Grietje Reyniers (Jansen) b. 1602 d. 24 April 1666

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1602 birth: Netherlands

child birth: ♀ Sara Janszoon [Janszoon]

marriage: ♂ Anthony Jansen van Salee [Janszoon] b. 1607 d. March 1676

1632 child birth: New Amsterdam, New Netherland, ♀ Annica Antonise Jansen (Southard) van Salee [Janszoon] b. 1632 d. 1698

24 April 1666 death: Gravesend (Brooklyn), New Netherland

Notes

The records of the Gemeente-Archief in Amsterdam show that on 26 September 1626 Grietje Reyniers of Amsterdam, aged twenty-four years, parents unnamed, assisted by her cousin, Heyltge Gerrits Schaeck, married Aelbert Egberts, from Haarlem, a tailor, aged twenty years, having no father, and assisted by his mother, Hillegond Cornelis. The records further show that on 15 December 1629 Grietje Reyniers, from Wesel, Germany, widow of Aelbert Egberts for over two years, and Anthony Jansz, seaman from Cartagena, aged twenty-two years, parents not named, received a certificate allowing them to get married "on board." Thus Grietje was about five years Anthony's senior. Whether Grietje Reyniers was Dutch or German remains uncertain. Her name indicates that the family was of Huguenot descent. That she was of Amsterdam at the time of her first marriage seems to suggest Dutch origin.

Between her marriages Grietje worked as a Tavern Mistress at the establishment of Pieter de Winter in Amsterdam where she met Wouter van Twiller. She became his mistress for two years but was later dumped by him when discovered that she was servicing the crewmen aboard the Southberg (sailing from Holland to New Amsterdam).

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1. ↑ http://www.fortunecity.com/tattooine/spock/67/gen/reyniers.html - Marriage records of Gretje Reyniers

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