Falconer (Valckenier) Sailed March/April, 1650 Skipper, Willem Thomassen Arrived New Amsterdam June, 1650 Jacob Wolphertson1"...as the ship de Valckenier now lies ready to sail on her departure for New Netherland, and full one hundred and forty persons have offered to emigrate to that country at their own expense, and have been accepted, and as still upwards of thirty persons additional have solicited and requested a passage in said ship, who must be refused, because there is not accommodation in the vessel for the, she being not more than a hundred and sixty lasts burthen or thereabouts.4 1,2,3Documents relating to the Colonial History of New York, B. Fernow, (c)1881, Vol XII, pg 66-67 4Documents relating to the Colonial History of New York, E. B. O'Callaghan, (c)1856, Vol I, pg 376-77. URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycoloni |