Volume 16, No. 1 "De Nieu Nederlandse Marcurius" February 2000 tradition of Jan van Eyck (ca.1390– ski at Upcoming Events 1441) and Hugo van der Goes (ca. or tel: 518/4746917. April 23, 2000. Return of de 1440–1482) is also included. The *** Halve Maen at 3:00 p.m. on Fri- Library is located at 29 East 36th September 16, 2000. Rensselaers- day. The ship will remain in Al- Street; tel: 212/6850610. For more wijck Seminar xxiii, “New Light exhibit information go to: on .” This year the Seminar will start one hour later, *** i.e., at 10:30 instead of the usual Until May 7, 2000. At the North 9:30. The full program will appear Carolina Museum of Art in in the next issue. Raleigh is a special viewing of *** “Like Father, Like Son? Portraits June 25–30, 2000. The American by Frans and Jan Hals.” Father and Association of Netherlandic Stud- son, teacher and student: these rela- ies announces its next International tionships are the focus of this two- Conference for Netherlandic Stud- painting exhibition. Frans Hals’ ies to be held at the University of masterful Willem Coymans from California at Berkeley with the the National Gallery of Art appears theme, “Janus at the Millennium: alongside the NCMA’s “Portrait of Perspectives on Time in the Cul- Replica of de Halve Maen under full sail a Gentleman,” arguably the best ture of the Low Countries. ”Keep bany for two weeks giving tours to picture by the artist’s son Jan. an eye on the AANS website (see school groups. It will depart Al- Nearly identical in their dimen- Websites below) for additional in- bany on May 10th to make an ap- sions and the subject’s pose, and formation. pearance in Monmouth County, NJ. dating just a year apart, both of *** these half-length portraits may re- News Until April 30, 2000. “From present members of the same fam- Announcing the formation of the Bruegel to Rubens: Netherlandish ily. Seen in tandem, the two Society for Netherlandic History and Flemish Drawings.” At the pictures allow viewers to compare (SNH). The Society’s main pur- Morgan Library in . Sur- their brushwork, palette, and im- pose is to provide a forum where veying the finest Northern Euro- agery and to assess their overall specialists of Dutch and Belgian pean drawings in the Library’s quality. For further information collections. The exhibition features consult Society for Netherlandic History over one hundred works spanning *** history can present their work and June 15–17, 2000. Conference on the Gothic through the Flemish Ba- exchange ideas. The Low Coun- New York State History, Fordham roque periods. A small selection of tries have traditionally interested drawings by artists working in the University. Contact: Stefan Bielin-

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Records and enumerated several Editor’s note re: next in line. The NYS Library has Publications made funds available for indexing For a view of poverty and charity VIRTUAL BOOK STORE Shop Amazon/Support the FNN: Point future volumes. Dr. Gehring and in Dutch and British your browser to and Janny Venema have been ap- Albany that contrasts sharply with select “Book Store.” Scroll down and pointed to two task forces by Al- click on the desired title or enter your the practices of New England and “search”; Both actions automatically bany’s mayor in anticipation of connect you with Amazon for discount that city’s 350th anniversary. Dr. prices to you and royalties to the FNN. Or click on Amazon directly from Gehring gave talks in the U.S. and “Book Store” for all it has to offer. abroad, and contributed a list of po- tential writers for the Encyc- ACTUAL BOOK STORE lopedia of New York. The Recently two Friends of NN were in a Rensselaerswijck Seminar, which book store in NYC. When the clerk overheard them talking about New drew over 150 attendees in 1999, Netherland, he asked, why there will have as theme in 2000, “New weren’t any books out on New Nether- land, as he was “being driven crazy by Light on New Netherland,” and Drawing of the 1652 Poorhouse along the Rutten Kill in Beverwijck based on information in the Deacons’ Account Books. people asking for books on the topic will be concerned with the discov- but our buyer can’t find any such ery of new sources and the new use works.” Such frustrations should be di- Old England read Janny Venema’s rected immediately to the marketing of old sources. For an upcoming se- article in the October 1999 issue of department of Syracuse University ries of Dutch placenames in the Press at 315/4435546, and to our New York History entitled “Poverty Marcurius, the editor asked for website, which offers an extensive bib- and Charity in Seventeenth-Cen- liography on the subject. contributions with commentary. tury