Cornelis Jacobsz
May
Alternate Last Name(s)
Mey
Courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Ludolf Backhuysen, A Fluyt, 17th Century, public domain
ID
1609,000,310
Gender
Male
Birth Date
1580 c.
Demographic(s)
Arrived
Spouses | Marriages
Ancestor Notes
Captain Cornelis Jacobson May came from Hoorn in Holland. He was the Captain of the Fortune in 1614 and sailed along the coast of what is now New Jersey. Cape May is named for this.
In 1625 he was Captain of the New Netherland (Nieu Nederlandt) that landed the first settler families from Europe in New Netherland, and became the first Director.
See more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelius_Jacobsen_May