Govert Lookcermans’ house which, through marriage and inheritances, became the home of Sarah Oort Kidd, the wife of Captain Willilam Kidd. This is a translation of the...
Rik Smits (born 1966) is a Dutch professional basketball player best known for his 12-year career with the Indiana Pacers in the NBA. Nicknamed the “Dunking Dutchman,” the 7-foot-4 center was an NBA All-Star in 1998 and a key member of the Pacers’ successful teams of the 1990s.
Translation from Van Laer, Correspondence of Jeremias van Rensselaer, doc. 67, pgs. 353-354 Manuscript Images As to our appearance here at the Manhatans, at the Gemene Lantdagh, and...
Jane Seymour (born 1951) is a British-American actress best known for her long-running role as Dr. Michaela Quinn in the television series Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Born Joyce Penelope Wilhelmina Frankenberg in England to a Dutch mother, she later became a United States citizen in 2005.
In 2004, archaeologists Paul Huey and Jim Bradley led Len Tantillo across a recently turned field along a creek on the east side of the Hudson...
Margarita “Peggy” Schuyler (1758–1801) was a member of the prominent Schuyler family of Albany, New York. She was the daughter of Revolutionary War general Philip Schuyler and the sister of Angelica Schuyler Church and Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton. Peggy married Stephen Van Rensselaer III, patroon of Rensselaerswyck.
Although most Africans in New Netherland were enslaved, not all interactions were oppressive—some were amicable. Whites witnessed Black marriages, socialized with enslaved people, and occasionally intermarried and raised families together.
Philip Jeremiah Schuyler (1768–1835) was an American politician and agriculturalist from New York. The son of Revolutionary War general Philip Schuyler, he served one term as a Federalist in the United States House of Representatives from 1817 to 1819.
In 2004, archaeologists Paul Huey and Jim Bradley led Len Tantillo across a recently turned field along a creek on the east side of the Hudson...
Pieter Schuyler (1657–1724) was a colonial leader in early New York and the first mayor of Albany after the city was incorporated in 1686. A military officer and diplomat with the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) nations, he later served twice as acting governor of the Province of New York.
