 Its water-front nearly coincides with the coast of Kent and Sussex coast.The purchase was ratified in 1630 by Peter Minuit and his council at Fort Amsterdam.A company was formed to colonize the tract that included Blommaert, Godyn, Kiliaen van Rensselaer (Patroon of Rensselaerswyck), Joannes de Laet (the geographer), and David Pietersen de Vries.