Claim: Hendrick Hendricksen Kip had an important role in the government of New Amsterdam, a 17th century Dutch settlement at the southern tip of Manhattan Island.
Evidence: He was one of the nine original popular assemblymen serving in New Amsterdam from 1647 under Pieter Stuyvesant, Governor of New Netherlands. New Amsterdam (Dutch: Nieuw Amsterdam, pronounced [ˌniʋɑmstərˈdɑm or [ˌniuʔɑms-) was a 17th-century Dutch settlement established at the southern tip of Manhattan Island that served as the seat of the colonial government in New Netherland.