Hendrick
van Dyck
Alternate Last Name(s)
Dijck, Dijk
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ID
432
Gender
Male
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Birth Date
1610-00-00
Birth Date Notes
(circa)
Birth Location
Death Date
1688-03-20
Death Dates Notes
On or before March 20, 1688
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Ancestor Notes

Hendrick Van Dycke arrived aboard the Waterhoundt May  of 1640 with his wife and a child.   He returned to the Netherlands in 1644 but was back in New Netherland by 1647.  He was named Schout Fiscal at one point.  He was suspended from office in 1652(link is external) https://encyclopedia.nahc-mapping.org/document/minute-appearance-hendrick-van-dyck-council

Hendrick is accused of having killed a Native American woman for stealing peaches in his orchard, thus beginning the '(link is external)Peach War'(link is external)https://encyclopedia.nahc-mapping.org/document/letter-directors-director-general-and-council