send him outside the jurisdiction, being 6 or 8 mile away, under the jurisdiction of the English, to stay there until your honors send us a complete license from the fatherland to practice our religion unmolested.”1 Local Lutheran attempts to shield Gutwasser from the authorities eventually failed, and in 1659 he was arrested and deported back to Europe. When the English captured the New Netherlands colony, in 1664, prospects brightened for local Lutherans. Although the English immediately moved