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New Netherland series Exploration Fortifications: • Fort Nassau (North)
• Fort Orange
• Fort Nassau (South)
• Fort Goede Hoop
• De Wal
• Fort Wilhelmus
• Fort Beversreede
• Fort Nya Korsholm
• De Rondout
Settlements: • Rensselaerswyck
• Beverwijck
• Wiltwyck
• Bergen
• Pavonia
• Vriessendael
• Achter Col
• Heemstede
• Rustdorp
• Midwout
• Boswyck
• Swaanendael
The Patroon System Directors of New Netherland: Cornelius Jacobsen May (1620-25)
Willem Verhulst (1625-26)
Peter Minuit (1626-32)
Sebastiaen Jansen Krol (1632-33)
Wouter van Twiller (1633-38)
Willem Kieft (1638-47)
Peter Stuyvesant (1647-64)
People of New Netherland Flushing Remonstrance Sarah Rapelje, or Rapelie or Rapalje or Rapalye[1] (July 9, 1625 – 1685) was the first white female of European parentage born in New Netherland, according to the New Netherland Project, a private effort to document New York's early Dutch history.[2] Rapelje was first married to Norwegian emigrant Hans Hansen Bergen, who arrived in New Amsterdam from Holland. Rapelje was the daughter of Catalyntje Trico, from a French Huguenot family, and her husband Joris Jansen Rapelje, later a member of the Council of Twelve Men.
Rapelje's chair is in the permanent collection of the Museum of the City of New York, a gift of her Brinckerhoff descendants. [3] Brooklyn's Rapelye Street is named for the family.[4] Sarah Rapalje herself was granted a large tract of land in the Wallabout in Brooklyn by Dutch authorities.[5] The family owned extensive property in the area of present-day Red Hook.[6]
References
- ^ The spelling of Rapelje varied over the years in New Netherland and New York State, including Rapareilliet, Raparlié, Rapalyea, Raplee, Rapeleye, as well as others.[1]
- ^ 14 Generations: New Yorkers Since 1624, the Rapaljes Are On a Mission to Keep Their History Alive, Steve Wick, Newsday
- ^ Russell Shorto, The Island at the Center of the World. The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan, the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America (Doubleday, 2004.)
- ^ Brooklyn by Name: How the Neighborhoods, Streets, Parks, Bridges, and More Got Their Names, By Leonard Benardo, Jennifer Weiss, Published by NYU Press, 2006, ISBN 0814799469
- ^ Obituary, Jere R. Johnson, Jr., Dead, President of the Brooklyn Real Estate Exchange, The New York Times, Feb. 16, 1898
- ^ Winter Scene in Brooklyn, Museum of the City of New York
External links
- Sarah Rapalje (1625–1685), The New Netherland Institute)
- The Hidden History of the Rapeljes, Urban Environmentalist NYC, gowanuslounge.com
- The History of Brooklyn Navy Yard
- The Rapelje Family, The Baltimore Sun
- The Rapelje Property, on the Brooklyn & Jamaica Rail Road, New York Public Library Digital Gallery
- The Rapelje Estate, Foot of 35th Street, North River, New York Public Library Digital Gallery
- Rapelje Avenue, Queens, New York, New York Public Library Digital Gallery
- Rapelyea House, New York Public Library Digital Gallery
- Rapelyea Estate, New York Public Library Digital Gallery
Categories:- 1625 births
- 1685 deaths
- American pioneers
- American people of French descent
- American people of Dutch descent
- People of New Netherland
- Bergen family
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