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Stuyvesant family, ii. 93.
Stuyvesant Square, ii. 93.
Suffolk County, ii. 265. Suicide in New Netherland, i. 470.
Supreme court, ii. 267; first sitting of, ii. 271.
Surinam, Dutch warship at New Orange, ii. 110.
Suydam family, ii. 145. Swamp, the, ii. 212.
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Swanendael, patroonship, i. 103; sold to West India Company, i. 146.
Sweden, colony planted by, in Dela- ware, i. 169, 364; flag of, driven from America by Dutch, i. 368.
Sweet Singers, Quaker-like sect, ii. 335.
Talbot, Captain Mark, messenger to Duke of York, ii. 269.
Taverns in New Amsterdam, i. 187, 460. Tax, burghers', i. 353, 432; Stuyve- sant's proposed property tax, i. 362- 363; imposed by Governor Colve, ii. 116.
Taxation, after Indian raid of 1653, i. 373-375, 432; methods of, under Nicolls, ii. 29-30; set upon a statu- tory basis by first assembly, ii. 267. Taylor, Dr. Matthew, first English physician in New York, ii. 336.
Tesschenmaeker, Domine Peter, ii. 222; killed in Schenectady Massacre, ii. 453.
Throgmorton, Rev. Mr., i. 183.
Throg's Neck, derivation of name, i. 183.
Thurloe, John, i. 383.
Tobacco smoking at New York, ii. 225. Tonneman, Peter, first city sheriff, i. 424.
Torture of suspects in New Netherland, i. 469-470.
Tory, an early application of word, in America, ii. 461.
Town courts, New York, ii. 267.
Town Excise, the, ii. 213.
Town rights secured by New Nether- landers, i. 258 ff.
Towns, Dutch organizations of, persist, ii. 155-156.
Township-county system in New York, ii. 156-157, 266-267.
Trade, statistics of, about 1687, ii. 338.
Trade regulations, Stuyvesant's, i. 437. Trade and Plantations, Committee and Council of, i. 396-397, 495; give way to Lords of Trade, ii. 168.
Trade union, the first, and its fate, ii. 219-220.
Treat, member of Andros's council, ii. 344.
Treaty of Peace, Good Correspondence and Neutrality in America (1687), ii. 321.
Trico, Catalina, wife of Joris Rapelje, i. 44, 46, ii. 287; Dankers' descrip- tion of, ii. 229.
Trinity Church land, i. 80, 148-149, ii. 176-177.
Tuder, John, ii. 240; efforts of, in be- half of Philip French, ii. 446-447. Twelve Men, committee of, i. 178-181. Tyler, Moses Coit, criticism of, ii. 74.
Ulster County, ii. 265.
Uncas, notorious Indian chief, i. 337. Underhill, Captain John, i. xx; New
Englander who became prominent in New Netherland, i. 215-218; commands English soldiers in war against Indians, i. 228; sent to New Haven for aid in Indian war, i. 229; bad reports of, during Indian war, i. 234-235; quarrel between Allerton and, i. 256-257; appears as sheriff of Flushing, i. 336; works against government of New Netherland, i. 339; imprisoned and later ordered to leave New Netherland, i. 339-340; under commission from Rhode Isl- and, takes Dutch fort at Hartford, but is imprisoned by Connecticut authorities, i. 340; Long Island Indians chastised by, i. 340; applies for admission of his part of Long Island to Connecticut Colony, i. 389; feeling of indignation expressed by, at English usurpation of Long Isl- and, i. 509; appointed to offices by Nicolls, ii. 48; death of, ii. 131; latter years, place of burial, and family connections, ii. 131-132.
United Colonies of New England, i. 246. Usselinx, William, i. 17, 30, 31.
'Van,' the prefix, i. xv, 211-212.
Van Antwerp, derivation of name, i. 213.
Van Brugh, Johannes, chosen to carry Remonstrance of 1663 to Holland, i. 505; member of first board of alder- men, ii. 35; captain in New York militia, ii. 71; burgomaster of New Orange, ii. 107; in difficulties with Andros, ii. 178.
Van Buren, Martin, genealogy of, i. 214.
Van Corlaer, Arendt, i. 157; attempts to rescue Father Jogues, i. 202; mis- management of Van Rensselaer's affairs by, i. 252; buys lands to west of Fort Orange and founds Corlaer or Schenectady, i. 405; scandal involving, i. 468; mission and death of, ii. 54; tribute to work of, ii. 54-55.
