Skip to main content

User account menu

Show — User account menu Hide — User account menu
  • Log in
  • Register

logo2 logo2

header2

Mapping Early New York | Encyclopedia

Where we explore the early history of New Amsterdam and New York City, its diverse people, landscapes, institutions and global legacy today.

3D Model
Map
About
Mapping Early New York is made possible by support from the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, the First Families of New York, the Ken Chase Foundation, and the Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation.
 
 
 
Support Us

My Folders

Register Now to Save Research to My Folders
Search All Content
Open Timeline
Chief
Seysey
ID
1609,000,083
Gender
Male
Demographic(s)
Chief - 'Indian Chief'
Affiliation - Native American - Indian - Indigenous People
Spouses | Marriages
Ancestor Notes

Seysey was a Native American chief who was involved in several negotiations regarding land.

The 1645 Indian deed for a tract of land on Long Island  which included Gouwanus and Coney Island is signed by him.   And in 1652 he signed the Indian deed for New Utrecht on Long Island.

 

See also:  Marechkawick: A Lenape Town, digital interactive at The Old Stone House in Brooklyn, 2021. Written by Kim Maier, Maggie Weber, and Dylan Yeats and designed by Moey Inc. with support from the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences Inspire! program.

SEARCH CONTENT

Sidebar Menu

Show — Sidebar Menu Hide — Sidebar Menu
  • HOME
  • CONTENT LIST
  • Places
  • Lots
  • Lot Events
  • Ancestors - Male
  • Ancestors - Female
  • Marriages
  • Surnames
  • Demographics
  • Entities
  • Ships
  • Ship Journeys
  • Objects
  • Document Collections
  • Documents
  • Curricula

Mapping Early New York is made possible by support from the Society of Daughters of Holland Dames, the First Families of New York, the Ken Chase Foundation, the Netherland-America Foundation, the Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,  Robert David Lion Gardiner Foundation, and donors like you.  


Support Us