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The University of the State of New York

New York State Library

History Bulletin 10

EARLY RECORDS

OF THE

CITY AND COUNTY OF ALBANY

AND

COLONY OF RENSSELAERSWYCK
Volume 3

(Notarial Papers i and 2, 1660-1696)

TRANSLATED FROM THE ORIGINAL DUTCH
BY

JONATHAN PEARS* )\

LATE PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN UNION C0LLEUE
REVISED AND EDITED BY

A. J. F. VAN LAER
Archivist, Division of Archives and History

ALBANY

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW \ui:K

1918

Monograph

THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK

Regents of the University
With years when terms expire

1926 Pliny T. Sexton LL,B. LL.D. Chancellor Palmyra

Vander Veer M.I). M.A. Ph.D. LL.D

I 'ice Chancellor Albany

1922 Chi - 1 1 r S. I 1 ird M.A. LL.D Brooklyn

1930 William Nottingham M.A. Ph.D. LL.D Syracuse

[921 Francis M. Carpenter Mount Kisco

! \.bram I. Elkus LL.B. I' 1 I 1. 1.. I) New York

i Moot LL.D Buffalo

[925 Charles B. Alexander M.A. 1.1. .11. I.L.I). Litt.D. . .Tuxedo

John Moore LL.D Elmira

[928 Walter Guest] B.A. LL.D Ogden-lmiu

Byrne 1J.A. LL.B. LL.D New York

1929 Herbert L. Bridgm vn M.A Brooklyn

President of the Univ. i
anot.on.niiss.oiH r of Lducat.on

John 11. Finley M.A LL.D L.H.D

Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner for Elementary Education

Finegan M.A. Pd.D. LL.D.

Assistant Commissioner and Director of Professional Education

\i 5. Downing M.A. L.H.D. LI D

Assistant Commissioner for Secondary Education

( '11 vrles !■". W ii B.S. I ,L.D.

Director of State Library

James I. Wyi k. Jr, M.I..S.

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Chiefs and Directors of Divisions

Administration, Hiram I Casi

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Archives and History, James Sullivan, M.A. Ph.D.
Attendance, Jami i livan

cational Extension, William R. Watson B.S.
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OCT 2 1919

PREFACE
The two volumes of Notarial Papers in the Albany county clerk's
office which are published herewith belong to a class of records of
which, considering the number of Dutch notaries who are known
to have practised their profession in this State, comparatively little
has been preserved. Corresponding in character to the well-known
registers of notaries Salomon La Chair and Walewyn van der Veen
in Xew York City, 1 these Notarial Papers consist of the originals,
or " minutes," of a variety of legal instruments, such as bonds,
powers of attorney, contracts and bills of sale, indentures of service,
assignments, leases, wills, marriage settlements and inventories of
estates, which were executed before notaries Dirck van Schelluvne.
Adriaen Jansen van Ilpendam and Jan Juriaensen Becker. Of the
first of these notaries, Dirck van Schelluvne, who practised his pro-
fession at Beverwyck from his arrival as secretary of the colony of
Rensselaerswyck in 1660 till his appointment as secretary of Albany
in 1665, and again after the expiration of his term of office in 1668,
there are four distinct registers, or " protocols," which together
cover the period from August 17, 1660, to December 4, 1664. Of
Adriaen van Ilpendam, who was apparently first admitted as a
notary in 1669 and who exercised his functions till his death in
1686, there is a practically complete record extending from
July 12, 1669, to February 23, 1686, while of the third notary, Jan
Becker, who was appointed on November I, 1669, and who died
shortly before November 25, 1698, there are a few isolated docu-
ments ranging in date from April 2, 1685, to July 2$, 1690. In addi-
tion to these records, there are copies of seven private letters of van
Ilpendam and a few miscellaneous papers varying in date from
Februarys 25,

— — : 1667, to November 1, 1696, which, strictly speakine;.

March 7, * r 5

do not belong in the volumes. Leaving these last mentioned papers
out of account, the Notarial Papers embrace a period of thirty
years, during which the province changed from Dutch to Eng-
lish, from English to Dutch and again from Dutch to English
control. During all these years, and notwithstanding the repeated

1 These registers run from January 20, 1661, to October II, 1662, and from
May 20, 1662, to June 1664. and are published in calendar form in Holland
Society of New York, Year Book. 1900, 13: 129-58. A full translation of
the register of Walewyn van der Veen is printed in Minutes of the Orphan
Masters, edited by Berthold Fernow, N. Y. 1907, 2:15-72.

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4 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

changes of administration, each of which was accompanied by a
corresponding change in system of jurisprudence, from the civil to
the common law and vice versa, the records continued to be written
in Dutch and to be kept in the customary form based on the prin-
ciples of the Roman law, the original instruments themselves
remaining in the custody of the notaries as the authentic record of
the transactions that had taken place. While this is but natural in
.iew of the nationality and training of the notaries and their
appointment or confirmation in office b) the early English governors,
it i- nevertheless an interesting sign of the lenient policy of these
governors toward the Dutch inhabitants that their system of record-
ing legal instrument^ which differed so radically from the English
method was allowed to prevail till far into the period of English
colonial administration. To show clearly what the particular
ieatures of the Dutch notarial system were, it is necessary to trace
briefly the origin and development of that system before its intro-
duction into this State

According to the introductory chapter of Brooke's Treatise on
the Office and Practice of a Notary of England, it is generally
admitted that the office of a notary has its origin in the civil institu
tloiis of ancient Rome. Being at first used in the general sense o
writer of notae, or marks of abbreviation, in other words, a short-
hand writer, the word notarius in course of lime was applied almost
i i lusively to registrars of the provincial and municipal courts, to
the private secretaries of the emperors and to certain officials
assigned to the imperial chancery or privy council. Besides acting
as clerks and advisers to the various magistrates and recording their
judgments and decrees, Roman registrars were officially connected
with what was known as the voluntary or noncontentious jurisdic
tion of the courts. In this capacity they were employed in drafting

eeds, contracts and othei legal documents, which were afterwards
sealed in the presence of the magistrate with the official seal ot the
court. Private documents, however, were as a rule prepared and
attested by tabelliones, who were simply professional scribes and
held „o public office I lien functions wen i ilated by law and
included the preparation oi important documents, such as contracts,
w i]l S| pleading and petitions to the court. From these professional
scribes of the functions of the modern notar) arc derived.

I he acts of a tabellio were styled instrumenta publice confecta and
commanded a d of credit and authenticity that was not

corded to instrumenta privata, or documents executed b) i>n
individuals without the inter of a tabellio. The) were not.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 5

however, in Roman law accorded the full credit and authenticity
that attached to an official or judicial record. They did not prove
themselves and in case of need, the tabellio or, in the event of his
death, the attesting witnesses were called to authenticate the par-
ticular act. To avoid this inconvenience and enable the documents
to be put in evidence beyond dispute, it was necessary that they
should be registered and deposited in the public archives and thus
become instrumenta publico in the proper sense of the term.

The office of notary or tabellio (for the terms soon became
synonymous) did not become extinct with the downfall of the
Western Empire. The Teutonic counts, who in the stead of the
former Roman governors administered the districts into which the
empire had been divided, found it convenient to retain many of the
laws and institutions of ancient Rome and consequently appointed
registrars to prepare and engross deeds and other legal documents.
These registrars were known as notaries of the count. A similar
class of officials was attached to the king's court over which the
count palatine presided and who hence were termed palatine
notaries, while after the year 803 there existed yet a third class of
notaries, known as royal notaries, who were appointed by the
itinerant justices or royal commissioners who at different places held
assizes four times a year. In the beginning of the tenth centur)
the royal and palatine notaries became registrars with a fixed
residence and were employed in recording judicial proceedings and
private deeds. Soon their number greatly exceeded that of the
notaries of the count and in the eleventh century all distinction
between the three classes of notaries disappeared and the office of
notary acquired a uniform character. Still later the right to appoint
notaries, hitherto enjoyed by the count palatine, was extended by
the emperors of Germany to other high officers and municipal
authorities and corporate bodies and notaries were thenceforth styled
imperial and palatine notaries. During the twelfth century notaries
began to assume the character and importance which with slight
changes they have retained on the continent of Europe to the present
day. The first step taken by them in this direction was to describe
their instruments as publico and to claim for them the complete
authenticity that Roman law attached only to documents bearing
an official seal. This innovation gradually prevailed. Another step
in the same direction was the attempt on the part of the notaries to
obtain for their deeds the second " essential element of authenticity "
as it is understood on the continent of Europe, namely the executory
force, which until then resulted from judgments only. This point

O EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

ned in the thirteenth century and from that lime an acknowl-
edgment or contracl embodied in an instrument authenticated by a
notary has been on the continent judicially enforced like a judgment.
although ii' ' action i-- brought.

\n consequence of these innovations notaries in course of time
> t-.-i - <■■ i i" he di I nn judicial authorities. Gradually

almosl imperceptibly the law relating to notarial instruments became

mplicated and technical thai magistrates of the local courts

who in many cases had no legal training, avoided taking part in le
work of a nonlitigious character and left this to the notaries. As
a result thereof the number of notaries rapidly increased, man)
entered the profession who were not qualified for the work .
grave abuses ensued. To remedy this situation Emperor l harles
the Ffth, on March 21, 1524, at Mechlin, issued an ordinance 1
which restricted the nun : notaries in the county of Hoi

is many as would he deemed necessary by the burgomasters and
schepens of each place and he presented by them for examination
b) tin- 'our! of Holland, and at the same time forbade the courts

take judicial cognizance of any documents executed befi
notaries other than those who had been so examined, sworn
registered. This ordinance was followed 1 1 r 7. 1531, by the

further decree "that henceforth no one shall bi

e aid office [of notarj or tabellio] bit - of g 1 char-

pute, who upon examination 1>\ the president and mem-

of our council and the judges of the provincial court in each

province ■-hall he found to he qualified, competent and sufficiently

trained." The real foundation, however, for the regulation of the

notarial practice in the Netherlands was laid by the Perpetual Edict

granted by Emperor Charles the Fifth at Brussels on October 4.

[540, article XIII of which provides: " I hat all notaries admitted

:.nd approved shall he held to keep a proper register or protocol

of all contracts, wills and other acts which shall he attested and

b) them and to record tin- same in the order in which the\

and received and at the end of each contract, will or

■ i to sign the aforesaid register ami to carefully preserve

the -aine. in order to resorl thereto in case of need; on pain oi

being deprived of the a 1 and forevet debarred fn

. ercising the ame and in addition subjected to arbitrary punish
nient." These and other provisions of the Perpetual Edict, which

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NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l66o— 1696 7

brought unity in the Dutch notarial system, were afterwards supple-
mented by ordinances of the provincial legislatures, with the excep-
tion, however, of those of the territory now covered by the provinces
of Groningen, Drenthe, Overysel and Gelderland, where till the
closing days of the Dutch republic the notarial system remained
unknown. Under these ordinances and the principles derived from
the Roman corpus juris, the office of notary became one of great
importance and responsibility. Whereas in countries where the
common law prevails the functions of a notary public are chiefly
confined to administering oaths and taking acknowledgments of
deeds and other instruments, noting and protesting bills of exchange
and drawing up ship protests and other similar documents, the
services of a Dutch notary public in the seventeenth century, as of
the corresponding officer on the continent of Europe at the present
day, may be likened to those of a family attorney and were required
in connection with the drawing up of all formal legal contracts,
except in so far as the acknowledgment of such contracts was also
permitted or specially reserved to the secretaries and schepens of
the local courts. To the latter class belonged the formal transfers
and mortgages of real estate and documents involving the adminis-
tration of an oath, which did not dime within the province of the
notarial office. Aside from such documents, practically all legal
papers, including contracts of sale of real estate and depositions in
the form of affirmations, which might afterwards be sworn to before
the proper officer, 1 not only could, but had to be executed before a
notary and two trustworthy witnesses, the latter to be males over
24 years of age. By law the notary was required to keep the orig-
inals of such documents, properly signed by the parties and witnesses
and bv himself. When thus executed, the originals, as well as the
so-called "grosses," or first copies issued to the respective parties,
were by all courts held as authentic, that is. they proved themselves
and against the truth of their contents no testimony was admitted.
This character of authenticity, which guarantees the date as well as
the genuineness of the signatures of the documents, is considered
to be the chief advantage of the notarial system.

Another important feature in which the system differs from any-
thing known to English law is the confidential character of the
records, which forbade the notary from letting any one have access
to his records or to issue copies thereof or extracts therefrom to

1 Hence the phrase which commonly occurs in the Dutch depositions: "the
deponent being ready, if need be and when required, to confirm the same by
solemn oath."

8 IRDS OF ALBANY

but the inte irties. A striking reference i

lidei i r occurs in an ordinance of the states of Holland

and West Friesland, dated April 22, [670, which provides for the
transfer of notarial records to the office of the secretary of the place
within six weeks after the death of a notary, stating as the reasons

hi- order thai complaints had been received that after the death

■ •me notaries the protocols and minutes were scattered and lost,

" whereby frequently not only the truth becomes hidden, but also

1 ought t<> remain secret is untimely revealed, while in all cases
persons who are interested in the papers that have been carried off
are put in great expense and trouble to recover the said papers."
Whatever may he the advantage of the element of secrecy, the
liability of lo>s of the notarial records, hinted at in this ordinance
. nd also illustrated by the incompleteness of the present record-.
may be regarded .1 one of the disadvantages of the notarial system,
while the expense involved in the necessary employment of a highly
trained and consequently high priced notary public constitutes
another drawback of the system.

h ran be readil) seen that legal papers of such confidential nature
must be of great importance for the history of social conditions
given period. I letter than any other historical material they inform
us about the home surroundings, daily occupations, customs and
intimate business and family relations of all classes of society and it
is not to be wondered at that with the present tendency to turn from
the study of the outward movements oi peoples to that of the effect
of the community upon the life of the individual, these ancient
notarial records have become objects of particular interest. ( In the
continent of Europe, where these record-, form the bulk of the local
archives and are numbered by the thousand, 3 various efforts have
been made in recent years to overcome the ancient prejudice against
giving the public access to their contents. Notably in Holland,
where the researches of I >i B ediu ami a few other privileged
persons have yielded such a rich harvesl of fact- relating to the
historj of art. the notarial records prior to 1S11 have by royal
decree of \ugUSl 23, ok <~. no. 237, been thrown open to the pu
and now form one of the mosl promising fields of exploration for
the particulars of many transactions which affect the early history

Of tin- Si

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men in hel archiefd ihage;

compiled by II . c : ty archivist. 's-Gravcnhagc 1911, tli

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 166O-1696 9

To turn now from the notarial system as it existed in the Nether-
lands to the introduction of the practice into this State, it is to be
noted in the first place that in spite of the early origin of the system
in the mother country, no notary public existed in New Netherland
till 1650. Even then, his arrival appears to have been part of a
movement of the people of New Amsterdam to free themselves from
the despotic control of the director general, rather than the result
of any distinct plan on the part of the West India Company. In
fact, the appointment of this first notary, Dirck van Schelluyne, who
happens to be also the first of the notaries who afterwards practised
at Albany, was so intimately connected with the popular movement
against Director Peter Stuyvesant and so strongly resented both by
this director and by the company, that there can be no doubt that
be was engaged by the leaders of the opposition because the latter,
in connection with the preparation of evidence to be submitted to
the States ( leneral, found it necessary to have at their service an
officer of the law who, unlike the provincial secretary, was inde-
pendent of the director as well as of the company. Having been
employed on October 13, 1649, a * the Hague, in the capacity of a
notary public, to attest a copv of the famous historic document
known as the Remonstrance of New Netherland, which on that date
was presented to the States General by certain delegates of the
commonalty of New Netherland in support of a petition for redress
of their grievances against Director Stuyvesant, Van Schelluyne
was on the 8th of April following commissioned by the States Gen-
eral " to exercise the aforesaid profession of Notary at the above-
named Manhatans and further throughout the whole of New Neth-
erland." Soon after he sailed with Jacob van Couwenhoven and
Jan Evertsen Bout, two of the delegates, on the ship " New Nether-
land Fortune " for New Amsterdam, where he arrived on June 28,
1650, and immediately, as secretary of the board of select men, took
an active part in the opposition to the director. As a result of these
activities, he soon became an object of persecution by Stuyvesant,
who in 165 1, in spite of the resolution of the States General that
Van Schelluyne was to exercise his office " without opposition or
contradiction of the director or any others, for the benefit of the
commonalty there," arbitrarily forbade him to practise his profes-
sion. Van Schelluyne bitterly complained of this in a letter of
October 11, 1651, to Adriaen van der Donck, then at the Hague,
saying: "If the Redress be not confirmed, and if it do not arrive
by the first vessels, I shall be obliged to sell my little property and go

10 E VRL^ RE( ORDS OF ALBANY

back with my wife and children. Otherwise I must waste it a
gether in poverty, inasmuch as every effort is made use of here to
ruin me and to lake the bread out of my mouth. 1 should have sent
the papers in the- case of Melyn altogether, but as nobody would
consent to collate them with me, nol even \Jlard Anthony, notwith-
standing I had requested him to do so, and I dare not trust the
documents in my house through tear that Stuyvesant would remove
all my papers as he proposed and threatened, it was therefore out
of my power to semi them over. Had lie been willing ti me

to go, I should have carried them with me. I doubt not but such
unheard of mode ol proceeding will be taken into consideration,
and we released at once from this dreadful yoke. 1 have had every
intent inn to build on a lot thai I had purchased from Mr. I )incklage :
also, to undertake a bouwerie, but dare not commence so long
things continue thus, dreading and anticipating the moment I had
any real estate here, that a false suil would be thrown around my
neck and my propert) be -wallowed up; according to all the exam-
ples I have seen of those who do not submit to haughty humor, and
can not say Yes, M\ Lord. Had 1 been able to go over, I should
indeed say, what now I dare not wri This letter and others

written by Van Schelluyne about the same time reveal the temper
of the man and show him to have keen the worthy supporter of
i ornelis Melyn and Vlriaeu van der Donck in the struggle for
popula i nment in New Netherland.

["hat Director Stuyvesant in his action against Schelluyne had
the full support of the directors of the Wesl India Company, is
hown b) a representation made by them on February i,^. 1652, to
the burgomasters oi Amsterdam, in which the) complained thai "A
cc .: limit tee of their High : Might: have last year provided with safe
guards all the indecent complainants, who came here from New
Netherland, and relying thereon the) now, on their return here.
believe themselves authorized to commit all kind- of disorders by
instigating evil minded persons against the Director and the Com-
pany' officers." The) stated Furthermore that "The honorable
: their High: Might: have sent without knowledge ol
the Directors as Notary Publii to Mew Netherland one Dirck van
Schelluyn, who there call authorized b) their High: Might:

and .1 uch a movement is directl) against the orders of thi
pany, the Directors feel themselves much aggrieved b) it." In ti -
reply, the burgomasters gave it as their opinion that "no deputy of

Hist. N Y. 1 1454-

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660—1696 II

iheir High : Might : has the right to grant safe-guards, by which evil-
minded persons, as mentioned in the remonstrance of the Directors,
might gain an advantage over them and under cover of which they
can withdraw themselves from the allegiance and jurisdiction of
the Company : it is contrary to the charter, which places the manage-
ment of the Company's affairs in general into the hands of the
Assembly of the XIX, while that of Xew Xetherland, by resolution
of the XIX, has been entrusted to the Department of Amsterdam;
therefore, notwithstanding a safe-guard has been granted, proceed-
ings, as authorized by law, may there be instituted against Dinck-
lagen, Cornells Melyn, Dirck van Schelluyne, Jacob van Couwen-
hoven and all others." X T o sooner, however, had the news of
Stuvvesant's action reached Holland, than a petition was presented
to the States General by Jan van Buren, firewarden in the service of
the states of Holland and West Friesland, and Dirck van Schoonder-
woert, notary at the Hague, respectively father-in-law and uncle of
Dirck van Schelluyne, to have the latter restored in the exercise
of his notarial functions, whereupon that body on April 2", [652,
passed a resolution to write to the director general and council to
maintain the said Schelluyne in his office and right. This seems to
have had the desired effect for on November 22 and December 1,
1652, we find him attesting two Indian deeds for land on Long
Island to Cornells van Werckhoven, although the West India Com-
pany in a letter to Stuyvesant, dated June 14, 1656, wrote that they
had refused to approve these deeds partly because they " were
executed privately before Notary Schelluyne, contrary to the Com-
pany's orders.'' The next year. [653, Xew Amsterdam obtained an
independent city government and affairs began to take a more
favorable turn for Van Schelluyne.

On November n, 1653, he was with other "principal burghers
and inhabitants " of Xew Amsterdam summoned by the burgo-
masters and schepens to devise some means whereby the public
expenditures might be paid, and on the 22d of December of the
same year, on a " petition presented by Dirck van Schelluyne,
Notary Public," the burgomasters and schepens gave for answer
" that the petitioner may proceed in his case according to his order,
and if he be subjected to any molestation therein, he shall address
himself to the Burgomasters and Schepens, who will in such case
protect him the same as any other burgher." Soon after even Direc-
tor Stuyvesant seems to have been more favorably disposed toward
him, for on February 6, 1655, " The necessity for a High Constable
(Concierge) to enforce executions in civil cases having been

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ore the meeting of the Supreme Council (in the absence
of Genl., Petrus Stuyvesant) by Fiscal Cornelius van

Tienhoven, Therefore, taking into consideration the proposal of
the said Fiscal made on the 17" 1 Decbr. 1654, present the Hon ble
Director General, and Council . . . the Supreme Council b) and
with the advice and consent of the Burgomasters and Schepens of
this < ity, have nominated and appointed Dirck van Schelluyne to
the said office, who appearing at the meeting has taken the proper
oath, on the following commission and instruction, saving entire
the oath taken as notary at the Hague." 1 Van Schelluyne resigned
his office on November 3, (656, giving a- the reason for his resig
nation that "my circumstances do not any longer allow me to con
linue in the City's service as Bailiff." lie was succeeded on
November 4th l>\ Mattheus de Vos, a notar) public who had
been admitted to practice on the 4th of April of the same year,
the increase of population of New Amsterdam which shortly
before had necessitated the creation of the board ol orphan
masters having apparently also made it necessary to appoint addi-
tional notaries. Van Schelluyne seems thereafter to have confined
himself to the performance of his notarial duties and on February
5, [658, he and Johannes Nevius, Mattheus de Vos and Pelgrom
1 lock took the oath prescribed 1>\ the ordinance regulating the fees
of notaries and clerks. This ordinance, which was passed on
January 25, 105s,-' is of great importance as regards the regulation
of tin' notarial practice in New Netherland. Stating in the 1
amble that the director general and council by their own experi-
ence and the complaints of others are convinced thai excessive fees
are charged by secretaries, notaries and clerks " for writing all sorts
ol in truments, to the serious, yea nearly intolerable, onerousness
of the Judgment and Costs of court; some being so far seized by
avarice and greed that they are ashamed to render a Bill, or specifi-
cation "f tlie Fee they demand, hut ask. if not extort, the amount
ion- parties in gross," this ordinance provides as follows:
" That from this time forward, no man shall undertake to draw up
"i to write any public Instrument, unless he he commissioned or
nsed thereto b) the Director General ami Council, as Secretary,
Notar) or i lerk, which commissioned or licensed person is hound to
himself with such I ee as is established therefor by the

rterdam, 1
\ ■■ ttion of this ordinance is in Laws ami Ordinanci

'herland, p. 329 33.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l66o— 1 696 1 3

Director General and Council, and to renew every year, on the 5th
of February, the oath which he has taken, precisely to submit to and
obey the Ordinance enacted, or hereafter, according to circum-
stances, to be enacted, on the subject of Secretaries, Notaries,
Clerks and such like officers, in conformity to the following:

First, all Secretaries, Notaries, Clerks, or such officers, shall
keep a correct Register or Journal, wherein people may see immedi-
ately, if necessary and when required, whatever has been executed
before them, and for which they demand such Fee, and place it on
their account.

Secondly, no Secretary, Notary, Clerk, or any such officer, shall
demand from any person any money in advance, or ask or take any
present, or be at liberty to compound or agree with anyone about a
Fee and pay for writing yet to be earned ... on pain of for-
feiture of office and Fifty guilders fine, by such as may be found to
have acted contrary hereunto.

Thirdly, the Secretary, Notary, Clerk or officer shall sign with
his own hand all Instruments executed in his presence, and seal
them, when required, with his signet, providing that he receive for
his seal six stivers in addition to the legal Fee.

Fourthly, Secretaries, Notaries, Clerks and such like officers shall
be bound, when required, to give a discharge or receipt for the
earned and paid Fee, to be made use of when necessary.

Finally and lastly, all Secretaries, Notaries and Clerks shall be
bound to serve the Poor and Indigent, who ask such as an Alms,
gratis and pro Deo ; and may demand and receive from the Rich, the
following Fees." Whereafter follows a long list specifying the fee
to be charged for each kind of instrument, with the final statement
" No disbursements for Drink, or any other extraordinary Presents,
Gifts, or Gratuities shall be brought into any account, or demanded
or collected by the Secretaries, Notaries, Clerks or such like
officers."

Whether Dirck van Schelluyne under the provisions of this ordi-
nance found the office at New Amsterdam no longer profitable, or
saw in them a renewed evidence of the spirit of oppression and
wished to some extent to free himself from the jurisdiction of the
director general and council, certain it is that in the summer of
1660 he accepted the secretaryship of (he colony of Renssslaersw \ ck
which had become vacant by the death of Dirck van Hamel and in
connection therewith began to practise his profession as a notary at
Beverwyck. As stated at the beginning of this preface, the record
of his notarial activities runs from August 17, 1660, to December

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4, 1664. At the end of that period Ik- was Mill secretary of Rensse
laerswyck, a position which lie seems to have held till [665, when
Governor Richard Nicolls consolidated the court of the colony and
that ot" the former village of Beverwyck and Van Schelluyne was
appointed secretary of Albany, his first official act in that capacity
being dated the first of September [665, old style, and his last act
August 9, [668. Whether between these dates he continued to act
as a notar) is not known, hut hardly likely, first, because there 1- D"
notarial protocol for that period and, secondly, because Van Schel-
luyne on December mi. [668, submitted to the magistrates at Albany
a commission as notar) from Governor Francis Lovelace, with
requesl to he admitted to practice, which was granted. Though the
entrj in the court minute- states that he took "the usual oath of
fidelity,'' it is doubful whether even then he practised his profession
for an) length of time, since he moved soon after to Niskayuna,

where on fune ' 1667, he hail received a gift of land from the
it'

fndians, for and in consideration of " seuerall freindl) & good
offices performed by him towards them as also for pains taken in
wryting y proposalls, Articles & other matter heretofore past
betwixt them & y English & Dutch at Albany." Dirck van Schel-
luyne obtained a patent for this land on May to, [668, in which the

1 is described as a " Certaine parcel! of Flat Lands or Plaines
upon y' 1 .Maine lying & hem- about North wesl from Albany neare
unto y' Maquaes Ryver or ( reeke mi y' Easl syde thereof stretch
m- from y c path w ' '' goes to M ( Curlaers fflatlands or plaine to y
1 reek or Kill wch is y e North hounds of y e Land belonging to
Maritien Damen including all y e Land or Ground lying w"'in \ c
1 ompa e ol y'' -aid plaine- or belonging hereunto, w"' 1 said parcell
of fflattland or plaine being pane of that Land w -1 ' b) \' Natiues
i- Commonl) called & knowne b) \" name of the Canastigione

- on aftet the receipt of this grant Dirck van Schelluyne disappears
from view, the la-t mention of him occurring in the MLam court
minutes under date of \la\ 27, [669, in connection with an action
broughl against him by Jeremias van Rensselaer, in which the plain-
tin -et- forth that he has caused the court messenget and schoul to

i- an attachment against the person of Dirck van Schelluyne
and i" iimmon him. hut that "in -pile of tin- attachment tin- -aid
Schelluyne ha- departed," The wife oi Dirck van Schelluyne was
1 ornelia van fiuren, by whom he had at least two -,,11-;, Cornelis,
who in 1 Mi 1 was apprenticed to 1 Lnd 1 n l, Bries, the shoemaker, and

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who received a patent for a parcel of land for a tannery without
the north gate of Albany, and Tielman, who is said to have returned
1o Holland in 1670 .

How the records of Dirck van Schelluyne ultimately came into the
possession of the county of Albany, is not known, but unless they
were after his death turned over to the secretary, of which there
seems to be no evidence, it is not unlikely that they were entrusted
to the care of Adriaen Jansen van Ilpendam, for purposes of refer-
ence in connection with his official duties, and afterwards turned
over with his records to Secretary Robert Livingston, of which more
will be said later.

The career of this second notary public, Adriaen Jansen van
Ilpendam, though less eventful, is hardly less interesting than Schel-
luvne's, being one of long and faithful service ending in tragic
death. The name of Van Ilpendam first appears in the records of
Xew Xetherland under date of February 10, 1647, as tnat; 0I one
of the witnesses to the baptism of Pieter Swart, in the Reformed
Dutch Church of New York. On August 19, 1649, Adriaen Keyser
made out a certificate, stating that Van Ilpendam received no part of
his father's estate, but on the contrary " kicked it away with his
foot," an expression meaning that he renounced the right of succes-
sion, probably because the estate was incumbered with debts. The
next day, Van Ilpendam gave a power of attorney to Sibout Claessen
to receive whatever was due to him by inheritance from relatives at
Leyden, and in this power of attorney he is described as " at present
schoolmaster here on the island of Manhatans." Though evidently
poor, he seems to have been well connected in Holland and there is
every reason to suppose that he was a brother of Jan Jansen van
Ilpendam, the commissary at Fort Nassau, on the Delaware river,
whose widow on August 16, 1647, executed a power of attorney
to Johannes de Laet at Leyden to settle her late husband's accounts
with the West India Company. Adriaen van Ilpendam, who appears
to have been a private master at New Amsterdam, left that place
in 1650 or 1651, and came to the colony of Rensselaerswyck, where
he succeeded Evert Noldingh as schoolmaster and taught for some
time. He afterwards moved to Beverwyck, where in February
1652, he is referred to as clerk of the burgher company. On
October 25, 1653, he received from Governor Stuyvesant a patent
for a lot and garden at Beverwyck, which property, with the house
thereon, he sold two years later to Adriaen Gerritsen van Papen-
dorp, purchasing himself on February 28, 1656, the house, lot and
garden of Jochem "W'esselsen, the baker, for 1300 guilders. He paid

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this sum in 1657 and the same year was the highest bidder at the
>alc of the brickyard of Madam Johanna de llulter, the daughter of
Johannes de Laet, who had recently become a widow and was on
the point of returning to Holland, where she afterwards married
Jeronimus Ebbingh. 1 >uring all these years and as late as September
[660, Van llpendam seems to have taught school. Then, for a
number of years, nothing is heard of him, till suddenly, on Decem-
ber [I, [668, we find him and "divers others, his Ma tiM sworn
subjects of the Dutch nation, inhabitants of Xew Yorke in
America." petitioning the king of England for permission to sail
with the ship " King Charles" to New York, the petitioners setting
forth that relying on the grant of October 23, [667, allowing three
Dutch ships yearly to trade and traffic to and from Xew York, they
had transported themselves into Holland during the past summer
and freighted the ship " King Charles," which by order in Council
of November 18, 1668, recalling his Majesty's permission, was
detained at the Texel. Permission to sail having been granted, Van
llpendam returned to Xew York and there seemed from Governor
Francis Lovelace a license to practise as a notary public. Just how
he had acquired the necessary legal knowledge for this office is not
clear, bul as his disappearance from the records in 1660 coincides
with the arrival of Dirck van Schelluyne as secretary of Rei

elaet wyck, there is a possibility that for some years he acted
as the latter's assistant or clerk and so trained himself for
later duties. During all the wars that Van llpendam
served as a notar} in Albany, he seems to have enjoyed the
resp the community in which he lived. lie continued

to officiate during the brief period of Dutch reoccupation of
the province in [673 74, and on the arrival of Governor Edmund

\inlro- he was continued in hi ol ce ["hough in his official
capacity he took part in all the important legal transactions oi
period, nothing appears to have happened that affected him person
ally in any unusual waj ["hough the population of Ub;
increased, the official business of \ an llpendam, as he grew older,

eem to have become less and toward the end of bis life, in letters
lammas 1 iuldewaghen, secretary of the city of Haarlem, and
Madam Sybingh, which have been preserved among his recon
we fmd him repeatedly complaining of lack of money. Being in the

habit of writing to these persons in connection with the collection of
the interest on certain legacies left to him 1>\ relative- in Holland.
he state- in a letti > tober 2, 1685, that he is now past 67 ye

■ iid no longer able to earn much and therefore almost entirely

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 1/

dependent on the interest which is due to him. These financial cares
seem to have preyed on his mind and finally, not long before July
29, 1686, almost at the very time of the chartering of Albany as a
city, which to him may have meant further curtailment of his busi-
ness as thenceforth nearly all records were kept in English style, he
committed suicide by hanging. On the date mentioned Jacobus de
Beavoise (or de Beauvois) presented to the governor and council
a petitior. " for possession of two houses & lots in Albany, late the
property of Adrian Johnson van Elpendam (a suicide), the peti-
tioner being a relative." Having on the 12th of August following
proved to the satisfaction of the council that he was the nearest
relative, the said De Beauvois, on August 16, 1689, gave a deed for
the property to Johannes de Wandelaer, in which deed he is
described as " Jacobus de Beauvois of Breuckelen, L. I., cooper,
only son & heir of his dece'd Moy r Sophia Lodesteyn, & by her
decease heir at law of his dec'd cousin Mr Adriaen van Ilpendam.
as appears by testimony of Jacob Tyse van der Hey den & Johannes
de Wandelaer, dated 22 Aug. 1686, sworn before P r Schuyler,
magistrate of this City." As for the records of Adriaen van
Ilpendam, which run consecutively from July 12, 1669, to February
23, 1686, they passed into the possession of Jan van Loon, late
coroner of the city, who ■on November 27, 1688, was ordered by the
city magistrates to turn them over to Secretary Robert Livingston.
This order, however, was not immediately complied with, for on
June 24, 1701, the following resolution Was passed by the mayor's
court: "Since often complaints are made by diverse persones for
want of certain writteings or other instruments writt by Mr Adriaen
van Elpendam, late Notaris Publiq, now in hand of Mr John van
Loon, alledging that they can not obtain such writteings from him,
y e Gentn doe therefore require y e s d John van Loon to deliver to
this Court on y e 22d of July next, all such deeds, writteings and
other Instruments as he hath in hands, from s d van Elpendam,
belonging to any Person or Persones, which he is in no ways to omit
dated y e day and year aforesaid." On the date specified Van Loon
again failed to turn over the papers, whereupon the court resolved
'' that a warrant be issued to s d van Loon to appear at y e next
Mayors, to be held on y e 5th of Aug. ensueing, to deliver s' 1 writte-
ings according to y e late Resolution. N.B. Having had no oppor-
tunity to send y e s d warrant before y e 5th of August, is therefore
inserted in s a warrant to appear on y" 2d of Sept. next." For some
reason Van Loon once more failed to deliver the papers at the
appointed time, but under date of January 20, i/O 1 ^, we read in

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the minuti " This day appeared before this Court Mr John van
Loon, and hath delivered into the II such papers as lie hath

in his hands vvritt by Mr Adriaen van Elpendam relateing y" pub
lick, and tin ared upon oath that he had no more such in

his custody." Though in these minutes nothing is said about the
record- of Dirck van Schelluyne, it is not impossible, as sugg<
above, that they were included among Van Ilpendam's papers, a
supposition which would he entirely natural if it could he definitely

own that Wan [lpendam had for a time acted a- Van Schelluyne's
clerk and taken over his practice in [I

Jan Juriaensen Becker, the third notary public whose papers are
printed in this volume, was a man of rather different type from
either Van Schelluyne or Van [lpendam and had a checkered
career. The first information we have about him is contained in a
petition of Augusl 24, 1656, in which he prays the director general
and council for a salar) as clerk a' Fori Casimir, afterwards called
Xew Amstel, on the South or Delaware river. Though this petition
ed, Becker seems to have been tempted to add to his
income by engaging in the lucrative busini elling brand} to

the soldier- of the garrison and to the Indian-. This brought him
into trouble with the authorities, hi a letter of November 8, 1050.
to Mire, lor StU) 1 Ailhelmu- 1'eeckm.m. vice director of the

ony of Xew Amstel, write-: "Coming back to Altena with our
Sergeant from the aforesaid court martial 1 found most of our
liers intoxicated. I was told, that Jan Becker ha- at differ*

! liquor to the fellow- upon their account-, which

1 have forbidden. Yesterday, an hour after evening the neighbors of
Ian Juriaensen came and complained of the great noise made
drunken savages." Again, on January 1 \, [660, Beeckman writ
" 1 have to inform your Noble Worship again of the irregularities
of Jan Juriaen Meeker in selling strong drinks. lie incites the
oldiers to drunkeness, a- be -ell them brandy on account

or to give them credit ami - e, principally of the new men, have

aire t for drinks _' or 3 month-' wage re they 1

been here 6 01 7 weeks, while he take- their bond, wherein i-
forth, that hi 1 ed such a sum foi 1 tes of life

have warned him not to do it, whereas they often come to

the Fori at night singing and 1". sterous, also several time- quarrels

ong them have been caused; nevertheless it was continued and

I have finall) been compelled, to forbid him not to -ell any more

ng drinl -mall measure. Yet it goes on still, though

ently." March 1. seal Nicasius de Sille was sent to the

NOTARIAL PAPERS 1 AND 2, [660 I')

South river to prosecute the persons guilty of a murder committed
upon three savages and in connection therewith he was instructed
to inquire into the conduct of Meeker and his wife and to examine
Commissary Beeckman " why the said Ian Juriaensen Becker is not,
tor his assistance, employed a- secretary or clerk, for which In
expressly sent and engaged. If he discovers any evidence, proof
;iiid sufficient reason for the one or the other he is to bring here
the said Becker, that further proceedings and measures may be
taken against him according to law and his deserts." The answer
to this had already been given in the above-mentioned letter of
Januarv 14. 1660, in which Commissary Beeckman say.--: " I dare
not let him come near to my papers, especially to copy letters and
other things, for lie is only a tell-tale: he does not perform an)
other service here, than to read aloud on Sundays, which I can have
done by the Sergeant or any other. If your Honor required him
at another place. 1 can, under correction, miss him here very well."
De Sille evidently found sufficient evidence against Becker to war-
rant him in bringing the latter to New Amsterdam, for on April I,
1660, Becker was indicted there for selling brandy to the savages,
the fiscal demanding "that Jan Jurriaensen Beckker be brought to
the place, where sentences are usually executed, be put there into
the pillory with a brandy-measure around his neck and also be
sentenced to pay a fine of five hundred guilders according to the
Placats and to be banished this province, but be kept in prison pro-
visionally, until your Hon'' 1 '' Worships' sentence or finding shall be
executed." On April 12, 1660, the defendant denied "upon the
true word of a man, that in contempt of your Xoble Honorable
Worships' placats he has sold brandy to the savages, much less
made a profession of it. whereby he should, since a long time, have
become notorious." He also offered a joint affidavit of three wit-
nesses setting forth that liquor was openly sold to the savages m
the colony of Xew Amstel as well as in and near Fort Altena and
"that if the poor inhabitants of the colony did not sell or barter
liquor to the savages for Indian corn, meat or other thing-, the)
would perish from hunger and distress." The director and council
do not seem to have been very deeply impressed by this defense for
they kept Becker provisionally imprisoned and on April 26th sen-
tenced him to the payment of a line of 500 guilders and degrada-
tion from his office as clerk and reader, at the same time ordering
him and his wife as quickly as possible to break up their household
and to remove from the South river, and furthermore to pay the

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costs of the trial. This sentence, however, like so mam otl

found in the court records of New Netherland, seems to have been

ed largely in terrorem, for when on Ma) 3d Becker presented

;, petition stating that this sentence would cause his total ruin, it

was decreed thai for reasons the petitioner was "relieved of the

fine, provided that he arranges with the Hon 1,1 " Fiscal for the costs

and mises of the law." This marks the end of the first period of

reer. In accordance with this sentence he was forced

eave the South river and established himself at New Amsterdam,

where on August [9th he presented to the director general and

council the following petition to keep school:

To the Right Honorable, tin- Valiant Director General, and the
able Council of New Netherland:
Jan Juriaensen Becker, with due reverence, humbly shows, that
owil of fortune, he, the petitioner, not knowing

what else to do. has engaged in the business of a tapster, in which he
has invested nearly all his real and personal propertj for himself
and his family; therefore, the petitio dies to your honors.

humbly b ing and praying that your honors maj please t" look

with compassion upon your petitioner (being a former employee
the company 1 and employ him as a clerk in the service of die com
pany, either at tin- Esopus, here, or elsewhere, wherever your honor-
may think it advisable; 01- in case your honors for die present can
not employ him in the service, that the petitioner may then he pi
mitted to keep school, to teach the youl tig, writing, etc.. up

which he awaits a favorable decision

Your Honors' willing servant,

1 was signed , J : b E) kee

I loin terdam, in New Netherland,

this day. 1 5 August i66o.

Voted to make tin- apostil: Hat schoolkeeping. Done at Fort
Amsterdam in X'ew Netherland, I 'ate

Although tints authorized to keep school, Becker seems Fo

while to have continued in the business of a t : , n \n

^ 1 st he was fined 30 guilders for having entertained people in his
lap house after nine o'clock and tapped during the sermon and
guilders for "having behaved offensively to the officer." Xot

unlikely, Becker never opened scl 1 in \'cu Amsterdam, hut came

immediatel) to Beverwyck and there succeeded Van llpendam, who,

ecu, is lasl 1 I as a schoolmaster under date of

September 1. 1660 \t all events, Becker seems to have taught

school at Beverwyck before the surrender of the province to the

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English in 1664, for in a license granted to him by Governor Love-
lace on Alay 16, 1670, it is stated that " Whereas Jan Je'urians
Beecker had a Graunt to keep y e Dutch school at Albany for v'
teaching of youth to read & to wryte y* which was allowed of and
confirmed to him by my predecessor Coll. Richard Nicolls," imply-
ing that Nicolls found Becker in possession of a grant to teach
school at Albany. The same license of 1670 provides that Becker
" who is esteemed very capable that way shall be y e allowed school-
master for y e instructing y e youth at Albany & partes adjacent
he following y c ' said Imployment Constantly & diligently & that no
other be admitted to interrupt him It being to be presumed that \ ''
said Beecker for y'' youth & Jacob Joosten who is allowed of for y e
teaching of y e younger children are sufficient for that place." Mean-
while Governor Lovelace had on November 1, 1669, also granted to
Jan Juriaensen Becker a commission to be public notary at Albany,
which reads in part as follows: ''Whereas It is thought con-
venient that there should be a publique Notary at Albany as form-
erly in which place at present there is no person to Execute that
office. . . ." How this statement is to- be reconciled with the
known fact that Adriaen Jansen van Ilpendam practised as a notary
public at Albany as early as July 12, 1669, it is difficult to explain
unless we assume that Governor Lovelace's commission merely
quotes Becker's petition of an earlier date. Nothing seems to indi-
cate that Becker exercised the functions of a notary public before
September 10, 1684, when he was commissioned as such by Gov-
ernor Thomas Dongan. The supposition is therefore not unwar-
ranted perhaps that as long as Van Ilpendam remained in possession
of the principal notarial business, Becker found it necessary to sup-
port himself by teaching school. That as such he was judged
thoroughly capable we have seen from Lovelace's commission, but
evidence is not lacking that also in other ways he had gradually
won the respect and confidence of his fellow citizens. On Septem-
ber 29, 1689, he was chosen treasurer of the city of Albany, to suc-
ceed Jan Bleecker, who was named in the Dongan charter of July
22, 1686, " to be the present chamberlain or treasurer." May 27,
1691, Jan Becker was sworn as justice of the peace of the city and
county of Albany and on October 14, 1692, he was once more sworn
as city treasurer, in which office he was succeeded the next year
by Johannes Appel. Becker was again sworn as treasurer on Octo-
ber 14, 1696, and October 14, 1697. He died in 1698 and was sur-
vived by two children, a son Jan, or Johannes, whose signature as
a witness appears on most of the documents executed before the

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Becker, and a daughter named .Martina, \yho had married at
Albany on September ,^. 1692, Willem Hoogen, of Kings county.
To Martina. who in an explanation attached to Becker's will of
August 31, [694, is described as a mosl devoted daughter, who
her youth onward rendered great service in the household
and to her mother, in health and sickness, yes. to the hour of her
death, when: ed much money," Becker left hi- house and

lot, nne half of the garden behind the old fort and must of his |

1 property, while to his son Jan he bequeathed the other half
of the garden, his clothing and a sum of one hundred guilders in
seawan. Another son of Becker and his wife Marie Adriaens,
named Jeuriaen, who was baptized on September 1, [660, at \e\\
Amsterdam, seems to have died young. On November 25, n

er's death, an inventory was made of his paper- at the
house of his son-in-law Willem Hoogen. This inventory, which is
printed at the beginning of Becker's reco ! ;ives a list
documents, of which ten are at present in the Albany county clerk's
e, nine being in the Notarial Papers that are printed in this vol-
ume, and the tenth, namely the will of I ' rck I eunissen van Vechten,
dated April 4, [687, being in the volume of Wills, which will be
printed later. On the date of the inventory, these tit"' icu-

i entrusted to Johannes Groenendyck, sheriff, for
■my and on July it, 1704, by order of Ji ihannes Schuyler, may< >r,
they were with the exception of four papers (one of which is the
ahovi ii ned w ill 1 if Van Vechten) turned

ce b) Delia, Groenendyck's wife. Leaving these last paper- out

count, it appears that there ire now, to the list,

thiri eight papers missing. Whether thes< icared at an early

date with nihil kept 1>\ Secretai'3 Robert I ■ . or

were lost in more recent times, i- not known. Considering that

practically all tin of the Dutch notaries were originally in

the form of loose sheets 01 separate quires, it i> on the whole

fortunate that so large a portion of the records has been preserved.

ird remains to be said in regard to the translations which,

like those of the preci inn en made many >• b\

of. Jonathan Pearson of Schenectady. Throughout the

volu 1 e translations have been carefully revised b\ comparison

with the originals in the Albany county clerk's offia

having been made in the text and many notes added. Names like

and Conn i> hich Profes ■ had written out

in full, but which in the originals appeared like Jan- and Cornel

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l66o— 1696 _>3

the final z being not, as is sometimes thought, the first letter of the
word soon, but a general mark of contraction, the same as is used
at the present day in the conventional symbol viz, for videlicet, have
been spelt as in the original text, especial pains having been taken
to reproduce as faithfully as possible the exact form of signatures.
Marks used in the place of signatures have been rendered as in the
preceding volume by a simple X, the value of such marks being
considered no greater than that of actual signatures and therefore
not calling for exclusive reproduction of the marks in facsimile.
Practically all the material in the volume is new in the sense that it
has not been printed heretofore, either in the original Dutch or in
translation, the only exception being that three or four documents
have in whole or in part been published in volume 13 of the Docu-
ments Relative to the Colonial History of New York and that brief
entries of a few wills have appeared in the Calendar of Wills, [626
1836, compiled by Berthold Fernow.

Of the historical value of the Notarial Papers enough has been
said, but it may be added that their publication once more empha-
sizes the need of translation and publication of the court records
for the corresponding period. As many of the bonds and contracts
in the present volume were the result of judgments or afterwards
gave rise to litigation and practically all the depositions in the vol-
ume were used in connection with judicial proceedings, it will be
readily seen that the relation between the present papers and the
court records is most intimate and that the full import of one set
of records can not be understood without reference to the other.
January iqi6 A. J. F. van Laer

« i ILLATK >.\ < >F THE MANUSCRIPT

Both volumes of Notarial Papers are composites in the sense that
each vohime, besides the whole or the greater part of the record of
one notary, contains a portion of the record of another notary and a
few miscellaneous papers. The first volume consists largely of the
id of I 'ink van Schelluyne which is composed of four distinct
registers or protocols, each covering approximately a year"s time
and having it-- own paging or numbering of documents and, except
the first, also an index. In addition to these original series of num-
bers, the first volume has two systems of pencil pagings, one at the
lop and the other at the bottom of the volume, which differ from
each other in that in the first system the blank pages are as a rule
omitted, whereas in the second system they have been counted in.
The second volume, which consists mainly of the record of Adriaen
van llpendam, has no original paging, the documents being written
on single or double sheets of paper which do not seem to have been
bound together until a comparatively recent date. Throughout the
volume there i- a consecutive -cries of pencil numbers which, like
that at the bottom of the first volume, take- account of the blank
pages and appear- to be in the handwriting of Professor Pearson.
Contrary to what might be expected. Professor Pearson ha- in the
text of the translations inserted the numbers which appear at the
top of each volume, disregarding in so doing the more accurate
pencil paging at the bottom of the tir-t volume which he himself
appear- to have affixed. In the following synopsis of the contents
■ -I the Notarial Papers all three pagings of the first volume have
been given for convenience of reference. The order of the -ynopsis
is the same as that of the translations and differs from the actual
arrangement of the original papers only herein that the document-
on pages i 2 and 173-84 (renumbered 496 97 and 19-30) of the
tir-t volume and on pages 1 15 20V) of the second volume, which w 1
misplaced in binding, have been restored to their proper chronolo
places in the respective volun 1

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Notarial Papers, volume i

Part 1, protocol of Dirck van Schelluyne, August 17, 1660-Decem-

ber 31, 1661

Pencil paging Pencil paging

Original paging at top at bottom

1 496 479

2 (blank) 497 480

3-iS (3-iS) a 3-18

iQ" 22 3 X ~34 31-34

23-24 (missing)

25-39 35-49 35-49

40 (blank) 50

41-63 5°-7 2 :-< l -73

64 (blank) 74

65-69 73-77 75-79

70 (blank) 80

71-75 ' 78-82 81-85

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NOTARIAL PAPERS

Volume I

i 660-1 677

Bond of Isbrant Eldertsen to Adriaen Jansen Croon

[1] '[On this day, the] 17th of August 1660, appeared before me.
Dirck van Schelluvne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Isbrant Eldertsz, dwelling in the colony of Rens-
selaerswyck, who acknowledged that he was well and truly indebted
to Adriaen Jansz Croon in the sum of thirty-two guilders Or four
good beavers reckoned at eight guilders apiece, growing out of the
matter of wages earned of the subscriber to his satisfaction, which
said four good beavers he, the subscriber, promises to tender and
pay to said Adriaen Jansz Croon or order punctually in or before
the month of July 1661, binding therefor his person and property,
nothing excepted, subjecting the same to all courts and judge-.
Thus done and executed in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, in pres-
ence of Mr Cornells van Breuckele and Claes Jacobsz, master car-
penter, called as witnesses hereto.

Come, van Sch[lick] : This mark X was made by Isbrant

Claes Jacobse :: Eldertsz, aforenamed

D. V. Schelluvne, Not. Pub.
1660

Lease of a farm at Claverack from Abraham Staets to Christoffel
Davidts and Henrick Eyed
[3] 4 On this day, the 17th of August 1660, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluvne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Mr Abraham Staets, trader in Beverwyck, of the
first part, and Christoffel Davidts 5 and Hendrick Eets/ farmers, of

1 The first leaf of the volume has by mistake been hound after page 495.
the recto and verso being renumbered in pencil 406 and 407.

2 Cornells Anthonissen Schlick, from Breuckelen ; see Van Rem
Bowier Mss, p. 255-56, 809.

3 Claes Jacobsen Groesbcek, alias van Rotterdam.

4 Page 2, renumbered in pencil 497, is blank. An abstract of this lease is
in Doc. Rel. to Col. Hist. N. Y.. 13:186.

5 An early settler of Rensselaerswyck and afterwards of the Esopus.
About him, see Van Rensselaer Bowier Mss, p. 819-20, and Olde Ulster, 1914.
10 :9/-io8.

"Nothing seems to be known about this man. To judge from his signa-
ture, he was prohablv a Scandinavian.

[29]

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the second part, who acknowledged, he. the aforesaid Mr Abraham
Staets, that he had leased, and they, Christoffel Davids and Hei
« 1 rick Eets, that they had hired of him a certain farm belonging to
the lessor, lying in the Claverack, 1 known to the lessees, for the
period of three folio ears beginning on the firsl day of

• ictober next ensuing and ending on the last da) of September A".
ii 163, upon the follov ditions :

I he lessor promise to delivei to them with the farm fo
the risk whereof, savi • ol manifesl neglect, shall be borne

equally by both parties; six cow - al halves as to the im n ord

ing to the custom of this country; six sow each of which the

lessees shall each year deliver to the lessor a shoat to be selei ted in
the month of September and which from that time shall be a1
risk of the lessor, and if the lessor leave the shoats there for the
winter lie shall satisfy the lessees therefor.

