I'm referring now to Pat's comments re Cosyn's marriage to Maeijiken Everts. She writes: "According to information in e-mail Dec 2003 from Jim Cozine <[email protected] >, he had a Dutch researcher investigate the marriage of Cosyn Gerritsen -- Researched by Mrs. Trynke Hoekstra, of Ermelo, Netherlands for Jim Cozine in Oct 2000 -- Putten married 2 january 1631: Cosijn Gerrits, son of the late Gerrit Jans, to Maeijken Everts, daughter of the late Evert Reijers. both of Putten. Maeijken Everts was aka Vrouwtje Gerrits. As someone on this list suggested, Vrouwtje may be a nickname, meaning "little wife" and the "Gerrits" is probably a "husband-nymic." The 1631 marriage date above was found in the Putten City Archives." I too had a Dutch archive researcher in the NL search the records for Cosyn Gerritsen's marriage. His name was Dr. Peter Nouwt, and I quote him in my article "Cosyn Gerritsen van Putten: New Amsterdam's Wheelwright," de Halve Maen, Vol. 80 (Summer 2007), no. 2, pp.23-30, including ten illustrations. His report to me is dated April 2007. On page 30, I wrote: Dr. Nouwt found the marriage banns of a Cosijn Gerrits,'son of the late Gerrit Jansen, and Maeryken Evertsen, daughter of the late Evert Reyersen, both of Putten,' recorded in the City Hall of Putten on January 2, 1631. Assuming that this is the same man as our wheelwright, then Maeryken died, for Cosyn Gerritsen van Putten in New Amsterdam had a wife named Vroutje Gerrits, sometimes called Vroutje or Vroutjen Cosyns [in the records.] As Dr. Nouwt could find no death record of Maeryken Evertsen in Putten, he believes it likely that this couple emigrated to New Netherland together. On May 20, 1640, when Gerrit, the first child of Cosyn and Vroutje was baptized, one of the sponsors was a Trynjie Everts, who may have been a relative of Cosyn's first wife."