History of Essex and Hudson counties, New Jersey, Vol. II, Part 60

Author: Shaw, William H
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: [United States :]
Number of Pages: 830

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" First- They agree to conclude with me a solid and durable pence, which th y promise to keep faithfully, as we also obligate ourselves to do on our part

"second-If it happen which God in his merry averti, that there crise any difficulty between us and them, no warfare shall ensue in con- wquence, but they shall complain to our Guvernor, and we shall com- plan to their sachets.

' If any person shall be killed or murdered, justice shall be directly mini-tere 1 upon the murderer that we may henceforth live in peace and :mity.

"Third-They are not to come on Manhattan Island, nor in the neighborhood of Christinn dwellings with their armas; neither will we approach their villages with our gine, except we are conducted thither by a savage to give them warning.

"T arth - Aud whereas, there is yet among them an English girl, whom they promised to conduct to the English at Stamford, they' still engage, if she is not already conducted there, to bring her there in safety, and we pronte in return to pay them the runyon which has been fromindl by the English.

-VAI of which is promised to be religiously performed throughout the whole of Now Netherlands.

"Done in Fort Amterdam, in the open air, by the Director and council in New Netherland, and the whole commoualty, called together for this purpose, in the presence of the Magus ambassadors, who are solicited to nasist in this negotiation as arbitrators, and Cornelius Anthoniswon. their interpreter, and an arbitrator with them in this solemn affair.

" Dune as above. "

This treaty was signed by Sisendogy, Claes Nor- man, Oratancy Sessekennis, William of Tappaen, Jacob Stoffelsen, Acpien, sachem of the Mohicans, and Cornelis Teunisen, all of whom affixed their marks; and by William Kieft, La Montagne, Jan Underhill, Francis Doughty, George Baxter, Richard Smith, Gysbert Opdyke, Jan Evertsen Bout, Oloff Stevensen and Cornelis Haykins.

FIRST THANKSGIVING JAY-"COUN IL MINUTE-PROCLAMATION TO BE ISSUED ORDERING & DAY OF THANKSGIVING TO BE ONSERVED ON AC OUNT OF THE PEACE WITH THE INDIANS,

The 31 Nugust 164 ..

"It has been resolved an Council to, issue a proclamation for a day uf general thanksgiving, which shall take place on the 6th of September next in all the Ihitch atel English churches within the limity of Ne - Netherland. The proclamation reads as follows

' As it lin- pleased the Almighty God in his infinite mercy und clem- muy, in mblution to many previous blessings, to allow is to obtain the ling desired peace with the savages, we have found it necessary to an- nounce it to all the people of New-Nithe land, in order that in all places, where Dutch and English churches are established, the Almighty God may to specially thanked, lauded and blessed next Wednesday, the 6th of September, the text taken to be appropriate and the sermon applicable thereto. You will please to announce this matter to the congregation next Sunday, that they may know It."

Thus closed the first Indian war, and in it Hudson t'ounty, or the territory now covered by that munici- pality, played an important part as a sufferer, not only in the loss of life, but property as well. The war had been brought on through the weakness of Director Kieft, and through his mismanagement it had con- tinued for a year and a half, with results the worst

that could be pictured. At the close of the uncalled- for conflict some of the colonists returned to their bouweries, only to find them a desolate waste, while now and then one found his real estate but little damaged. AAmong the latter was Jan Everts Bout. Before he had reconstructed his dwelling he sold his farm, with some few cattle, to Michael Jansen for eight thousand florins. 1 He sold, however, only a part of his farm to Jansen; the other portion he sold to Claes Comptah, alias Claes Pietersen Cos, for one thousand four hundred and forty-four florins, three stivers.2

CHAPTER VII.

Kirft superseded by Stuyvesant 3 -Proposition of Indians to Live In Peare-Extracts from Letters of the Directors to Stuyvesant-Other Correspondence-Return of Prisoners-Application to Remove Build- ing from Hoboken to Attsterdam-Indian Deed-William Jausen, Ferryman between Bergen and Manhattan-Petition for a Clergyman, and Subscription lust-Magistrates Appointed for Bergen-Summons of Sheriff and Magistrates lo Auswer Complaint-Order for Survey of Land at Bergeu-Letter from the Military Officers at Brigen to Di- rector-tieneral.