Van Corlaer, Jacobus, i. 147, 442.
Van Cortlandt, history of family name, i. 214-215.
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Van Cortlandt, Jacobus, ii. 370. Van Cortlandt, Johannes, ii. 469.
Van Cortlandt, Oloff Stevensen, first burgomaster, i. 425; member of first board of aldermen, ii. 35; wealth of (1674), ii. 116. See above, Stevensen, Oloff.
Van Cortlandt, Stephanus, manorial estate of, i. 484, ii. 296; member of Andros's council, ii. 172; first native- born mayor, ii. 210; member of Dongan's council, ii. 255; manager of customs at New York, ii. 314; member of Andros's council, ii. 344; wig-burning incident, ii. 353; op- ponent of Leisler in New York, ii. 370; appointed to Sloughter's coun- cil, ii. 500; responsibility of, for execution of Leisler and Milborne, ii. 560.
Van Cortlandt family, ii. 370.
Van Couwenhoven, Jacobus Wolfert- sen, member of board of Nine Men, i. 273; captain of burgher guard, i. 285; one of three chosen to carry Remonstrance to Holland, i. 301.
Van Couwenhoven, Johannes, member of Leisler's council, ii. 434.
Van Couwenhoven, Peter, schepen of New Amsterdam, i. 329.
Van der Capellen, partner in an enter- prise of Cornelis Melyn's, i. 316; death of, i. 421.
Van der Donck, Adriaen, i. 183; chief. officer of Rensselaerswyck, i. 251; obtains a patroonship, i. 261-262; arrested and deposed from board by Stuyvesant, i. 284-285; author of the Petition and the Remonstrance, i. 290; one of three chosen to carry Remonstrance to Holland, i. 301; criticises Hartford Treaty, i. 317; municipal board at New Amsterdam due chiefly to, i. 332; book by, i. 380, 485; excellence of Description of New Netherland, i. 481; death of, and descendants, i. 484.
Van der Grist, Paulus Leendertsen, schepen of New Amsterdam, i. 329; lieutenant of the burgher guard, i. 333.
Van der Huyghens, Cornelis, financial agent of New Netherland, i. 152; shipwrecked and drowned on way to Holland, i. 270-271.
Vandervoort, meaning of name, i. 213. Van Dincklagen, Lubbertus, schout- fiscal at New Amsterdam, i. 144-145; quarrels with Van Twiller and is · sent home, i. 150; subsequent his-
tory of, i. 153, 245; deposed and imprisoned, i. 313; reinstated as vice-director but refuses to serve, i. 316; removal to New Haven and death, i. 486.
Vandunck (Verdunck) family, i. 484. Van Dyck, Ensign Hendrick, i. 174, 469; leads party against Indians, i. 181-182; services in war with In- dians, i. 232; Stuyvesant's treat- ment of, i. 313; takes refuge with Melyn on Staten Island, i. 316; wounded in Indian raid, i. 369. Van Gheel, Maximilian, schepen of New Amsterdam, i. 329.
Van Hardenbergh, Arnoldus, Stuyve- sant denies appeal of, i. 270; mem- ber of board of Nine Men, i. 273.
Van Hattem, Arendt, burgomaster of New Amsterdam, i. 329; captain of the burgher guard, i. 333.
Van Laer, A. J. F., state archivist, i. xii.
Van Meteren, quoted, i. 52.
Van Nieuwenhuysen, Domine, ii. 73; figures in Domine Van Rensselaer matter, ii. 182-183; member of classis to ordain Domine Tesschen- maeker, ii. 222.
Van Remund, Jan, secretary of New Netherland province, i. 100; causes Minuit's recall, i. 103-104; ap- pointed secretary under Van Twiller, i. 119.
Van Rensselaer, Jan Baptist, brother of Kiliaen, goes to Rensselaerswyck, i. 322; assumes directorship of patroonship, i. 322; chosen to carry Remonstrance of 1663 to Holland, i. 505.
Van Rensselaer, Jeremias, director of Rensselaerswyck, i. 407; literary work of, i. 483; authority of, at Rensselaerswyck, confirmed by Eng- lish, ii. 21; Nicolls' letter to, ii. 83; death of, and successors at Rensse- laerswyck, ii. 183.
