Pieter Minuit
1580-1638 Director of New Netherland, 1626-1633 Pieter Minuit, born in 1580, was a Walloon from Wesel, Duchy of Cleves. By trade, he was a … More Pieter Minuit »
Era Category: Important Figures - Dutch Rule
Bastiaen Jansz Krol
1595-c. 1645 Director of New Netherland, 1632-1633 Bastiaen Jansz Krol, a silk worker by trade, was born in Harlingen, Friesland in 1595. Under the … More Bastiaen Jansz Krol »
Wouter Van Twiller
1606-1657 Director of New Netherland, 1633-1637 Wouter Van Twiller was born in Nieukirk, Holland on May 22, 1606, and became a clerk in the … More Wouter Van Twiller »
Willem Kieft
1597-1647 Director of New Netherland, 1638-1646 Willem Kieft was born in September 1597 in Amsterdam, Holland. Educated to become a merchant, his failed business … More Willem Kieft »
Pieter Stuyvesant
c. 1612-1672 Director-General of New Netherland, 1647-1664 Pieter Stuyvesant was born in Friesland in the Netherlands around 1612. He studied languages and philosophy in … More Pieter Stuyvesant »
Adriaen van der Donck
1620-1655 In 1640, Adriaen Cornelissen van der Donck, the twenty-year-old son of Cornelis van der Donck, a prosperous burgher of Breda, was a student … More Adriaen van der Donck »
Jacob Benckes
1637-1677 Governor of New Netherland, 1673 Jacob Benckes was born on September 10, 1637, in the city of Koudum, in the Friesland region of … More Jacob Benckes »
Anthony Colve
Unknown Governor of New Netherland, 1673-1674 Anthony Colve, a Dutch naval captain, was appointed Director-General of New Netherland in August 1673 when the Dutch … More Anthony Colve »
Jan Lampo
Unknown Schout-Fiscael of New Netherland, 1626-1631 During Director Pieter Minuit’s administration, the Schout-fiscael was Jan Lampo, an Englishman from Canterbury who also acted as … More Jan Lampo »
Coenraad Notelman
Unknown Schout of New Netherland, 1632-1634; 1634-1635 Coenraad Notelman, a cousin of Patroon Killiaen van Rensselaer, was appointed by the Dutch West India Company … More Coenraad Notelman »