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The De'Endracht is the vessel that transported Jentie Jeppes and his family to new Amsterdam in 1664.

1. Passenger List

April 17, 1664. In D'Endracht (The Concord), Captain Jan Bergen

Abigel Verplancken, and child. 4 years old.
Claes Mellis, from Groot-Schermer, wife and two children, 8 and 5 years old, and servant, Jan Taelman
Hendrick Bartholomeus, and five children, 15, 13, 11, 7, and 5 years old.
Claes Gerritsz, wife and child, 4 years old.
Jentje Jeppes, wife and three children, 5, 4, and 2 years old.
Bastiaen Cornelisz, from Maersen
Maes Willemse, from Hooghlant.
The wife of Jan Evertsz Van Lier, and child 8 years old.
Claes Andriessen, from Holstein.
Gerrit Gerritsz, from Swol.
Sicke Jans, from Amsterdam
Maria Van Der Haagen, and child, 4 years old.
Carel Enjart, from Flanders, wife and three children, 12, 8 and 4 years old.
Hendrick Wierinck, from Wesel.
Adriaentien Hendricks, and child 3 years old.

Source: (information supplied via 7 April 2001 email from Georgi Sills and also in Harry Macy, Jr. articles on VW family)

New World Immigrants edited by Michael Tepper, Volume 1, page 193.
Also in http://olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/ (ships to New Netherland)

2. Details on the De-Endracht, courtesy of Fred Van Wicklin via 18 March 2005 email. The web site where Fred located these details is: www.thefab.net/topics/culture_history/hg01_gosnold.htm

The De'Endracht, also known as the Concord, was a small bark. The waterline of the Concord was 60 to 70 feet and in poor condition according to Gookin estimates. The Concord, like others of its time sailing the deep waters, was according to any present day standards, a dangerously small vessel," Gookin writes.

It carried 32 persons, including Captain Bartholomew Gosnold, Captain Gabriel Archer, and John Brereton (1572-16??), an English cleric and Cambridge graduate, and his description "is one of the first English descriptions of the New England coast." He was both literate and observant, providing an interesting and informative narrative of the conditions, natives, and territory.

The Concord (or De'Endracht) was later purchased by the Dutch West India Company where it continued to sail from Amsterdam, the Netherlands, bringing colonists to the New World. The name Concord was also honored in other ships: The second Concord, a sloop-of-war (1828); The third U.S.S. Concord, a 1710-ton gunboat of the Yorktown class (1891); and the fourth Concord (C1-10)(1921).