Abraham Isaacsen Verplanck (1606–1690), also known as Abraham Isaacse Ver Planck, [a] was an early and prominent settler in New Netherlands.[1] A land developer and speculator, he was the progenitor of an extensive Verplanck family in the United States. Immigrating circa 1633,[2] he received a land grant at Paulus Hook (in today's Jersey City) in 1638.
He was one of the driving forces behind the bloody Kieft's War against the Native American population, set off by their retaliation to the Dutch's 1643 Pavonia massacre. His losses were so great at Pavonia he was forced to mortgage his Paulus Hook plantations.
A property owner on a smaller scale on Manhattan for the remainder of his life, he died with outstanding debt, settled by his family in 1699 by sale of one of his holdings.
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