The lessor also promises to deliver to the lessees the farming
implements which are on the farm and which they need, whereof an
inventory shall be made,

The lessees shall be holden al their own expense to build u|> with
cellar walls under the dwelling house.

And as rem e use of the afon

e to pay, making themselves as principal lessees jointly and
severall) liable for the whole, the first two years [50 guilde
year and the third year 200 guildei 5, eai h time punctually.

I4I Finally, it 1- covenanted and agreed that while the lessor 1- to
deliver the aforesaid farm provided with a good fence, a comfo
able dwelling house, together with barn, rick and farm implements
in good condition and repair, the lessees si bi :eep the

e in repair and at the end of their lease to deliver everything
hack in as good condition as they received it at the beginning of the

lease. Furthermore, the lessor 1 - make just coi

A'hatevei improvements the - ee may make to the farm,

1 Mai 1 aptain Abraham ! I I confirms

1 i Land, neare unto Ubany, commonly called and
■ .in name ol Ci< khekaw ii k, 1\ ing and 1 1 u th

rack, on the 1 i if 1 he River, Si riking al

Kill, to tl I 1 the ffishii

Vlark't with thi i ■ i !

ni'l "ii ilic other bj thi ureal Kill, containing two hun
Land, or then lesse; which said Neck

Land, Cap 1 Abraham Staets <li<l the Native [ndyan

the ^pprobai consenl of the late Dutch Governo?

1 the same,

beat the 17 th di ' ' h 1654 I M Rutt< nber, h

5, referring to this patent of March 25, [01
on the tract under leasi
Van I ntly an error.

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dwelling house, barn and rick; likewise, in case of deterioration,
the lessees are to be. indebted and liable for the same to the lessor
according to the finding of impartial men mutually chosen thereto
by the parties.

For the performance and fulfilment of what is hereinbefore writ-
ten, parties on both sides, each as far as he is concerned, bind their
persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and
judges.

Thus done and delivered in Beverwyck in Xew Xetherland, in
the presence of Air Jacob de Hensie. chirurgeon, and Pieter Loock-
ermans, as witnesses hereto called.

Abram Staas
/. Dehinsse 'Ibis mark C D was made by Chris-

Pieter Loockermans toffel Davidtsz, aforesaid

Hexr.tck Eyed

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1660

Settlement of accounts between Dirck Jansen Croon and Jan

Nack

[5] On this day, the 21st of August [66o, appeared before me.,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Dirck Janssz Croon 1 and Jan Nack, 2 who
acknowledged that he, Jan Nack, having faithfully served him.
Croon, now for three years according to contract dated the 27th of
February 1657, they, the appearers, had completely adjusted and
settled accounts with each other regarding the hire or wages which
he. Jan Xack', lias earned of him, Croon, during the three years, as
follows :

Jan X'ack acknowledges hereby that Dirck Jansz Croon has paid
on his account at Amsterdam in Holland, in Holland money

f the sum of fl ?o

to his mother , ,,

1 also fl 40

to himself there fl 10

and also fl 50

Total in Holland money fl 130

1 Dirck Jansen Croon was a carpenter by trade; ?ee Van Rensselaer
Bovner Mss, p. 840

2 Jan Nack is referred to in the city records under date of November 7.
1689, as a trader and sunstockmaker. lie was at that time one of the
"assistants," or members of the common council, and refused to support the
city government in opposing Jacob Leisler and his party; see Joel MunselL
Annuls of Albany, 2: 112.

32 lRLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

paid to him here fort) one and a half beavers, agreed
i together at seven guilders the beaver, amounts
to fl 290-10

So that Jan Nack musl yet have from Dirck Jansz
Croon according to the said contract, in Holland
money, clear fl 1 70-10

I ota! fl '>-o

Which said one hundred and seventj nine guilders and ten stivers
Dirck Jansz Croon promises to pa) him in Holland when he shall
have safely arrived there: bul as on the other hand Dirck Jansz

1 1 ust have of Jan Nack ten and a |6| quarter beavers, there

will be and deducted from the 11 [79, 10 due to Jan Nack

much as the beavers shall sell for in Holland this year.

Wherewith they, the appearers, shall be fully paid and
neither parly having any further claim against the other, and they
promise that they will never do nor cause to be done anything o
Iran hereto in any manner, either b) or without resorting to law,
for which they hind their respective persons and estates, nothing
( xcepted, subject to all courts and judges. Thus done and executed
in the colon) of Renselaerswyck in the presence of the Honors >V
Jeremias van Renselaer, director of said colony, and Jacob de
Hinsse, chirurgeon, as witnesses hereto called.

Dirck J/ ri k in

Jan Na< k
Jeremias van Rensselaer
7. Dehinsse, chirurgeon

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1660

Power of attorney from Rutger Jacobsen to Capt. Thomas Willet.
Cornelis Steenwyck and Johannes Withart to sell his real
estate on Manhattan island

I7I On this da the 2is1 of August 1660, appeared before me,

I hick van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter

named vvitne e , VIi Ruth Jacobsz, trader in Beverwyck, and

lared thai b) these presents he constitutes and appoints the I [on

ble 1 apt rhomas Willet, Cornelis Steenwyc, schepen of the 1

Amsterdam in New Netherland, and Johannes Withart. trader.

jointl) and severally his spei sell the principal's

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AXD 2. 1660-1696 33

house, lot and land on Manhatans island, according to the patents
and muniments [of title] thereof, to the best advantage of the
principal, whether by private contract or at vendue and public sale
to the highest bidder; 1 thereafter the stipulated or promised pur-
chase money to receive, acquittance for the same to grant, the own-
ership of said house, lot and lands to vest in the buyer and the
principal to divest and dispossess thereof and furthermore all things
to do that may be needful or to them may seem advisable ; promising
at all times to hold valid whatever shall be done and performed
in the matter by said attorneys, without any contradiction; it being
provided that the attorneys shall recover and take out of the pro-
ceeds of the sale of said house, lot and lands the amount which he
honestly owes them, each pro rata to his debt; if the amount falls
short the principal promises to make up the rest, if there is anything
left the attorneys shall turn over the balance or the surplus to the
principal together with a proper accounting of their transactions and
receipts. Done and delivered in the village of Beverwyck, in the
presence of Folckert Jansz and Barent Reyndertsz as witnesses
hereto called. „ '

r7 , , . KUTGER TACOBSZ

V olckart J anss

Barent Reyndersz D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pith

1660

Power of Attorney from Sander Leendertsen Glen to Capt.

Thomas Willet to sell his house and lot in the Smits Valey

on Manhattan island

[8 blank; g] On this day, the 23d of August 1660, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne,, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Sander T.eendertsz Glen, trader, dwelling in
Beverwyck, who declared that by these presents he constitutes and
"ints the Honorable Capt. Tomas Willet his special attorney for
the best advantage of the principal to sell his house and lot lying in
the Smits Yaley on the island of -Manhatans wherein at present
Lauris Cornelisz van[de] Well dwells, for not less than the sum of
two thousand guilders, the more the better; therefore, the ownership
of said house and lot in the buyer to vest and him, the principal,
to divest and dispossess thereof, the stipulated purchase money to
receive, acquittance thereof to grant, and in case the attorney can
not sell said house and lot in accordance with the above conditions,

1 In the margin is written, but canceled: "the principal binding himself
and guaranteeing that the house, lot and lands shall be delivered to the
purchaser free and unincumbered."

34 EARLY RE( ORDS OF ALBANY

the same to e of the principal and the rent

to receive, and furthi in ngs to do, perform and transact

which may he needful and by him deemed advisable, | the principal]
promising at all times to ratify whatever by virtue hereof may be
done and performed in the matter aforesaid by the said attorney,
without contradiction, provided that the attorney he holden I
a proper return of his transactions and receipts. Done ami executed
in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in presence of Toomas Paul and
Jan Alliens/ emaker, a-- witnesses hereto called.

Sander Lenrsen
mas Poii
Jan Albars

1). V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. I'llh.
l660

Power of attorney from Hans Coenraetsen to his wife
1 10 blank; 11] On this day, the -'4th of Augusl 1660, appeared
k van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the
hereinafter named witnesses, Hans Coenraetsz, 2 late cadet in the
service of the honorable West India « 01 Mere in New Net!

land, and declared that by these presents he constitutes and appoints
Barentge Straetskerke, 3 his wife, his ittorney to obtain at

the office of the honorable director general of New Netherland a
settlement of accounts of the wages and pay due to him for his
services in the capai esaid; therefore, payment of the same

to solicit and receive, acquittance for the same to execute and fur-
thermore all things to do, perform and transact which may be need-
ful and which she may deem advisable; 1 the principal] promising
atify without contradiction wl hiis said wife

in the matter aforesaid shall do and perform. Done and executed
in the colony of Renselaerswyck in New Netherland, in presence
Schepen Corn. Steenwyck and Jean Labatie, a- witnesses he
called. This mark 11 was made by Hans

W'itn. K01 x 1; \i 1 -/ himself

nelis Steemvyck
Jan Labatie D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

1660

n Steenv

rg, in Vavaria
I-. !

■!u- ol the villa
Amp ; the island ol South Beveland, in the 1 1 Zealand.

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Power of attorney from Pieter Andriaensen Soogemacklyck to
Tielman van Vleek, notary public at New Amsterdam, to col-
lect certain debts

[12 blank; 13] On this day, the 24th of August 1660, before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, appeared Pieter Adriaensz alias Soogemackelick, 1
who declared that by these presents he constitutes and appoints Mr
Tieleman van Vleek, notary at New Amsterdam in New Netherland,
his special attorney to demand, collect and receive from various
persons dwelling there and thereabouts such sums as they owe him
according to the assignments sent to him herewith ; therefore, acquit-
tance for receipts to grant, and in case of refusal to force the
delinquents to pay by rigor of law and justice; to this end all legal
steps to observe until judgment and final execution thereof; and
furthermore all things to do, perform and execute which may be
needful and to him seem advisable ; the principal promising at all
times to hold valid without any contradiction whatever the attorney
may do in the matter aforesaid, provided that the attorney shall be
bound to turn over the proceeds to Mr Gouert Loockermans and to
render to the principal a proper accounting, statement and settle-
ment, when requested. Done and executed in the colony of Rense-
laerswyck, in the presence of Mr Gerard Swart, schout of said
colony, and Mr Jan V[er]beeck, magistrate in Fort Orange, as wit-
-es hereto called.

Pieter Adr[i]aensen Soogemacklick
G: Szvartt
Jan Verbelec]k

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1660

Assignment of debts by Evert Nolden to Jan Bastiaensen van

Gutsenhoven

[14 blank; 15] On this day, the 25th of August 1 icfore

me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter

1 Pieter Adriaensen, alias " So-easy.'' He was an innkeeper at Beverwyck
and came from Woggelum, a small place near Alkmaar. in the province of
North Holland. According to notes by Professor Pearson, in Early Records
of Albany, 1:230, 234, he had a brother Jacob Adriaense Soogemackelyck,
who was also an innkeeper and in partnership with him. This, however, is
believed to be a mistake, as in the documents printed on these pages the
names Jacob and Pieter seem to be used interchangeably and to refer to the
same person. See also same volume, page 253, where the name " Sooge-
mackelyck " has been supplied, although Jacob Adriaensen van Utrecht was
probably the man referred to.

U.UAXV

it'd witn< vert Noldingh, 1 who declared that by

■ ; its. transfers and absolutely makes over to .

i Mr Jan Bastiae i Gutsenhoven 2 the debts

ns owe him, viz :

Alberl A man ll 4-10

■ van Twieler 6

1 3

10- 8

1 1 uylT 30- 2

4-10

n Curlar

Evert Pels i-' 2

"3-10

I lar

Ian

Jan

Jan Cornelissz, carpenter

Jan alias Jan 1 I'

Jill /. carpenter 8

Jacob Ix>ockermans

Jar.

I-' [2

: ■'" 4-4

F
in [648.
- Jan ' 1 en, was an ag< 1

died in the colony in 1666 or

11 k ?
1 Hilversum, in the ■ II"'.-

1

.ir the
river. \'\\' ild of Luxury ('/ Kind

hi < liil'l

iry C. Murphy, in

nl.eil

mul rra-

lleclions,

E dam. I

As
1 " Jan with the beard,"

■ll a< a n

31

■ im.
de 1

11 Jan Bai

the Jan

1 in
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Cornelis Segersz 1

Cornelis Segers, the younger 2-14

lange Jacob, who lives with (or near?) van Nes 2 9

Jan Labatie 1-16

Luycas Eldertsz 4-18

Phillip Pietersz Schuyler 5-7

Tomas Coningh 9-12

Pieter Loockermans, carpenter 25-10

Pieter de lange Goyer 3 20-18

Steven Jansz 32

Tomas Jansz, skipper 8-19

Tomas Chambur 4 4-9

Tys de Coyer' 5

Teunis Cornelisz 2-8

Hendrick Fredricxsz 2] 17

Teunis Dircxsz

Reynier, carpenter 6 9-10

Mens Hoogeboom 30- I

f 691-18

which aforesaid sums (being honestly due as vouched for by the
appearer) the aforesaid Jan Bastiaensz shall collect and receive as
his own absolute property, in part payment of what the appearer
owes him, without the appearer having any further claim whatsoever
thereon, promising nevermore to do nor cause anything to be done
contrary hereto in any manner, for which he binds his person and
estate, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and judges. Done and
[17] delivered in the colony of Renselaerswyck in the presence of
Mr Arent van Corlaer and Air Tan Tomasz, trader, as witnesses
hereto called.

Evert Nolden
A. van Curler
Jan Thomasz 7

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pith.
1660

1 Cornelis Segersen van Voorhout.

2 Long, or tall, Jacob, referring to Jacob Hevic. See Early I
Albany. 2: Van Nes refers probably tn Cornelis Hendricksen van Nes.

" Professor Pearson adds in brackets "the long thrower," but as shown
above, Goyer refers to a man from the district of Het Gooi, or GooVand,
in the province of North Holland.

4 Thomas Chambers.

5 Tys Evertsen : see Far'y Records of Albany, t :499.

6 Reynier YVisselpenninck.

7 Jan Thomasscn from Witbeeck, or Wittbek, in Holsteyn. Cf. his sig-
nature in Notarial Papers. 2:105.

RLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Power of attorney from Gerrit van Slichtenhorst and Philip
Pietersen Schuyler, son and son-in-law of Brant Aertsen van
Slichtenhorst, to Meyndert Andriessen, to represent them at
the settlement of their father's estate

11 this day. the -'''ill of Augiu re me, Dirck

van Schelluyne, notary public admitted by their High Mightines •

■ General of the United Netherlands, residing in the colony

Renselaerswyck, and before the hereinafter named witnesses,

eared Mr Gerrit van Slechtenhorst, son of, and Phillip Pietersz

Schuyler, husband and guardian of Margarita van Slechti

daughter of Mr Brant Aertsz van Slechtenhorst, residing in the vil-

e of Beverwi (range in New Netherland, and

declared that they hereb) constituted and appointed Meyndert

Andriesz, said Schuyler's cousin, dwelling in the Nieu struct at

Amsterdam in Holland, their special attorney, in case of the death

the said principals' father Mr Brant Aertsz van Slechtenhorsl

iresaid, dwelling at Amersfort, or at Nieukerck in Gelderlant

(whether he lu- ahead) dead, in view of h and the fact that

teard or received any letters from him, or
e when he shall die during the lifetime of the principals or tl
children i, to claim their share of the i esaid Sic

and then with the other livision,

distribution and final settlement of the estate, with the person or

per i f the same, Pieter \ ersi >r others

who maj have or obtain the administration thereof; ti

1 principals' distributive and legitimate portions of the inherit-

e, whether ab bit I ex testamento; to grant acquittance

rom further i nd in cas usal

irincipals' rights b) rigor of law and justice, pr<

cuting the case to jud id final execution thereof, 1 32 1 accord-

1 age of the place; with power to compound, agree, and

more all things to do, perform and tran

which may be needful and seem proper to him; the principals

at all times, to hold valid whatever may be done and

aid attorney, without
; provided thi held, when requested, to make a

1 bound afti

Though Fo ! in the preface the

inslation !
hercfon i ! ;e [172].

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proper return of the aforesaid transactions and receipts. And
whereas the principals are advised that the aforesaid Verschuyr has
in his possession the greater portion of the effects of their aforesaid
father, and does not dispose of the same to the best advantage,
therefore the aforesaid attorney will please see to this also for the
protection of the principals' rights.

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in
the presence of Gelyn Verplancken and Hendrick Arentsz, skipper
of the sloop Princess, as witnesses hereto called.
Geleyn Verplanck Gerrit van Slichtenhorst

Hendrick Arentsz Philip Pieters Schuyler

D. Y. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1660

Assignment by Aert Piertersen Tack of part of his grandfather's
inheritance in payment of money received by him from Jan
Hendricksen van Bael

[33] On this day, the 23d of October 1660. appeared foe'fi re
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Aert Pietersz Tack, born at Etten in the barony
of Breda in Brabant, dwelling in the colony aforesaid, 1 who declared
that he hereby granted, assigned and made over in true, rightful
and absolute ownership to Jan Hendricxsz van Bael, trader here,
a certain sum of two hundred Carolus guilders at xl groats apiece;
Holland money, in gold or silver specie, being a part of a larger
sum to be claimed by and due to the appearer from his brother
Cornells Pietersz Tack, dwelling at Etten aforesaid, on account of
the inheritance coming to him by virtue of the will of his late
grandfather, Teunis Crynen, deceased, at Etten aforesaid, and in
possession of his aforenamed brother; to this end giving to the
aforenamed Van Bael, or to the lawful bearer hereof, full power
and authority to demand, collect and receive said sum, as his own
property acknowledging that he is fully paid to his content and
satisfaction by the hand of the aforenamed Van Bael in good strong
seawan the sum of two hundred and fifty guilders; promising fur-
thermore that in case the aforesaid two hundred guilders Holland
money be not paid at sight hereof, or at farthest, within six weeks
thereafter, the same shall be paid [34] here with exchange and
leexchange, binding therefor his person and e-late. nothing

1 Colony of Rensselaerswyck.

40 EARLY

exci t to all courts and judges. Thus done and executed

in the colony of Renselaerswyck in New Xetherland, in presence
of Jan Willemsz Schoon, farmer, and Herman . master

car- es hereto called.

This is the mark X ma w.kt

foresaid
This nark X made by Jan

Wiltons::. Schoon, aforesaid
Harmen Bastiaens

D. V. - yne, Not. Pub.

1660

Power of attorney from Isaac Vermeulen to Andries de Haes

■ ' • ' "■ the 28th of October 1660. appeared before

me. Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witn q Vermeulen dwelling in the village of Beverwyck,

and declared that by these presents I tuted and appointed

Andries de Haes, baker, residing at Amsterdam in New Xetherland.
his ,-pccial attorney to demand, collect and receive of skipper Reyn-
dert Pietersz, 8 the quantity of nine hundred pounds of good Vir-
gin) ection by two imp
tial growing out of the i deliver) of three hoj
hea ench wine: therefore to grant acquittance for the
thereof and in case of refusal to force him to pay by li
and rigor of justice; in | nrts

ution be had, with power
substitute another person in his place; furthermore, all
thin form v. be needful and he

may deem proper; ii er promising at all times to hold

valid wl performed in this m; the

afon titute, without any contradiction,

pi'" en when required to make a

proper return of In- receipts. Thus

done and ed in the colon} of Re yck, in the p

"i n Appel, as witnesses hen

calb J. \

Jan 1 1 ), V. Si hi

ppel

My numbi

tlicr-

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2. 1660-1696 41

Deposition of Marten Cornelissen van Ysselsteyn as to remarks
made by Harmen Harmensen at Bethlehem about Claes Bever

[36] On this day, the 28th cf October 1660, appeared be
me, Dirck van Schelluvne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses. Marten Cornelissz, 1 farmer, dwelling in the colony
of Renselaerswyck i being of competent age), who at the request
of Claes Bever declared it to be true to his certain knowledge that
on Friday last, a week ago, being in a tavern and holding conversa-
tion with Harmen Harmensz, 2 brewer, at Betlehem, concerning the
requirer [ Claes Bever], he, the deponent, among other things said:
" It may well be that the requirer has been a shepherd or a swine-
herd, but not as far as he [Marten Cornelisz] knows." On the < o
trary. he declares that he knew him many years in his youth at
Houten. in the bishopric of Utrecht, having been brought up with
him in the same neighborhood, and that he never had seen or heard
that he had herded hogs or sheep ; also that he is ready when
requested to confirm the foregoing if need be by oath. Thus done
and executed in the colony of Renselaerswyck in Xew Xetherland,
in presence of Arien Appel and Teunis Jacobsz, beer worker, as
witnesses hereto called.

A: Appel This is the mark X made by Mar-

Tuenes Jacobse ten Cornelissz, aforenamed

D. V. Schelluvxe, Not. Pub
1660

Contract between Folckje Jurriaens, wife of Jan van Hoesen,
and Seger Cornelissen in regard to the purchase of wheat

[37] On this clay, the 28th of October [i 6b, appeared b<
me. Dirck van Schelluvne, notary public, and before the herein-
after named witnesses, Folckie Jurriaensz, wife of Jan van Hoesen,
dwelling in Beverwyck, of the first part, and Seger Cornelisz,
farmer, dwelling in the colony of Renselaerswyck, of the second

1 Marten Cornelissen van Yssels . near Houten, in the province of
Utrecht. He was also known as " Black Marten,'' and must not be confused
with Martin Cornelissen, the s 1 rnelis Maessen van Buren. See Van
Rensse 'Iss, p. 180-81.

2 Harmen Harmensen Ganse\

3 Bierwercker. Two brothers, Rutger and Teunis Jacobsen van Schoen-
derwoert, came out to Beverwyck at an early day; the former was a 1 1

his descendant; he surname of Rutgers and removed to New York.

The latter (Teunis) remained in Albany and his descendants took the sur-
name i ■■* ; he married Sar; Amsterdam, April 19,
rid left one son, Jacob, from whom have sprung the Van Woerts of
Albany county. J. P.

^J ALBANY

part, and declared thai they, the appearers, had contracted and

agreed with each other in the manner following: Seger Cornelissz

pron deliver next winter, at the latest before the month of

May [661, to Folckie Jurriaensz a n; med the quantity of three

hundred skipples of winter wheat the skipple reckoned at three

guilders, for which she, Folckie Jurriaense, promises to pay to said

er Cornelissz, on his order, on or before the r' of June

1661. punctually and without further delay, the quantity of

hundred and twelve and a half good, merchantable winter

beaver skins, reckoned al eight guilders a piece (whole); then

binding their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all

(Mint- and judges. Appeared likewise Adriaen Symonsz, trader,

at present here, dwelling at Amsterdam in New Netherland, who

declared that in connection with the foregoing agreement he

Hues surety and coprincipal for the full satisfaction and pay-

i of the aforesaid one hundred and twelve and a half beaver

skins, on the da oresaid, renouncing therefore the

beneficium ordinis [ 38 1 et excussionis, the effect whereof he un

derstands, binding and subjecting himself as above. Thus dune and

executed in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in Mr

Phillip Pietersz Schuyler and Jurriaen Tennis/, innkeeper, as wit

'.. etO I ailed.

This mark X was made by Foi 1
Philip Pieterse Schuyler Ji rriaensz, aforesaid

mark X was made l>\ SiCGER
1 "km 1 is/, 1 aforesaid

Aryan Symi

1 >. V. S< HEl /'/(/>.

1660

Deposition by Jacobus de Looper and Robert Sanders about a
wager between Harmen Harmensen and Claes Bever

[39I 1 day, thi November [66o, appe

e ii". Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, the

hereinafter named witnesse de Lo and Robbert

■ ili of compet dwelling al Beverwyck, who

ic i- given as Jacobu
:k. which
mm I ntificd with I • ■ anal

an English family which at an early

nts of whi ! in

the runni 1 this

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l66o— 1696 43

at the request of Claes Bever declare that to their certain knowl-
edge it is true that on the 24th of October last, while they with
other company were at the brewery of Harmen Harmensz at J 'etle-
hem in the colony of Renselaerswyck, there was a wager of half a
cask of beer about the assertion of Harmen Harmensz that the
requirer [Claes Bever] had been a shepherd, and that he could
prove it by Martin Cornelisz alias Swarte Marten, 1 staking his
brew kettle against the requirer's canoe, which lay on the shore
laden with firewood, the one to be delivered with the other.
\\ hereupon, the beer having been drunk, Harmen Harmensz
wanted to take possession of the canoe and the wood that lay
therein, without delivering the kettle, as indeed he could not do
immediately because it stood masoned up. The requirer not being
willing to let the canoe go without first receiving the brew kettle,
Harmen Harmensz said : " 1 will nevertheless have the canoe and
the firewood too, at my risk and fine, for I have a valid enough
claim thereto." As a result of which Hendrick Andriesz, by order
of the aforesaid Harmen, in spite and against the will of the
requirer, hauled the canoe hard upon the shore and by order of
Harmen aforesaid Jacobus de Looper took one piece and Coos
Bouts and Jan [blank]," dwelling at Katskil, each also took out a
load, although the requirer said to Harmen : " You wrong me and
do me an injustice." Herewith they conclude their deposition,
ottering to confirm the same under oath if need [40] be, when
requested. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in N. Nether-
land, in presence of Cornelis Cornelisz van Starrevelt and Frans
Pietersz, 3 carpenter, as witnesses hereto called.

This mark X was made by Jacobus
de Looper, aforesaid
I. the undersigned, Robbert Sandersz
uclis Cornelissen uen Sterrenuelt
i rans Pietersen

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1660

designation was a play upon the English name of Quick.. According to
Records of New Amsterdam, 6:307, Jacob Looper's wife was named Neeltie
Cornelis, which again identifies him with Jacob Theuniszen. from Naerden,
who in 1655 married at New Amsterdam Neeltje Cornelis, from Amsterdam.
Jacob Teunissen de Looper should not be confused, as has been dune in the
index to the Records of New Amsterdam, with Capt. Jacob Loper. from
Stockholm, who in 1647 married Cornelia, the eldest daughter of Cornelis
Melyn. and who died before \pril 1653, when his widow married Jacob
Schellinger.

1 Marten Cornelissen van Ysselsteyn, alias Black Marten.

2 Tan Dircksen van Bremen?

3 Frans Pietersen Clauw.

44 VLBANY

Deposition of Hendrick Arentsen and Gabriel Thomassen about
a wager between Harmen Harmensen and Claes Bever

[41] On this day, the isl of November 1660, appe
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and b ( ie here-

inafter witnesses, Hendrick Arentsz and Gabriel i

of lling in Beverwyck, and declared at the

Harmen Harmensz, brewer at Betlehem, thai
their certain knowledge it is true thai fourteen da; 1 Satur-

day, they with other compan Bever were at the house

of the requirer and heard I lae Bever -a\ in jest to the requ
that he had been a hog driver; whereupon the requirer answered:
" Swarten Marten- says, ami I will prove it by him. that you,
have been a sh Thereupon a wager was

made between them, first fur a hall that

Swarte Marten had said so: and though the requirer thought
that the wager would not In- d and he would not tap

beer, Claes Bever, nevertheless, wishi When the

beer was nearl) finished, the ■ 1 the wager, to wit, Harmen

Harmen ed his brew ke inst Clae > ith

firewood, then laying off the shore at Betlehem, to i red

the one with the other, in consequence of which the canoe
brou on the land by Hendrick Andriesz, who was asked to

the whole company, and Clai 1 consented that the

compan) should lake out five . which tl

did, bul ;t more, you -hall rue it." I'.n

uirer, these d do nol know thai he concerned

himself therewith. I42I Herewith th lude theii ion,

offering me under oath if need he. when r<

Thus done and 1 : in the colony of Renselaerswyck, in the

1 'ruyff a
1 called.

Henderick
Eller ark X w.

Hcndi lecht ?q tid

I ). \ , \b.

no

iel Thompson Strid

in New \

Chin

\i;i.\L PAPERS I AND 2, [660 1 45

Deposition of Hendrick Arentsen and Claes Cornelissen van den
Berch as to what Marten Cornelissen said to Claes Bever
On this day, the 8th of November 1660, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Hendrick Arentsz and Claes Cornelisz van den
Berch, dwelling in Beverwyck, both of competent age, and declared
at the request of Harmen Harmensz, brewer at Betlehem, in the
colony of Renselaerswyck, that to their certain knowledge it is
true that fourteen days ago last Friday, Marten Cornelisz alias
Swarte Marten, being at the house of the requirer with these
deponents and other company, said among other things to Claes
Llever (then also present 1 that he, Claes Bever, had been a shep-
herd, which Claes Bever denied; nevertheless Marten Cornelisz
[43] reaffirmed that he had been a shepherd. These deponents
are read}', when requested, to confirm the same by oath, if need be.
Thus done and executed in Beverwyck, in presence of Mr Jan
Thomissz and Eldert Gerbrantsz Cray ft", as witnesses hereto called.

Hexderick Arenst
Claes Coerxilis
Jan 1 ' homasz
Ellert (ierbertsz Cruif

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1660

Power of attorney from Jan Cornelissen Cleyn to Adriaen Hege-
man to lease his plantation and house at Midwout on Long
Island

On this day, the 19th of November 1660, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Ian Cornelisz 'Cleyn, master carpenter, dwelling
at Betlehem in the colon}- of Renselaerswyck, 1 and declared that he
hereby constituted and appointed Mr Adriaen Hegeman, scholtus ~
of Midwout, Amersfort and Breuckele[n], 3 on Long Island, his
special attorney, for the best interest of the principal to lease his
plantation lying in the jurisdiction of the village of Midwout
aforesaid and his dwelling house standing in said village, for so
many years (the fewer the better) as he shall deem advisable,
and that to a person or persons who have teams and farm imple-

1 The word Renselaerswyck is crossed out and v{oor]nt (aforesa'd) writ-
ten above the line.

2 A Latinized form of schout. meaning sheriff.

3 Flatbush, Flatlands and Brooklyn.

46 EARLY RECORDS 01 ALBANY

ments, if possible; if not, to others. Also to deliver to the lessees
the I44I cows, young and old, and the calves which he has on the
farm of Teunis Hillebrantsz, dwelling at Midwout; to make over
in the lessee the cattle on half the increase according to the custom
try and to stipulate also the usual yearly butter rent
such as others receive; also to obligate and bind the lessee to pro-
vide the plantation with a good feme and to deliver back the same
with the dwelling house in good repair at the end of the lease;
annually to receive the stipulated rent and butter and quittance
for such receipts to grant, and furthermore all things in the matter
to do and to perform which he may think needful and propi
I the principal] promising al all times to hold as valid whatever

ill be done and performed in the premises b) said attorney, p
vided thai the attorney be holden to make a proper return of his
trail and receipts when required. Thus dune and executed

in the colony of R:wyck in X: \ :. in ;

van der Heyden and Paulus Cornel[i]sz van Abcoude,' as wit-
nesses hereto called.

Jan Cornei ■
'an der Heyden
I 'nidus ( 'ornelisz

D. V. Si 1 '.'. Pub.

1660

Contract between Arent van Curler and Willem Bout and Reyer
Cornelissen Soestbergen for the lease of a horse mill

[ 45 I On this day, the 23d 1 f November 1660, appeared be

Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hen

named witnesses, the Honorable Arent van Curlar and Willem

uwt, of the first part, and Reyer Corneliss . miller,

of the second part, and acknowledged that they : eed and

. ith each other in manner following. The aforesaid

lar and Willem Boul hereb) promise at the firsl opportunity

to delivi 1 on the lot of V\ ilhem Boul a horse mill in proper running

order, whereto he, Soesl hall lend a helping hand without

bliged i" pay any part of the expense thereof. Tl

• him two g 1 draft horses, to be used in the

I during the hereinafter mentioned term the same to be

risk of the ! ■ ■ of manifest neglect at the cha

•
I
Utrei

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 47

of the lessee; and if more horses be needed, the lessors promise
to furnish them at the joint and equal risk of both parties. The
lessee shall also have the right to do teaming with the horses, for
which the lessors shall provide him with a sled and appurtenances.
The parties on both sides shall each bear one-half of the expense
of the fodder for the horses when the mill is in operation and
receive half the income from the mill, horses and teaming, whereof
the lessee shall be holden to keep a true account and make a return
[46] when requested.

This contract shall run for three consecutive years from the date
hereof and the lessee promises at the end of the lease to deliver
up the mill, tools, sled and horses in good condition and repair.
For the performance and observance of what is hereinbefore writ-
ten the parties, each as far as he is concerned, mutually bind their
persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and
judges. Thus done and executed in the colony of Renselaerswyck,
in the presence of Mr Gerard Sward, scholtus of the aforesaid
colony, and Hendrick Coenraetsz van Bon, as witnesses hereto
called.

A. van Curler
This mark X was made by Wili.em

Bout, aforesaid
Reyer Cornelysz Soestbekgen
G: Swart t

This mark H K V B was made by
Hendrick Coenraetsz van Bon

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pith.
1660

Deposition by Jan Verbeeck and Philip Pietersen Schuyler as to
statements made by Pieter Jillissen about Wynant Gerritsen
van der Poel's wife

[47] On this day, the 26th of November 1660, appeared
before me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the
afternamed witnesses, the Honorable Joan Verbeeck and Phillip
Pietersz Schuyler, who at the request of Wynant Gerritsz declare
that they with Domine Schaats were yesterday at the requisition
of said Wynant at Pieter Jillisz's and asked him, Pieter Jillisz, if
he was willing to stand by it that the requirer's wife was a thief,
whereupon he answered, " Yes " ; being asked further if he had seen
the requirer's wife steal lead, he answered, " No," but that he

48 \l. i:\.\V

believed the two liars of lead which the requirer's wife 1 who
very tipsy) had by her side and which lie took from her, v.

Theunisz Bos's lead, since he said it was just like his
lally, being asked who struck and so severely maltreated the
requ that he believed it was said

or he had heard the noise and bustle above the
cella

1 iding theii are read nfirm

the same, by oath if need b nested. Thu and

I in Beverwyck, in Hendrick Jochei

and ornelisz van d es hereto call

Jan \ 1 i
1'n i! RSI-;

1 ). V. SCHELLU\ NE, Not. Pub.

1660

Contract between Willem Bout and Cornelis Cornelissen for the
delivery of pine logs for Bout's mill

1 48 1 On this day, tl d before

Dirck ry public, and before the after-

named witnesses, Willei < part, and Corni

ia1 they

■ h other in mi

during : r at

Wil wer mill, standing behind the farm of Evert Pels,

hundred pine logs and as many more logs as he. Bout, shall
d and be entl) to saw in il :ar from

this dati condition that of the logs which he, I

neli e mill, he shall receive every third

on the si -ust

as -awed out of tin i winch Bout shall make an

return to him and be holden the .1 third and fourth

1 1 eliver at his expi on the aforesaid

the expi; . been

1 mill or "ii the 3 lid sin ire than ] 1 11 have b

. the same shall be made g 1 and paid foi

1 ling to tin sal of impartial persons.

irk, this ■■ 11 van

full.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l66o-l6y6 49

For the faithful performance and observance of what is above
written, the parties hereto, each as regards his own obligations,
mutually bind their persons and estates nothing excepted, subject
to all courts and judges. Thus done and executed in the [49]
colony of Renselaerswyck, in the presence of Mr Arent van Curlar
and Jan Jansz Oothout, as witnesses hereto called.

This mark X was made by Willem

Bouwt, aforesaid
This mark X was made by CoRNELlS
CoRNELiSZ, aforesaid

A: van Curler

Jan Jansen Oothoct

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pill).
1660

Depositions by Pieter Bronck and his wife, Adriaen Jansen van
Duynkercken, and Jacobus de Looper as to Nicolaes Marchal's
carrying a knife when he left the house

[50] 1 On this day, the 21st of December 1660. appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public", and before the after-
named witnesses, Pieter Bronck and Hilleke Bronck his wife,
Adriaen Jansz van Duynkercke, and Jacobus de looper, dwelling in
Beverwvck, all of competent age, and declared for the honest truth,
at the requisition and request of Nicolaes Marchal, as follows:

Pieter Bronck declares that on last Sunday evening the requirer
(Marchal), being fuddled, went out of the house in a good humor,
with a big flute in his pocket, without (to his knowledge) having
had any quarrel with any one; also that as far as the deponent
knows he had no knife in his pocket then or during the evening and
that coming into the house again he said, and it was found, that
he had been wounded.

Hilleke Broncks declares that the same evening, after there had
been some trouble at the house of Leendert Phillipsz, the requirer
having come home. Air Montagne came to see him, having a little
stick in his hand, and Adriaen Symonsz, looked into the requirer's
pocket if he had a knife therein, but found none; and this deponent
does not know that the requirer had a knife with him when he went
out nor when he came into the house again.

Adriaen Jansz van Duynkercken declares that he did not see,
neither does he know, that the requirer had a knife with him ; but

1 Between pages 49 and 50 there is a blank page, originally numbered 4"

5<D I \KI \ Rl I ORDS OF ALBANY

that he quickly went out of the house and came home again
wounded.

Jacobus de looper 1 declares that the requirer's knife, the whole
evening, as well when he was within as when he was without the
house, lay upon the table and was used most of the time by the
deponent, so that the requirer had not that [ 5 1 J knife with him,
nor to the best of his knowledge, any other; also that he went ou1
of t lie house in a good humor.

Finally these deponents are read} to confirm the above declara-
tions li\ oath if need be, when required. Thus done and executed
in Beverwyck in presence of Hans Coenraets van Neurenb[urch]
and Pieter Loockermanz, as witnesses hereto called.

Pieter Bronck

I h I.I' Kl I I I SYNI K

\m;i\i \ Janse van Duini kerke

This mark X was made 1>\ Jai OBUS
DE LOOPER, aforesaid

This mark II wa made b) Hans Coenraets

van Neurenburch, 2 aforenamed
Pieter Loockerman i

1). V. Si in 1 1 1 vnk, Not. I'ub.
1660

Indian deed to Volckert Jansen and Jan Thomassen for Nanoseck
island and the half of another island lying before their farm

[52I On this day, the 25th of January [661, Fblckert Jansz

and Jan Tl tasz ai knowledged and declared that they h

and contracted with the Indians named Syme, ( apachick and
Nachonan, for themselves as well as for their kinsmen and
coowners, about the purchase of the half of, or such righl as
they have hitherto possessed in. the island lying to the eastward on
the binnen kil* before the farm of the aforesaid Folckert Jans
and Jan Thomas/, together with a little island lying thereby, called

lissen Quick, aliai di L01
2 Nun Nuremberg, in Ba\

ken Jansen Douw and [an Hi ma en Witbeck Thej bought a

land in 1658 and on N< n ember 3, [66 patent

from Stuyvesanl for land at Schodack, including Scl 01 Vepjes island,

for which they 1 ci nfirmatory patent on Ma) |, 1667. The same day.

i 1667, Volckert Jansen .lent for land at tile EsopuS,

ran Tl
•Literally : " the inner kill."

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND -\ l66o— l6y6 51

by the Indians Nanoseck and by the Dutch het cleyne cuypers
eylantiej 1 in manner following :

The aforesaid Folckert Jansz and Jan Thomasz shall henceforth
have the full ownership, possession and use of the entire aforesaid
island and the little island, without said Indians making any fur-
ther claim whatsoever thereto, they, the said Indians, acknowledg-
ing that they have received full satisfaction and payment therefoi
and promising nevermore to do nor cause to be done anything
contrary hereto, nor allow anything to be done hereagainst either
by themselves or any of theirs. In witness of the truth of which,
the contents hereof having been clearly translated to the afore-
said Indians by Mr Abraham Stacts and Air Ruth Jacobsz, and
they and the buyers have confirmed the same by their signatures,
in the colony of Renselaerswyck, dated as above.

This mark X was made by the Indian

Syme, aforesaid
This mark X was made by the Indian

Capachick, aforenamed
This mark X was made by the Indian
Nachonan, aforenamed
Abram Stuns: Yolckert Jansz

Rutger Jacobss Jan Thomasz

In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyxh, Secretary
1661

Contract between Willem Jansen Slyckoten and Adriaen Symon-
sen. attorney for Jacob Heere, for the settlement of a debt
due to said Heere

[53-55 blank; 56J On this day, the 31st of January [661,
appeared before me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and
before the afternamed witnesses, Willem Jansz Slyckoten, as hus-
band and guardian of Neeltie Fredericxsz, widow of the late Claes
Hendricsz van Schoonhoven (also here present), of the first part,
and Adriaen Symonsz in capacity of attorney for Jacob Heere, of
the second part, and declared that they had agreed and contracted
with each other in manner following:

1 According to E. M. Ruttenber, Indian Geographic Names, page 161, this
island was in the Rondout creek. the Dutch name means: "the little
cooper's island," not " Little Cupper's island," as Ruttenber has it and as the
name is incorrectly given in an abstract of this deed in Doc. Rel. to Col. Hist
A. }'., 13:192. As the patents to Volckert Jansen and Jan Thomassen 1 r
land at the Esopus make no mention "f the islands referred to in the presenl
deed, it may be doubted whether tlie-^e islands were actually in the Esopus.

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EARLY RE( ORDS < »]•' ALBANY

Whereas the aforenamed Claes Hendricxsz was indebted to the
Jacob Heere in the sum of three hundred guilders
and also one hundred guilders, all Holland money, together four
hundred guilders principal, and the accrued interest and exchange,
according to the purport and contents of two bottomry bonds, one
dated the 26th April 1058, and the other the 15th May 1658; now,
therefore, Adriaen Symonsz shall receive, as he hereby accepts,
from Mr Juan \|er]beeck in payment thereof the sum of one
hundred and fifty guilders in good heavers, reckoned at eight
guilders apiece. Furthermore, said Adriaen Symonsz, in his
capacity aforesaid, shall receive by way of purchase the ownership
of the seller-' house and lot, with all that thereon and therein is
fast by earth and nail, according to the patent thereof, free and
unincumbered, without any charges thereon or issuing out of the
same 1 saving the lord's right 1, just as said house and lot now
ind and lie in the village of Beverwyck, over against the house
and lot of Jan Barentsz Wemp, which house and lot shall now at
once be lawfully conveyed to the purchaser, on condition [57]
that Adriaen Symonsz, on conveyance being made, promises imme-
diately to deliver in full payment for said house and lot the sum
of two hundred guilders in good merchandise at heavers price.
And it is also agreed that he, Adriaen Symonsz, shall now deliver
to -aid seller- the -um of one hundred guilders in merchandise
e, provided that said Willem Jansz and Neeltie
omise to pay him, Adriaen Symonsz, in the business
[662 fourteen good beavers.
The parties herewith having come to a friendly agreement in
the matter aforesaid, promise neither to do nor cause anything t<>
be done contrar) to the same, either with or without judicial pro-
dings, in any manner whatsoever, binding thereto their respec-
tive persons and est othing excepted, subject to all courts
and judges. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in X: Nethi

1, in presence of Xicolaes Marehal and Claes Bever, as wit-
nesses herein called. WlLLEM JANSZ

Neeltgen Frej ricks
Marichael Am an S'i M

This mark X was made b)

Claes Bever D. V. Schelli i ■> Pub.

166 1

Bond of Rutger Jacobsen to Teunis Cornelissen van der Poel

I58I ( >n this day. the ist of Februar) [6 ed before

me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, ;md before the after-

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2. 166&-1696 53

named witnesses, Mr Ruth Jacobsz, trader in Beverwyck, acknowl-
edging that according to a previous liquidation and settlement
respecting an obligation dated September 4, 1654, in the sum of
one hundred beavers, and a further claim outstanding between
him and Teunis Cornelisz van der Poel to this date, he is well and
truly indebted according to the aforesaid settlement to said Teunis
Cornelisz van [der] Poel in the net sum or quantity of four and
forty good, whole beaver skins, reckoned at eight guilders apiece,
besides two good beavers and two good otters to boot. Which said
sum he promises to pay to said Teunis Cornelisz, or to his
order, at the latest in the month of July next coming, promptly
without further delay ; binding thereto his person and estate, noth-
ing excepted, subject to all courts and judges. Thus done and
executed in Beverwyck in N: Xetherland, in presence of Mr
Andries Herbertsz and Jurrien Theunissz, as witnesses hereto
called.

Rutger Jacobsz
Andris Herberts
Jureyan Tunsen

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pith.
166 1

Bond of Cornelis Teunissen Hoogeboom to Pieter Adriaensen

[ 59] On this day, the 2d of February 1661, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Cornelis Theunisz Hoogeboom, dwelling in the
colony of Renselaerswyck, and acknowledged that he is well and
truly indebted to Pieter Adriaensz in the sum of two hundred and
thirty-two good beavers, reckoned at eight guilders apiece, and
seven hundred and twenty-three guilders, four stivers, in good
strung seawan, growing out of a matter of borrowed money, lodg-
ing and board, etc. by him thankfully received here some time ago,
according to a settlement of accounts made of this date; which
aforesaid sum of 232 gl. in beavers and 723 gl. 4 st. in seawan,
said Pieter Adriaensz shall receive from Mr Andries Herbertsz
out of what he, the appearer, shall earn in his [Herbertsen's]
service in the rantile kiln the coming summer, to wit, every time
the oven is heated and tiles are burned, three beavers and six and
twenty guilders in seawan, requesting by these presents the afore-
said Mr Andries Herbertsz that he will please each time promptly
to make payment as above, to Pieter Adriaensz, which payment
shall be accounted a valid settlement. And the appearer promises

54 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

neither to do ■ suffer anything to be dune contrary hereto, in

any manner, binding thereto his person and estate, nothing
excepted, subject to all courts and judges. Thus done and
executed in the colony of Renselaerswyck, in presence of Tys
Ban d Mr Anthony Thonnel, as witnesses hereto called.

This mark X was made by CoRNELIS
'I'm unisz I ! on -aid

This mark X was made by Tys

Barents^, a forenamed
Anthony Toinel I). V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

1661

Deposition of Jan Verbeeck and Frans Pietersen about an agree-
ment made between Evert Pels and Jacob Jansen Stol in
dividing their land at the Esopus

|6o|' On this day, the 2d of February 1661, appeared before
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the herein-
after named witnesses, Mr Jan Verbeeck and Frans Pietersz, c:
penter, both of competent age, and declared at the request of Evert
Pels that it is true and well known to them that in the harvest of
1051 (according to the besl of their recollection) they were
both present when the requirer |IVK| and the late Jacob Jat
Stol 2 divided the land which they had jointly bought from the
[ndians at Esopus and it having happened and Keen found by mi
urement that Jacob Jans/ had seven or eighl morgens more than the
uirer, Jacob Jansz said that in return therefor he would requesl
of General P. Stuyvesant and seek to obtain from the Indian- a-
much more land fot the benefit of the requirer, where it besl -ttited
him in connection with his -bare of the land; all of which the
deponents are read) it" need be and requested to confirm by oath.
rhus done and ed in Bi 1 '. in X: Netherland, in

presence oi Mr Gerard S'ward, schout of thi of R[ense

laersjwyck, and Jan Dircxsz van Brenien, as witnesses hen

railed.

Jan Verbi i
Stvartt i .- Pietersen

vat . men |

1 ). \ uyne, Vot Pub.

1661

1 \nothcr translation of this deposition is in Doc. Rcl Hist. N. Y .

killed in the fit War of

V. Y., 13

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND _', 166O-I696 55

Bond of Albert Gysbertsen to Wynant Gerritsen

[61] On this day, the 4th of February 1661, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Albert Gysbertsz, dwelling in Beverwyck, and
acknowledged that he was honestly and truly indebted to Wynant
Gerritsz, in the sum of eight}' skipples of good winter wheat,
growing out of the purchase and delivery of a young gelding horse,
by him to his satisfaction received; of which aforesaid 80 skipples
of wheat he, the subscriber, promises to pay: in the month of
October next coming 50 skipples, and in October 1662 30 skipples,
promptly each time; binding thereto especially aforesaid horse
and further his person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to all
courts and judges. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck, in
presence of Jan Jansz van Eeckel and Arien Appel, as witnesses
hereto called.

This mark X was made by Albert
Ian Iansen i\ui F.cckel 1 Gysbertsz, aforenamed

A: Appel

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1661

Contract between Jean Labatie and Cornelis Cornelissen van
Voorhout for the sale of the fence and hogpen on Labatie's
farm opposite Castle island

[62] This day, the 8th of February 1661, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Jan Labatie of the first part and Cornelis Cor-
nelisz van Voorhout of the second part who acknowledged, the
aforesaid Labatie that he had sold, and he, van Voorhout, that he
had bought of him, all the palisades and all the fencing standing
around the farm lying over against Casteels eylant (Castle island)
in the colony of Renselaerswyck. with the hogsty thereon standing,
to him, Labatie, belonging; for which the buyer promises to pay
to the seller cash down or at the first opportunity one hundred
guilders in good strung seawan, and one year after date a like
hundred guilders in seawan, in the coming summer three vims '
of oat sheaves, and in 1663 in February one hundred guilders in

1 The signature looks like ian iansen van ieckel, but is probably intended
for van eeckel, as clearly written on page [226]. His wife was Gisseltie
Alberts, a daughter of Albert Andriessen Bratt.

2 One vim = 104 to 108 sheaves.

56 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

good winter wheat reckoned at twenty guilders the mud. 1 For the
faithful performance of what is above written the parties hind
their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all courts
and judges. Thus done and executed in the colony of Renselaers-
wyck, in the presence of Arien Appel* and Mr Pieter Riverdingh, 3
as \\ i i ei eto i .died.

I VBATIE

A: Appel This mark X is made by Cornelis

Pieter Ryverd Cornelisz van Voorhout, afore-

named

D. V. S( in i i n ne, Not. Pub.
1 66 1

Power of attorney from Gregoris Bisschop and Jannetie Hen-
dricks to Marcelis Jansen
[63] ( >n this day, the r8th < f February [661, appeared b<
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
witnesses, Gregoris Bisschop, as husband and guardian of Jannetie
Hendricxsz, his wife, late widow herwise called

de Wad, 4 she being present with her said husband, and
declared that they, the principal-, had constituted and appointed
by these presents Marcelis Janssz, the bearer hereof, their special
attorney to demand, co id receive at the Esopus of sundry

1 On wudde, 3.056 bushels.

- Vdriaen Jansen Vppel, From Leiden. He was in Rensselaerswyck as

early as 1649 a ' u ' an innkeeper there, or in the villi verwyck, in 1656.

te of lanuarv X. t6S 1 ferred to as " Vdriaen

appel of >'' Toune and Count] In spite of this

n Jansen Appel in R
1640, lie is not the schoolmaster who Succeeded Evert \ T olden
in Re: iryck in 1050 or 1651, or the "M riaen" wlio on

September 1 and 28, 1660, at ! ck sued various people for school

money, the latter designation, from the entries

in the ird, pointing unmistakably to \.dri | en van Ilpei

who « at New Amsterdam in 1640. That he and

perhaps both from Leiden, and both schoolmasters, were 1
and the same person, is clear from their signatures and from an entry in

;. 6:272. in which both Adriacn van [lpendam

and Adriaen Vppel an- mentioned. Nol unlikely, \driaen Jansen Vppel

succeeded as schoolmaster Jan Juri ei who was a notarj public

. . . and ni. iv hims< If ha> e been sui

who was Imaster at VIbanj "ti January -'.?.

r :io; N. Y. ( 'ol. Mss, 3 ■<»>; i<>.
Van 843,

lyverdingh, court messenger and clerk of Fort Orange and
i-yck in 1654-55; see F.arly Records of Albany, 1 :20Q, 224.
' 1 lacs the Wall"

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l660— 1696 $J

persons dwelling there payment of divers sums due to the said Claes
Mulle for wages earned and other matters, according to the
accounts and evidences thereof of which authentic copies are placed
in the hands of this attorney ; therefore, to grant acquittance for
receipts, to compel the delinquent to pay by legal proceedings and
rigor of justice, to this end all legal steps to observe until judgment
and final execution thereof; likewise to proceed by attachment of
persons and estates, and furthermore all things to do and to per-
form, either in or out of court, that may be needful and which in
the interest of the principals may seem advisable to the attorney,
with power also to substitute another person in his place, [the
principals] promising to hold as valid whatever may be done by
the aforesaid attorney or his substitute, without any contradiction,
provided that the attorney shall be holden to make a proper return
of his transactions and receipts when required. Thus done and
executed in the colony of Renselaerswyck, in presence of Pieter
Riverdinck and Robbert Sandersz, as witnesses hereto called.

