The Eighteen Ministers of the Reformed Dutch Church
	in New Amsterdam and New York (1628 to 1801)
	
1.Michaelius, Jonas
  He arrived in April of 1628 and served until he returned to the 
  Netherlands at the end of 1631 or the beginning of 1632.

2.Bogardus, Everardus
  Everardus, who eventually married Anneke Jans (my ancestor), 
  had arrived in March 1633.He died on a return voyage to the 
  Netherlands in August of 1647.
  
3.Backerus, Johannes Cornelisz.
  He was appointed minister of the church in July of 1647.
  After serving only two years he returned to The Netherlands.
  
4.Megapolensis, Johannes
  This minister served for a very long time after his
  appointment was made in New Amsterdam in August of 1649.
  He died in service of office in January 1670.
  
5.Megapolensis, Samuel
  Samuel, the son of Johannes, is another man who held the
  position of minister for quite a long time. He had left
  The Netherlands on January 20, 1664 and after his arrival
  in New Amsterdam he assisted his father in the duties of
  the office. He kept this position until shortly before his 
  father's death returning to his homeland in 1669.
  
6.Drisius, Samuel
  He had been sent over to be an assistant to the minister
  in 1652. At a later time, most likely after the death of
  Johannes Megapolensis he was acting minister and then
  became minister, serving until July of 1671.
  
7.Luyck, Aegidius
  When Samuel Drisius became ill and infirm, Aegidius was
  requested to serve in March of 1671. He carried the work 
  of the office until a permanent minister came over.
  
8.Nieuwenhuysen, Wilhelmus
  Wilhelmus arrived to take over the duties from Aegidius
  in July 1671 and he held the position until his death
  which occurred on February 17, 1681.
  
9.Selyns, Henricus
  Henricus, was not only the minister to the church in New
  Amsterdam itself, but between 1660 and 1664, he also
  preached at Stuyvesant's bouwery and in Brooklyn. Shortly
  after this period he went back home, but came back over in
  1682 when the colony was now called New York. He carried on
  the office until he died in September of 1701.
  
10.Du Bois, Gualterus
   This man served in office for over 50 years. Taking the position
   in the month of October of 1699, he held it until the ninth of
   the same month in 1751 when he died.
   
11.Boel, Henricus
   On December 16, 1715, Henricus received an appointment to the
   New York church. After he arrived he served as an assistant
   to Du Bois. When Du Bois died he took over until he died in
   office on June 27, 1754.
   
12.Ritzema, Joannes
   He came over from The Netherlands, arriving in New York on the
   14th day of October 1744. At first he acted as an assistant to
   Du Bois and later took over with the death of Boel. During the
   Revolution he was forced to flee in April of 1776. Later, 
   deposed February 10, 1785, he resumed office in New York and
   was eventually declared minister emeritus.
   
13.De Ronde, Lambertus
   Lambertus was in New York on August 30, 1750 where he had been
   called as an assistant. He ran into the same problems as Joannes,
   being deposed on the same date, but later he also was made
   minister emeritus.
   
14.Laidlie, Archibald
   Archibald arrived in New York in June of 1764 and he served as
   an assistant to preach in the English language. He served until
   his death in exile in 1779.
   
15.Livingston, John Henry
   He came over to New York to serve as an assistant and arrived
   September 3, 1770. From 1776 to 1783 he was absent from office.
   (Probably due to the Revolution). John Henry was the Senior
   minister from 1783 to 1810.
   
16.Linn, William
   On November 9, 1786, William was made an assistant and he retired
   on the first of May in 1805.
   
17.Kuypers, Gerardus Arense
   He was made an assistant in May, 1789, and he then kept the office
   of minister until his death on June 28, 1833.
   
18.Abeel, John Neilsen
   John took the call as an assistant on October 1, 1795.
   He died in office on January 19, 1812, the same year as
   that famous war.