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Vol. 16, No.2 “De Nieu Nederlanse Marcurius” May 2000 Venema, “Indians in Arnhem? The Van Zandt for her dissertation enti- Upcoming Events Court Proceedings of Brant van tled “Negotiating Settlement: Colo- June 15–17, 2000. Conference on Slichtenhorst”; Evan Haefeli, nialism, Cultural Exchange, and New York State History, Fordham “Leislerians in Boston: Some Rare Conflict in Early Colonial Atlantic University. Conference informa- North America, 1580-1660.” As in tion is available on the web at: past years the proceedings will http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/cnysh/ take place at the Museum Theater Otherwise contact: Stefan Bielinski of the Cultural Education Center of at or the Empire State Plaza in Albany, tel: 518/4746917. Of special inter- NY. Pre-registration is $25, at the est to our readers will be the ses- door $30. To pre-register send $25 sion on Friday afternoon “Colonial with your name, address and affili- Religion and Culture,” featuring ation to: The New Netherland Pro- talks by Paul Otto, Dirk Mouw, ject, New York State Library, and Paula Carlo. Albany, NY 12230. NB: This year *** everything will start one hour later. The Museum Theater will be open June 17, 2000. Presentation of this for registration and coffee at 9:30 year’s Alice P. Kenney Award to instead of the traditional 8:30. The The Horlepiep Dancers will take morning session will begin at place (as it did last year) at Ni- Adriaen van der Donck’s map of New Netherland, 1656 10:30 sharp. cole’s Bistro on 633 Broadway in *** Albany. Reception is from 2:30 to Dutch Colonial Correspondence”; 4:00 p.m. Additional information Firth Haring Fabend, “New Light June 25–30, 2000. The American about the award and recipient fol- on New Netherland’s Legacy to Association of Netherlandic Stud- lows under News from the FNN. the Religious Culture of New York ies’ International Conference for *** and New Jersey”; Simon Groen- Netherlandic Studies will be held veld, “New Light on a Drowned at the University of California at September 16, 2000. Rensselaers- Princess. Information from Lon- Berkeley. The theme is, “Janus at wijck Seminar xxiii, “New Light don”; and Susanah Shaw, “New the Millennium: Perspectives on on New Netherland.” The one-day Subjects from Old Sources: Find- Time in the Culture of the Low conference will focus this year on ing the Women of New Nether- Countries.” For additional informa- the recovery of Dutch colonial his- land.” Before the afternoon session tion and the complete program, tory through new sources and new begins, the Hendricks Manu- consult the AANS website at: interpretations of old sources. The script Award will be presented to five speakers will be: Janny this year’s winner, Dr. Cynthia

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lonial era. The guest curators are Editor’s note: News looking for the following: 17th-cen- Somewhere between completing the Charles R. Boxer, historian of tury paintings, drawings or prints previous issue of the Marcurius and Dutch commercial operations in which feature food OR drink, OR taking it to the printer, the line contain- Dutch household objects, OR cooking volume number etc. spiraled off the 17th century, has died at the into cyberspace. The line immediately age of 96. Boxer is probably best books, scrapbooks/recipe books below the logo would have read Vol. known to our readers for his passed down in your family. By 16, No.1 ... February 2000. A correct version appears on the NNP website as books: The Dutch Seaborne Em- any chance does anyone have a our alert webmaster caught the omis- pire 1600-1800 and The Dutch in copy of Jan Luyken’s Het Leer- sion before posting the issue. Brazil. zaam Huisraad? Please contact Donna R. Barnes at tel: 718/ 857- Publications Boxer dead at 96 9542, fax: 718/857-4567; or Peter Zion on the Hudson. Dutch New G. Rose at tel: 914/763-8898, fax: His extensive collection of books York and New Jersey in the Age of 914/763-8275. on the Dutch and Portuguese trad- Revivals by Firth Haring Fabend ing empires is at the Lilly Library News from the FNN presents both a broad