This mark X was made by Gregoris
Bisschop, aforesaid
Pieter Ryverdingh This mark O was made by Ja.xxetie

Robbert Sandersz Hendricxsz, aforesaid

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub

1661

Depositions by Aert Goossens van Twiller, Jillis Pietersen and
Jurriaen Jansen about a canoe which was stolen from Cornells
Cornelissen Viele

[64] On this da}", the ~th of March 1661, appeared before mie,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Aert Goossens van Twiller, dwelling in the colony-
aforesaid 1 being of competent age, who declared at the request of
Cornelis Cornelisz Fiele that to his certain knowledge it is true that
on the date hereof he with the requirer saw a canoe lying on the
shore, hauled up and made fast before the house of Huybert Jansz,
and furthermore that the canoe belonged to the requirer and was
stolen from him last harvest, giving as the reason of his assurance
that he knows the canoe very well, having used it many times last
summer, and that this is the requirer's own canoe ; all of which die
deponent is ready to confirm on oath when required. Thus done

1 Retis=»iaerswyck.

58 EARLY RECORDS OK ALBANY

and executed in the colony of Renselaerswyck, in presence of
Pieter Adriaensz and Arien Appel, as witnesses hereto called.

V K I I IN' TWYLLKI:

Pieter Adriaen[sz] Sogemacklick
A: Appel

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Xot. Pub.

1661

Jillis Pietersz declares at the requesf as above that he saw

last Sunday and that he tried thereon a mast bench which
he made last fall al the request of the requirer and that from the
fitting of the bench it looks as if it were the same canoe, but that

1 C; t say that it is the same canoe.

Done the 8th of .March [661, in Beverwyck.

Ji.i.is Pietersz
In my presence,

I). V. Si in 1.1 uyne, Not. Pub.
1661

[65 j Jurriaen Jansz, 1 having now also examined the aforesaid
canoe, declare-- that it is said Cornells Comelisz's own canoe; that
he used to know ti, well and even recognized it when it was

among the Indians and that he had almost brought it down with
him from the Indians because he knew it to be the requirer's.
Done the 9th of March [661, in Beverwyck.

Jurriaen Janse n
In my presence,

D. V. S( HELLUYNE, Not. Pub.
I66l

Will of Jurriaen Teunissen Tappen and Wybrecht Jacobs, his

wife

|66| In the name of God, Vmen. Know all men [by these
'Is] lhat on this day. the 171I1 of March [66l, about ten

'. in tin 1 n, before me, Dirck van Schelluyne, m

public, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, personally
came and appeared the worthy Jurriaen Theunisz 2 and Wybrecht
liter, married persons, dwelling in Beverwyck 1 ki

1 :, the notary, and the subscribing witnesses), the aforesaid

Jurriaen Theunisz being in bodily health and said Wyb

in bed, hut both of sound and disposing mind

in?
mi < 11 l appi n, the 1 lazier.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 59

as outwardly appeared; which persons declared that without
inducement, persuasion or influence of any one they had made,
ordained and concluded this their joint reciprocal and mutual last
will and testament, in manner following :

First, committing their immortal souls, whenever they shall be
separated from their bodies, to the gracious and merciful hands of
God, their Maker and Redeemer, and their bodies to a Christian
burial, revoking, canceling and annulling hereby all and every
testamentary dispositions which they heretofore may jointly and
severally have made and executed and now disposing anew, they,
the testators, inasmuch as they have no children procreated by
them living, hereby nominate and institute the survivor of the two
[67] as their sole and universal heir to all their estate, real and
personal, claims and credits, gold and silver coined and uncoined,
jewels, clothing, linen and woolens, household furniture, etc.,
nothing reserved or excepted of what shall be left behind by the
one who dies first, to do therewith as with his or her own property,
provided that if the testator happens to die first, the testatrix shall
be holden to pay as a legacy to Theunis Pietersz, the testator's
sister's son, the sum of one hundred guilders Holland money, and
if the testatrix happens to die first, the testator shall pay as a legacy
to Jacob Cornelisz and Grietie Machielsz, the testatrix' brother's
and sister's children, each the sum of fifty guilders, also Holland
money ; and furthermore the survivor shall give to the deacons of
the village of Beverwyck the sum of five and twenty guilders sea-
wan out of the first available means of the first deceased of the two.
All of which that is hereinbefore written the testators declare to
be their last will and testament, desiring that the same after the
death of the first of them both shall have full force and effect, be
it as a will, codicil, donation, or gift in anticipation of death, or
otherwise, as the same can best be carried out, even though the
formalities demanded by law or custom may not have been fully
observed herein.

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in X: Xetherland, at the
house of the testators, in the presence of the Rev. Domine Gideon
Schaets, minister of the gospel here, and Mr Jacob de Hinsse,
Chirurgeon, as witnesses hereto called.

JUREYAN TUNSEN

Gideon Schaats, pastor This mark W J W J was made by

in Beverwyck Wybrecht Jacobsz, aforenamed.

/. Dehinsse

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not Pub.

1 66 1

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Assignment by Femmetje Albrechts to Daniel Rinckhout of the
purchase money of a house and lot to satisfy her creditors,
Philip Hendricksen. Pieter Bronck and Adriaen Appel
[68 1 Femmetie Albrechtsz acknowledges that she owe
Phillip Hendricxsz the sum of three hundred and sixty guildi

le hundred and eleven guilders and to Arien Appel
sixty guilders, all to be paid in good seawan; and to satisfy the said
creditors, md transfers to Daniel Rinchout, to be paid

to said creditors, whatever h. her for the pur'

delivery of a house and lot, according to contract executed on the
8th of March anno r66o; which said Rinchout heri epting

promi ty to said creditors pro rata (to each creditor r<

in proportion to the aforewritten sums I for so far as he is
tly indebted according to the aforesaid contract, provided
that i he mortgage of Mi Pieter Hartgers and what is stipulated by
Rynchout in the contract be first satisfied, and the balance
which may remain due on settlement of the account she. Femmetie
Albrechts, promises faithfully to pay. All of which being done
honestly and in good faith, this is signed in Beverwyck in New
Netherland, the [8th of March r66i.

This mark X was made by Femmetie
aid
Daniel Ringhai
In m\ presence,

I ). V. Sch i / Pub.

1661

Bond of Evert Pels to Jan Bastiaensen van Gutsenhoven
[69 blank; 70] On this day. the J-'d of March [61 ared

before me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the

er named witn -crt Pels, dwelling in the colo

Renselaerswyck, proposing to transfer his residence to the Esopus,

dged that he was well and truly indebted to Mr Jan

Bastiaensz," trader here, in the sum oi 1 beavers, growing

out of the purchase and delivery of merchandise by him at different

!. which -um of eighteen beavers, to be ret

Ju guilders apiece, he promises to pa) to said Mr Jan

Bastiaensz, or his order, in or before the month of September anno

imptly, without further delay, binding thereto his pi
and estate, real and personal, present and future, nothing

' Jan Ba: :ua f

Amsterdam.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 6l

subject to all courts and judges, promising in default of payment
to confess judgment before any high or inferior court where these
presents may be exhibited. Thus done and executed in the colony
of Renselaerswyck in New Netherlands in presence of Mr Phillip
Pietersz Schuyler, trader here, and Jacob Sandersz Glen, as wit-
nesses hereto called.

Evert Pels
Philip Pieterse Schuyler
Jacob Sandersen Glen

D. V. Schelluvxe, Not. Pub.
1661

Contract between Tjerck Claessen de Witt and Volckert Jansen
Douw for the lease of two horses to be used in the Esopus
[71 blank; 72] I, the undersigned, Tjarck Glaesz, 1 hereby
acknowledged that I have agreed to take from Folckert Jansz for
my use and service a stallion and a mare for the purpose of con-
veying the same to die Esopus and of using them there in farming
for the space of two following years, commencing on the first of

1 Tjerck Claessen de Witt, the ancestor of the well-known De Witt family
of Ulster county, whose lineage compiled by Sutherland De Witt, appeared
in Olde Ulster, 1905, 1:313-17, 345-49, 380-82, and 1906, 2:25-28, 58-60,
88-95, 280-86. The first mention of Tjerck Claessen occurs under date of
April 24, 1656, in the register of marriages of the Reformed Dutch Church
of New York, where he is given as from " Grootholt in Zunderlandt." This
place has not been identified. Grootholdt, or Groote Holt, is the name of a
small place near Borkelo in the province of Gelderland and also of a forest
near Assen in the province of Drenthe. but no district by the name of Zunder-
landt is found near either place. G. J. Honig, in a note on Tjerck Claessen
de Witt inserted in Algemeen Nederlandsch Fainilieblad. 1889, 6:47, for the
purpose of eliciting information that might connect him with the family of
Johan de Witt, the grand pensionary of Holland, suggests that Zunderlandt
may refer to Saterland, a small district in Oldenburg, and Schoonmaker, His-
tory of Kingston, p. 477, says : " This place is supposed to be Saterland, a dis-
trict of Westphalia, on the southern border of East Friesland." Considering,
however, that Tjerck Claessen. in a power of attorney to his brother-in-law,
Jan Albertsen. of June 9, 1661, printed on another page, speaks of land
inherited by him at " Oosterbemus in Oost Vrieslanr," and that he had a
sister Emmerentje de With, who in the record of her intended marri.
New Amsterdam to Marten Hofman, in 1664, is described as from " Esens
in Embderl'.". it seems likely that "Zunderlandt" is a mistake for " Ernder-
landt "*' and that Grootholt was located not far from Esens in the northern
part of East Friesland. Tjerck Claessen was an inhabitant of Rensselaers-
wyck in 1657 and in the spring of 1661 he moved to Esopus. According to
Gustave Anjou, Lister County Probate Records. 1:58, he died at Kingston
February 17, 1700 [1700/1], his will, dated March 4, 1687, being provi ,1 on
March 6, 1700/1: but according t" the translation of the will in Olde Ulster,
1912. .8:18-22, it was dated March 4, 1697/8, and proved on December 26,
[1710]. See also J. B. Holgate, American Genealogy, p. 103. where mention
is made of a power of attorney from Tjerck Claessen to [Marten] Hofman
to recover some property for him at " Ezen in Ostenbenzie," apparently
intended for Esens and Oosterbemus.

62 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

May next, the increase from the aforesaid mare to belong one-half
to me and the other half to Folckert Jansz, the risk of said horses
dying to l>e mine, to wit. if said stallion happens to die I promise to
pay therefor two hundred guilders and if the mare happens to die
[f promise to pay] three hundred guilders, all in good beavers
med at eight guilders apiece; or otherwise compensation to be
made out of the increase. Furthermore, for the use of said hi

I promise to paj sixty four guilders, also in g 1 beavers, and for

the faithful performance of this agreement I bind im person and
e, real and personal, present and to come, nothing excepted,
subjeel to die control of all courts and judges. In witness of the
truth of which 1 have caused these to be written and I have signed
them with m\ own hand in the colony of Renselaerswyck, the last
of March anno XVI ' and sixt} one.

Tierck Clasen
In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Xot. Pub.
1 66 1

Contract between Tjerck Claessen de Witt and Teunis Dircksen
van Vechten for the lease of two horses to be used in the
Esopus

[ 73 ]' 1. the urn d, Tja'i i 1. ( laes de \\ ith,

acknowledged that I have agreed to take from Theunis Dircxsz a
stallion and a gelding to convej the same to the Esopus and use
them there in farming For tin- space of one year, commencing on
the Inst of Ma\ next, for which I promise to pa} at the end of the
ixt) four skipples of wheat to he delivered free on a bo

e I opus, the risk of the horses dying from now on and during
the term of the lease to he mine; if the stallion dies I promise to
he -inn of twent) five good beavers and for the gelding I

beavers, lor the perl ance and satisfaction hereof 1 hind my

person and estate, subjeel to the control of all court- and judges.
In witness ol tin- truth I have caused diese presents to he written

and I have subscribed the same with my own hand in the colony of
Renselaerswyck, the i>t of April [66l.

Tierck Cla:
In im presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Wot Pub

100,

: and 73 i hi 1 1- i- a blank page which was originally ni mbi red 64

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 63

Contract for the repairing and lengthening of the barn of Jan,
Barentsen Wemp

[74 blank; 75] On this day, the 21st of April 1661, Jan
Barentsen Wemp has engaged Cornells Woutersz ' to repair and
lengthen the barn which the employer [Wemp] has on the farm of
the honorable patroon of this colony and which is known to the
contractor, on the following conditions :

The contractor shall repair said barn by laying new sills on one
side and setting such posts thereon as the work requires ; he shall
also put in some new rafters where needed and further make the
whole snug and tight. Furthermore, the contractor shall lengthen
the barn fifteen feet, making therein two or three bents at the
option of the employer and proper bays on both sides ; the end gable
to be of planed boards, tongued and grooved as required. Th--
employer shall furnish all the material for the aforesaid work, the
old barn to be repaired by the middle of next May and the length-
ening of the barn to be completed in the month of October of this
year.

For the aforesaid work the employer promises to pay the con-
tractor (besides reasonable food and drink during the work) the
sum of thirty good beavers, reckoned at eight guilders apiece, [76]
or wares and merchandise in place thereof at beavers price, at the
option of the contractor, one-half in the month of August next and
the other half in the following month of August 1662.

For the faithful performance and fulfilment hereof the parties
on both sides bind their respective persons and estates, nothing
excepted, subjecting the same to the jurisdiction of all courts and
judges. All without fraud, these are signed by the parties in the
colony of Renselaerswyck on the date above written.

This mark B I W 2 was made by the
aforesaid Jan Barentsz's own
hand

By me, Coernelis Coernelissen uan Sterrenuf.lt
Ian Labatie

Mecs Pietersz Hoogcboom
as witnesses

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1661

1 Apparently a mistake; see signature.

2 The \V is written upside down.

64 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Lease of a house and lot from Jan Barentsen Wemp to Cornells

Bogaert
[77] On this day. the 22d of April [661, Jan Barentsz \\

ornelis Bogaert has hired of him the lessor's house
I standing and lying on the colony of Renselaerswyck, known
term of one year to commence on the first
day of May next, for the sum of two hundred and twenty-eight
guilders, to wit : nine good bi reckoned at eight guilders apiece

and the remainder in good strung seawan. And whereas the afore-
said house and lol shall be delivered to the lessee in proper r<

. roof-, and floor tight, the lessee shall be holden to keep the
same in good condition and at the end of the lease to deliver them
hack in the same state, bul accidents and injury unexpectedly hap-
pening to the same without the lessee's or his people's fault shall
be at the charge of the lessor. For the performance and fulfilment
of these presents parties on both sides, each as far as he is con-
cerned, hind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject
to all conn- and judges. Done in the colony of Renselaerswyck
on the date above written.

This mark l! 1 W was made by Jan
Barentsz Wemp, aforesaid

Euert Jans 2 Wendel
Frans Karens

1 >. \ uyne, Not. Pub.

1661

Bond of Cornells Cornelissen van Sterrenvelt and Meuwis Pieter-
sen Hoogeboom to Jean Labatie
[78] 1 On this day. the 3d of May [66l, appeared before me.
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
rnelissz van Starrevelt and Meuwis Pii

el in. who acknowledged that they were well and truly

indebted to fan Labatie in the sum of thirty good, whole beaver
>kins. 1 at eight guilders apiece, growing out of the pur-
chase and delivery of a mare, three years old, and a stallion colt
e winter, received b) the subscribers to their content. Which
sum of thirty beavers they promise to pay in manner
following, to wit: on the first da) of VugUSt next fifteen beavers.
,-md tl 1 1 ning fifteen beavers on the first day of An

-- and 78 thi nally num-

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mptly each time ; to this end binding their respective persons
and estates, nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all courts
and judges; and for the greater security for good and prompt pay-
ment, Pieter Meuwisz and Jan Roeloffsz, also being present here,
have made and constituted themselves sureties, jointly and severally.
as principals for the payment of the aforesaid sum, to wit, [79]
Pieter Meuwisz for the sum of fifteen beavers for Meuwis Hooge-
boom and Jan Roeloffsz. also for the sum of fifteen beavers, for
Cornelis Cornelisz van Starrevelt aforesaid, to be paid as above

cified, for which they bind themselves as above. Done and
executed in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in presence of Hen-
drick Jochemsz and Harmen Rutgersz, as witnesses hereto called.
Jan Labatie

COERNELIS COERNELISSEN UAN StERRENUELT

aIees Hoogeboom

Pieter Meesz Vroomax

Jan Roelofsz
Hcndrick Jochemsz, as witness
Harmen Rvtgersen

D. V. Sciielluvne, Not. Pub.

1661

Bond of Cornelis Cornelissen van Voorhout to Jean Labatie

[80J On this day, the 4th of May 1661, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Cornelis Cornelisz van Voorhout, who acknowl-
edged that he was well and truly indebted to Jean Labatie in the
Mini of four hundred and twenty-five guilders in goods or mer-
chandise at beavers price, growing out of the matter of the pur-
chase and delivery of a brewery, brew kettle, and vat, and appur-
tenances, standing on the farm which the purchaser has in use and
leased of the director of the colony of Renselaerswyck ; which
aforesaid sum of four hundred and twenty-five guilders he, the
purchaser, promises to pay in three instalments, the first being a
just third part of said sum, on the 1st of January 1662; the second,
on the 1st of January 1663; and the third on the 1st of January
1664 ; and in case he happens to deliver some boards in payment,
he may do it in summer but not in winter, the purchaser for the
faithful performance of the aforesaid contract, binds his person
and estate, nothing excepted, subject to the authority of [81]
all courts and judges. Thus dune and executed in the colony of

3

66 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Renselaerswyck, in presence of ] tendrick Jochemsz and Seger Cor-
nelisz, as witnesses hereto called.

Jan Labatie

This mark + was made by < i

melisz van Voorhout, afore-
_
Hendrick Jochemsz

k -X was made by Se
:i rresaid

I ). \ luyne, Not. Pub.

1661

Bond of Pieter Van Alen to Helmer Otten

[82] On this day, the 4th of May 1661, appeared bei
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Mr Pieter van .Men, trader here, and acknowledged that
he was well and honestly indebted to Helmer Gortin, 1 baker, in the
sum of one hundred and one good, whole beaver skins, reckoned

eight guilders apieo ving out ■ and delivery

of fifteen hundred and thirty-four guilders in good, strung seawan,
before the di of these presents received by the debtor to his

contenl ; which aforesaid one hundred and one good, whole beaver
skins, the debtor promises to pay in the month of July 1662, punctu-
ally, and without further delay, therefor binding his person and
estate, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and judge.-. Thus
done and executed in Beverwyck in presence of Jan Vinhagen
and Dirck Wesselsz, as witnesses hereto called.

Pieter van A
Jan Vinhaeghen
Dirck Wesselsz

1). Y. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1661

Contract whereby Samuel Allin, Jonathan Borns and Pieter
Symonsen bind themselves to plant tobacco on the farms of
Jeremias van Rensselaer, Arent van Curler and Volckert
Jansen Douw

[ 83 ] - On this day, the 9th of May 1661, the Honorable
Director Jeremias van Renselaer, Arent van Curlar and Folckert

1 App for I telmi • ' 1

! there is a blank page which was originally nun

NOTARIAL PAPERS 1 AND _'. l66o- 1 67

Jansz have engaged Samuel Allin, bound in the service of the
aforesaid honorable director, Jonatan Borns, in the service of the
Honorable Corlar, and Pieter Symonsz in the service of the afore-
said Folckert Jansz, to serve their honors faithfully on their
respective farms in planting tobacco and all that appertains thereto
and in such other work ;i> they are capable of, from this date
until the tobacco is ripe and cured ; for which service these planters
shall severally receive from their respective masters four and
twenty guilders a month, half in good beavers and the other half in
good, strung seawan, or goods to their content, together with free
board and drink and also now a new hat for each as a gift; promis-
ing their service faithful to perform in all obedience and justice,
without any neglect of duty and in case of lost time promising to
make up the lost days at the end of their bounden service. All
without fraud these are subscribed in the colony of Renselaers-
wyck, on the date above written.

Jeremias van Rensselaer

A : van Curler

Volckart Jansz

This mark X was made by Samuel

Allin, aforesaid
This mark X was made by Jonatan

Brons, aforenamed
This mark X was made by Pieter
Symonsz. aforenamed
In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pith.
1661

Deposition by Josyntje Verhagen and Angenietje Caspers
respecting a quarrel between Elbert Gerbertsen Cruyf and
Nicolaes Meyer

[84] * We. the undersigned, declare at the request of Nicolaes
Meyer 2 that to our certain knowledge it is true that the day before

1 Between 8.1 and 84 there is a blank page which was originally num-
bered 78.

2 The same as Nicolaes de Meyer, in 1664 alderman and in 1676 mayor
of the city of New York. In the register of marriages of the Reformed
Dutch Church of New York- under date of June 6. t6.s> occurs the regis-
tration of the bans of his marriage to Lydia, daughter of the ex-fiscal, or
prosecutor, Hendrick van Dyck, in which he is described as from Hamburg,
then claimed to be under the jurisdiction of the duchy of Holstein, for
which reason he is occasionally referred to as from Holstein. He married
the second time, after 1687, Sarah, the widow of John Weekstein. and died

;l.Y RECORDS OF ALBANY

he ternoon the requirer went with us to the house

1 and being together before the house of Marten

Bierkake rtsz Cruyff came by us sitting upon his

nd said to the requirer [Meyer]: "Well, grand Signor,

tain Bui u there? You are a grand master."

The requirer replied in a good humor: " How do you know what

I an Thei I Idert began to inveigh and him,

reminding him that he was indebted to him; then the requirer

answered, asking him whal the debt was, and Elderl said: "A I

worth twelve stuyve The resuirer again said:

"That is i new," and thai he should

he would pay him. Eldert again continuing his abuse called
him a contra ie, fool, and other vile names and pressed

n him with I e thai the requirer wa d to retreat;

and though the requirer returned none of his abuse, Eldert sprang
from his horse and struck the requirer several times in the face;
the requ iping from him and coming into the house of

Mai i ere more people, Eldert followed and

again beat him; then they were separated. For the third time
ell upon him and holding him down, gripped his throat SO
tight that he could neither speak nor call out and
and blue th i ents thoughl the er had been

iimi (Inc. 1. lirer having come [85] h ;ot up, wi

out of 1 ith us and when we had pi a short

dista the highway, Eldert on his horse came after us calling

out to the requirer, " You rogue, are you there? Now 1 will 1

id tried to ride over him forcibly with his horse. The

requirer jumping over thi e, he [Eldert] sprang after him

with his horse, but not ble to get across, he dismounted

over the Fence and followed thi er who, to evade

him, leaped 1 ither fence and ran as fast he could, all blO(

a. he was, to ibe fori and so escaped him. We declare fun

ed Mderi win .iii.iied this quarrel and

1 1 >lt*. he answered: "1 bough of him more than two

'o, but lie would not lei them go without the beavers being
paid down." and said also thai where- ,w or caught

requirer, he would handle him differently; all of which we

is will is in N His

1 11 I I. Ini
• lis People, p. i~"
id,
2 Marten Hendrickscn ; see / 'an Rensselaer Bowier Mss, p. 821.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696

69

ready to confirm by oath, if needed and requested to do so. in
witness whereof we have subscribed this in Beverwyck, the oth
of June 1661.
Harmon Thomansz '

This mark X was made by Josyntie
V[f.r]hagen, wife of Cornells
Jansz van. Oos[taenen?]
This mark A was made by
Angenietie Caspers, wife of
Leendert Phillipsz
This mark -+- was made by
Catelyntie Sampsons, wife of
Harmen Thomasz, afore

In my presence.

D. V. Schelluvne, Not. Pub.
1661

Power of attorney from Tjerck Claessen de Witt to Jan

Albertsen
[86] On this day. the 9th of June 1661, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluvne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Tjarck Claes/ de With, husbandman, dwelling
in the Esopus, who herein- constitutes and appoints Jan Albertsz, 2
master shoemaker, his brother-in-law, who intends to go to Hol-
land, his special attorney to demand, collect and receive from his
other brother-in-law named Pieter Jansz, 3 dwelling at Oosterbemus
in Oost Yrieslant, amicably, or if need be by means of judicial
proceedings, such rents as said Pieter Jansz owes him for tli
of a certain piece of land obtained by the principal on the death
and decease of his late father; for receipts acquittance to grant
and with the said money to pay some of the principal's debts, as
far as the amount will reach; also to the best advantage of the

1 Harmen Thomassen Hun, from Amersfoort. His wife was the daughter
of Sampson Berck, hence she is referred to sometimes as Catelyntje Samp-
sons and sometimes as Catelyntje Bercks, also written Bercx. Cf. Holland
Society of New York. Year Book, 1900, p. 147.

2 Jan Albertsen van Steenwyck. He died in the Esopus shortly before
November 14, 1663. See Dutch Records of Kingston, revised translation by
Samuel Oppenheim. p. 104.

3 At first the text read: syit broeder genaemt pieter jansz Dcwith; which
was changed to: med lemi pieter jansz, the name 1'
being crossed out. Oosterbemus n fers probabl} to a village on the coast
of East Friesland. opposite the island of Baltrum, which on the map of
" Em den & Oldenborch Comit," in Mercator's Atlas of 1619, appears as
Oosterbeus.

EARLY VLBANY

principal to lease the said land, preferably to his brother-in
Pieter Jan.-/, if he desires it and is willing to pay as much rem

one else; and furthermore all thi o and to perform in

this matter that may be needful and may seem advisable, the
principal promising at all times to hold valid whatever by [87]
said attorney shall be done and pi I in the premises without

any contradiction, provided that the attorney be holden to make
a proper return of his transactions and r< Thus done and

executed in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in presence of Men-
drick Jochemsz and Louw es, as witnesses hereto called.

lasen Witt
Hendrick Jochemsz
Ludouicus Co

D. V. Sciielluyne, Not. Pub.

1661

Bond of Wynant Gerritsen van der Poel to Jacob Hendricksen

Varrevanger

[88] On this day, the 9th of June [661, Mr Jacob Hendri
Varrevanger, chirurgeon in the service of the honorable West India
y, havin attorney from her Agnita

ed the fourth of June 1655, I before Notary

Dan m1 certain witnesses at Amsterdam in Holland,

of tl and Wynant Gerritsz van der Poel, master cabinet

maker.' of the second part, have in amity and friendship agi
with each other about the payi twelve hundred and sixti one

guilders, nineteen stivers and eight pence, Holland . which

barged and debited to \\ ; erritSZ aforesaid 1

ance of a redeemable interest-bearing bond dated the 1-' of \pril
ith accrued interest and charges thereon, in manner folio
Wynant Gerril ty to said Mr Jacob

Varrevanger, or his order, the nt if sixteen hundn

met lelivered here, in full payment of the

a fore-aid sum of 11. l -< . in the Mowing

just sixth pari ummer 1662 and each following

e a just sixth part till full satisfaction is made, the;
-aid W'ynanl / retaining his right to [claim compensation

Id household goods and personal < lam

I where and in such a wa •■ -hall deem propi

NOTARIAL PAPERS 1 AND 2, I66O-I696 J\

Wherewith the parties hereto are agreed, [89] having contracted
with each other without any reservation or exception whatsoever.
And for the faithful performance of what is hereinbefore written,
the aforesaid Wynant Gerritsz binds his person and estate, personal
and real, present and future, nothing excepted, subject to all
courts and judges. Done in the colony of Renselaerswyck in New
Netherland, dated as above.

Wynandt Gerreyts van Den Poell
Jacob Hendericksz
A: van Curler, testis
Jan Verbeeck
as witnesses

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1661

Bond of Tjerck Claessen de Witt to Philip Pietersen Schuyler

[90] On this day, the 10th of June 1661, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the following wit-
nesses, Tjarck Claesz de With, husbandman, delling in the Esopus,
and acknowledged that he was well and truly indebted to Mr Phillip
Pietersz Schuyler in the sum of two hundred and fifty-six guilders,
growing out of the purchase and delivery of a grey gelding, by
the subscriber to his content received ; which aforesaid sum of two
hundred and fifty-six guilders, or 32 beavers, he promises to pay to
the aforesaid Schuyler, or to his order, in manner following, to
wit: in the month of April A° 1662, the quantity of fifty skipples
of good winter wheat at current beaver's price, and the remainder
of the sum in April A° 1663, also in wheat at the same price, each
time punctually and without delay to be delivered here in Bever-
wyck without costs or damage; [the subscriber] binding thereto
his person and estate, personal and real, present and future, nothing
excepted, subject to the authority of all courts and judges. Thus
done and executed in Bevenwyck in N : Netherland, in presence
of Hendrick Jochemsz and Walraven Claerhout, as witnesses
hereto called.

Tierck Clasen Witt
Hendrick Jochemsz
Walraven Claerhout

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1661

J2 IKDS OF ALBANY

Bond of Aert Pietersen Tack to Surgeon Gysbert van Imborch

[91 1 On this day, the 10th of June r66i, \en Peetersz Tack.

dwelling in the Esopus, acknowledged that he was well and truly

ind< iert Imbn eon here, in the sum of

three and thirty good, whole beaver skins reckoned at eight guilders

apiece, growing out of the purchase and delivery of a black gelding

by him, Aert I '. ■ intent seen and received; which

iresaid sum of three and thirty heavers (among which are o

hended two beavers for surgeo he, Aert Peeters, pn

to said Mr Gysbert Imbroeck, or to his order in srood
winter wheat, at current or i delivered here in

Beverwyck, expenses, in the month of November rl

thereto binding his person and estate, real and personal, nothing
excepted, subject to the authority of all courts and judges. And in

casi 01 Fail to pay said sum at the

stipulated til iromises to pay therefor < at ten to the

hundred a year, beginning in '' aid and runn

until the full payment; nevertheless the capital sum may nol be
him, under pretext of paying interest thereon, longer than
Mr Gysbert Imbroeck shall permit, binding himself as abo
ei wyck in New Ni

This mark X was made by AERT
1 ersz T irenamed

In my •

1). V. Schei 1 Vot Pub.

1 66 1

Promissory note from Aert Pietersen Tack to Jan Barentsen

Wemp
[92] On this day. the 13th of Jui ! ack,

dwelling in the I d that lie was well and truly

indebted to Jan Barei mp in the quantity of one hundred

winter w ood new hat for said Jan

gelding, in his fourth year, name by him,

to his content received ; which afo

which

:. part 1
■

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l66o- 1 73

hundred and six skipples of wheat and new hat he. Aerl Peetersz
Tack, by these presents promises to pay to said Jan Barentsz, or
to his order, and to deliver free of expense either here in the colony
of Renselaerswyck, or at the Manhatans, at the option of Jan
Barentsz, on or before the ensuing month of November A° 1662,
punctually withoul delay; whereto Aert Peetersz binds his person
and estate, real and personal, nothing excepted, subject to all
courts and judges. Done in the colony of Renselaerswyck, dated
as above.

This mark X was made by Aert
Peetersz Tack, aforenamed
In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1661

Power of attorney from Aert Piertersen Tack to Jan Barentsen

Wemp

[93] On this day, the 13th of June 1661, Aert Peetersz Tack
declares that he hereby constitutes and appoints Jan Barentsz
Wemp his special attorney, for his behoof to purchase and to send
to him to the Esopus one or two good mares, to his best advantage
and upon such conditions of payment as he can secure; promising
faithfully to meet the expenses and to make such payment as the
attorney in purchasing said horses may agree upon, thereto binding
his person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and
judges. Done in the colony of Renselaerswyck, dated as above.

This mark X was made by Aert
Peetersz Tack, aforenamed
In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. I
1661

Assignment of soldier's wages by Nathaniel Pietersen van Ley-
den to Hendrick Jochemsen
[94] On this day, the 13th of June 1661, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Nathaniel Pietersz van Leyden, soldier in the
seiwice of the honorable West India Company, here lying in gar-
rison in Fort Orange, and declared that by these presents lie grants,
transfers and makes over in true, rightful and free ownership to
and for the behoof of Hendrick Jochemssz, dwelling in Beverwyck

74 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

near said Fort O bout eighty guilders, more

or loss, hard mone) (being soldier's pay earned in his capacity as
hown by an account thereof at the office of
the honorable director general and council of New Netherlai
granting therefore to said Hendrick Jochemsz, or to his order,
the lawful holder hereof, full power and authority the aforesaid
sum according to account aforesaid to demand, collect and receive
as his own property, he, the subscriber, acknowledging that he
received full satisfaction and payment for the same, the last penny
with the first, and promising nevermore to do nor cause anything
to be done contrary hereto either with or without legal procei
ings in any manner whatsoever, binding thereto his person and
estate, nothing excepted, subjecl to the authority of all courts and
judges. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in Xew Xether-
land, in presence of I'aulus i ornelisz van Abcoude and Cornelis
van Dyck, as witnesses hereto called.

NATTANAIEL PlETERSE VAN L.Y1

Cornelis van I ■
Pculus Cornelisz

I >. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

1661

Certificate of Surgeon Jacob de Hinsse that Cornelis van Dyck
has served his apprenticeship as a surgeon

[95| l On this day, the [4th of June [661, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne. notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Mr Jacob de Hinsse, chirurgeon in the vill

erwyck near Fort who hereby declares it to be the

real truth that Cornelis van Dyck, son of the Horn [endrick

van Dyi .1 of this province of Xew Xetherland, has

ed him honestl) and faithfully for tin- space of four successive
ig the 10th of this pre nth of June, having 1

formed service in the art of surgery and what appertains the
as well vise, well and faithfully to the satisfa< the

sub ind trained himself and duly and hoi,. , ed out

his ip, in consequence of which the subscriber that

him for his faithful service and the respect and co ion

wn to him, as likewise he, Van Dyck, hereb) thanks the afi

1 Mr Jacob de I I in-so for the g 1 instruction and friendship

bestowed on him. And the subscribers asked ot tuthentic

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NOTARIAL PAFERS I AND 2. 1660-1696 75

copies hereof to serve as occasion may require. Thus done and
executed in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in presence of Laurens
van Alen and Jan Claesz Backer, traders here, as witnesses hereto
called.

T. Dehinsse

Corxelis van Dvck
Lourus van Alen
Jan Claesen Backer

D. V. Schelluvxe, Not. Pub.
1661

Promissory note of Sophia van Wyckersloot to Madam Ebbingh
[96] * Madam Zophia van Wickersloot, late widow of Mr
Dirck van Hamel, 2 deceased, hereby acknowledges that by a settle-
ment of accounts had between her and Madam Ebbingh, :: she is
well and truly indebted in the sum of one hundred and twenty-
five guilders Holland money, forty-eight guilders, two stivers and
eight pence in seawan and thirteen guilders, two stivers and eight
pence in beavers, or beavers' value, which aforesaid respective
sums she. Madam Sophia van Wickersloot, promises to pay to said
Madam Ebbingh, or to the lawful bearer hereof, in the month of
August next ensuing; and as regards the aforesaid item of fl. 125
Holland money, she promises to pay it in beavers reckoned at six
guilders to the beaver ; binding thereto her person and estate, sub-
ject to all courts and judges. In good faith, these are subscribed
in Beverwyck, the 28th of June 1661.

Sophia van Wyckersloot
In my presence,

D. V. Schelluvxe, Secretary
1661

1 Between 9.1 and 96 there is a blank page which was originally num-
bered 92.

2 Dirck van Hamel succeeded Anthony de Hooges as secretary of the
colony of Rensselaerswyck and died there July 2, 1660. His wife afterwards
married Anthony Toinel.

:: Johanna, a daughter of Johannes de Laet, of Leiden, who was associated
with Kiliaen van Rensselaer in the colony of Rensselaerswyck. Her first
husband was Johan de Hulter, with whom she came to Rensselaerswyck in
1653 and by whom she had four children, Joannes, Joanna, Samuel and
Paulus de Hulter. After de Hulter's death in 1658 she returned to Holland.
Soon after February 1659, she married at New Amsterdam Jeronimus
Ebbingh, or Ebbinck, a merchant from Hamburg. By this second husband,
Johanna de Laet had four more children, Francina, Albertus, and two
twins, Francina and Maria Ebbingh, all of whom were baptized in the
Dutch Church of New Amsterdam. See Van Rensselaer Bowier Mss,
p. 845; Minutes of the Orphan Masters of New Amsterdam, 1:166-70; and
Holland Society of New York, Year Book, 1900, 13 :i55-

•/6 EARLY "I VLBANY

Bond of Pieter Jansen van Hoorn to Pieter Ryverdinck
[97]' On this day, tl of June 1661, appeared before me,

ck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before tlie hereinafter
named witnesses, I 'icier Jansz van Hoorn, 2 dwelling in Beverwyck
■ Fort < Irange, and acknowledged that be was well and truly
■': to Mr Pieter Riverdinck, trader here, in the sum of
mx guilders for the purchase and delivery of a bed and its appur-
tenances by him to I received, which aforesaid sum of
ders he. the subscriber, hereby requests Pieter Folcker
aster in the public school (groote school) at Hoorn. Hol-
land, his guardian, to pay to the bearer hereof promptly within
the space of fourteen days after sight, in good current Holland
to be d< the effects of the subscriber in the
hands of Pieter Folckert>z; to which end he [the subscriber] asks
eliver hereof three the same tenor, one
be of no value, and in c trary to
expi I -aid Pieter Folckerts] should fail to pay, the sub-

11111 with interest at 10 per cent fn
the date hereof till the final tich shall lie made in the

month or July [662, here in good

eight gi: e, with the expenses that may be incurn

and ecurity of good payment (if need be), Harmen

being here present, offers hi- the

1 esl and ch; t, that if 1 'iete

win I loom doc- no: pay tl he will pay it in manner

a- above. For which purpose they, the sul . bind their

1 98] respective persons and ! -.wj; excepted, subject to

all courts and ju I bus done and executed in Beverwyck in

ines van Brugh, formerly
magistrate {schepen Amsterdam in New Nether-

land, and Arien Appel, a- witnesses hereto call*

Tlii
Jansz van I [oorn, afore

A: Appel

D. \

a blank 1 inally nun

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Contract of sale between Hendrick Willemsen and Hendrick
Jansen van Veurden for a house and lot at New Amsterdam

[99] On this day, the 29th of June 1661, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Hendrick Willemsz of the first part, and Hendrick
Janssz van Yeurde of the second part (both bakers), dwelling at
Amsterdam in Xew Xetherland, and acknowledged, said Hendrick
Willemsz, that he had sold, and he, Hendrick Jansz van Veurde,
that he had bought of 1 im, a certain, the seller's house and lot,
with all that thereon is fast by earth and nail, and further with
Mich dominant and servient t ls the seller has hitherto pos-

sessed in the same and received from Joost Theunisz van Norden,
baker, 1 according to the existing deeds of ownership and muni-
ments of title thereof which on the day of delivery shall be turned
over to the purchaser, such as the aforesaid house and lot is built,
fenced and impaled, standing and lying on Winckel street opposite
the Five Houses within the aforesaid city, bounded south by the
house of Fredrick Gysbertsz van den Berch, west and north and
east by the streets ; the aforesaid house and lot being bought 1>\
and to be delivered to the purchaser free and unincumbered, with-
out any charges thereon or issuing out of the same, saving the
lord's right; for which said house and lot said Hendrick Jansz, the
purchaser, promises to pay to said seller the sum of fifteen hundred
[100] and fifty Carolus guilders at forty groats apiece Holland
money, to be paid at Amsterdam in Holland, in the space of four
years from the date hereof, to wit, every year as much as he can
pay, one year more and another year less, provided the whole be
paid within the four years to the seller or his order at Amsterdam
in Holland. And said house and lot shall be lawfully conveyed and
made over to the purchaser whenever it shall appear that full pay-
ment has been made. And whereas the purchaser at present
occupies said house and lot under a lease, he shall pay the rent
due till the first of May 1662 according to contract and thereafter
as purchaser and owner of said house and lot remain in possession,
with the understanding that the said house and lot shall be mort-
gaged to the seller till such time as the aforesaid contracted pur-
chase money shall have been fully paid. For the faithful per-
formance hereof the parties on both sides, each as far as he is

1 The names of all three of the bakers mentioned occur repeatedly in the
Records of New Amsterdam, edited by Berthold Fen

"8 I'l.Y RECORDS OF ALBA

bind their respective pi i tes, nothing

excepted, subject to all courts and judges. Thus done and executed
in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in presence of Jurriaen Blai
and Jochem Wes er, as witnessi called.

Henderick Weillemsen, baker

I I I NDRICK J VNSE VAX VEURD

Juryan Blank
Jochem, baker

D. V. Si III l.I. r\ ne, Not. Pub.
1 66 1

Power of attorney from Helmer Otten to Claes Bordingh

[101] On this day, the 3d of July [661, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Helmer Otten, baker in the village of Beverwyck, and
declared that he constituted and appointed by these presi
worthy Claes Bordingh his special attorney to demand, collect and

■ ive from Pieter Janse Emilius, skipper of the ship de II
(Hope), . which he the principal, has not received,

in accordance with the hill of lading signed by said skipper, of d
11"' of I 160, which hill of lading by iis tenor calling for

fwo casl herewith placed in the hands of this attorney.

Therefore, to --aid skipper the freight to pay and receipt to give; in
case of refusal to constrain him to deliver the same by legal pro.
and rigor of justice; to ilr.s and all the terms of the proi eed
to observe unto sentence and extra ecution thereof; and

furthermore all things to do and perform, which may he needful
and may seem to him proper; [the principal] promising at all tii
to hold a-- valid whatever may he done and performed by said attor-
without any contradiction; binding himself thereto as by law
provided,

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in
presence of Jan Bricker and Jacob Sandertsz Glen, a- witnesses

hereto called.

I In- mark i B was made hv
Jan Bricker, aforesaid
Sandcrsen (Urn

1 1 1 1 \i 1 i.-i. 1

1 1. \ luyne, Not Pub

1 66 1

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2. 166O-I696 J'J

Promissory note from Anthony Toinel and his wife to Christoffel

Hoochlant

[102] ' On this day. the 3d of July 1661. Air Anth ny Tonn«l
acknowledged that he was well and truly indebted to Mr Chris-
toffel Hoochlant in the sum of two hundred and ninety-eight guild-
ers, for divers goods to her satisfaction received last year by his,
Tonnel's wife, madam Sophia van YYickersloot ; which aforesaid
sum of two hundred and ninety-eight guilders he, Tonnel, promises
to pay to said Hoochlant, or his order, in good merchantable
beavers, reckoned at eight guilders apiece, within the time of three
months from this date; thereto binding his person and estate, noth-
ing excepted, subject to all courts and judges. Done in Beverwyck
in N : Xetherland, dated as above.

Anthony Toinel
Sophia van 'Wyckersloot
In my presence,

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pith.

1661

Power of attorney from Harmen Thomassen Hun and his wife
to Adriaen van Laer
[103] 2 On this day, the 5th of July 1661, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne. notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Harmen Thomasz 3 from Amersfort, master shoe-
maker, dwelling in the village of Beverwyck near Fort Orange,
and Catelyntie Berck, his wife, late widow of Dirck Bensingh,
deceased, (known to the undersigned witnesses), and declared that
they constituted and appointed by these presents Adriaen van Laer,
also a shoemaker, dwelling at Amsterdam in Xew Xetherland, pro-
posing to depart for Holland, their special attorney to demand,
collect and receive from Angenietie Cornelis's daughter, dwelling on
the Stroomart (Straw market! at Amsterdam in Holland the sum
of seventy Carolus guilders remaining in her hands, as well as what
shall be found at the Orphan Chamber of said city, belonging to
said Catelyntie Berck by virtue of the inheritance which came to
her by the death of Tryntie Jansz van Rechter, her mother, late
wife of Cornells Stoffelsz Bui, deceased at Amsterdam aforesaid
in the year 1656 ; also from her brother Hendrick Berck the sum

1 Between 101 and 102 there is a blank page which was originally num-
bered 100.

2 Between 102 and 103 is a blank page which was originally numbered 102.

3 Harmen Thomassen Hun.

VLBANY

hundred and fourteen guilders, according to obligation

dated the 8th of Ma i. Likewise to represent them at the

ent of thi if the late Wendeltie Harmens, aged spin-

. aunt or father's sister of said Harmen Thomasz, who died at

n Holland aforesaid, and (here to demand and to receive

his lawful inheritance and ; late coming to him

win under her will (if one was made i ; acquit-

o | 104 1 grant for receipts and in case of refusal payment to

the rigor of the law; to this end
erve to judgment and final execution thereof;
with power one or more persons ad lites ■ ute in his place;

1 1 npound, contract and. agree and furthermore all thi
irm which may be needful and m;
proper to him; [the principal-! promising at rill times to hold as
valid whatever may be done and performed by said attorney, or by
his substitute, in the above matters without any contradiction, pro-
vided that the attorney be holden a proper return to make of his
said transactions and receipts when required.

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in

istor, commissary of
F01 1 . and I [endrick I ] , as witro ereto

call

1 [arman Thomansz

This mark X was made by
rriE Berck, afoi

/•>«)/.•; Barensz Pastoor
Hendrick Hendru

D. \ Vot. Pub.

1661

Bond of Harmen Thomassen Hun to Adriaen van Laer

Harmen Thoi that he is well and truly

indebted to Adriaen van Laer in the sum of seventy Carolus

guilders, Holland money, to be received in Holland according to

1 ! attorne) to him granted, growing out ol indise to

his content received ; promising, in case of his failu ■ the

id un in 1 lolland accon id power, to pay the

■ eavers, reckoned at eight

guild I d faith, these are subscribed in Beverwyck

ii Jul) U

m w Thow ■

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 8l

Bond of Willem Brouwer to Adriaen van Laer

[105] On this day, the 6th of July 1661. appeared befi re me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Willem Brouwer, master shoemaker, dwelling in Bever-
vvyck near Fort < (range, and acknowledged that he was well and
truly indebted to Adriaen van Laer, also shoemaker, in the sum of
nine good whole beavers reckoned at eight guilders apiece, growing
out of the purchase and delivery of leather of different sorts,
delivered to him ; which said nine beavers he promises to pay to said
Van Laer, or the lawful bearer hereof in the month of July 1662,
punctually, without further delay, or otherwise in hides at beavers'
price; therefor binding his person and estate, nothing excepted,
subject to all courts and judges. Thus done and executed in Bever-
wyck in New Netherland, in presence of Harmen Thomasz and
Pieter Loockermans, as witnesses hereto called.

Willem Brouwer
Pieter Loockermans
Hannan Thomansz

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pith.
1661

Bond of Barent Gerritsen to Barent Pietersen Coeymans

On this day, the 6th of July 1661, appeared before me, Dirck
van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed wit-
nesses, Barent Gerritsz, who acknowledged that he was well and
truly indebted to Barent Pietersz, 1 the miller, in the sum of ninety-
[106] five skipples of good winter wheat, growing out of the pur-
chase and delivery of five hundred boards, by him, the subscriber, to
his content received; which sum of ninety-rive skipples of good
winter wheat he promises to pay to said Barent Pietersz. or to the
lawful bearer hereof, in the month of November next, punctually.
without further delay, to be delivered here in Beverwyck free of
expense; thereto binding his person and estate, nothing excepted,
subject to the authority of all courts and judges. Thus done and
executed in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in the presence of Arien
Appel and Andries Herbertse, as witnesses hereto called.

This mark H was made by Barent
A: Appel Gerritsz aforesaid

. hulris Herberts

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

1661

1 Barent Pietersen Coeymans.

82 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Deposition of Jacob Engelen, Jan Roelofsen and Geurt Hen-

dricksen respecting a quarrel between Eldert Gerbertsen

Cruyf and Hendrick Jochemsen

[107] On this day. the 13th of July 1661. . me,

Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Jacob Engelen, Jan R01 ind Geurt Hendricxsz, all

of competent ages, dwelling in ck, and declared at the

request of Hendrick Jochemsz, that to their certain kno
it was true that they, yesterday evening e house of

requirer [Jochemsz], heard Eldert Gerbertsz Cruyff accuse him,
the requirer, of being a I false bookkeeper and saw him

strike him and throw him under his feet. Afterwards Jacob
Engelen and Geurt Hendricxsz heard him sa) to the requirer,
"You cheat yourself and do not charge everything that is con-
sumed." These deponents are ready, if need he, to confirm the
h\ their oath w hen 1 equired.

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in
the presenci ' Bontsz and Cornelis

called.

Jai

I A N K I

This mark X was made by rt Hendryi ksen

Cors Bontsz

D. V. Si helluyne, Not. Pub.
166 1

Power of attorney from Pieter Bronck to Nicolaes Meyer
[108] On this day, the 25th of July 1661, appeared b<
Dirck van Schelluyne, and before the afternamed witm 'ieter

Bronck. dwelling in Beverwyck, and declared that he constituted
and appointed hereby Mr Nil trader in Amsterdam

in Xew Netherland, his special attorney to collect i

[ling ai \\
said and thereabouts, eavers or the value thereof in seawan

as are due to him from them respectively, as by obligation and
othi which is written below

and delivered to the attorne) ; hence, acquittance to grant for
rea 1 e of refusal to constrain them to pay by legal

process and wd all terms

lings tu "h- d : "ii thereof :

with !><■ need he. to sub nother person in his

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND J, 1660-I696 83

place; and furthermore all things to do, transact and perform
which may be needful and which seem to him proper, [the prin-
cipal] promising at all times to hold as valid whatever by virtue of
these presents may be done and performed in this matter by
the attorney, or by his substitute, without any contradiction, 1 109 ]
provided that the attorney be holden to make a proper return of
said transactions and receipts when required. Thus done and exe-
cuted in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in presence of Adriaen
Appel and Pieter Loockermans as witnesses hereto called.

Peter Bronck
A: Appel
Pieter Loockermans

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pllh.

1661

List of documents delivered to Nicolaes Meyer; date as a

A judgment dated 18 Feb. 1659, against Michael Theunisz (for
which his wife signed an obligation dated 23 Feb. 1660,
to be paid in seawan, for the sum of fl 105, as per
balance) 1 fl 105

An obligation dated 20th March 1660, due from Jan Thomase;

a balance of fl 138

A note from Eldert Gerbertsz Cruyff respecting a hog and four

skipples of wheat; this Jan Theunisz must have again when he

pays the obligation.

An obligation due from Egbert Sandertsz, dated 2 April 1660,

for the sum of fl 207-^6

An obligation due from Grietie Jacobsz, wife of [blank] dated

23 9 br. 1660, for the sum of fl 105, to be paid in seawan. 2

Nicolaes d Meyer

Bond of Teunis Cornelissen Slingerlant to Nicolaes de Meyer
with mortgage of his house and lot at New Amsterdam
[no] On this clay, the 25th of July 1661, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluvne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Theunis Cornelisz Slingelant, trader in Bever-
wyck, and acknowledged that he was well and truly indebted to

1 The words in parentheses are substituted in the margin for "in the sum
of f 152." The date of the obligation should probably be 23 Nov. 1660; see
last item.

2 This item is crossed out. In spile of the difference in date, the ol
tion referred to is probably the same as that mentioned in the first entry.

I] ALBANY

Mr Nicolaes Me ording to a settlement of accounts made in

the year [660, in the quantity of one hundred and twenty ells of
duffel and thirteen and a half double twilled coverlets, which afore-
said duffel and coverlets -aid Meyer shall receive, to he delivered at
the Manhatans all in ndition and free from damage, out of

the first goods and merchandise which he [Slingelant] is expecting
•with his brother-in-law, Storm Alberts/, by the first ship or ships
from Holland; giving him, Meyer, hereby full power the afore-
said duffel and coverlets to demand and receive and in c
■of failure through accident or otherwise the subscriber promises
or the a duffel and coverlets in good winter wheat

e the month of Xovember next to be
delivered free of expense at the Manhatans, at current prices as the
market may be in No well the duffel and coverlets

as the wheat; and for tl curity of the same he consti-

tutes and appoint- hereby Andries <le Maes, baker, his special attor-
ney to bind and mortgage his house and lot standing and lying in
the city of Amsterdam in New Xetherland. next the house and lot
of his father-in-law Albert Andriesz l , in order to secure the afore-
said payment, if need be, without loss or expense; [hi] promising
nevermore to do nor cause anything to be done contrary hereto, in
manner, either by or without resorting to law. and furthermore
lint; hi- person and > al and personal, nothii ted,

subject to all courts and judges. Thus done and executed in Be
wyck in X: Xetherland. in presence of Wichman Jurriaensz and
Isaac/ \ ■ euli 11, as witnesses hereto called.

