Sebastiaen (Unknown) van Kortrijk (abt. 1586 - 1650)

Born about 1586 in Kortrijk, West-Vlaanderen [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Marritje Lucase — married about 1 Nov 1617 in Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland [uncertain]

Descendants

Died 1650 at about age 64 in Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Nederland

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Biography

While it was always assumed Sebastiaen or Bastiaen fled from Kortryk, (Spanish Netherlands now Belgium) to Leerdam in the Netherlands, it now looks there is also a possibility, he never fled but was already living in or near Kortrijk a 'buurtschap' (hamlet) in the province Utrecht, the Netherlands, just above Schoonrewoerd or the buurtschap Kortgerecht near Leerdam, where, according the book (the Courtright family), his two sons Jan and Michiel were born, son Jan, according the book married and moved to Beesd (Gelderland) and Michiel (Chiel) also married and lived in or near Schoonrewoerd a pretty village near Leerdam, so with two places (hamlets) one named Kortrijk and one named Kortgerecht this close to the places Leerdam and Schoonrewoerd, perhaps one of those places was what the later last name was referring to ?

Cortes Ancestors are mythology

The by some online genealogies Bastian Y Cortes (Cortez)/Joanna Castillo parents and ancestors are most likely mythology, see also this G2G Sebastian Kortryk Netherland immigrants Spanish parents?

'Additional source information:'- From: Geni.com
Sebastian Y Cortes was born Abt. 1550 in Navarre region of Spain, and died date unknown. Includes Notes for Sebastian Y Cortes:
Cortes' family were followers of John Calvin and his religion. During the Spanish Inquisition they left Spain due to persecution by the Spanish soldiers who were perhaps backed by the Catholic Church in Spain. He fled to West Flanders for about a generation and then into Holland proper as the Spanish soldiers approached Belgium
More About Sebastian Y Cortes: Immigration: 1615, Kortryk, West Flanders, Belgium. Children of Sebastian Y Cortes are:

1. Bastian Van Kortryk, b. 1586, Kortryk, West Flanders, Belgium, d. date unknown, Leerdam, Holland. ^[1][2][3]

Name

Name: Sebastian "Bastian" /Van Kortrijk (nee Cortes)/ ^[4]

Name: Bastiaen /Van Kortryk/ or Sebastia(e)n /Van Kortryk/

The name Van Kortrijk, changed to Low in the New World. Also check Lowe, Louw, & Van Kortryk

Last Name (LNAB) Unknown

In fact is all we know about this person that his first name was Sebastiaen or Bastiaen, and the only reason why we know his first name is not because there are sources that show who he was, but because his children, the ones that emigrated to New Netherland, used the patronymic Bastiaensen or Bastiaensz, a patronymic = fathers first name (+ some type of ending and the ending often depends on time and place). This is why for now we corrected the last name (LNAB) to Unknown.

Birth

Birth: Date: 1586 Place: Kortrijk, W Flanders, Belgium, Netherlands ^[4]

Sebastian|Bastian was born ca. 1586 in Kortrijk, Flanders (now Belgium) or in Kortgerecht the Netherlands or in Kortrijk, the Netherlands.

Bastiaen was born about 1586. He passed away about 1663. ^[5]

Religion

Sebastian was protestant.

Residence

Residence: Date: ABT 1615 Place: Leerdam, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands ^[4]

Bastian emigrated from Kortijk, Flanders to Leerdam, Prince's Land, South Holland, Netherlands, sometime before his marriage and the birth of his children.

Residence: ABT 1615, Leerdam, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands ^[4][missing source]. He would have been aged 29.

Immigration

[Bastian did not emigrate in 1663 to New Amsterdam, his sons did. Their emigration was Apr 16 1663.]

A Native of Belgium (Se)bastian Van Kortryk was born in 1586 in Kortryk, West Flanders, Belgium. He immigrated to the Netherlands about 1615 and settled at the town of Leerdam. Source: The Courtright (Kortright) Family: Descendants of Bastian Van Kortryk

Marriage

Children

Death

Death: Date: AFT 1650 Place: Leerdam, Leerdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands ^[4]

Bastian died ca. 1650 at Leerdam, Zuid Province, Netherlands. He would have been aged 64.

