Willem Verhulst

Willem Verhulst
2nd Director of New Netherland
In office
1625–1626
Preceded byCornelis Jacobszoon May
Succeeded byPeter Minuit

Willem Verhulst or Willem van Hulst was an employee of the Dutch West India Company and the second (provisional) Director of the New Netherland colony in 1625–26. Nothing can be verified about his life before and after this period. Verhulst may have consummated the purchase of Manhattan Island on behalf of the Dutch West India Company, although there is still considerable debate over the evidence that also supports the purchase by Peter Minuit.