
  6. Lambert Van Valkenburg from Holland  to New Netherland (New York) in 1643
  7. Adriaen Crijnen Post from Brazil  to New Netherland (New York) in 1650
  8. Christian Van Horn from ?  to New Netherland (New York) in 1653
  9. Jan Van Alystyne from Holland to New Netherland (New York) in 1655
  10. Willem Pieterse Van Slyke from Holland to New Netherland (New York) in 1655
  11. Herman Coerts from Holland  to New Netherland (New York) in 1659
  12. Soert Olferts (Shuart family) from Holland to New Netherland (New York) in 1663
So there you have just a few of my many Dutch ancestors to North America. Do you have any Dutch family?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Jan Pietersen, tailor of Deventer for passage and board when in 8 April 1662 on the ship Hope he paid 126 guilders for himself, his wife and three children.

abbymac said...

Yes, I have quite a few. Monfort, 1624 is one even though I understand he is not Dutch. Van Voorhees, 1660, Haring, Tallman, Banta, Blauvelt, etc.