Kieft Superseded .- When it was determined, in 1645, to supersede Director Kieft, the resolution was currently taken to modify, in accordance with the report of the preceding year, the system under which the affairs of New Netherland had previously been administered. The government of that province was henceforward to be entrusted to a director-general and a Council composed of a vice-director and the fiscal; with this understanding : that when the latter acted as a public proscentor, or conservator of the rights of the company, the military commandant should sit in his place, and when accusations of a criminal nature, were brought forward, two capable persons were to be adjoined from the district in which the offense was committed. Means were to be adopted to induce the colonists to form towns and villages, and to provide themselves with arms for their security and defense, whilst the privilege of delegating one or two persons to give information to the provincial government on the state and condition of such settlements was now solemnly confirmed. Instructions embodying these and other beneficial regulations were drawn up by the Assembly of the XIX., and immediately afterwards Petrus Stuyvesant was appointed director-general. It was not, however, until the summer of the suc- ceeding year that his commission was obtained from the States-General, viz., July 28, 1646.

The new director-general was duly sworn before their High Mightiness on the above day, when the Hon. Lubbertus Van Dinelage, who had been ap-

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pointed in the course ot the preceding year, vice- director of New Netherland and first counsellor at Fort Amsterdam, also took the oaths. The other officers who were to proceed to New Netherland were Hendrick Van Dyck, schout-fiscal; Bryan Newton, an Englishman who had already served the company some twenty years, and land hell office, both civil and military, under Stuyvesant at Curaçon; Commissary Adriaen Keyser, and Jesmar Thomas, captain in the navy, afterwards appointed commander-in-chief, in the absence of the director-general, of all the rom- pany's ships at New Amsterdam.

All preliminaries having thus been at length ar- ranged, four ships -- the " tireat Gerrit." " Princess," "Zwall," and the" Raet "-sailed from the Tivel un Christmas day, 1016, with the director-general, theother servants of the company, some soldiers aml a number of private traders and freemen, who were proceeding to New Netherland to improve their fortunes. At length the fleet arrived at Manhattan, where the new director-general, on making his public entry, was received by the whole commonalty under arm-, among whom he diffused great joy by declaring, on accepting Kieft's resignation, that he "should be in his government as a father over his children for the advantage of the privilegel West India Company, the Burghers and the country."

Stuyvesant found matters on his arrival in any but a satisfactory condition. Forn internally by contending factions, externally threatened by preten- sions and usurpation of foreign rivals, the company's possessions seemed on the point of falling from their hands, while crime and lawlessness were the order of the day. Ways and means became necessary, muni- cipal regulations were crowding themselves upon his attention, nuisances had to be abated, courts organ- ized, and, in fact, the whole colony had to be reno- vated and reorganized. Troubles arose on every hand, which at times seemed to engulf him ; but he rose above them all, and having had a military train- ing, and possessed of indomitable will, he overcame all obstacles, removed abuses, transformed the govern- ment and thus became a genuine reformer. sant's administration extended over a period of nearly eighteen years, and on the whole was quite creditable.

During his administration there were many acts of his and proceedings of meetings proper to be placed on record and in history, of which the following are a few items found among the archives of the New Jersey Historical Society, and are given here in their chronological order, as neur as can be conve- niently ;

" I'MUPINITIONS MADE BY THE CHIEF OF THE SAVAGES LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE MANHATTANN, NAMELY SEINELE HAIMUS, FRA- TAMIN, WILL.I.M OF TAPPAEN AND PANNEKES FROM ' NER ND THE L'L' IN THE L'OR SOIL CHAMBER AT FORT AMSTERDAM IN PRESENCE OF IO.I. HANNES MEGAPOLINFIS, MINISTEROF ILFANSELAFISH ItK, ARENT VIN CURLER AND JOHANNES VAN TWILLER.

