Ship Journey: 1655 - De Waegh

Ship Name
De Waegh
Departure Location
Departure Date
1655-06-07
Arrival Date
1655-08-13
Ship Journey Information

New Netherland 1621-1664
Immigrants to New Netherland

1655
In De Waegh
Sailed from Amsterdam June 7, 1655
Captain Frederick de Coninck
Arrived at New Amsterdam August 13, 1655


    200 soldiers and sailors

    1David Jacobsen Vander Linde, boatswain

    1Lieutenant Ysvoort

    1William Brouwer, wife and 3 children
    Received permission to go over with his family without paying passage money on the condition that he act as reader or comfortor of the sick on board this ship, but no longer.

        Names and ages of the Almshouse children,
        who are to go to New Netherland on the ship De Waegh:

        Annitge Pieters, 17 years

        Catalyntge Jans, 13 years

        Debora Jans, 15 years

        Dieuwer Volcherts, 16 years

        Hendrick Thomasen, 14 years

        Jan, 17 years

        Jan Hendricksen, 12 years

        Jannitge Dircx, 19 years

        Lysbet Gerrits, 16 years

        Lysbet Jans, 18 years

        Marritge Hendrik, 16 years

        Mathys Coenratsen, 16 years

        Otto Jansen, 13 years

        Peter Stoffelsen, 13 years

        Tryntge Pieters, 23 years

        Tryntge Jans, 22 years

        William Roelants, 17 years


Source: #85
1[ibid. Vol. XIV, p 317, 321-326, 332, 374]