I have traced my direct line to Rutger Joestren Van Brunt who died pror to 1713.Spouse's name unknown. Do you know it? He is the common ancestor of the Van Brunt family in this country. He immigrated from the Netherlands in 1653. He settled in New Uttrecht, Long Island. My direct line stems from his son Cornelius Rutgerez Van Brunt who married Fayntje Bennett.They had a son named Rutgert Van Brunt, who died in 1760. He married Elizabeth Van Voorhees in 1715 in Of Flatlands, Kings Co., New York. My grandfather is Winslow Mathews Van Brunt, died in 1981, who married Irene Winifred Simpson, she died in 1995. Thier last residence was in Omaha, Nebraska. I am looking for Rutger Joestren Van Brunt's ancestors in the Netherlands. Do have any clues or information on this?