Aeltje Pieters1,2

#18134, (say 1638 - )
Father*Pieter Wolfertsen Van Couwenhoven1,2 (s 1614 - )
Mother*Maria du Trieux1,2 (c 1617 - a 1670)
Adoptive fatherPieter Wolfertsen Van Couwenhoven1,2 (s 1614 - )
Father-OtherCornelis Volkertszen Viele1 (s 1618 - )
Birth*say 1638She was born say 1638.2 

Citations

  1. [S1172] Arnold J. F. van Laer, translator and annotator, New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1974), II: 6-7, 7 Jan 1642. Adoption by Pieter Wolphertsen van Couwenhoven of Aeltje Pieters as his child and heir. He acknowleges that he is the natural father of Aeltje by Maria de Truy, and releases her adopted father, Maria's husband Cornelis Volckersen, from all charges and responsibilities for her upbringing. Original document also viewed at https://iarchives.nysed.gov
  2. [S1176] Teunis G. Bergen, Register in Alphabetical Order of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N. Y. (New York: S. W. Green's Sons, 1881), p. 80. "Altie (natural adopted dau.)."