and an inti- of Indiana University in Bloom- mate look at the way one main- This year’s Alice P. Kenney ington, where he taught from 1967 stream Protestant denomination Award has been awarded to The to 1979. For an in-depth obituary dealt with the transformative Horlepiep Dancers. This Capital of Boxer, see The New York Times, events of the evangelical era. As District dance group, which is cele- Sunday edition, May 7, 2000, Fabend describes the efforts of the brating its 25th anniversary, is the Metro section page 56. descendents of the Dutch settlers to only group specializing in old *** preserve the European standards Dutch dances. Wearing Dutch cos- and traditions of their church while tumes and wooden shoes, these Research Request developing a taste for a new kind Dutch natives have delighted audi- Donna R. Barnes, professor at Hof- of theology and a preference for ences from NYC to Buffalo, includ- stra University and food historian American identity, she documents ing an appearance on “Good Peter G. Rose, both members of how “Dutchness” finally became a Morning America” and an invita- the FNN, are working on an ex- historical memory. The Ameri- tion to dance at the re-dedication of hibit at the Albany Institute of His- canization of the Reformed Dutch the Statue of Liberty. See Upcom- tory and Art, which will be the Church, Fabend writes, is a micro- ing Events for information regard- main cultural event of the celebra- cosm of the story of the Ameri- tion of Albany’s 350th anniversary ing the presentation of the award. canization of the United States in 2002. “Matter of Taste” is a *** itself. Once again the FNN urges anyone unique exhibition, which brings to- *** considering using Amazon.com to gether 17th-century Dutch paint- David Riker, Chairman of the Com- purchase books or any of the other ings, prints, and drawings in which mittee on Genealogy for the Hol- other products offered at the site to food and drink play prominent land Society of New York access Amazon via the NNP Web- roles. For the first time in America, announces the publication of his site. This will ensure a royalty to this exhibition juxtaposes the art four volume set of books entitled FNN at no extra cost. works with cooking utensils, sil- Genealogical and Biographical Di- ver, glass, pewter, and ceramic ta- *** rectory to Persons in New Nether- bleware; printed 17th-century The FNN also reminds readers that land, from 1613 to 1674. The Dutch cookbooks, manuals of the first ten years of Rensselaers- Directory is being published by health advice, emblem books and wijck papers, published as A Beau- Higginson Book Company of hand-written recipe books passed tiful and Fruitful Place, are now Salem, MA and should be avail- down in Dutch-American families available on the Project’s Website. able in June of 2000. This direc- in the Hudson Valley since the co- tory has been in preparation for 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. 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Totidem Verbis This issue continues the four-part listing of Dutch-related placenames, mostly contributed by Coen Blaauw. Although the primary intent of this effort is to bring to- gether in one place all the placenames traceable to Dutch origins, I also hope to encourage our rather large and knowledgeable readership to offer their own contribu- tions and, more importantly, to correct any misinformation. I orginally intended to publish such corrections at the end but will present the following to encourage others to do the same: Sylvia van Houten of Middleburgh, NY wrote us the following regarding the name Cobleskill: “Cobleskill was named after Jacob Kobel, but he was a Palatine German, not Dutch, who came to the Hudson River "Camps" in 1709 and 1710. He was one of those Palatines who came to the Schoharie Valley. The creek on which he lived, became know as Cobus Kill and the subsequent nearby community became Cobleskill. Jacob Kobel was one of many Palatines who did not secure his land deeds and left to go down to the Tulpehocken area of Pennsylvania.” Readers are referred to The Palatine Families of New York, 1710, by Henry Z. Jones, Jr.

