Zabriskie, George Olin,
"The Founding Families of New Netherland, No. 4 - The Rapalje - Rapelje Family, Part III,"
de Halve Maen, Vol. 47, No. 2 (July 1972), pp. 11-14:
As previously noted, there were pregnant women in New Netherland when Krol left to return to Holland in mid-1624. Since Sarah Rapalje was born on June 9, 1625, Catalina Trico was not one of them. And probably Ariantje Cuvilje (Vigne) had not yet conceived Jan Vigne since her daughter Rachel was only about fifteen months old at the time Krol departed. Hence it is improbable that Jan and Sarah were the first "christian" male and female children born in New Netherland. Those honors must go to the two or more infants born of undetermined parentage in the last half of 1624 and the early part of 1625, to parents, that is, who joined most of the other early colonists in returning to Europe after their contract term expired, or who were released early.
In April 1656, Sarah Rapalje referred to herself as "Sara Joresey, first born christian daughter of New Netherland." Her statement would be true if all children born before her were males, or if it meant she was the first of the living native-born female New Netherlanders. Jan Vigne and Sarah Rapalje apparently were the first "christian" male and female who were born, lived, and died in New Netherland.
