Christina Pruyn was born in 1674. She was the daughter of tailor Frans Pruyn and his wife, Alida. In 1694, she joined the Albany Dutch church.

In May 1706, thirty-one-year-old Christina married Albany shoemaker Jan Gerritse at her father's Albany home. Christina Pruyn Gerritse died eleven months later in April 1707 following the birth of her only child.

Sources: The life of Christina Pruyn Gerritse is CAP biography number 3527. This profile is derived chiefly from family and community-based resources.