In September 1647, leaving his family behind, Everhardus Bogardus (28) sailed on the Princess bound for Holland to defend himself in court. The Princess was wrecked in a storm, and Bogardus drowned. Source: Dr. Firth Haring Fabend, The Quarreling Domine from her article, Compassionate Calvinism Director Willem Kieft was also on board this vessel, so we can only imagine their interaction on board during a long journey.
The location of the wreck as off Swansea, Bristol Channel, not more than a couple of days sailing from its planned destination.
The Princess Amelia had been on a long voyage, with 3 main voyage legs listed below:
Voyage Leg 1
1646 - August - Departed Amsterdam bound for Curacao
1646 - November 10 (about) - Arrived Curacao
Owner/Charterer West India Company Amsterdam Chamber v_107, v_118
Skipper Jelmer Tomasz
Crew Huyge Broers, cook's mate; Lucas Gerritsz, sailor; Cornelis Oesman, boatswain; Bartel Lourisz from Norway; Heinrich Heinrichs; Gillis Pietersz; Marten Jansz, cook; Ritchert Pilbaron, carpenter's mate; Jacob Ghoosz, seaman; Jan Claesz, seaman; Andries Roeloffsz, seaman; Pieter Milguerie, seaman; Pieter Pietersz, seaman
Soldiers Michiel Messer, Willem Beeckman, cadet, Gysbert Abramsen, soldier, Tomas Sammen, Symon Coert, Henrick Janss, gunner, Roeloff Cornelisz, Michiel Mesger, Henrick Huybertss, gunner, to Curaçao and NNL; Daniel Litsch, sargeant; Jan Huygen, captain, Johan Weber, midshipman, Jan Brobergen van Staven, cadet
Passengers Domine Johannes Backerus; Harmen Hendricksz, cooper; Jacob Reynsen; Urbanus Luersen, mason; Ghysbert Abrahamsz Denane, mason; Joost Teunisz, baker; Lysbeth Pietersz, wife of captain Jan Huygen; Balthus Jochumsz; Giertgen Nanningsdr and her son Henrick Tiercxsz; Adriaen Keyser, secretary; Jan Aernouts; Probably Peter Stuyvesant and Judith Bayard
Notes Sailed with Groote Gerrit from Amsterdam
v_118_2 Voyage Leg 2
1647 April - Departed Curacao bound for New Amsterdam
1647-05-11 - Arrived New Amsterdam
Crew Huyge Broers, cook's mate; Lucas Gerritsz, sailor; Cornelis Oesman, boatswain; Bartel Lourisz from Norway; Heinrich Heinrichs; Gillis Pietersz; Marten Jansz, cook; Ritchert Pilbaron, carpenter's mate; Jacob Ghoosz, seaman; Jan Claesz, seaman; Andries Roeloffsz, seaman; Pieter Milguerie, seaman; Pieter Pietersz, seaman; Jan Jansz, steward (died and buried in Manhattan); Hendrick Ellertsz; Pieter Centen
Passengers Willem Pietersz; Annetgen Franschdr, widow of Dominicus Dias of Curaçao, and two kids; Andries Hans; Probably Peter Stuyvesant and Judith Bayard
Cargo Noted Dyewood (200,000 pounds) picked up on Curaçao
Voyage Notes Sailed with Stuyvesant convoy from Curaçao including Prinses, Swol, Groote Gerrit, and Kath
v_118_3 Voyage Leg 3
1647-08-18 - Departed New Amsterdam
1647-09-27 - Wrecked
Skipper Jan Claesz Bol
Crew Huyge Broers, cook's mate; Lucas Gerritsz, sailor; Cornelis Oesman, boatswain; Bartel Lourisz from Norway; Heinrich Heinrichs; Gillis Pietersz; Marten Jansz, cook; Ritchert Pilbaron, carpenter's mate; Jacob Ghoosz, seaman; Jan Claesz, seaman; Andries Roeloffsz, seaman; Pieter Milguerie, seaman; Pieter Pietersz, seaman; Gerrit Hendrickxsz, second boatswain, survived; Thys Jansz, constable, died
Soldiers Joris Juriaensz, drowned; Willem Jones, survived; Albert Hendricxsz, survived
Passengers 109 passengers, 82 died; Cornelis Melyn, survived; Joachim Pietersz Kuyter, survived, Hendrick Jansz, died; Willem Kieft, died; Everardus Bogardus, died; Claes Jansz Smith, Pieter Rutten, sailmaker, died; Urbanus Luyersz, died; Jochem Kierstede, died; Fiscal Cornelis van der Hoyckens, died; Lourens van Heusden, survived; Gysbert de Leeuw, survived; Henrick Ellertsz, survived; Lourens Eckerman of Hamburg, survived; Lambert Lambertsz, died; Gerardus Cloodt, cooper, survived; Jan Albertsz, drowned; Jacob Pietersz, drowned; Joachem Jansz, died; Jan Louwerensz Appel, survived; Jacob Loygiersz, died; Willem Pietersz, drowned; Claes Jansen Calff, died; Jan Vignee, saved; Annetgen Franschdr and two children, died; Jacob Arentsz, died; Hendrick Anthonisz, died; Lambert Joosten, drowned; Pieter Ruten, died; Willem Johan van Harrifort, survived; Claes Jansz Smits, died; Philip Rumier, Jr., died; Cornelis Bouwesz, survived; Annetien Fransen, died; Willem van Dyck, died; son of fiscal Hendrick van Dyck; Frederick Jansz, died; Metgen Barentsdr, wife of Frederick Janz, died; Christiaen Rams, drowned
