The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-12-20

n, SUNDAY, DECEMBER
bic colony sent out to the New Netherlands was
composed not Of Hollanders using the Dutch
tongue, but OF French speaking people The
favor denied to the English Brownists was
granted to como Frenoh-speaking Walloons
who had taken refuge In Holland from the
prosecutions suffered on account OF their re'
iigion n those Belkian provinces over which
Spain had rsassertsd her authority. These
Walloons. like the followers Of The Rev. John
Robinson. were willing to seek homes In the
New World, and NJ nrst requested through q
representative Of the British GROWN permission
to settle ID virainiA Failing TO eject salts
factory arrangements with the English apshori-
ties they he'd successfully addressed them-
selves TO the Provincial Legislature Of Holland.
In pursuance OF concession made by the
Provincial Assembly, thirty Wallooh families
left Amsterdam In March. 1823, and two
months later reached the mouth Of the Hud-
son. A number OF the Walloon colonists seem
to have settled ut the wselenbogt or walloon
Bay. the Wallabout Of to-day. Hithsr In Me
spring Of 1926 Simon Jansen do RapAllo. or
Rapalje removed from Staten Island. and a
fsw months afterwsrd became tho father Of
the hrst female ohlld born OF European parents
however. hsd been born about 1914 or 1915.
and no also was o child Of Walloon parents
who bad smisratsd from vsisnoiennes. It
was The engineers and soldiers connected
with. this expedition who contributed Fort
Orange on tho present site Of the
city Of Albany The neiehboring stockade
Of Fort Nassau. built By Ohristiasnsen. had by
this time fallen into decay and been eben-
doned Eighteen families were left at Fort Or
anRe under the supervision Of one Daniel Kriek-
enbeeok. The expedition which arrived In
May was BY no means the only one instituted
for the purpose OF conveying Walloon colonists
during 1898. All tho vessels after the first
were despatched not By the Amsterdam Cham
Der alone, but By the West India Company IS
whole from whom William verhulst received
the appointment Of director In 1924. With the
arrival Ia the following year Of his successor.
tori General and furnished with full staff Of
ofioers. the regular colonial history Of New
Nstherland began.
Tho administration Of Peter Minuit covered
the years from 1926 to 1882. With two excep-
lions the incidents referable to this period are
unimportant Indeed. until recent years the
fact that Minult ruled Netherland as Director
General was disputed but doubt upon the sub
ject II no longer tenable. In view Of the ample
evidence which Gen. Wilson has
brought forward. It was he who purchased Of
tho native owners OF Manhattan Island tract
Of land estimated at $4,000 acres for sixty
guilders. which. however. wore not paid
In money. but in deeds. baubles. and
brightly oolorsd cloths. It was also DUR
ing his administration that the system
OF patroonships was established. The
aim OF this system was the ENCOURAGEMENT Of
having found It much easier to procure
oolonists for Brazil than for their possessions
ON the mainland Of North America. It was
hoped that the attraction OF feudal authority
In New Netherland would tempt such Dutch
capitalists as were destitute Of pedisrees or
patrimonial estates at homo. Accordingly. In
1920 the States General published charter
providing that the privileges and exemptions
pertaining to PATRONS OF New Netherland
would be granted to all such Of tho directors,
and possibly also OF the shareholders. as
should within the space OF four years under
take to plant colony Of fifty souls upwards OF
fifteen years old. Should the condition tail to be
complied with In the designated time. the CON-
cession would lapse. II. on the other hand.
tho colony were planted. the PATRON was to
one side Of any river. or eight milss ON both
sides. the extent back from the stream being
left practically unlimited. For this land how.
ever. title had to be secured from the aborigi-
nal possessors by purchase. The title once
secured and the land occupied by settlers sent
thither ut the expense OF tho patroon. all prtvi-
eyes OF hunting and fishing were to remain In
his hands, and should any cities be founded In
his territory he was to have authority to appoint
magistrates therein. There was. nevertheless, a
prohibition placed on manufactures OF any
kind. and the lucrative trade in furs was to DO
shut oil from the PATRONS and their
colonists. This restriction was in some meas
ure counterbalsnced by q provision that the
PATRONS and their settlers should DO exempt
from customs. excise. or other contributions for
the space Of ten years and should DO protected
by the military and naval forces Of the West
India Company. The first to avail themselves
OF these privileges were two merchants OF
who were also directors OF the
Bloemaert and samuel
Godyn. Tho territories which they took up
extended thirty-two miles along the Delaware
River on tho southwest bank and sixteen
miles on the northeast shore. Tho next
was established on lands adjoin-
ing Fort Orange. which had been procured
for Kiiiaen Van Rensselaer,. q fur merchant
Of Amsterdam. In the same year. 1890 o
third PATRON appeared in tho person Of
Michael Paauw. who. being already Lord or
Baron Of Achtenhoven. place In South Hol-
land. could not have been personally attracted
BY the opportunity OF becoming feudal lord.
Tho territory chosen for him lay near Mail
haitian Island. including at first Hoboken-
Hacking. TO which were shortly added staten
Island and an Intervening space between that
and Hoboken. which now forms tho site Of
Jersey City. by translating into latin his
own name, which Is tho Dutch for peacock.
Paauw beetowed upon his possessions the
cpphonious title OF Pavonia.
Thus bofors year had passed all the pa
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