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In 1638, he was spoken of as the first miller in New Amsterdam; an important and lucrative position in those days, and he is sometimes mentioned in the records as Abraham Pietersen, Molenaer, or Miller. In 1641, on August 29 he was one of the "Twelve Men" whom the commonalty chose and empowered to resolve on everything with the Director-General and Council, and on November 3 he was one of the "Eight Men" who sent a memorial to the State General of Holland, setting forth the distressed state on account of the Indian Outbreak, and begging for assistance.
1607
Nov 11
| 1607 • Jamestown: Captain John Smith is released from arrest and sworn in as a member of the colony Council. |
1607
Nov 11
baptismHaarlem, Holland ⇓ At the Dutch Reformed Church. 1 Source ⇓ |
| 1607 • Jamestown: The president directs the fort to be strengthened and armed against the many attacks of the natives: "Hereupon the President was contented the Fort should be pallisadoed, the ordinance mounted, his men armed and exercised, for many were the assaults and Ambuscadoes of the Savages ..." [John Smith, Proceedings (Barbour 1964)] |
1629
Dec 9
Age: 22y
marriageTryntje Melchoirs Haarlem, Holland ⇓ 3 Sources ⇓ |
| 1629 • Massachusetts Bay Colony is granted a Royal Charter, and the county is the first to be created in the United States. The area covers almost all of the present-day state. |
1631
Age: 23y
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birth of childTeuwis Abrahamsen Van Deusen New Amsterdam, New York, USA ⇓ 2 Sources ⇓ |
| 1631 • Thirty Years' War: Sweden and France sign the Treaty of Bärwalde, a military alliance in which France provides funds for the Swedish army invading northern Germany. |
1636
Age: 28y
| 1636 • Thirty Years' War: French intervention starts. |
1672
Jul 28
Age: 64y
| 1672 • Third Anglo-Dutch War: The Kingdom of England declares war on the Dutch Republic. |