Beverwijck/Albany, 1652- Dr. Gehring expressed his pro- 1700.” eendracht by Willem Frijhoff and found disappointment with Ric *** Marijke Spies. It covers the high Burns’s documentary on New The NNP announces the appear- point of political, economic, and York City, a film broadcasted by ance of its latest volume of transla- cultural power which the Republic PBS last November. This was the tions entitled Fort Orange reached after its long struggle for subject of Firth Fabend’s talk, enti- Records, 1656–1678. These re- independence. Price per volume is tled “An Historian’s Review of Ric cords represent those transactions ƒ75, if purchased before June 15, Burns’s New York: What Does and interactions of the community 2000. Contact: Servicecentrum Uit- History really Have to Say about of Beverwijck cast in the form of a gevers / Antwoordnummer 10734 / New Netherland?” A lively discus- contract, such as, land convey- 2501 WB Den Haag / Netherlands sion followed on ways to counter- ances, powers of attorney, invento- act misconceptions and to educate. ries of estates, and acknowledge- Dutch course The text of Dr. Fabend’s talk is ments of debt. Published by May 9–June 15, 2000. The Dutch available in its entirety on the NNP Syracuse University in the series Summer Institute at Indiana Uni- Website under “Veritas.” New Netherland Documents, this versity in Bloomington offers an *** volume is part one of three which immersion course for beginning A note from FNN’s office: Please supplement records in our 1990 Dutch. The course covers the first check your address label on this publication Fort Orange Court two regular semesters of Dutch lan- Marcurius: if the numbers 00 do Minutes, 1652–1660. guage at Indiana University. For not appear after your name, your *** further information go to the membership dues for 2000 have Nederlandse cultuur in Europees AANS website listed above or con- not yet been received. (Please al- perspectief is a new series about tact Inge Van der Cruysse-Van low for a slight delay if you mailed the culture of the Netherlands from Antwerpen at Indiana University, recently.) 1650 to the present. The first vol- Ballantine Hall 644, Bloomington, ume is entitled: 1650. Bevochten IN 47405; tel: 812/8557173. New Netherland Project, CEC 8th Fl., Albany, NY 12230 Voice [518] 474-6067 Fax: [518] 473-0472/474-5786 Email: [email protected] FNN Office: [518] 486-4815; GIRO: J. Venema 6566735 Homepage: http://www.nnp.org De Nieu Nederlanse Marcurius• 4

Totidem Verbis If you grew up in New York or any of the regions once part of New Netherland, you are familiar with placenames of Dutch origin. As an animal lover you are not of- fended by Fishkill as was once the case with an animal-rights group. However, the passing of time has disguised the Dutch origin of many placenames; even Dutch visitors are often puzzled by the use of kill as a waterway, as the word is no longer active in the Dutch vocabulary. The idea for this series on placenames comes from various sources over the years. The first contribution comes from Coen Blaauw (our FNN coordinator in DC) with some enhancements by the editor. This series will run the entire year, which will give you a chance to comment, correct, or submit new contributions.

ALPLAUS (NY) - From aalplaats, where Manhattan meaning “farm/plantation.” there by the Indians. The Dutch thought plaats becomes plaus--a common develop- This former director general of New Neth- the water to be bottomless. It is now the ment in NY Dutch where /aa/ becomes erland from 1647 to 1664 is buried there site of NYC municipal buildings. It is this /au/ sound and reduction of the consonant in St. Mark’s church. latter designation that non-Dutch speakers cluster from /ts/ to /s/, meaning “eel BRADVELT (NJ) - Breed veld meaning turned into Collect. place.” “broad field.” CONEY ISLAND (NY) - A Dutch map of ANTHONY’S NOSE (NY) - A quasi-ge- BREDA (IA) - Named after the city with 1636 by Johannes Vingboon records neric, translating the Dutch neus. Accord- the same name in the NL by mid 19th- Conyne Eylandt meaning “rabbit island.” ing to Elisabeth Funk it is Anthony de century immigrants. CRESS KILL (NJ) - Kers kil meaning Hooges, secretary of Rensselaerswijck, BRIELLE (NJ) - Named after the city “cherry stream.” Kers can also mean whose nose is immortalized in this protru- with the same name in the NL by immi- “water cress.” sion along the Hudson. It was also once grants. DOWERSKILL (NY) - variant of Dwaars- the name of a similar geographical feature (NY) - Jonas Bronck from kil “cross stream.” in the Mohawk Valley, just west of Fonda, -one of the earliest settlers in DRAWYERS CREEK (DE) - From now called simply Big Nose. New Netherland- had a farm here just