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 (1605โ€“1689) were among the earliest settlers in New Netherland.

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