Captain Marten Kregier or Cregier (1617–after 1681) most likely originated from Borcken in the Holy Roman Empire and was an early settler of New Amsterdam.
[1] Kregier led several successful attacks against the Munsee[3] during the Esopus Wars.
Kregier's house and lot stood on Broadway just north of Battery Park and his daughter married Christoffel Hooglant.
[6] New York merchants met in the same building in 1765 and signed resolutions to import no more goods from England until the Stamp Act was repealed.
[8] Kregier finally settled in Niskayuna, New York on the banks of the Mohawk.