The Courtright Family

Kortryk (in French, Courtrai) was the home of the earliest ancestor of the Courtright (Kortright) family of which there is any knowledge, so a brief history of the town may be of interest to those who desire information regarding the genealogy of this family. Kortryk is situated twenty-six miles Southwest of Ghent, on the river Lys, in the Province of West Flanders, Belgium, and is celebrated for its fine linen, while its lace factories are also important, employing many of its inhabitants. In 1910 it had a population of about 36,000, but considerable as is the prosperity of modern Courtrai, it is but a shadow of what it was in the middle ages during the halcyon period of the Flemish communes, as then it had a population of over 200,000.

Many interesting structures of Courtrai's former grandeur remain;the Pont de Broel, with its towers at either end of the bridge, is as characteristic and complete as any monument of ancient Flanders that has come down to modern times. Among the remarkable public buildings is the Hotel de Ville, or Town Hall, a Gothic edifice, built in 1526, containing two singularly carved chimney pieces, representing the Virtues and Vices, and events in the early history of the town, one of them decorated with the coats of arms of the allied towns of Ghent and Bruges, the standard bearers of the Knights of Kortryk, and various statues, including those of Arch Duke Albert and his wife. The church of St. Martin dates from the fifteenth century, but the most important building in Courtrai is the church of Notre Dame, begun by Count Baldwin IX in 1191, and completed in 1211 ,in the chapel of which is hung one of Van Dyck's masterpieces," The Erection of the Cross," and in this church are several other celebrated paintings.

The Flemish language differs but slightly from the Dutch, in the middle ages forming but one tongue, and even at the present time the Flemish spoken language differs no more from the Dutch than some German dialects do from each other. The country called Belgium at the present time, originally peopled by a race of Celtic origin and subsequently overrun by Teutonic invaders, was conquered by Caesar, at which time the town existed and under the Romans was called Cortoriacum, afterwards changed to Curtricum. The Salic Franks gained possession in the fifth century, and in the ninth, the country formed part of the empire of Charlemagne . ^[6]

Research Notes

While it always was assumed he was from Kortryk, West Vlaanderen (now Belgium) There were not just one but at least three different places with the same (similar) name where Bastiaen van (from) Kortryk/Courtright perhaps was from:

1. Kortrijk (in French Courtrai) in West Vlaanderen (now Belgium but those days Spanish Netherlands or in Dutch Spaanse Nederlanden )
2. Kortrijk -Kortrijk(Nederland) a so called 'Buurtschap' (hamlet) in the Province Utrecht (near Breukelen and just above Schoonrewoerd..
3. Kortgerecht also a 'Buurtschap' near Leerdam...

These buurtschappen were small hamlets that didn't have their own church, so it would be logic people would go to church, get married and have their children baptized in the nearest village or town with a church, Leerdam for example ...the problem is church records from Leerdam are not available from this early, so we are looking for other sources (notarial deeds etc) that hopefully will show who he was exactly and hopefully his wife and other familymembers (their parents, siblings children) also.

Sources

1. ↑ Source: Data furnished by Gordon L. Courtright, Lakewood, CO.
2. ↑ further info re our CORTES/(Z)-progenitor By Gregory Thompson March 18, 2002
3. ↑ geni.com Sebastian Cortes cites source geneanet;Sebastian Cortes
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4} Source: S40 Ancestry.com Public Member Trees. Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006. Page: Database online. Data: Text: Record for Michiel Bastian VanKortryk Text: Record for Bastiaen VanKortryk Text: Record for Sebastian Y Cortes
5. ↑ findagrave.com
6. ↑ "The Cortright Family" by Abbott 1920

• Ancestry Family Trees

• The Courtright (Kortright) family : descendants of Bastian Van Kortryk, a native of Belgium who emigrated to Holland about 1615 , by Abbott, John Howard, b. 1866, Published 1922

• Geni.com - Managed by Kevin Hanit

• Note: (Ancestry members only) Cortright name and town of Kortright/Courtrai in Flanders New link: Media

• Note: (Ancestry members only) Kortryk/Cortright family origins in Europe New link: Media

• Note: (Ancestry members only) Family Name New link: Media

• Note: (Ancestry members only) Bastian Van Kortryk and his family New link: Media

• Note: (Ancestry members only) Sebastian Van Kortryk New link: Media

• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3XWK-XHZ : accessed 2017-11-02), entry for Sebastian /Vankortryk/.