"His father-in-law was a Huguenot from Rochelle, France, who came to America in 1623 and settled at Fort Orance (now Albany), but removed to New Amsterdam in 1626. He purchased from the Indians in 1637 a tract of 325 acres in what was called Rennegaconck, now in the city of Brooklyn, and there he spent the remainder of his life, dying about 1670"