 In the latter period he was a paid commissioner of Sweden in the Netherlands and he played a dubious but key role in Pierre Minuit's expedition that led to the Swedish colonizing of New Sweden.In 1645 he was appointed for a third time as a manager of the WIC, being one of the main investors from the beginning.Samuel was born in Antwerp, capital of the Antwerp province in Flanders, one of Belgium's three regions.