Adriaen Jorissen Thienpoint or Tienpoint (born in Saardam,

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) was a

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sea captain-explorer who commanded several ships to the newly developing colonies of

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and

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as well as other holdings of the Dutch Empire in North America in the early 17th century. In 1624, Tienpoint sailed the ''Eendracht'' to New Netherland on behalf of the

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. Soon thereafter

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arrived with the ship ''Nieu Netherlandt''. at

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in the

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. Passengers were dispersed to settlements at Kievet's Hook on the

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Fort Wilhelmus Fort Wilhelmus was a ''factorij'' in the 17th-century colonial province of New Netherland, located on what had been named Hooghe Eyland (High Island) (also called Verhulsten Island) on the Zuyd Rivier, now Burlington Island in the Delaware River ...

on the

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, and the first permanent Dutch settlement in North America,

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at present day

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. According to

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was appointed as the first Director of the colony, with Adrian Joris as second in command. May hastened south to oversee construction of Fort Nassau on the South River to forestall French incursions.Brodhead, John Romeyn. ''History of the State of New York'', Harper & Brothers, New York, 1853
/ref> Tienpont was left in command of Fort Orange and was called its 'governor' in

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s of an early settler taken in 1685 and 1688.This account, in which Tienpoint is referred to as the "governor" of the colony and commanding the settlement expedition, is derived from the Depositions of Catelina Trico (14 February 1685 and 17 October 1688) in O'Callaghan, E. B. ''Documentary History of the State of New York Arranged Under Direction of the Hon. Christopher Morgan, Secretary of State''. 4 volumes (Albany, New York: Weed, Parsons & Co., 1849-1851) III:49-51. He acted as deputy for

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. Tienpoint negotiated covenants with Native American (

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, Cayugas,

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, and Mohawks) in the

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that were instrumental in establishing the Dutch

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, mostly in beaver pelts, in North America. Tienpont skippered the ''Meeuwken'' which arrived in

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in May 1626. Aboard was

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, the new director of the nascent colony. In 1637, Tienpont captained the ship '' Fågel Grip'' as part of the first expedition from

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to the

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led by Minuit.

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