Jan Snedeker (c. 1608 – c. 1685) arrived in
New Amsterdam, in the
New Netherland
New Netherland ( nl, Nieuw Nederland; la, Novum Belgium or ) was a 17th-century colonial province of the Dutch Republic that was located on the east coast of what is now the United States. The claimed territories extended from the Delmarva P ...
colony, around 1639. In 1652 he came to be one of the three founders of Middelwout, or Midwout (
Flatbush), a name deriving from the Middle Dutch word meaning "middle woods," so called for the area of dense woodland midway between the towns of Breuckelen (
Brooklyn
Brooklyn () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Kings County, in the U.S. state of New York. Kings County is the most populous county in the State of New York, and the second-most densely populated county in the United States, be ...
) and Amersfoort (
Flatlands).
[O'Callaghan, E. B. History of New Netherland or, New York under the Dutch, vol. 2, p. 194. New York: D. Appleton & Co, 1848.]
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17th-century births
17th-century deaths
People from New York (state)
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