Stuyvesant, Petrus (1610-1672), JACOB LEISLER’s next door neighbor, military commander and Dutch West India Company official; born Westellingwerf, Friesland, son of Reformed domine Balthasar Stuyvesant and Margaretta Hardenstein; University of Franeker, 1632; supercargo, Dutch West India Company, Brazil, 1635; commissary of stores, Fernando de Noronha and at Pernambuco, Brazil; transferred to Curaçao, 1639;  governor of Curaçao, 1643; lost a leg while leading expedition again St. Martin, 1644;  married Judith Bayard; director general of New Netherland, Curaçao, Bonaire, and Aruba, 1646-1664; died New York City, Feb. 1672.

Enjoy a walking tour of New York that features Peter Stuyvesant:

https://izi.travel/en/3660-how-dutch-is-new-york-the-stuyvesant-tour/en

See Channel 13 video Video: Stuyvesant in New Amsterdam
Professor Joyce Goodfriend reviews Peter Stuyvesant’s New Amsterdam legacy.
http://www.thirteen.org/dutchny/video/video-stuyvesant-in-new-amsterdam/73/

See 'From Colonial New York to Restoration London' from the movie Broadsides for a view of Peter Stuyvesant
http://www.broadsidethefilm.com/aboutthefilm.html

David Voorhees, Jacob Leisler Papers