Elbert Elbertsen (Stoothoff)
c. 1601-1677 Elbert Elbertsen was born in 1620 in Nieukerken, North Brabent, in the Netherlands. He immigrated to New Netherland in 1637, bound in … More Elbert Elbertsen (Stoothoff) »
Era Category: Important Figures - Dutch Rule
Gerrit Dirckson (Blauw)
Unknown Little is known of the life of Gerrit Dircksen. He arrived in New Netherland from the Drenthe Province of Holland and in 1638 … More Gerrit Dirckson (Blauw) »
Barent Dircksen (Van Naarden)
c. 1600-c. 1645 Barent Dircksen, born around 1600 and a baker by trade, arrived in New Netherland from Norden [Naarden] in East Friesland in … More Barent Dircksen (Van Naarden) »
David Pieterszen de Vries
1593-c. 1662 David Pieterszen de Vries was born in 1593 to Dutch parents in La Rochelle, France. He was a mariner, and captained voyages … More David Pieterszen de Vries »
Isaack de Rasieres
1595-Unknown Isaack de Rasieres was born in Middleburg, the Netherlands in 1595 and sailed to New Netherland following his 1626 appointment by the Dutch … More Isaack de Rasieres »
Joris Jansen de Rapelje
Unknown-c. 1665 Joris Jansen de Rapelje, a Huguenot who had fled to Leiden from Valenciennes, was one of New Netherland’s first settlers. A weaver … More Joris Jansen de Rapelje »
Jan Evertsen Bout
1603-1671 Jan Evertsen Bout was born in the Province of Gelderland in 1603, and arrived in New Netherland on board the ship Eendracht in … More Jan Evertsen Bout »
Cornelis Eversten de Jongste
1628-1679 Governor of New Netherland, 1673 Cornelis Evertsen de Jonge (the Younger) was the son of Lieutenant-Admiral Johan Evertsen and the nephew of Lieutenant-Admiral … More Cornelis Eversten de Jongste »
Nicasius de Sille
1610-1674 Schout of New Netherland, 1657-1664 Schout of New Amsterdam, 1657-1660 Nicasius de Sille was born September 23, 1610, in Arnhem in the Netherlands. … More Nicasius de Sille »
Willem Knijff
Unknown Fiscael of New Netherland, 1673-1674 In 1673, Willem Knijff was the Captain of the company of Netherlands Infantry stationed in Fort Willem Hendrick … More Willem Knijff »