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- Nicasius, son of Laurens and Walburga and the first in the family to em igrate, was born in Arnheim in 1610. He studied at the universities of L eyden and Orleans, from where he graduated, a Doctor of Law. He was a H igh Council, a Fiscal, and an Advocate.
Nicasius de Sille was a man of unusual acquirements, an author, a state sman, a lawyer, an expert in military affairs with especial knowledge o f fortifications; he came here in 1653 a widower with five children." " De Sille came from a prominent family in the Republic. He studied law a nd became an advocate at the Court of Holland, not neglecting his milit ary duty. When, after the Remonstrance of 1650 and the near recall of S tuyvesant in 1652, the Heeren XIX looked around for an 'expert and able s tatesman' to be Stuyvesant's first councillor (and possibly his success or), their eyes fell on the forty-two year-old De Sille, a widower with f ive children." (p. 275) [Ref. Schuyler van Renssalaer History of the Ci ty of New York in the 17th Century, Vol. 1, p. 353]
They offered him a monthly salary of one hundred guilders, and he saile d in August 1653 with his two sons, three daughters, and a maid. [Ref. B rodhead & O'Callaghan, Documents relative to the Colonial History of Ne w York, II, p. 400]
In 1655 there was a confrontation at Fort Christina with the Swedes, un der the command of Johan Rysingh. Stuyvesant sent a small fleet of ship s with instructions to claim the South River for the Dutch. The Dutch g rouped themselves into three divisions and surrounded the fort. "The on e under Stuyvesant dug in north of Christina, three hundred feet from i ts walls, with four cannon, of which one was an eighteen-pounder. The c ompany of Frederick de Koningh, the captain of the Waegh, constructed a t the south side a battery with three guns; while northwest of the fort t he third company, under the command of Councillor Nicasius de Sille, co mpleted the encircling with two twelve-pounders." (p. 268) After a sieg e of ten days, as the Dutch soldiers began to roam around the countrysi de, robbing and pillaging, the Swedes surrendered. Stuyvesant immediate ly had to return to New Amsterdam, where a force of 900 Indians had gat hered to threaten Manhattan, in what became known as the Peach War.
Nicasius, son of Laurens and Walburga and the first in the family to em i grate, was born in Arnheim in 1610. He studied at the universities of L e yden and Orleans, from where he graduated, a Doctor of Law. He was a H i gh Council, a Fiscal, and an Advocate.
Nicasius de Sille was a man of unusual acquirements, an author, a state s man, a lawyer, an expert in military affairs with especial knowledge o f f ortifications; he came here in 1653 a widower with five children." " De S ille came from a prominent family in the Republic. He studied law a nd b ecame an advocate at the Court of Holland, not neglecting his milit ary d uty. When, after the Remonstrance of 1650 and the near recall of S tuyv esant in 1652, the Heeren XIX looked around for an 'expert and able s t atesman' to be Stuyvesant's first councillor (and possibly his success o r), their eyes fell on the forty-two year-old De Sille, a widower with f i ve children." (p. 275) [Ref. Schuyler van Renssalaer History of the Ci t y of New York in the 17th Century, Vol. 1, p. 353]
They offered him a monthly salary of one hundred guilders, and he saile d i n August 1653 with his two sons, three daughters, and a maid. [Ref. B r odhead & O'Callaghan, Documents relative to the Colonial History of Ne w Y ork, II, p. 400]
In 1655 there was a confrontation at Fort Christina with the Swedes, un d er the command of Johan Rysingh. Stuyvesant sent a small fleet of ship s w ith instructions to claim the South River for the Dutch. The Dutch g ro uped themselves into three divisions and surrounded the fort. "The on e u nder Stuyvesant dug in north of Christina, three hundred feet from i ts w alls, with four cannon, of which one was an eighteen-pounder. The c omp any of Frederick de Koningh, the captain of the Waegh, constructed a t t he south side a battery with three guns; while northwest of the fort t h e third company, under the command of Councillor Nicasius de Sille, co m pleted the encircling with two twelve-pounders." (p. 268) After a sieg e o f ten days, as the Dutch soldiers began to roam around the countrysi de , robbing and pillaging, the Swedes surrendered. Stuyvesant immediate l y had to return to New Amsterdam, where a force of 900 Indians had gat h ered to threaten Manhattan, in what became known as the Peach War.
