Delaware River - Ship Index

New Netherland and Beyond
Delaware River Settlements 1637-1682

Ship Lists, Index 1637-1663
Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey

In most cases, the ship lists are incomplete as the passengers on paid tickets are not listed in the account books, and therefore do not appear on the shiplists. Unless another source was used where persons are mentioned as passengers on a specific ship, it is impossible to determine a complete passenger list for early ships arrivals, and one is left with other sources in determining an approximate arrival date for their ancestors.

Please keep in mind immigrants may have traveled to and fro more than once and therefore may appear on several lists and in other sources with similar names.

See Bibliography of Ship Passenger Lists for further information on sources used to reconstruct immigrant arrivals.

Year departed - Ship	Destination¹ Arrival
1637 Kalmer Nyckel (Swedish) (Calmer Sleutel-Dutch) (Key of Kalmar-English)	Rensselaerswyck - 6 persons New Sweden March 1638
1637 Bird Griffin (Vogel Grip)	New Sweden March 1638
1639 Kalmer Nyckel	New Sweden April 1640
1640 Freedenburg	New Sweden November 1640
1641 Kalmer Nyckel	New Sweden November 1641
1641 Charitas	New Sweden November 1641
1642 Fama	New Sweden February 1643
1642 Swan	New Sweden February 1643
1643 Fama	New Sweden March 1644
1646 Gyllene Haj (Golden Shark)	New Sweden October 1646
1647 Swan	New Sweden January 1648
1649 Kat	New Sweden (never arrived, ship wrecked)
1653 Gyllene Haj (Golden Shark)	New Sweden - damaged enroute
1654 Eagle (Orn)	New Sweden May 1654
1654 Gyllene Haj (Golden Shark)	New Sweden - arrested in New Amsterdam, remaining there September 1654
1655 Mercurius	New Sweden March 1656
1656 Beaver	New Amsterdam New Amstel March 1657
1656 Prince Maurice	New Amstel March 1657
1658 Golden Mill (Gulde Meulen)	New Amstel September 1658
1659 New Amstel	New Amstel New Amsterdam November 1659
1661 Purmerland Church	New Amstel February 1662
1662 Golden Eagle (De Gulden Arent)	New Amstel May 1662
1663 St. Jacob	New Amstel New Amsterdam July 1663
1663 Purmerland Church	New Amstel December 1663

¹ New Sweden - Under the Swedes 1636-1655
New Amstel - Under the Dutch 1655-1664