Tui \\ es Co
I his mark X was made by
Wichman Jurriaei

renamed
J sack Vermuelen

D. V. Sc:ni£i i Pub,

1661

Contract of sale between Cornelissen Bogaert and Barent van

Marie for a house and lot at Beverwyck (incomplete)

[ 1 12 1 On this day. the 29th of July 1 ed before me,

rck van Schelluyi ■. public, and before the afternamed

witnes 1 of t part, and Barent

van Marie of e second the aforesaid

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND _'. 1660—1696 85

Bogaert, that he had sold, and he, Barent van Marie, that he had
bought of him, a certain, the seller's, house and lot, in breadth on
the street (the house and alley together I, twenty-one and a half
feet, by virtue of the patent of a greater lot which [patent]
shall be handed over to the buyer on the day of delivery, in length,
keeping the same breadth to the Kill, as the same lies in its fence,
with all that is thereon fast by earth and nail, with such dominant
and servient estates and rights as said seller has hitherto possessed
the same; and just as said house and lot is now standing on the
southerly side of Joncker Street, in the village of Beverwyck,
bounded on the east side by the seller, on the south side by the
aforesaid Kill, on the west side by Daniel Yerveelen, and on the
north side by said Joncker street. The aforesaid house and lot is
sold [113] and shall be delivered to the purchaser charged with a
mortgage to him of six hundred and twenty-four guilders in good
whole beavers, reckoned at eight guilders apiece, and with a mort-
gage to Director Jeremias van Renselaer of [the remainder is;
wanting and the instrument is canceled].

Contract of sale between Hendrick Jochemsen and Frans Jansen
Pruyn and Jacques Cornelissen van Slyck for a house, lot and
barn in the colony of Rensselaerswyck

[114] On this day, the ist of August 1661, appeared bet n
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Hendrick Jochemsz of the first part and Frans
Jansz Proyn and Jaques Cornelisz ] of the second part, acknowl-
edging, the said Hendrick Jochemsz that he had sold, and Frans
Jansz and Jaques Cornelisz that they had bought of him, a certain,
the seller's, house and lot together with a barn 2 built by Jan Schoon.
as they lie and are built and inclosed within the fence, with all that
is fast therein by nail and earth and furthermore with such
dominant and servient estates and rights as the seller acquired
from Cornelis Cornelisz van Starrevelt and have by him hitherto,
possessed; said house and lot are standing and lying in the colony
of Renselaerswyck, bounded on the north side by Cors Boutsz, on
the east and south sides by the streets and on the west side by tlu
oatroon of the aforesaid colony; which aforesaid house, barn and

1 Jacques Cornelissen van Slyck.

2 ~Schuyrberch. apparently a combination of barn and bay rick, the rick
being placed on top of the barn, an arrangement not uncommon in the Nether-
lands on village lots where economy of space i- important.

86 EARLY RECORDS Of ALBANY

lot are sold and are to be delivered to the purchasers free and unin-
cumbered, without any charges thereon or issuing out of the sa

the patroon's rights; for which house, barn and lot said pur-
ers promise to pay the sum of eight hundred and forty guild-
ers in good strung trading seawan, a just half in the latter part of
the current month of August and the other half in the month of
June [662, each time promptly without | 1 15 ] further delay; and
the purchasers shall enter upon and take possession of said house,
lot and barn immediately, the seller to be holden in the months of
ber and October next at his own expense to face the house
on a epl the stable 1 ) with brick. For the faithful per-

forn of what is hern written the parties hereto

mutually bind their respective persons and estates, nothing
excepted, subjecl to all courts and judges, and said house and
barn shall remain as special security for the full payment of the
resaid purchase money. Thus done and executed in Bever-
wyck in X: Netherland, in presence ol I ornelis Cot van

Starrevelt aforenamed and Marchelis Jansz as witnesses hereto
call'

I [ENDRICK J0( Hi. -Ms/

This mark X was made by J ■ irnelisz aforesaid

\> Y wm \ Proum
■rnelissen nan Sterrenuelt
Maercelys Jan

D. V. Si iiKi.i.rvxK, Not. Pub.
1661

Bond of Catrina Sanders, wife of Sander Leendertsen Glen, to
Nicolaes de Meyer

I 1 16 1 Copj

I, the undersigned, Catrina Sanders, wife of Sander Leendertsz,
hereby acknowledge that by a true settlemenl ol accounts I am

II and truly indebted to Nicolaes de Meyer, the bearer hereof.
in the sum of five hundred and thirt uilders, [8 . in

beavers, for merchandise received by me to m) satis-
faction in the year [660; and as hitherto 1 have not been in a pi
tion to pay said sum. therefore 1. the subscriber, now proi
hereby honestly and duly to pay said sum at the first opportunity
without further delay, and for the faithful performance hi

. referring to thi row of stall on the sid< ol thi build-

under tin t of the 1

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 87

bind my person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to all courts
and judges wherever they may be. Thus signed and done at Fort
Orange, Anno 1661, the 10th of August.

Was signed: This mark was made by Catrina Sanders, afore-
said, and (in my presence) D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
Agrees with the original,

by me,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1661
[Indorsed:]
Accepted hereon by a bill on Hendrick Jansz Roosenboom the
sum of 30 beavers. fl 240

By YVillem Bout 36 boards
By Thomas Koningh 43 boards
The 79 boards are reckoned at 4 beavers, which will be

credited when the boards are paid. fl 32

Lease of a house, lot and garden in Beverwyck from Hendrick
Jockemsen to Anthony Jansen

[117] On this day, the 16th of August 1661, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the herein-
after named witnesses, Hendrick Jochemsz, of the first part, and
Anthony Jansz, 1 court messenger of the colony of Renselaerswyck,
of the second part, who acknowledged, the aforesaid Hendrick
Jochemsz that he had let, and he, Anthony Jansz, that he had hired
of him, a certain, the lessor's, house, lot and garden, now occupied
by the lessor, standing and lying in the village of Beverwyck,
known to the lessee, for the term of two following years, beginning
on the first day of October next, for the sum of twenty good
beavers and two hundred guilders in good, strung seawan, [to be
paid] promptly each year. It is further stipulated that the lessee
shall be holden to repair the roof of the house at his own expense
and that the lessor shall do the rest, keeping the windows and
floors tight. Furthermore the walls of the back room shall be
faced with brick at their joint expense, the lessor to furnish the
brick. The lessee shall be holden to deliver up said house, lot and
garden, at the end of the lease in good repair; and the lessee has
the refusal of a third year's lease on the same conditions as above,

1 Anthony Jansen, who was an innkeeper at Beverwyck, is occasionally
referred to as Anthony Jansen Westbroeck. His descendants appear under
the name of Westbroeck in the records of the Reformed Dutch Church al
Kingston.

88 E \l;l J RE< ORDS OF ALBANY

and in e the le ee shall have the first offer, provided

he pa) as much as others.

f 1 1 8 ] For the faithful performance of which the parties h<
mutually bind to each other their respective and estates,

nothing excepted, subject to all courts and judges. Done in the
colony of Renselaerswyck, in the presence of Hendrick Janze
>\ itness.

I [endrick Joi Ml MSZ

A N I HONNY JANS2
This mark 1 I was made by
II endrick Jans nan,

enamed

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1661

Agreement between Aryan Symensen and Jacobus de Looper to
submit the matter in dispute between them to arbitrators
As to the matter in dispute between Arien Symonsz and Jacobus
de Looper, 1 namely, thai Arien Symonsz demands of Looper

iiu- hundred and sixty for v. Is received while on the

other hand Jacob de Looper demands of him compensation for
Ins- and damage suffered by him in coi his ha\

leaded to him a house and having left it unfinished as well
having promised to deliver to him goods to trade with and not

ing delivered them, the said parties have fully and absolutely
submitted said differences to the arbitrament and decision of
Cornelis Theunisz Bos, Johan Verbeeck, • laes Ripsen and Dirck
van Schelluyne, promising in all respects to abide by and carry
nut said decision when rendered and never to do nor cause to
[ i ig ] be done anything contrary thereto, whether in or out
court, in any manner whatsoever, under penalty that he who acts

trar) thereto shall forfeit to the poor the sum of fifty guildi

ie in Beverwyck, the [6th of August (66i.

Am w S^ m
mark X was made l>y Jacobus de Looper aforesaid

Award of arbitrate]

In pursu mc above agreement, having heard the acknowl-

i the debt to Arien Symonsz and the demand b)

lac- oper of the sum of twelve beavers and further argu-

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 166O-I696 89

ments by the parties, we have according to the best of our knowl-
edge adjudged and decided that Jacobus Looper shall deduct and
retain from the aforesaid sum of one hundred and sixty guilders,
ten beavers, and be holden to pay the remaining ten beavers, while
on Arien Symonsz shall fall the costs of this arbitration; the parties
hereto to have no further claim upon each other for the past.
Which determination was approved of by the parties in our
presence by a shaking of the hands, and they have thanked us.
Dated as above.

Corxelus Thonisen Bos

Jan Yerbeeck

Claes Ripsex vax Dam

D. V. Schelluvxe, Xot. Pub.

1661

Power of attorney from Adriaen Dircksen to Jan Bastiaensen
van Gutsenhoven
[120] On this day. the 16th of August 1661, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, 1 Adriaen Dirkcsz, 2 husbandman dwelling in the
colony of Renselaerswyck, and declared that he constituted and
appointed by these presents Jan Bastiaensz van Gutsenhoven, pro-
posing to depart for Holland, his special attorney to demand, col-
lect and receive from Mr Anthony Yastrick, merchant at Amster-
dam in Holland, a certain sum of money remaining in his hands
consisting, he is informed by Arien Symonsz, of fifty-six dollars ;
which money in a settlement of accounts between said Yastrick
and Dirck Adriensz, son of the subscriber, was credited to the
said Dirck Adriaensz, who is presumed to be dead, inasmuch as
for nine years no tidings have been received that he was living;
and for the greater security and discharge of the aforesaid Vast-
rick, Pieter Boutsz van Dockum, dwelling on YVier street at
Amsterdam aforesaid, shall become surety as principal for the
reimbursement of the money now to be received in case of future
demands, whereof said Yan Dockum is herewith notified also ;
therefore, acquittance to grant for receipts and furdiermore all

1 At this point were crossed out the words : " Jannetie Jansz, born at
Amsterdam in Holland, wife of."

2 Adriaen Dirckse [De Vries] in 1654 complained of Harmen Harpertse
and Seger Cornelise for blowing horns and ringing bells before his door
and at him in presence of his neighbors. At one time he occupied a farm
at Schotac. He owned a house and lot also in Beverwyck. Adriaen Dirckse
(perhaps the above) from Mnersen. married Maritie Lievens,

Xew Amsterdam July 23, 1645. J. P.

! \l<[ .\ RE( ORDS OF ALBANY

things to do, transact and perform as may he needful and to the
attorne) ma) sei ier, | the principal] promising [121] at all

times i" hold as valid whatever said attorney may do and perform
in the aforesaid matter, without an) contradiction, provided that
said attorne) be holden a proper return to make of his said trans-
actions and receipts when required. Thus done and executed in
the colony of Renselaerswyck in X: Netherland, in presence of
Adriaen Symonsz aforesaid and Sturm Allien-/, as witne
hereto 1 ailed.

This mark X was made by ADRIAEN
I >ir< ksz, aforenamed
Aryan Symense
Storm . llbertsen

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1661

Power of attorney from Barent van Marie to Gysbert van

Imbroch

[122] On this day, the 17th of Augusl [661, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the aft
named witnesses, Barent van Marie, who declared that he consti-
tuted and appointed hereby Mr Gysbert van [mbroeck, 1 chirurgeon,
his special attorney to direct and manage all his business and affairs
to the nl. criber's besl advantage, according to the oral and writ-
ten instructions given him; and likewise all outstanding debts to
demand, colled and receive, voluntarily. 01 ise b) means of

judicial proceedings, and acquittance for the receipts to grant, his
just rights both in claiming and defending against all and every
person to preserve and uphold; and furthermore all things to do,
perform and trail ai 1 which may be needful or to him seem advis-
. I ihe principal] promising at all times to hold such transac-
valid, the same as if he himself being presenl had done them.
without contradiction; binding himself therein as by law provided,
on condition that the attorney be holden a proper return of his
ctions and admini ration to make when required, Tims
d executed in Beverwyck, in presence of Walraven 1 laer-
and Jan Bastiaensz van Gutsenhoven, as witnesses hen

Barent van M u
Jan Bastiaensen
Walraven Claerhout

[mbn ich ; see liis signatui c on p 95

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 91

Lease of part of a house from Hilletje Tyssinck, wife of Pieter
Bronck, to Jan Harmensen

[123] On this day, the 18th of August 1661. appeared bel
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Hilletie Tyssinck. wife of Pieter Bronck, attorney
of her said husband, of the first part, and Jan Hermensz, baker,
of the second part ; acknowledging, said Hilletie Tyssinck, that she
had leased and he, Jan Harmense, that he had hired of her, the
front part of her house, consisting of a cellar, front room and
loft, at present occupied by Air De Haen and known to the lessee,
for the time of one year beginning when the said De Haen leaves
the house, which is to happen in a few days, but the lessee may
take possession of and use the cellar from this present moment.
As rent for said forepart of the house, the lessee promises to pay
the sum of thirty good whole beavers ; and whereas said part of the
house shall be delivered to the lessee in proper repair, window,
roof and floor tight, the lessee promises to deliver up the same
in like condition at the end of this lease, accidents from without
excepted. For the faithful performance of what is hereinbefore
written, the parties hereto, each with respect to his own obligations,
mutually bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject
to all courts and judges. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck,
in presence of Jan van Aken and Daniel Hondekoutre, as witnesses
hereto called.

Jan Harm ex s
Hyleke Ttesynck
Daniel Hondecoutre
This mark X was made by Jan van

Aken, aforesaid

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

1661

Settlement of accounts between Thomas Lodewycksen and
Reynier Wisselpenninck

[124] On this day, the 18th of August 1661, Thomas Lode-
wycxsz and Reynier Wisselpenninck have in love and friendship
contracted and agreed with each other respecting a sloop (jacht)
built bv them in company as well as regards the settlement of their
accounts concerning the same and other outstanding accounts to
this date, without any exception whatever, in manner following:

Reynier Wisselpenninck hereby renounces and releases all right,
claim, pretention and ownership which he has hitherto had in and

I ).: EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

to the said sloop to the behoof of said Tomas Lodewycxsz, without
making any further claim thereto whatev< i the other hand

Thomas Lodewycxsz promises to pay him, Reynier Wisselpen-
ninck, within the space of fourteen days twenty-seven and a half
1 beavei tied at eight guilders apiece, and likewise 27^

beavers to thi lid Reynier whom he shall name and

assign over to him. So that Reynier remains bound to pay the
just half of what by true account is due to Albert Andriesz and
\\ illeni Bout for planks, etc. delivered for the sloop.

[125] Herewith the parties, having no further claims one against
the other, whether in respect to the sloop or otherwise, are fully
agreed and have settled their accounts, promising nevermore to do
nor cause to be done anything contrary hereto, either by or without
resorting to law, for which they bind their . and estates,

nothing excepted, subject to all courts and judges, thanking each
other for the respeel and friendship shown and [intending] hence-
forth to be and remain good friends. Done in Beverwyck, dated

1 \S LODWICKZON

Reinier \\ I IVE

In my presi w itness,

Francoys Boon

In mj preset

D. V. SCHELLI YTNE, Not. I'llb.
l66l

Lease of a house and lot from Barent van Marie to Lourens

van Alen

[126] On this day, the 8th of Vugusl 1 »i,
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Mr Barent van .Marie of the one part, and
Van All tier part, acknowledging, tl 1 d Van

.Marie that he had let, and he. Van Alen. that he had hired of him,
a certain, the lessors' house and lot in which the lessee al
dwell-;, standing and lying in the village of Bev< the

time of one year commencing on the 6th of May m the

sum of five and twi id whole merchantable beaver skins.

It i< furthet agreed that inasmuch a 1 id house and lol

was in proper repair when occupied by -aid lessee, he shall be
holden to surrender the same in the same condition at the end of
the lease, ai ed. \nd for

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l660— 1696 93

faithful performance of what is hereinbefore written, the parties
hereto respectively bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted,
subject to all courts and judges. Thus done and executed in
Beverwyck, in presence of Mr Andries Herbertse and Jan B;
tiaensz van Gutsenhoven, as witnesses hereto called.

! KKXT VAX aIarle

I jnurs Van Alen
Andris Herberts
Jan Bastiaensen

D. V. Schelluvne, Not. Pub.
1661

Bond of Philip Hendricksen to Jan Bastiaensen van Gutsenhoven

[127] On this day, the 20th of August 1661. appeared bei
me, Dirck van Schelluvne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Phillip Hendricxsz, brewer here, and acknowl-
edged that he was well and truly indebted to Mr Jan Bastiaensz
van Gutsenhoven in the sum of four hundred and sixteen guilders
and eighteen stivers, growing out of the purchase and delivery of
diverse wares and merchandise heretofore received, according to
the account thereof ; which said sum of four hundred and sixteen
guilders and eighteen stivers, the subscriber promises to pay in
good whole merchantable beavers, reckoned at eight guilders
apiece, at the farthest promptly on the 1st of July 1662, with
interest thereon at 10 per cent a year, beginning on the date hereof
and running until the full and effectual payment of the same;
thereto binding his person and estate, nothing excepted, subject
to the authority of all courts and judges. Thus done and executed
in Beverwyck, in presence of the Honorable Sheriff Gerard Swardt
and Gelyn Yerplancken, as witnesses hereto called.

Pflip Hexricksen
G: Sivartt, as witness
Geleyn Verplanck 1

D. V. Schelluvxe, Not. Pub.

1661

Bond of Ulderick Klein to Jan Bastiaensen van Gutsenhoven.

[128] On this day, the 20th of August i66r. appeared l>
me, Dirck van Schelluvne, notary public, and before the after-

1 G. Verplanck, a trader of New York, was brother of Isaac Verplanck,

who settled in Beverwyck. J. P.

94 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

named witnesses, Uldrich Cleyn, dwelling in Beverwyck, and
acknowledged that he was well and truly indebted to Mr Jan Bas-
tiaensz van i i in the sum o evi ty-eight guilders, for

merchandise to his content received; which said sum of seventy-
eight guilders, he promises to pay in good whole merchantable
beavers, reckoned al eighl guilders apiece, in the month of July
A . i66_\ without longer delay; thereto binding his person and
estate, nothing i . subject to all courts and judges. Thus

done and executed in Beverwyck, in presence of Gelyn Verplancken
and Jacob Sandersz Glen, as witnesses hereto called.

Ulderyck Klein
As witne

i leyn I 'erplam
Jacob en Glen

D. V. S< HELLin xr, Not. Pub.
1 66 1

Bond of Jan Cornelissen Vyselaer to Adriaen Symonsen
[129] Jan Cornells/. Vyselaer, master mason, acknowlei
hereby thai he has received of Adriaen Symonsz the sum of one
hundred guilders in good strung seawan, pn him

therefor in the month of July A". [662, in good whole beavi
reckoned at sixteen guilders seawan apiece; therefor binding his
person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all
courts and judg D verwyck in N: Netherland, this

22d Of AugUS I i" 1 1]

This mark- X was made by Jan Cor-
isz Vyselaer, aforenami
In my presence,

D. V. S ■/. Pub.

1661

Bond of Pieter Jansen van Hoorn to Jan Albertsen
[130] On this day, the 22d of Augu
me, Dirck van Schelluyi ry public, and before the after-

named witnesses, Pieter Janssz van Hoorn, dv . ck

in X: X :, and ai he was well and trulj indebted

oemaker, in the sum of two hundred
and fift) 1 arolus guilders, al forty groats apiece, Holland money,
to be paid 1 ut of the purchase and delivery

1 Jan nwyck.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 95

of wheat and good beavers by him thankfully received ; hereby
requesting Mr Pieter Folckertsz, schoolmaster in the public school
at Hoorn in Holland, his guardian, out of the effects and means
belonging to the subscriber, remaining in his [Folckertsz's] hands,
to pay the said sum of two hundred and fifty Carolus guilders to
said Jan Alberts;:, who intends to leave for Holland this year, or to
the lawful bearer hereof, and that within the time of six weeks
after sight, to which end at the request of the subscriber three
copies hereof of the same tenor are issued by me, the noiai
being paid the others to be null and void; and in case, contrary to
expectations, the payment of said sum fails or is refused, then the
subscriber promises to pay said sum or its equivalent here, with-
out costs or loss, so soon and whenever it shall appear that said
sum has not been paid at Hoorn in Holland; thereto binding his
person and estate, having and to have, nothing [131] excepted, to
the authority of all courts and judges. Thus done and executed
in Beverwyck in N: Netherland, in the presence of Mr Gysbert
Imbroeck, chirurgeon, and Laurens van Alen, as witnesses hereto
called.

This mark X was made by Pieter
Jansz van Hoorn, aforenamed

Gysbert van Imbroch
Loiirus fan Alen

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
166 1

Power of attorney from Gerrit van Tricht to Arnout Cornelissen

Viele
< >n this day, the 23rd of August 1661, appeared before me. Dirck
\an Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed wit-
nesses, Mr Gerrit van Tricht. 1 who declared that he constituted
and appointed by these presents Aernout Cornelisz Yele. 2 dwelling
in Beverwyck, his special attorney to demand, collect and receive
of diverse persons, his creditors, certain sums in beavers and othei
wise which are due to him from the ai t< according to obligations

1 Gerrit van Tricht was a merchant of New Amsterdam, where at different
times he was nominated as schepen and alderman He was probably a
brother of surgeon Abraham van Tricht of Beverwyck, as the latter ami his
wife, Lysbeth Teller, on August 25, 1680, were witnesses at the baptism ot
Lysbeth, daughter of Gerrit van Tricht and Marritie van der Grist. In
1675 he was a deacon of the Reformed Dutch Church of Xew York; see
Doc. Hist. N. Y., 3:875.

- Arnout Cornelissen Viele. the Indian interpreter.

96 iRLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

and accounts thereof placed in the hand.- of the attorney; to that
end acquittance to grant for receipts and in case of [132] refusal,
the unwilling to constrain to pay by legal proceedings and rigor
of justice; for that purpose all terms of the proceedings to observe
unto judgment and extreme execution thereof; and furthermore
all things to do, perform and transact which may be needful and
which he ma)' think proper, promising at all time- to hold valid

whatever the attorne) i <l<> and perform in this matter, without

any contradiction; provided (hat the attorney be holden a proper
return to make of said tran and receipts when required.

Ilms done and executed in the colony of Renselaerswyck, in
pie Pieter Adriaensz and Jan Joosten, as witnesses hereto

calK

Gerritt van Triciit
Pieter Adr[i]ae[n \sen '
Jan Joosten -

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pub.

166 1

Settlement of a dispute between Lucas Eldertsen and Annetje
Pieters in regard to the lease of a house

( 133 1 In the matter in dispute between Luyc; I ertsz and
Annetie Pietersz, widow of the 1 ent Jansz Bal, a in regard

to the lease by her of tin ,ud garden of Roeloff Swart-

WOUt, standing and lying in the colony of Renselaerswyck, the
parties through the mediation of the undersigned have in love and
friendship agreed and contracted with each other as follows,
namely :

Annetie Pietersz gives up and relinquishes the lease of the said
house, lot and garden which she had hired for the term of two
years but which she has occupied for not more than three- fourths
of a year or a year at the must, Luycas Eldertsz not having been
able to deliver tl ei repair nor properly to fence in

[en, as was stipulated.

■ ■
-The nai ippears frequently in the A

hicll

he and his partner ["nomas

I. in Ji osti u van
rlem who Jew Vmstei ■I'm I 1 lem,

in, married
in [i ••>, Barnel rom Velthuysen in the

count I mi [ Veldhau lermany].

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-I' 97

On the other hand she. Annetie Pietersz, promises to pay to said
Lucas Eldertsz (over and above the four beavers and the thirty-
one guilders seawan which he has received), one and a half
beavers or the value thereof.

Wherewith the parties are agreed and reconciled, neither one
[134] having anything more to claim or to demand of the other,
whether at law or otherwise, in any manner whatever, for which
they bind their respective persons and estates, nothing excepted,
subject to all courts and judges. Done in the colony of Renselaers-
wyck, the 23d of August hum. •

LuYCKAS ELDERSF.X

This mark X was made by Annette
Pietersz aforesaid

Andrys De Vos

D. V. SCIIELLUYXI".

1 66 1

Bond of Eldert Gerbertsen Cruyf to Jan Bastiaensen van Gutsen-

hoven

On this day, the 25th of August 1661, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Elbert Gerbertsz Cruyff, dwelling at Betlehem in said
colony, and acknowledged that he was well and truly indebted to
Air Jan Eastiaensz van Gutsenhoven in the sum of one hundred
and twenty-eight guilders and two stivers, growing out of the pur-
chase and delivery of diverse wares and merchandise by him to his
satisfaction received; which aforesaid sum of fl. 128-2 [135] the
subscriber promises to pay to said ( iutsenhoven, or to the lawful
bearer hereof, punctually in the month of March 1662 next ensu-
ing, without longer delay, in good winter wheat at beaver's price;
thereto binding his person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to
the authority of all courts and judges.

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck, in presence of the
Honorable Frans Barentsz Pastor and Evert Wendel, magistrates
of Fort Orange, as witnesses hereto called.

Elbert Gerbertsz Cruif
Frans Barensz Pastoor
Evert Wendel

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1661

p8 l VRLV R] I ORDS 1 1] ALBANY

Bond of Cornells Cornelissen van Voorhout to Jan Bastiaensen

van Gutsenhoven
[136) On this day. the 25th of August 1661, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Cornells Cornells/, van Voorhout, dwelling in the
colony "i" Rensel k, and acknowledged thai he was well and

truly indebted to Mr Jan Bastiaensz van Gutsenhoven in the sum
of four hundred and eleven guilders and twelve stivers, growing
out Hi' the purchase and delivery of diverse wares and merchandise
his satisfaction received; which said sum of fl. 411-12, with
interesl thereon at ro per cenl a year commencing on the date
hereof and running to the full and effectual payment of the san
he promises to pa) to said Gutsenhoven, or to the lawful bearer
hereof, in the month of -March [662 next ensuing, punctually and
without longer delay, in good winter wheat at beaver's price;
thereto binding his person and estate, nothing excepted, subject
the authority of all courts and judg

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck, in the presence of the
Honorable Frans Harem ir and Evert W'endel. magistrates

of Fori ' »range, as witnesses hereto called.

This mark was made ! ornelis ( 1
van \ niiKii'ii 1 , aforenamed
Frans Baren <or

Would

Bond of Geertruyt Andriessen, widow of Jacob Jansen Stol, to
Jan Bastiaensen van Gutsenhoven
I137I On this day, the 26th of August [661, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the a:
named witnesses, Geertruyt Andriesz, widow of the hue Jacob
ig-in the Esopus, and acknowledged that she was
II and trul) indebted to Mi Jan Bastiaensz van Gutsenhoven in
e sum of two hundred and thirteen guilders, growing out of the
oi the purchase and deliver) of diverse ware- and n
chandi e to her content received; which said sum of fl. 213, with
interest on th imencing date

and running to the full payment thereof, the subscriber
to pa) to said l lutsei • a wful bet

nereof, at farthesl in the month of Jul) [662 next 1

' was killed in thi im^ Indian war in

V. )'.. [3:118, in. 157.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l66o— 1696 'HI

punctually and without further delay, in good whole beavers,
reckoned at eight guilders apiece; thereto binding her person and
estate, nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all courts and
judges. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in New Nether-
land, in presence of Gelyn Verplancken and Jacob Sandertssz Glen,
as witnesses hereto called.

This mark X was made by Geertruyt
Andriessz, aforenamed

Geleyn Verplanck
Jacob Sandersen Glen

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pub

1661

Bond of Myndert Fredericksen to Jan Bastiaensen van Gutsen-

hoven
[138] On this day, the 26th of August 1661, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Myndert Fredericxsz, master smith, dwelling in Bever-
wyck, and acknowledged himself to be well and truly indebted to
Mr Jan Bastiaensz van ( iutsenhoven in the sum of one hundred and
ninety-two guilders, growing out of the matter of the delivery of
goods and merchandise to his content received; which said sum of
one hundred and ninety-two guilders the subscriber promises to
pay to said Gutsenhoven, or to the lawful bearer hereof, punctually
in the month of July [662 next ensuing, without longer delay, in
good whole beavers reckoned at eight guilders apiece ; thereto bind-
ing his person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to all courts
and judges. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in Xew
Netherland, in presence of Gelyn Verplancken and Jacob Sandertsz
Glen, as witnesses hereto called.

This mark + was made by Myndert
Fredricxsz, aforenamed

Geleyn Verplanck
Jacob Sandersen Glen

D. V. Schelluyne, Not.
1661

Power of attorney from Geertruyt Andriessen van Doesburch,
widow of Jacob Jansen Stol, to Hendrick Andriessen, her
brother
[ 139J On this day, the 26th of August 1661, appeared before

me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-

VLBANY

named witm ieertruyf Andries2 van Doesburch, widow of

the late Jacob Ja I, dwelling in the Esopus, and declared that

she constituted and appointed by these presents Hendrick Andriesz,
her brother, proposing to depart for Holland, her special attor-
ney to receive from the hands of Mr Maxmiliaen Van Geele,
merchant at Amsterdam in Holland, a certain [power of attorney
which si bi ary, and certain wit-

inheritance and succession which was
to her child Jan Jacobsz Stol out of the estate of the late Jan
Jacobs/ Stol, grandfather of said child, deceased at Amsterdam in
Holland; also to demand, bake and receive from him an account-
ing and final Si . and further in all respects to
carry out the contents of -aid power of attorney according to the
■r thereof, to the behoof and for the best advantage of said
child; promising at all times to hold valid whatever her brother,
hall do or perform by virtue hereof and of the
resaid power, without any contradiction; provided that said
proper return to make of his said transact:
and receipts when required. Thus done and executed in Bever-
wyck in X. Netherland, in presence of Ja i nsz van Gutsen-
ielyn V[er]plancken, as witnesses hereto called.

This mark X was made by Geertruyt
Andriessz, aforenamed
Jan sen

Geleyn Verplanck

D. V. S( HELLUYNE, Not. Pub.
l66l

Bond of Rutger Jacobsen to Jan Bastiaensen van Gutsenhoven

[140 1 On tin- d \.UigUSt [661, appeared before

Dirck van Schelluyne, 1 and before ter-

named witnesses, Mr Ruthger Jacob-/, magistrate of Fort Orange,
.and acknowledged thai he was well and trul) indebted to -Mr Jan
Bastiaensz van Gutsenhoven in the sum of eight hundred and
thirt' five guildei tnd twelve tivers, growing out of the delivi
tandise by him at di\ ersi
eived; which aforesaid sum of II. 835 12, with interest then

mmencing on the date he 1 running

till effei to pay,

at the farthest next month of July [662, punctually and without

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2. 1660-1696 IOI

longer delay, in good heavers reckoned at eight guilders apiece;
thereto binding his person and estate, real and personal, nothing
excepted, suhject to all courts and judges. Thus done and
executed in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in presence of Gelyn
Verplancken and Jacob Saiadertsz (lien, as witnesses hereto called.

Rutger Jai 1
Geleyn Verplanck
Jacob Sanders.:: Glen

1 >. V. SCHELLUYN I'llh

1661

Bond of Thomas Powell to Jan Bastiaensen van Gutsenhoven

[141] On this day, the 26th of August [661, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Tomas Paul, dwelling in Beverwyck-, and
acknowledged that he was well and truly indebted to Mr Jan
Bastiaensz van Gutsenhoven in the sum of one hundred and eleven
guilders and eight stivers, growing out of the delivery of wares and
merchandise to his content received by him; which aforesaid sum of
fl. 1 1 1-8, with interest thereon at 10 per cent a year, commencing
on the date hereof and running until the full and effectual payment
of the same, the subscriber promises to pay to said Gutsenhoven
or to the lawful bearer hereof, next month of July 1662, punctually
and without further delay ; thereto binding his person and estate.
real and personal, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and judges.

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in Xew Netherland, in
the presence of Gelyn Verplancken and Jacob Sandertsz Glen, as
witnesses hereto called.

Thomas Powell
Gerleyn Verplanck

Sandersen Glen

D. V. S( helluyne, Not. Pub.

1661

The contents of this was paid to me in seawan, reckoned at [8
guilders the beaver, dated as above.

Tax Bastiaensen

Bond of Jan Dareth to Jan Bastiaensen van Gutsenhoven

[142] On this day, the 27th of August 1661, appeared betfore
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-

102 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

named witnesses, Mr Jan Dareth, and acknowledged that he
well and truly indebted to Mr Jan Bastiaensz van Gutsenhoven in
the sum of three hundred and seventy-one guilders, seventeen
stivers and eighl pence, growing out of the matter of merchandise
delivered and to his content received: which said sum of
fl. 371-17— 8, wth interest thereon at to per cent a year, commenc-
on the d; eof and running until the full and effectual pay-

ment of the same he, the subscriber, promisi said ' Iuts< n

hoven, or to his order next month of July [662, punctually and
without longer delay, in good whole beavers reckoned at eight
guilders apiece: thereto binding his person and estate, nothing
excepted, subject to all courts and judges. Thus done and
executed in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in presence of Gelyn
Verplancken and Jacob Sandertsz Glen, as witnesses hereto calli

Jan Dareth
Geleyn Verplanck
Jacob Sandersen Glen

I ). V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

1661

Contract of sale of a house and lot from Jan Thomassen, Volckert
Jansen and Gerrit Bancker to Pieter Claerbout

I 143] On this day, the 29th of August [661, appeared before
me, Dirck wan Schelluyne, notarj public, and before the afore-
named witnesses, Jan Thomasz, Flockerl Jan-' and Gerrit

1 of the iir-t part, and Mr Pieter Claerbout, prelei
(Vi r) in the church here, of the second part, ackn

ing, said Jan Thomassz, Folckert Jan-- Gerrit Banckert,

that they have sold, and he, Mr Pieter Claerbout, that he has
bought of them, a certain, the sellers', house and lot, with all >
is thereon fa b) earth and nail and furthermore with such
; \ ient estati si lers obtained the

• in Jan-/, the smith. Jan Thomasz having bid in the
• ■ al public vendue for the three of them, and as the same has
hill b) them a. 1 ording to the patenl and dee, I

hall he handed over to the purchaser on the day
-lull a- -aid house and lot air bit ed and

in 1 j nd lying in the \ I'.even- the

' the treel neat the church, being to the west of

< o; ! orth of Jan 1 laret, to the east

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 IO3

Jan van Aecken and to the south of the said street; 1 the said house
and lot being sold and to be delivered to the buyer free and unin-
cumbered, without any charges thereon or issuing out of the same,
saving the lord's right; for the [144] purchase of which said
house and lot said Mr Pieter Claerbout, the buyer, promises to pay
the sum of eight hundred and twenty- four guilders in good whole
beavers, reckoned at eight guilders apiece, in three instalments, to
wit : before the delivery of this, thirty beavers ; in the month of
July 1662, thirty-six and a half like beavers; and in the month of
July 11163, another thirty-six and a half beavers; the buyer may
take possession of and occupy said house and lot on the 1st of May
[i 62 and the same shall be conveyed to him on the last payment.
For the faithful performance of which, the parties hereto mutually
bind their respective persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject
to all courts and judges. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck
in X : Xetherland, in presence of Arien Appel and Pieter River-
dinck, as witnesses hereto called.

Tax Thomasz
yolckartt jansz
Gerket Bancken

PlETTER Cr.AEREBOUDT

A: Appel

Pieter Ryverdingh

D. V. SCHELLUVNE, Not. Plib.
l66l

Agreement whereby Goosen van Oort binds himself to work for
Willem Brouwer as a journeyman shoemaker

[145] On this day, the last of August [661, Willem Brouwer,
master shoemaker, acknowledges that he has engaged Goossen van
Xoort, 2 journeyman shoemaker, and he, van Xoort, that he has

1 In Professor Pearson's translation the compass directions were reversed
and a note stated that the lot was on the north side of State street between
James street and Broadway, as shown in Munsell's Collections, a:igo. This,
however, conflicts not only with the explicit statement in the above contract
that the lot was aende suydelicke syde van sheeren straete, but also with
the description in the deed from Rem Jansen, dated August .}. 1660, 111 Early
Records of Albany, 1:28.5-84. and with that of tl tnatory patent to
Pieter Claerbout. dated May u. n < 7, which read-: "having to the North
the street, to the East Cornelis Teunissen Bos & t st Jan van
Aeckens."

2 He signs himself " vanoort" or van Oort. He married Maria Peek and
for a time owned a lot at Schenectady. Between [686 and \i1y2 he had three
children baptized in Albany. See /. the Schenectady Patent, p. 185,
and Holland Society of New York, Yearbook, 1904. p. 39, 50, 58.

1 1 14 iRDS OF ALBANY

bound himself to serve said Brouwer faithfully in the making of
shoes and what appertains thereto, until the first of May 1662,
[said service] having commenced on the eleventh of thi
month of August, for which service besides free board and drink,
lodging and washing he. Brouwer, at the expiration of the term,
promises to pay him, Goossen, nine good whole bea koned

at eight guilders a] td if in the meantime Goosen shall have

any necessaries of woolen or linen, or stockings, he,
Brouwer, promises to supply him at bi ucting the

from die aforesaid sum. All in good faith: done in Bever-
wyck in N : Netherland, date as above.

Willew ER

. Vanookt
In my presen

D. V. S( HELLUYNE, Not. I'ttb.

1661

Power of attorney from Eldert Gerbertsen Cruyff to his brother

Cornells Gerbertsen Cruyff

[146! On thi-- day, thi ol Septembet t66) d before

me, D public, and before the after-

1 witnesses, Eldert Gerbertsz Cruyff, dwelling at Betlehem

in the colony aforesaid, and declared that he constituted and

appointed hereby Corm ruyff, his brother, dv

at Hilverson, near Naerden in Holland, his special attorney, to

'1. 1 oiled and rec om the heirs and adn

the estate of the late Hendrick Jan-/ van Naerden, formerly cow-
who died he ck, 1 a certain sum of two hun-

: \- guilders and seventeen stivers, or the value thi
nev, which he. the principal, after his [Jansz's]
disbursed and paid according • nuts and vouchers thereof

sent herewith t" the attorney; then cquittano

e of reft el paymenl l>\ legal procei

.Hid rigoi of the law, to this end all legal steps to observe to judg
ecution thereof, with powi more persons

ad lites to substitute in his place, [the prim

hold valid vvhati ed and pi

formed iri iid brother, his attorney, or bj his sub

'. 1 !

•y of New Y< ■:!<. Yeai

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l66o- 1 IO5

stitute, without any contradiction. Thus dune and executed in
Beverwyck in N: Netherland, in presence oi l ornelis Theunisz
Bos and Adriaen Appel, as witnesses hereto called.

Ellert Gerbertsz Cruif
Cornelus Thonisen Bos
A: .1^ pel

Power of attorney from Johannes la Montagne to his son Willjam

la Montagne

[147] On this day, the 2d of September 1661, appeared be :i
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, the Honorable Johan la Montagne, vice director
of 1 •■it Orange and Beverwyck, and declared that he constituted
and appointed by these presents his son Mr Willjam la Montagne
his special attorney before the honorable court of the city of
Amsterdam in X : Xetherland or wherever it is proper to grant,
transfer and make over in true and absolute ownership to and for
the behoof of Mr Isaacz de Foreest a certain just half of a lot and
garden, as they were fenced off two years ago, on the easterly side
of his honor's [Montagne], in breadth on the street 30 feet and in
length to the end, except the part thereof that belongs to the Honor-
able De Sille, standing and lying within the aforesaid city, and this
by virtue of the patent thereof ; consequently to vest the same in said
De Foreest. and said grantor to divest of the same; and further-
more all things to do, transact and perform, which may be needful
and to him may >eem proper; promising at all times to hold valid
all that may be done and performed by said attorney in said matter,
without any contradiction.

Thus done and executed in Fort Orange in X : Xetherland, in
presence of Ludovicus Cobes, court messenger, and Sacharias
Sichels. 1 as witnesses hereto called.

La Montagne
Ludouicus Cobes
Zacharyasz S e c k e Isz

D. V. Schelluyne, Not Pub
1 66 1

1 Zacharias Sickells served as rattle watchman of the city in (68g. In
1693 he went to New York and was succeeded as town cryer and porter by
William Holllie, see Am:, my, 2 ii". \z~.

106 l VR1 '. R] I ORDS OF ALBANY

Quitclaim from Gysbert Cornelissen Bogaert of Catskill to hia
brother Cornelis Cornelissen Bogaert of Rensselaerswyck for
his one-fourth interest in the family homestead in Holland

[148] On this day, the 3d of September t66i, appeared before
, Dirck van Schelluyne, notar) public, and before the herein-
after named witnesses, Gysberl Cornelisz Bogaert, of the first part,
and Cornelis Corneli aert, his brother, of the second part,

Gysberl Bogaert dwelling in Katskil and 1 ornelis Bogaert in the
aforesaid colon) [of Renselaerswyck] in N: Netherland; acknowl-
edging, said Gysbert Bogaert that he had sold, and he, l orni
Bogaert, thai he had bought of him, a jusl child's portion, to wit,
a one-fourth interest in a farm lying in the jurisdiction of
Schoonderwoert in Holland, received by him by inheritance and
descent on the death and demise of their father Cornelis Theunisz
Bogaert and of their mother Beelitie Cornelisz at Schoondi
aforesaid; for which jtt-t one-fourth interest in said farm he,
Gysberl * ornelisz, acknowledges that he has been fully paid and
isfied by the hand- of his brother Cornelis Cornelisz Bogaert
ore aid, the last penny with the first, so that he lias no further
claim thereon; therefore giving him full power and authority to
take ossi aid one fourth interest and to do therewith

with his own patrinioni.il estate, promising neithet to do nor cause
to be done anything contrar) hereto, either by or without resorting
to law, in an) manner whatever, binding himself thereto according
to law, all honestly and in good faith. Thus done and executed in
the colony of Renselaerswyck in X: Netherland, in presence of the
Honorable Frans Barentsz Pastor and Adriaen ' magis

trates of Fori < Iran ■<■ a witnesses hereto called.

This mark X was made by t Iysbert

■ 1 iid

1 1 irnelis Bogaert

Pran.i Barensz Pa
. Idriaen Gerretsen '

1 >. V. Si 111 1 ii \ m . Xot. Pub.
1661

1 Adriaen Gerritsni van magis-

I aldermen of Alban
mgan chai fu! i. He <li,

his will v. 1 1- , ] 1,, be trans-

101.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 IO7

Bill of sale of two horses from Jan Barentsen Wemp to Aert

Pietersen Tack

[149] On this day, the 7th of September 1661, Jan Barents?.
Wemp acknowledges that he has sold, and Aert Peeterz Tacq,
dwelling in the Esopus, that he has bought and received of him,
two horses, to wit, a gelding, and a mare; for which he, Aert
Peeterse Tack, promises to pay to him, Jan Barentsz. or to his
order, the sum of six hundred guilders in good whole beavers
reckoned at eight guilders apiece, or grain, or merchandise at
beavers price, at the option of the seller, not later than the month
of March 166.3, promptly, without longer delay; therefor binding
his person and estate, real and personal, nothing excepted, to the
authority of all courts and judges; and it is further stipulated
that, as the said mare is at present with foal, if the same when born
proves to be a mare, it shall he owned by, and be at the risk of the
seller, but the buyer shall keep it six years and then deliver it over
to the seller, whether it also be with foal or not; but if a stallion
colt be born, the buyer shall keep it three years, at the risk of both
parties, and it shall then be sold for the benefit of both, each to
have a just half. All honestly and in good faith, parties binding
themselves as above. Done in the colony of Renselaerswyck, dated
as above.

This mark 1 I'. AY was made by Jan
Barent>sz Wemp, aforenamed

This mark A was made by Afrt
Peetersz Tack, aforenamed
In my presence,

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pith.

1661

Bond of Jan Martensen to Jan Bastiaensen van Gutsenhoven

[150] On this day, the 7th of September 1661, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Jan Martensz de wever (the weaver), and
acknowledged that he was well and truly indebted to Mr Jan
Bastiaensz van Gutsenhoven in the sum of nine hundred and six-
teen guilders, fifteen stivers and eight pence, growing out of wares
and merchandise to his content received, which said sum of
tl. <ji 6—1 5—8, with interest on the same at 10 per cent a year,
beginning on the date of a mortgage for a greater sum executed

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

_'4 Augus mil running till the full and effectual payment

thereof, he, the su . promises to pay to said I iutsenhoven,

or to the lawful hearer hereof, in good, whole beavers reckoned
.iit guilders apiece, next month of July 1662, punctually and
without longer delay; therefor binding his person and estate, real
and personal, present and to come, nothing excepted, subject to
all courts and judges. Thus done and executed in Beverwj
X: Ni d, in presence of the honorable magistrates, Evert

VVendel and Adriaen Gerritsz, as witnesses hereto calK

This mark -f was made b) Jan
Martensz de W renamed

Euert Wendel
Adriaen Gerretsen

I ). V. Si helluv ni., Not. Pub.
1661

Lease of a house from Adriaen Gerritsen van Papendorp to

Mathys Jansen
(151 1 On this d ember [661, Mr Adriaen

Gerritsz has let and Mathys Janssz has leased of him a certain,
the lessor's, house and lot, standing and lying within this village
verwyck at p ed by Mr Gysbert Imbroch, chirur-

geon, and known to the lessee ; fi >r the time of one
the t-t of Ma or the sui lilders

to be paid in good, whole bi

It is further stipulated that as --aid house and lot i- to be del
to the lessee in proper repair, wind. or tight, at the

ee shall he holden to deliver up the
in at the end of said lease in tin ondition, accidents

ening in which neither lie nor his are concert

e written, the
parties herein mutually hind their respective persons a:

ted, subji a 1 faith

subscribed b) >r and lessee, in Beverwyck in X: Nether-

land, dated as abi

Mattiivs Jansen
In my p

I ). V. Si 111 :

1661

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, [66o I < >< lO IOy

Lease of a house from Catryna Jochems, wife of Abraham Staets,
to Maria Becker, wife of Johannes Becker

[152] On this day, the 10th of September r66i, I atryma
Jochemsz, wife of Mr Abraham Staats, lets, and Maria Beckers,
wife of Johannes Becker, hires the lessor's house and lot, standing
and lying in the village of Beverwyck near the house of Fol<
Jansz and known to the lessee; for the time of one year beginning
on the first of November next, for the sum of one hundred and
fifty guilders, to be paid in good, merchantable beavers, reckoned
at eight guilders apiece. It is further stipulated that in case the
r wishes to build a little house on the lot for her own con-
venience, she may do so at her pleasure and during the trading
season next summer she may also retain the use of the little house
at present standing there. Also, in case of a longer lease, this
lessee is to have the preference, provided she pay as much as
others. Furthermore, a window is to be made on the north side
of the house at the expense of the lessor; and as said house and
lot is to be delivered to the lessee in proper repair, window, roof
and floor tight, she, the lessee, promises to deliver up the same
at the end of this lease in the same condition, unavoidable acci-
dents excepted; thereto binding their respective persons and
estates, nothing excepted, to the authority of all courts and judges.
Done in Beverwyck, dated as above.

Trinten Iochgims
M \kyken d' Becker
In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1661

Power of attorney from Pieter Symonsen van Oostanen to

Frangois Boon

[i-Sl] On this day. the 12th of September 1661, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Pieter Symonssz van ( )ostsanen, who declared
♦■hat hereby he constituted and appointed Mr Francois Boon his
special attorney to demand, collect and receive of divers pet
his debtors, such beavers as from the same are due to him, accord
■ng to the evidences thereof placed in the hands of the attorne} :
therefore, acquittance to give for receipts, and in case of refusal
to constrain them to pay by judicial means and proceedings, to this

110 1 \M.\ RE( ORDS 01 ALBANY

end all legal steps to observe to judgment and final executii

ame; and furthermore all things to do, transact and perform
which may be needful and seem proper to him; promising a
times in hold valid whatever may be dune and performed in this
mallei- by said attorney, without any contradiction; provided that
ttorney be holden a proper return to make of his said trans-
actions and receipts when required. Thus dune and executed in
Beverwyck in New Xetherland in presence of . . .

INSZ

Lammert Jan
Pietcr ( laess Kayen

1 n i ii \ [ i r i

D. V. Si i IE, Not. Pub.

1661

Power of attorney from Pieter Claessen Kay to Evert Wendel
[ [54] On this day, the i-'th of September 1661, appeared before
me, Mink van Schelluyne, notar) public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Pieti and declared
that he constituted and appointed by these presents Evert Wendel
his special atti demand, collect and receive of diverse per-
sons, his <: avers as may be due to him from
according to the evidences thereof placed in the hands of the
attornej : then quittance to granl for receipts, and in
of refusal to constrain them to pay by judicial means and pro-
ceedings, to that end all li eps to observe to judgment and
final execution thereof; and furthermore all things to do, transact
and perform which may lie needful and seem to him proper, prom-
ising at all times t" hold valid whatever may he done and performed
in this matter by said attorney, without any contradiction; provided
that s; lie) he held a proper return to make t*i his said trans-
actions and receipts when required, dims dune and executed in
Xew Netherland in Beverwyck, in the p of Lammerl Jansz
and Pieter Symonsz, as witnes called.

I'n Kay

Lammert J arise
Pieter Sytnenss

Power of attorney from Jan Bastiaensen van Gutsenhoven to
Jeremias van Rensselaer with list of debts to be collected

I 1 5S t On this day, the I -'ill 1 F Sep

me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notar} public, and before the after-

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND _'. 1660-1696 III

named witnesses, Mr Jan Bastiaensz van Gutsenhoven, trader here,
proposing to depart for Holland, and declared that he constituted
and appointed by these presents the Honorable Jeremias van Rens-
selaer, director of the colony aforesaid, his special attorney to sell
his remaining goods (now to be delivered over to his honor) to
his best advantage; likewise to exchange the sea wan for good
peltry ; and to demand, collect and receive payment of divers per-
sons, his debtors, according to obligations and accounts thereof,
as shown in the list placed in the hands of the attorney; therefore,
to look after all his affairs and either as plaintiff or defendant to
prosecute and defend his claims against any and every person
and also to trade the merchandise and seawan; for the receipts
acquittance to grant, the delinquent debtors to compel to pay by
legal means and proceedings and to this end all legal steps to
observe to judgment and final execution thereof, with power one
or more persons with the like or limited powers to substitute in
his place ; also to compound, contract and agree, and furthermore
all things to do, perform and transact, in respect to the sale of said
goods, the exchanging of seawan and the collecting of outstanding
debts, which may be needful and seem to him proper, either by
or without resorting to law; promising at all times to hold [156J
as valid whatever may be done and performed in this matter by
said attorney, or by his substitute, without any contradiction, pro-
vided that said attorney be holden a proper return to make of his
said transactions, administration and receipts when required. Thus
done and executed in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, in presence
of Gelyn Verplancken and Jacob Sandertsz Glen, as witnesses
hereto called.

Tax Bastiaensen van Gutsenhoven
Geleyn I 'erplanck
Jacob Sandersen Glen

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1661

[157] List of the following [obligations and accounts] 1 deliv-
ered by Jan Bastia[en]sz to Mr Jeremias van Renselaer on the
12th of September A". 1661, at Fort Orange in New Netherland

N°. 1 An obligation of Sander Leendertsz Glen fl 9753-12- 8

2 do. Eldert Gerbertsz Cruyff. . . . 128-2

3 do. Gerret Swart 1470

4 do. Willem Bout 800

1 A number of these bonds or obligations are recorded on the preceding
pages.

I [2

EARLY KI ALBANY

Corn. Cornelisz van Voorhout fl 411-12

Jan 1 homa>z 712- 2- 4

Ann< k< his 3 n- 1

odder 211-17

rick Keur 280

Teunis Dircksz van Vechten. 125- 9

.... - 6

rdam 390

lis Teunisz van Slyck. . 193- 8

1 uy Andriesz 1 213

Tomas Poulusz-

416-18

Jan de WeveH 916-15- 8

Thomas Clabbort 5 4

lis Teunisz Bos

Mi ynderl de smit 92

ie 210- 1- S

an Es 144

Jan I ' - 4

Rutger Jacobsz

: man ;' Evert

Noldingh 1272

Hendi mi ......

Mi n\. -z Hoochbooin 10

chtenhorst. ... 11

: SZ

78

144

6l

Lammert van ' 11 41

40

i larmen Bamboes 10

Jaques Tysen

1 larmen B: 32

Jan \ ;n

7

Sack: Is 48

• I lout sag

rtruy And irch, the 1 Stol.

id / 'an Rei er Mss, p.

wcr.
* Jar, Martensen, the weaver

■na- Chambers, nicknam rt, a corruption of :' h term

lenter and probably ii I

of weatherboarding 1 h clapbi ards, which by the

hown by the minuti i m which ]

1 Narratives of
96 97.
iderl Fred mith.

7 Al

1 n, Noorman.
Jansen Mingael?