Van Rensselaer, Johan, son of Kiliaen, i. 283.
Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen, i. 47; peti- tion of, quoted, i. 80; rank and education of, i. 93; activities of, in connection with West India Com- pany, i. 93-94; patroonship secured by, i. 95, 96, 97; never visited America, i. 96; influence of, in New Netherland affairs, i. 104; letter of advice from, to Van Twiller, i. 138- 139; supervision exercised over his patroonship by, i. 140-141; dissatis-
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faction of, with home treatment of New Netherland, i. 173; predicts trouble from admission of English settlers, i. 184; troubles of, with liis patroonship, i. 250-252; death of, i. 283; heirs to patroonship, ii. 297. Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen, third patroon, ii. 297.
Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen, fourth pa- troon, ii. 518; testimony of, con- cerning acts of Sloughter, ii. 524; represents Manor of Rensselaerswyck in assembly, ii. 548.
Van Rensselaer, Rev. Nicolaus, ii. 180; quarrel provoked in Dutch church over appointment of, ii. 182-183; subsequent career of, ii. 183.
Van Rensselaer family, ii. 297.
Van Ruyven, Cornelis, appointed secre- tary of New Netherland, i. 353; envoy of Stuyvesant's to Connecti- cut, i. 410; member of Stuyvesant's council, i. 491; member of first board of aldermen, ii. 35; appointed collector of customs, ii. 64; member of Governor Colve's council, ii. 111; returns to Holland after second English occupation, ii. 131.
Van Schelluyne, Dirck, notary public, i. 313; appointed high constable of New Amsterdam, i. 366; secretary of Rensselaerswyck, i. 486.
Van Schlechtenhorst, Brandt, agent for Rensselaerswyck, i. 283; troubles of, with Stuyvesant (1651-52), i. 322-323.
Van Tienhoven, Adriaen, dismissal of, i. 376.
Van Tienhoven, Cornelis, i. 78, 119; made secretary of New Netherland, i. 152; continued as secretary under Stuyvesant, i. 266; treatment of, in Remonstrance, i. 294; defends Stuyvesant, in Holland, i. 303; dis- creditable career of, i. 312; ap- pointed to office of schout (sheriff) by Stuyvesant, i. 329; part played by, during Indian raid, i. 369; anger of citizens against, i. 371; dismissal and disappearance of, i. 376; simple excellence of paper written by, i. 481.
Van Twiller, Wouter, appointment of, to director-generalship, i. 105, 119; character of, i. 120 ff .; De Vries' description of, i. 122-124; method of dealing with English ship William on the Hudson, i. 123; forwards Dutch occupation of Connecticut valley, i. 125-128; controversy with
De Vries, i. 137-138; complaints against, in Amsterdam, i. 138-139; improvements effected at New Am- sterdam by, i. 144; behavior of, criti- cised, i. 147; superseded by Kieft, i. 150; subsequent career of, i. 152- 154; trustee of Kiliaen Van Rensse- laer's son, i. 283; speaks against Stuyvesant in Holland, i. 302; death of, i. 485.
Van Veurden, Hendrick J., member of Leisler's council, ii. 434; indicted for treason, ii. 539.
Van Wart family, ii. 145.
Van Werckhoven, Cornelis, i. 335; abandons Navesink and Tappaen colonies, goes to Long Island and then to Holland, i. 419.
Van Wyck, derivation of name, i. 213. Varick, Domine, of Long Island, ii. 375, 376, 469; flees from New York, returns, and is imprisoned, ii. 474. Varleth, Jannekin, marriage of, to Augustine Herrman, i. 487.
Varleth, Judith, charged with witch- craft, i. 451; marries Nicholas Bay- ard, i. 487.
Varleth, Nicholas, envoy of Stuyve- sant, i. 399, 403, 409.
Varrevanger, Dr. Jacob, i. 430.
Velasco, Alonso de, i. 19.
Velasco Map, the, i. 19-20.
Vendue-master, office of, i. 277, ii. 211. 'Ver,' significance of, i. 212.
Vermilye, Johannes, delegate to form Committee of Safety, ii. 404; mem- ber of Leisler's council, ii. 434; placed under arrest by Sloughter, ii. 528; tried and convicted, ii. 541; sentenced to death, ii. 542; released later, ii. 543.
