Pieter Claesen was born on January 6,1625 in Boda Oland Island, Netherlandscame to America in 1636 at the age of 12 as an indentured servant to Simone Waischez on the estate of Killian Van Rensselaer, in Fort Orange (now Albany, New York).
Pieter Claesen was born on January 6,1625 in Boda Oland Island in Fort Orange (now Albany, New York). Boda Oland Island was Netherlandscame to America in 1636 at the age of 12 as an indentured servant to Simone Waischez on the estate of Killian Van Rensselaer.