Cornelis Antonissen Van Slyke
1604 - 1676 (72 years)
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Name Cornelis Antonissen Van Slyke Born 1604 Breuckelen, Utrecht, Netherlands 
Gender Male Died 1676 Canajoharie, New York Colony, British North America Person ID I19555 Brown Genealogy Last Modified 19 Sep 2024
Father Antonis Van Slicht, b. Abt 1580, Netherlands , d. UNKNOWN Relationship natural Family ID F6845 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Ots-Toch, b. Abt 1620, Mohawk Castle, Canojaharie, New York Colony, New Netherlands , d. UNKNOWN Married Abt 1635 Mohawk Castle, Canojaharie, New York Colony, New Netherlands Children 1. Jacques Corneliese Van Slyke, b. Abt 1640, Canajoharie, Montgomery County, New York Colony, British North America , d. Aft 11 May 1690, Fort Orange (Albany), New York Colony, British North America (Age ~ 50 years) [natural]Last Modified 19 Sep 2024 Family ID F5041 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - Cornelise Antonissen Van Slyke born in Brueckelen, Netherlands in 1604. Brueckelen, Netherlands gave its name to Brueckelen, New Netherlands which later became Brooklyn, New York. Cornelise's Mohawk-French wife Ots-Toch was born abt.1620 at Canajoharie, New York. Cornelis came to the New World in May of 1634, settling at Beverwyck and then Schenectady, New York. Cornelis was known by several names, making research on him somewhat complicated, but not impossible.
He can be found in the various records of the time as Cornelis Teunissen, Cornelis Antonissen, Cornelis Van Slicht (as he himself signed his contract with Kilean Van Rensellaer in 1634), Cornelis van Breuckelen (from Breuckelen) as he was called by van Rensellaer, Broer (brother) Cornelis as called by the Mohawks and Brodeur (brother) by the Dutch.
Cornelis Van Slyke's story is of a Dutchman who came to the New World as a carpenter at the age of 30, who became an interpreter for the Mohawk nation, was adopted into the tribe, and who met and married a French-Mohawk woman, Ots-Toch, who never left her native village. Their children, who were all raised at Canajoharie, one of the Mohawk castles or villages, became well-known and respected in the Dutch community. All except one left the village and married Dutch settlers.
(c) Lorine McGinnis-Schulze, OliveTree Genealogy.
- Cornelise Antonissen Van Slyke born in Brueckelen, Netherlands in 1604. Brueckelen, Netherlands gave its name to Brueckelen, New Netherlands which later became Brooklyn, New York. Cornelise's Mohawk-French wife Ots-Toch was born abt.1620 at Canajoharie, New York. Cornelis came to the New World in May of 1634, settling at Beverwyck and then Schenectady, New York. Cornelis was known by several names, making research on him somewhat complicated, but not impossible.