The Fulkerson Family Pages
Family of Dirck (Dircks) Volckertszen De Noorman and Christina Vigne
Dirck Volckertszen De Noorman (born c 1595 in Bergen, Norway) and Christina Vigne (born c 1610 in St. Waast-La-Haut, Valenciennes, French Flanders) married in 1630 in Noorman's Kill, near what is today Bushwick Creek, Long Island, NY.
The Nine Children of Dirck and Christina, in birth order:
1. Grietje (Margaret) Dircks (born c 1633)
2. Christine Dircks (born c 1635)
3. Magdalene Dircks (born c 1636)
4. Sarah Dircks (born c 1639)
5. Rachel D. Dircks (born September 8, 1641)
6. Volkert Dircks (born November 15, 1643)
7. Jacob Dircks (born c 1646)
8. Araiantje Dircks (born August 21, 1650)
9. Jennekin Dircks (born December 7, 1653)
Christine Vigne Dircks
Christina was born about 1610-1613. This would have made her somewhere between ten and fourteen years old when she arrived in New Amsterdam (New York, NY). Little has been written about her, other than that she married Dirck in 1630 or 1631, and bore eight children.
Dirck and Christina lived in her parents' household until 1638. She was a sponsor in baptisms at the Dutch Reformed Church in 1643 and 1650. The rest of her story must be inferred from what we know about her husband and children. Her last child, Jennekin, was born in 1653. There was no further record of her after 1663, although she may have lived into the 1670's.
