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240 HISTORY OF MARYLAND.
and Fenland, but was afterwards assigned to Henry Hockhammer and
others, they, as the instrument states, "having the intention of establishing a
colony in New Sweden."
At this time we also have the first authentic information of the attempt of
the English to settle on the Delaware. Turnbull, in his History of Connecticut, says: " A large purchase, sufficient for a number of plantations, was
made by Captain Turner, agent for New Haven, on both sides of the Delaware bay and river. This purchase was made with a view to trade, and for
the settlement of churches in gospel order and purity."x Early in the year
1641, a bark was fitted out at New Haven, by Mr. Lamberton, under the
command of Eobert Cogswell. They stopped at Port Amsterdam, when
Director Kieft, hearing of their intention, entered his protest against their
visit, and warned them " not to build or plant on the South river, lying
within the limits of New Netherlands, nor on the lands extending along
there, as lawfully belonging to us."2 The English, however, proceeded to
South river, and commenced erecting trading-houses at Varkenskill, or
Farken skill, near the present town of Salem, New Jersey, and, it is supposed,
also on the Schuylkill. This settlement consisted of sixty persons, comprising
twenty families.
The Dutch determined to expel these settlers from the Schuylkill, and on
the 22d of April, 1642, issued instructions to their commissary or governor
on the South river, Jan Jansen Van Ilpendan, to that effect. John Johnson
(as the English call him) appears to have carried out his instructions, for the
English, in their complaints afterwards made, say, " that notwithstanding
the purchases of the English, on both sides of the river, to which they affirm
neither the Dutch or Swedes had any just title, Governor Keith [Kieft],.
without protest or warning, sent armed men, and by force, in a hostile manner,,
burnt their trading-house, seized, and for some time, detained the goods in it,
not suffering their servants so much as to take an inventory of them." He
also seized their boat, and for a while kept their men prisoners, for which
treatment they could not, up to 1650, get any satisfaction.
On the 16th of August, 1642, John Printz, a lieutenant colonel in the
Swedish army, described by Peterson De Vries as a person " who weighed
upwards of four hundred pounds, and drank three drinks at every meal,"
was appointed Governor of New Sweden. He arrived at Fort Christiana on
the 15th of February, 1643, and soon after erected a residence at "Fort Got-
tenberg," on what is now called Province Island, at the mouth of the
Schuylkill river, near the western abutment of Penrose ferry bridge.
Shortly after his arrival, or previous to building this fort, he succeeded in
expelling the English who were settled on Varkenskill, under Lamberton.
In this outrage he was'assisted by the Dutch, who were, with the Swedes,
extremely jealous of the pertinacious attempts of the English to settle on the
Delaware, and both used their utmost endeavors to prevent them. They
1 Trumbull, i„ p. 116. 2 Vincent, p. 167.
| Title | History of Maryland - 1 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000265 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | 240 HISTORY OF MARYLAND. and Fenland, but was afterwards assigned to Henry Hockhammer and others, they, as the instrument states, "having the intention of establishing a colony in New Sweden." At this time we also have the first authentic information of the attempt of the English to settle on the Delaware. Turnbull, in his History of Connecticut, says: " A large purchase, sufficient for a number of plantations, was made by Captain Turner, agent for New Haven, on both sides of the Delaware bay and river. This purchase was made with a view to trade, and for the settlement of churches in gospel order and purity."x Early in the year 1641, a bark was fitted out at New Haven, by Mr. Lamberton, under the command of Eobert Cogswell. They stopped at Port Amsterdam, when Director Kieft, hearing of their intention, entered his protest against their visit, and warned them " not to build or plant on the South river, lying within the limits of New Netherlands, nor on the lands extending along there, as lawfully belonging to us."2 The English, however, proceeded to South river, and commenced erecting trading-houses at Varkenskill, or Farken skill, near the present town of Salem, New Jersey, and, it is supposed, also on the Schuylkill. This settlement consisted of sixty persons, comprising twenty families. The Dutch determined to expel these settlers from the Schuylkill, and on the 22d of April, 1642, issued instructions to their commissary or governor on the South river, Jan Jansen Van Ilpendan, to that effect. John Johnson (as the English call him) appears to have carried out his instructions, for the English, in their complaints afterwards made, say, " that notwithstanding the purchases of the English, on both sides of the river, to which they affirm neither the Dutch or Swedes had any just title, Governor Keith [Kieft],. without protest or warning, sent armed men, and by force, in a hostile manner,, burnt their trading-house, seized, and for some time, detained the goods in it, not suffering their servants so much as to take an inventory of them." He also seized their boat, and for a while kept their men prisoners, for which treatment they could not, up to 1650, get any satisfaction. On the 16th of August, 1642, John Printz, a lieutenant colonel in the Swedish army, described by Peterson De Vries as a person " who weighed upwards of four hundred pounds, and drank three drinks at every meal," was appointed Governor of New Sweden. He arrived at Fort Christiana on the 15th of February, 1643, and soon after erected a residence at "Fort Got- tenberg," on what is now called Province Island, at the mouth of the Schuylkill river, near the western abutment of Penrose ferry bridge. Shortly after his arrival, or previous to building this fort, he succeeded in expelling the English who were settled on Varkenskill, under Lamberton. In this outrage he was'assisted by the Dutch, who were, with the Swedes, extremely jealous of the pertinacious attempts of the English to settle on the Delaware, and both used their utmost endeavors to prevent them. They 1 Trumbull, i„ p. 116. 2 Vincent, p. 167. |
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