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Female Heiltje van Etten Click to view Heiltje van Etten in the family tree Click to view Heiltje van Etten in the family tree

Heiltje was born on April 2nd, 1679 in Marbletown, Ulster, New York.1   Heiltje's father was Jacob Jansen Van Etten and her mother was Annetje Arians Adriaensen.  Her paternal grandparents were Johannes Marinessen and Wilhelmina Hoannes; her maternal grandparents were Jans Aerjan and Grietjen Jansen. She had five brothers and four sisters, named Jan, Arien, Petrus, Emanuel, Jacobus, Sytie, Pieternella, Tryntie and Geestje.  She was the fifth youngest of the ten children. She had a half-brother and a half-sister, named Cornelis and Grietje.  She died at the age of 43 in 1722 in Rhinebeck, Dutchess County, New York.

1 Baptismal Records, Old Dutch Church of Kingston, Ulster Co., NY, 1660-1809