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Dutch colonization in the Caribbean started in 1634 on St. Croix and Tobago (1628), followed in 1631 with settlements on Tortuga (now Île Tortue) and Sint Maarten.When the Dutch lost Sint Maarten (and Anguilla where they had built a fort shortly after arriving in Sint Maarten) to the Spanish, they settled Curaçao and Sint Eustatius.
According to 2021 US Census data, 3,083,041 [1] Americans self-reported to be of (partial) Dutch ancestry, while 884,857 [2] Americans claimed full Dutch heritage. 2,969,407 Dutch Americans were native born in 2021, while 113,634 Dutch Americans were foreign-born, of which 61.5% was born in Europe and 62,9% entered the United States before 2000.
Marius Jansen (1922–2000), American academic, historian, and Emeritus Professor of Japanese History at Princeton University. Herman Melville (1819–1891), author and poet, wrote Moby Dick [3] Milton J. Nieuwsma (born 1941), author, film writer and producer; Erwin Timmers (born 1964), Dutch-American environmental "green artist", glass ...
Cornelius Vanderbilt, the founder of the Vanderbilt business dynasty.. The progenitor of the Vanderbilt family was Jan Aertszoon or Aertson (1620–1705), a Dutch farmer from the village of De Bilt in Utrecht, Netherlands, who emigrated to the Dutch colony of New Netherland as an indentured servant to the Van Kouwenhoven family in 1650.
However the Dutch landholdings remained, and the Hudson River Valley maintained a traditional Dutch character until the 1820s. [38] [39] Traces of Dutch influence remain in present-day northern New Jersey and southeastern New York State, such as homes, family surnames, and the names of roads and whole towns.
Coat of Arms of Philip Pieterse Schuyler. The Schuyler family (/ˈskaɪlər/; Dutch pronunciation: ) was a prominent Dutch family in New York and New Jersey in the 18th and 19th centuries, whose descendants played a critical role in the formation of the United States (especially New York City and northern New Jersey), in leading government and business in North America and served as leaders in ...
Pages in category "American families of Dutch ancestry" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
1491: Columbus sets sail aboard the Niña, Pinta, and Santa Maria. 1492: Columbus reaches the Bahamas, [5] Cuba and Hispaniola.; 1492: La Navidad is established on the island of Hispaniola; it was destroyed by the following year.