Van Tweenhuysen Company – Freeport History Timeline

Dutch trader Cornelis Rijser voyages to the North River area

kip — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:09:11 +0000

c 1611

– Presently the Hudson River

– For the Van Tweenhuysen Company for beaver furs

– Piloting the St. Pieter

– Adriaen Block serves as a supercargo on his first trip to the region

Dutch trader Adriean Block voyages to the North River area

kip — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 00:14:16 +0000

c February 1612

– Currently the Hudson River

– Block’s second trip to the region

– Sent by the Van Tweenhuysen Company for beaver furs

– Piloting the ship Fortuyn (Fortune)

– Hendrick Christiaensen serves as a supercargo

Adriaen Block voyages to the North River area

kip — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 01:09:57 +0000

c Fall 1612

– Presently the Hudson River

– Block’s third trip to the region

– Sent by the Van Tweenhuysen Company for beaver furs

– Piloting the ship Fortuyn

– Hendrick Christiaensen serves as a supercargo

Dutch Trader Thijs Volckenz Mossel voyages to the North River area

kip — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 02:37:06 +0000

c Spring 1613

– Presently Hudson River

– Piloting the ship Jonge Tobias

– Mossel trades for beaver furs with the local Indians

– Mossel’s crewman Juan Rodriguez stays behind with goods he received in payment, about eighty hatchets, some knives, a musket and a sword

Adriean Block and Hendrick Christeansen voyage to the North River area

kip — Sun, 16 Mar 2014 02:54:57 +0000

c Fall 1613 – c 1614

– Presently the Hudson River

– Block’s fourth voyage to the region

– Sent by the Van Tweenhuysen Company for beaver furs

– Block pilots the Tyger (Tijger, Tiger), Hendrick Christeansen the Fortuyn and Thijs Volckenz Mossel the Nachtegaal

Towards the end of January 1614, after Indians bring pelts daily from miles around to the southern tip of Manhattan to trade with Block, the Tyger burns just after its holds are filled and before it can re-embark to Holland. This likely occurs at the mouth of stream that empties into the North River at this location. Local Lanape help Block build shelters and provide game for his men and together they begin building a new ship.

In March, eight from Block’s crew seize the Nachtegaal. Christeansen returns from up river in the Fortuyn just after the Nachtegaal heads out to the Atlantic. He gives chase but his crew will not fire upon upon their fellow mates and he’s forced to turn back. The Nachtegaal and it’s crew join the pirate fleets in the West Indies. After spending several months in the Caribbean they stop in Manhattan for repairs before heading to Spain. Rather they arrive in waters off Ireland, a haven for pirates, where the Nachtegaal and its crew is last accounted for.

Adriean Block explores the Long Island Sound

kip — Sun, 09 Feb 2014 04:07:15 +0000

c 1614

After Block’s ship the Tyger burns down while moored at the souther tip of Manhattan he heads out in a new 44.5 foot, 16 ton vessel called the Onrust (restless) that his men and Lenape built. He is the first European to navigate Hellegat (Hell Gate at the East River) and enter the Long Island Sound. Along the north side of the sound (Connecticut) he explores the Verse River (Connecticut River) and the River of Red Hills (Housatonic River). He briefly visits the New Haven Harbor area (New Haven), later to become the site of the New Haven Colony. Leaving the sound he charts Block Island and Narraganset Bay.

On October 1, at Cape Cod, Block rendezvous with Christiaensen and the Fortuyn. Returning to Europe, they leave the Onrust behind.

In 1916, remnants of the Tyger are recovered while digging the New York City Subway at the eastern edge of the present World Trade Center complex.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriaen_Block

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyger_(ship)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onrust

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell_Gate

https://www.naturalhistorymag.com/picks-from-the-past/161517/disappearance-of-the-historic-ship-itijgeri