11 I ' Ryckman, mason.

.'. yer.

N«

n obligation of

do.

7

8

do.

9

do.

10

do.

11

12

U

do.

M

15

do.

17

do.

18

n,

21

22

do.

23

24

do.

25

26

do.

27

do.

28

do.

31

32

33

do.

[158] No.

do.

do.

37

do.

39

40

do.

41

4-'

do.

43

He was collector of the excise

223.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 113

N°. 44 An obligation of de malic Vries 1 ll 20

45 do. Willem Brouwer 36-10

46 do. Pieter Loockermans -'4

47 do Teunis lacobez Bierdrager 2 . . 16- 5

48 do. : Jacobsz Clockluyer 3 . .. 16

49 do. Cornells Segersz , _'i

50 do. 1 srick van Hamel 157- _•

51 do. \ii.nii \.]i;i.! 316-19

52 do. Thys de Goyer [5

53 do. Jannetie Hendericx .../'.... [6

54 do. Everl VVendel [6

55 do. facob Jansz van Nortstrant.. 8

56 do. nit Eldertsz 75- 2

57 do. Willem Tiller 373- 7

58 do. Domine Schaats 116

59 an obligation of Jan Helmsz ll 58

also an account of 30 skippli , I 00

148
N°. 60 2 obligations sent by Guiljam Momma which
came from Johannes van Twiller, made by
Willem Bout and Pieter Bronck

61 an obligation and mortgage of Tennis Slinger-

lam fl 100

62 an obligation 1 I Rip n 12

63 do. Marten Bierkaker 4 272

64 do. Arent van Corler 1777

65 a mortgage made by Roeloff Swartwout, signed

in the year r6s8, the 141b of August 147

€6 a mortgage of Leendert Philipsz, signed in tin-
year 1661, the 30th of July, for the sum of. . H37 _ 8
67 a mortgage of Jan Verbeeck, signed in the year

1661. the 30th of July, [or the sum of 462- 7

[159] ££ a bond of Jan met de beei 1. signed in 1662, the

[blank], for the sum of 72-5

69 an account against the widow of Abraham

Pietersz Vosburgh, amounting to 296

70 an account against Pieter Adriaensz Sooge-

mackelyck 371-10

71 an account against Pieter Pietersz Root ^,2

72 an account againsl Willem Menten 24

73 an account against Henderick soldae_t fi 23-15

74 an account againsl I \bramsz 7 8

7? do. 1 l.iu- Miljer 8 8

76 do. Luykas Eldertsz 8

77 do. Aepje de wilt 9 8

7? do. Tys Barentsz 6

79 do. Abba Claesen fl 4-10

'Literally: "the crazy Vries," probably referring to Adriaen Dircksen de
Vries.

2 Teunis Jacobsen, beer carrier.

3 Pieter Jacobsen, bell ringer.

4 Marten Hendrickscn. See Van Rensselaer Bowier Mss, p. 821.
'Literally: "Jan with the beard"; possibly the same as Jan Helmsen alias

Jan de Bock (the buck, or goat). The same person is mentioned in liarlx
Records of Albany, 1:225, a > Jan '"''■' de boert (evidently a misreadii
" beert " I which Professor Pearson translates as "Jan the Jesterl

Hendrick, the soldier. The same as Hendrick Coenraetsen van Bon?

7 Matheus Abrahamsen van Deusen.

8 Perhaps the same as Clae« Mulle alias de Wael.
"Literally: "Little ape, or monkey, the Indian."

114 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

So an obligation of Mai tin Cornelisz ll _■

■ y i '1". Maria Dyckmans 479

do. nelius V*os 35S- 8

83 do. Jan Daret 371-17- 8

■ s 4 do. Volcker Jansz 65 5

5—12

Also old silver of Cit Davidts:

one saltcellar

two spoons

one gold ring

two earrings, three buttons

[160 blank; 161] The following is a list of the seawan :
Black

1 bunch fl 42- 9

I do 41-18

&c. &c

Total fl 28

White seawan

1 bunch fl 67 1 1

I do 24

&c. &c

Total tl 4-19-13

1 162] List of the goods

ich ' ,„,. „ oQ

6 rolls white ditto '<> 8 in roll \ total 328
80 shirts

127 ells of bunting, white and I '

30 ells of checked linen

$2 ells 1 Flemish linen

37 ells of blue linen

iNr'j ells of Osemb. [Osnabriick] linen, consisting of 3 pieo

7 small casks with hatchets, as Follows:
N '. 1 188

1 73

3 218

4 220

'• 142

7 188

8 84

12 13
167 1

bets

[imitatji buttons

3 stills

1 wherein are :

37 chopping knives

6 large « !

1 distiller

All thai is mentioned in the foregoing lists | acknowledge to
om the hands of Jan Bastiaens van Gutsfen]-
n Done in the colony of Rei 1 . the 141I1 day of

September A \ 1661.

[EREM1AS VAN Ki S'SSEl VER

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 115

On the 7th of August 1662, Mr Jeremias van Rensselaer delivered
to Mr Jan Bastiaenssz van Gutsenhoven the above-named obliga-
tions, accounts, seawan, remainders of goods, together with full
satisfaction and payment of whatever his honor had received. I
therefore release his honor from all further demands. Done in the
colony of Rensselaerswyck, dated as above.

Jan van Gutsenhouen

I n my presence,

D. V. Schelluyxe, Secretary
1662

Indenture of apprenticeship of Johannes Pootman to Philip
Hendricksen Brouwer
[156] On this day. the 14th of September 1661, Mr Jan Herrd
riexsz van Bael has bound out and Phillip Hendricxsz Brouwer
has engaged Johannes Potman, 1 a young man, at present about
sixteen years of age, to serve him, Phillip Hendricxsz, faithfully
in all his business and affairs so far as they are lawful and just,
for the term of three successive years, commencing on the date
hereof; for which Phillip Hendricxsz shall let him, Potman, have
lodging, board, clothing, washing and all that appertains thereto
and at the end of the service fit him out with a decent suit of clothes.
In good faith, this is subscribed in Beverwyck in X : Netherland,
on the date above written.

Jan Hendericks va\ t Bael

Johannes Pootman

Pfilip H-enricksen Rrouuer

Power of attorney from Jan Hendricksen van Bael to Jan
Cornelissen van den Heyden

[163] On this day, the 14th of September 1661, appeared beifori
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Mr Jan Hendricxsz van Bael, trader here, pro-
posing to depart for Holland, and declared that he constituted
and appointed by these presents Jan Cornelisz van der Heyde
his special attorney in his absence to administer and direct all his
business and affairs, as well in irade as otherwise, to his best

1 Johannes Pootman (now Pnlnian) was one of the early settlers of Sche-
nectady, where he and his wife were massacred by the French and Indians
February 9, 1690. He married Cornelia, daughter of Arent Andriese Bratt,
by whom he bad six children all living in 1715. J. P.

Il6 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

advantage; outstanding debts accord is and accounts

thereof to demand, collect and receive, and acquittance to grant

tor n delinquent debtors by judicial means and proceedings

•strain to nd to this end all terms of the proceedings

judgment and extreme execution then
mpound, contract and agree; with power one per-

sons i tute in his place with the limi ed authority;

and furthermore in the pron trade, all things to do,

act and perform, by or without resorting to law, which may
be needful and to him may seem to the besl advantage of the
riber; pn to hold valid whatever m;

substitute, without

■ ded the . be holden a proper return

to make of his said transactions and administration when required.

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in N: Netherland, in the

'i Labatie and Johannes Pootman, as witnesses hereto

call i

Jan III ,ni rii ks van Bael

Johannes Pootman

I ». V. Son . Not. Pub.

1 66 1

Bond of Volckert Jansen to pay Rutger Jacobsen's debt to Jan
Hendricksen van Bael for which Rutger Jacobsen gives
security

[164] On this day, the 14th od
me, Dirck van Schellu tary public, and before the herein-

after . Folckert Jans/, trader in Beverwyck, who

promises as his own debt >r Ruth Jacobsz, his brother-in-

law, in the month of June omctually and without further

delay to Jan Hendricxsz van Bael, or his order, the sum of three
hundred and two guilders and ei ivers and seven pence due

to him by Ruth Jao ding to the account rendered, with

the rate of ten per cenl beginning on the date

1 running until the full payment, all to be paid in
beaver lit guilders a ; and

xcussionis, being instruct!
to the ne, for which he binds his person and e

II courts and judgi
The red also said Ruth I ,vho promised mean-

while to pa) as much as possible in grain at beaver's price, which

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND J, 1660-I696 I 17

shall be deducted from said debt, and in order to indemnify and
save him, Folckert Jansz, harmless in the matter aforesaid, he
hereby places in the custody of the said Van Bael as security and
special pledge the following specified gold and silver articles, to
wit :

3 gold rings I pair of crescents (halve m

1 double hoop (ha,: • 14 silver spoons

1 gold chain 2 silver beakers

1 gold pin (nae/t) 1 silver salver (schael)

2 pairs of gold ear ornaments 1 silver saltcellar

(oorstricken) 1

[165] all of which are pledged to meet the payment of said sum.
if need be, without loss or expense. Thus done and executed in
Beverwyck in New Xetherland, in the presence of Jan Cornelisz

van der Heyde and Johannes Pootman, as witnesses hereto called.

Yolkart Jansz

rutger jacobsz
Jan Cornelisz van der Heyden
Johannes Footman

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

1661

Deposition of Cornells Gerritsen Graef

1. the undersigned, Cornells de Graeff, declare at the request of
Cornells Theunisz van Breuckele that to my certain knowledge
it is true that in the spring of the year 1659 ine requirer [Van
Breuckelen] granted to Andries Herbertsz (at his request i live
acres of land to sow the same together with Phillip Hendricxsz
Brouwer and to enjoy the fruits thereof ; for which Andries Her-
berts promised to pay the requirer for his part a half aum • >(
brandy; all of which I am ready to confirm by oath if need be.
In witness of the truth this is subscribed by me in Ceverwvck in
New Xetherland, this 14th of September 1661.

CoRNELIS GeRRETSEX GRAEF

In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1661

1 About this word see the valuable chapter on the Frisian headdress in
Johan Winkler, Oud Nedcrland, p 282. In quoting an old Amsterdam verse,
in which the word strikken occurs, Winkler remarks that this word is prob
ably a mistake for stikken, the name given on the island of South Beveland
to the ornaments which are fastened to the ends of the metal fillet or head
band. The present document seems to show, however, that the word sti
was at the time in common use. The gold pin and crescents and the " double
hoop " doubtless belonged to the same headdress.

[l8 I \f'I '. RECI IRDS I 'I ALBANY

Power of attorney from Jan Dareth to Cornells Jacobsen van
Oostsanen and Wilhem van Dyck to sell his right to an
annuity

[166J This day. the i~th of September t66i, appeared 1>
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the herein-
after named witnesses, Mr Jan Dareth, trader here in Beverwyck,
and declared that he hereby constituted and appointed Cornelis
Jacobs/ van < >ostsanen, also a trader here, who proposes to depart
for Holland, and Mr Wilhem van Dyck, 1 dwelling at Vuytrecht,
jointly and severally his attorneys especially to sell to the best
advantage of the principal to the Honorable Wilhelm Vincent, lord
'if Wittenhorst, eti . a certain life-annuity or vicarage attached to
the manor of Nieuwenroode, 2 amounting to eighty guilders a
-.ear, which the principal holds according to the proofs thereof in

'Wilhem van Dyck was probably a brother or the father, of Jan Dareth's
wife, R ii Dyck, who in the register of marriages of the Reformed

Dutch Church of New York, under dale of November I, 1654, is entered as
from Uytrecht, the same as Dareth himself, lie may also have been a rela-
tive of Hendrick van Dyck, the sellout-fiscal of New York, who arrived in

1640, and who v From Utn Van Rensselaer Bowier Mss,
p. 472.

e off vicarye gefondeerl r>/> (/.• Heerlicheyt run Nieuwenroode.
Nieuwenroode refers to the manor of Xn len, in the prov-

ince of Utrecht, which on the death van den Bongaard,

1641, was left to his widow Wilhelmina van Bronkhorst, she to have the
usufruict thereof as long as she remained unmarried On her man-
ia van den

of the said Beirut. Thi ca tie, which was
one of the fines! in the province, was destroyed by the French in 167s. but
afterwards rebuilt 1' V J. van der Aa. skundig

ederlanden, 8:201 3 ; and picture of the castle in R
van di Oud and.

■ term vicarye indicates that the annuity must iwn out of

an endownv 1 i purpi isi lj in the form

connection with the manor chapel, it is 1 ' lareth's

father all vicarag prov-

1 Utrecht, except as ■ < kind- of churcl

I to exist in 1580, when thi m was

Upon the seculari

pp i the income of the former vicarages

of ministei ved the

in. two thirds to he paid out to such beneficiarii

ibji I to their appn their successors, the

■
■hi- laud . ally sold and an annuit]

the land was paid instead, The annuity mentii ned in the
of attorney was of that nature

in the province I : it after the Ri

1 1 11 it. in i ' ap te Utrecht

tcdedeclingcn, 1881, t 98 • - |

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the hands of his cousin (Cosijn), the Honorable Cornelis Bot, 1
doctor of medicine at Uytrecht ; therefore, to receive from his
honor's hands the said proofs and documents; likewise the power
of attorney which the principal executed last year, 1660, at
Uytrecht in favor of his brother-in-law Wilhelmus Huetingh,
apothecary, and which is hereby revoked, annulled and canceled;
consequently the purchase money to be agreed upon to receive,
acquittance for the same to deliver, and to this end in the name
and on behalf of the principal to release and relinquish all right,
title, interest and ownership in and to the aforesaid benefice; also
to demand [167] and receive the arrears of the said benefice since
the death of Joost Daret, his late father, five years ago ; and
furthermore all things to do, transact and perform in this matter
which may be needful and seem to them advisable; promising at all
times to hold valid whatever shall be done and performed by said
attorneys, jointly or severally, in the matter aforesaid, without
any contradiction; provided that the attorneys be holden a proper
return to make of said transactions and receipts when required.
Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in N: Xetherland, in the
presence of Adriaen Appel and 1'ieter Riverdingh, as witnesses
hereto called.

Jan Dareth
A: Appel
Pieter Ryverdingh witnesses

D. A". ScHELLUYNE, Xot. Pub.

166 1

Surety bond of Andries Herbertsen and Barent Pietersen for
money due to the widow of Abraham Pietersen Vosburgh
[168] On this day. the 20th of September 1661, Andries Her-
bertssz and Barent Pietersz, miller, declare that they, jointly, become
sureties for the sum of one hundred and five guilders in seawan
which are due from Arien Symonsz to Geertruyt Pietersz, widow
of Abraham Pietersz Vosburch, deceased, and which she is to
receive by the hands of Adriaen Appel by virtue of an attachment
issued against said Appel; promising at all times to indemnify said
Arien Appel and to keep and save him harmless from all future

1 Dr Cornelius Booth, councilor of the provincial court and burgomaster of
Utrecht. See the genealogy of the Booth family in Simon van Leeuwen, in
Batavia Illustrate,, p. 875-79.

'-"' EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

de Pari of Arien Symonsz; binding thereto their per-

. nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all
co,i ln w 'tne are signed in Bever-

wyck in \ T ew Netherland, dated as above.

Ax UK IS III

This mark X was made b) BaRENT
PlETERSZ, miller, aforesaid

In my presence,

D. V. Si helluyne, Not. Pub.
1 66 1

Renewal of the lease of a house from Pieter Hartgers to Geurt

Hendricksen
l l5 9] On 1 1 , the 20th of Sej Mr Pieter

Hartgers lets, and Guert Hendricxsz renews the lease of '
lessor's, house and lot wherein the lessee now dwells, for the time

rs, beginning on the first da) of May last
P asl one hundred and forty guilders in good strung

seawan for the first year, and for the second ye hundred

guilders in good, whole heaver- reckoned al eight guilders apiece;
further the lessee sh ,lden th, said house and iin-

tai " liver up again at the end of the lease in pt ,.ir.

In good faith these are subscribed in Beverwyck in X: Xether-

( 'li ki I [endryi ksen
As witness, </': Stvartt
A ■; witness, Philip Pieterse

In n

D. \ />„/,

•hi currenl year'- renl the lessee I

in labor ,i

In materials

] 2 —

above,

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2. [660— 1696 121

Bond of Dirck van Hamel and Sophia van Wyckersloot to Pieter

Riverdingh with subsequent bond of Sophia van Wyckersloot

and Anthony Toinel

[170] Copy

We, the undersigned, Diderich van Hamel and Sophia van
Wyckersloot, acknowledge that we are well and truly indebted
to Mr Pieter van Riverdingh in the sum of eight hundred and
two guilders and eighteen stivers in beavers for sundry mer-
chandise and money received from him to our content, for which
sum we promise to pay him in Holland money as much as his
beavers shall sell for in patria and to let him have the choice of
such goods as we receive from patria at the price which they shall
cost us in patria, to the aforesaid amount; whereto we bind our
persons and estates, that is to say from this day to the first of
May 1659 and not later, and failing in this, we promise to pay him
in other articles to his content. Thus done without any fraud, this
23d of September [658; in witness whereof we have confirmed
these with our own signatures in the colony of Rensselaerswyck
on the date above written. Was signed:

D. V. Hamel and Sophia van
Wvkersloot

On this day, the 20th of September 1661, Mr Pieter Riverdingh
and Madam Zophia van YVickersloot, widow of the late Diderich
van Hamel, in his lifetime secretary of this colony of Rensselaers-
wyck, 1 and now wife of Mr Anthony Tonnel, in presence of her
said husband, have come to a final agreement and contract regard-
ing the payment of the above-written obligation in the manner
following. In part payment of the above-written obligation there
is received the sum of [171] one hundred and twenty-two guilders
Holland money, so that she, Madam Sophia van Wickersloot, still
remains indebted in the net sum to be paid to said Mr Pieter River-
dingh or his order, of six hundred and eighty guilders Holland
money at twenty stivers apiece : which sum of six hundred and
eighty guilders she. Sophia van Wickersloot, and her said hus-
band Tonnel, promise by these presents to pay at the first oppor-
unitv ; failing in which, he shall receive said sum out of the first

1 Dirck van Hamel succeeded Antony de Hooges as. secretary of Rens-
selaerswyck in Oct' ber 1655, and served as such till his death « 11 July 2,
See J '(7» Rensselaer Bowier Mss, p. S46. According to Sinn .11 van Leeuwen,
Batavia Illustrate, p. 877, the second wife of Cornells Booth was Digna van
Wyckersloot. As Cornelis Booth was a cousin of Jan I'arcth. the latter
may have been a distant connection by marriage of Sophia van Wyckersloot.

IJJ EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

inheritance which (without her knowledge) may already have
fallen to her in Holland, or may still fall to her. by the death of her
father, or an) blood relations, said Riverdingh being preferred
therein before others; provided that when he has received said
ment, he, Riverdingh, shall be holden to deliver up to her again
a gold ring set with nine small diamonds, which he has had of
her; binding thereto, their person: and estates, real and personal,
present and future, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and
judges; all to secure the payment of -aid sum widiout costs or
loss. Subscribed by them in good faith and without fraud in the
ol Rensselaerswyck in New Netherland, dated as above.

iphia van wy< kersloot
Am hony Toin
In my presem e,

I ). V. S( HELLUYNE, Not. Pub.

1661

Contract whereby Daniel Jansen van Antwerpen binds himself
to serve Adriaen Appel for the term of one year

[172] On this day, the 24th of September [661, appeared bi
me, I hrck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, \rien Appel of the first part, and Daniel Jan-/
van Antwerpen <>i die second part, acknowledging, the said Arien
Appel, that he had hired, and he. Daniel Jansz, that he had bound
himself to serve -aid Appel in matters an<l affair- that are just
and right, for die time ol one yeai beginning from the 10th of this
present month of September; fur winch -aid \.rien Appel promi 1
to pay him thirty-five good, whole beavers reckoned at eight
guilders apiece, together with free board, washing and lodging
during said service; and out of said beavers or wa errit

Banckert shall receive [39 guilders at the end of this hire; he,
Daniel Ian-/, promising to serve him faithfully and obediently

in die faithful performance of which the parties

hereto mutually bind their persons ai -. nothing excepted,

subject to all courts and judges. Ml done and executed in Bevei
wyck in New Netherland, in presence of \ir \ndries Herberts/
and Jan Rarentsz Dulleman, ba er, as witnesses hereto 1 tiled,

A : Ari
Andris Herberts iel Jansen van Antwerpen

Jan Barentsen Dulleman

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Change in contract between Philip Hendricksen Brouwer and
Johannes Pootman

[19] 1 On this day the 28th of September 1661, with the knowl-
edge of Jan Cornelisz van der Heyde, Phillip Hendricxsz Brouwer

and Johannes Potman - have covenanted and agreed with each
other that in fulfilment of the contract made this 14th day of the
month of September he, Pootman, in the place of clothing and
outfit stipulated in said contract, shall receive each year the sum
of eighty guilders in good, whole beavers, reckoned at eight guilders
apiece, the other terms of said contract remaining intact. Signed
by them in good faith, in Beverwyck, on the date above written.

Pflip Henkicksen
Johannes Pootman
Jan Cornelisz vander Heyden

Deposition of Jan Verbeeck and Evert Jansen Wendel in regard
to an agreement made between Evert Pels and Jochem Wessels
before said Pels left for the Esopus

[20] On this day, the 1st of October 1661, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the herein-
after named witnesses, the Honorable Jan Verbeeck and Evert
Wendel, residing in Beverwyck, being of competent age, and
declared at the request of Jochem Wessels, baker, that in the month
of April last, Evert Pels, being about to leave with his family for
the Esopus to live there, promised to pay said Wessels on accounl
of Jurriaen Blanck on the last of May next following thirty
beavers in beards, counting twelve boards to the beaver, and also
thirteen beavers in payment as hereinbefore stated on the 1:
August following; giving as the reasons for their knowledge that
they heard and understood Evert Pels say the same to said \\ essels
when he Evert Pels was about to depart and Willem Bout has
undertaken to pay said board- for said Evert Pels: furthermore.
they are ready [21] when requested, if need be, to confirm the

1 The following twelve pages were originally numbered 173-84, but after-
wards bound by mistake between pages 18 and 19 and renumbered in pencil
19-30. Though for convenience of reference it has seemed best to retain
the pencil numbering, the pages are printed here in their proper chronologic
order. .

- Ian Pootman early settled in Schenectady, where he married Cornelia,
daughter of Arent Andriese Bratt, by whom he had six children. In the
massacre of 1690 he and his wife were killed. The name of the descendants
is now Putman. T. P.

EARLY RECO ALBANY

same by oath. Ilni :ecuted in Beverwyck in New

Xetherland, in presence of VVillem Brouwer and Hendrick Reur,

eto called.

Jan Vj

i \nsi:\ Weni
/rick Rot
II "illem Brow.

D. V. S( HELLUYNE, Not. Pub.
l66l

Bond of Marten Hendricksen Beeckman to Adriaen Symonsen
this day, the 3d of October [66i, Marten Hi
man, dwelling in Beverwyck, acknowledged that by settle-

ndise received he is well and truly
ed i" Alien Symonsz in the sum of ninety-eight guilders in
good strung seawan, whii sum he, Marten Hendt

hereby promisi to the aforenamed Alien Symonsz, or the

lawful hearer hereof, in or bel month of July [662 next

ensuin :^ r thereto his person and estate, without exception

subjei i" the control of all courts and judges. In witness whereof
this i b) him in Beverwyck in New Xetherland on the date

written.

This mark Mil was made by N
1 [endricxsz
aforesaid

1 •
5 liipsen I an Dam J

D. V. Schelluyi Pub.

1661

Bond of Barent Gerritsen to Douwe Jillissen Fonda
1 22 1 ( >n this day. tin- est of October i cut Gerritsz

he is well and truly indebted to Douwe
dwelling with Jan Tyssz in the colony of Ri swyck, b) set

their accounts, in the sum of thirt) three whole I"
reckoned at eight guilders apia h said thirty three beavers

in Westphalia court

1 Till his ■
; 1 1 5ee / 'an Rna , 14. The

spelling in' his name was or Ror; Reur being the Dutch

equivalent in sound.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l66o-l6y6 I25

or the value thereof at the option of Douwe Jillisz he, [latent
Gerritsz, promises honestly to pa) to said Douwe Jillisz, or his
order, in the month of August A". 1662 next coming, binding
thereto his person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to the
control of all courts and judges. In good faith this is signed by
Barent Gerritsz in the colony of Rensselaerswyck on the date above
written.

This mark X is made by Barent
Gerritsz, abovenamed
In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1661

Contract of sale of a house in the colony of Rensselaerswyck
from Barent Gerritsen to Cornelis Cornelissen van Sterrenvelt

[23] On this day, the 4th of October 1661. appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the herein-
after named witnesses, Barent Gerritsz of the first part and Cor-
nelis Cornelisz van Starrevelt of the second part who acknowl-
edged, the aforesaid Barent Gerrirsz that he had sold and he,
Cornelis Cornelisz van Starrevelt, that he had bought of him a
certain, the seller's, house and fence known to the buyer and stand-
ing and lying in the Greyne Bos in the colony of Rensselaerswyck,
next to the house in which Jan Oothout dwells, with all that ; s fast
by nail or earth and such dominant and servient estates as the
seller has hitherto possessed in the same, said house and fence
being sold free and unincumbered, without any charges thereon
or issuing out of the same, save the right of the patroon of this
aforesaid colony and the ownership of the ground; for the pur-
chase of which aforesaid house and fence said Cornelis Cornelisz
van Starrevelt promises to pay the number of ten hundred good,
merchantable boards, in three payments: one just third part thereof
promptly [24] on or before the 10th of November next, the second
payment or the second third part in the month of May [662; and
the last payment in the month of October following, promptly each
time; said house and fence to lie delivered to the buyer immi
atelv, but the seller may remove from the house two brew kettles
which are stationary and the brewing vats. The buyer shall remain
bound for the purchase money until the same shall be fully paid,
for which he binds his person and estate, nothing excepted, sub-
ject to all courts and judges. Thus done and delivered in the

|j6 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Greyne Bos in the aforesaid colony in presence of Cornelis van
Nes and Jan Oethout, as witnesses hereto called

This mark X was made b) BAREN1
I .1 rrxtsz, aforenamed

COERNELIS COERNELISSEN UAN Sl'I'.K-
Rl \ (JELT

nelis van Nes
J mm Jansen Oothoet

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. I'lib.
l66l

Contract of sale of land on Manhattan island from Symon Jansen
Turck to Albert Andriessen Bratt
[25] On this day. the ~ 1 1 1 of October [661, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hi
after named witnesses Symon Turck 3 of the first pari and Albert
Andriessz ol the second part, who pledged, Symon Turck

that he hail sold and Alberl Andriesz that he had bought of him. the
quantity ol twenty five morgens of land and molenkil (mill cr

'in Manhatans island on the East river, where Pietei Cor
nelis/. deceased, late father in law of -aid Symon Turck, was
--lain.- and the buildings Standing now upon the same, together
with such dominant and servient estates and rights as said S
Turck in his capacity as en heir and attorney for the other CO heirs
of said I'ieter Cornelisz, decea ed, has received said land and
creek, in accordance with the agreement mid. on the [8th of
September [658 between said buyer ami the seller among others
ne, -aid land and creek being sold t" the buyer
and unincumbered, without any charges thereon or issuing
out of the same, excepting the lord's right. For the purchase of
said land and Meek the buyer promises to pay the quantity of
ei hundred and fifty good boards, to be delivered here in the
colon) on the river bank in the spring of 1662. The buyer may
1 ed el 1 1 issi ion of and use said land and creek and the
same shall be lawfully made over and conveyed to him, and tin-
patent delivered to him, when the p hall have been made.

lied S\ mi n Jansen Hi 1 'an Rensselaer B

I'. 413. "Turck' 1 n. a nickname and may mean that he hail been

''. I
van Vaes, who i

ai are. Min r Cornelissen, see Van Reus-

p. 8 1 1 .

NOTARIAL TAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 I2J

For the fulfilment and performance of which [26] the respective
parties mutually bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted,
submitting the same to the jurisdiction of all courts and judges.
Thus .done and delivered in the colony of Rensselaerswyck in
presence of Jacob Jansz Plodder and Adriaen Appel, as witnesses
hereto called.

Symon Jansen Turck
Albert Andriessi n
Jacob Jansen Floddcr
. I : Appel

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

166 1

Power of attorney from Ariaen Symensen to Jan Verbeeck

On this day, the 8th of October 1661, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses Adriaen Symonsz, trader here, who declared that
by these presents he constituted and appointed Jan Verbeeck his
special attorney to demand, collect and receive from sundry his
debtors such sums in beavers and seawan as are due to him accord-
ing to obligations and accounts thereof, a list of which is placed in
the hands [27] of the attorney; for receipts acquittance to grant,
the delinquent debtors to compel to pay by means of legal proceed-
ings, to that end all legal steps to observe unto judgment and final
execution thereof, but with power to compound, arrange and settle
and likewise with power to substitute one or more persons in his
place with the same or limited powers, and furthermore all things
to do, perform, or transact which may be needful and to him may
seem advisable, the principal promising at all time to hold as valid
whatever may be done and performed in this matter by said attor-
ney or his substitute, without any contradiction, provided that the
attorney be holden when required to make a proper return of said
transactions and receipts. Done and delivered in Beverwyck in
New Netherland. in presence of Mr Phillip Pietersz Schuyler and
Jan Cornelisz van [der] Heyde, as witness hereto called.

Aryan a Symese 1
Philip Pie terse
Jan Cornelisz vander Heyden

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1661

1 Thus in the original. Cf. his signature on page 42.

EARI/V VLBANY

[ 28J List o Mnts of Arien Sym<

entrusted to me, the undersigned, Jan Verbei be collected

rding to the foregoing power of attorney:

An >n of Jan Cornelisz Vyselaer, master mason, for

the sum of lilders in seawan, to be paid in beavers, at

sixteen guilders the beaver, dated of ^ugusl i f

A compromise and judgment against Jacobus de Looper,

the -inn ■ <\cc

An obligation of .Marten Hendricxsz Beeckman, dated the 3d of

. for the sum of 98 guilde d in seawan.

An in of Luycas Pieters2 ans, dated the 8

61, for the sum of 110 guilders, to he paid in boards at
ivers ap 1

Obligation of Lucas Pietersen Cooymans to Ariaen Symensen

[29J On this day, the 8th of October [661, appeared
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, I. uveas Pietersz (. ■ . dwelling in Be\

vvyck in New Netherland, and acknowledged that he, the a

well and truly indebted to \driaen Symonsz, trader here, in
the sum of one hundred and ten guilders, growing out of mer-
chandise delivered and to his content received, which said sum of
! and ten guilder 1 pa) to

I Arien Symonsz or to his order in good, merchantable hoards
livers apiece, to I where the skippers can 1

veniently take th d on or lay

j next, binding thereto his person and estate, nothin 'ted,

subj irisdiction of all co Thus done and

tiled in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in preseni
Jan Verbeeck and Jan an der Heyde, a- witnesses

lied.

Lui

Jan I

Jan Cornelisz rainier Heyden

l>. \ ■>/. Pub.

1661

Depositions of Jan Cornelissen Vyselaer ' and Frans Jansen
respecting the delivery of a horse

1 30 1 On this day, the 17th

Adriaensz, declare- that this

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND _'. [660- I2Q.

a fortnight ago he was present when Cornells Cornelisz Starrevelt
delivered to the requirer [Pieter Adriaensz] a mare and then said
to Mens Hoogeboom : " Now you may deliver the young horse or
colt also." To which the requirer answered : " Between the two
three or four days make no difference." [He also declares that] he
heard nothing more and [that] if need be he is ready to confirm
the above by oath if required. Done in Beverwyck on the date
above written.

This mark X was made by Jan
Cornelisz Vyselaer, aforenamed

Frans Jansen confirms the above declaration and says further
that he heard Pieter Adriaensz say to Cornells Starrevelt and Meus
Hoogeboom that the young horse or colt ran at their risk until they
delivered it, but does not know whether Jan Cornelisz Vyselaer
heard this or not; furthermore he is ready to confirm this by oath
if required.

Frans Jansen
In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1661

Bond of Leendert Philipsen to pay for Ariaen Symensen to
Johannes Withart fifteen beavers and to Jan Hendricksen van
Bael six beavers with mutual release of all demands
[173] On this day. the 24th of October 1661, Leendert Phillipsz,
master tailor here, acknowledges that by a settlement made on this
day with Arien Symonsz in regard to what he owed him to date for
merchandise received, he is well and truly indebted to said Alien
Symonsz by balance of accounts in the sum of twenty-one
whole beavers reckoned at eight guilders apiece; which said sum of
twenty-one beavers he, Arien Symonsz, asks him and he, Leendert
Phillipsz, promises to pay next trading season. A 1662, to wit, to
Johannes Withart, or to his order, a quantity of fifteen of said
beavers, and to Jan Hendricxsz van Bael, on his order, the remain-
ing six beavers, respectively, punctually on the appointed day, pro-
vided that Arien Symonsz grant him a discount of one beaver,
more or less, as shall appear by settlement between him and Van
Bael ; and in case contrary to expectation Leendert Phillipsz fail
to pay said sum (for which he nevertheless binds himself) then
5

130 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

shall sai<l beavers be paid to Withart and Van Bael by Arien
Symonsz, without expense or loss. Therefore then, neither party
has any further claim whatsoever against the other, that is, neither
Arien Symonsz against Leendert Phillipsz nor Leendert Phillipsz
against Arien Symonsz, for which they bind their respective [174]
persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all courts
1 'one in Beverwyck in New Netherland, on the date ;
written, in presence of Folckert Jansz and Jan Jansz Bleycker as
witnesses hereto called.

Leendert Pylui
Aryan Symi
Volckart Jansz
Jan Jansz Blycker

In my presence,

1). V. St helluyne, Not. Pub.
1661

Bond of Ariaen Symensen to Volckert Jansen and Jan Thomassen
< »ii thi- day. the _'4th of ' *ctober [661, Arien Symonsz acknowl-
that by a settlement had with Fol< and Jan

Thomasz he is well and truly indebted to said Folckert Jansz and
Ian Thomasz in 1I1 guilders in good strung seawan,

promising to pay the same within the til nth from this

date punctual! 1 for binding his person and estate, nothing

excepted, subject to all courts and judges. Done in Beverwyck in
X : Netherland on the date above written, in presenci 1 endert

Phillipse and Jan Jansz Bleycker, as witnesses h< ;led.

Aryan Symi
Leendert Phyles
Jan Jansz Blycker

I). \

1 66 1

Receipt of Ariaen Symensen for beavers paid by Dirckje Har-

mensen

[175 1 Arien Symonsz acknowledges that he has received of
Dirckie Harmensz four wh in part payment of an

gation ive beai 1 ■ ei about a montl

' Tin: al. Cf. his signature to the I

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 ^1

which obligation is in the care of Jan van Hoesen, and which pay-
ment shall therefore be credited to her on account of said obli-
gation. Done in Beverwyck in X : Xetherland the 25th of October
1661.

Aryan Svmense

(Jan Verbeeck
as witnesses J , , 7

I Leendert Phyles

In my presence,

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pllh.

166 1

Bond of Leendert Philipsen with release of all demands from
Ariaen Symensen
Leendert Phillipsz undertakes and promises to pay on account
of Arien Symonsz to Air Isaacq de Haen the sum of four good
whole beavers and also to Alien Symonsz three and a half beavers,
the whole growing out of the sale and delivery to me of a silver
beaker; which said sum, together with a bond of fifteen beavers
to the behoof of Johannes Withart and six beavers to the bi
of Jan Hendricxsz van Bael, being paid by Leendert Phillipsz he,
Arien Symonsz, hereby promises as well in the matter of said bond
(dated the 24th of this month) as with respect to said silver beaker
and whatever to this date has in any manner been outstanding
between them to release him, Leendert Phillipsz, from all demands
and claims, hereby in the manner and under the reservations as
before discharging him from all obligations. Done in Beverwyck
the 25th of October [661, in X: Xetherland.

Leendert Piiyi.es
Aryan Symense
Jan I 'erbeeck
1 1 'Man Brouwer

Lease from Hendrick Roer to Johannes Clute of a house, lot and
garden in Rensselaerswyck

[176] l On this day, the 26th of ' October 1661, Hendrick Renr
has let and Johannes Knoet - has hired of him the lessor's house,
lot and garden heretofore occupied by Anthony Jansz, standing
and lying in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, known to the lessee,

1 The reverse of page 175, formerly numbered 188, is blank.

2 Thus in the original.

132 lRLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

for the term of two following year.-, beginning on the 8th of
November next, for the sum of three hundred guilders in
strung seawan to he paid punctually each year. It is further stipu-
lated that the lessor shall deliver the said house, lot and garden to
the lessee in good condition, window, roof and floor tight, likewise
the fence of the garden in good repair, on condition that the lessee
! to deliver the same up again at the end of the lease
in like condition. Furthermore, the lessee shall have the right dur-
ing thi ome one else use said house, lot and garden,

, be responsible for the rent of the
Finally, in case an) repairs on the house be required oi
anything be made during the lease, the same shall be dune with the
knowledge of the lessor, who shall hear half the expense thereof.
For the faithful performance of which the parties hereto mutually
I177J hind then respective persons and estates, nothing exa
subject to all me in the colony of Reus

d as abi

Hendrick Roer

, , T0IIA.\X>Z

This mark 1 1 was made b) ft
J (11

D. V. SCHELl

l66l

Johannes Clute sublets the house mentioned above to Jan

Mangelsen
By virtue of tin- foregoing contract Jan Knoet leases the ab

mentioned house and lot and Jan Mangelsz hires the same of him,
for which Jan Mangelsz shall pay to Jan Knoet the aforesaid stipu-
lated rent, every quarti a jusl fourth part, punctually each
time, and in addition within the term of said lease five beavers or
the value thereof; for the faithful ance of whicl

the above lease the parties hereto mutuall) bind

I ates, nothing excepted, to the authority
of all courts and judges. Don- colon) of Rensselaerswyck,

on the date aho\ e writl

1 1 lHANNSZ 1 I

; SZ 1

In my p

1). \ Pub.

1661

1 He married a daughter of Pietei emackelyck, by whom

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1 66o— I ' >■ Ji > 133

Bill of sale of a sloop from Dirck Jansen Smith to Ariaert

Symensen
[178] On this day. the 71I1 of November 1661, appeared befi re
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Dirck Janssz Smith of the first part, and Adrian
Symonsz of the second part, acknowledging, the aforesaid Dirck
Janssz Smith, that he had sold, and he, Adriaen Symonsz, that he
had of him bought, a certain, the seller's, sloop or yacht named the
Swarte Arent [Black Eagle), lying at anchor here, with sail, rig-
ging, anchor, cables, ship's and cook's furniture, etc.. which the
buyer has seen; which said yacht in condition as above shall be
delivered and transferred to the buyer on the first of next month,
in the roadstead before the city of Amsterdam in Xew Nether-
land, on payment therefor which shall be made in manner fol-
lowing: the buyer promises to pay to the seller on the delivery
of said yacht thirteen hundred guilders in good strung sea-
wan and in the month of May 1662 twelve hundred guilders in
seawan as before, provided that Dirck Smith on his part make a
proper conveyance of the yacht and its appurtenances to the buyer
on the payment of the first instalment as above and Arien Symonsz
on his part furnish a sufficient surety for the remainder of the
purchase money at the Manhatans whenever the yacht shall have
arrived there, but at the first opportunity [179] the seller and the
buyer shall sail with said yacht to the Manhatans and the buyer
shall enjoy and have for his benefit the receipts for passengers and
lading. For the performance and fulfilment of all that is herein-
before written the parties on both sides, each with regard to his
own obligations, bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted,
subject to all courts and judges. Thus dime and executed in

he had several children who are entered in the records of the Reformed
Dutch churches of Albany ami New York under the name of Roll, variously
spelled Rol, Rail, Ral. and Raal. .March 4, 1681/2, Tan Mangelsen received
from the Indians a gift of land at Canastagione, now Niskayuna, for which
he sought to obtain a patent in 1703. He died before September 4, 1705,
when his son Mangel Jansen Roll and wife Antie sold to Ryer Schermer-
hoorn three morgens of land at Niskayuna which Jan Mangelsen had
obtained from Claes Jansen van Bockhoven under a contract of sale of
January 14, 1672/3, together with certain rights in land to the rear thereof
which said Claes Jansen purchased from the Indians on March 4, 1681/2, and
in which Jan Mangelsen had a share. On April 2, 1713, the heirs of Jan
Mangelsen presented to the governor and council a petition for a patent for
the land at Niskayuna, but apparently no action was taken. See Early
Records of Albany. 1:379; Deeds, 3:140-41; 5:67; Notarial Papers, 2:104;
Land Papers, 5:138; Council Minnies. 11:1711; .mil History of the Schenec-
tady Patent, p. 128, 138.

134 1 \K\-\ RECORDS OF ALBANY

Beaverwyck in X: Netherland, in presence of Jacob Tyssz van der
Heyde and Gerril Visbeeck, as witnesses hereto called.

Aryan Symj
Derck Yansen Smyt
Theysen ran </<•)• Heyden
Gerret Visbeeck 1). V. Schelluyne, A

1 66 1

Bond of Dirck Jansen Smith to Anthony Jansen
1 180] On this day, the 7th of November [661, Dirck Janssz
Smith acknowledges that he has undertaken and he hereby promises
to pay to Anthony Jans/, conn messenger of the colon) of Rens

selaersvvyck, fift) skipples of g 1 wheat in consideration of one

hundred oak boards received from Jacob Jan--/ Flodder, and that
in the spring of 1 ' >■ >_'. the sooner the better, therefore binding his
person and estate, nothing e cepted, to the authority of all courts
and judges. Done in Beverwyck, the 7th ><i November

Derck Yansen Smit

heysen van der Heyden ~\
., ..." , -as w itnessi

Gerret l isbeeck

In my presence,

I >. V. S< II II I r\ NE, Not. i

1 66 1

Settlement of accounts between Jacob Theysen van der Heyden,
attorney for Symon Jansn Romeyn, and Ariaen Symensen

On this day. the 7th of Novembet [661, Jacob Tyssz van der
Heyde, as attorney for Symon Jan-/ Romeyn, according to power

the 20th of September 1661, and \rien Syi
have enme in an agreement in respect to what he, \nm Sym
owes t" Symon Jan-/, to wit, thirty-two beavers and six guilders
1 181 1 in beavers, reckoned at eight guilders apiece, as follows:
Symon [ansz Romeyn shall receive from the hand- of Mi (invert
■ Is in paymenl of the aforesaid beavers, counting
fourteen boards to iver, or other peltries at 1 price,

at righl her©

\m w Symi

Jacob ["hi ysen van der 1 1
Derck Yansen Smit"]
et I isbeeck

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 1 35

Inventory of appurtenances of the sloop Eendracht

[182] With the knowledge and consent of the Honorable
Commys La Montagne and the Honorable Abraham Staets and
Phillip Pietersz Schuyler, magistrates of Fort Orange and Bever
wyck, at the request of Jacob Jansz Flodder, an inventory and list
was made of what was found on the sloop named the Eendracht
(Union), together with the cables and anchors by which said sloop
lies in the roadstead here, as also the boat and oars belonging
thereto, as follows :

First, a cable and horse line with two anchors by which the sloop
now lies at anchor

A cable and a half cable in the hold

A piece of horse line

A cask of tar, full

A small cask of hammer scales

Two tackle blocks bound with iron

A mizzen and a foresail, a fore-topsail, a jib and a small sail for
the boat

An hour-glass ; a compass

The boat with two oars

Two oars for the sloop

An iron pot

A gridiron

Two wooden bowls

The sloop with her standing rigging

Bill of sale of a horse from Arent van Curler to Sixt van der

Stichel

[183 1 ] On this day, the 8th of November 1661. Mr Arent van
Curlar sells and Mr Sucx van der Stichel buys a sorrel gelding
seen by the buyer to his satisfaction ; also a saddle and bridle : which
said horse, saddle and bridle shall be delivered to the buyer at the
first opportunity, and the buyer Sucx van der Stichel promises to
pay to said Mr Curlar or his order next spring A" 1662, for said
horse one hundred and forty skipples of rye. and for the saddle
and bridle eighty guilders in good strung seawan. For the faithful
performance of which, the parties hereto mutually bind their

1 The reverse of page i8->. which was originally numbered 196, is blank.

I36 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

pective persons and nothing I, subject to the

authority of all courts and judges. Done in Beverwyck, dated as
. e .

A. V. Cur

Sixt Vander Sticiiel 1
Jan Nock
J. Dehin

Bill of sale of the sloop Eendracht from Jacob Jansen Flodder
to Lucas Andriessen and Jan Joosten
[184I On this day. the 9th of November 1661, the Messrs Jere-
mias van Rensselaer, din of the colon} <>\ Ren: vck

and Phillip Pietersz Schuyler, magistrate of ] . in the

name and at the request of Jacob Jansz Flodder (he being pi

aid 1. uveas Andriessz and Jan Jo them have

bought, the sloop of said lacoh Flodder, named the Eendracht
I I nion), at present hint; at anchor here, with all that belongs
. anchor and running and standing riggiri ding

ir which
pay to .Mr Rensselaer aforenamed of twenty-eight hundred

guilders in mom ter named, in thn ts, to wit: a

just tin;. ithin the time of -i\ weeks from tl ;' in

seawan, amounting to nine hundred and thirty-three
guilders, six >ti\er> and five and one-third pence; the second pay-
menl in tin same currency and amount in the month of April h-
and the third payment in ,'hole beavers reckoned at twenty

guilders seawan apiece in tin- month of July [663; for the sat

payment of which -aid sums mi tli of

payment Mr Daniel van Donck and Mr Folckert Ja er them-

selves as sureties, in order that if nerd he the amount may be
recovered from them without expense or 'a id sloop

is hereby turned over to the buyers free and unincumbered, to be
used from now on on all stream- and rivers and to he disposed of
by them [185] as thee might dispose of their own property, -aid
Flodder releasing the bu; om all future demands on his part

with regard to For thi performance and fufili

all that 1 hereinb fore written parties on both sides, each as fa'

Vmsterdam. lie
ed with others in itive Minutes of the

in Minutes ^rphanmasters < Imsterdam,

149; and ' sterdam, \

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 1 37

he is concerned, bind their respective persons and estates, nothing
excepted, subject to all courts and judges. Done in Beverwyck, on
the date above written.

Jacob Jan sex Plodder
Jeremias van Rensselaer
Philip Pietersi Schuyler
This mark X was made by

Lucas Andriessz, aforenamed
Tax Joosten
Daxiel vax Doxck

Vl IL< KART JANSZ

Jan Comelisz: vander Heyden 1

, , „ yas witne

J urc Jam 1 unsen

In my presence,

D. V. Schelluvxe. Not. Pub.
1661

Bond of Juriaen Teunissen to Jan Harmensen

[186] On this day, the "th of December 1661, Jurriaen
Theunisz, master glazier, acknowledged that he was well and truly
indebted to Jan Harmensz, baker, in the sum of ninety-two good,
whole beavers reckoned at eight guilders apiece, growing out of the
sale and delivery of two pipes of brandy, one containing sixty-one
viertels 1 and the other fifty-five viertels, amounting together to
twenty-three ankers, each anker being valued at four beavers ;
which said ninety-two beavers he, Jurriaen Theunisz, promises to
pay the latter part of the month of June A . 1662, punctually, bind-
ing therefor his person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to the
jurisdiction of all courts and judges. Done in the village of Bever-
wyck, on the date above written.

JureJen Tunsen

.... __ J Adriaen ran Ilpendam, testis

( This mark X was made by Jan Euertss schoenmaker

D. V. Schelluyne, Xot. Pub.
1661

1 One z-icrtcl= 1.956 gallons.

[38 EARLY RECORDS OK ALBANY

Contract whereby Maria Goossens binds her son Jan Stevensen
to serve Cornelis Theunissen Hoogeboom in making tiles

[187] On this day, the tStb of December 1661, G rnelis The-
unisz has engaged and Maria Goossens has bound to

him her son named Jan Stevensz, aged about twelve years, to si
said Hoogeboom faithfully in the work of tile making and what
appertains therein, the next two summers, a the season is

suitable for work, commencing with the year (662; for which

e he, Hoogel m, promises to pa) to her each summer eleven

good, whole beavers and a hundred guilders in good seawan, the
hall thereof for the firs! year or summer when said Jan
shall have served tt'ii weeks, to wit, five and a half beavers and fifty
guilders in seawan, and the remaining 5 beavers and 50 gl. in
seawan when the work of tile making for the first summer is done;
in like manner also he is to pa) for the second summer A". [I 63,
each time punctually. These subsi ribed b) the contracting parties
in guud faith in the colon) of Rensselaerswyck, dated as above.

This mark VII was made by CORNELIS

mm-,/ I him, 1 BOOM, aforenamed
This mark X was made by Mary

1 , ■ aforenami

In my presence,

D. V. Schelli ' Pub

1661

Will of Gerard Swart and his wife Anthonia van Ryswyck

fi88| In the name of the Lord, Amen. Know all men by
this ,ii-i da) of December [661, about 11
o'clock in the forenoon, before me. Dirck van Schelluyne, notary
public, and before the afternamed witnesses, personal!)
Mr Gerard Swan, sheriff of the colon) of Rensselaerswyck, and
Madam Anthonia van Ryswyck, married persons, to me. the no

!i. both being ound in body, walking and -landing, and using

and being in full possession ni theii emory and

understanding, and considering the shortness and frailly of human

life and the certainty of death, and the uncertainty of the hour

eof, and wishing therefore in anticipaton of thi while

• id 1 iiid grants them opportunity 1 to dispose of their property

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l66o-l6(j6 I39

to be left behind, they, the testators, declare that without any
inducement, persuasion or deception of any person they have
ordained and concluded these presents, their last will and testament,
in manner following: First of all, commending their immortal souls
whenever they shall be separated from their bodies to the gracious
and merciful hands of God, their Maker [189] and Redeemer, and
their bodies to a Christian burial, revoking, annulling and canceling
all other testamentary dispositions which they either jointly or
severally may have heretofore made and executed, and holding
the same as null and of no validity, and making a new dis-
position, they, the testators, inasmuch as they have no child or chil-
dren procreated of them now living, have nominated and instituted,
as by these presents they do reciprocally and mutually nominate and
institute the survivor of them both as their sole and universal heir
to all the property, personal and real, claims and credits, gold and
silver coined and uncoined, also clothing, linen and woolen, house-
hold furniture and whatever else the first deceased of them both
shall leave behind on his or her death, whether in this country
or in the Fatherland, therewith to do as with his or her own prop-
erty, without opposition or contradiction of anyone; provided that
the survivor be holden, for the nearest blood relation of the first
deceased of them both, to select a token of remembrance, at the
pleasure and discretion of the survivor, without constraint or impor-
tunity. All which aforesaid conditions, these testators declare to
be their mutual and reciprocal will and testament; wishing and
desiring that after the death of the first of them both the same may
have full force and effect, whether as a will, codicil, gift, donation
in anticipation of death, or otherwise as the same may best be
secured; desiring that [190] the utmost allowance may be made
wherever the forms demanded by law have not been full}- observed
herein; and one or more copies hereof to be made and delivered,
by me, the notary, in proper form, to be used as may be necessary.
All thus done and executed in the colony of Rensselaerswvck in
New Netherland, at the dwelling house of the testators, in presence
of Jan I.abatie and Jan Dareth, as witnesses thereto called.

G: Swartt

AXTHOXIA VAX RYSWYCK

Jan Labatic
Jan Dareth

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. I'llh.

1 66 1

I40 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Agreement between Theunis Dircksen van. Vechten and Jacob
Theunissen Quick about the exchange of a stallion for a cow

[191] On this day, the 71I1 of January (662, appeared 1"
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the herein-
after named witnesses, Theunis Dircxsz, 1 husbandman, of the first
part, and Jacob Theunisz Quick.- of the second part, who acknowl-
edged that they had contracted and agreed with each other re
ing the exchange of stallion thai nexl May will be three
for a cow, the delivery to be made on the execution 1 pres-

ents, provided that Jacob Theunisz shall be holden, and by these
nts he promises, in the latter part of the month 1 next

to pay to Theunis D n hi ordet ti whole beavers ; and

Theunise Dircxsz promises to geld the said stallion al the p
time at the risk of said Jacob Theunissz. For the faithful perform-
the partii mutually bind their respective per-

pecially said horse, nothing excepted, subject
to all courts and judgi

Thus done and executed in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, in the
of Arent Isacxsz and Harmen Tomase, master shoemaker,
as witnesses hen 1 ailed.