" I Pennekeck, the Chief " behind the C'ol " inade n speech in the In-

han langue, which was tras lated and said, the Southern MIquan had akol tiem to re in friendship with the Intch, wh b they wer willing to lo and for that purjame they had brought a present w the Henhie Itfrector.

.2 An Indian of Mehgwhkams had ny Juntarny or unk - wingly lately done mich fat l'aulos Birk, whi b they requests i na tex ure

'3. l'e mike k srl the tribe called) Titanune, 1 rmn riy living at W quarekek, bad n hier, theref re hnc sp & forth ri, wh w nl] alu, liket be our friends, andit through ) mu th ir greetings t the Huntie General. Throws 3 In avere to the gr und us a primehit.

I M.ytorna, thech fof Aryl k, was in luded with his people int . 1 aggre mi ut and wou l ber like t .m, cur i nds. They thr w 3 Inven dwu.

4. 11 goal - for the tr le of Her shen a usfor the afmire with a Hko

'6. Pean kik threw lown 2 Beavers, de harith in the name of all that their heart war " re and that they dir to live in friendship with us, lurgrtong, -n either side, what was ;- t

"" j' neke k andd 'I wish yon ubl wee an In irt then y ow d be sure that muy woods ar an ere and tu. He threw d wn two beur re

them, it was banen w and they had Shown their & cal inte tenis they # now waitin t ~ whathe w ullde, layogiwo tn Iwaver

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" Io In conclusion Pennekr k wald It in the wish of the Minquan, that we and you sond 1 1 a main fri we are paly frit

" The Hatte Inretur lateral het sprew i his thanks to the chef. that they had one to visit him with Irre of neighle rly fire whip, ar! ha tien tell them that he was placed for hver which ar jest Is-freue- 14ul, that nothing whates r snmild In wanting . wir; rt and at was willing to live with the s in mutual friendship and int : rue N cause for omplaints should be given and if sem body ingin 1h , they should themaltes sport it to the Distr, to mie et Wy chord ricetta justice in ar oplate with the car In token of his I will be accepted their prevention the foregang pron its us with thanks and in due time he want Ir turn the compliment

" A small present worth about 20 guildden was then given to the tom- mon tages and some time and a gunto the chief pratamin, a do the massages departed will please.

" .Inly 196 1649

"EXTRA F FROM A LETTER OF THE DIRECTORS TO PETHIN ST YORSANT : LANI. GRANTS . THEY' RAPITAN, HIL VAN IH, UN SKIL ; FELE NAVI- VATION IF THE NORTH RIVER . BAREN VAN FER ( APELLE - ( LUN) , MOHAWKS INVAI. CANADA. "1" March. 165]. . . .

" We observe that many people don't cryle ortak power to fall the best land there, without formality and without d formination y survey, ns if the Company and its off 'rs hind meth10% f -1 ale nt 11 21 dl had been joblel « depriv-i of their | rogativ ; we ha e th ref re thought it necessary bethrect your Honor herrsis, not to grant : l to any one without his acknowle big | perly the authority f the W. J. Company and your Hear w cafe 's take care that hence- forth not more land is granted to jeugh, than what in y or opu is after a thorough xamination of ther meus toy will be able and intend shortly to populate. . nitivit . afel bring into) a paul state .1 tillage, Several instances prove, that by se reservan I three sul

although vy low importante in nel to rett ng. cultivating. tilling or planting have been nande. Thus we were it in terne lis Maya's, Watter san Twiller - and they' cams ; Welyn wing an island of 7 or & league length, . I which only eight nergens ( land are us ler plough And Water van Twant is not only una satisfied with adding Hellgate? to Siton Hand, but he endeav ps alo te get person and make himself master of the ( misk I, in addition to which he low stretched ent his hand for the two that's n Lan - Island, one Il -d Toiles and the other (' rier's that, containing together Iam to 2am morgenN.

" W .ffert Gerritsen' and Andries Hadde have done the mune ; they

1 staten 1 land, granted to Melyn in 1842.

2 Two I-lands in Hellgnte were patented to W. r. Tw. In July, 163".

3 × | Governors 1. patented June, I ...

