CHAPTER II.
THE EARLY SETTLERS AND PATENTS OF BREUCKELEN.
The Bennett and Bentyn Purchase at Gowanus, in 1636The old De Hart or Bergen House, Cornelis Lambertsen Cool's Patent, in 1642The old VechteCortelyou House of 1699The Bed HookVan Dyck's MillBoompties HookThe Butter-milk Chanuel Fred. Lubbertsen's Patent of 1640Seabrings MillColes Mills Luqueers MillsRuyters Patent, of 1645Manje's Patent, of 1642Hudde's Patent, of 1645Mentalaer's Patent, of 1642Dricksens (the ferry master's) Patent, of 1645Lubbertsen and Breser PatentsJohn Rapaljes Estate, confiscated and purchased by J. and C. SandsThe FiscockÐHaes Patent, of 1647The Mid-dagh Family and EstateThe Navy YardPatent of Lodewyck, Cornelissen, Pet& Caesar the Italian, and the MontfortsRapalies Settlement at the WaalÐboght Catalina Trico, his wifeHans Hansen Bergens Patentthe story of Sarah (Rapalie) his wifeJean Vigne, the first born European in New NetherlandThe Bogaert FamilyAncient Remsen deedThe Gerritt Wolphertsen, Stoffelsen, and Bout PatentsBrouwer or Freekes MillDenton's, or the Yellow MillThe Van Rossum, Cornelissen, and Dricksen, Patents | Page 48-104 |
CHAPTER III.
THE CIVIL HISTORY OF BREUCKELEN, 16461664.
Stuyvesant the new DirectorGeneral Contest between the Director and People Appointment, by the People, of the Nine MenThe Popular Convention of 1653Piracy on the Bound, and Robberies on Long IslandMeasures of defence adopted by the TownsEnlargement of the Municipal Privileges of BreuckelenShe is honored by the appointment of a separate ConstableThe first Church on west end of Long Island erected at FlatbushInstallation of Rev. Theo. PolhemusRegulation of the Ferry between Long Island and ManhattanA Tavern at The FerryThe legal fees allowed to David Provoost, the Secretary of the three Dutch TownsMarketday established at BreuckelenBreuckelen and New Utrecht ordered to be placed in a State of defenceFirst Settlements at Bushwick Settlements on the East River, within the limits of present Eastern DistrictThe installation of Rev. H. Selyns as minister at BreuckelenCarel de Beavois, the first schoolmaster of BreuckelenTroubles with the EnglishFears of Indian hostilitiesCaptain John Scott visits Breuckelen and other Dutch towns on Long Island, and proclaims the authority of the Duke of YorkStuyvesant convenes a Popular AssemblyCol. Richard Nicolls, with a British fleet, demands the sur-render of Fort AmsterdamObstinate refusal of StuyvesantFinal reluctant sub-mission to the necessity of the cueCapitulation to the British forces | 105-126 |
CHAPTER IV.
ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY OF BREUCKELEN, 16281664.
Care of the Dutch authorities to provide religious privileges for their colonies Michaelius, Bogardus, and Megapolensis, the first ministers in New NetherlandThe establishment of a Church at FlatbushThe history of the Minister's houseThe Rev. Theo. Polhemus |