Ship Name
De Waegh
Departure Location
Departure Date
1657-04-00
Arrival Location
Arrival Date
1657-08-00
Ship Journey Information
New Netherland 1621-1664
Immigrants to New Netherland
1657
De Waegh
Sailed from Amsterdam April, 1657
Arrived New Amsterdam August, 1657
Lindert Claesen from Rijpen in North Holland, soldier
Wife has since died and left 3 children now maintained by the Overseer of the Poor. These officers [of the West Indies Co.] have requested, that the said Claesen might be induced to live frugally there, so that they could receive part of his pay for the maintenance of the children (the oldest of whom they are willing to send over, if the father is in a position to keep him), as their mother received for the same purpose 90 fl.
Documents Relating to the Colonial History
of the State of New York, Berthold Fernow, Vol. XIV p 389.