Levy was an Ashkenazi Jew who arrived in Amsterdam in 1654, weeks before Sephardic Jews arrived from Brazil. He was a "sworn butcher" and was also involved in trade.

Loockermans arrived in New Netherland as a teenager and achieved great status and wealth as a merchant and "founding father" of New Amsterdam.

The seventh and final Director-General of New Netherland, Stuyvesant was installed by the Dutch West India Company in 1647 and governed until the English takeover in 1664.

The Wolferts were two of the many immigrants who arrived in New Amsterdam during the 17th century.