Cargo noted beaver pelts (14,000); dyewood (200,000 pounds); mineral samples; accountings; maps; remonstrances
Voyage Notes Skipper switched to Jan Claesz Bol (from Swol) for voyage to Amsterdam; Previous skipper Jelmer Tomasz went to Groote Gerrit; Ship wrecked at Mumbles Point on the southern coast of Wales on September 27, 1647 after turning mistakenly into the Bristol Channel
Source Notes: NYHM, 2: 108, 415, 437, 449; NYHM, 3: 16, 20, 32, 39–41, 46, 54–55, 164, 167; NYHM, 4: 364, 379, 386; DRCHNY, I: 363, 455; VRBM, 830; Gehring, Correspondence, 1647–1653, 54, 56, 171; Gehring, Correspondence, 1654–1658, 44; RNA, II: 330; Groenveld, "New Light on a Drowned Princess," 24–25; Gehring, "Wringing Information from a Drowned Princess," 131–134. Hart Summaries, 359: 426, 352: 1778–1780, 1782, 1785, 1787, 1789, 1794, 1796–1797, 1800–1804, 1807, 1813, 1816, 1823–1825, 1870–1872, 1875, 1877–1879, 1882, 1886–1888, 1890–1891, 1896–1897, 1900, 1904, 1907, 1909–1910, 1919, 1923–1924, 1929, 1951, 1953, 1961, 1977, 2062 or SAA NA, inv. 1620, f. 899 (June 18, 1646), inv. 1323, f. 178 (June 20, 1646), inv. 2104, f. 95 (June 21, 1646), inv. 1881, f. 116 (June 22, 1646), inv. 734 (June 25, 1646), inv. 1323, 187v (June 28, 1646), inv. 1323, f. 193 (June 30, 1646), inv. 777, f. 429 (July 3, 1646), inv. 1323, f. 196v (July 5, 1646), inv. 1323, f. 197v–198 (July 5, 1646), inv. 1323, f. 199 (July 6, 1646), inv. 1323, f. 200 (July 6, 1646), inv. 1323, f. 201v (July 6, 1646), inv. 1862, f. 592 (July 6, 1646), inv. 1323, f. 204v (July 7, 1646), inv. 1340, f. 67 (July 17, 1646), inv. 1573, f. 406 (July 19, 1646), inv. 1340, 69v (July 21, 1646), inv. 1324, f. 1–1v (July 31, 1646), inv. 1340, f. 72 (August 1, 1646), inv. 1294, f. 173v (October 29, 1647), inv. 1294, f. 179 (October 30, 1647), inv. 1294, f. 185 (November 5, 1647), inv. 1294, f. 187 (November 6, 1647), inv. 1294, f. 188v (November 7, 1647), inv. 2186, f. 208 (November 12, 1647), inv. 2123, f. 407 (November 14, 1647), inv. 1294, f. 200v (November 22, 1647), inv. 1574, f. 577 (December 2, 1647), inv. 2123, f. 425 (December 4, 1647), inv. 1341, f. 75v (December 6, 1647), inv. 1294, f. 218 (December 23, 1647), inv. 1294, f. 221 (December 31, 1647), inv. 1295, f. 6 (January 7, 1648), inv. 2123, f. 512 (January 14, 1648), inv. 1259, f. 11v (January 22, 1648), inv. 1295, f. 14v–15 (January 31, 1648), inv. 1295, f. 43 (March 17, 1648), inv. 1295, f. 48 (March 27, 1648), inv. 603, f. 188v (March 30, 1648), inv. 1295, f. 52v (April 6, 1648), inv. 1295, f. 143 (August 22, 1648), inv. 559, f. 143 (September 1, 1648), inv. 1342, f. 60 (October 26, 1648), inv. 1342, f. 94 (December 24, 1648), inv. 1296, f. 237v (October 27, 1649); SHC-NNI, 99-02, 117-05, 120-01, 121-05, 133-07, 158-08, 202-09, or SAA NA, inv. 1295, f. 137 (August 20, 1648), inv. 1298, f. 139 (June 2, 1650), inv. 1298, f. 205 (September 5, 1650), inv. 1299, f. 253v (November 24, 1650), inv. 1346, f. 44 (May 23, 1651), inv. 1303, f. 12v (January 27, 1653), inv. 1306, f. 138v (July 29, 1656)
v_118 - Van den Hout, Julie. "Voyages of New Netherland." https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/digital-exhibitions/voyages-of-new-netherland
New Netherland 1621-1664
Immigrants to New Netherland
1647
Princess
Returning to Amsterdam
Departed New Netherland August 16, 1647
Captain, Jan Claessen Bol1
Ship Wrecked in the Channel, September 27, 1647
The Princess "was wrecked in the Channel on the 27th of September and 81 souls, men, women and children were lost, among them,
Director William Kieft
Domine Bogardus
Fiscal van der Hoyckens (Attorney General van der Huygens) 2
1 Register of New Netherland, E. B. O'Callaghan, (c)1865, p 16.
2 ibid, p xv.
Documents relating to the Colonial History of New York, B. Fernow, (c)1883, vol XIV, pg 83
[See also Revised History of Harlem, James Riker, (c) 1904, page 153; and Olive Tree Genealogy.]
CARGO:
"With the wreck of the Prinses Amelia in 1647, no fewer than fifteen to sixteen thousand beavers disappeared under the waves." - The Colony of New Netherland, Jaap Jacobs, p. 110.
The Colony of New Netherland, Jaap Jacobs:
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