Verrazano, Giovanni da, explorer, i. 1, 3, 8; quoted, i. 52, 59-60. Verrazano, Sea of, i. 12.
Viele, Aernout, Indian agent, ii. 495. Vinje, Jan, first white boy born in New Amsterdam, i. 70; mentioned, i. 120, 335, 458, 468, ii. 229; schepen of New Amsterdam, i. 366; signs peti- tion to Stuyvesant to surrender New Amsterdam, i. 525.
Virginia, use of name, by the Dutch, i. 384; constant friendliness of rela- tions of colony of, with New Nether- land, i. 399.
Virginia Company, the, i. 12, 27.
Visscher Map, the, i. 379.
Waldron, Resolvert, i. 385.
Wallabout, derivation of name, i. 46.
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Wallace, William Russel, on Dutch colonial government, ii. 127.
Wall built above New Amsterdam, i. 333-334.
Wall Street, derivation of name, i. 333; laying out of, ii. 336.
Waller, Edmund, quoted, i. 360. Walloons, derivation of, i. 47.
Walters, Robert, son-in-law of Leisler, elected alderman of New York, ii. 416 ; elected militia captain, ii. 435. Wampum, description and use of, i. 61- 62; knowledge of, introduced into New England by the Dutch by way of Plymouth, i. 87; Kieft's ordinance concerning, i. 191; use of, as cur- rency, i. 438-441; increase in value of, ii. 70; fluctuations in value of, ii. 218.
Wampum stringers, official, i. 440.
Wards, division of New York into, ii. 269, 270-271; comparative standing as to wealth (1688), ii. 353. Washington Square, i. 76.
Wassenaer, Claes, historian, i. 46; quoted, i. 69, 74, 76, 77, 79, 118. Wechquaeskeck Indian, killing of a, and revenge for, i. 178.
Wechquaeskecks, Kieft sends fruitless expedition against, i. 181; peace concluded with, i. 181-182; join in war on New Netherland, and mur- der Anne Hutchinson and family, i. 228.
Welde, Thomas, on death of Anne Hutchinson, i. 228.
Wendell, Johannes, mayor of Albany, ii. 495.
Werden, Sir John, secretary to Duke of York, ii. 168, 180; correspondence of, quoted, ii. 200 ff., 217, 218, 240, 275.
West, John, secretary of New York province, ii. 233; appointed clerk of New York, ii. 270; in Boston with Andros, ii. 314; removes to Boston, ii. 344; later fortunes of, ii. 345, 360, 450.
Westchester, English party from Fair- field settle in, i. 381; town of, organized, i. 382; New Netherland, Connecticut, and New Haven claim authority over, i. 409.
Westchester County, ii. 265.
West India Company, Dutch, i. 3, 27; secures a charter, i. 31; object of, i. 32; form of government of, i. 32-33; organization completed (1623), i. 42; sends emigrants to New Netherland, i. 42-43; change
in system of treatment of New Netherland (1629), i. 90 ff .; causes hampering actions of, i. 114; com- parative unimportance of New Netherland to, i. 114-115; begin- ning of decline of (1630), i. 116; short-sightedness of, regarding New Netherland, i. 117-119; treatment of New Netherland during the Indian war, i. 232-233, 238, 243; weak condition of, in 1644, i. 243- 244; troubles of, in Brazil, i. 254- 255, 263; effect of Treaty of Münster on, i. 285-286; supports Stuyvesant, i. 310 ff .; policy of, a high-handed one, i. 319; effect of Cromwell's Navigation Act of 1651 on fortunes of, i. 326; resigns colonies in Brazil to the Portuguese, i. 363; low for- tunes of, in 1654, i. 363; orders dis- charge of soldiers sent to Stuyve- sant, i. 405-406; letter of farewell to, from city magistrates, i. 528; posts of, in Africa and West Indies, taken by English, ii. 1; Nicolls se- questers property of, in New York, ii. 34; the old company dissolved and a weakly new one formed, ii. 126; commissions Steenwyck to take possession of Acadia, ii. 196.
Westminster, Treaty of, ii. 121; pro- claimed in New Orange, ii. 124. Westphalia, Peace of, i. 286.
Whaling industry, ii. 86. White, Peregrine, i. 71. Whitehall Street, i. 458. Willett, Marinus, ii. 133.
