The Dutch see important farming potential along …
Years: 1653 - 1653
The Dutch see important farming potential along the Rondout Creek and return to the area once more: the first recorded permanent settler in what will become the city of Kingston is Thomas Chambers, who comes from the area of Rensselaerswyck to the north in 1653.
The new settlement is called Esopus after the local Lenape people.
Locations
Groups
- Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans)
- Netherlands, United Provinces of the (Dutch Republic)
- New Netherland (Dutch Colony)
- Rensselaerswyck, Manor of
