Catalina Trico

Catalina Trico or Catalyntje Jeronimus Trico (also spelled Catilyn Trico; 1605 – 1689) was a Walloon colonist. Trico and her husband Joris Jansen Rapelje, both originally from Wallonia in modern day Belgium, were among the first European settlers in what was then the Dutch colony of New Netherland. Trico and Rapelje traveled on the ship Eendracht, arriving in New Netherland in 1624 and settling initially at Fort Orange.

Early life Catalina was born in what was then known as the Spanish Netherlands, an area that later became part of Belgium.

Moving to the New World Catalina and her husband were Walloons, French-speaking Protestants, practicing in the Calvinistic tradition. Their daughter Sarah Rapelje (1625-c.1686) is described as the "first European Christian female child born in New Netherland," although this is disputed by some.