Gerritje Cornelisse van Ness 1622 to 1689

Gerritje Cornelisse van Ness was the daughter of immigrant ancestors Cornelis Hendrickse van Ness and Maycke Hendricksdr van den Burchgraeff. For information on her parents, please click on the Fan Chart to the left.

From: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MDFN-L4H

And from: https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Van_Ness-3

And from: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101498094/gerritje-cornelise-lubi?_gl=1l405nr_gaMTE2NzQzMzc3LjE1NDE4ODkzNjk._ga_4QT8FMEX30*MTY2NTQ0MjU3Ni4xMjguMS4xNjY1NDQyNzY4LjAuMC4w

Gerritje Cornelisse van Ness was born in about 1622 in Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. As was mentioned, her parents were Cornelis Hendrickse van Ness and Maycke Hendricksdr van den Burchgraeff.

She immigrated to America with her parents at age 19 years, aboard the ship den Eyckenboon (“The Oaktree”), which arrived at New Amsterdam in August 1641.

Gerritje Cornelisse van Ness married Roelof Cornelissen in about 1646 in Rensselaerswyck (Albany), New York.

Their children include:
· Helmigh Roelofse van Houten, b. ca. Jun 1648 in Rensselaerswyck, New York; d. 7 Oct 1729
· Cornelis Roelofse van Houten, b. ca. Sep 1651 in Bergen, New Jersey; d. before 20 Apr 1701
· Teunis Roelofse van Houten, b. ca. 1657 in New Amersfoort, New York; d. 27 Jul 1737

Gerritje Van Ness was named as the child of Cornelis Hendrickse van Ness and Maycke Hendricksdr van den Burchgraeff and as the wife of Roelof Cornelissen in a document dated 21 March 1664 in which her father, Cornelis, secured the property for the children of his first wife, Maycke Hendricksdr van den Burchgraeff.

Grietje Cornelisse van Ness died in September 1689 in Bergen, New Jersey. She was buried on 11 Sep 1689 in the Old Bergen Churchyard in Bergen.