DE SiLLE, NiCASIUS, 1610-1694.

From Arnhem, Gelderland.

Died in Nieuw Utrecht.

First Councillor to the Director-General, 1653-1664.

Commissioner to superintend the fortifications of Nieuw

Amsterdam, 1653.

Vice-Director of the Colony during the absence of Gov.

Stu3Pv^esant in the West Indies, 1654-1655.

Commissioner of Boundaries, 1654, 1656.

Schout Fiscal of Nieuw Nederland, 1656.

Schout of Nieuw Amsterdam, 1656-1661.

Captain Lieutenant of the Burgher Corps, 1656.

The first records of Nieuw Utrecht are in his handwriting,

signed " N de Sille," 1656.

Proprietor in Nieuw Utrecht, 1657.

78

Commissioner to settle affairs at the Suydt Rivier Colony.

1659.

Commissioner to survey and enclose Breuckelen and Nieuw

Utrecht, 1660.

Commissioner to counteract the mutinous proceedings m

the English towns on Long Island.

8, 47, 54, 59, 78.