Berrien or Berryen, Cornelis Janse, m. 1st Jannetje dau of Jan Strycker of Flatlands; Signed his name Cornelis Berrien' in 1684. (Note: Bergen listed a 2nd marriage to Hendrickjc Verplanken but it must be an error as it is supposedly Jannetje who re-married!)
Issue:
Jan Cornelise;
Jacob Cornelise, bp. Aug. 17, 1678, in Brooklyn;
Claus Cornelise, bp. Mar. 13, 1681, in Flatlands;
Catharine, b. abt. 1683 m. Jeremiah Remsen;
Cornelis Cornelise, bp. July 15, 1683, in New Utrecht;
1678 18 Aug, Jacob, child of Cors Jansen Berrien, Janetie Stryker, Witnesses: Christofel Probasco, Peter Stryker, Heyltje Kloper, of N. Y., Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church [Note: Witness Christofel Probasco was the husband of Janetie's sister Eytie, Peter Stryker was Janetie's brother][2]
1681 13 Mar, Claas, child of Cors Janz Berrien, Janetje Stryker, Witnesses: Jan Gortier (Cjortier?), Swantje Strykker, Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church [Note: Witness Swantje Strykker was the wife of Janetje's father][3]
1682 9 July, Jacob, Parents: Stoffel Probasco, Ida Stryckers, Wit: Jacob Striker, Cors (Jansen) Berrien, Swantje Strycker (Jofwer? Peters), Flatbush Dutch Reformed Church. [Note: Ida Stryckers was Cors' wife's sister][4]
1683 15 Jul Cornelis, child of Cors Janse Berrien, Janatie Stryker. Witnesses: Jacob, Gerrit, and Ida Stryker. [5][6]
Death
18 December 1688; his will acknowledged Jan 1689; his widow remarried in August 1689. [7]
Will, Abstract of
Cornelius (abstract reads middle given name as Johnson) Berrien of Newtown will 12 December 1687. Half estate to wife Johannah; residue to my children (not named in the will) equally, except that son John shall have £10 more than the others. Youngest child to be maintained till of age. Overseers: brothers-in-law, Abram of Newtown and Peter Strickland of Flatbush. Witnesses: Jonathan Hazard, Theophilus Phillips, Wouter Verschuer. Signatures acknowledged 29 Jan 1688/89, proved 21 May 1691. Long Island Sources database.[8]
↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Brooklyn and Flatbush NY, Book 72 Accessed on ancestry.com, March 2021.
↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Brooklyn and Flatbush NY, Book 72 Accessed on ancestry.com, March 2021.
↑ Ancestry.com. U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Holland Society of New York; New York, New York; Brooklyn and Flatbush NY, Book 72 Accessed on ancestry.com, March 2021.
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