New Netherland Settler Sketches

This table provides a basic overview for every completed sketch to date of a known resident of New Netherland. The header of each column can be clicked for alphanumeric sorting. Click a row to opens its full sketch. In fall 2025 we will publish an online list of known residents of New Netherlands who will be included in this project for research and eventual publication of a sketch.

Learn more about the components of a New Netherland Settler sketch.

New Netherland Settlers Sketch Components

Name, including the name in its natural order; patronymic (where directly attested); aliases; and any persons with whom the subject has been confused, or from whom the subject remains indistinguishable.

Origin, including place(s) of residence prior to emigration and ethnicity (when attested independently from place of residence).

Migration, including date, point of departure, and name of ship.

Settlement, including place(s) of residence within New Netherland and subsequent residence(s), in the case of those who left.

Biographical Details, including date and place of birth, date and place of death, and any life event not covered in another category, such as return trips to the place of origin, military service, political activity or protest (apart from holding of office, as above), involvement in legal action(s), and authorship.

Marriage and Children, including name of spouse (if identified) and genealogical details for each known child.

Education, including language(s) spoken, evidence of literacy or illiteracy, level of education, places and dates of study, and academic degrees.

Enslavement, including details about their enslavers and emancipation; for enslavers, identifies them as such as well as known names of persons they held in bondage.

Occupation, including kind of work, apprenticeships, indentures, employees, and apprentices.

Offices, noting offices or positions held in any level of government.

Holdings and Estates, including land(s) owned (as evidenced by grants, deeds, mortgages, leases, etc.) and estate details (as evidenced by bankruptcies, testaments, inventories, divisions of estates, etc.).

Church Membership, including church affiliation (as evidenced by taking of communion, the baptisms of children, service as marriage witnesses or baptismal sponsors, etc.) and church membership (as evidenced by membership lists, consistory records, etc.).

Associations, including relatives, business associates, and others.

Additional Details, covering any life events not covered in another category, such as return trips to the place of origin, military service, political activity or protest, involvement in legal action(s), authorship

Literature, including published sources such as books and articles relevant to at least one person explicitly mentioned in the sketch and a discussion of their relevance (if not obvious).