Cornelis de Potter1

#12125, (say 1600 - between October 1659 and October 1660)

Family 1

Elisabeth Ser Jacobs b. s 1610
Children 1.Abraham de Potter5 (1635 - )
 2.Elisabeth de Potter+6 (1636 - )

Family 2

Swaentje Jans b. s 1605, d. 1686
Children 1.Sara de Potter7 (1644 - )
 2.David de Potter7 (1648 - )
Birth*say 1600He was born say 1600 at The Hague or Rotterdam, Netherlands.1 
Marriage*before 1635He married Elisabeth Ser Jacobs before 1635.2 
Marriage*22 January 1643He married Swaentje Jans on 22 January 1643 at Batavia (now Jakarta), Dutch West Indies (now) Java; (intentions.)3 
between 2 October 1648 and March 1651He and Swaentje Jans removed to Amsterdam, Netherlands, between 2 October 1648 and March 1651 from Batavia.4 
between March 1651 and July 1651He and Swaentje Jans migrated from The Netherlands to New NetherlandG between March 1651 and July 1651.4 
Death*between October 1659 and October 1660He died between October 1659 and October 1660 at Long Island, New YorkG.1 

Citations

  1. [S1175] John Blythe Dobson, "Swaentje Jans and Her Five Husbands", The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 129:3 (July 1998): p. 168.
  2. [S1175] John Blythe Dobson, "Swaentje Jans and Her Five Husbands", p. 169, "perhaps in Europe."
  3. [S1175] John Blythe Dobson, "Swaentje Jans and Her Five Husbands", p. 164, citing Burgerlÿke Stand Batavia, Nederlands Hervomde Kerk, Jakarta Bundel no. 52 Hollandsche Trouwboek, 1616-1652 1210688], unpaginated: "1643, 22 Jan. Cornelis de Potter, van Rotterdam, laatst wed[uwnaa]r. van Lysabeth Ser Jacobs, met Swaentien Jans, geboortig van Embden, wed[uw]e van Joris Felten [“Velten” written above in a different hand], in sÿn leven schipper in dienst van de E. Comp."
  4. [S1175] John Blythe Dobson, "Swaentje Jans and Her Five Husbands", p. 166, 168. The names of the children that accompanied Swaentje and Cornelis are not given so it is presumed that all were living and traveled with them. Still, there are no further records discovered for some of the children.
  5. [S1175] John Blythe Dobson, "Swaentje Jans and Her Five Husbands", p. 169, citing William J. Hoffman, “An Armory of American Families of Dutch Descent: Bidlo-Bedlo. . . ,” NYGBR 72 (1941): 221-25, at 225. Dobson notes that Hoffman did not name the sponsors, and gives the original record in Batavia as:
    1635,22 Februarÿ. Abraham. Ouders: Cornelis Potter van ’s Graven Hagge, Proc[ureur?] [end of word lost in binding], Elisabeth Ser Iacobs van Leyden. Getuÿgen: Daniel de Búqúoi van Ceúlen, Pauwel Hudden van Amsterdam, Sr. Jaqúes Park van Middelbúrgh, Juffr. Maria van Diemen van Steenb[erghen?] [end of this word also lost in binding], Catharina S[teenber?]ghen van Campen.
  6. [S1175] John Blythe Dobson, "Swaentje Jans and Her Five Husbands", p. 169.
  7. [S1175] John Blythe Dobson, "Swaentje Jans and Her Five Husbands", p. 167.