Stiles+-+1867

Stiles, Henry R. //A History of the City of Brooklyn. Vol 2// Brooklyn: Private publication., 1867. [|Link]

__The early settlers and patents of Bushwick__ - 1641-1650: Earliest settlement of the territory. Swedes and Norwegians (Normans), together with a few Dutchmen - 1661: Bushwick chartered by Peter Stuyvesant, the town named "Boswijk - the town of woods". Bushwick engaged in agricultural pursuits, the town remained loyal to the states-general. - 1663-64: Conquest of New Netherland by the English. - 1664: The citizens of Boswyck yielded a docile submission to English authority. "It is probable that their supineness was due to the natural apathy of their race, rather than to any particular satisfaction with their new masters." (p.339) - 1691-98: Insults and exactions by the civil officers and magistrates. Constant ferment of dissatisfaction in Buchwick. - 1708: The town of Bushwick received a new patent from Gov. Cornbury, confirmatory of that previously granted by Gov. Nicolls.

__Bushwick after the Revolutionary War__ - At the close of the Revolution, three distinct settlements were in Bushwick. Het Dorp was the center of town life. *Map attached 1. Het dorp (first laid out by Gov. Peter Stuyvesant in 1661) at the junction of North Second street and Bushwick avenue. 2. Het Kivis padt, at the junction of New Bushwick lane and the Kreupelbush1 and Maspeth (crossing of the present Bushwick avenue and the Flushing) 3. Het strand, along the East river shore