[2] Along with his wife, Neeltje Janse Jacobdochter, Gerretse was one of the first Europeans to settle on Long Island, a farm he named New Amersfoort.

"[4] Wolfert was born on 1 May 1579 in Amersfoort, Netherlands,[5] one of three sons of Gerrit Suype Van Kouwenhoven and his wife, Styne Sara Roberts.

"[8] The deed is signed by the Dutch colonial governor, Wouter von Twiller, at “Eylandt Manhatans” and reaffirmed on the back in 1658 by Gov.

"[8] Wolfert ran a baking and clothes bleaching business, when in 1625 he was assigned as one of the first settlers to cultivate farms in the New Netherlands colony by the Dutch West India Company.

Wolphert arrived back in the colony aboard the ship "Eendracht",[9] where he proceeded in his duties as director for van Rensselaer's farms in Rensselaerwyck and Fort Orange.

[citation needed] A member of the Dutch Reformed Church, on 17 January 1605, he married Neeltje Janse Jacobsdochter in Amersfoort, Netherlands.