Metje Jans Springsteen Van Blarcom
Metje Jans springsteen was daughter of Jan Casperse Springsteen and Maria Theunis of Midwout (Flatbush).
On July 16 1693, Metje married Johannes Janse Van Blarcom, son of Jan Lubbertsen Van Blarcom and Madelena Theunis Van Blarcom. Metje and Johannes had seven children; Elena (m. Johannes Van Seyl), Johannes (m. Jannetje Van Seyl), Marytje (1698, m. Arie Abramse Ackerman), Tryntje (m. Dirck Van Seyl), Jannetje (1702, m. Enoch Vreeland), Pieter (1705, m. Rachel Van Seyl), and Lea (m. Hendricus Bosch).1
Metje was buried in Bergen, New Jersey October 22, 1706.1
1Zabriskie, George Olin. The Van Blarcom Family of New Jersey. New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Vol. 99, No.4. New York Genealogical and Biographical Society. October 1968; 214.
