Arent Andriesz

Other Events:

• Name: Arent Bradt
• Nationality: Norwegian
• Emigration: 25 Sep 1636, Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
• Immigration: 4 Mar 1637, New Amsterdam, Colony of New Netherland, Netherlands

Notes:

Arent Andriesz, tobacco planter; a brother of Albert Andriesz, from
Frederikstad, and like him designated as Noorman. He appears to have come
over with his brother on the Rensselaerswyck and to have stayed with him in
the colony for one year. His wages began April 2, 1637, at f7S a year.
Between 1638 and 1646, he is various times credited with tobacco furnished to van Curler and de Hooges. May 1, 1658, he obtained a lease for land opposite Beverwyck.

Reference: Van Laer, A. J. F. Archivist. Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts: Being the Letters of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 1630-1643 and Other Documents Relating to the Colony of Rensselaerswyck. Albany: University of the State of New York, 1908.

Immigration:
Arent Andriesz
Tobacco planter; a brother of Albert Andriesz, from Frederikstad, and like him designated as Noorman. He appears to have come over with his brother on the Rensselaerswyck and to have stayed with him in the colony for one year. His wages began April 2, 1637, at f75 a year. Between 1638 and 1646, he is various times credited with tobacco furnished to van Curler and de Hooges. May 1, 1658, he obtained a lease for land opposite Beverwyck