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New Netherland 1621-1664

Immigrants to New Netherland

1639
In the Fire of Troy
(Brant Van Troyan)
Captain Jochem Pietersen Kuyter
Arrived at New Amsterdam July, 1639



Laurens Duyts
[See Source #77, page 193]

Magdela Michiels1

Pieter Andriessen
[See Source #77, page 156-159]

Jonas Bronck
[See Source #77, page 167-181]
He [Jonas Bronck] arrived here in 1639, having made the voyage in his own ship, called Fire of Troy, manned by himself, accompanied by a friend who was an officer in the Danish army, Capt. Joachiem Pietersen Kuyter. They each brought their family and a number of herdsmen or farmers, as their cargo was cattle.2
[See also Revised History of Harlem, James Riker, (c) 1904, page 133]






1Calendar of Dutch Historical Manuscripts, E. B. O'Callaghan, (c)1865, page 9, Register of the Provincial Secretary, July 7, 1639.
2History of Cornelis Maessen Van Buren, H. C. Peckham, (1913), p 245.

Source #77





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