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touk possession of about 1800 morgens on the same ialand, while they while on the other side I have given directions two years ago, to buy that district for me and have also received letters and information from there, which I will show to your Noble Worship, that the same has been pur- chased for me from and paid for to the lawful owners and natives of the country, as I stated to your Worships in my request for the grant, and I cannot settle the fiftieth part of it : this is quite against our inten- tivas, for many valnalde pieces of land might be claimed as property (with great prerogatives) in such manner and the land itself would re- main unpropied. We direct your Honor therefore expressly not to allow ur grant any more land to anybody, except under the conditions | cannot believe, that, even though they are savages, they will sell a piece stated above, and to keep Long Island, (which we believe to be the unet important and best piece for the Company, to divide it upou occasion for the accommodation of farmers und planters, until a rule shall be made, as to how much land shall be surveved for each colomint.

" We are astonished beyond measure to hear, that your Deputy. Din klage, has made common cause with these invinders, especially with Goevert Lockermans or otbr's, who have bought mu 'h land from the Raritans on the Kill opposite Staten-Island, without considering in whose name they are to get a conveyance from their High: Might :, without knowledge of the Company ; we cannot believe it and intend to resist it with all proper means, as far as we are concerned. * * *

" Brant van Slechtenhorst'a remonstrances receive no more considera- tion from us, than to notify us in regard to the taking possession of-the Katekil, winch had been conveyed to others long before he took possession of it and we have to far not been able to discover, by what right he or his prin spals luy . laim to this property, for they have never asked the Company for it in proper form.

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"'Tis true, that the Notary Jan van de Venne has made several ap- plicationa to have a large tract of land, which your Honor thinks might be granted to him without any great prejudice to our interests : we would like to consent to bia request, if he only would desist from his extravagant demand of highest and lowest jurisdiction, which wo deem inconvenient and are still resolved to keep for the Company by all proper meana; but we are willing to grant to everybody as much land as he shall need. Many people are again going over in the ships now ready to sail, who intend to settle there and you :ust accum- modate each according to his position and the number of soula with him, consulting your own discretion and the requirements of their fam- ilies, for it is our aim to promote the increase of population there by all means. You will also accommodate the Honorable Hendrick vau der Capelle with favorably located lande, as far as he is inclined to take possession of nud cultivate and people any land there, which he seems to intend judging from his letters. for we demire very much, that so wealthy people might take a fancy to these lands.

* *

"We were very worry to hear, that the Magunes savages hnul invaded the territory of the French in Canada and captured x or 9 Christians, for whom they are said to have demanded a large ransom or they would cruelly torture them, which excited your Honor's compassion. That is the duty uf all ('hristiuna, but every one is bound to eare for him- self and his own people ; your Honor cannot be ignorant, that solle time ago men of this nation have been ransomed at the expense of the Omupany atul by the contributions of the community, for which we have never be n repaid ; so that we think, that when the comphints reach France, they will take care of their own countrymen."

' LETTER FROM CORNELIS VAN WERCKROVEN TO ? ENTERING A CAVEAT AQAING THE GRANT IF THE HARITAN COUNTRY TO BARON VAN DER CAPELLEN.

" Cupy. " sir.

" Arriving at I'trecht from Guellerland I received a letter from L. van Seventer, chief-clerk of the West-India Company, datert the 11th of March, and with if an extract from a letter written by Baron Hendrick van der Capelle to your W. wship and the Honorable Edward May, which said that hia Noble Honor asserted to have bought the Raritan from the natives of the country, while this place has been granted and surren- dered by your Honble Worships to me as a colony1. I request therefore to be informed whether I am to look out for another colony.

