Van Zuuren, Casparus

Van Zuuren, Casparus a Dutch minister of the Reformed Church who came to America; was pastor at Flatbush, New Utrecht, Brooklyn, and Flatlands, L.I., 1677-85; and preached occasionally at Bushwick, Gravesend, Bergen, and Staten Island. He returned to Holland May 17,1685, and preached at Gonderach, 1685-1704, or longer. In 1695 his old congregations on Long Island recalled him, but he did not accept. See Corwill, Manual of the Ref. Church in America, s.v.