Individual Details

Marten was the son of Reijer Reijersz and Marritje Francen. Marten arrived in this country with his brother Adriaen about 1646 and settled in Breuckelen, on the Island of Nassau, (Long Island), in what is now New York.
Marten was an early member of the 1st Church of Brooklyn becoming a member March 25, 1663.

He nearly always used the name Reijersen after he came to New Amsterdam. The Dutch did not have a letter for y in their alphabet but instead used ij . Record keepers in New Amsterdam, however, often failed to add the dots over those letters, an oversight which soon caused this Dutch name to look and be spelled as Reyersen.

Birth	14 May 1637	Amsterdam, Netherlands
Immigration	1646	New Amsterdam
Marriage	14 May 1663	Breuckelen, New Netherland - Annetje Jorise Rappalje
Death	1687	Bergen, New Jersey
Occupation		Farmer and town constable

Spouse	Annetje Jorise Rappalje (1646 - 1695)
Child	Marritie Reyerson (1664 - )
Child	Joris Martinse Ryerson (1666 - 1749)
Child	Reyer Martense Ryerson (1669 - 1751)
Child	Catalyntie Martense Ryerson (1671 - 1760)
Child	Sara Reyerson (1673 - )
Child	Geertje Reyerson (1675 - )
Child	Jacobus Reyerson (1677 - 1749)
Child	Helena Reyerson (1679 - )
Child	Lyntje (Syntje) Reyerson ( - )
Child	Cornelius Ryerson (1683 - 1711)
Child	Frans Marten Reyerson (1685 - 1749)

Father	Reijer Reijersz (1604 - 1646)
Mother	Marritje Francen (Barents) Van Swindrecht (1609 - 1643)
Sibling	Geertruid Reijersz (1639 - )