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Female Neeltje Gerretsen van Couwenhoven Click to view Neeltje Gerretsen van Couwenhoven in the family tree

Neeltje Gerretsen was born before September 20th, 1641 in Nieuw Amersfoort, t Lange Eylandt, Nieuw Nederland.1   Neeltje Gerretsen's father was Garret Gerrit Wolferse Vankouenhoven and her mother was Aeltje "Albie" Cornelis Cool.  Her paternal grandparents were Wolfert Garretse Van Couwenhoven and Neeltgen Jacobsdr; her maternal grandparents were Cornelis Cool and Aeltjen Braconie, Brackhonge. She had two brothers named Wolfert Gerretse van Couwenhoven and Jan Gerretsen. She had two half-brothers and three half-sisters, named Elbert, Gerret Elbertz, Marretje Gerritse Van, Heiltie and Achje.  She died in 1672 in Flatlands, Kings, New York.2 


Neeltje Gerretsen's first family

‌Neeltje Gerretsen were married in a religious ceremony about 1660 in Flatlands, Kings, New York.3 


Neeltje Gerretsen's second family

‌Neeltje Gerretsen were married in a religious ceremony in 1660 in Nieuw Amersfoort, t Lange Eylandt, Nieuw Nederland.3 

1 Baptisms Dutch Church, New York, Vol I
2 Genealogies of Long Island Families, from the New York Genealogical andBiographical Record
3 GEDCOM File : cool.ged
Further source/citation:
Genealogies of Long Island Families, from the New York Genealogical andBiographical Record @ vol.2, Pg 516-517

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