Abraham Isaacsen Verplanck

A property owner on a smaller scale on Manhattan for the remainder of his life, he died with outstanding debt, settled by his family in 1699 by sale of one of his holdings.

Verplanck was the son of Isaac Ver Planck, born in Edam in Dutch Republic (Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden) in 1606.

He was the father of merchant, fur trader, and land grant applicant Gulian Verplanck (c. 1636 - 1684), whose widow Henrica inherited a one-third interest of the expansive Rombout Patent in today's southern Dutchess County, New York.

Pauw failed to fulfill the other conditions set forth by the Dutch West India Company (WIC) (which included populating the area with at least 50 adults) and was later required to sell his interests back to it.

In 1643, Verplanck took part in a Shrovetide dinner meeting at the home of Jan Jansen Damen, with other guests including Kieft, Cornelis van Tienhoven and Maryn Adriansen.

[15] During dinner, the men discussed the Indian situation and Van Tienhoven produced a petition advocating the massacre of the Native American population.

Verplanck's losses were so great in the Pavonia action that he was forced to mortgage his property to Jan Damen and Tienhoven, to serve as security for a loan from the Dutch West India Company, which he did on April 27, 1643.

In 1664, when the English fleet appeared in the Upper New York Bay to claim the colony, Verplanck was one of the signers of the petition requesting that Peter Stuyvesant surrender.

Sometime after February 27, 1699, a parcel of land having belonged to Verplanck, located on King Street in Manhattan was sold by his heirs, apparently to settle his estate.