This mark X was made- by Theunis

renamed
This mark X was set by Jacob
Theun k, aforenamed

Arent Isaackx van H
Harmon Thomanse

1 >. \ Vot. Pub.

1662

Contract of sale of a house, lot and garden from Juriaen Teunis-
sen to Anthony Jansen

[192] On this day. the 14th of January Hid.', appeared b<

Mick van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed

, glazier, of the first pan. and Anthony

Jansz, court 11 1 of the colon} of Rensselaerswyck, of the

other part; ai Iging said Jurriaen Theunis/ thai he had

ind Anthony Jansz that he had bought of him a certain, the

seller'--, house, lo and garden with all that therein is fast l>\ n

with such servient and dominan is the

hlen.
n his mark, li<
■ : I I in am > r lii-i

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, [660-H I4I

seller has possessed therein to this dale; such as said house, lot and
garden are built, fenced and impaled, standing and lying in the
village of Beverwyck, hounded north and east by the streets, south
by the kill and west by Jochem Wessels the baker; 1 said house, lot
and garden being sold and delivered to the buyer free and unincum-
bered, without any charges thereon or issuing out of the same, sav-
ing the lord's right; for which house, lot and garden [193] the
buyer, Anthony Jansz, promises to pay the sum of two hundred
and seventy merchantable beavers, trader's goods, reckoned at
guilders apiece, in three instalments, to wit: one hundred beavers in
the month of September next; the second payment in September
1663, a like sum; and the third payment of seventy beavers in the
month of September 1664, every time punctually, and with the pa\
ment of the first instalment, the buyer shall come into possession
and use of said house, lot and garden. Therefore, M r Joan Verbeeck
and Andries Herbertsz (likewise here present) hereby promise
[to pay] and jointly and severally become sureties as principals for
the payment of the first instalment of one hundred beavers afore-
said; said house, lot and garden remining bound until such time as
the remainder of the purchase money is fully paid; [194] and the
seller is holden on payment of the last instalment to deliver a
proper and valid conveyance for said house, lot and garden together
with the patent; finally the purchaser also promises to pay or
deliver, over and above the stipulated purchase money, in the month
of March A". 1663, two sows that are with pigs. For the faithful
performance of what is above written, the parties hereto mutually
bind their respective persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject
to all courts and judges. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in
Xew Xetherland, in presence of Barent IWyndertsz, master shoe-
maker, and Cornelis Cornelisz Boer, master cabinetmaker, as wit-
nesses hereto called.

Jure Jan Tunsen

Anthony Jansen

Jan Verbeeck

Axdris Herberts

Barent Meyndersz

Cornells Cornelissen, as witness

D. V. Si in lluyne, Not. Pub.
1662

1 This lot was on the south side of State street, east of Broadway. J. P.
July 15, 1668, Goosen Gerritsen and Jan Koster van Aecken, as attorneys
for Anthony Jansen, sold this house, lot and garden to Jan Mendricksen
Bruyns; see Early Records of Albany, 1:442.

14- Ei RE I I] ALBANY

[Beneath the contract is written the following receipt:]
On tin.- Oth September 1662, Anthony Jansz paid u> Jurriaen
Theunisz the first instalment <>n the aforesaid house, lot and garden,
being the sum of one hundred good, whole beaver skins.

JureJan I 1 -..-i:.\-
Iti my presence,

I ). Y. SCHELLUYNE, Not. I'llb.

1662

Contract of sale of a farm at Catskill from Jan Andriessen to-

Johannes Clute
[195] On this day. the 9th of Januar) n>'>_>. appi
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Jan Andriessz, 1 from Dublingh in Ireland, dwelling in
Catskil, of the first part, and Jan Cloet from Neurenburch, of

md part; acknowledging the said Jan Andriessz that he had
sold and he, Jan Cloet, that he had purchased of him a certain, the
seller's, farm, consisting of arable and woodlands, together with
house, barn, rick, and whatever i> thereon fast by earth and nail.
I the land also in fence: with Mich servient and dominant estates
and rights as the seller has hitherto possessed in the same, accord-
in the patent thereof dated the 25th of October 1663, which on
the da) of delivery shall be handed over to the buyer; just as said
farm stands and lies in Catskil aforesaid, mi the south side i>f said
kill, containing altogether twenty-two morgens. Said farm 1- sold
and shall be delivered to the buyer free and unincumbered, withoul
any charges thereon or issuing out of the same, saving the lord's
right; for which -aid farm the buyer. Jan Cloet, prom pay

the quantity of four hundred skipples of g 1 winter wheat and a

ling named Ante, in manner following: the first instalment of
one hundred skipples of wheal in the month of December [663 s
and -iid horse the next spring: the second [196] instalment of one
hundred skipples of wheat in December [664; the third instalment

like quantity in December [665 ; and the last instalment as abo
in I 1 66 id farm on the last payment shall he made over

in the buyer together with thi 1 and lawful convi

ance, hut the Inner shall enter upon the farm in the fall of 16
led down with thirty-two skipples of winter wheat, at the

1 John Andrews?

[hi other dates are chani
time with tl or " 1664," 1J 1'r

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 I43

expense of the seller, for the behoof of the buyer ; and the
seller also remains holden to deliver to the buyer two wagons
and two ploughs, and six sows of a year old. For the full perform-
ance of the above contract, the parties hereto mutually bind their
respective persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all courts
and judges. Thus done and executed in the colony of Rensselaers-
wyck in New Netherland, in the presence of Jacob Tyssz van der
Ileyde and Arent Cornelise Vele, as witnesses hereto called.

This mark X was made by Jan An-
driesz aforenamed

Johannsz Clute

Jacob Theysen van der Heyden
Arnout Cornelissen Vele

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

1662

Contract whereby Gabriel Thompson binds himself to serve
Thomas Powell in bread-baking

[197] This day, the 25th of January 1662, Thomas Paul acknowl-
edges that he has engaged, and Gabriel Thomissz 1 that he has bound
himself, for the term of two consecutive years commencing on the
first of September last to serve him, Thomas Paul, in bread-making
and what appertains thereto and whatever else there may be for
him to do ; in consideration of which service said Thomas Taul
promises to pay him every year, punctually each time, the quantity
of twenty-two beavers reckoned at eight guilder- apiece, besides
proper board and lodging, on condition that he, Gabriel Thomissz,
faithfully perform his service and show proper respect and obedi-
ence to his master, Thomas Paul, as a good and faithful servant
ought to do. Done in the colony of Renselaerswyck, dated as above.

Thomas Powell

This mark -\- was set by ('. \i

Thomissz, aforenamed
In my presence,

D. V". Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1662

1 Gabriel Thompson Stridles, or Straddles.

144 VLBANY

Bond of Cornells Theunissen van Breuckelen to Carsten Claessen

[198 1 On this day, the 14th nelis

Theunissz van Breuckele acknowledges that he is well and truly

indebted to ' master carpenter, in the quantity of

good, whole beavers in good friend a by him

to his - u received; which said ninet) good, whole beavers

van Breuckele, promi id Carsten Claesz or his

July next, punctually, without longer

delay; therefor binding his person and estate, nothii ited,

subject to all courts and judges. Done in the colon) of Rens-

rswyck in X: Netherland, dated as above.

ick'
In my presence,

I ). V. ScHELLtn • tary

1662

Contract of Arent Jansen and Claes Jansen to build a barn at
Catskill for Eldert Gerbertsen Cruyff

[199] On this day, the 1 j 1 1 1 of February 1 lerl Gerbi

Cruyff, of the first part, and Arenl and Claes Jan

s, of the 1. have contracted with each

er in the 1 following: Eldert Gerbertsz Cruyff hires said

[ they bind themseh :rve him Eldert Gerbertsz

Cruyff in the construction of a barn at Katskil, from which the

hirer shall deliver the materials; for which service said carpenters

II both receive a skipple of wheat a day each b< tsonable

ird during their service, which service shall commence when the

carpenters shall have arrived al Catskil, or can reach there by

the first open water; and said Eldert I < shall pay said wheat

to them in the month of February d, merchantable winter

wheat to be delivered here on the hank by the nse.

• For the performance whereof the parties hereto mutually bind

•Cornclis Anthonissen Schlick, 1
v. p. 809.

van Nykerck, who I in K tn-

Jansen van ; >' might h

214, wlurr the name of "Janse" is printed by mistake
for " Jacobse." '1 he

lume .-ind th s with the original manuscript,

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 166O-IO96 1 45

their respective persons and estates, nothing excepted, subjecting
the same to the authority of all courts and judges.

Done in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, dated as above.

Ellert Gerbertsz Cri

A re nt Jan -1

Claes Jansz

Andries Herberts I

, , , t-as \\ :',iu

A: Apfrel

In my presence

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not I'lth,

1662

Bond of Philip Hendricksen to Cornelis Segersen van Voorhout

[200] On this day, the 6th of March 1662, Phillip Hendricxsz,
brewer, acknowledges that he is well and truly indebted to Cornelis
Segersz van Voorhout in the sum of eighteen good, whole beavers
reckoned at eight guilders apiece, a half cask of strong beer, and a
half cask of small beer, growing out of the matter of the purchase
and delivery of a gelding called young Block, by the purchaser,
Phillip Hendricxsz, on the date hereof received to his content;
which aforesaid eighteen beavers he promises to pay to said
Cornelis Segersz, or his order, in the month of August next, punc-
tually and without longer delay, and the beer next April. For the
payment of said beavers and beer, Jacob Janssz Schermerhoorn
offers himself as surety and principal, promising to satisfy the said
debt, provided that he, Phillip Hendricxsz, promise at all times
to indemnify and hold him Schermerhoorn harmless in respect to
the matter aforesaid, to this end specially binding and mortgaging
said horse, and also his mare called Col i Star), together with his
person and estate generally, nothing excepted, subject to the
authority of all courts and judges. Done in the colony of Rensse-
laerswyck, dated as above.

I'll. II' Henricksen
Jacob Janskx Schermerhooven
In my presence,

D. Y. Schei m vtne, Secretary
1662

Lease of a house from Theunis Dircksen to Marcelis Jansen

[201] On this day. the otli of March [662, Theunis Din
acknowledges that he has let, and Marcelis Jansz that he has hired

14'' EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

of him, a certain, the lessor's, house, lot and garden, standing and
lying in the village of Beverwyck, bounded south by Claes van
Rotterdam, north and east by the streets, known to the lessei
the time of the two following years, to begin on the first of May
next and to end on the las) day of April [664, for the sum of seven-
teen good beavers a year, reckoned at eight guilders apiece; and
it is further stipulated that the lessor shall be holden and he
promises hereby at the beginning of the lease to deliver th<

1 in proper repair, window, roof and floor tight, and the lol
and garden as far as they extend fenced around to the uniform
height of seven hoards; also in the rear | to make] a wide gate
through which one can drive easily with horse and wagon, and
in front on the other street a suitable .-mail gate; likewise, the
cellar of the house properl) to wall up and | to make] a cellar door
above within the house and a hogpen near the house. Finally, it is
agreed that the lessee may make whatever he please in said house,
lot and garden for hi- convenience, hut with the leave of the lessor,
[202] who -hall make good the same to the lessee bj a reduction
of the rent; likewise the lessee -hall be holden to deliver up the
said house, lot and garden again at tin- end of the lease in : ■
repair, accidents happening from without excepted. For the full
performance of what i- hereinbefore written the parties hereto
mutually hind their respective persons and estates, nothing
excepted, subject to all courts and judge-. Done anil date<
alio- 1

II11- mark' • w a- made b) Till' UNIS
DlR( KSZ, aforenamed
As witnesses Mai ri elys J.v\-i \

(;'.- Swartt

Andris llcrl

in my preseni e,

1 ). \ SCHELLUYNE, Yd/. Pub,

166--

Contract between Theunis Dircksen and Claes Jacobsen van
Rotterdam for the repair of the house leased to Marcelis Jansen

<>n the above dale Theunis Dircxsz let and ( laes facobsz van

'lam 1 accepted the contract for the repair of the aforesaid

house, roof and floor light, the cellar thereof to b( led with a

ill. 11 dooi inside die house, together with fence and
and hojjpen according in the foregoing lease (save die digginj

!

NOTARIAL TAPERS I AND 2, 1660-I696 14/

of the cellar, which shall be at the charge of the employer), for
which the employer shall deliver the materials and the work shall
be done by the contractor at his own expense in such way as to be
done in the month [203] of April next at the latest. For which
Theunis Dircxsz promises to pay him when the work is done, once
for all, the sum of one hundred and twenty guilders in beavers,
or in grain at beaver's value, the half in the month of May next,
and the other half in the month of May [663. For the full per-
formance of these the parties hereto mutually bind their respective
persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to the authority
of all courts and judges. Done as above.

This mark X was made by Theunis
Dircxsz
As witnesses Claes Jacobse

G: Szvartt

Andris Herberts

In my presence,

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Plih.

1662

Lease of a mare from Volckert Jansen to Andries Herbertsen,

On this day, the 18th of March 1662, Folckert Janssz acknowl-
edges that he has let, and Andries Herbertsen that he has hired
of him, a mare called Schccffco!, 1 for the time of the three following
years from the 15th of September last; for the use of which said
horse Andries Herbertssz promises to pay each year the quantity
of twenty-four skipples of oats. It is further stipulated that the
increase of said horse within said time [204] shall be divided
equally between the parties hereto and in case said horse happens
to die within the time of this lease, Andries Herbertsz promises
to pay therefor the quantity of thirty good, whole beavers. For
the full performance of these the parties hereto mutually bind
their respective persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to
the authority of all courts and judges. All in good faith, done
the colony of Rensselaerswyck, dated as above.

You K art Jansz
Andris Herberts
In my presence,

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. I'llh
1662

1 Literally : Wry, or crooked b

I wS JtLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Contract of sale of a house from Sander Leendertsen Glen to

Jean Labatie

the 24th of March [66 I >iivk

van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed witnesses,
Sander Leendertsz Glen, of the first part, and Jan Labatie [of the
second part, acknowledging, Sander I eendertsz Glen that he had
soldj and Jan Labatie that he had of him bought, a house and lot
with all that thereon is fast bj earth and nail, and furthermore
with such servient and dominani ghts as the seller

has hitherto possessed in the same, just as said house and lot

ml and lie in the village of Beverwyck, bounded on the south
by the seller, mi the north side by the buyer, on the west side by
the street [205! and on the easl side also b) the street, strand
and river; the lot being eighteen wood feet and four inches broad
in front on the street, and in the rear on the strand of the same
breadth, and in length on the south side jj _ feci to a post which
stands as a landmark.' Said hou e and lot arc -old and shall be
delivered to the buyer free and unincumbered, without any charges
thereon or issuing out of the same, excepting the lord's right;
for which said hou-,- and lot the buyer promises to pa} the sura of
rive hundred guilders in carpenter's work. etc.. at heaver's value,
deducting as already paid what he has before earned, the remainder
to Ik- paid at convenient times whenever the seller shall please to
employ him. The buyer shall enter upon and use said house
and lot from this time, and the seller shall lie holden when the labor
itned and his stipulated work- i- compli tnd

lot by a lawful conveyance to transfer to the buyer. For the full
performance of these the [parties hereto mutually hind their
tive persons and estates, nothing excepted, subjeel to all courts
and judges. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in X: Nether

1, in presence of Mr Gerard Swart, sheriff, and \.nthon) Jans/.
of the colony of Ri 1 as witnes

hereto called.

Sani

N I ,AD '

G: Swartt
Anthony Jansen

■This kit was . a little north "f the 1

J. P.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 166O-I696 I49

Lease of a lot from Jeremias van Rensselaer as attorney for his
brother Joan Baptist van Rensselaer to Claes Jansen van
Bockhoven

[206] On this day, the 21 st of March 1662, the Honorable
Director Jeremias van Renselaer, in capacity as attorney for his
hrother, Joan Baptist van Renselaer, has let and Claes jansz van
Bochoven has hired the said Joan Baptist's lot lying next to the
lot of said Bochoven, known to him, the lessee, for the time of four
following years beginning on the first of May next, for the sum
of ten guilders in beavers or beaver's value, punctually each year.
It is further stipulated that the lessor shall deliver to the lessee
sixty boards and nails to fence off the lot in front along the road
and as far as they will reach at the expense of the lessee, who
shall be holden the remainder to fence off and maintain in
like manner with posts, slabs, or palisades, and the same to deliver
up again tight and in proper repair at the end of the lease; the
fence between the lessor and the lessee to be at their common
expense, and the kill between them to remain in the ownership and
use of the lessor. For the full performance of which the parties
hereto mutually bind their respective persons and estates, nothing
excepted, subject to all courts and judges. Done in the colony of
Rensselaerswvck, dated as above.

Jeremias van Rensselaer
This mark X was made by Claes
Janssz van Bochoven, afore-
named
In my presence,

D. V. ScHELLUYNE, Not. I

1662

Bond of Leendert Philipsen to Johan de Deckere

[207] On this day, the 23d of March 1662, appealed befor.-;
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the herein-
after named witness, the worthy Leendert Phillipssz, dwelling in
the village of Beverwyck, and acknowledged that he was well and
truly indebted to Mr Johan de Deckere (who holds the right and
claim of Arien Symonsz), in the sum of two hundred and sixty
guilders, growing out of the purchase and delivery of certain
goods received by him, from the hands of Arien Symonsz, now about
a year ago for the payment of which sum Arien Symonsz executed

150 REO IRDS "l ALBANY

1 drafts "ii ilie appearer [Leendert Philipsz] which have not
been satisfied; therefore he promises the aforesaid sum of two
hundred and sixty guilders to pa) to Mr De Deckere or his order,
in the month of June nexl punctually and without longer delay,
in good, whole beaver skins reckoned at eight guildei
therefor binding hi^ person and estate, real and personal, having
and to come, nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all courts
and judges. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in N: Nether-
land, in presence of Mr Francois Boon and ( iornelis van Schelluyne,
as witnesses hereto called.

Francoys Boon, as « i
Cornells van Schelluyne

dert Ph

I ). V. Schelluyne, Not. Pah.
1662

Contract between Pieter van Couwenhoven and Jan Gerritsen
van Marcken for the Jelivery of beer

[208I On this day, the 6th of \.pril [662, Mr Pieter van Cou
wenhoven, brewer at Amsterdam in X: Xetherland. of the first
part, and Jan Gerritsz van Marcken, farmer of the excise' at Fort
1 irange, of the second part, have contracted with each other in
the manner following: Pieter van Couwenhoven herein- promises

to ■-end up here to him, Jan Gerritsz, by the I Claes I

and ! Hendricxsz, ever) trip or voyage, a last or at least

a half last of strong beer, reckoned at thirteen barrels a last, prop-
erly tilled; the same to be shipped at the risk and expense of said
1 ierritsz, he being holden the empty casks to return again each

p; for which said strong beer the said Jan Gerritssz

promises to pa) thirty guilders good, strung seawan a barrel; the
thirteenth barrel to be included in each last, tl say, Jan

Gerritsz is not to pay for it. It i- further stipulated that said Jan
Gerritsz shall be credited for the first half last until the settlement

each other, but he shall be holden to pay thi
lowing each time; and thi contracl shall run at the option of the
. 1 ut the) shall be holden to give each cither previous notice
and warning of two to three weeks. For the faithful perfon
1 209 1 of which the parties hereto mutuall) bind their respective

1 /»«/ tsen van Marcken was notary

public and m.v idy.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND _', 1660-1696 151

persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and
judges. All in good faith, done in the colony of Rensselaerswyck,
dated as above.

PlETER COUHOVEN

I. G. van Marcken

Stoffel Jans:: Abeel
As witnesses.' This mark X was made by
I Jurriaen Jansz van Groenwont

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. I'lth.

1662

Lease of a hcuse from Hendrick Gerritsen van der Meulen to

Willem Brouwer
On this day, the 7th of April 1662, Hendrick Gerritsz van der

Meulen, master tailor, acknowledges that he has let, and Wilhem
Brouwer, master shoemaker, that he has hired of him, a certain,
the lessor's, house and lot, 5 standing and lying by the bridge over
against the house and lot of Roeloff Swartwout in Beverwyck,
to the lessee known, for the time of one year beginning on the
first of May next, for the sum of one hundred guilders, to be
paid with four good beavers reckoned at eight guilders apiece
and the remainder in good, strung seawan as it passes current,
amounting to sixty-eight guilders ; which rent the lessee promises
to pay in four instalments, every quarter year a just fourth part,
viz, one beaver, and seventeen guilders in seawan, every time
punctually and without longer delay, and without letting one
quarter run into the next unpaid; on penalty that the lessee, failing
of payment, at the pleasure of the lessor, shall be dispossessed and
put out of the house, and notwithstanding be holden to pay the rent
due: on [210] the further condition that the lessor shall build
the porch or stoop in front of the house up to the bridge, before
the beginning of the lease ; also to have the cellar properly repaired
in the month of June next, and before next winter to cause the
roof to be made tight; the lessee is holden at the close of this lease
to deliver over the same in like condition as to repair as he received
it. For the faithful performance of these, the parties hereto
mutually bind their respective persons and estates, nothing

1 This house and lot was on the cast side of Broadway, just south of State
street. T . P.

15-' EARLS RECORDS OF ALBANY

o ill courts and judges. Done in the colony of
;elaerswyck, dated as abo

111 Minn K ' iERS
WlLLEM BROUWER

G: Swar-tt

As vvitnes

Everdt A olden

D. V. S< HELLUYNE, Not. .'

1662

Cornells Cornelissen van Sterrenvelt gives up his contract for
the purchase of Barent Gerritsen's house and promises to pay
damages

On this day, the nth of April 1662, Cornells Comelisz van
Starrevelt has given up and completely relinquished the purchase
of a certain house and appurtenances lying in the Greyni
known to the purchaser and bought by him of Barent Gerritsz
according to the contract of sale dated the 41I1 of October
making no further claim whatsoever thereto and surrendering the
same wholly to Barent Gerritsz. Therefore Cornells Starrevelt

and damage by 1 1
of In- giving up the purchase ninetj good boards and fifty slabs,

Is to be delivered j 2 1 1 1 free of expense at the
within the time oi thxei •■ from the date hereof on the shore
they may be conveniently laden on a sloop and the ^lal>-
within eight days from now at the Greyne Bos aforesaid.

ery promptly to he made. And as security for this payment
Hans 1 arelsz Noorman ' makes himself responsible for the delivery
of said hoards and slabs at the specified limes. | the part 1
niii thereto then > d estates, ni >tl

subject to all courts and judges. Done in the colon} of R<
, e 1 ■■ ritten.

COER

1 [ans C vrel

witne e

A- v.ltlie e ,,

■■;t Keyersen

1). Y. Schelluyne, A ■>.'
1662

1 Ap| Hans Carrelseti van I

tin Sk in the

Dutch 1 Kingston, revised translation by Samu

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 1 53

[On the margin of the above instrument is written:] Hester
Fonda, widow of Barent Gerritsz, hereby acknowledges that she is
fully paid and satisfied for the above-written contract by Cornells
Cornelisz van Sterrevelt. Done in Albany the 12 22 March 1666.

Hester Doowes

Power of attorney from Pieter Bronck to Frans Barentsen

Pastoor

On this day, the 1st of May 1662, Pieter Bronck declared that
by these presents, he had appointed and constituted Mr Frans
Barents? Pastor his special attorney during his absence to manage,
take care of, defend and to the utmost to prosecute all his affairs
and litigations with and against all and every person which he now
has or may yet have according to the documents thereof to be placed
in his [the attorney's] hands and in which lie may have to act either
as plaintiff or defendant; debts to receive and pay; acquittance
[212] to give and take; delinquent debtors by legal proceedings
and rigor of justice to constrain to pay and to this end and for the
preservation and in defense of his rights against all persons all
terms of the courts to observe unto judgment and extreme execu-
tion thereof; finding himself aggrieved, to appeal therefrom; also
to compound, contract and agree; with power if need be to sub-
stitute another in his place; furthermore all things to do and
perform, either with or without resorting to law, which may be
needful and which may seem to him proper, [the principal]
promising at all times to hold as valid whatever may be done and
performed by the attorney in this matter by virtue hereof without
any contradiction ; provided that the attorney be holden a proper
return to make of his aforesaid transactions and receipts when
required.

Done in Beverwyck in N: Xetherland on the above date, in
presence of Jillis Pietersz, master carpenter, and Cornelis van
Schelluyne, as witnesses hereto called.

Pyeter Bronck
Jelis Pietersz
Cornelis van Schelluyne

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Vub
1662

15 1 EARLY RECORDS OF ALB \.\Y

Lease of lot no. 4 in the new village at the Esopus from Jan
Thomassen and Volckert Jansen to Gerrit Focken and Jan
Gerritsen van Oldenburg

[213] On tins day, tin ith of Ma) [662, appeared before me.
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereii

ed witnesses, Messrs Jan Thomassz and Folckert Janssz,
jointly as partners, of the first part, and Gerril Foocke J and Jan
Gerritsz van Oldenburch, husbandmen, also jointly as pai

cond part, winch said Ian Thomasz and Folckert Janssz

acknowledged that they had let and they, Gerrit Foocke and fan

Gerritsz, that they had hired a certain, the lessors', lot of land.

no. 4. lying in the Esopus in the newly laid out and projected

villa-'-, known in die lessees, on the following conditions:

lli- lessees -hall enter upon, id cultivate the -aid

From now on till the firsl of May V\ 1663, without paying any
rent therefor.

I he lessors promise to deliver i" the lessees this season of the
year as many skipples of oats as the) can properly sow on the
land, on condition that at the end of the least.' the lessees shall he
holden to return a like quantit) of oats t<> the lessors.

The le sors are now also to deliver to die lessees, free of
charge on the shore in the Esopus, one hundred boards for the
construction of a proper dwelling, which dwelling, a-- well as barn,
rick and fence around the land which they shall build for their
convenience -hall at the end of the lease belong to the lessors,
subject to appraisal by impartial persons 1 2 14 1 therein
called; likewise also a bridge, which is to he made over a kill

before the land, the value of which rding to -aid appraisal

shall he made g 1 to the lessees; bul -aid one hundred boards

the lessees musl pa) for a: the end of the lease.

["he I.- 501 now deliver also t" tin le 1 iwing animals

i" he used during the term of the lease, to wit: three mare- called

Raven aid Colletie, a gelding called Dobes, a stallion and

a young stallion ; also tv ws, two heifers, ows with

two harrow pigs, six hens and a roo ter, which aforesaid animals
the lessees shall keep during the li half -hare- as to the

1 ; i'M i< < the mi torn "i die countr) .

Furthermore, tin deliver to die lessees in the way of

farming implements, a plow and a wagon with their appurtenances

'In ranslation of tlii- lease in D /. Hist. .V. )'..

he name i- Riven by mistake ;i- " Gerriti

which afterwards became known as Hurley.

NOTARIAL PAFERS I AND 2, l66o-U"j(> 155

except the chain for the plow, which must he furnished by the
lessees, who at the end of the lease are to return [the implements]
in good order.

The lessees shall have the use of said land, horses and other
animals for the term of four consecutive years, beginning on the
ist of May 1663 and ending on the last of April 1667.

And the lessees promise to pay as rent during the said four
years, each year the sum of four hundred and fifty guilders [215]
in beavers, reckoned at eight guilders apiece, or in grain at the
market price in beavers, or else in sea wan reckoned at 16 guilders
the heaver, promptly each year, without letting one year run into
the next unpaid.

At the end of the lease the lessees shall have the preference
over others in case the land is leased again, provided they are
willing to pay as much as other-.

All charges and expenses to be levied on account of the village
during the lease, as well as working on and building of fortifica-
tions or strongholds shall fall on the lessees.

For the faithful performance hereof the parties mutually hind
their respective persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to
all courts and judges. Done and executed in Beverwyck in New
Netherland, in presence of Mr Jeremias van Rensselaer, director of
the colony of Rensselaerswyck, and Abraham Staas, magistrate
of Fort Orange, witnesses hereto called.

Jan Thomasz
yolckakt jansz
Geret Focken

This mark J - was made by Jan I 5er-
ritsz van Oldenb., aforenamed
Jeremias van Rensselaer
.thrum Staas

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

1662

Lease of a house from Sander Leendertsen Glen to Juriaen
Jansen Groenwout
[216] On this day, the 6th of May 1662, Sander Leendeirtsz
Glen acknowledges that he has let and Jurriaen Janssz Groenwoul
that he has hired of him a certain, the lessor's, house and lot occu-
pied by Jan Vinhagen, standing and lying on the north side of
Toncker street, to the lessee known, for the lime of one year bi n

I56 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

ning on the tsl of this month of .Maw for the sum of twenty-five
good, whole beavers, reckoned at eight guilders apiece; which sum
the lessee shall keep hack to be deducted from what the lessor
owes him, the lessee, and whereas said house and lot have been
delivered to the lessee in proper repair, therefore the lessee
deliver up the same in like condition at the end of this

e. For the full performance of what is above written the

ties hereto mutually hind their re persons and estates,

nothing excepted, subjeel to the authority of all courts and judges.

e in Beverwyck in New Netherland, dated as abi

SANDEK 1 .ENESE \ GlI N

This mark X was made by Jurriaen
Jansz Groenwout, aforenamed
Pieter van . I
Roelof Jansen van de frerichsaei '

In my presence,

I). \ . SCHE] I UYNE, Not. Pub.
1662

Contract of sale of land at Catskill from Christoffel Davidtsen
to Jan Wybesen from Harlingen

[217] On this day, the [3th • 1 Maj [662, appeared bef< re me,

Dirck van Schelluyne, notar) public, and before the afternamed

witnesses, Christoffel Davidtsz, dwelling in Beverwyck, of the

rt, and Jan Wybesz van Harlingen, 2 farm servant, of the

ond part, acknowledging said Christoffel Davidts that he had
sold and he, Jan Wybesz, thai he had boughl of him the quantity
of about sixteen morgens of arable and woodland, according to the
tenor of the patenl thereof, and as he, the seller, received ime

from the late Willem de geelgieter (the brass founder), and
said land lies in '• atskil over the kill next the farm of Elderl
z Cruyff, known to the buyer, which said land is sold and
shall be delivered to the buyer I unincumbered, withou

any charges thereon, or issuing out of the same, saving the lord's
right; for which said land the buyer promi e to pa] to the cller

'Thus clearlj written in thi and nol I. him a van de

! gfiven in

Mm for

\'i 1 u aj . a ick.

.hi Wybese al Niskayuna in 10S4. where

in 1 ■ 1 Schuyler for £120. Mi- d; Vntje

lians al Sch< n 1. He had live

other ohildi 1 the \lbany church, [684 97 ' P

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 1 57

the sum of one hundred guilders in good, merchantable grain at
seawan value in the month of December next, when said land
shall be lawfully delivered and transferred to the buyer; mean-
while the buyer shall from this time enter upon and occupy said
land. For the full performance of these, the parties hereto
mutually bind their respective persons and estates, nothing
excepted, [218] subject to the authority of all courts and judges.
Done and executed in Beverwyck in Xew Xetherland, in presence
of Jacob Jansz Flodder and Jochem Ketlehem, as witnesses hereto
called.

This mark C D was made by Chris-
toffel Davidtsz, aforenamed

This mark W was set by Jan
WYbesz, aforenamed
Jacob Janse Flodder
This mark M was made by Joe liar
Ketlehem, aforenamed

D. V. ScHELLUVXir, Xot. Pub.

1662

Contract of sale of a house from Marten Cornelissen to Gysbert
Cornelissen van den Berch

On this day, the 20th of May iiii>_>. Marten Cornelisz acknowl-
edges that he has sold and Gysbert Cornelisz van den Berch that
he has purchased of him the house, barn, rick and fences erected
on the land of the plantation by him hitherto occupied, standing
and lying in the colony of Rensselaerswyck on this side of Betle-
hem, to the buyer known; for which the buyer promises to pay the
quantity of ninety skipples of wheat in three instalments ; one-
third part next autumn ; the second third part one year thereafter,
A°. 1663 ; and the last third part in the autumn of 1664, everv time
punctually. All in good faith, without fraud or guile, in the colony
of Rensselaerswyck, dated as above.

This mark -f- was made by Gysbert
Cornelisz van [den] Bekch,

aforenamed
This mark X was made by Marten
Cornelisz. aforenamed

[58 EARLV RECORDS OF ALBANY

Bill of sale of a horse from Cornelis Comelissen van Voorhout to

Frans Pietersen

[219] (in this day, the 20th of Ma) [662, Cornelis Cornelisz
van Voorhout acknowledges that he has sold and Frans Piefc

carpenter, that he has of him bought a gray gelding aged

live year-, for the sum of tour hundred and thirteen g ! boards,

of which die seller acknowledges that he has received the just half
upon the delivery of the said horse, and the remainder, 206 boards,
the buyer promises to deliver to the seller within the time of one
year after this date; for which the parties hereto mutually bind
their respective persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to
the authority of all courts and judges. In good faith, without fraud
or guile, have the contracting parties subscribed these in the o
of Rensselaerswyck, dated a- above.

This mark - was made by Corni

l iikm 1 i-/. van V afore

named

FR \\- I'll I ERSEN

In my presence,

D. V. S( HELLUYNE, Not. I'lth.
1662

Lease of Lots 1 and 16 in the Esopus from Cornelis Wyncoop
to Lambert Huybertsen
I220] < )n this day, the 301I1 of May [662, I orn[elis] Wym
owledges that he ha- let and Lambert Huybertsz, dwelling in
the Esopus in Wildwyck, that he has hired ol him the le

of land lying thereabouts, being numbe and een, known

to the leasee; fur the time oi the four following years beginning
on the first of May (663, hut from this time the land may he entered
upon and occupied.

The lessor pi ses to delivei to the lessee on the 1 >t oi May

aforesaid four milch cows and three horsi

no I. three more horses, among which in the first or •
year are to he comprised as many mares as the lessor can produce;
which I'd horses the lessee -hall use during his lease, being

holder at the end thereof to deliver up die same number and
of the increase accordii le custom of this country.

I In- lessee shall he holden at hi- own expense property in 1
off a lot for a house and garden in the village, as granted to die

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, [66O-1696 1 59

lessor with the other inhabitants. Likewise the lessee shall be
holden to fence off the land which he sows; which fence shall be
delivered to the lessor at the end of the lease on a valuation by
impartial persons. And the lessor promises in the first year of the
lease to deliver to the lessee thirty skipples of wheat in the fall
and fifty skipples of oats in the spring of the year to be sown, pro-
vided that in return therefor the lessee be holden in the last year
of the lease, at his own expense, to sow the foremost land, contain-
ing about 13 morgens, more or less, with [221] so much good
wheat as can properly be sown thereon, for the behoof of the
lessor.

As rent of which aforesaid lots of land and stock of cows and
horses, the lessee promises to pay in three instalments the sum of
nine hundred guilders in grain at beavers price, to wit: on the 1st
of May 1665, three hundred guilders; on the 1st of May 1666,
three hundred guilders; and on the 1st of May 1667, three hundred
guilders, punctually, without suffering one year to run into the
next unpaid.

For the full performance of these the parties hereto mutually
bind their respective persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject
to the authority of all courts and judges. Done in the colony of
Renselaerswyck in X : Netherland, dated as above.

CORNELIS \\~YXCKOOP

This mark X was made by Lambert
Huybertsz, aforenamed
In my presence,

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pith.

1662

Substitution of Walewyn van der Veen for Philip Pietersen
Schuyler as attorney for Aeltje Goossens Schuyler

[222] On this day, the 31st of May [662, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Mr Phillip Pietersz Schuylder, magistrate of Fort Orange
and Beverwyck, and declared that by virtue of a power of attorney
executed by Aeltie Goossens van Schuylder, widow of the late
Myndert Andriesz, before the honorable burgomasters and magi
trates of the city of Amsterdam in Holland, of date the 19th of
January last, containing a clause <<\ substitution, which was shown
to us, the notary and witnesses, he substituted and put in his place

l6o EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Mr VValewyn van der Veen, notary in Amsterdam in New Nether-
land, specially to demand and receive from Fredrick Gysbertsz van
den Berch, dwelling there, tatement and balance

of all that lie has in hand or the administration of, belonging to the
esaid Myndert Andriessz ding to the purporl

and tenor of the power of attorne) and documents thereof, an
authentic cop) of which with this lias been placed in the hands of
the substitute; tl , to receive good payment in return for

merchandise in accordance with the conditions on which they were
sent to him, acquittance to give for the receipts, and furthermore
all things to do according to the a ■ said power of attorm

whether with or without resorting . which may he needful

or which may seem to him proper, as fully as the subscriber might
could do if he were himself present; [the principal] promising
at all times to hold valid whatever I223] ma) he done and per-
formed by virtue hereof and of -aid power of attorne;. by -aid
titute, without any contradiction: provided the substitute be
holden a proper return to make of his said transactions and receipts
w hen re Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in New

Netherland, in pre-.: 1 Mr Abraham Staats, magistrate, and

Gerrit Banckert, a- witnesses hereto called.

I 1 RSZ Si HU1 LER

Staas:
Gerret Banc ken

D. V. Si helluyne, Not. Pub.
1662

Contract between Jacob Kip and Jan Gerritsen van Marcken for
the delivery of beer
1 1,, this day, the 3d of June [662, Jacob Kip, brewer at Amster-
dam in New Netherland, and Jan Gerritsz van Marcken. farmer
[oj the excise] in Beverwyck, have contracted with each other that
K,,,, ghall send and deliver free to him, Van Marcken. by the
sloops ever) week or fourteen days as he can bi », a halt

I f strong beei and .1 hali last of small beer, reckoned at thir-
a half barrels to the half last; for which Van Marcken pro,,
to 1 ndred and severrt) guilders in good, cut 1 awan for

. ery half I rong bee . and for the half last of small beer

f n , -udder-; Van Marcken being hound to return again the

emptj the -loop-, and Kip to let the paymenl for the firsl

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 166O-1696 l6l

half I 224 1 last remain until the final settlement of accounts, and
he, Van Marcken, to make payment for the remainder of the beer
every trip of the sloops. This contract shall be binding until one
of the parties gives notice of its repeal, Kip being holden after such
notice to send and Van Marcken to receive one-half last. All in
good faith done in Beverwyck, dated as above.

Jacob Kip

J. G. Van Makcken

In my presence,

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pub.

1662

Agreement between Albert Andriessen Bratt and his children in
regard to the settlement of the estate of said childrens' mother
1 hi this day, the 3d of June 1662, Albert Andriessz, widower of
the late Annetie Barentsz van Rotmerz, 1 dwelling in the colony of
Rensselaerswyck in New Netherland, of the first part, and Mr
Roeloff S'wartwout, husband and guardian of Eva Albertsz,
daughter of Albert Andriesz, Barent and Storm Albertsz, sons of
said Albert Andriesz, Theunis Slingerlant, husband and guardian of
Engeltie Albertssz, and Jan van Eckelen, husband and guardian of
1 iisseltie Albertsz, as well for themselves as in these presents filling
the place of and undertaking for Andries, Jan and Dirck Albertsz,
minor children, sons and daughters of said Albert Andriesz, their
father, and Annetie Barentse, their mother, deceased, and there-
fore heir- <//> intestato to all the property left by their late mother,
of the second part, in the presence [225] of and with the mediation
of the Honorable Arent van Curler, commissioned councilor, and
Gerard Swart, sheriff of said colony, together with Francois Boon,
magistrate of Fort Orange, and Mr Jan Verbeeck, have in all love
and friendship contracted and agreed respecting the buying out of
-aid childrens' interest in their mother's estate, as follows: The
said Allien Andriese promises hereby to convey to said children
and heirs in free ownership, on the 5th day of this month of June.
the house and lot standing and lying within the city of Amsterdam
in New Xetherland, bounded westerly and southerly by the streets,
easterly by Claes van Elslant and northerly by the aforesaid
Slingerlant, which house is at present occupied by the honor-

1 Thus in the records; not Rolmcrs, as given in Van Rensslaer Bowier Mss,
p. 560, note. The place is not identified.

6

162 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

able Burgomaster Allen Anthony, with such servient and
dominant estates and rights as the said Albert Andriessz has
hitherto possessed in the same, saving the lord's right, of the pro-
ceeds of which house and lot, whether in selling or leasing, accord-
ing tn the pleasure of the said children and heirs, they shall receive

h an equal portion. < in th< other hand, said Albert Andriessz
shall remain in full possession of the estate, all other effects, debl
and credits to be to his Ions and profit | 226J and furthermore he
shall be holden to maintain, nourish and train in all godliness the
minor children till they become of age or marry.

Herewith, the parties declare that they have apportioned and
divided and to their satisfaction come to a final settlement with
each other regarding the inheritance of said children and heirs
arising from their maternal estate, without having any further
claims one against the other in the matter aforesaid. Promising
nevermore to do nor cause to be done anything contrary hereto,
thev hind herein their persons and estates, nothing excepted, sub-
ject to all court- and judges. Done in the colony of Kensselaers-
wyck in New Netherland, on the date above written.

Aalbert Anhkii

Ri 'i LOFF SWARTWI r I

This mark X was made by Parent

Albertsz, aforenamed
Storm Albertsen van de See
Tuenyes Cornelisz Slyengherlant
This mark was made A by Axt<
Albertsz, aforenamed
A: van Curler Jan Ians VAN EECKEL

G : Swartt
From oys Boon
Jan I 'erbeeck

In my presence,

D. V, Schi 1 i.r\ ne, Secrefy
1662

Lease of a mare from Cornells Teunissen Bos to Teunis Cor-
nelissen van Rossum

[227] On this day, the nth of June [662, Cornells Theunisz
Bo acknowledges thai he has let and Theunis Cornelisz van
Rossum that he of him has hired a mare for the time of one year,

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 1 63

beginning on the 1st day of May last, to be used in the service of
the lessee ; for which the lessee promises to pay to the lessor at the
end of the year four good, whole beaver skins, reckoned at eight
guilders apiece, or otherwise thirty-four skipples of oats, the lessee
being holden at the end of this lease to deliver up again to the lessor
said mare sound and in good condition ; and in case of her death
within the year, the lessee promises to pay therefor to the lessor
the same sum and in the same currency as she was bought for by
him of Director Rensselaer at public vendue ; and in case a colt be
born of said mare, it shall belong to the lessor. For the full per-
formance of these the lessee binds his person and estate, nothing
excepted, subject to the authority of all courts and judges. Done
in Beverwvck in N : Xetherland, dated as above.

CORNELIS THONISEN Bos

This mark 1 X was made by Theunis
Cornelisz van Rossum, aforenamed
In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1662

Contract of Frans Pietersen Clau with Jan Dircksen van Bremen
for the delivery of logs

[228] On this day, the 17th of June 1662, Frans Pietersz Clau
and Jan Dircxsz van Bremen have agreed with each other in man-
ner following:

Jan Dircxsz van Bremen undertakes and promises hereby to
deliver on the bank of Flodder's kill, 2 between this time and next
fall, four hundred logs, for which purpose Frans Pietersz, for his
accommodation in drawing the logs out of the woods, shall furnish
two horses, a truck with solid wheels irol wagen), ropes and other
appurtenances, the horses being at the risk of Frans Pietersz pro-
vided that van Bremen shall not use the horses, truck, and tools
for himself or any other person ; and Frans Pietersz promises to
pay to Jan Dircxsz van Bremen for each log forty-five stivers in
boards at the current seawan price. For the full performance of

1 The mark is the same as that of Teunis Cornelissen in Early Records of
Albany, 1 :yy, 79, whom Professor Pearson, apparently erroneously, identifies
with Teunis Cornelissen van Vechten.

2 Perhaps the same as the Fifth or Patroon's creek, on which Jacob Jansen
Gardenier, alias Flodder, had a sawmill. See Van Rensselaer Bowier Mss,
p. 816.

164 EARLY KI.< ORDS OF ALBANY

these the panics hereto mutually bind their respective persons and
estates, nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all courts and
iudi ■
Done in the colon) of Rensselaerswyck, dated a> above.

Frans Pietersen Clau
Jan Dircksen van Bremen
This mark X was made by I Ions

Jaiisz van Rotterdam
Poulys J onsen

In my presence,

I ). \ . S( HELLUVNE, Not. I'tth.

1662

Lease of a farm near Breuckelen, Long Island, from Frederick
Lubbertsen to Roelof Willemsen van Heerden
1 229] On this day, the 27th of June 1662, Frederick Lubbertsz
acknowledges that he has let and Roeloff Willemsz van Heerden
that lie has hired of him the lessor's farm, consisting ol a dwelling
house, barn rick, garden, arable and woodland, lying within the
jurisdiction of Breuckele on Long Island, to the lessee well known,
for the time of six years commencing from the 1 -1 of August next,
u| 'i hi the full' >\\ ing conditions :

The hall enter upon and sow the a ind when the

grain of the next harvest shall be taken off.

The lessee who now occupies the house, barn and rick shall con-
tinue in the use of the same till the 1st of -May 1663, and the pi
cut lessee [van Heerden] shall likewise occupy the same as much
he expiration of this lease.
The lessor promises to deliver to tl ■ a stallion and a 1

Foui cov next spring, the lessee to receive the half of the
increase thereoi and the increase to be divided ever) thre<
the < olden at tin en ilii> lease t<> deliver up again

the original number i<> the lessor, but the les - live and

aid I v " ; 1 -t autumn at his risk.

hall be delivered to the wagon, a plow \\ ; :h

purtenances, a new harrow with iron teeth, three sickles and a
the.

the renl of the said farm the lessee | 230 ) promises to pa\
ry year three hundred and fifty guilders in good, strung sea wan,
or grain al seawan value, al the option of the lessor; and the li

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2. 166O- 1 65

may mow each year as much hay in the marsh ( valey I near the
farm as he needs for the cattle. Furthermore, the charges and
taxes which are already or may hereafter be assessed on the farm
by the village shall be paid by the lessee.

And as the farm, farming implements and cattle are to be
delivered to the lessee in proper condition and repair and fence,
the lessee shall be holden at the end of the lease to deliver up the
same in similar condition, unavoidable accidents excluded, the risk
as to the horses being reserved as above.

For the fulfilment and performance of what is hereinbefore
written, the parties hereto mutually bind their respective persons
and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and judges.
Done in the colony of Rensselaerswyck. on the date above written.

Frerick Lubbertsen

ROELEF WlLLEMSEX

As witnesses
alalbert anderiessen '
A : . ippel

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pllh.
1662

Agreement between the relatives of the late Seger Cornelissen
van Voorhout and Folckertje Juriaensen, sister-in-law of
Andries Herbertsen Constapel, the parties of the first part
engaging not to prosecute said Constapel for the slaying of
Seger Cornelissen

[231] On this day, die 27th of June 1662, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the herei:
named witnesses, Cornelis Segersz van Voorhout 2 and Brechtie

1 Thus in the original.

2 Though Cornelis Segersen as well as his children who were born in
Holland are in the records commonly referred to, and also sign themselves,
as "van Y Cornelis Segei is designated a? "van Egmont " in
his contract with the patroon of August - in Van R,

Mss, p. f7Q. and the same name occurs in connection with the bapt;

children of the third and fourth generations in the records of the Reformed

Dutch churches at New York and Albany. In view of these facts. Mr

Richard Schermerhorn. jr. in his Schermerhorn Genealogy and Family

Chronicles, p. 37. has expressed the opinion that although Conn'

" undoubtedly came direct from Voorhout to this country, he belong

the original Egmont family of Holland from which the town

takes its name." Leaving aside the questi whether the pi

name from the family, or, as generally held. the famil

the place, it may, in the absence of any direct proof to the effect that

Cornelis Segersen belonged to the famous Esmond family of which the

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Jacobsz's daughter, married people, father and mother of the late
Seger Cornelisz van Voorhout ; J Jannetie Theunisz's daughter van
Vechten, widow of said Seger Cornelisz, assisted by Theunis
Dircxsz Van Vechten, her father, and Dirck Theunisz,
her brother; Cornelis Cornelisz van Voorhout, brother of said
Seger Cornelisz, deceased; Jacob Schermerhoorn, husband and
guardian of Jannetie Cornelisz's daughter van Voorhout; and Hans
i larelsz, 2 husband and guardian of Neeltie Cornelis van Voorhout,
as well for themselves as herein representing and undertaking for
Frangois Boon, husband and guardian of Lysbet Cornelisz van
Voorhout, sister of said Seger Cornelisz van Voorhout,
deceased, and all other their relative-, blood relation- and kindred,
of the first part; and Folckertie Juriaensz, wife of Jan Franssen van
Hoesen, in the name and on the part of her sister Annetie Juriaens,
wife of Andries Herbertsz Constapel, 3 of the second part ; all dwell-
ing, some in the village of Beverwyck and the others in the colony
of Rensselaerswyck (known to me, the notary, and the undersigned
witnesses); which said persons declared that last Friday, the 23d
day of this month (God help us), it unfortunately happened that
in the cours< of a dispute between said Seger Cornelisz and Andrii
Herbertsz Constapel occurring in the tavern of Anthony Janssz in

ill fated Count Lamoral van Egmond, beheaded at Brussels in 1568, wri-
the last conspicuous member, be remarked ' 1 1 that die name " van
Egmont," "i" "van Egmond," was borne in Holland by other families than
that the lords of Egmond; (2) tbat in the seventeenth centurj there
noble family by the name of "van Voorhout,' of which Simon van
<n in his Balavia lllustrata, p. [138, relates that the first known
member, Willem van Voorhout, knight, together with Allen, lord of
a. and other knights, was slain bj the Frisians at Schorel (Scboorl)
in ii68 ami buried in tbe abbev of Egmont ; and 151 tliat according to
Bernard J." M. de Bont, Egmond 1 Vmsl

p. 12. the abbey of Egmond, am

church at Voorhout, so that it i- quite possibli ornelis Segersen was

born at or near Voorhout on Ian. I that formerly (the ibbej
157,(1 >" tbe jurisdiction of the abl id. and tbat be

.'il himself indiscriminately a- "van Voorhout," or "van Egmont."

eem t 1 have been n 1'. unci immon ; see
>te "ii thi '.in Benthuysen family. Tbe name Clearwater, which may
ived from the convent of Claerwater. on the Veluwe, in Gelderland, i-
ently another case in point. See til-" "Genealogical notes on a very old
\"cw York family and some of it- branches," by Richard Schermcrhorn, Jr.
in New York Genealogical and Biographical ! I 1915, 46:343 46.

1 In ' \fanuscripts, v. l6, t>t 2, \>. 70. be 1 ■ I to as

1 \\ ip," and in I 11 fy I • I f Albany

" KeesieV\

is til-" referred to as Hat en Moorman and was probably the

11 rson as Han- Carelsen van Langesonl (Langesund), mentioned in the

Dulch f Kit :■ on; revised translation bj Samuel Oppenheim, p, 36,

and Hans Carolusen, whose house at Witwyck was burned in the second

Esopus war in 1663: 1 Hist. X. V He was tbe

i tb> 1 "11 family in tady.

■ Meaning "the gunner." See Van Rensselaer B

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-I696 167

Beverwyck aforesaid, he, Seger Cornelisz, with a cue of the billiard
table struck said Constapel over the head and severely wounded him,
whereupon he, Constapel, [232] stabbed him, Seger Cornelisz, in the
belly with a knife, in consequence of which (after they on Satur-
day, the 24th of this month, had forgiven each other this misfortune
and accident from the bottom of their hearts) said Seger Cornelisz
in the latter part of the night died, now therefore, since this mat-
ter is very grievous to both sides, the parties of the first part at the
request of said Folckertie Jurriaens, henceforth and forever heartily
forgive said Andries Herbertsz Constapel for whatever offence he
may have committed thereby, without desiring now or at any time
hereafter to inflict or to cause to be inflicted upon him any manner
of punishment or revenge; provided that Andries Herbertsz be
holden, for the prevention of greater mischief, to avoid and
wherever it may be to keep himself as much as possible out of the
way of the relatives of the deceased; hoping, asking and praying
that the same pardon and forgiveness may be granted to him by the
honorable director general and council of New Netherland, prom-
ising nevermore to do nor cause anything to be done contrary
hereto in any manner, binding themselves thereto as by law pro-
vided. All in good faith, done and executed in the colony of
Rensselaerswyck, in presence of Domine Gideon Schaets, minister
of the holy Gospel, Mr Jan Vferlbeeck, and Adriaen Appel, as
witnesses hereto called.