draaierskil, “turners creek.” ARTHUR KILL (NJ) - From achter kil, lit- North of Manhattan Island. DRENTHE (MI) - Named after the prov- erally “rear stream,” referring to the water- (NY) - The 17th-c. Dutch ince in the NL with the same name by way behind Staten Island--a notorious settlement on Long Island was originally 19th century immigrants. place frequented by smugglers in 17th cen- named Breuckelen after the city in NL. DUNDERBERG (NY) - Donderberg tury. BUSHWICK (NY) - A Dutch map of meaning “thunder mountain”. The peak in BARKABOOM (NY) - From berkeboom, 1656 refers to this Dutch settlement on CA is named after the one in NY. “birch tree.” Long Island as Boswyck in which bos = DUTCH NECK (NJ), DUTCH ISLAND BARNEGAT (NJ) - Appearing first on a “woods” and wijck = “district.” (NJ) - Near the area of the Dutch colonial map of 1656 as barndegat to indicate a CALLICOON (NY) - From kalkoen mean- settlements the name often arises. Origi- break in the barrier islands where surf was ing “turkey.” nally neck was used for a narrow strip of breaking; Thus “foaming passage.” This CAPE HENLOPEN (DE) - Recorded in land between two bodies of water. Later it placename also appears north-west of Am- 1633 as Hinloopen after the village Hinde- came to be used for a narrow strip of any- sterdam. lopen in the NL. thing (neck of woods). cf., Teaneck. BATSTO RIVER (NJ) - Old Dutch for CAPE MAY (NJ) - Named after Cornelis DWAAR KILL (NY) - Dwaarskil mean- “bath house.” Jacobsz Mey-explorer and trader and first ing “cross-stream.” BEEREN ISLAND (NY) - From the governor of New Netherland. (NY) - An early Dutch map Dutch word for “bears.” However, Beer CATSKILL (NY) - A Dutch map of 1656 of 1656 refers to the river as the Oost could also refer to a “boar” who was prob- gives Kats kil meaning “Cats stream” (pan- Rivier. At that time the was ably more likely to swim to an island and thers, wildcats, domestic cats?). On the known as the Noort Rivier; the Delaware survive there than a bear. same map the region to the west is labeled River as the Zuydt Rivier. BERGEN (NJ) - Could be after the city t Landt van Kats Kill; thus the “Catskill FISHKILL (NY) - An Anglicization from Bergen-op-zoom or after Bergen west of Mountains.” Also possible: the nickname the Dutch visscherskil or vis kil meaning Alkmaar. of the Erie Indians at the time was “the “fishers/fish stream.” BINNE KILL (NY) - From binnen, “in- Cats” or “the Cat Nation.” FLUSHING - The original Dutch settle- ner” and kil an old Dutch word for CLAVERACK (NY) - From 17th-century ment on Long Island was named Vlissin- “stream”; therefore, “inner stream.” Actu- Dutch Klaver Rack meaning “clover- gen after the harbor in the NL, which the ally kil originally means “estuary” in 17th- reach” with reference to a straight stretch English already called “Flushing.” After century Dutch, cf. Sluiskil and Dortsekil; of the river between two navigational the English conquest in 1664 the English however, it becomes a generic term for a points. The reference here is to scalloped form became prevalent. waterway throughout New Netherland, marks in river bank in the shape of a three- FOXEN KILL (NY) An English compro- also in the diminuative form killetje; it leafed clover. mise for Dutch Vossenkil, from vos mean- doesn’t appear in Afrikaans or as a place- CLOVE RIVER (NJ) - Clove commonly ing “fox.” The Vossenkil, also called the name elsewhere in the world where the appears in the former Dutch regions. De- Derdekil or “Third Creek,” was named for Dutch were active. rived from kloof meaning “cliff, ravine.” Andries de Vos, an early settler along this BLOCK ISLAND (RI) - Named by early COBLESKILL (NY) - Named after Jacob stream in Beverwijck. Dutch trader Adriaen Courtsz Block in Kobell, an early Dutch settler. Another FRIESLAND (MI); VRIESLAND (WI) - 1614 for his base of trading operations theory is that it derived from Cobus, short Named after the province with the same with Indians along the coasts of Long Is- for Jacobus. name in the NL by 19th century immi- land and Connecticut. COEYMANS (NY) - Named after Barent grants. BOMBAY HOOK (DE) - Derived from Coeymans; an early Dutch settler. Boomties Hoek; a Dutch diminutive for COLLECT (NY) - Name of a body of The next issue will continue with “tree;” therefore “little trees point/cape.” water called t Varse Waater, “the Fresh THE BOWERY (NY) - The site of Petrus Water” by the Dutch and also Kalck Pond, GOVERNOR’S ISLAND. Stuyvesant’s bouwerij or boerderij on “Lime Pond” because of the shells left New Netherland Project, CEC 8th Fl., Albany, NY 12230 Voice [518] 474-6067 Fax: [518] 473-0472/474-5786 Email: [email protected] FNN Office: [518] 486-4815; GIRO: J. Venema 6566735 Homepage: http://www.nnp.org