Joris Jansen Rapelje

Earliest Dutch settler of New Amsterdam

Born
1604
Joris Jansen Rapelje was a member of the Council of Twelve Men in the Dutch West India Company colony of New Netherland. He and his wife Catalina (Catalyntje) Trico (1605–1689) were among the earliest settlers in New Netherland.

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