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Rensselaerswyck, Beverwyck & Schenectady: The Stuyvesant, Van Rensselaer and Van Slichtenhorst Conflict

December 5, 2021 by Peter Hess 2 Comments

Fort Orange, 1635, L. F. TantilloIn spite of his involvement and investment, Kiliaen Van Rensselaer never visited his new patroonship Rensselaerswyck; it was managed by his agent, and cousin, Arendt van Curler, commissioner general of the colony of New Netherland.

The second patroon, Johannes Van Rensselaer (1625–1662) succeeded his father after his father’s death in 1643 but also never came to America. He governed through an agent, Brant van Slichtenhorst. [Read more…] about Rensselaerswyck, Beverwyck & Schenectady: The Stuyvesant, Van Rensselaer and Van Slichtenhorst Conflict

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley Tagged With: Albany, Albany County, Dutch History, Fort Orange, Hendrick Theyanoguin, Hudson River, Indigenous History, Mohawk, Mohawk River, Native American History, New Netherland, Peter Stuyvesant, Rensselaer, Rensselaer County, Rensselaerswijck, Schenectady, Schenectady County, Van Rensselaers

New York, New France: French Ambitions at Oneida Lake in 1634

November 30, 2021 by Daniel Koch 1 Comment

Detail from Samuel de Champlain, “Carte de la Nouvelle France, 1632” from Les Voyages de la Nouvelle FranceWhen a Dutchman, Harmen Meyndertsz van den Bogaert, traveled from Albany (then Fort Orange) to the main village of the Oneidas in the dead of winter 1634, he was on a mission to thwart the French, who had found their way to Oneida Lake.

In the struggle for influence in Iroquoia, there was no time to lose. The Dutch had a firm hold on the Hudson Valley at this point and a profitable relationship with the Mohawk, but New Netherland’s trade was threatened by New France, which controlled the St. Lawrence River from Lake Ontario to the Atlantic. [Read more…] about New York, New France: French Ambitions at Oneida Lake in 1634

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Mohawk Valley, Western NY Tagged With: Black River, Dutch History, Fort Orange, French History, fur trade, Great Lakes, Haudenosaunee, Indigenous History, Iroquois, New France, New Netherland, Oneida, Oneida Lake, Samuel de Champlain

Dutch, Mohawk & Mohican Fur Trade

November 29, 2021 by Peter Hess 1 Comment

Castle Island and Fort Orange 1629After a 1627 conflict, when the Dutch sided with the Mahicans against the Mohawks, the relationship between the first settlers and the Indigenous People was relatively peaceful and cooperative.

This was due in part to the fact that the Patroon had purchased the land from them and also due to the business relationship established between local Indigenous People and the fur traders. [Read more…] about Dutch, Mohawk & Mohican Fur Trade

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Albany, Dutch History, Fort Orange, fur trade, hunting, Indigenous History, Iroquois, Mohawk, Mohican, Native American History, New Netherland, Rensselaerswijck, trapping

Early Settlers at Albany: The Founding of Rensselaerswyck

November 23, 2021 by Peter Hess 1 Comment

New Netherland map published by Nicolaes Visscher II (1649–1702)In 1620, the English Puritans landed at Plymouth, Massachusetts and the following year the Dutch West India Company was chartered and given the exclusive right to conduct trade in New Netherland.

In 1624, eight families joined the Dutch traders at Albany arriving on the ship New Netherland captained by Cornelis May.

These settlers built homes and cultivated farms; they also constructed Fort Oranje (Fort Orange) on the west bank of the Hudson River. [Read more…] about Early Settlers at Albany: The Founding of Rensselaerswyck

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Albany, Albany County, Colonialism, Columbia County, Dutch History, Fort Orange, fur trade, Hudson River, Indigenous History, Mohawk, Mohican, New Netherland, Rensselaer County, Rensselaerswijck, Transportation History, Van Rensselaers

Henry Hudson & The Founding of Albany

November 22, 2021 by Peter Hess 6 Comments

Map of New Netherland and New England, with north to the rightIn 1565, the Spanish settled 600 soldiers and civilians at St. Augustine, Florida. In 1607, the English established their first settlement in North America at Jamestown, Virginia, but after a series of floods, Jamestown was abandoned in 1699. Today Jamestown is a national park and archaeological site.

