Original sentence: The first manor under this charter was acquired by Samuel Godyn and Samuel Blommaert, two of the Company's directors, who started a settlement called Swaenendal on the Delaware Bay, but the colonists, 32 in number, after the settlement had been in existence for only a short while, were murdered by the local Indians
Edited sentence: After the settlement had been in existence for only a short while, the colonists—32 in number—were murdered by the local Indians.Likewise on October 22, Albertus Conradus declared himself patroon of the island of Saint Vincent.On June 19, Samuel Godyn declared his intention to settle "the bay of the South River", the current day Delaware Bay, naming the settlement Swaenendal.On November 1, Conradus also registered as patroon of the east side of South Bay, that which had not been taken by Samuel Godyn on June 19.On November 16, 1629, Samuel Blommaert declared himself patroon of the Fresh River (Connecticut River) presumedly adjoining the one to the east on the Sickenames River previously registered by Michiel Pauw.On October 15, Michiel Pauw made his intention known to settle the islands of Fernando de Noronha, located off the Brazilian coast.Patroonships were not limited to the area of the northeastern United States.The earliest venture to explore New Netherland for future colonization by a potential patroon was upon notification to the Directors on January 13, 1629 that Samuel Godyn, Kiliaen van Rensselaer, and Samuel Blommaert had sent Gillis Houset and Jacob Jansz Cuyper to determine satisfactory locations for settlement.This took place before the Charter was ratified, but was done in agreement to a draft of the Charter from March 28, 1628.Upon ratification of the charter on June 7, 1629, Michiel Pauw informed the Directors of his intention to settle along the "Sickenames River", a stream east of the Connecticut River.Van Rensselaer declared his intentions of settling a patroonship on November 19, 1629