"But I cannot inst to address myself to your Workup in regard to it and to request with greut respect, that I may be sustained in the privi- eges of a colony, which has been granted to the, since no previous purchase Ihas taken place and only the priority of grant is claimed and even if it were the case, which it is not, that a previous purchase had twen made. huis Noble Honor wyubl not be able to maintain hin claim, for his Noble Honor lunwelf decinres, that he has given directions to buy the Raritan and belloves or thinks, that it Is already purchased, This is not certain,

of property twice, but rather think, that some persons have made his Noble Honor believe, that this was a good piece of land, most convenient for his purposes, and have therefore acted in this wanner to dust nie. But I trust, that the Very Worshipful Lords-Directors will uphold me in grant given by then, in which your Worship will please support my inter- est, to have my privileges l'onfirmied, for I shall not rede nor surrender my claims to Baron van der Capelle. His Noble Honor has himself written to tue, to which I answered as your Worship may see by the euclosure. Commending your Worship with my very dutiful respects to the protection of the Almighty I remain, as ever,

" sir,

" Your Worship's obedient servant. " CORNELIS VAN WERCK HOVEN. " Utrecht, 18 March."

" LETTER FROM BARON VAN DER CAPELLE TO CORNELIS VAN WERCK- HOVEN, ISFORMING THE LATTER, THAT HE HAD PURCHASED THE RARITAN COUNTRY.

" Copy of a letter from Baron van der O'njelle to the Hondle Werckhoven.

"I learned from the Directors of the West India Company, when I Passed through Amsterdam on the ff of this month, that yom Honor hand selected two colonies in the country of the Nevesinek and Ruritana savages, the native proprietors of that district, near Staten-Island ; as I have Tronght from the same natives and proprietors somhr lund uear Staten-Island on the mainland a long time ago, to add to the safety of that Island, I informod the Lord Direct ora thereof, as soon as I heard the above and wish to communicate it also to your Honor, that no trespass may be committed on my territory, bought from and paid for to the lawful proprietors.

"I know, that your Honor will not do anything to my prejudice, for sake of our long and intimate friendship, and therefore trust, that your Honor will, upon receipt of this information, select two other colonies unt ou the land, bought by me, but at another place, for the extent uf New Netherland is very great and just as good soil may be found at other places, as in the aforesaid Nevesinck or Raritans country neur Staten Islandl.

" Therefore our correspondence about this matter ought to contribute to a better and more useful promotion of the colonies, which wo both intend to establish, and to the advancement of the cultivation of the soil and population of the country for the benefit of the Company and the eervice of our common country : Texpect for these reasons a definitie answer and advice, whether your Honor will undertake the journey in the spring notwithstanding the present warlike preparations and reprisals of the English Republic.

(Signed) " HENR. VAN DER CAPELLE TOE BRYSSEL. "

"CORNELIS WERCKHOVEN'S ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING.

"Copy of the answer of the Honorable Werkhoven to Baron van der t'appelle.

"I have to state in answer to your Nuble Honor's letterdated at Zutphen the ,'x Februar .. that no colonies have been granted to me by the Di- rectory of the West-India Company, the sail of which lund been previously to their knowledge been purchased by others frin the untives of the country, although, even it were No), such a claim could not be admitted ur have preference, but only the age and priority of the grant, iowned for mach a colony if this is to prevail and have force, then I too have given orders two years ago to purchase the Raritan Kil and the Inud contiguous to it for my benefit from the untive and law ful proprietary of the country ; I have received letter and communications, that the same has been bought for me und paid for some time ago, also taken possession of, as I can show to your Noble Honor. I had been informed, that your Noble Honor had purchased a bay aud land on Long-Island, as well as the land of the Nevesinck from the Sand-Point to the Novesinck hay, but not farther, else I would have extended my limits farther into the Nevesinck, but 1 did not do it, because I did not wish to give your Nuble Honor tha least cause of offense or Inflict damage and therefore I request most re- spectfully to leave me too in undisturbed possession of the land, purchased by and granted to me, and not to interfere, for I would not like to give

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up the privileges of my colony etc".

With further offers of my servir ou,

"CHR. VAN WERPAROVEN."

. MINUTE OF THE RETURN OF 14 PRINGNEILA MIN. WOMEN AND CHIL- DREN) BY PENSERECK, CHIEF OF A HKINKISHAKY.

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History of Essex and Hudson counties, New Jersey, Vol. II, Part 60

Author: Shaw, William H Publication date: 1884 Publisher: [United States :] Number of Pages: 830

Author: Shaw, William H
Publication date: 1884
Publisher: [United States :]
Number of Pages: 830