CORNELIS ZEEGERS

This mark X was made by Brectiie
Jacobsz, aforenamed

Jantje Thetjnisz

This mark -f- was made by Theunis
Dircxsz van Vechten, aforenamed

This mark + was made by Cornelis
Cornelisz, aforenamed

Jacob Jansen Schermerhooren

Dirck Theunis'z:

Hans Carel

This mark X was made by Folcker-
tie Jurriaensz, aforenamed

Gideon Schaets, pastor in Beverwyck
Jan Verbeeck
A : Appel

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1662

l68 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Bill of sale of two horses, a beer wagon, ten barrels and a brew
kettle from Rutger Jacobsen to Hendrick Jansen Looman

l 2 33] On this day, the 27th of June 1662, Ruth Jacobsz
acknowledged that he had sold and Hendrick Janssz Looman 1 that
he had boughl of him a gelding and a mare viewed by the buyer to
his satisfaction, together with ten half-barrels, a beer wagon and a
light brew kettle, also known to the buyer, for which the buyer
promises to pay the quantity of fifty-seven beavers, reckoned at
eight guilders apiece, to be paid upon the delivery of the horses,
which shall he done next autumn when the winter grain is in the
ground, thereto binding their respective persons and properties,
nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all courts and judges.
Done in Beverwyck, dated as above.

Rl ii.i i< J VCOBSZK

I lii- mark II was made l.y Hendrick
Jansz Looman, aforenamed
As w itnesses
G: Swartt
J. G. v. Marcken

In my presence,

D. V. S< HELLUYNE, Not. Pith

1662

Bond of Pieter Jansen de Boer to Pieter Riverdingh
[234] On this day, the 3d of Jul) 1662, Pieter Jansz de B
horn at Hoorn in Holland, acknowledged that he was well and
truly indebted to Mr Pieter Riverdingh 2 in the sum of eighty guild-
ers Holland money, to be paid in Holland, growing oul of the mat-
of merchandise delivered and bj him to his content received;
for which sum he. Pieter lan-~/. requests that his brother-in-law
Douwe Myndertsz, dwelling at Hoorn aforesaid, on sighl of this
will please to pa) out of the propert) to which he fell heir by the
death of his late fathei fan Pietersz de Boer and of his grandmother
Tryntie [ans's daughter, and remaining in the hand- of his said
brother-in-law; in default whereof, contrar) to ■ tion, he,

the Dutch . ngston, revised translatioi Oppen-

P 74, he 1- ■ 1 helper wh was killed durinc the

trouble with the In ;\ [663, Iea\ ing

I .. 13:245.

111 ii

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, [66O-I696 [69

Pieter Jans/., promises to pay the said sum here in this country in
beavers, at such current price as heavers shall he sold for this year in
Holland, in the trading season A 1663, with interest on the same at
ten per cent a year, beginning from this date and running until the
effectual payment hereof; thereto binding his person and estate,
nothing excepted, subject to all courts and judges, requesting me,
the notary, to issue hereof three bonds, of the same tenor, the one
paid, the others to be null and' void.

Done in the colony of Rensselaerswyck in New Netherland, dated
as above, in presence of Adriaen Appel and Cornells van Schelluyn< .
as witnesses hereto called.

! 1- mark + was made by Pieter
JanSSZ DE Boer, aforenamed

A: Appel ~\

/- >• .-■ , 7r 1 as witnes

C omens van SchellJiyne

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pub.

1662

Agreement between Gerrit van Slichtenhorst and Jan Andriessen
regarding the payment of an obligation executed by the late
Pieter Theunissen

[235] On this day, the 13th of July 1662, Mr Gerret van
Slechtenhorst, as attorney for his father Mr Brant van Slechten-
horst by power of the 6th of October 1654, of the first part, and
Jan Andriessz. 1 dwelling at Katskil, of the second part, through
the mediation of the underwritten arbitrators chosen and selected
by the parties respectively, have agreed with each other about the
satisfaction of an obligation dated (he 4th of November [653,
executed by or on the part of Pieter Theunisz, deceased, then the
husband of the present wife of said Jan Andriesz, named Catarina
Goris, said obligation amounting to the Mini of seven hundred and
seventy-two guilders and twelve Stivers, with the interest thereon,
according to the tenor of said obligation in manner following.

Jan Andriesz hereby promises to pay to -aid Slechtenhorst, or his
order or assign, in full satisfaction of said obligation and the
interest thereon, next autumn three barrow pigs, each of tin: value
of five heavers; in the spring of 1663 six muddor of good winter
wheat; and in the autumn of 1663 three oxen, each three years old.

1 Jan Andriessen, the Irishman. March 9, [665, the administrators of his
estate offered his land for sale; see Early Re< 71.

2 One mud, or mudde,= 3,056 bushels.

I ~0 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Wherewith the parties are fully agreed and satisfied, [236I
neither one having any further claim upon the other, the said
Jan Andriesz promising that he will faithfully observe and fulfil
the aforesaid promise and conditions, for which he binds his person
and estate, nothing excepted, to the authority of all courts and
judges. All in good faith, done in the colony of Rensselaerwyck,
dated as above.

This mark X was made by Jan
Andriesz, aforesaid

1 .' "KIT VAN SLICHTENHORST

Philip Pietersz Schuyler ~\

Jan Dareth > chosen arbitrators

. I . Ippel J

In my presence,

D. V. Scheli tn m . Not. Pub.
1662

Contract between Jacob Hevingh and Reyndert Pietersen and

Pieter Bronck for the conveyance of two houses, a brewery

and appurtenances to satisfy two mortgages

[ 237 I On this day, the 4th of August 1662, Jacob Hevingh and
Reynderl Pietersz, of the first part, and Pieter Bronck, of the
second part, through the mediation of the undersigned arbitrators
chosen and invited bj the parties respectively, have agreed with
each other about the satisfaction of a mortgage dated the 17th of
November [66] for the sum of 2272 guilders with the inten ;l
ien in for the behoof of Jacob Hevingh and [of another to] Reyn
dert Pietersz for tin- sum of eight hundred and thirty-two guilders
also with the interest thereon, dated the |th of August cord-

ing to the tenor of the same, in manner following:

Pieter Bronck promises at the first opportunity to give a lawful
conveyanci to Jacob Hevingh ami Reynderl Pietersz "i the dwell-
ing house, brewery, mill house, horse stable and hay barn, together
with the well and !<>i . standing and lying in the village of Bever
wyck. bounded on the north by the blockhouse (belonging to said

ame are built and hounded, shown t" -aid Jacob

Hevingh and Reynderl Piet id known to them, all frei

bered, without any charges thereon or issuing out of the
saving the lord's right; likewise the house and lot standing
and lying on the hill, at present occupied by Paulus Jurriai

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 171

known and shown [238] to Hevingh and Reyndert Pietersz; fur-
thermore, they, Hevingh and Reyndert Pietersz, promise to pay to
the said Pieter Bronck two hundred guilders in beavers.

Thus the parties have in friendship agreed and contracted with
each other in the matter aforesaid, neither side having any further
claims upon the other, and they mutually promise nevermore to do
nor cause anything to be done contrary hereto, either by or without
resorting to law, in any manner whatsoever, binding thereto their
respective persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to the
jurisdiction of all courts and judges. Done in Beverwyck, on the
date above written.

This mark X was made by Jacob
Hevingh, aforenamed

This mark R P was made by Reyn-
dert Pietersz, aforenamed

Pyeter Bronck

Frans Barcnsz Pastoor 1 , , .

. . , I- chosen arbitrators

A. Apfcl J

In my presence,

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not, Pub.

1662

Bond of Dirck Jansen, smith, to Anthony Jansen to satisfy a

judgment

[239] On this day, the 7th of August 1662, Dirck Jansen,
smith, promises to Anthony Jansz 1 to satisfy the judgment pro-
nounced and rendered by the honorable court of Fort Orange and
Beverwyck in favor of said Anthony Jansz under date of the 25th
of July last for the sum of thirty-eight skipples of wheat, [to be
paid] within the time of six weeks, according to the judgment,
exclusive of eight days of grace, for which he specially binds his
boat or sloop and rigging, at present lying at anchor before this
town, for the recovery of said sum, in case of failure of payment
within the stipulated time, without loss or damage, and further-
more his person and estate, movable and immovable, nothing

1 Anthony Jansen Westbroeck, innkeeper at Beverwyck.

1 7- EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

excepted, subject to the jurisdiction of all courts and judges. Done
in Beverwyck, on the date above written.

Derck Y vnsen Smit

This mark X wai sel by Jan Ysbrantsz Timmer 1 1 .
t i i i-witnes

/ uenes Jacol

In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

1662

Bond of Marten Mouritsen to Jeronimus Ebbingh
[240] On this day, the 10th of August 1662, Marten Mourisz,*
dwelling in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, acknowledges that he
is well and truly indebted to Mr Jeronimus Ebbingh, trader at
Amsterdam in New Netherland, in the sum of one hundred and
sixty-three guilders, 11 stivers, 8 pence in beavers, together with
twenty guilders in good strung seawan, growing oul of the matter
of merchandise delivered in the year [66] and by him to In-
tent received of Lodewyck de Rooy, late servant of Air Ebbingh;
which said sum of fl. [63-11-8 in beavers and fl. 20 in seawan, he,
Marten Mourisz, promi ry to said Mr Ebbingh, or his order,

in the bu ison or at the latesl in the month of Jul)

d without further dela) 1 and the -caw an also in
oned at [8 gl. a beaver); with yearly interest thereon at
ten per cent beginning on the 1st of July last and running till the
full paymenl thereof; therefor binding his person and estate,
nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all courts and judges.
All in good faith. Dated as above and signed in presence of I a
bcrt van Neck and Gerrit van Tricht, as witnesses thereto called.

This mark M M was made by Mar-
1 1 n Mourisz, aforenamed

Lambert Win Neck
Gerrit van Tricht

In my i'ir in. ,-,

D. \ SCHELI UYNE, '
1662

1 Thti^ in • nal. His mark, whii

\. but which in '^11 of J. 1 and T, i- tin

798, which unfortunately ha;

in Early A'. 1 , I he name

of Tin edly in the records of the Ri 1 Church

- Mai 1 Slyck, a lurits, a half b

at an 1
1 li died ii

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-I696 173

Power of attorney from Albert Andriessen Bratt to Symon Jansen

Romeyn

[241] On this day, the ioth of August 1662, Albeit Andriessz,
dwelling in the colony of Kensselaerswyck, declared that he hereby
constituted and appointed Mr Symon Janssz Romeyn 1 his special
attorney to demand, collect and receive of Mr Jan Janssz de Jongh,
dwelling in Amsterdam in New Xetherland, certain overdue house
rent which he owes for the house and lot of him, Albert Andriessz,
according to the lease thereof, in the hands of the secretary
.Mr Joannes Xevius, deducting what has been paid thereon, or
credited on the account placed in the hands of this attorney: there-
fore, acquittance for receipts to give, and in case of refusal, him by
legal proceedings to constrain to pay; to this end all terms of the
courts to observe unto judgment and extreme execution thereof ; also
to compound, arrange and agree ; and furthermore all things to do
and perform, either with or without resorting to law, which may be
needful or which may seem to him proper, [the principal] promis-
ing at all times to hold valid whatever in the matter aforesaid may-
be done and performed by the attorney, without [242] any contra-
diction, provided that the attorney be holden a proper return to
make of his aforesaid transactions and receipts when required.

Done in the colony of Rensselaerswvck, dated as above, in pres-
ence of Mr Arien Appel and Daniel Jansz van Antwerpen, as wit-
nesses hereto called.

Albeht Andriessen
A: Appel
Daniel Jansz van Antwerpen

Contract between Goossen Gerritsen van Schaick and Gerrit
Reyersen and Hendrick Coster for the loan of money for
trading purposes
On this day. the nth of August 1662, Goossen Gerritz van

Schaick of the first part and his half-brother Gerrit Reyersen 2 and

Hendrick Coster of the second part have contracted with each

Contract — Copy delivered to Goossen Gerritsz

22A Feb. 1664 3 .

1 Tn the records of the Refi rmed Dutch Church of New York, under date
of January 1, 1671. is fonnd the entry of the marriage bans of Simon Janszcn
Romeyn. young man from Amsterdam, and Sophie Jans, spinster from
's Gravenhage. His name occui dly in the Records Imster-
tlam in connection with various liticrations.

2 Gerrit Reyersen was the son of Reyer Albcrtsen, or Eldertsen, the step-
father of Goossen Gerritsen van Schaick.

3 The partnership between Gerrit Reyersen and Hendrick Coster was dis-
solved on February 21, 1664, when Goossen Gerritsen took over Reyer Ger-

n's interest. See Early Records of Albany, 1:342-43.

1 74 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

other in manner following: Goossen Gerritsz hereby promises his
said half-brother and Hendrick Coster (who propose to return to
Holland this year) to cause to be delivered to them in Holland a
capital of six thousand Carolus guilders at 40 groats apiece, which
they shall receive there at Amsterdam from the hands of Mr Jan
Sybingh; [243] which said sum of six thousand Carolus guilders
Garni Reyersz and Hendrick Coster shall lay out and invest in
merchandise at their own expense, to be traded with here
in New Netherland for their profit and use during the time of
the two next following years; provided they pay therefor yearly
interest at ten per cent also in Holland and in the same currency, to
commence whenever the first merchandise shall be shipped to be
sent or brought over, and running until the effectual payment
thereof, without their keeping the capital any longer, under pre-
text of paving interest thereon, than he, Goossen Gerritssz, shall
please; and they, Gerril Reyerssz and Hendrick Coster, remain
holdeii to have the aforesaid merchandise and the returns pro-
ceeding therefrom insured every voyage, when sent over; the
returns to be sent at the pleasure and knowledge of < Joossen Ger-
ritssz. For all of which the parties hereto bind their respective per-
and estates, having and to come, nothing excepted, subject to
all court- and judges. All in good faith, these are subscribed in
Beverwyck in New Netherland, dated as above, in presence of Mr
Gerrit Banckert and Anthony Jans/, court messenger of the colony
of Rensselaerswyck, as witnesses hereto called.

-I \ I rERRETSEN

I ll'RKIT REYARSZ

1 ll NDERICK KOSTER

Gerret Bancken
.■I. Janss

In my presence,

D. V. Si HELLUYNE, Not. Pub.
1662

Substitution of Matheus de Vos for Gerard Swart and Abraham
Staes as attorney for Pieter Hartgerts in a case of appeal
pending before the director general and council
[244] On this day. the uih of VugUSl [662, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, the Honorable Gerard! Swart, sheriff of the

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 1 75

colony of Rensselaerswyck and Abraham Staes, magistrate of Fort
Orange and Beverwyck, and declared that by virtue of a power of
attorney delivered to them by Mr Pieter Hartgers, of date the 25th
of September 1661, containing a clause of substitution, to us, the
notary and witnesses, shown, they substituted in their places and
hereby specially empowered Matheus de Yos, notary in Amsterdam
in N. Netherlarid, to take charge of and defend such action as they
on the part of Pieter Hartgers, in the case of appeal pending before
the honorable the director general and council of Xew Xetherland,
have against Mr Jeronimus Ebbingh ; in regard to which all terms
of the courts to observe to judgment and extreme execution thereof,
and furthermore all things to do, perform and transact which may
be needful and may seem to him proper, promising at all times to
hold valid whatever in the matter aforesaid may be done and per-
formed by the substitute by virtue hereof without any contradic-
tion. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck, in presence of Evert
Xoldingh and Pieter Jillissz, as witnesses hereto called.

Abram Staas :

G: Swartt
Euerdt N olden

Pieter Jellisz D. V. Schelluvxe. Not. Pub.

1662

Power of attorney from Claes Lock to Philip Pietersen Schuyler
[245] On this day, the 4th of August 1662, Mr Claes Lock
declared that he hereby constituted and appointed Mr Phillip
Pietersz Schuyler his special attorney during his absence to repre-
sent his person and to exercise proper supervision over his sloop
named the Vergttlde Hoorn 1 Gilded Horn), on which Arien Claessz
is skipper, and therefore all things to do herein which may be need-
ful and seem to him to the best interest [of the principal] who
promises to hold valid whatever shall be done and performed bv
the said attorney in the matter aforesaid, without any contradiction.
Done in the colony of Rensselaerswyck. dated as above.

Claes Lock 1

Hend T . J. rand". Vn ~\
, , _ , ^as witnesses

Jacob Strycker

D. V. SCHELLUVXE, Xot. Pllb.

1662

1 Claes Hendricksen Lock, from Amsterdam, married in 1671 at Xew
Amsterdam Cuiertje Hendricks, widow of Wal raven Klaerhout, of Xew
York.

1/6 ALBANY

Power of attorney from Johannes Clute to Harmen Thomassen

Hun
day, the 151b of August [662, Jan Cloete, being about to
depart for Holland, declared that he appointed and constituted
hereby Harmen Thomassz van Amersfort bis special attorney to
demand, collect and receive from divers persons, his debtors, sundry
amounts which are due to him from them, according to the accounts
and obligations thereof placed in this attorney's hands; in regard to
the same acquittance to deliver for receipts, and in case [ 246 1 of

Lisal, the unwilling I nstrain to pay by legal proceedings and

rigor of justice; to this end all the terms of the courts to observe
unto judgment and extreme execution thereof; and furthermore all
things to do, perform and transact which may be needful and
seem to him proper; promising al all times to hold as valid what-
■ done and performed in the matter aforesaid by virtue

eof b\ his said attorney, without am contradiction; provided
that the attorney be holden a proper return to make of his said
tran 1 and receipts when required. Done in the colony of
Rensselaerswyck, dated as above, in presence of the undersigned
witnesses hereto called.

JOHANNSZ I XUTE

Hendrick Huiseri 1
As witnes e ,. ,-. , ,,

1 Cornells van Schelluyne

In my presence,

1). V. Si helluyne, Not. Pub.
1662

Contract of sale of a house from Arent van Curler to Aert
Goossen van Twiller
1 247 1 On this day, the 17th of August 166.2. Mr Arent van
irlar acknowledged thai he had sold and Aert nssz

van Twieler that he had bought the seller's house and lot with
whatever is thereon fast b) earth and nail, and furthermore with
h servient and dominant estates and rights as the seller has
hitherto posse sed in the same and as came to him from the widow
of the late Mr Johan de Hulter according to the documents and
proofs thereof; just as said house and lot are built and Fenced,
nding and lying in the colony of Rensselaerwyck, bounded north
i west by the seller, on the east and south b) tin- river and high-
signature 1.<<>k< like Hendrick 1 1'

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 I 77

ways, which house and lot the buyer at present occupies; the same

being sold shall he delivered to the buyer free and unincumbered,
without any charges thereon or issuing out of same, saving the
lord's right; for which said house and lot the buyer promises to
pay the sum of six hundred Carolus guilders to be received by
exchange on Holland, and in default of payment of said bill of
exchange, the buyer shall pay the yearly rent of said house so long
as it shall please the seller I248I to have him dwell there; on pay-
ment of the bill of exchange the aforesaid house and lot shall be
lawfully conveyed to the buyer.

For the fulfilment and performance of these, the parties hereto
mutually bind their respective persons and estate-, nothing excepted.
subject to the authority of all courts and judges. Done in the
colony of Rensselaerswyck, dated as above,

A : van Curler
Aert Goossen Twiixer
In my presence.

D. V. SCHEIXUYNE, Not. Pub.

1662

Bill of exchange from Aert Goossen van Twiller to Aert Jansen
and Renger Rengersen for the payment of 600 guilders to
Joachim van Curler

\ert Jansz and Renger Rengerssz : Pay to Mr Joachim van Cur-
lar within six weeks after sight this my first of exchange for the
sum of six hundred Carolus guilders, the value of which I have
received to my satisfaction in the purchase of a house and lot; it
shall avail you for a good account; this my first of exchange
[>aid, the second to be null and void.

Done in the colony of Rensselaerswyck in N: Netherland, this
17th of August 1662.

Was subscribed : Aert Goossens Twieler

Power of attorney from Anthony Jansen, as attorney of his wife,
to Jan Hendricksen Bruyn to collect money in Holland
1 249] On this day. the 18th of August [662, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Anthony Janssz, court messenger of the aforesaid colony
of Rensselaerswyck, husband and guardian of Orsseltie Dircks, his
wife, and declared that he had constituted and appointed hereby

i;S EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Jan Hendricxsz Bruyn, proposing to return to Holland b)
the ships lying ready to sail, his special attorney to demand, colled
and receive of Anthony Lorme, draper, at Rotterdam, certain cloth-
ing, goods and gold and silver ware, together with [two] assign-
ments of monthl) pay (maentgelts brieven), one executed by I."
Fredericxsz van Gordingh, her cousin, 1 and the other executed
by Myndert l>irc\-z, her brother, both having sailed for the
East Indie-; likewise a will of the subscriber's wife's afore-
said brother Myndert Dircxsz, which is entrusted to said Anthony
Lorme; -aid goods, gold and silver ware u> receive anil converl into
mon' payment of the monthly wages due to demand and

eive; acquittance for receipts i>> deliver; also to receive from
the hand- of notary Leendert van Seyl at Rotterdam afore-
named a copy of a certain will which said Lieven Fredricx^z
van Gordingh made to the behoof of the subscriber's wife "ii the
3d of April [652, in the presence of certain witnesses; and in pur-
suance thereof t" receive at the treasury <>f tin East India Hous<
Amsterdam whatever he has coming to him and in case of hi- death
the same in like manner t<> receive and also acquittance for the
receipt- to deliver, and release from all further demands; further-
more all things to do, perform and transact which may be needful;

imising at [250] all times to hold valid whatever may be di
and performed in the matter aforesaid by the attorney, without any
contradiction, provided that the attorne) he holden a proper return
to make nf hi- aforesaid transactions and receipts when required;
and merchandise for the monej received to -end or bring over at
the first opportunity according to the list thereof placed in the
attorney'- hand-.

Thus dune and executed in the colony of Rensselnerswyck in
New Netherland, in presence of Carsten Fredricxsz, master smith,
and Ian Schekel, master tailor, as witnesses hereto called.

\\ I llnW Jansz

This mark + was made b) I IRSS1
I Iircxs, aforenamed
Karsten Frederiksen, smith
Jan Sche

In my pn

D. V. S< Hi 1 1 UYNE, Not. Pub.

1662

' which may mean either cousin,

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 179

Power of attorney from Pieter van Alen to his servant Dirck
Wessels to look after his affairs during his absence in Holland

[251] On this day, the 19th of August 1662, Pieter van Alen,
proposing to depart for Holland, declared that he had constituted
and appointed by these presents his servant 1 Dirck Wessels his
special attorney during his absence to take good care of the merchan-
dise he leaves in his hands, the same to his best advantage to sell:
also according to the obligations and accounts to demand, collect
and receive of diverse persons payment of what they owe: acquit-
tance for receipts to deliver: the unwilling to constrain to pay by
legal proceedings and rigor of justice: to which end all terms of
courts to observe to judgment and extreme execution thereof;
with power also one or more persons ad lites tantum in his place to
substitute ; promising at all times to hold valid whatever in the
matter aforesaid may be done and performed by said attorney with-
out any contradiction, provided that he be holden a proper return
to make of his said transactions and returns when required. Done
in Beverwyck in X. Xetherland, dated as above.

Pieter van Alen
In my presence,

D. Y. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pub.

1663

Contract of sale of a bakery from Jan Barentsen Dulleman to
Juriaen Theunissen Tappen

[252] On this day, the 27th of August 1662, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Jan Barentsz Dulleman. baker, of the first part, and Jur-
riaen Theunissz, glazier, of the second part, both dwelling in the
village of Beverwyck, acknowledging the said Jan Barentse that he
had sold and he. Jurriaen Theunisz, that he had bought of him the
seller"s baker}' tools, consisting of eight grain bags, three bolting
bags, bolting chest, kneeding trough, and other implements, by the
buyer seen to his satisfaction: together with about fifty skipples of
wheat, more or less, as shall appear by measurement; the imple-
ments being in the bakery and the grain at the house of Lourens
van Alen 1 which Jurriaen Theunissz has hired of him) ; for which
Jurriaen Theunissz promises to pay to him, Jan Barentsz. four and
a half merchantable beavers reckoned at eight guilders each 1 for
the said implements), valuing the wheat at fl. 2-10 a skipple, also

1 Knecht,

l8o 1 \l-'l \ !■: i ORDS "1 ALBANY

iii hern crs, die amount to depend mi the measure, and this in the

month of June 1663; said tools and wheat to be delivered to the

buyer on Tuesdaj the 31st of this month of August. Moreover

said Jurriaen Theunisz has hired and said Jan Barentsz has bound

himself in serve him, Jurriaen Theunissz, faithfully in baking

se and fine bread with whatever belongs thereto, likewise to

ood, keep the bakerj clean, etc., and both in [ 253 1 baking

in taking charge of the trading season with the Indians to ren

his service with all honesty, faithfulness and obedience; which

service shall begin on the isl of ( October next and last for the time

of one year. In consideration of which the aforesaid Jurriaen

rheunisz promises to pay him, Jan Barentsz, at the end of the

service thirty-three merchantable beavers, reckoned as before

besides free burgher board during the term of his service; but in

case said Jan Barentsz should notoriously neglect his work and

service to his master's material damage, then the wages of said Jan

Barentsz shall be forfeited and he may be discharged. For the

faithful performance of these, the parties hereto mutually bind

their respective persons and 1 nothing excepted, subject to

the authorin of all courts and indue-. Thus done and executed in

Beverwyck in X: Netherland, in presence of Lauris van .Men and

Lambert van Neck, as witnesses hereto called.

Jan B \ui- \ 1 1 Dulleman

JUREJAN TUNSEN

Lourus I'an . Urn
Lambert 1 'an Neck

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

1662

Release by Daniel Ringhout of a legacy from his late uncle Jan

Ringhout

[254! On this day, the 29th of August [662, appeared before

me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notan public, and before the after

named witnesses, Daniel Rinchout, elderly bachelor 1 born in the

land of Pomeren, 5 aged about thirty six years, so he says 1 known

■ joiigmaii; meaning an unmarried man of 111

, !ii man in
h iih the pati \'i "I. .1 ..i .1 suitable m

not a place in
ted in thi 1 the First Settlers of Albany under

I i.inicl Rim I hv nii-lakc

NOTAKIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 166O-1696 [8l

to the undersigned witnesses), and acknowledged that he was fully
paid and satistied, the last penny with the first, for all that was
coming to him by virtue of the bequest and inheritance left to him
by the death of his uncle, the late Jan Rinchout, deceased at Mun
nickendam in North Holland, and this In the hands of Sacharias
Jansz Creleman and the widow of Nicolaus van den Broeck,
dwelling at Munnickendam aforesaid, inasmuch as it was paid to
his, the subscriber's, attorney, Pieter de Maeckere, house carpenter
at Amsterdam in Holland, in accordance with the acquittance
dated the 2d of January last, executed by said de Maeckere before
Notary Jacob van Loosdrecht and certain witnesses to the behoof
of said Creleman and the widi iwn to us, notary and wit-

nesses) : and therefore acquitting the said Sacharias Janssz Crele-
man and said widow in the matter aforenamed and for the whole
bequest and inheritance, releasing them from all claims ; with a
promise nevermore to do nor cause anything to he done contrary
hereto. [ 255] directly or indirectly, in any manner: binding thereto
his person and estate, nothing excepted, subjecting the same to the
authority of all courts and judges. Hone and executed in the vil-
lage of Beverwyck in Xew Xetherland, in presence of Jan Coster
van Aecken and Jan Yerbeeck, neighbors of the subscriber, as
witnesses hereto called.

Daniel Ringhout
Jan Coster ran . Icken
Jan Verbeeck

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. I'llh.

1662

Will of Daniel Ringhout
In the name of the Lord. Amen. Know all men that on this da] .
the 29th of August 1G62, about nine o'clock in the evening, person-
ally came and appeared before me, Direk van Schelluyne, no
public, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, the worth)
Daniel Rinchout, elderlv bachelor, 1 born in the land of Pomeren,
about 36 years of age 1 as he declared), dwelling in the village oi
Beverwyck in Xew Xetherland, know 11 to the undersigned wit-
-. lying upon his bed sick, hut apparently [256! in full pos-
on of his mind, memory, reason and understanding, who. con
sidering the shortness and frailty of human life, the certainty of

' Bedaecht jongman; see note to preceding document.

iSj EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

death and the uncertainty of the hour thereof, and wishing ihere-
fore to anticipate the same by a proper disposition of his worldly
effects and goods, declared that without persuasion, inducement or
deception on the pari of any one he had made, ordained and con-
cluded tin- his last will and testament in manner following:
Commending first of all his immortal soul, whenever it shall be
irated from his body, into the gracious hands of > rod, his Maker

I Redeemer, his bod) to a Christian burial, hereby revoking and
annulling such testamentary dispositions as he may have heretofore

de and executed, he, the subscriber and testator, declared thai
he nominated and instituted, as by these presents he does nominate
and institute, his brother. Jan Rinchout 1 (who with his wife and
family is dwelling in the testator's house here), to be his sole and
universal heir of all 1 257] the estate, real and personal, claims,

dits, gold and silver, monej coined and uncoined, jewels, linen
and woolen clothing, household furniture, etc.. nothing excepted or

erved, which be shall leave behind on hi- death, to do therewith
as with hi- ab-' .lute property, without interference from anyone,
provided that he. Jan Rinchout. be holden from the first and most
readily available property which shall be left behind to turn over to
his other brother named Aertman Rinchout, dwelling in Pomeren
aforesaid, as a legacy anil memento, the sum of twenty-five guilders
Holland mone) : but a- he. the testator, ha- had no tidings of him
for eight years, so he says, and does not know whether he is alive,
therefore, in ca-e of hi- decease, -aid legac) -ball be null and said
Ian Rinchout shall receive the whole inheritance as before stated,
and all this for good reasons him [the testator] thereto moving.
All that is hereinbefore written the testator declares to be his last
will and testament, desiring that after his death the same -hall have
full force and effect, whether a- will, codicil, donation, gift in
anticipation of death, or otherwise, as -hall be mo ble, not-

withstanding that some formalities required by law or custom may
not be fully [258] ob rein, requesting that the utmost benefit

may be enjoyed and that one or more copies hereof be made by
me, the notarv, in proper form, to be used as 01 lemands.

Thus done and < 1 rwyck in New Netherland, at the

house of thi or, in presence of Mr Jan Verbeeck and Jan

1 l.-m Rinchout, lik baker at Beverwyck. His

time was Eva Jeurians. He afterwards married Klizabeth

Drincl harrian « henec-

I
■;ix 1:38?: and History of the Schenectady Patent, i>. 158.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l66o-H'<i" 183

Coster van Aecken, neighbors of the testator asked and invited as
witnesses hereto.

Daniel Ringhout
Jan / 'erbeeck
Jan Coster ran Acken

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1662

Lease of a house in Beverwyck from Adriaen Appel to Willem
de Maerschalck and Jan Nack
1 in this day. ihe 30th of August 1662, Adriaen Appel acknowl-
edged that he had let and Mr Willem de Marchalck and Jan Xack
that the}- had hired ni him the lessor's house, lot and garden as the
same is occupied by the lessor, standing and lying in the village of
Beverwyck and known to the lessees, for the time of one year
beginning on the first day of May A". 1663, for the sum of one
hundred and sixty guilders to be paid in good, whole beaver skins
reckoned at eight guilders [259] apiece; and as said house, lot and
garden shall be delivered to the lessees in proper repair, window,
roof and floor tight, the lessees shall he holden to deliver over the
same again in like repair at the end of this lease. Fur the perform-
ance of these and the payment of the promised rent the parties
hereto mutually bind their respective persons and estates, nothing
excepted, subject to all courts and judges. All in good faith, done
in Beverwyck in X: Xetherland, dated as "above.

A : Appel

Willem de Maersc halck
Jan Xack
In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Xot. Pub.
1662

Depositions by Jan Gerritsen van Marcken and Evert Nolden
about seawan alleged to have been stolen by Anthony de
Beeltsnyder, a soldier

On this day, the second of September [662, Jan Gerritsz van
-Marcken. 1 at the request of Adam Dingeman, sailing on the sloop
of Thomas Lodewycxsz. declared it to be true that he, by ordei oi
the director general, now lately here, paid a half month's wages to

'Jan Gerritsen van Marcken was the farmer of the excise at IJeverwyck.

184 1 VRLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

each of four soldiers, among others to the soldier named Anthony
<le Beeltsnyer, 1 it being well known to the deponent that the Beelt-
snyer before had no mone) with him, [260I and that on Monday
morning, when the honorable general was about to depart, he, Beelt-
snyder, being .11 the house of the widow Maria Dyckmans, and
being cjuite drunk, was fetched by < (fficer Resolve 2 to leave with
the honorable general, which he al first was unwilling to do, 1 nit
finally, wishing to pay his bill, he, this deponent, saw said Be<
snyder pull out of his pockel a bunch of black and white seawan,
mixed and mostly end-, in which the deponenl judged there must
have been 30 or \o guilders, and said to him, " How did you come
b\ so much money? we do nol hear of your robbery," for the
deponent plainly saw that it wa> not part of the seawan which he-
had delivered to the soldiers; hut he kept silent.

The said officer and the servant Evert Noldingh 8 were also sur-
prised to see him have so much monej as he, Evert Noldingh, like
wise declares.' Being ready, each as far as his own statement is
concerned, to confirm the foregoing on oath if need be and required,
the deponent and Evert Noldingh have in witness of the truth
subscribed these in the village of Beverwyck in X: Xetherland.
on the date above written, in presence of the undersigned witnesses.

I. G. van Mar< ken

RDT N T OLDEN

Festis : Jacob Kip
J : Pi a itness

In my presence

D. V, Si kelluyne, Not. Pub.
1662

'Literally: the image carver, or sculptor. Beeldsiiijder I- the nami

ily in I lolland .11 the present time.
-'Resolved VValdron, deputy sheriff.
• ; Dc kiwclit Evert N old
was tin helper, though il may mean thai he was a waiter in tlu-

tavern of Mara Dyckmans < 1 pagi - [210] and [244], whi N olden

s with or for G swyck.

Vi'l'lni « swyck. At the time

VI. mi Roela New Amsterdam, whom

llcudriek van Dyck had attached in himself as
See J. II. Inn' and lis I

* The last six words arc substituted For "Furthermore, th<
1 he w ' I 1 know s that said Beeltsnydi 1

. iiiin the night, >ai drinking in the tav< 1

■
-• ' it."

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 185

Power of attorney from Anthony Jansen to Hans Steyn
[261] On this day, the second of September 1662, Antlv in
Jansz, 1 court messenger of the colony of Rensselaerswyck,
declared that by these presents he constituted and appointed Hans
Steyn.-' dwelling at Amsterdam in New Netherland, his special
attorney to demand, collect and receive of the wife of Barent
Cruytdorp a certain sum of one hundred guilders of seawan,
which she received last year in part from Hans Steyn's wife and
partly from him. Anthony Jan-/, all on his account and for the
behoof of Stymie Laurens, but not paid over to said Stymie
Laurens; therefore, said sum of one hundred guilders, with costs,
:, r es and interest on the same if need be to collect by means
of judicial proceedings; to which end all terms of the courts to
observe unto judgment and extreme execution thereof; also to
proceed by attachment against the person or property for obtain-
ing payment ; acquittance for receipts to execute and furthermore
all thing- to do. transact and perform, which may be needful;
promising at all times to hold valid whatever may be done and
performed in the premises by the attorney, without any contradic-
tion ; provided the attorney he holden a proper return to make of
his said transactions and receipts when required. Done in the
colony of Rensselaerswyck, dated as above, in presence of the
undersigned witnesses.

Anthony Jansz
Cornells van Nes
Jan Scheckel

In my presence.

D. Y. Sciiei.luyne, Xot. Pub.
1662

Bond from Leendert Philipsen to Jan Coster van Aecken
[262I ( )u this day, the 5th of September 1662, Leendert
Phillipssz acknowledged that he was well and truly indebted
Jan Coster van Aecken in the sum of thirty-eight good, whole
beaver .-kin- al eight guilder- apiece, for merchandise to his con-
tent received; which -aid thirty-eight whole, good beaver skins
he. Leendert Phillipssz, promises to p aid Jan \'an Aecken,

A- w itneases

1 Anthony Jansen Westbroeck.

-Ili- name i< generally gh Stccn being the Dutch

equivalent of the German word Stein, lie was at New Amsterdam as early
;•-- 1639 and ai that time u corporal in th Dutch West India

Company.

[86 I \KL\ RE( ORDS 01 ALBANY

<>r his order, or lawful hearer hereof, in or before the month of
July A . [663, punctually and without further delay, whatever in
meantime may be paid being accounted a payment on and a
reduction of the same; therefore binding his person and prop-
erty, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and judge-. Done in
the village of Beverwyck, dated as above.

I EENDl RT Til VI. VMS

In in\ presence,

I). \ . SCHELLm NE, Not. I'll!'.

1662

Deposition of Jan Barentsen Dulleman respecting an order of

Pierre Billau delivered to the Walloon at the Esopus

[263 1 On this day. the 7th of September [662, Jan Barentsz

Dulleman declare- at the request of Jan Gerritsz van Marcken

thai now about a year ago Pierre Billau delivered to him at the

Manhathans an order in the French language to receive thereon

from the Wael, 2 who dwells in the Esopus, 33 skipples of wheat.

the value of which he was to pay in seawan to the requirer [J. (I.

van Marcken I if he received the wheal; but declares that he has

received any of the wheat and ha- left said French order with

the said ll'acl ; and i- ready if need be i<> confirm the same by oath

when required.

Done in Beverwyck in X: Xetherland. dated as above, in pres-
1 >f ilu undersigned w itnesses.

J\\ B \ki ntsen Duli eman

A: Appel
\- witnesses ,, . . , . ... .

I (enderick <"</ji de It ater

In m_\ presence,

1). \ \ ot. Pub.

1662

Power of attorney from Jan Gerritsen van Marcken to Jacob Kip

I In the above date, Jan GerritSZ van Marcken declared that he

1 tituted and appointed by these presents Mr Jacob Kip his
ei 1.1I attornej i" demand of hi- brother-in-law Fredrick ' i
bertssz van den Kerch a certain obligation for the sum of three

'Liu-rally: "the Wall. ■ erring perhaps t" Everl de Waelsman,

med und( 1 "• revised trans-

lation by Samuel < )p| p. 5 Cf. Mill

oi ilii- volume.

ARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 166O-I696 187

hundred and ninety-live guilder-- and ten stivers to be paid in
good sea wan (with interest on the same), executed by Pierre
Bailliu 1 in favor of him, the subscriber, and held by his said [264]
brother-in-law ; and in case (contrary to expectation) said obliga-
tion be lost or can not be found (as the subscriber is informed),
then the attorney is to force him, Fredrick Gysbertsz, by legal
proceedings to clear himself thereof under oath, and the oath being
taken, nevertheless to demand, collect and receive payment of the
said Pierre Billau ; acquittance for receipts to execute and to
release him from all demands and furthermore all things to do,
perform and transact, by or without resorting to law, which may
be needful and to him seem advisable, [the subscriber] promising
at all times to hold valid whatever shall be done and performed in
the aforesaid; matter by said attorney, without any contradiction;
provided the attorney be holden a proper return to make of his
said transactions and receipts when required. Done in Beverwvck,
dated as above, in presence of the undersigned witnesses.

J. G. v. Maecken

As witnesses -< '

yHenderick Vande Water

In my presence,

D. A". Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

1662

Contract of Jeremias van Rensselaer to deliver to Juriaen
Teunissen 300 skipples of winter wheat
[265] On this day. the 7th of September 1662. the Honorable
Director Jeremias van Rensselaer and Jurriaen Theunissz, master
glazier, have contracted with each other that said Mr Rensselaer
shall deliver to him, Jurriaen Theunissz, in or before the month of
May 1663, the quantity of three hundred skipples of good winter
wheat, for which he. Jurriaen Theunissz, promises to pay to said
Mr Rensselaer, or to his order, the quantity of one hundred good,
whole beaver skins at eight guilders each, in or before the month
of July 1663, punctually and without longer delay. For the faith-
ful performance of these the parties hereto mutually bind their
respective persons and properties, nothing excepted, subject to

1 The same as Pierre Billau, or Billou; see below. With other recently
arrived immigrants he petitioned August 22. 1661, for land on Staten island;
see New York Colonial Mss, 9:735.

[88 EARL> RECORDS OF ALBANY

all courts and judge?. Dune in the colony of Rensselaerswyck,
dated as above, in the presence of the undersigned witnes

JEREMIAS VAX Rl NSSl 1 AER

Jure Jan Tr\

. G: Swartt

As witnesses - , .... . , .

rhi'.ip Pietersz Schuyler

In ni\ presence,

I >. \ . SCHELLU^ XI", Not. Pub.
1662

Indenture of service of Hendrick Arentsen as farm hand to Jan
Barentsen Wemp and Marten Mauritsen
[266I On this day, the t6th of September tui_>, Jan Barentsz
Wemp and Marten Mouwerensz 1 have hired and Henderick
Arentse de suyckerbacker (the confectioner 1 has bound himself
erve them in cultivating, plowing, sowing, mowing, threshing,
winnowing, cutting wood, and whatever else pertains thereto; and
likewise to perform all further service possible thai ma\ be asked
of him on their farm lying at Schenectede, to him, Hendrick.
known, for the time of one year beginning from th<
for which service they, fan Barentsz Wemp and Marten Mou
werensz, promise to pay the sum of three hundred guilders in

is at eight guilders each, or in grain or other wan
heaver's value, to be paid here in the Fuyc k" 1 1 said Hendrick
Arentsz, or his order; and he, Jan Barentsz, is bound for the full

payment of said stipulated hire ;h his own debt. [ 267 ] All in g 1

faith; dated as above, in the colony of Rensselaerswyck.

This mark 1 I! \\ w e by I \n

Barentsz Wemp

This marl-; M \l was made h\ \l \u-

m01 w ere nsz
Henderck Aki

uii Mauritsen van Slyck, win
..1" thi Hi- .-111(1 Jan Barentsen Wen ! lying

uc-t ,.1 tin cit) of - dy, which was at Marlon'

and aft \':m Slvcl

P- 77-

NOTARIAL PAPERS 1 AND 2, [66o [696 I 8 1

Lease of lots i and 5 in the Esopus from Philip Pietersen Schuy-
ler to Barent Harmensen

[268] On this day, the 26#h of September 1662, appeared
before me. Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the
afternamed witnesses, Mr Phillip Pietersz Schuyler, of the first
part, and Barent Harmensz, ] husbandman, of the second part.
acknowledging the said Schuyler that he had let and he. Barent
Harmensz, that he had hired of him certain, the lessor's, lands,
mi. 1 and mi. 5, lying on both sides of the kill in the Esopus. among
the allotments made for the projected village, to the lessee known:
in manner following:

The lessee from this time forth shall have possession of the land
and betake himself thither, the sooner the better, having the use of
the same till the 7th day of September 1663. without paying any
rent therefor.

The lessor promises to deliver to the lessee next spring as many
bkipples of oats as he can properly sow upon siid land, or so much
less as according to circumstances the lessee in his opinion shall
have need of: provided that the lessee be holden at the end of the
lease to deliver again a like quantity of oats to the lessor. The
lessor shall also deliver free to the lessee on the shore at the Esopus
a hundred boards for the building of a proper dwelling house,
which dwelling house and barn. rick, and fences about the land to
be made for his accommodation, at the end of the lease, shall belong
to the I269I lessor subject to appraisal thereof by impartial per-
sons; also a bridge which must be built over the aforesaid kill, the
value whereof in accordance with such appraisal shall be made
-nod to the lessee; but the said hundred boards the lessee shall be
holden to pay for at the end of the lease.

The lessor promises to deliver to the lessee in the Esopus, next
autumn four milch cows and next spring three mares and a gelding
or stallion, the cost of transportation of which shall be at the
charge of the lessee; together with four sows, on condition of
delivering every year for three years a barrow pig; which said
cattle 1 save the stipulation about the pig) the lessee shall keep
during the lease for half of the increase according to the custom
of this country, and the increase of the cows shall begin from this
time.

1 Barent Harmensen's wife and child wen- taken prisoners l>> the Indians
pus mi fune 7, [663. rhereaftei hi seems to have moved to New
York. See Doc. Rel. to Col. Hist. .V. )'.. 13:246; and X. Y. Geneal. and
Biogr. Soc. Coll j :8o.

IC)0 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

I In lessor shall likewise deliver to the lessee the following farm
implements, to wit: a plow and a wagon with their appurtenances,
which the lessee shall he holden to deliver over again at the end
of the lease in good condition.

["he lessee shall have the use and hire of the said land, ho
and cattle for the tune of the four following years, commencii
the 1st day of September 1663, and the lessee promises to pay
during the said lease every year the sum of four hundred and
fifty guilders in beavers at eight guilders each, or grain at I270]
the market price of beavers, or else in seawan at sixteen guilders
the beaver, punctually each year, without any one year being
suffered to run into the next unpaid.

\t the end of the lease the lessee shall have the refusal and
preference in case of a longer lease, provided he pay as much as
> s are v\ illing to do.

All taxes and charges which ma) be levied 1>\ the village during
this lease, as well as work dene cm forts or strongholds, shall be at
the charge and expensi ol the lessee.

Finally it is stipulated that at the end of the lease the horses
shall he at the service of the lessor to put the land in seed, pro-
vided thai not onl) during that time but also during the following
ei i" April the lessee shall feed -aid horses, cattle and hogs
out of the straw and consequently so long shall have the use of
the house, barn and rick, the said horses and other animals being
during the plowing time of the lessor al the latter's charge and
risk and furthermore according to the above conditions upon halt
the increase till the time when the division is made.

the faithful performance of these the panic- herein mutually
hind their respective persons and properties, nothing excepted.
subjeel i" the authority of all courts and judges. Thus done and
executed in Beverwyck in X: Xetherlaud. in presence of Mr
Folckert Janssz and Lambert van Neck, as witnesses I

called.

I'llII [P I'll i I RSZ Si HUYLER
This mark • was made 1>\ B w
1 1 vrmensz, aforenamed
n j
Lambert . llbertsz l

bcrl M '" have moved (•> New York in

;1i he hail a In use in \lbanv as late as 1672.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 166O-I696 I<H

Power of attorney from Symon Symonsen Groot to Johannes
Withart to sell his house and lot in Beverwyck

[271] On this last day of September 1662, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Symon Symonsz Groote, dwelling in the village
of Beverwyck, proposing to transfer his residence to the Esopus,
and declared that be hereby constituted and appointed Mr Johannes
Withart his special attorney to -ell for the principal's best advan-
tage, whether by private or public sale, bis house and lot just as
built, fenced and impaled, standing and lying in said village of
Beverwyck, bounded south by Jan Hendricxsz, north by Jan Gou,
east and west by the highway, free and unincumbered, without
any charge thereon or issuing out of the same, saving the lord's
right, according to patent thereof; therefore, to vest the same in
the buyer and the seller to divest and dispossess thereof; the
stipulated purchase money to receive and acquittance therefor to
give; said money or the payments arising therefrom to keep in
payment of the sum of six hundred and seventy-four guilders in
beavers which he owes to this attorney according to obligation
therefor dated the 17th [272] of October 1656, deducting one hun-
dred and seventy-six guilders paid thereon; transferring and mak-
ing over therefore to said Withart, or his order, the aforesaid
stipulated purchase money to do therewith as with bis own prop-
erty : with this reservation, however, that in case said house and
lot happen to fetch more than the aforesaid debt amounts to,
then the attorney shall turn over the surplus to the principal and
in case it fetches less the principal promises honorably to pay the
deficiency to him, Withart, at the very first opportunity; and fur-
thermore the attorney shall do, perform and transact all things
needful and which he may think proper, [the principal] promising
to hold valid whatever shall be done and performed in the matter
aforesaid by the attorney, without any contradiction, provided that
the attorney shall be holclen a proper return to make of his said
transactions and receipts when required. Thus done and executed
in Beverwyck in X: Netherland, in presence of Mr Evert Wendel
and Jan Jansz Bleecker, as witnesses hereto called.

•

Symon Symensen Groot
Euert Jansz Would
Jan Jansz Blycker, as witness

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1662

H)2 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Assignment from Fop Barentsen to Marten Hoffman of money
duo to him from the director general and council of New
Netherland
273 1 in this day, the 51I1 of < ictober [662, appeared before me,
Dirck \ an Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Fob Barentsz, 1 master carpenter, dwelling in the village
of Bevenvyck, and declared that by these presents he granted,
transferred and made over in absolute and full ownership to and
for the behoof of Marten Hoffman, 2 sadler, a certain sum of forty-
one and a half skipples of wheat, or the value thereof, and eighty-
guilders in g 1 seawan, to I ived of the honorable the

1 al and council of N: Netherland, or of their order,
or officers, honestly due to him, the subscriber, b) settlement oi
accounts es earned in building a house in the Esopus for

the minister there, according to the vouchers thereoi delivered to
said Marten Hoffman; therefore giving full power to said Marten
Hoffman to demand, collect and receive said payment as his <>\\n
property, also acknowledging that he is fully paid and satisfied
therefor by the hand- of said Marten Hoffman, the lasl penny with
the first, he having attended the subscriber in curing a wound
id in said work; promising therefore nevermore to do nor
1 274. J cause an) thing to lie done contrary hereto, either with or
without resorting to law in any manner, binding thereto his person
and property, nodiing excepted, subjeel to all courts and judges.
Thus done and executed in the village of Beverwydc in New Neth
i. in presence of Gerrit Claesz van Nieukerck and Paulus
Martensz van Rynsburch, 3 as witnesses hereto called.

Barens
This mark • was made by Gerrit
Claessz van Nieukerck, afore-
named
Pitlis Marten D. V. S< helluyne, Vof. Pub

1662

1 and
asrain in i66j. In the Ihilth A' (. In- i- m>"I<cii of as

built the parsonage of Domine Blom

tlbany, 1 'i occupied

rwyck in 1662, but conirarj to Professor Pearson's Fi
stating I :ll In ing in Alb 1 e moved t"

Vmstcrdam in 1C63, where he married Lysbeth Oel

her d< atli, in 1G64, h< 11

de W 11I1. from « as probably n

11 do Wit :

. >u n , 11 the si ulh
iland.

Paulus Martcnscn van Benthuyscn,

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND _'. [66O-1696 193

Power of attorney from Fop Barentsen to Marten Hoffman
On this day, the 5th of October 1662, appeared before me, Dirck
van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed wit-
nesses, Fop Barentsz, master carpenter, and declared that b) these
presents he constituted and appointed Marten Hoffman, sadler,
his special attorney to demand, collect and receive of diverse per-
sons, his debtors, dwelling in the Esopus, payment of certain grain
and other wares as are due him from the same, according to the
amounts placed in the hands of this attorney; therefore acquittance
for receipts to [275] give, and in case of refusal such to compel
to pay by legal proceedings and rigor of justice; to this end all the
terms of the courts to observe unto judgment and extreme execu-
tion thereof; and furthermore all things to do, transact and per-
form which may be needful and which may seem to him proper,
I the principal] promising at all times to hold valid whatever may
be done and performed, in the matter aforesaid, by the attorney,
without any contradiction; provided that the attorney be holden
a proper return to make of his said transactions and receipts when
required.

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in N : Xetherland, in
presence of Arien Appel and Gerrit Claesz van Nieukerck, as
witnesses hereto called.

Fop Baeens
This mark -j- was made by Gerrit
Claesz van Nieukerck, afore-
named
A: Appel D. \. Si helluyne, Not. Pub.

1662

Lease of lot no. 3 at Esopus from Goossen Gerritsen to Pieter

Helbrantsen

[276] On this day, the 21st of October 1662, Goossen Gerritssz
acknowledged that he had let and Pieter Helbrantsz, 3 husbandman
in the Esopus, that he had hired of him the lessor's allotment of
land, being no. 3,. lying in the newly laid out village in the Esopus,
to the lessee known, for the term of the six following years begin-
ning on the first of November next, on the following conditions:

The lessee shall be holden, on the lot of the lessor where the
village is to be, to build at his own expense and convenience a
proper dwelling house and barn, which with the other structures
at the option of the lessor shall be taken over by said lessor at

1 The same as Hillebrani
7

lw-l i-'I.Y RECORDS OF ALBANY

the end of the lease at a valuation thereof by impartial persons
to l>e called in for that purpose.

