A History of the City of Brooklyn and Kings County, Volume I.
CHAPTER IV
THE BEGINNINGS OF BREUCKELEN 1643-1647
The Ferry and the Ferry Road. Settlement of Flatlands. Flatbush. Lady Deborah Moody and the Settlement of Gravesend. Early Settlements. The Name of Breuckelen. Henry C. Murphy's Comments. First Schepens and Schout. Commission from the Colonial Council. The Removal of Kieft. Arrival of Stuyvesant 53