Complex sentence: In 1794, he took over from Gerrit Boon an appointment as agent of the Holland Land Company in Trenton and his best friend François Adriaan van der Kemp came to live in the town's surroundings on a farm.
Split into simpler sentences: In 1794, he took over from Gerrit Boon an appointment as agent of the Holland Land Company in Trenton. His friend François Adriaan van der Kemp came to live in the town's surroundings on a farm.