The Freedenburg Sailed from the Texel at the end of July, 1640 Skipper Jacob Powelson Arrived in New Sweden November 2, 1640 Joost van den Bogaert,1 Director It is a curious fact that Joost van den Bogaert disappears from history with his settlement in 1642. Sickness befell the Sweden Colony in 1642. It is therefore possible that Bogaert and some of his people died in that year. The surviving Dutch settlers probably removed to Fort Nassau or to New Amsterdam. 1[Joost van den Boogaert was in New Netherland returning to Holland in 1625 Documents Relating to New Netherland 1624-1626, in the Henry E. Huntington Library,A.J. van Laer, (c)1924] See more information at the ship Orangenboom. Compiled from: The Swedish settlements on the Delaware, Amandus Johnson, ©1911. URL: http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycoloni |