Person talk:Helena Van Brundt (1)

http://thehistorybox.com/factual_first/1600_3.html 6) The Van Brunt family belongs among the earliest Dutch settlers in the New World. The first progenitor to come to America was Rutger Joesten Van Brunt, who arrived in New Netherland in 1653 and settled at New Ultrecht, L.I. in 1657. * (Hollanders)