GOVERNORS ISLAND (NY) - A map of tidal currents. It was also a placename for pears early as the name for the Delaware 1636 refers to the site of the farm of New a waterway north of Hulst in Zeeland in River. Netherland Governor Wouter Van Twiller 17th c. MENA (AR) - The original name was Wil- as Noten Eylandt. (i.e. Nut Island) It then HEMPSTEAD (NY) - The original Dutch helmina named for the queen of the NL in became “Governors Island.” settlement on Long Island was named 1896 by Dutch investors in a local rail- GRAAFSCHAP (MI) - Named by Dutch Heemstede after the city in the NL. road, and shortened after the fashion in settlers after the village in the NL from HOBOKEN (NJ) - After the village in Bel- railroad names. which some of them had come mid 19th gium nearby Antwerp. MOORDENER KILL (NY) - From the century. HOLLAND (MI, NB, MN, NY) - From Dutch Moordenaars Kil meaning “murder- GRAMERCY (NY) - An anglicized ver- the province (or more commonly from the ers stream” with reference to an incident sion of Dutch krommetje kil meaning “lit- name used as the equivalent of the Nether- of 1643 when 7 men and 2 women were tle crooked creek.” lands); applied because of a Dutch settle- killed on the spot by Indians. GRAVESEND (NY) - The original Dutch ment. MI (1847), NB (1867), MN (1888) MUITZES KILL (NY) - From mutsje settlement on Long Island was named KIKEOUT (NJ) - After Kijkuit meaning meaning a “shotglass,” probably nick- Gravesant after the city with the same “lookout.” Occurring usually as the name name of a settler there. name in the NL. of a kill in DE, NJ and NY. Many spelling NASSAU COUNTY (NY) - The title GREENBUSH (NY) - A Dutch map of variations survive, such as, KAIKOUT, Prince of Orange Nassau was borne by 1656 refers to this site as ’t Greynenbos KYKOUT and KICKOUT. Dutch rulers in the 17th century, and the (or grenen bos) meaning “pinebush.” KILL VAN KULL (NJ, NY) - Also ap- name was bestowed on various places in GREENWICH (NY) - A Dutch map of pears as Col/Kol meaning waterway from New Netherland; also Nassau, NY in 1656 refers to this Dutch settlement on the pass or passage way. Rensselaer County. Long Island as Greenwijck meaning “pine KINDERHOOK (NY) - From the Dutch NEDERLAND (CO, TX) - Named under region.” word for “childrens point” dating from the Dutch auspices for the NL. GRONINGEN (MI) - Named by Dutch early 17th century. It becomes an early NORMANS KILL (NY) - After Albert settlers mid 19th century after the navigational point; possibly referring to Andriessen Bradt, nicknamed by the city/province in the NL from which some objects on shore resembling a group of Dutch de Norman, as he was a Norwegian of them had come. children; we’ll never know. who had a mill there. GUILDERLAND (NY) - Named after the KRIPPLEBUSH (NY) - From kreupel- OOSTBURG (WI) - Named circa 1846 by province of Gelderland in the NL by early bosch meaning “thicket, underbrush”- an- Dutch settlers after the village with the settlers. NB that the English adopted the glicized as “cripple”. same name in the NL. (Lit. meaning “East- French spelling for Gelderland; it has noth- LANSING (MI) - Named after the promi- burg.”) ing to do with the Dutch guilder. nent Dutch Lansing family of Albany THE ORANGES (NJ) - Named after the HAGUE (ND) - Named by Dutch settlers (NY) orginally from Hasselt in Overijssel. Dutch royal house Orange /Nassau. mid 19th century after the village in the The village LANSING (NY) was named OVERISEL (MI) - Named after the prov- NL from which some of them had come. after John Lansing (1754-1829), political ince with the same name in the NL by HALF MOON (NY) - In memory of figure and jurist. Emigrants from that vil- 19th century immigrants. Henry Hudsons ship de Halve Maen. lage carried the name to MI. PEEKSKILL (NY) - The kill was named HARLEM (NY) - The original Dutch set- LONG ISLAND (NY) - A Dutch map of after the Dutch trader Jan Peek, who settlement on Long Island was named Haer- 1656 refers to the island as tLange Ey- tled there circa 1665. lem after the city in the NL. After the landt. So named by Adriaen Block in PLATTEKILL (NY) - Plat meaning “flat” English conquest of 1664 the inhabitants 1614. is applied to water features with little cur- of Haerlem refused to change the name of LUBBERS RUN (NJ) - Probably named rent. their town to Lancaster. by the Dutch family with that name which ❖ HAVERSTRAW (NY) - Recorded in owned the land. The next issue will continue with 1640 as Haverstroo meaning “oat straw.” MAURICE (NJ) - In NJ the river and HELLS GATE (NY) - A Dutch map of town with that name are named after PRIMEHOOK (DE). 1636 gives Helle Gadt. It was thus named Maurits, Prince of Orange who was stad- because of the difficult and dangerous houder until his death in 1625; Maurits ap-