What became of van der Donck's children is not now known, nor their names, nor in fact how many of them, if any, reached maturity. We know that in 11)53 his mother, a brother, and the son of the latter, came out to New Netherland; that the name of the former was Agatha, that of his brother Daniel, and that of the son of the latter, Guisbert. But here all certainty ends. We may hope that the blood of so able and prominent a Hollander still exists, but that is all.

Although but this one Patroouship was established in Westchester County, there were a number of grants of smaller tracts to individuals, made by the Dutch Directors-General, after they had purchased the Indian title for the West India Company, or it had by their permission been bought of the Indians, by the persons, or for the persons, to whom the grants were made. But these require no special mention here.

7.

The Capture of New Xetherland from the Dutch, and the Creation of the English ''Province of New York.'

The continued encroachment and pressure of the English of Connecticut, and of the east end of Long Island -- then practically a part of Connecticut -- upon the Dutch in New Netherland, led the Burgomasters and Schepens of New Amsterdam and the delegates from the adjoining towns, in public meeting, on the 2d of November, 1G63, to send a Remonstrance to the Directors of the West India Company asking for assistance and protection. In this document they make this striking statement of their position, and the condition of the Province, at that time, and the consequences that would follow unless relief was afforded, consequences which really happened in less than a year afterward.