8. CHIELTJE CORNELISDOCHTER8 SLECHT (CORNELISBARENTSZOON7, BARENTCORNELISZOON6, CORNELISJANSZOON5, JANPIETER4FLORISZOON, PIETER3, FLORIS2DIRKSZOON, DIRK1) was born Abt. 1636 in probably Snell district of Woerden, Utrecht, Holland82, and died June 1702 in Hurley, Ulster, New York. She married GERRIT CORNELIESSE VAN NIEUWKIRK December 06, 1655 in Millwood, Long Island, New York, son of CORNELIUS KILLEN and BITJE GERRITSDOCHTER. He was born Abt. 1629 in Slichtenhorst, Gelderland, Netherlands, and died 1696 in Hurley, Ulster, New York.
Notes for CHIELTJE CORNELISDOCHTER SLECHT:
1 DEAT
2 SOUR S603
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3 NOTE "Ancestors of the Neil and Hazel McMartin Family", The DuboisLineage,
website:http//intermid.com/DoutBerg/genealog.y/books/mcmartin/10dubnew
.htm.bef June 30, 1702; alive in 1686, when husband drew u p will
2 SOUR S583
2 SOUR S614
2 SOUR S622
2 SOUR S592
2 QUAY 0
2 DATE JUN 1702
2 PLAC Hurley, Ulster County, New York
2 CHAN
3 DATE 24 JUL 1999
[Note: Many Slecht researchers, and researchers of the Newkirk family and
others, have been searching for the connection of Chieltje Cornelisdochter
Slecht with the other Slechts. This researcher believes that the search for
actual records will be futile as the Dutch churches did not record baptisms,
marriages, etc. until after she was married. This government financed and
thorough study of the family was done by professional researchers who did
not come across records linking Chieltje with other Slechts. However, there
is circumstantial evidence that she was the daughter of Cornelis B. Slecht.
The Slecht name is very rare, for obvious reasons, as it means bad, evil
, was peculiar to the family in the Woerden area who earned the nickname,
later adopted, by confrontations with authorities and notorious naughtiness.
Chieltje was from Woerden. From the Dutch naming tradition, her middle
name, Cornelisdochter, and surname Slecht indicate that her fathers name
was Cornelis Slecht. She is an appropriate age to be his daughter. There
was not likely to be another man in the Woerden area of age to be her father
with the name Cornelis Slecht. She married Gerret Cornilessen Van
Nieuwkirk, as his second wife, in Holland. According to the April 25,
1659 passenger list, Gerrit Corn. Van Niew-Kerk and Wife and boy and
suckling child emigrated from Holland on the sailing ship Moesman shortly
after the Slecht family, likely due to encouragement by the Slechts. The
boy was Gerrits brother Matteus, about 12 years old. Chieltje and her
husband settled at first in Flatbush (now Brooklyn; Newkirk Street now
runs by their former land), then on March 10, 1664/5, they sold their 18
morgen farm to Arent Evertse and moved to Kingston, Ulster County, New
York, where the Slechts lived, likely moving there because Chieltjes
family lived there, likely staying with the Slechts. Their daughter
Gerretje was baptised there on March 12, 1669, and shortly afterward they
purchased a farmstead in the Hurley Patent, near Kingston. On April 5,
1670, Gerret is listed in the militia as from Hurley. This researcher
recently attached Chieltje as daughter of Cornelis and Tryntje Slecht, for
the reason that he feels that there is enough circumstantial evidence to
justify placing Chieltje as their daughter, with a disclaimer noting that
this link is not yet proven by actual records.]
More About CHIELTJE CORNELISDOCHTER SLECHT:
Ancestry: Although uncertain, Chieltje Cornelisdochter Slech83
Emigrated: April 25, 1659, arrived in New Amsterdam on Ho
Immigration: April 25, 1659, New Netherlandt, Ship "Moesman" Market Gardener
Property sale: sold the land, moved to Hurley, near her parents, who lived
Resides: remained in Holland when her (83
More About GERRIT CORNELIESSE VAN NIEUWKIRK:
Christening: July 24, 1631, Putten, Gelderland, Netherlands
Emigration: April 25, 1659, Ship "Moesman" to New Netherlands
Child of CHIELTJE SLECHT and GERRIT VAN NIEUWKIRK is:
