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- Both of the VAN DER GRIFT brothers were in the employ of the West India Company. Paulus was skipper of the ship "Neptune" in 1645, and of the "Grest Gerrit" in 1646. He was a large landholder in New Amsterdam as early as 1644. He was a member of the council, 1647-1648; burgomaster 1657-1658, and 1661-1664; orphan master 1656-1660; member of convention, 1653 and 1663. On February 21, 1664, Paulus LEENDERSEN and Allard ANTHONY were spoken of as "co-patroons of the new settlement of Noortwyck on the North Rover." He had five children baptized at the Dutch Reformed church, and he and his wife were witnesses to the baptism of five of the eight children of his brother Jacob. Paulus Leendertsen VAN DER GRIFTsold his property in New Amsterdam in 1671, and returned with his family to Europe.
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