Scandinavian immigrants in New York, 1630-1674; with appendices on Scandinavians in Mexico and South America, 1532-1640, Scandinavians in Canada, 1619-1620, Some Scandinavians in New York in the eighteenth century, German immigrants in New York, 1630-1674 . t 5, 1656, in New Am-sterdam, Brieta Ollofs, from Goteborg, Sweden. By her he hada daughter, Margariet, who was baptized on April 15, 1657. In December, 1666, Brieta, having become a widow, marriedJan Jacobsen from Friesland. The Orphanmasters appointed, inthe same month, Focke Jans and Cornelis Aerts as guardians forher daughter.*^^ Whatev
Scandinavian immigrants in New York, 1630-1674; with appendices on Scandinavians in Mexico and South America, 1532-1640, Scandinavians in Canada, 1619-1620, Some Scandinavians in New York in the eighteenth century, German immigrants in New York, 1630-1674 . t 5, 1656, in New Am-sterdam, Brieta Ollofs, from Goteborg, Sweden. By her he hada daughter, Margariet, who was baptized on April 15, 1657. In December, 1666, Brieta, having become a widow, marriedJan Jacobsen from Friesland. The Orphanmasters appointed, inthe same month, Focke Jans and Cornelis Aerts as guardians forher daughter.*^^ Whatever else is recorded of Pieter Cornelissen, is limited toa notice in the court records, viz., that he on November 1, 1664,sued Bastian the Wheelwright for an ox he had sold to him, forwhich he demanded 230 guilders. The matter was likely settledout of court, as arbitrators were appointed to reconcile the parties.^^^ ? SYBRANT CORNELISSEN. Sybrant Cornelissen, a soldier in the service of the WestIndia Company, was in New Amsterdam about 1664. On Jan- 449 G. Anjou, Ulster County (N. Y.) Wills, 1906, I., p. 35. 450 Ibid., I., p. 73. 451 Year Book of the Holland Society of New York, 1900, p. 128. 452 The Records of New Amsterdam, 1653-1673, V., p. DUYTS. 193 uary 31, in that year, he made a declaration, at the request of onePaul Pietersen, in regard to a quarrel between Maritie Tomas andTryntie Martens, the wife of Paul.*^^ Sybrant Cornelissen was from Flensburg in Denmark, as welearn from a notice of July 17, 1664, stating that he, on that date,was appointed assistant surgeon, and that he was to be employedin shaving, bleeding, and administering medicine to the soldiers.*^*In other words, Sybrant appears to have been an old-time barber-surgeon. In E. B. OCallaghans Register of New Netherland,p. 124, Sybrant is listed as Physician and surgeon at Esopus. URSEL DIRCKS. Ursel Dircks, from Holstein, came in 1658 to New Amster-dam with his two children, aged two and ten, by the shi
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