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1604Apr, 28

Joris Jansen Rapelje

Joris Jansen Rapelje, Early Dutch settler in colonial North America (d. 1662)
Joris Jansen Rapelje (28 April 1604 – 21 February 1662/63) was a member of the Council of Twelve Men in the Dutch West India Company colony of New Netherland. He and his wife Catalina (Catalyntje) Trico (1605–1689) were among the earliest settlers in New Netherland.

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