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 . Arent vanCurler who sold the Bronck property to Jacob Jans Stoll, evidentlya son of Marritje and her husband. The Bronx thus remainedfor some time in the hands of a person of Danish blood. STYNTIE PIETERS. Styntie Pieters, from Copenhagen, was the wife of EnsignChristian Nissen, to whom she was married February 4, 1657, inNew Amsterdam. She
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 . Arent vanCurler who sold the Bronck property to Jacob Jans Stoll, evidentlya son of Marritje and her husband. The Bronx thus remainedfor some time in the hands of a person of Danish blood. STYNTIE PIETERS. Styntie Pieters, from Copenhagen, was the wife of EnsignChristian Nissen, to whom she was married February 4, 1657, inNew Amsterdam. She and her husband were sponsors for sev-eral children in New Amsterdam. About 1660 they removed toEsopus, where Nissen was appointed commander of the garrison.(See article Christian Nissen. Part II.) 262 DANISH IMMIGEANTS IN NEW YORK, 1630-1674. y CHRISTIAN PIETERSEN. Christian Pietersen, from Husum, was in New Amsterdamas early as 1657, when he, on October 28, married Tryntie Corne-lis, from Durgerdam in the northern part of Holland.^-^ She wasthe daughter of Adriantje WaHch or WaHngs and Cornelis JansenShubber. After the death of her father, her mother was married,in 1650, to Dirck Theunissen, a Norwegian. (See the articleDirck Theunissen. Part I.). —^—^—--? HUSUM, ABOUT THE CLOSE OF THE SIXTEENTH Braunius: Theatrum urbium, iv. Christian and Tryntie had several children: Pieter, who wasbaptized, November 24, 1658, the sponsors being the Dane, Chris-tian Nissen, and Marritje Cornelis; Marie, baptized, December 22,1660; Cornelis, January 8, 1662; Paulus, June 22, 1664; Jacob,October 21, 1668. Tryntie and her mother joined the Dutch Reformed Churchbetween 1649 and 1660. Christian did not join it. From the court records we obtain the information that Pie-tersen sued Jacob Eldersen, a Dane, August 28, 1658, for work 626 New York Genealogical and Biographical Report, VI., p. 86. PIETEESEN. 263 done in the latters brewery. He demanded fl. 12:10 for threedays and tw
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