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List of surviving settlers sent to Staten Island by Hendrick van der Capellen Toe Rijssel

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List[1] of the farmers, men, women, children, male and female servants sent to Staten Island in New Netherland in the West Indies since May of 1650, who are still alive after the wanton and bloody destruction carried out by the Indians in September of 1655.[2]

1. Captain Adriaen Post with his wife, five children, a male servant, and a female servant are still living on the island.

2. Hendrick Siverinck with his wife, two children, and a male servant are living on Manhattan.

3. Pauel Dercks with his wife, one child and one male servant are living at Fort Orange.

4. Hendrick Marcellis with his wife, two children, and a male servant are living at Fort Orange.

5. Jan Aertsen van Heerde with his wife and eight children are living at Manhattan.

6. Aelbert Gijssebertsen van Heerde with his wife and four children, and a male servant are living at Fort Orange.

7. The wife of Aerent van Hengel now married to a certain Severijn with three children living on Manhattan who entered into an agreement with Aerent van Hengel; this widow has a son who does all sorts of construction work.

8. The wife of Jan van Oldenzeel, called Elsken, married to a certain basketmaker with three children, is living on Long Island.

9. The wife of Jan Wesselinck, married to a certain Englishman, being a carter, is living on Manhattan with three children.

10. Eijlart, the male servant of the deceased farmer Jan Wesselinck, is living at Mespaskil.[3]

11. The wife of the wheelwright, who was employed at Zutphen, called Hermken, is living at Fort Orange, married to a certain carpenter with two children.

12. Three children of the corporal Gerrit Jansen van Steenwijck who were brought there at the expense of his honor.

13. Wijnolt, male servant of the deceased Hans Berentsen van Osenbrugge, was brought to the north by Melijn, [ and ] is now back again with him and learning ship's carpentry.

14. Another boy of Berent Driessen van Oostenengh is living on Long Island with a farmer.

15. The blacksmith from Steenderen, called the Scheve Smidt,[4] is living in Breuckel[5] across from Manhattan.

Altogether they are sixty-seven souls. This was submitted at Zutphen on 14/4 November 1657 by the wife of Captain Adriaen Post and by the farmer Jan Aerentsen van Heerde.

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No. 6

List of the farmers who have survived the wanton destruction of the Indians, carried out with murder and arson on Staten Island in September 1655. It was submitted at Zutphen on 14/4 November 1657.

Notes

See Correspondence, 1647-1653, 99 and 128 for references to the land grant to Baron Hendrick van der Capellen toe Rijssel on Staten Island.
Reference to the Peach War.
Mespacht Kil is now called Newtown Creek on Long Island.
The lopsided blacksmith.
Variant spelling of Breuckelen, now known as Brooklyn on Long Island.

References

A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.