Willett, Thomas, i. 189; represents New Netherland at Hartford meet- ing, i. 314 ff .; first mayor of New York, ii. 35, 79; death and bio- graphical notice, ii. 132-133.
Willett, Thomas, patentee of Hemp- stead and sheriff of Long Island, ii. 133; appointed to Sloughter's coun- cil, ii. 505.
William, first English ship to sail up Hudson River, i. 122-124.
William of Orange, accession of, to throne of England, ii. 355-356; diffi- cult position of, as king of England, ii. 426; declares war against France, ii. 427; letters from, to American colonies, ii. 428-431.
Williams, Roger, i. 182, 201; quoted concerning Indian-Dutch war, i. 226-227; quoted on the peace made with Indians, i. 239; states that Indians obtain firearms from Dutch and English, i. 338-339.
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Williams, Thomas, delegate to form Committee of Safety, ii. 404; mem- ber of Leisler's council, ii. 434; placed under arrest by Sloughter, ii. 528; tried and convicted, ii. 540; sentenced to death, ii. 542; released later, ii. 543.
Wills, making of, i. 427, ii. 154. Willys, Samuel, ii. 112.
Wilmerdoncx, Abraham, signs peti- tion to Stuyvesant, i. 524.
Wiltwyck, Dutch town, later called Kingston, i. 405; taken over by English, ii. 20; renamed Kingston by Lovelace, ii. 84; garrison at, dis- banded by Lovelace, ii. 86.
Winder, Samuel, ii. 233 ff .; history of case of, against Dyre, ii. 241-243; clerk of Richmond County, ii. 272. Winslow, Edward, i. 27.
Winsor, Justin, quoted, i. x.
Winthrop, Benjamin, ii. 93.
Winthrop, Fitz-John, ii. 100, 101; commands militia on Long Island, ii. 112-113; member of Andros's council, ii. 344; letter on Leislerism, ii. 369; commissioned commander- in-chief of army of allied colonies (1690), ii. 482; Journal of the Expe- dition to Canada by, ii. 486; arrest of, by Leisler, ii. 489.
Winthrop, Governor John, account of Indian-Dutch war by, i. 226; on death of Kieft by drowning, i. 271; Governor Stuyvesant's dealings with, i. 280-281; death of, i. 306.
Winthrop, John (the younger), com- missioned governor of River Con- necticut, i. 129; settles at New Lon- don, and contemplates removing to New Netherland, i. 306; visits Stuyvesant and sails to Holland from New Amsterdam, i. 401-402; secures charter for Connecticut, i. 402-403; Stuyvesant sends a repre- sentative to, i. 409; with Nicolls at seizure of New Amsterdam, i. 522;
settles with Nicolls the boundaries of their provinces, ii. 23.
Winthrop, Wait-Still, ii. 244; member of Andros's council, ii. 344.
Witchcraft, freedom from delusion in New Netherland, i. 203.
Witchcraft trial in New York, ii. 74. Wolfertsen, Gerrit, member of board of Eight Men, i. 227.
Wolley, Rev. Charles, ii. 170, 175; book on Manhattan by, ii. 223-224.
Wolsey, Joris, member of first fire de- partment, i. 277.
Wolves, hunting and destruction of, on Manhattan, ii. 337.
Women, education among Dutch, i. 479; Great and Small Burgher-Right open to, i. 479-480; independence of, in New York, ii. 157.
Worden, Samuel, ii. 518.
Words of Dutch origin, ii. 149-150. Wyborne, Captain John, ii. 113-114.
Yonkers, early history of, i. 484-485. York, Duke of, New Netherland given to, by Charles II, i. 512; nature of government established for New York province by, ii. 13; new proprietary patent granted to, ii. 166-167; general character and course of, contrasted with treatment of New York by, ii. 278-280; be- comes James II, ii. 284.
Young, Captain John, i. 403; emissary of New England to Long Island towns, i. 506; Nicolls's letter to, as commander of Long Island militia, i. 527; member of Dongan's council, ii. 255; member of Andros's council, ii. 344.
Zeehont, Dutch warship, at New Orange, ii. 110, 112.
Zeewant (sewan), Dutch name for wampum, i. 62.
Zenger, John Peter, printer indicted for libelling government, ii. 159.
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