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1 . Oloff van Cortlandt, Burgemeester Nieuw Amsterdam, geboren in 1600, Wyck by Duurstede, Utrecht, Netherlands, gestorven op 5 april 1684 (leeftijd bij overlijden: 84 jaar oud), Soldier with the Dutch West India Company: Commissary of Stores and Cargoes. [Aantekening 1]
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Olof Stephenszen Van Cortlandt came to New Amsterdam in the. ship Haring in 1637, a soldier in the West India Company's Service. He was promoted by Gov. Kieft, and in July, 1639, appointed Commissary of Cargoes, at a salary of thirty guilders ($12) per month. In 1645 was elected one of the Board of Eight men to adopt measures against the Indians, and in 1649, one of the Board of Nine men, of which body the following year he was President. He was elected Schepen of the City in 1654, and in 1655 was advanced to the higher position of Burgomaster, an office he held during the years 1656-58-59, 1662-63 and 1665. He was Alderman in 1666-67, 71, and succeeded Mr. Isaac Bedlow, upon the death of that gentleman, in the same office in 1673. His place of residence was in the Brouwer Straat, now Stone Street, where he was also engaged in business as a Brewer, in which occupation he became wealthy. "He had the character of being a worthy citizen and a man most liberal in his charities." He died April 4, 1684, having survived his wife about a year.