Married three times, was she a sister to Chieltje?
Emigrated to US in 1652.
As provided by Rev. Lowell Barker.
1) Colonel Families of the United States page 472.
Historical Notes:
Cornelis Barentson Slecht was in Esopus, N.Y., in 1655; now Uster Co.,
N.Y. He was sergent of the Military Company and signed an agreement 31 May
1658, with Gov. Stuyvesant to build a stockade and make peace with the Indians. His son was captured in 1659, and tortured to death. His daughter was captured in 1863 and forced to married an Indian.
Esopus was renamed Wiltwyck in 1661, and Slecht was on the first board of 3 Schepens (Aldenman) he was one of the 4 leaders in an insurrection against the oppression of the English Commandment in 1667. Wiltwyck was later renamed Kingston in 1669, and Slecht was named as a Member of the Court of Sessions in 1676. In 1683 he was arrested with his son, Mattys, son-in-law Jan Elting, and Matheu Blanchan for signing a petition to Gov. Dongan asking Liberty to choose their own officers to town courts and to transport their own produce.References:
(1) Colonial Families of the United States, page 472.
Married at the Kingston Dutch Church, Hurley, Ulster Co., N.Y.
References:
(1) Information supplied by Mrs. Barbara Mayor Maybury, of 126 Inglewood Lane, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237.
References:
(1) Information supplied by Mrs. Barbara Mayor Maybury, 126 Inglewood Lane,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237.
References:
(1) Information supplied by Mrs. Barbara Mayor Maybury, 126 Inglewood Lane,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237.
References:
(1) Information supplied by Mrs. Barbara Mayor Maybury of 126 Inglewood Lane,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15237.
Second wife named Hannah. Information sent by Betty Holmes, Jan 1991.
Information source given us "Ye Historie of Ye Old Town of Greenwich", by
Spencer Mead 1711, pge 507-9.