Era Category: Important Figures - Dutch Rule

1609-1679 Frederick Lubbertsen was born in 1609 in Amsterdam, Holland. He was a sailor by trade, and entered the employ of the Dutch West … More Frederick Lubbertsen »

c. 1616-1671 Govert Loockermans was born around 1616 in Turnhout, a village near Antwerp, Belgium. He left Holland on board the Soutberg (Salt Mountain), … More Govert Loockermans »

1596-c. 1670 Jean Mousnier de la Montagne (Johannes La Montagne) was born in France in 1596. His family was Protestant and moved to Holland … More Johannes La Montagne »

c. 1597-1654 Jochem Pietersen Kuyter, a seafaring merchant originally from Darmstadt in Hessen, Germany, was born around 1597. He served with the Dutch in … More Jochem Pietersen (Kuyter) »

c. 1610-1662 Michiel Jansen was born in Broeckhuysen, Holland, around 1610. He was one of the early settlers who contracted with Killian Van Rensselaer … More Michiel Jansen (Vreeland) »

Unknown-1647 Hendric Jansen (Snyder), a tailor by trade, was one of the first settlers along the East River shore–as early as 1639, Jansen occupied … More Hendric Jansen (Snyder) »

c. 1600-1685 Hendrick Hendricksen was born around 1600 in Niewenhuys in the Netherlands. He was a tailor by trade and was one of the … More Hendrick Hendericksen (Kip) »

1621-1686 Augustine Heermans was born in 1621 in Prague, Bohemia, and subsequently moved with his family to the Netherlands. He was a surveyor by … More Augustine Heermans »

1614-1670 Thomas Hall, who had come to New Amsterdam by way of New England, was a native of Gloucestershire in England. He was born … More Thomas Hall »

c. 1583-1662 Wolphert Gerritsen was born around 1583 in Amersfoort, Netherlands. In June 1625, Gerritsen and his wife immigrated to New Netherlands, one of … More Wolphert Gerritsen (Van Couwenhoven) »