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Sailed from Amsterdam 9 May 1661 [NWI] arrived 29 July 1661 New Amsterdam [JJ]
Source unless otherwise noted:Lists Of Inhabitants Of Colonial New York by Edmund Bailey O'Callaghan Chapter entitled Early Immigrants to New
Netherland 1657-1664
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Lorine's Research Notes With Sources: I reconstructed the names of those sailing on various ships from the following sources. Please note that not every source was used to reconstruct every ship. I have indicated which sources were used for each individual:
Abstracts from Notarial Documents in the Amsterdam Archives by Pim Nieuwenhuis published in New Netherland Connections in series Vol. 4:3,4; Vol. 5:1-3 (hereafter NNC)
Early Immigrants to New Netherland 1657-1664 from The Documentary History of New York (hereafter EINN)
Settlers of Rensselaerswyck 1630-1658 in Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts (hereafter VRB)
E. B. O'Callaghan's Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany NY (hereafter CHM)
New World Immigrants: List of Passengers 1654 to 1664 edited by Michael Tepper (hereafter NWI)
Emigrants to New Netherland by Rosalie Fellows Bailey, , NYGBR;
vol 94 no 4 pp 193-200 (hereafter ENN)
Hugh Barentsen de Clein, and Wife and seven children
Peter Marcelis van Beest, and Wife and four children and 2 servants
Aert Pietersen Buys van Beest, and Wife and son
Frans Jacobsen van Beest, and Wife and two children
Widow Geertje Cornelis van Beest, and six children
Widow Adriaentje Cornelis van Beest, and Daughter
Goossen Jansen van Noort van Beest
Hendrick Dries van Beest
Neeltje Jans van Beest
Geertruy Teunissen van Beest
Geertje Willems, from Amsterdam
Aert Teunissen Middagh
Jacob Bastiaensen, from Heycop
Estienne Genejoy, from Rochelle, and Wife and three children
Jan Lammertsen, from Bremen
Hendrickje Jochems
Geertje Jochems
Wouter Thysen, from Hilversom
Gideon Jacobs
The Son of Evert Peterson, Consoler of the sick
Evert Pietersen [See FN 1]
[FN 1] From Terry Vanderhoof May 2009:
Terry writes that he and a group of people are working on a translation (transcription) of a letter from the Directors of
the WIC to Stuyvesant, dated 9 May 1661. Part of this letter has already been transcribed in
Pratt's'Annals of Public Education in the State of New
York The letter mentions that Evert Pietersen, on the recommendation of
Stuyvesant and the magistrates of New Amsterdam has been appointed as
'Sickentrooster, voorleser and schoolmester' and travels on
the ship, 'de Gulde Bever' It mentions that his wife isn't
with him because of illness. As the WIC debit accounts for
De Bever mentions the son of Evert Pietersen, Consoler of
the sick, it may be safe to assume that both Evert
Pietersen and his son were passengers on the ship.
Evert's passage may have been paid by the company but his son's
wasn't.
From Terry Vanderhoof May 2011: The entry for Evert Pietersen goes :
Evert Pietersen Sieckentrooster debet
voor vracht van sijn soon dat hij Ao: 1661 9 Meij
pr de Bever is herwaerts gecomen florins 36: - : -
Which I believe says (roughly)
Evert Pietersen Comforter of the Sick debit
for passage of his son that he [on] Anno 1661 9 May
p[e]r de Bever has come hither. f[lorins] 36
It seems that Evert was charged for the passage of his [adult]son although Evert himself travelled free.
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