Jan Snedeker

Jan Snedeker (c. 1609 – c. 1685) arrived in New Netherland, later New Amsterdam around 1639. In 1652 he and came to be one of the three founders of Midwood, or Midwout, a name deriving from the Middle Dutch word meaning "middle woods," so called for the area of dense woodland midway between the towns of Boswyck (Bushwick) and Breuckelen (Brooklyn).[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Snedeker, Walt C., The Book of Snedeker, 1992.
  2. ↑ Strong, Thomas Morris. The history of the town of Flatbush, in Kings county, Long Island. New-York, 1842.


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