Ship Journey: 1618 - Swarte Beer (Black Bear)

Ship Name
Swarte Beer - Black Bear
Departure Location
Departure Date
1618-11
Arrival Location
Arrival Date
1619 (late 1618 or early 1619)
Ship Journey Information

Owner or Charterer New Netherland Company

Skipper Hendrick Christiaensz

Crew Jacob Jansz Wit of Monnickendam, carpenter; Jacob Meyer from Staden, cook; Jan Roeloffsz of Amsterdam, cook's helper

Cargoes noted   Trade goods; kettles; knives (300); 24 rapier blades (24); adzes (40)

Notes: Local Native Americans attacked the ship in the Hudson River near Nut (Governor's) Island. Skipper Christiaensz and all but five of the crew perished in the conflict.

v_013 Van den Hout, Julie. "Voyages of New Netherland." https://www.newnetherlandinstitute.org/history-and-heritage/digital-exhibitions/voyages-of-new-netherland

v_013_2 The return trip was in Summer of 1619 and they arrived in Vlissingen by August 27 1619

Skipper Adriaen Jorisz Thienpont

Crew Jacob Meyer, cook; mate, and officers of Adriaen Jorisz Thienpont's unknown-name Vlissingen ship

Notes: Adriaen Jorisz Thienpont, captain of unknown-named Vlissingen ship, took the Swarte Beer for his own use and forced Jacob Jansz Wit, the ship's carpenter, to sail his ship back to Vlissingen