♂ Cornelis Maessen Van Buren

1608 - 1648

 

Van Buyrmalsen

Cornelis Maessen Van Buren
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Martin Cornelissen Van Buren
Martin C Van Buren
1638 - 1703
Cristyna Van Buren
Cristyna Van Buren
1644 - 1729

The first Van Buren to come to the New World didn’t have the name Van Buren. His name was Cornelis Maessen van Buyrmalsen - "Cornelis, son of Maes, from the town of Buyrmalsen" - the great-great-great-grandfather of the future eighth President of the United States.

1631


Age: 23y

immigration


Came aboard the ship d'Entracht and settled in Rensselaerwyck.
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1631 Thirty Years' War: In the Battle of Breitenfeld, Tilly's imperial army is decisively defeated by Gustavus II Adolphus of Sweden, shattering the imperial army of the Holy Roman Empire and marking the first significant victory for the Protestants in the war.

1638


Age: 30y
1638 • Shipwrecked English buccaneer Peter Wallace called "Ballis" by the Spanish, settles near and perhaps gives his name to the Belize River, the first known European settlement in Belize.

1644


May 9
Age: 36y

1648


Apr 8
Age: 40y
1648 • "Pride's Purge" in England, with elements of the New Model Army, under the leadership of Oliver Cromwell invading London and expelling a majority of the Long Parliament, resulting in the creation of the Rump Parliament.

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