Peter Stuyvesant

settler, colonial governor of the colony of New Netherland from 1647-1664 until it ceded territory to England (as the United States of New York and New Jersey)

life1592- (432)
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Adriaen van der Donck

Dutch colonist, landowner, famous for the lands of Yonkers, NY
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Charles Stillman

Settler, founded the city of Brownsville, Texas

Daniel Boone

frontiersman, early pioneer of America, explorer of Kentucky (outside the 13 Colonies), settler, Lewis & Clark expeditions, folk hero in the United States
1734-1820 (86)

David Fasken

Landowner, lawyer, attorney, his family founded Fasken Oil & Ranch on 300,000 acres of land in Texas

David Manners

11th Duke of Rutland, landowner

Davy Crockett

Native Indian explorer, frontiersman aka King of the Wild Frontier, soldier, military veteran, folk hero of American settlers, politician, US representative during the Texas revolution at The Alamo
1786-1836 (50)

Donald Scott

Landowner of Trails End Ranch due to family inheritance, LA County executed him in an asset forfeiture due to suspected marijuana, house burnt down due to arson and the National Park Service ordered to stand down firefighters

George Kennedy

Businessman, the Canadian city Georgetown, Ontario was named after him.
1799-1870 (71)

Henri Menier

Chocolate maker, built the town of Port-Menier on Anticosti Island after purchasing the island in 1895 for $125,000, and named Vauréal Falls after his home town in France.

HF Dangberg

Farmer, first settler and creator of Minden, Nevada
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Jacob Kip

First settler to Kips Bay, New York
1631-1690 (59)

James Patten

The Wheat King, trader of grain, corn and cotton

John Rolfe

Navigator on the Deliverance ship, early settler to Jamestown, cultivation of tobacco

John Winthrop

Governor of Massachusetts Colony, very wealthy political family dynasty

Juan Ponce de León

Spanish explorer, searching for the fountain of youth

Thorvald Eiriksson

Norse settler, son of Erik the Red, brother of Leif Erikson
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