Individual Details
Matthias Hatfield
(Abt 1635 - 13 December 1687)
It is thought that Matthias Hatfield came to Staten Island from Leiden, Holland under the Patroon Cornelius Melyn. Matthias married Cornelius Melyn's daughter Mary in 1664 at New Haven. Matthias settled first in New Haven, where Melyn had gone, but after the first of his oldest child, the family relocated the Elizabethtown.
For a long time it was thought that Matthias's father was an Englishman who had traveled to Leiden with the Puritan migration. There seems now to be some thought the he was actually Dutch and not related to Thomas Hatfield the Englishman. But there is a lot of disagreement about this by the experts. In fact, the same primary genealogist on the Hatfield family first made the case that Matthias was the son of Thomas the Englishman and 20 years later made the case the Matthias was really Dutch and not really related to Thomas. So, who knows?
For a long time it was thought that Matthias's father was an Englishman who had traveled to Leiden with the Puritan migration. There seems now to be some thought the he was actually Dutch and not related to Thomas Hatfield the Englishman. But there is a lot of disagreement about this by the experts. In fact, the same primary genealogist on the Hatfield family first made the case that Matthias was the son of Thomas the Englishman and 20 years later made the case the Matthias was really Dutch and not really related to Thomas. So, who knows?
Events
| Birth | Abt 1635 | Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands | |||
| Immigration | Bef 1664 | New Netherland | |||
| Marriage | 25 August 1664 | New Haven, Connecticut - Maria Mariken Melyn |  | ||
| Death | 13 December 1687 | Elizabeth, Essex, New Jersey |
Families
| Spouse | Maria Mariken Melyn (1637 - 1694) |
| Child | Isaac Hatfield (1667 - 1709) |
| Child | Cornelius Hatfield (1665 - 1718) |
| Child | Abraham Hatfield (1670 - 1706) |
| Child | Rachel Hatfield (1674 - ) |
| Child | Elizabeth Hatfield ( - 1725) |
| Child | Mary Hatfield (1675 - 1742) |
| Father | Thomas Hatfield (1600 - ) |
| Mother | Anna Hampton-Cox (1600 - ) |
| Sibling | Thomas Hatfield (1627 - ) |