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Post-Columbian settlement<br>There was a Norwegian presence in New Amsterdam (New York after 1664) in the early part of the 17th century. Hans Hansen Bergen, a native of Bergen, Norway, was one of the earliest settlers of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam having | Post-Columbian settlement<br>There was a Norwegian presence in New Amsterdam (New York after 1664) in the early part of the 17th century. Hans Hansen Bergen, a native of Bergen, Norway, was one of the earliest settlers of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam having immigrated in 1633. Another of the first Norwegian settlers was Albert Andriessen Bradt who arrived in New Amsterdam in 1637. Approximately 60 persons had settled in the Manhattan area before the British take-over in 1664. How many Norwegians that settled in New Netherlands (the area up the Hudson River to Fort Oranje—now Albany) is not known. The Netherlands (and especially Amsterdam and Hoorn) had strong commercial ties with the coastal lumber trade of Norway during the 17th century and many Norwegians emigrated to Amsterdam. Some of them settled in Dutch colonies, although never in large numbers. (For further reading, see for example J.H. Innes, New Amsterdam and its people.) There were also Norwegian settlers in Pennsylvania in the first half of the 18th century, and in upstate New York in the latter half of the same century.<br> On 9 Oct 1824, the first organized group of Norwegians arrived in New York. They came in the sloop "Restauration" and were often referred to as the 'sloopers'. They were met by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleng_Peerson Cleng Peerson], who helped them settle on the shores of Lake Ontario, and created the Kendall Settlement. | ||
===== The Kendall Settlement Survived<br>by Richard L. Canuteson (Volume 27: Page 243) ===== | ===== The Kendall Settlement Survived<br>by Richard L. Canuteson (Volume 27: Page 243) ===== | ||
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===== [http://www.interment.net/us/ny/index.htm New York Cemeteries] ===== | ===== [http://www.interment.net/us/ny/index.htm New York Cemeteries] ===== | ||
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===== [http://mynewyorkgenealogy.com/index.html My New York Genealogy] ===== | ===== [http://mynewyorkgenealogy.com/index.html My New York Genealogy] ===== | ||
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===== [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/state/ New York History and Genealogy] <br> ===== | ===== [http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/state/ New York History and Genealogy] <br> ===== | ||
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===== [http://www.censusfinder.com/new-york-genealogy-society.htm New York Genealogical Societies] ===== | ===== [http://www.censusfinder.com/new-york-genealogy-society.htm New York Genealogical Societies] ===== | ||
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