Gulian Verplanck (also known as Gulyne, Galyna and Geleyn;
/ref> 1637–1684) was a colonial American fur trader and merchant in New York.

Early life

He was the eldest son of

Abraham Isaacsen Verplanck Abraham Isaacsen Verplanck (1606–1690), also known as Abraham Isaacse Ver Planck, was an early and prominent settler in New Netherlands. A land developer and speculator, he was the progenitor of an extensive Verplanck (disambiguation), Verplanck ...

, was a merchant, fur trader, and purchaser of a 1/3rd interest in what became the sprawling

Rombout Patent The Rombout Patent was a Colonial history of the United States, Colonial era land patent issued by King James II of England in 1685 sanctioning the right of Francis Rombouts and his partners Stephanus Van Cortlandt and Jacobus Kip to own some of ...

in the southeast of the then

Province of New York The Province of New York was a British proprietary colony and later a royal colony on the northeast coast of North America from 1664 to 1783. It extended from Long Island on the Atlantic, up the Hudson River and Mohawk River valleys to ...

. His younger sister, Catharina Verplanck, was the wife of

David Pieterse Schuyler David Pieterse Schuyler was a Dutch-born member of the Schuyler family. He was a fur trader, Alderman of Albany, captain, and merchant. Early life Schuyler was born in the Republic of the Seven United Provinces, in 1636 as the son of Pieter Tjer ...

, the Dutch born fur trader who became an Alderman of Albany.

Career

In 1685, King

James II of England James II and VII (14 October 1633 – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Monarchy of Ireland, Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from the death of his elder brother, Charles II of England, Charles II, on 6 February 1 ...

issued a royal grant for some of land to Verplanck and partners

Francis Rombouts Francis Rombouts (22 June 1631 – 1691) was the 12th Mayor of New York City from 1679 to 1680. He was one of three proprietors of the Rombout Patent, and the father of the pioneering Colonial businesswoman Catheryna Rombout Brett. Biography F ...

, and

Stephanus Van Cortlandt Stephanus van Cortlandt (May 7, 1643 – November 25, 1700) was the first native-born mayor of New York City, a position which he held from 1677 to 1678 and from 1686 to 1688. He was the patroon of Van Cortlandt Manor and was on the governor ...

(both former

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) they had purchased from

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Indians on the east bank of the

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in what is today's southern

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Personal life

Verplanck was married to Hendrikja Wessels (also known as "Henrica"). Together, they were the parents of: * Samuel Verplanck (1669–1698), who married Ariaantie "Harriet" Bayard, a daughter of Rev. Balthazar

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. * Jacobus Verplanck (1671–1699), who married his first cousin, Margarita Schuyler, the youngest daughter of

Philip Pieterse Schuyler Colonel Philip Pieterse Schuyler or Philip Pieterse (1628 – 9 May 1683) was a Dutch-born landowner in New Netherlands and progenitor of the senior line of the American Schuyler family. Early life Philip Pieterse Schuyler was born in Amsterda ...

. * Abraham Verplanck (b. 1674) * Anna Verplanck (b. 1680), who married merchant Andries "Andrew" Teller, a son of Andries Teller and Sophia ( Van Cortlandt) Teller. Verplanck died in 1684. After his death, his widow Henrica married Jacobus Kip, grandson of

Hendrick Hendricksen Kip Hendrick Hendricksen Kip (1600–1685) was a Dutch colonial magistrate. He was one of the nine original popular assemblymen serving in New Amsterdam from 1647 under Pieter Stuyvesant, Governor of New Netherlands. Biography Hendrick Hendricksen ...

, and the family's share of the patent passed down through that line.

Descendants

Through his son Jacobus, he was a grandfather of Philip Verplanck (1695–1771), who married Gertrude Van Cortlandt, a granddaughter of

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Verplanck, Gulian 1630s births 1684 deaths 17th-century American merchants 17th-century American landowners American fur traders Merchants from colonial New York

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