Individual Details

Willem Adriansz Bennett

( - 1645)



"Historic New York Breuckelen - Origin of Breuckelen" By Putnam pg 25-6
""The first grant of land, in what was afterwards the city limits of Brooklyn, appears to have been (The Waalboght) to William Adriaense Bennett and Jacques Bentyn, who in 1636 purchased from the indian sachem Ka a considerable tract at Gowanus, on which a hose was erected, only to be destroyed in the Indian Wars of 1643.

Events

MarriageAbt 1636Brooklyn, Kings County, Long Island, New York - Maritje Baddie
Death1645

Families

SpouseMaritje Baddie ( - 1697)