In 1602, the States General of The Netherlands granted a charter to a powerful group of Dutch merchants creating the Dutch East India Company and giving them the exclusive right to develop and conduct trade with the markets in the Far East which included the Spice Islands and China. Soon, these merchants began bringing exotic silk, clothing, ceramics, teas and spices back to the Netherlands. In their travels, the Dutch ship captains discovered the continent of Australia and named it “New Holland.” [Read more…] about Henry Hudson & The Founding of Albany

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Albany, Albany County, beavers, Colonialism, Delaware River, Dutch History, Fort Nassau, fur trade, Henry Hudson, Hudson River, Imperialism, Indigenous History, Maritime History, Mohawk, Mohican, New Netherland, small mammals

New Netherland Institute Announces New Director

November 2, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

New Netherland InstituteThe New Netherland Institute (NNI) has announced the appointment of Ms. Deborah Hamer, Ph.D., as Director of the  Institute effective November 1st, 2021. [Read more…] about New Netherland Institute Announces New Director

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: Dutch History, New Netherland, New Netherland Institute, New Netherland Research Center

17th Century Immigrant Ancestors (Podcast)

October 21, 2021 by Clare Sheridan Leave a Comment

crossroads of rockland historyThe October 2021 episode of “Crossroads of Rockland History,” focused on the new book by Ralph Blauvelt: Four Hundred Years in America: 17th Century Immigrant Ancestors (Self-Published, 2021).

This the story of the first immigrant settlers in New Netherland, including Blauvelt’s own ancestors. Their lives are reconstructed from the documents they left behind, and their stories are those of strangers in a strange land trying to build a new life. [Read more…] about 17th Century Immigrant Ancestors (Podcast)

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: Genealogy, Immigration, New Netherland, Podcasts

Huguenots & New Rochelle’s Spirit of Liberty

October 17, 2021 by Jaap Harskamp 1 Comment

Monument in Hudson Park commemorating the Huguenot founders of New RochelleThe city of New Rochelle has a relevant place in the founding history of the United States. It was here that in 1689 a small community of French Protestant refugees would settle.

Known as Huguenots, they exercised considerable influence on America’s course towards self-determination. George Washington descended from a Huguenot refugee on his mother’s side. [Read more…] about Huguenots & New Rochelle’s Spirit of Liberty

Filed Under: History, New York City Tagged With: Art History, French History, Greenwich Village, Huguenots, New Netherland, New Rochelle, New York City, Religious History, Suffrage Movement, Westchester County, womens history

New Paltz Bevier-Elting House Restoration Project Planned

October 3, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Bevier-Elting HouseHistoric Huguenot Street (HHS) has been awarded a $500,000 Save America’s Treasures (SAT) grant support much-needed major repairs and restoration work at the Bevier-Elting House (ca. 1700, 1735, and 1760) in New Paltz.

The project, expected to start in 2022 and continue over the next five years, is one of 49 projects in 29 states funded by the SAT program this year. [Read more…] about New Paltz Bevier-Elting House Restoration Project Planned

Filed Under: History, Hudson Valley - Catskills Tagged With: Architecture, Historic Huguenot Street, Historic Preservation, Huguenots, New Netherland, New Paltz

Asparagus Officinalis: A Spear of Transatlantic History

August 16, 2021 by Jaap Harskamp 5 Comments

The Apicius manuscriptOne of the first crops to emerge from the ground in New York State is asparagus (scientific name: asparagus officinalis). The vegetable is an integral part of America’s colonial history. It must have been a taste of nostalgia that prompted New Netherland settlers to try and cultivate asparagus in unfamiliar surroundings. [Read more…] about Asparagus Officinalis: A Spear of Transatlantic History

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, Food, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, New York City Tagged With: art, Art History, Culinary History, Food, gardening, New Netherland, Rensselaerswijck, Van Rensselaers, vegetables

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