— baptised in New Amsterdam, New Netherlands: 
  9.  Sanna MELYN, bap. 14 Jun 1643 
10.  Magdalena MELYN, bap. 3 Mar 1644/5 
11.  Yzaak MELYN, bap. 22 Jul 1646

1.  A series of six papers by Paul Gibson Burton published in the New York Genealogical and Biographical Record under the titles, "The Antwerp Ancestry of Cornelis Melyn" (1936, 67:157-164, 67:246-255) and "Cornelis Melyn, Patroon of Staten Island and Some of His Descendants" (1937, 68:3-17, 68:132-146, 68:217-231, 68:357-365).

2.  "The Melyn Papers, 1640-1699," pages 97-138 in Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1913, published in 1914 by the New York Historical Society.  Each Melyn document has been extracted from this collection and posted to the MELYN Biographies and Deeds boards at GenConnect under the following titles (in chronological order):
    •    Deed for Staten Island, 1640 (Cornelis MELYN)
    •    Agreement between Cornelis MELYN and Lord Nederhorst
    •    Grant to JORISEN & Conveyance to Cornelis MELYN of Manhattan lot
    •    The CUYTER-MELYN Mandamus of 28 Apr 1648
    •    MELYN vs. VAN DER CAPELLEN - accounting of a debt
    •    Power of Attorney by Janneken MELYEN, 6 Apr 1656
    •    Remonstrance & Petition by Cornelis MELYN, 1659
    •    Agreement between Cornelis MELYN & West India Co., 13 Jun 1659
    •    Letter from Cornelis MELYN to West India Co., ca. 1661
    •    Miscellanea regarding purchase of Staten Island
    •    Cornelis MELYN attends meeting, 23 May 1661
    •    West India Co. letter re: Cornelis MELYN, 27 Jan 1662
    •    Pronouncement by Gov. NICKOLLS to Jacob MELYN
    •    Jacob MELYN petitions Gov. COLVE, 1674
    •    Grant to Jacob MELYN by Gov. COLVE, 12 Oct 1674
    •    Jacob MELYN's petition, 30 Nov 1698 or 1699

3.  Chapter III, the Melyn chapter, from Baker Ancestry: the Ancestry of Samuel Baker, of Pleasant Valley, Steuben County, New York, with Some of His Descendants, self-published by Frank Baker (1914, Chicago).  Posted in seven parts on the MELYN Biographies board at GenConnect under the title "MELYN in 'The BAKER Ancestry'."

4.  Carl Boyer.  1978.  Ship Passenger Lists, New York & New Jersey, 1600-1825.  Selfpublished, Newhall, CA.

5.  John O. Evjen.  1916.  Scandinavian Immigrants in New York, 1630-1674.  K.C. Holter, Minneapolis, MN.  For excerpt, click here.

6.  An excerpt from  Autobiography of William Seymour Tyler, D.D.,LL.D. (self-published in 1912), posted on the Melyn Biographies board at GenConnect under the title "MELYN in the 'Autobiography of W.S. TYLER'."

7.  An excerpt from the Gazetteer of the State of New York, by J.H. French (1860, R. Pearsall Smith, Syracuse, NY) posted on the Melyn Biographies board at GenConnect under the title "Brief History of Staten Island."

8.  Betrothal Certificate of Cornelis Melijn and Jannetie Arienss (courtesy of JBC).

9.  Emails from Joanna Baxter Curtis.