Samuel Godin
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Samuel Godin, Godyn or Godijn was a wealthy merchant, originally from the Spanish Netherlands, trading in Spain, Brazil and the Levant. He was one of the administrators of the Noordsche Compagnie, inv
De Groenlandsche pakhuizen (Greenland warehouses) on Keizersgracht 40–44, built in 1621. Godin owned 1/10 of the originally five warehouses
Kiliaen van Rensselaer was a Dutch diamond and pearl merchant from Amsterdam who was one of the founders and directors of the Dutch West India Company, being instrumental in the establishment of New N
Samuel Godin
…Harbour porpoise) or De Walvis (The Whale), either on number 105 or 107. Because of competition among fellow Dutch fur-traders it seems Samuel Godin and Killian van Rensselaer decided to look around elsewhere. In 1628 Samuel Blommaert was informed about suitable land near Godyn's Bay. In the late 1620s, when a controversy…
Birth house of Kiliaen van Rensselaer in Hasselt, Netherlands
The West India House in Amsterdam, headquarters of the Dutch West India Company from 1623 to 1647
Van Rensselaer Stained Glass
Rensselaer family gravestone in the church of Nijkerk, that Kiliaen bought commemorating his father Hendrick and uncle Johan. He probably purchased this when his first wife died, as her family name, Byllaer, is on the stone in the lower right. Kiliaen named his sons Hendrick and Johan after these men.