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Yeah, of course! Some of them are a little hard to explain because they have a sound in them that doesn't exist in the English language, like the hard 'r', 'g'/'ch', 'ij' and 'aa' but I'll try to write it down so it come the closest to how it is.

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Schoonmaker - skhOWN-mah-kur (own as in the verb to own)
Swartwout - swAHRT-vowt
Bradt - bgAHT
Andriessen - ahn-dgee-sun
Slecht - SLEKHT
Van Der Noot - vahn der NOAT (oat as in oatmeel)
Van Breestede - vahn BGRAY-stay-duh
Mayke - m-I-kuh
Engeltje - ENG-ul-tjuh
Ariaantje - ah-gee-ON-tjuh
Petronella - pay-tgo-NEL-lah
Tryntje - TgIEn-tjuh
Gerritje - khEr-it-juh
Neeltgen - NILt-khun
Catrijna - cah-trIE-nuh
Anneke - AH-nuh-kuh
Roelof - gOO-lof
Frederick - fgAY-duh-gick
Jochem - yAW-khum
Hendrick - HEN-dgick
Jan - yAWn
Cornelius - cor-NAY-lee-us
Theunis - tUU-nis

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Well, there they are! I used the pronunciation key that this site usually uses http://www.behindthename.com/pronunciation.php
I hope this makes it more understandable!

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:D Lissy

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~Lully Lulla~