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Jacob Stoffelsen was settler to New Netherland, the 17th century North American colony of the Dutch Empire.
Stoffelsen from Zierikzee, a city on the island of Schouwen, province of Zealand, Netherlands; https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/digital-exhibitions/family-history/movements/ https://history.nycourts.gov/figure/jacob-stoffelsen/
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One of the very first slaveholders was Jacob Stoffelsen, married to Vrouwtje Ides Van Vorst
Stoffelsen worked for the Dutch West India Company as the “Commissary of Stores” and was an overseer of slaves in New Amsterdam. https://www.hobokengirl.com/jersey-city-history-underground-railroad/