Oloff Van Cortlandt was an officer of the Dutch West India Company and a brewer in New Amsterdam in the colony of New Netherland. - AsNotedIn
| Notable Position | Organization | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch West India Company | 1638 |
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Y/M/D | Description | Association | Composition | Place | Locale | Food | Event |
| 1617/00/00 | Fijchgen Catherine Oloffs, wife of Steven Cornelissen van Cortlandt, gives birth to a son, Oloff Stevense van Cortlandt, in Wijk bij Duurstede, Utrecht, Dutch Empire. | Born | Province of Utrecht | ||||
| 1638/00/00 | Oloff Van Cortlandt arrives in New Amsterdam in the employ of the Dutch West India Company | Work | |||||
| 1643/00/00 | Van Cortlandt is appointed the Keeper of Public Stores of the DWI, a position that includes collecting revenues from traders and land owners. Most of the income is from fur traders. | Work | |||||
| 1655/00/00 | Oloff van Cortlandt is appointed burgomaster, or mayor of New Amsterdam. He will occupy this office until the arrival of the English in 1664. | Work | |||||
| 1664/09/06 | Peter Stuyvesant sends Johannes de Decker and five others to sign the Articles of Capitulation ceding New Netherlands to the English. Oloff van Cortlandt is one of the commissioners who negotiated the terms of surrender. | Work | Losing New Netherland | ||||
| 1684/04/04 | Oloff Stevense van Cortlandt dies at Brewer's Street (now Stone St), New York, Province of New York. | Died | Stone Street Historic District | New York City |
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