In the Netherlands, a place called 's-Gravenzande is found with its name translating into "Sand (or sandy area) belonging to the Count". The "s" is a contraction of the old Dutch genitive article "des", and translates into plain English as "of the". In Brooklyn, New York, the neighbourhood of Gravesend is said by some to have been named for 's-Gravenzande. Though its founding by the English religious dissenter, Lady Deborah Moody, in 1645 strongly indicates that it is named after Gravesend, England. Lady Deborah was originally from London and is credited with being the first woman to found a settlement in the New World.