That he Came in this Country of New York formerly called the new Netherlands in the yeare one thousand six hund'^. and thirty the 24t'i of May with the ship Vnity John Brower Commander and hath ever since continued here in this country, and saith further that att the said tinte of hisarrivall here this Deponent he-ard and was Informed by persons then arriving here from Delleware River that the said River was settled by the dutch west India Company who had sent a parcell of men there in order to whale fishing, and this Deponent saith further that some short time After to his best Remembrance it was about one yeare or one yeare and a half after newsCaiut; here att New York from Deleware, that all the said people in Delleware were Cutt of by tile Indians, and fm-tlier this Deponent saith nott.

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bi) FIRST SETTLEMENT OF NEW-YORK BY THE DUTCH.

Deposed by the said Aron Dirksen Korn Coram me the 16*^ March 1684-5.

Peter Lawrrnsen aged sixty seaven yeares being deposed saith that lie came into tliis Province a servant to the west india Company in the yeare 1628 and in the yeare 1630 by order of the West india Company hee with seven more were sent in a sloope with hoy sayle to dellaware where the Company had a trading house with ten or twelve servants belonging to it which the deponant himselfe did see there settled, and he further saith that at his returne from Delavvare River tlie said vessell stopt at the hoorekill where the Deponant did alsoe see a settlem^ of a brickhouse belonging to the vvest India Company, and the Deponant further saith that upon an Island neare tlie tails of that Eiver and neare the west side thereof the said Company some three or fouer yeares afore had a trading house where there were three or foure familyes of Walloons the place of there settlem*. he saw and that they had been seated there he was Informed by some of fihie said Walloons themselves When they were returned from thence and furtiier this 'Deponent saith not.