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About Pieter Tonneman
Pieter Tonneman was a long-time employee of the Dutch West India Company and became schout of the villages on Long Island in 1654, a position he held until he became schout of Brooklyn in 1656. He continued in this office until 1660, when he was appointed Schout of New Amsterdam. On January 3, 1657, Pieter Tonneman was appointed to the New Netherland Council, and he served as councillor until 1660.
When the Dutch surrendered New Netherland to the English in 1664, Pieter Tonneman chose to return to Holland. He resigned his office in February 1665 and was succeeded by Allard Anthony.
from http://www.nycourts.gov/history/legal-history-new-york/luminaries-d...
On 5 Sept 1664 a petition, here called a Remonstrance, was presented to Director Stuyvesant signed by 93 of the leading citizens of New Amsterdam, urging a peaceful surrender to the British, rather than undergo the bloodshed of a futile resistance. Paulus Leendertsen van der Grift, the presiding Burgomaster, was one of those who signed this petition. (Some other well-known names are Martin Kregier,Jr., van Cortland, N. Varleth, Steenwick, Allard Antoni,Isaacq Bedloo, Jan Vinge, and Jacob Leyseler. Even Balthazar Stuyvesant, Peter's 17 year-old son, signed the petition. The complete text is in Corwin.)
On 8 Sep 1664 the Articles of Capitulation, surrendering New Netherland to the English, were ratified. The nine signatures to this document were P. Stuyvesant(Director-General), N. De Sille (Councillor), Martin Cregier, Paulus Leendertsen van der Grift(Burgomaster), Peter Tonneman (Schout), Jacob Backer (President of the Board of Schepens), Timotheus Gabry (Schepen), Isaac Greveraet (Schepen), and Nicholas Meyer (Schepen).
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