Anthony Janszoon van Salee.
original settler of and prominent landholder, merchant, and creditor in New Netherlands, said to have been the first Muslim of New York
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About Anthony Janszoon van Salee
Anthony Janszoon van Salee (1607–1676) was an original settler of and prominent landholder, merchant, and creditor in New Netherland, a 17th-century colonial province of the Dutch Republic located on the East Coast of what is now the United States of America. Van Salee was commonly known as Anthony the Turk due to his religion. It is unknown if van Salee was actually Muslim; if so he may have been the first free Muslim settler and landholder in the land that would later become the United States. He was recorded as owning a Quran. Anthony's line married into European families. Descendants of van Salee, in possession of his belongings, said he was the son of Jan Janszoon van Haarlem. Abraham Janszoon van Salee, his brother, also came to New Amsterdam, and operated the privateering ship La Garce out of the colony.
Everything about Anthony Janszoon van Salee →- Born
- 1607
- Died
- 1676