Sebastiaen Jansen Krol

Bastiaen Jansz Krol (also Sebastia(e)n Jans(s)en Crol[1] or Crull; 1595, Harlingen – 14 March 1674)[2][3] was Director of New Netherland from 1632 to 1633.

In November 1624 he had returned to Amsterdam and made a report to the church elders, who gave him the right to perform baptisms and weddings in the new colony.

He probably sailed back to New Amsterdam in May or June 1625, prior to the arrival of Peter Minuit the next year.

[3] Bastiaen Krol is most frequently remembered for arranging the purchase of the domain of Rensselaerswyck in 1630.

He received a tract of country to the north and south of Fort Orange, but not including that trading-post,[1] which, like the island of Manhattan, remained under the control of the Dutch West India Company.