Arendt (van Coller) van Curler was a New Netherland settler. Join: New Netherland Settlers Project Discuss: new_netherland

Biography

Arendt (van Coller) van Curler is Notable.

Arent van Curler, later van Corlaer, was the cousin of Kiliaen van Rensselaer and undertook the management of Rensselaer's patroonship Rensselaerswyck in Nieuw-Nederland, perhaps as early as 1630. He was responsible for the establishment of the farm at the Great Flats, north of Beverwyck, in the 1640's. Van Curler was appointed to several commissions to treat with the neighboring Mohawk Indians in the 1650's.^[1] In the early 1660's, he was involved with the purchase and settlement of the new town of Schenectady, West of Beverwick in the Mohawk Valley.^[2]

Monsr. Arent van Curler drowned in Lake Champlain in 1667. ^[3]

Baptism

Baptism Aert van Coller, 6 February 1620 Nijkerk [4]

The baptism record indicates that his last name at birth was van Coller.

Other Church Events

• NARDC Baptism Record: 1662 Nov 20; Jan Janszen de Jong, Catharina de Brul; Dina; Arent Van Corlaer, Dina de Jong

Sources

1. ↑ Greer, Bill. Arent van Curler & the Flatts, New Netherland Institute (online exhibit).
2. ↑ Schenectady Genesis, by Susan J Staffa, 2004, p. 7.
3. ↑ Arnold J. F. Van Laer. Minutes of the Court of Albany, Rensselaerswyck and Schenectady, 1668-1673. Vol. I. (Albany: University of the State of New York, 1926). https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/files/2114/2777/4963/Court_Minutes_of_Albany_Rennselaerswyck_and_Schenectady_1668-1673_Vol_I.pdf
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Source: Geldersch archief Baptism 6 February 1620 Kerkelijke gemeente: Nijkerk Toegangsnummer: 0176 Inventarisnummer: 1135 Pagina: 82 Volgnummer op pagina: 18

• Wikipedia: Arent van Curler
• Wardell, Patricia A. Early Bergen County Families, File: BCFam-V.pdf. "Van Curler, Arendt". Accessed 19 Dec 2016. http://njgsbc.org/indexes/bergen-county-families/
• "Arent Van Curler's Children." In The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, 82-84. 2nd ed. Vol. 110. New York, New York: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1971.
• Greer, Bill. Arent van Curler & the Flatts, New Netherland Institute (online exhibit).
• Romney, Susanah Shaw. New Netherland Connections: Intimate Networks and Atlantic Ties in Seventeenth-century America. Chapel Hill: Univeristy of North Carolina Press, 2014. 29, 94, 181.
• Early New Netherland Settlers, by Robert Gordon Clarke (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rclarke/) Cites: Record, April 1979, p. 82. Settlers of Rensselaerwyck, by A. J. F. Van Laer, 1908, p. 17.
• Schenectady Genesis, by Susan J Staffa, 2004, p. 7.
• Digibron Kenniscentrum Gereformeerde Gezindte Historische band verbindt Nijkerk met Schenectady Gepubliceerd op: 7 maart 1984, Accessed 11 January 2018
• ARENT VAN CURLER & THE FLATTS. History, Archaeology & Art Illuminate a Life on the Hudson
• Our Hall of Fame: Arent Van Curler (1620-1667), Schenectady Digital History Archive, Schenectady County (N.Y.) Public Library.
• Town of Colonie > Town Historian › Town of Colonie - Timeline, 1643, https://www.colonie.org/departments/historian/timeline , accessed 07 Apr 2021.
• L.F. Tantillo Fine Art, Departure of the Jesuit, https://lftantillo.com/17th-century/departure-of-the-jesuit.html ,accessed 07 Apr 2021.
• Nijkerk Schenectady Project Website, Shows AVC commerative plaque in Nijkerk Church. http://www.nijkerk-schenectady.nl/english/what-we-do/ , accessed 10 Jan 2022.

Acknowledgements

• This person was created on 14 September 2010 through the import of 124-DeCoursey.ged.

• Van Corlaer-2 was created through the import of EVERYBODY and EVERYTHING.ged on Oct 14, 2011 by April Mavros.