The settlement, which consisted of about thirty families, was in the vicinity of the present town of Gloucester.

A fortress was erected, called Fort Nassau.

This was the first European settlement upon the Delaware, which stream was then called Prince Hendrick's, or South River.

Another fortified post, called Fort Orange, was established upon the western banks of the Hudson River about thirty-six miles from the island of Manhattan.
Very slowly the tide of emigration began to flow towards the Hudson.

A few families settled on Staten Island.