Captain Cornelius Herdrickson

7808. Cornelius Hendrickson born about 1572 in Utrecht, Holland. He became a navigator and was the first white man to set foot on the soil of Pennsylvania and West Jersey. He was the discoverer of the Raritan and Schuylkill rivers, and explored the Delaware to the falls at the present site of Trenton. During the latter part of 1614 he explored the coast of New Jersey in the yacht "Onrest," the first vessel built in New Amsterdam.

This vessel was first sailed by Captain Adraien Block. Full accounts of Capt. Hendricksonn's voyage can be found in O'Callaghan's & Brodhead's Histories as well as in the records of the NY Historical Society.

-- Hendrickson family site:

http://mydruthers.com/Geneology/Mattecheck/Hendrickson.html

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"He was a navigator and an explorer. May have been first Dutch explorer to set foot on soil of PA and NJ, exploring the Delaware River to its falls at the present site of Trenton, NJ around 1614."

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First map of Delaware and coastal NJ:
http://www.theonrust.com/history.html

• Reference: FamilySearch Family Tree - SmartCopy: Mar 29 2020, 14:30:58 UTC

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Onrust Project:
http://www.theonrust.com/history.html

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