Otto Wolgast
Otto Wolgast | |
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The DeVries Monument of the Zwaanendael Settlement in Lewes, Delaware | |
| Born | c. 1640 |
| Died | 1681 (aged 41) |
| Occupation(s) | Settler, planter, magistrate and justice of the peace in colonial Delaware |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Wolgast (later Elizabeth Carter) |
| Children | Robert Wolgast |
| Relatives | Thomas Blades Wildgoose, William J. Wilgus, James E. Wilgus, Jr. |
Otto Wolgast (c. 1640–1681) was one of the first settlers of Lewes, Delaware in what is now the United States. He was an early magistrate and follower of Mennonite reformer Pieter Corneliszoon Plockhoy at the Dutch colony of the Zwaanendael in the New Netherlands. He would later serve as Justice of the Peace under the English colonial authorities.