Nicasius, son of Laurens and Walburga and the first in the family to em igrate, was born in Arnheim in 1610. He studied at the universities of L eyden and Orleans, from where he graduated, a Doctor of Law. He was a H igh Council, a Fiscal, and a n Advocate.
Nicasius de Sille was a man of unusual acquirements, an author, a state sman, a lawyer, an expert in military affairs with especial knowledge o f fortifications; he came here in 1653 a widower with five children." " De Sille came from a prominen t family in the Republic. He studied law a nd became an advocate at the Court of Holland, not neglecting his milit ary duty. When, after the Remonstrance of 1650 and the near recall of S tuyvesant in 1652, the Heeren XIX looked around for an 'expe rt and able s tatesman' to be Stuyvesant's first councillor (and possibly his success or), their eyes fell on the forty-two year-old De Sille, a widower with f ive children." (p. 275) [Ref. Schuyler van Renssalaer History of the Ci ty of New Yor k in the 17th Century, Vol. 1, p. 353]
They offered him a monthly salary of one hundred guilders, and he saile d in August 1653 with his two sons, three daughters, and a maid. [Ref. B rodhead & O'Callaghan, Documents relative to the Colonial History of Ne w York, II, p. 400]
In 1655 there was a confrontation at Fort Christina with the Swedes, un der the command of Johan Rysingh. Stuyvesant sent a small fleet of ship s with instructions to claim the South River for the Dutch. The Dutch g rouped themselves into three di visions and surrounded the fort. "The on e under Stuyvesant dug in north of Christina, three hundred feet from i ts walls, with four cannon, of which one was an eighteen-pounder. The c ompany of Frederick de Koningh, the captain of the Waegh, con structed a t the south side a battery with three guns; while northwest of the fort t he third company, under the command of Councillor Nicasius de Sille, co mpleted the encircling with two twelve-pounders." (p. 268) After a sieg e of ten days, a s the Dutch soldiers began to roam around the countrysi de, robbing and pillaging, the Swedes surrendered. Stuyvesant immediate ly had to return to New Amsterdam, where a force of 900 Indians had gat hered to threaten Manhattan, in what became kno wn as the Peach War.
Nicasius, son of Laurens and Walburga and the first in the family to em i grate, was born in Arnheim in 1610. He studied at the universities of L e yden and Orleans, from where he graduated, a Doctor of Law. He was a H i gh Council, a Fiscal, an d an Advocate.
Nicasius de Sille was a man of unusual acquirements, an author, a state s man, a lawyer, an expert in military affairs with especial knowledge o f f ortifications; he came here in 1653 a widower with five children." " De S ille came from a promine nt family in the Republic. He studied law a nd b ecame an advocate at the Court of Holland, not neglecting his milit ary d uty. When, after the Remonstrance of 1650 and the near recall of S tuyv esant in 1652, the Heeren XIX looked around for an ' expert and able s t atesman' to be Stuyvesant's first councillor (and possibly his success o r), their eyes fell on the forty-two year-old De Sille, a widower with f i ve children." (p. 275) [Ref. Schuyler van Renssalaer History of the Ci t y of N ew York in the 17th Century, Vol. 1, p. 353]
They offered him a monthly salary of one hundred guilders, and he saile d i n August 1653 with his two sons, three daughters, and a maid. [Ref. B r odhead & O'Callaghan, Documents relative to the Colonial History of Ne w Y ork, II, p. 400]
In 1655 there was a confrontation at Fort Christina with the Swedes, un d er the command of Johan Rysingh. Stuyvesant sent a small fleet of ship s w ith instructions to claim the South River for the Dutch. The Dutch g ro uped themselves into thre e divisions and surrounded the fort. "The on e u nder Stuyvesant dug in north of Christina, three hundred feet from i ts w alls, with four cannon, of which one was an eighteen-pounder. The c omp any of Frederick de Koningh, the captain of the Waeg h, constructed a t t he south side a battery with three guns; while northwest of the fort t h e third company, under the command of Councillor Nicasius de Sille, co m pleted the encircling with two twelve-pounders." (p. 268) After a sieg e o f te n days, as the Dutch soldiers began to roam around the countrysi de , robbing and pillaging, the Swedes surrendered. Stuyvesant immediate l y had to return to New Amsterdam, where a force of 900 Indians had gat h ered to threaten Manhattan, in wha t became known as the Peach War.
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1610 - Abt 1673 (62 years)
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