The lessee is holden to deliver hack the land at the end of the
lease with as man) 1 own as he now receivi

The lessor promises to deliver to the lessee between now and
next month of May (663, a stallion and four mares, together with
n milch cows, the increase of which shall be divided and
received half and half at the end of the lease, when the number
of said cattle which are now to he delivered must first he returned
to the lessor; the lessee to keep -aid cattle till Ma) V '. [669. Fur-
thermore the lessoi hall deliver to the lessee a wagon and a plow
with their appurtenance's and the harness for four horses, which
at the end of the lease he shall deliver again in good condition.

For the hire and use of said lot of land, the lessee promises
to pay, the firsl year two hundred guilders in good grain at current
beaver's price and a good fal hog, and every following year five
hundred guilders to he paid as above, punctually and without
letting one year run into the next unpaid. For the full performance
[277J of these, the parties hereto mutually bind their persons and
properties, nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all courts
and judges. I 'one in I'.everwvck in New Xetherland, dated as
above.

-1 N I 'i RRETSEM

This mark P 11 was made by Pi!
1 1 1 1 1:1; \x is/, aforenamed

D. V. Schi : . Not. Pub.

1662

Power of attorney from Margarita van Hardenbroeck to Gerard

Swart
1 hi this day, the -'7th of ' ictober [662, Margarita van Harden
broeck, 1 widow of the late Mr Pieter Rudolphus, dwelling at
Amsterdam in New Xetherland. declared that by these presents
-In- constituted and empowered Mr Gerard Swart, sheriff of the
colony of Rensselaerswyck, as her special attorney to demand,
("licet and receive of sundr) persons, her debtors, the payment

' This power of attorney was gii registration ;it

New Amsterdam of the bans of marriagi ol NIargariel Hardenbroeck and
rick Phillipsen, from Bolsward, in Friesland, the later lord of the
manor of Phillip but gh in \\ - W

first liu band was Pieter Rudolphus de Vries, by » tighter

Maria, on whom the Orphan M if New Amsterdam ordered her to

settle x of the Orphan Maslei

Amsterdam, < • 6 ed I" Berthold Fcrnow, p 202 ,t. 222 j.t. 225, 226

NOTARIAL PAPERS 1 AND 2, 1660-169 '95

of certain sums due to her from them according to the proofs
thereof placed in the attorney's hands; therefore acquittance to
give for the receipts; the unwilling to compel to pay by lheans of
justice; to this end all the terms of the court> to observe unto
judgment and extreme execution thereof; and furthermore all
things to do, transact and perform which may be needful and
seem to him proper; [the principal] promising at all times to hold
valid whatever in the matter aforesaid shall be done and per-
formed by said attorney, without any contradiction ; provided the
attorney be holden a proper return to make of his said transactions
and receipts when required. Done in Beverwyck, dated as above.

M \RGRITA HARDENBROCK

Contract of sale of a house and lot in Beverwyck from Pieter
Claerboudt to Rut Arentsen
[278I On this day, the 2d of November 1662, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Mr Pieter Claerbout, of the first part, and Ruth
Arentsz, master shoemaker, of the second part, acknowledging the
said Mr Pieter Claerbout that he had sold and he, Ruth Arentsz,
that he had bought of him a certain, the seller's, house and lot with
all that is thereon fast by earth and nail, and moreover with such
servient and dominant estates and rights as the seller received in
the same from Folckert Janssz, Jan Thomasz and Gerrit Banckert,
according to the proofs thereof which on the dav of delivery shall
be turned over to the buyer; just as said house and lot are built,
fenced and impaled, standing and lying in the village of Beverwyck,
bounded west by the seller, on the east by Jan van Aecken ; the
lot extending to the middle or cross-fence, known to the buyer.
Said house and lot are sold and shall be delivered to the buyer
with this servitude, namely, of a common wall and gutter on the
west side which must be maintained by both the Inner and the
seller; otherwise free and unincumbered, without any charges
thereon or issuing out of the same, saving the lord's right; for
which said house and lot said Ruth Arentsz, the [279] buyer,
promises to pay to the seller the quantity of seventy-two good
whole merchantable beaver skins at eight guilders each, in the
month of July 1663, punctually and without longer delay ; and the
biner shall enter and take possession of said house and lot on
the first of the month of December next, and the seller remains
holden on the payment of said beavers in July A". [663 aforesaid

I96 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

to give a lawful conveyance 3 of said house and lot to the buyer.

For die fulfilment and performance of these the parties hereto

mutually bind their respective persons and estates, nothing

exccj 'ted, subject to all courts and judges. Thus done and executed

in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in presence of Mr Adriaen

Gerritsz van Papendorp and Stoffel Jan--./ Abeel, a< witnes

hereto called. „ _

pletter llaerboudt

Rut Arentzen 2

Adriaen Gerretsen, as witness

Stoffel J ansz Abeel D. V. Si hj . Not. Pub.

1662

Deposition by Jan Cornelissen Vyselaer respecting an agreement
between Jacob Teunissen and Elbert Gerbertsen about the use
of a horse

1 280] Jan Cornelssz Vyselaer declares at the request of

I lliir iis2 that las) spring, being at the house of Anthony

>z, he agreed with Elbert Gerbertsz * that he should use the

requirer's [Jacob Theunisz'] stallion from that time until this

present autumn, on condition that if lite horse in the meantime

ild happen in die of sickness or other accident, it should l>e at

quirer, hut if it died through mani
carelessness, it should be at the charge of said Elbert Gerbertsz,
and further that the requirer should receive nothing for the

1 horse during said time. He is read) to confirm what is

above written, if need he by, hi-- oath when required. Dime in
Beverwyck in X: Netherland, this 6th of November 16

This mark X was made by JAN Cor-
lisz Vyselaer, aforenamed

Power of attorney from Jacob Teunissen to Andries de Vos to
obtain compensation from Elbert Gerbertsen for the loss of a
stallion

ob Theunisz hereb} constitutes and e de

Vos as his special attorney either amicabh orb] n

' FOI r x - I( y M sce £ a ,l v /,.

Albany, 1 :<<•. Pi Km

in New Amsterdam perhaps in 1643 44, therein

ntsen van Seyl wl \ IU

\msterdam which he sold .>n October 17. W14-4. tci Arenl Rei This

Km \.ui Seyl, however, makes his mark ai the

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 I97

proceedings to obtain settlement of the claim which he has against
Elbert Gerbertsz respecting and in the matter of a stallion which
he had in use and which died through evident neglect; therefore,
if need be, to proceed with the utmost rigor to judgment and
execution thereof inclusive; likewise to compound and agree with
him about it, promising at all times to hold valid whatever shall
be done and performed in the matter aforesaid by the attorney.
Done in Beverwyck, the 6th ni November 1662.

This mark X was made by Jacob
Theunisz, 1 aforesaid

Contract of sale of a half interest in a horse mill from Arent van
Curler to Willem Bout
[281] On this day, the iSth of November 1662, Mr Arent van
Curlar and Willem Bout acknowledge that on the date hereof they
have adjusted and settled accounts concerning the building of a
horse mill and its appurtenances standing in the village of Bever-
wyck and what each side has contributed thereto and they there-
fore declare that they have no further claim one against the other
and release each other of all demands, so that each has a just half
interest in the mill ; furthermore, Willem Bout acknowledges that
he has now bought and he, Mr Curlar, that he has sold to him his
said just half of said horse mill; for which he. Willem Bout,
promises to pay the sum of nine hundred guilders in good, whole
beavers at eight guilders apiece, or else in wares at beaver's value,
in three instalments, to wit: three hundred guilders in July 1663;
in June 1664 a like three hundred guilders; and the remaining
three hundred guilders in June 1665, every time punctually. For
the performance and fulfilment of these the buyer binds his person
and estate, nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all courts
and judges. All in good faith. Done in Beverwyck, dated as
above.

A : van Curler

This mark X was made by "Willem
I'i iut. aforenamed

As witnesses J

(J. Dehinsse
Pieter Meesz Vrooman

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1662

1 His mark is the same as that of Jacob Theunisz Quick on page [191].

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Contract between Willem Bout and Jeremias van Rensselaer
for the sale of a horse mill, lot and garden in Beverwyck in
exchange for a house and appurtenances in the Greyne Bos
[282] On this day, the 18th of November [662, Willem Bout
acknowledged that he had sold and the Honorable Director Jere-
mias van Rensselaer that he has bought of him a certain, the sel-
. mill house and horse mill with the stones and the lot consisting
of a free alley and garden as shown to the buyer, with all that is
fast thereon bj earth and nail and furthermore with such servient
and dominant estates and rights as the seller ha- hitherto possessed
111 ill' ; just as said mill house, mill, lot and garden are stand-
ing and lying in the village of Beverwyck, bounded north by
Jacques Tyssz and on the south by Theuniss Cornelisz alias Jonge
Poentie; which said mill house, mill, lot and garden are now sold
and delivered and made over i" the buyer free and unincumbered,
without any charges thereon or issuing out of the same, saving the
lord's rights, and a convey mce therefor shall he executed before
the court. For (lie purchase and deliver) of what is above men-
tioned the buyer hereby transfers to die seller the owner-hip of
the house and outbuildings in tin- Greyne Bos^ in the colony of
Ken selaei wyck, a- the seller has hitherto possessed and occupied
the same on a lease; the ground to remain to the behoof of the
honorable patroon of -aid colony, but the seller to have the use of
the same just as other free colonists and according to the customs
of the colony. Moreover the buyer shall deliver to the seller at the
first opportunity a good workhorse and a heifer in her second year :
the panic- hereto mutually promising nevermore to do or suffer
to be done anything contrary hereto cither in or oul of.court in
any 1 283 1 manner whatsoever, all honestly and in good faith,
di me in I >e\ ei w yck, dated as ab< i\ e.

This mark X was made by Wll

B01 i . aforenamed
Jeremias van Rensselaer

. . I m Curler

\s w itne 1 , ,, .

J Pieter Meesz I rootnan

D. V. Si helluyne, Not. Pub.

1662

rtg contract is changed by the contracting parties
in this way. •

Mr Rensselaer shall retain drivewaj to go to the mill and

len, wide ten feel Rhineland measure, the other condi-

1 Literally

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1 66o— I ( >■ i< ■ 199

tii ins remaining intact, but Willem Bunt or his successors may urn
[pile] firewood or hay, nor build nearer to the mill house than
one Rhineland rod; and inasmuch as Willem Bout complains that he
has sold too cheap, Mr Rensselaer promises, over and above what
is mentioned in the above contract, to pay on bis account to Mr
Arent van Curler the sum of eight hundred guilders in beavers
according to the contract which Willem Bout made with Mr Curler
on the 18th day of this month. All in good faith, done in Rensse-
laerswyck on the 23d day of November 1662.

Jeremias van Rensselaer
This mark X was made by WlLLEM
Bout, aforenamed

Philip Pieterss

. I : van Curler

Lease of a garden in the colony of Rensselaerswyck from Gerard
Swart to Lucas Eldertsen

[284] On this day, the 8th of December 1662, Mr Gerardt Swart,
sheriff of the colony of Rensselaerswyck, acknowledged that he
had let and Lucas Eldertsz 1 that he had hired of him a certain
the lessor's, garden lying in said colony, as the same is fenced
off and has been used by the lessee since the first of March last,
for the time of the four following years to be reckoned from the
first of March aforesaid; for the hire and use of said garden the
lessee promises to pay the sum of <me hundred and thirty-five
guilders in good seawan. in three instalments, namely: A". 1663 a
just third part; A°. 1664 the second; and A". 1665 the last instal-
ment, every time punctually ; the lessee to remain holden to main-
tain and also to deliver over the garden again at the end of the
lease with the fence tight and in good repair. Besides the lessor
shall have the privilege of planting some fruit trees in the garden
for his benefit where it may please him to put them, and the lessee
shall remain holden at the end of the lease to furnish at his expense
a proper picket fence on the south side, so far as the garden extends
in length, provided that the adjoining owner bear half the expense.
For the performance and fulfilment of these the parties hereto

1 He is probably the same person as Lucas Eldertsen from Jeveren (.lever,
in Oldenburg), who in 1649 resided "" the South or Delawari river and
afterwards at New Amsterdam. In 1666, Annetje Jans, tin- widow of Lucas
Eldertsen, married at New Amsterdam Laurens Jansen from Wormer, in
the province of North Holland. See Doc. AY/, to Col. Hist. X. Y. 12:53-54;
Records of Vew Amsterdam and marriage and baptismal records of the
Reformed Dutch Church of New Y< rk.

200 i VRL1 RECORDS OF ALBANY

mutually bind their r< e persons and estates, nothing

excepted, subjecl to the authority of all courts and judges. Done
in the colony ersv yck, dated as above.

( I : Swartt

LUYCKAS ElDERSEN

In my presence,

D. V. ScHEixm m:. Secretary
[662

Bond of Anthony Jansen to Philip Pietersen Schuyler
1 285 I On this day, t he 19th of December 1662, appeared 1"
, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named vvitm nthony Janssz, court messenger of the colony
of Rensselaerswyck, and acknowledged that he was well and truly
indebted to Mr Phillip Pietersz Schuyler in the sum of nineteen
hundred and eighty guilders in good strung seawan, growing out

matter of brand) deliverei him received to his content;

which said sum of 1. [980 he, the subscriber, promises to pay in
the 11 1I1 "i \|'iil A". [663, punctually: therefor binding his per-
son and esta 1 excepted, subject to all courts and jud
Thu e and 1 erwyck in X : Netherland, in pres-
enci ! ' 111 \ isbeeck and Cornell-. Bogardus, as witnesses he
called.

A\ 1 HONY Jansz
Gerret ! 'isbeeck

I K V. Schelluyne, Xot. Pu
1662

Contract of service" of Claes Cornelissen Switz as head farmer

on Willem Teller's farm at Schenectady

1 291 1 ' On this day. the [3th of Januarj [663, Mr Willem

Tailler has engaged and ' la< < ornelisz, s head fanner. 1 has bound

himself faithfully to serve him, Tailler. on his farm lying at

o ,iir blank and .main a t; ntents

lume I hi pi - originally num-

1 and marks 1

Swits, tl 1 its, of

mslaught ber 15.

1655. 1 1 rnelissen Swits was killed accidentally by Philip Hendricksen

■ the ( Orphan I
nlnin. p. 5; ami //. the Schenectady Patent, p. 14.;

lii: meaning tl >al farm hand or foreman of the farm

a man iii ntinp. in ■ to a

hand.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 201

Schenechtede, to him, Claes Cornelissz, known; namely, to have
proper supervision on said farm and to take good care of the plow-
ing, sowing, mowing, threshing, winnowing and whatever else
belongs thereto, in which work he promises to do his utmost duty
and effort. Said service shall continue for the term of one year,"
commencing on the date hereof, in consideration of which service
\\ illem Tailler promises to pay (besides proper food and drink)
the quantity of thirty-six good, whole beaver skins reckoned at
eight guilders each. For the performance and fulfilment of this
contract, the parties hereto mutually bind their respective persons
and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and judges.
Done in Beverwyck, dated as above.

WlIXEM TE[LLER]

This mark X was made by Clamp

Cornelisz, aforesaid

. . [ G: Swartt

As witnesses ■{ rr .. , ,

\Harmen I edderen

D. V. SCHELLTJYNE, Not. Pith.

1663

Indenture of Cornells van Schelluyne as clerk in Jan Cornelissen
van der Heyden's store

[292] On this day, the 13th of January 1663, Mr Jan Cornelisz
van der Heyden has engaged Cornelis van Schelluyne (with con-
sent of his father), who has bound himself faithfully to serve him,
Van der Heyden, in merchandising, keeping books and whatever
appertains thereto, which service shall continue till the first day
of September next: for which service he. Van der Heyden, prom-
ises to pay (besides reasonable board and lodging 1 a suit of clothes
and what belongs thereto, together with a present at the discretion
of Van der Heyden.

For the performance and satisfaction of this contract the parties
hereto mutually bind their respective persons and estates, nothing
excepted, subject to all courts and judges. Done in Beverwyck,
dated as above.

J\x Cornelisz van der Heyden
Cornelis van Schelluyne
Testis: Cornelis Cornelisz Viele

D. V. Schelluyne
1663

202 EARI.\ RECORDS OF ALBANY

Contract of sale of a lot in Beverwyck from Jochem Ketlehem to
Barent Meyndertsen

1 293 ] On this day, the 17th of January [663, appi
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Jochem Ketlehem, 1 of the first part, and Barnet
Myndertsz, master shoemaker, of the second part, acknowledging
the said Ketlehem thai he had sold and he, Barnel Myndertsz, that
he had bought of him a certain, the seller's lot, in breadth along the
highway 29 Rhineland feet, in the rear the same, and in length to
the lot "f Vrnout Cornelisz, as --aid lot now lies over against the
house and lot of Jillis Pietersz in the village of Beverwyck,
to the buyer known: and that free and unincumbered with-
out any charges thereon or issuing out of the same, saving the
lord's right; for which said lot tin- buyer promises to pay the
quantity of twenty one good, whole beaver skins reckoned at eight
guilders apiece, namely, in the month of July next eleven heavers,
.Mid in July 1664 ten beavers, besides at the first opportunity a pair
of woman's shoes and a pair of child's -hoc-, likewise a pair of

g 1 I i- on payment of the first instalment: the buyer shall enter

upon the lot from this date, and the same shall he transferred to
him by a lawful conveyance, in virtue of the patent thereof, on the
menl of [294] the last instalment. For the performance and
satisfaction of this contract, the parties hereto mutually bind their
■ pet his and estates, nothing excepted, subject to the
authority of all conn- and judges.

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in N : Netherland, in pres-
ence of Mr \d11.1en van llpendam and Jacob Gerritsz van I.aer, as
witnesses hereto called.

This mark W was made by JOCHEM
KETLEHEM, aforenamed
B VR] XI .\ln NDERSZ

iriaen ran lip, mdam, witness
Jacob Gerretss ran Laer

D. V. S /'»/'.

1663

Contract of sale of a house in Beverwyck from Hans Carel to
Barent Meyndertsen

1 in this day, the [8th of January 1663, appeared before me.
f'irck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternan

t Kettelhuyn. Sec /'.hi
•■'r Mss, >>. 827.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 203

witnesses, Hans Carelsz, of the first part, and Barent Myndertsz,
of the second part; the aforenamed Hans Carelsz acknowledged
that he had sold and he, Barent Myndertsz, that he had bought of
him a certain, the seller's, house with what is thereto and therein
fast by earth and nail, standing and lying in the village of Bever-
wyck, to the buyer known, the lot remaining in the ownership
[295] of the seller; which said building, as well the cellar as the
house, the buyer on the first of .March next shall have the right to
pull down and move to whatever place is convenient to him; for
which said building or house the said Barent Myndertsz, the buyer,
promises to pay in the month of June next fifteen good, whole
beaver skins, reckoned at eight guilders apiece, and a pair of
woman's shoes; also in the month of June A . 1664 six like beaver
skins, every time punctually. For the performance and satisfac-
tion of what is hereinbefore written, the parties hereto mutually
bind their respective persons and estates, nothing excepted, sub-
ject to the authority of all courts and judges. Thus done and exe-
cuted in Beverwyck in N: Xetherland, in presence of Henderick
Cuyler and Jacob de Truy, as witnesses hereto called.

Hans Carel
Barent Meyndersz

Hendrick Coyler

Jacob du Tru.v 1

Bond of Teunis Dircksen van Vechten to Aert Jacobsen van

Achtienhoven

[296] On this day, the 24th of January 1663, Theunis Dircxsz
van Vechten acknowledges that he is well and truly indebted to
Aert Jacobsz van Achtienhoven 2 in the sum of seventy-seven guild-
ers in beavers, growing out of the matter of the balance of purchase
money for a house, fences and outbuildings upon the land called
Groenendal, lying (at the south end where the descent is toward
the island of Paepskene), in the Greyne bos in the colony of Rensse-
laerswyck, which said sum he, Theunis Dircxsz van Vechten,
herebv promises to pay in the month of June next in good, mer-
chantable beavers at eight guilders each; for which he binds his
person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all

1 Tlie 5 ame as du Trieux, now spelled Truax.

- Aert Jacobsen moved to the Esopus in 1661. Achtienhoven is a village
in the province of Utrecht.

204 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Done iii the colony of Rensselaerswyck, dated
as abi

This mark — was made by I'm I

xsz v.\x Vechten, aforenamed
In i nee,

I ). V. S« m .1.1 i yne, Secretary
1663

Will of Anneke Jans Bogardus

In the name of the Lord, Amen. Know all men [by these

;ents] that lh be 29th of January [663, about four "'clock

in the a . personally came and appeared before me, Dirck

van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter named
witnesses, the worthy Anneke Jan's daughter, first, widow of Roeloff
Jansz van Masterlant, 2 and now lastly of the minister Domine

erhardus Bogardus, dwelling within the village of Beverwyck,
well known to us, the notary and witnesses, she, the testatrix,
[297 I lying sick in bed, but being in full possession of her faculties,
reason, memory and understanding, as il outwardly appeared to
which sa 1 idering the shortness and frailty of human

life, the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the hour then
and therefore wishing to anticipate thi

of her temp 1, declared that deliberately, without indu

nient. persuasion, or deception on the part of anyone, she had made.
ordained and concluded this her present hist will and testament
follows: First of all, commending her immortal soul to the gracious

1 merciful hands of God, her Creator and Redeemer, and her
body to a Christian burial, and hereb) revoking, canceling and 1

null and void all and ever) testamentary disposition which
may heretofore have made and executed and now disposing

W, she, the testatrix, declared that she appointed and institlll
is her sole and universal heirs her children, namely: Sara
Roeloffsz, wife of Mr 3 Hans Kierstede, Catrina Roeloffsz, wife of
Johannes van I '.nigh, together with Jannetie and Rachel Hartgi
children of her daughter Sytge Roeloffs, deceased, late wife of

er llartgcrs (jointly by r< in their mother's

1 Th< e translati e w ill

P
fn >m thai prii 61,

nth century Dutch name for the island of

M:irs!

The island was ceded to Sweden in 1658 at the
. lenmark and Sweden.

f the

will of ll.i! id wife

is in N. Y, 1 1

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 205

[298 J and her son Jan Roeloffsz, and moreover VVillem, Cornells,
Jonas and Pieter Bogardus : and this as regards all the property,
movable and immovable, claims and credits, money, gold and silver
coined and uncoined, jewelry, clothing, linen, woolens and house-
hold furniture, nothing excepted or reserved, which she shall vacate
and leave behind at her death, the same to be equally divided among
them after her death and to be disposed of by them as their own
property without opposition from anyone. Nevertheless with this
express reservation and condition that the aforesaid first four
children shall first of all receive out of their paternal estate appor-
tioned to them in a farm lying on Manhatans island on the North
river the sum of one thousand guilders and this out of the proceeds
or value of the said farm. And whereas three of the said children
at the time of their marriage received a bride's outfit corresponding
to their station and the said Jan Roeloffsz is yet unmarried, there-
fore the testatrix by way of compensation bequeaths and leavi
him a bed and a milch cow and to Jonas and Pieter Bogardus a
house and lot standing and lying on the [299] west side of the
dwelling house of the said testatrix in the aforesaid vil-
lage of Beverwyck, extending in breadth to the chamber of the
same and thence of such width in length to the rear of the bleach-
ing field, together with a bed for both of them and a milch cow for
each of them. Also to Cornells Bogardus a bed and a milch cow,
which shall serve the said children as an equivalent of what the
married children have received. Finally, the testatrix bequeaths to
Roeloff Kierstede I her daughter Sara's child) a silver beaker 1 and
to Annetie van Bruclr (her daughter Catrina's child) a silver beaker
and to Jannetie and Rachel Hartgers (her daughter Sytge's chil-
dren) also each a silver beaker, and to the child of Willem Bogar-
dus, called Sytge, also a silver beaker; all of which the said children
and legatees shall take and receive in advance as above stated out
of the first available property and then they shall proceed to the
division of the residue of the estate in the manner provided for the
above-appointed and instituted heirs. All that is hereinbefore writ-
ten the testatrix declares to be her last will and testament, willing
and desiring that after her decease the same may have full force
and effect, whether as testament, codicil, donation, gift in anticipa-
tion of death, or otherwise, as may be most effectual, even though
certain formalities required by law or usage may not have been
fully [300] observed herein, requesting that the • utmost benefit

'The text read at first: "Roeloff and Annetie Kierstede (her daughter
S?ra's children) each a silver heaker."

2 The notary wrote at t Rod and then changed the name to

"van 1-rnch."

2C>6 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

if may be enjoyed and that by me, the notary, oik- or more
instruments in the usual form may be made and delivered. Thus
done and executed at the house of the testatrix in the villagi
Beverwyck in N: Netherland, in presence of the Honorable Ruth
Jacobsz van Schoonderwoert and Evert Wendel, former magis-
trate-, as witnesses hereto called and invited.

This mark - -AI! is made by Annetie
Jan's daughter with her own hand
Rutger Jacobsz

rt Jansz Wendel

D. V. ScHELLin Pub.

1663

Agreement of the guardians of the minor children of Claes Cor-
nelissen van Voorhout and Brechie Maryns with Jan Tyssen,
second husband of the late Brechie Maryns, regarding said
children's inheritance

( >n this day. the ist of February [663, appeared before me, Dirck
van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter named
witnesses. Cornells van Voorhout, senior, father of the late Claes
Cornelisz van Voorhout, Cornells Cornelisz van Voorhout, brother
of said Claes Cornelisz, deceased, Jacob Schermerhoorn, as husband
and guardian of Jannetie, Cornelis's daughter, van Voorhout, and
Franqois Boon, husband and guardian of Lysbel I van

Voorhout, sifter- of said Claes Cornelisz, deceased, both for them-
and herein representing and undertaking for Lysbel Tyssz,
mother of the late Brechie Maryns. late wife of said Claes van
Voorhout, and in thai capacity as guardians related by blood of
the four children left by him, Claes [301] Cornelissz, named Maryn
aged i-> years, Jacob aged to years, Lysbet aged 8 years and Tryntie
Claese van Voorhout aged 5 years, procreated by the -aid Brechie
Maryns, deceased, his late wife, of the first part; and Jan Tyssz,
the last husband of the -aid Brechie Maryn- and now widowei oi
tin- same, of the econd part ; and they, the subscribers, declari
upon inventory and estimate of tin- estate of -aid deceased |>< :i
as well in the first as in the Second marriage, they have in all love
and friendship agreed and settled with each other regarding the
amount of tin- -aid children's inheritance and portion of their
father's and mother'- propert) and the buying out of [their interest
in] the same, in manner following:

Ian Tvssz -hall be holden and hereby promises the -aid two
olde-t children, namely, Maryn and Jacob, according to hi- al
honestly to rear and bring up for the next live year-; to maintain

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 207

them in food, drink and clothing; to employ them in his ^ervice on
the farm and furthermore to treat and train them, not as a step-
father but as one's own father could and should do ; moreover, for
the benefit of said two children at his own expense to maintain
during >aid time a heifer now in her third year and the increase of
the same which God shall please to bestow, all which at the end of
the aforesaid five years said children shall have and own, each the
just half ; and likewise Jan Tyssz promises to deliver to each of said
two children at the end of said five years a good suit of clothes and
whatever belongs thereto [302]; also, three good new shirts for
each; and finally for the behoof of all said four children the sum of
two hundred guilders in beavers or grain at beaver's value, being
fifty guilders for each; in return for which said Jan Tyssz shall
remain in full possession of the estate, all the debts and credits to
be his profit or loss without said children being liable therefor or
having the right to claim any benefit therefrom ; and the two young-
est children shall remain at the charge and in the care of the afore-
said guardians and blood relations.

The parties hereto having thus come to a final agreement and
settlement in the matter aforesaid, promise, each as far as he is
concerned, faith full}- to observe the contents of these presents
without ever doing or causing to be done anything contrary hereto
in any manner whatsoever, either by or without resorting to law,
for which they- bind their respective persons and estates, nothing
excepted, subject to the authority of all courts and judges. Thus
done and executed in Beverwyck in X : Xetherland, in presence of
the honorable sheriff Gerrart Swart and Phillip Pietersz Schuyler,
called as witnesses hereto.

Corxelvs Zeegers Zegersz Voorhout 1

This mark -f- was made by Corxelis Cor-
xelisz v.\x Voorhout

Jacob Jaxsz Schermerhoorex

Francoys Boon

This mark X was made by Jan Tyssz,
aforenamed
This mark — was made by Brechie Jacobsz, wife of

Cornelis Segersz, aforenamed
G: Swart t

Philip Pietersz D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

1663

1 This signature is partly blotted and indistinct. The second " Zegersz "
may be a mistake and intended for " Zoon." as in the signature to Cornelis
Zegersen's will on page [397].

208 : ALBANY

Lease of a house from Adriaen Gerritsen to Mathys Jansen
[303J < in this day, the 7th of February 1 63, Mr Adriaen Ger-
ritssz and Mathys Jansz have contracted with each other about the
renewal of the lease of a house and lot which he, Mathys Jan
occupying and has leased according to the lease thereof dated the
7th of September 1661, and thai for the term of two consecutive
, beginning on the first of May next, for the sum of twenty-
<><m1. merchantable beaver skins a year, reckoned at eight
guilders ap ery time punctually, and furthermore in accord-

ance with the other conditi lined in said lease. All 111

faith. Done in Beverwyck in New Netherland, dated as abo

Adriaen ( Ierrj i

N SZ

In my preset]

I ). V. S( helluyne, Not. Pub.

1663

Lease of lot 5 at Esopus from Volckert Jansen and Jan Thomas-
sen to Jan Gerritsen van Oldenburg
I in this day, the 9th of February [663, Folckert Janssz and Jan
Thomasz acknowledged thai they had let and Jan < lerritsz van
iburch, as well for himself as repn herein and under-

taking for Gerrit Foocke, that he hail hire.! of them n, the

-', allotment of land being No. 5, lying in the Esopus in the
laid out and projected village, to the lessee known, on the
following conditions: The 1 if land

on I304] the firsl of May next and occupy the the nexl

years.
The promise to deliver to the li

the lease two mares, the one called de Jonge Raven | \

ither J ongh Vossie (Little Fox); tallion

named Coningh (King) and a gelding named Carrepaert
horse) ; also two milch cows, twi ind two barrow

of [the increase of] which said horses and rom which

id the lessees, at the end of

the lease, shall each receive a jusl half, the -aid horses and cattle

ining in the ownership of the lessors, and in case of their

the les to be holden to make good the same out of

the increase, and are t" have the use of them during this lease,

1 to the delivered a wagon fitted with iron

work and a plowshare and colter, which the lessees at the end

lea e hall be holden to deliver up again in g 1 condition.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 20O,

The lessors promise to deliver next spring, the sooner the better,
on the shore at the Esopus, at their expense, three hundred h lards
and six thousand bricks {stcen i, for the building of a proper dwell-
ing like that which stands now on their lot No. 4 and which they
occupy; which dwelling, as well as the barn, rick, fences about tin-
land and whatever more [305] they shall make for their accommo-
dation on the land, as also a bridge over the kill shall remain in the
ownership of the lessors, at an appraisal by impartial persons, but
the lessees shall be holden to pay for said boards and bricks.

The winter wheat now sown, being fourteen skipples, the lessees
shall be holden at their expense to gather in, thresh and winnow
properly for the benefit of the lessors. The winter grain which at
the end of the lease shall be found on the land the lessors shall take
over at an appraisal.

For the use of which said land, horses, and animals, the lessees
promise to pay the sum of three hundred twenty-five guilders a
year in grain at beaver"s value, every time punctually without suf-
fering one year to run into the next unpaid. All taxes and expenses
which may arise in connection with the village, as also work in
making the fortifications or strongholds, during the lease, shall
become a charge upon the lessees.

[306] For the performance and satisfaction of these [conditions]
the parties hereto mutually bind their respective persons and estates,
nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all courts and judges.
Done in the village of Beverwyck in N. Netherland, dated as above.

y< lckartt jansz
Jan Thomasz

This mark + was made by Jan Ger-
ritsz v.\x Oldenburch, aforenamed

. . f Claes Peyterzen, my own hand

As u unesses-^ . „ " ,

I Jan Byvanck, as witness

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pill).
1663

Bond of Volckje Jans, wife of Jan van Hoesen, to Marten

Gerritsen

On this day, the 15th of February 1663, Volckie Jan's daughter,
wife of Jan van Hoesen, acknowledged that she was well and truly
indebted to Marten Gerritsz in the sum of four hundred guilders,

2IO I \KI \ RECORDS OF ALBANY

growing out of the purchase and deliver) of a mare and a stallion,
l>v her to her content received, which said sum of fi. 400 she prom-
ises to pay in good, whole beaver >kins reckoned at eight guilders
each, to wit, in the month of Au just next sixteen heavers: and the
remaining thirty-four beavers in August 1(1(14. every time punc-
tually; therefor binding her person and estate, nothing exo
subject to the authority of all courts and judges. Done in Bi
wyck, dated as above.

This mark X was made by FoLCKIE
Jans, aforenamed

Contract of sale of a house, lot and garden in Beverwyck from
David Schuyler to Wouter Albertsen van den Uythoff

1 307 J ()n this day. the 7th of February i idt Schuylei

acknowledged that he had sold and Wouter Albertsz vanden Vuyt-
hoff, baker, that he had bought of him certain, the seller's, house,
lot, and garden standing and lying in the village of Beverwyck, with
all that is thereon fast by earth and nail, and furthermore with
such servient and dominanl estates and rights as he has to this date

-I'd the same; said house being in length and breadth accord
ing i" the tenor and contents ol the deed oi conveyance thereof,
dated the --d da) of December [660, executed by Annetie Bogar-
dus, ■!' 1 ed to the behoof of the ;eller; standing and lying in
said village of Beverwyck, bounded south and east by Sander
Leendertsen, north by the street, and west by said Anne
dus, deceased, or her heirs: which said house and lot are being
sold and shall be delivered to the buyer free and unincumb
without any charges thereon or issuing out of the same, saving the

right : for which said house and lot the buyer promises I
the quantity 1 308 1 of one hundred and four good, whole beaver
skins reckoned at eight guilders apiece, in three instalments; the
first instalment, being a just third part of -aid sum, on the first of
Jul) next : the second instalment of a like sum on the first of July
[664; and the remaining sum on the first "i~ Jul) [665; every tune
punctually; the buyer shall from now mi have possession of said
hou e and lot and the same shall 1m- law full) conveyed to him upon
the payment of tin- last instalment. For the performance and
satisfaction of these presents the parties hereto mutually bind their
ctive persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to the

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 211

authority of all courts and judges. Done in Beverwyck, elated as

above. „

Day yet Schuyler

wouter aalbers 1

Gerrit van Slichtenhorst

Henderyck Yansen Rooseboom

In my presence,

1). V. Schelluvne, Not. Pill'.
1663

Indenture of apprenticeship of Cornelis Dyckman to Jan Nack
and Willem de Maerschalck
[309] On this day. the i';th of Februarj iGS?,, Cornelis Dyck-
man, young man, aged about sixteen years, with consent of his
mother, Maria Dyckmans, acknowledges that he has bound him-
self, and Jan Nack, both for himself and herein representing and
having power from Willem Marchalck, 2 that he has engaged said
Cornelis Dyckman, faithfully to serve them according to his ability,
with all diligence and obedience, as well in the household as in such
other duties as he is capable of performing and shall be proper,
for the term of four consecutive years, running from the first day
of November last to the last day of October 1666; for which
service said Cornelis Dyckman shall receive during said time reason-
able board, clothing and lodging; moreover, Jan Nack promises to
teach him the trade of gunstock making (laamaecken) as well as
he himself knows it, and at the end of the service (to give him) a
suit of Sunday clothes and a suit of working clothes of cloth,
together with an innocent' and what belongs thereto. For the per-
formance and fulfilment of this contract, the parties on both sides,
each as far as he is concerned, bind their respective persons and
estates, nothing excepted, subject to the jurisdiction of all courts
and judges. Done in Beverwyck in X : Xetherland, on the dale

above written. „

Cornelis Dyckman

.Maria Dyckmans

Jan Nack

/. G. v. Mdrcken, witness

In my presence,

D. V. Sciieleuyne, Not. Pub.
1663

1 There is a blot between the first and the second 1 f " aalbers," as if the
writer had blotted his / and then written the first letter of the name anew.

2 Willem de Maerschalck; see his signature on page 250.

3 A sort of loose garment, or dressing gown, much worn by men in
Holland in the second half of the seventeenth century.

2\1 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Bond of Frans Jansen and Jacques Cornelissen to Jan Cornelissen

van der Heyden

1 310 j On this day, the 22d of February 1663, Frans Jansz
and Jaq nelisz acknowledge that they arc well and truly

indebted to Jan Cornelissz van der Heyden in the sum of six hun-
dred and fully- tour guilders and thirteen stivers, growing out of
the matter of merchandise by them jointly received; of which said
sum each promises to pay the just half in good, merchantable
beaver skins, reckoned at eight guilders apiece, on the first of July
next, punctually and without longer delay; therefor binding their
respective persons .-111(1 estates, nothing 1 d, subject to the

jurisdiction of all courts and judges. Done in Beverwyck, dated as
above.

I' 1; \ns Jansen

This mark A was made b) JaQUES
tsz, aforenan

Lease of a house belonging to Pieter Hartgers to Arent Isaack-

sen van Hoeck
[327]"' On tin- day, the 13th of .March 1663, Gerard Swart, as
well for himself as therein representing and undertaking for Abra-
ham Staas, joint attorm . Eo Wfi Pieter Hartgers, has lei and
Arent Yacxsz, master shoemaker, of him has hired the said Hart-
gers's house and Int. standing and lying on Berch street, 1 in which
Cornelis Bogardus now dwells, in the village of Beverwyck, to the
lessee known; for tin- time ming on the first day

of .May next, for the sum of twenty-eight good, whole, merchantable
beaver skins reckoned at eight guilders apiece, to he paid yearly;
and it i- further stipulated thai said house and lot shall he delivered
the commencement of the lease in proper repair,
window, roof and door tight, the lessee being holden t" deliver up
the same at the end of the lease in like condition. For the per-
formance and satisfaction of these presents, the parties

11 van Slyck, 1
van Schlick red to as elissen.

\lbany, 1:444, !-'> 51: History of the Schen
Patent, nd Van Rensselaer Bozuier Mss, p. 255-56, 800,;

■
2 The document and must have

ved immediately after that on which was nut

Between thesi insert of tlu-

third part i numbered in pencil 311-12

v Mil! in the \ olume i p

nly Patent, i>. 310, refei - t" the term "'t blok

p. ,^20.
'hapel stn

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 213

mutually bind their respective persons and estates, nothing excepted,
subject to the jurisdiction of all courts and judges.
Done in Beverwvck. dated as abo\ e.

G: Swartt

Al:RAM STAAS

Arent Isackx VAX Hoeck

Lease of a house belonging to Pieter Hartgers to Gerrit Lansingh
and Gabriel Thompson

[328] On this day, the 13th of March 1663, Gerrard Swart, as
well for himself as therein representing and undertaking for Abra-
ham Staas, joint attorneys for Mr Pieter Hartgers, has let and
Gerrit Lansingh and Gabriel Thomassz 1 in company have hired the
said Hartgers's house and lot, standing and lying in the village of
Beverwvck, wherein Wouter Albertsz van der Uythoff, baker, now
dwells, to the lessees known ; for the time of one year to begin on
the 1st day of May next, for the sum of eighteen good, whole
beaver skins reckoned at eight guilders apiece yearly, with the
further condition that said house and lot shall be delivered to the
lessors [lessees] at the beginning of the lease in proper repair,
window, roof and floor tight, the lessees being holden to deliver up
the same at the end of the lease in like condition. For the per-
formance and satisfaction of these presents the parties hereto mutu-
ally bind their respective persons and estates, nothing excepted,
subject to the jurisdiction of all courts and judges.

Done in Beverwvck. dated as above.

, f G : Swartt
Approved -I . „

' 1 Abram Staas

Gerrit Lansinck

This mark X was made by Gabriel
Thomassz, aforenamed
In my presence,

D. V. Sciielluyne, Not. Pub.
1663

Lease of one-half of the sawmill on the Wynants kill from Geer-
truy Pieters Vosburgh to Wynant Gerritsen van der Poel
[329] On this day, the 20th of March 1663, Geertruyt Pieters,

widow of the late Abraham Vosburch, assisted by Barent Pietersz,

her brother, acknowledged that she had let and Wynant Gerritsz

1 Gabriel Thompson Stridles, or Struddles.

214 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

van der Poe] thai he had hired of her the just half of a sawmill 1
standing and lying south of the farm of Jan Barentsz Wemp, in the
colnn\ of Rensselaerswyck, with the sawing and other implements,
jusl as the same belongs to them jointly and in partnership and
is in the occupation of the lessor, and a- she aforetime received it
of the- lessee i when she had the use of the mill I, and that in manner
following :

The lessee shall obtain possession and have the use of the mill as
it now stands, on the appraisal of impartial persons mutually
chosen thereto; which lease and use of the mill -hall begin mi the
1 1 1 1 day of April next, when the appraisal shall be made, and lasl
he term of four consecutive years; for hich the lessee prom-
ises to pa) and deliver each year the quantity of four hundred and
twenty five good, merchantable boards, in a lit place on the shore
near the mill, when an In- shipped ami sent away, every time

punctually, without suffering any one year to run int.) the next
unpaid, and without prejudice to any previous claim- which they
have against each other, the same being kept outside of 'hi- an
ment. I330] Moreover tin- lessee -hall he holden to pay the honor-
able patroon of this colony for the use of the waterfall during the
lea-e. Finally it is stipulated and agreed that .at the end of the
lea 1 the aforesaid mill and tools shall lie delivered up mi an
appraisal, for the betterment or deterioration thereof the parties
to indemnify each other without prejudice to each other's rights as
hereinbefore stated (accidents arising without the fault of the
lessee and his men excluded, according to the usage of other -aw
mill- in the colon) I. I'm' the performance and satisfaction of
presents, the parties hereto mutually hind their respective
persons and estates, nothing excepted, subjeel to the authority of
all courts and judges. Done in the colon) of Rensselaersi
dated a- ahove. Thus Subscribed by the parlies in sjood faith.
without craft or guile, in presence of Folckert Jan-/ and Gillis
1 -/. called a- w itnesses hereto.

This mark X wa- made h\ GeERTRI

Til 1 iied

This mark X was made lie BARENT

I'm m rsz, aforenamed

W'yx - xi>i 1,1 ki;1 \ 1. 1 v \xi 1 1; I'.i
Volckartt Jans:., as witness

JclisPietersz, as witm 1 1, \ _ s, helluyne, A'.>/. /'/(/•.

T663

Ml,: W nt's kill in Ri :< iunb I. ^

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND J, 1660-1696 215

Bond of Roelof Willemsen to Jan Hendricksen van Bael
[33 1 ] On this day, the 22d of .March 1663, Roeloff Willemsz
acknowledged that he was well and truly indebted to Jan llen-
dricxsz van Bael in the sum of one hundred and fifty-two guilders,
growing out of the matter of house rent and merchandise received
by him to his satisfaction, for which he has heretofore executed an
obligation; which aforesaid sum with interest on the same at ten
per cent, yearly, beginning on the date hereof and running till the

full payment thereof, Roeloff Willemse, promises to pay in g 1.

whole beaver skins reckoned at eight guilders apiece, at the latest in
the month of July next, punctually and without further delaj ;
therefor binding his person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to
the authority of all courts and judges. Done in the colony of
Rensselaerswyck in N : Netherland, dated as above.

ROELEF WlIXEMSEN

In my presence,

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pld'.
1663

Bond of Dirck Hendricksen van Gottenburch to Jeronimus

Ebbingh
On this day, the 15th of May 1663, Dirck Hendricxsz van Got-
tenburch 1 hereby acknowledged and declared that he had under-
taken to pay for Dirckie-Harmens 2 as his own proper debt, to and
for the behoof of Mr Jeronimus Ebbingh, the sum of one hundred
and fifty guilders in good, strung seawah, for goods by her, Dirckie
Harmens, received of Mr Lodewyck de Rooy; therefore promising
to satisfy and pay [332 ] said sum of rl. 130 to Mr Ebbingh, or his
order, at the very first opportunity, thereto binding his person and
estate, nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all courts and
judges. All honestly and in good faith, these are subscribed in
Beverwyck in X : Netherland, dated as above.

This mark H S was made by Dirck

Hendricxsz van Gottenburch,

aforenamed
As witness, G: Swartt [n my presence,

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. I'llh.
l66l

1 Gothenburg, or Goteborg, a seaport on the southwestern coast of Sweden;
hence Dirck Hendricksen i< elsewhere referred to as de Sweedt, the Swede;
see Early Records of Albany, 1 :I23.

2 Professor Pearson here supplied the name of Weevers October 6,
1656, Dirck.ie Harmens was fined 300 guilders for selling beer to the Indians;
see N. Y. Col. Mss, v. 16, pt 2, p. 7.

2l6 EARLY KECORDS OF ALBANY

Bond of Dirckje Harmens to Gerard Swart
1 m this day, the 16th of -May [663, Dirckien Harmens acknowl-
edged that by a settlement of accounts for goods by her recei
of Lodewyck de Roy, she was well and truly indebted in the sum
of one hundred and thirty one guilders in good, merchantable sea-
wan: which aforesaid -tun she, Dirckien B . promises at the
first opportunity to pay to the honorable sheriff Gerret Swart, or
order; therefor binding her person and e-tate. real and personal,
nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all courts and judges.
1 [onestly and in good faith, these are subscribed in Beverwyck in X :
Netherland, dated a- above.

Derckien Harmens
In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. I'll!'.
1663

Will of Harmen Thomassen Hun from Amersfoort and his wife
1 333 V In the name of God, Amen: Know .all men that on
this day, the _>(>th of .May [663, about 5 o'clock in the afternoon.
before me, Dirck van Schelluyne. notary public, and before the
afternamed witnesses, personally came and appeared the honorable
Harmen Thomasz van Amersfort, 2 master shoemaker, and Catalina
Bercx, husband and wife, to me. the notary, and the undersigned
witnesses known: both being sound in body, standing and walk-
ins;, having full possession and use of their faculties, reason,
memory and understanding, as outwardly seemed, and with

being able to observe anything to the contrary; which
appearers, considering the shortness and frailty of human life,
the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the hour the:'
and wishing therefore to anticipate the same by a proper dis
position of all such temporal estate a- after the decease of the I
of the two it may be found that Almighty God has granted them,
declare that deliberately and after mature consideration, without
inducement, persuasion, or misleading of any persons, they have
made, ordained and decreed this their present joint last will and
nient, in form and manner following:

1 Between 12 and 333, originally numbered [6 and

nt missing, which is entered in the • Concept

request mdcii vant nieuwe doi f jnde Esopus (D petition

II f 1 lurley | in the !■".- ipus )

2 Harmen Thomassen Hun, from Amersfoort, in the province of Utrecht.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 2IJ

First and before all commending their immortal souls, whenever
they shall be separated from their bodies, to the gracious hands of
God. their Maker and Redeemer, and their bodies to a Christian
burial, and revoking, canceling and annulling hereby all and every
such testamentary dispositions, bequests or last wills as they jointly
or separately may have made and executed [334] heretofore, and
now deposing anew they, the appearers and testators, have
nominated and instituted, as by these presents they do mutually and
reciprocally nominate and institute, the survivor of them both as the
sole and universal heir of all the estate, real and personal, claims
and credits, gold and silver, coined and uncoined, jewels, clothing,
woolen and linen, household furniture and other things, nothing
excepted nor reserved, which the first deceased of them both on his
or her death shall vacate and leave belvnd, to do therewith as with
his or her own absolute property,, without opposition or contradic-
tion of any persons, save nevertheless and with this express restric-
ti'in and condition that the survivor shall remain holden to nourish
and bring up in an honest and godly way, until they shall come to
maturity or marriage estate, the five children by the testatrix pro-
created with her former husband, Dirck Bensingh, deceased, namely,
Dirck aged 13 years, Sampson aged about n years, Johannes aged
8 years, Catarina aged 6 years, and Maria Dircxsz Bensingh aged
about 4 years, alone, or with the child or children ( since she, the
testatrix, is at present pregnant, or with child), which they, the
testators, may also have in wedlock; and then to tit out the same as
the survivor in his or her conscience shall think proper, without
nevertheless the outfit being in any manner obligatory ; which nour-
ishment and bringing up they, the appearers, intend and desire
that the survivor shall undertake and that their children shall be
holden to be content therewith, in place of and for their legitimate
portions (belonging to them by law [335] from their deceased par-
ents' estates), and that in consideration of the<c weighty reasons,
to wit, that her said former husband, Dirck Bensingh, deceased, left
her, the testatrix, in her widowhood with a much incumbered estate
and that her said present husband with the labor of his own hands
has earned, cleared oft and paid the greater part of her debts and
charges upon said estate. It is furthermore stipulated that in case
the testatrix die before the testator, and he, the testator, shall marry
again, or leave the country during the minority of said children of
the first marriage, then he shall be holden to arrange with the
hereinafter named authorized and solicited guardians respecting the
children interested herein as they may jointly find just and proper;

2l8 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

to which end [the testators] herein' solicit and appoint as associate
guardians, Mr Adriaen van [lpendam and Jan van Aecken for the
oversighl of said children and carrying out of the contents of this
will, which they hereby accepl ami undertake according to their
ability ; and on the departure Oi decease of one of them, tin- survivor
may choose, take and accept another [to act] with him. Finally, in
case the -aid survivor dies without remarriage, the said children of
the first marriage with the child or children which they shall beget
together -hall inherit and divide equally, share and -hare alike, the

rty which the survivor shall leave behind. All that is here-
i ritteu, they, the appearers and testators, declare to be
last will and testament, willing and desiring that the same

the death of the first of them shall have full force and effect,
whether a- testament, codicil, donation, gift in anticipation of death,
or otherwise, a- ma) he most suitable, notwithstanding thai certain
formalities demanded by law or rule- of court may not herein have
been full) observed; desiring that the utmost hem-lit hereof may be
enjoyed, and that one or more instruments hereof 1336] in proper
form nia\ he made ami delivered by me. the notary, to he used
according to the exigencies of the case.

Thus done ami executed in I'.cverwwck near Fort Orange in Xew
Xetherlaml. at the dwelling of the testators, in presence of said
guardians, Adriaen van [lpendam and Ian van Aecken. together
with Jan Verbecck, neighbors of the test; lied and bidden as

witnesses hereti 1

1 1 \k\ll\ Thom vnsz
This mark X was made b CatALYN-
ti r. I: CX, aforenamed, with her
own hand
\m;i \l X VAN ILPENDAW
J w ROSTER VA\ AAKEN
Jan I 'erbeeck

1). V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
166;

Power of attorney of Symon Jansen Turck to Gerard Swart
Symon Turck declares that he hereby constitutes and app
Mr Gerart Swart, sheriff of the colony of Rwyck, hi- special attor-
ney either a- plaintiff or defendant to prosecute or defend to the
L'.tmosl hi- case against \ndrie- Mhert-/ pending undecided before
onorable court of the -aid colony; to that end all legal Steps to
( bserve unto judgment and final execution of the same : ami further-

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 2IQ

more all things to do, transact and perform in the matter aforesaid
that may be needful and to him seem advisable, promising at all
times to hold valid whatever may he done and performed in the
matter aforesaid by the attorney, without any contradiction, bind-
ing himself thereto as by law provided. Done in the colony of
Rensselaerswyck, the 28th of May 1663.

Symen [JaJnssen Turck

Will of Eldert Gerbertsen Cruyff and his wife
[ 337 J In the name of God, Amen. Know all men that on this
day, the 3d of July 1663, before me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary-
public, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, personally
came and appeared the worthy Eldert Gerbertsz Cruyff, born in
Hilleverson in Gooylant 1 in the Netherlands, dwelling in the colony
of Rensselaerswyck, and Tryntie Jans, born at Noorstrant in Oost-
lant, 2 his wife, known to me, the notary, and to the undersigned
witnesses ; he, Eldert < ierbertsz, being sick, and she, Tryntie Jans,
being sound in body, but both walking and standing and having
full possession and command of their senses, mind, memory and
understanding, as outwardly appeared, without any evidence to
the contrary; which appearers, considering the shortness and frailty
of human life, the certainty of death, and the uncertainty of the
hour thereof, and wishing therefore to anticipate the same by a
proper disposition of their temporal estate to be left behind, declare
that without inducement, persuasion or misleading of any persons
they had made, ordained and decreed this their joint last will and
testament, in form and manner following: First and before all
commending their immortal souls, whenever they shall be separated
from their bodies, to the gracious hands of God, their Maker and
Redeemer, and their bodies to a Christian burial ; and revoking,
canceling, and annulling hereby all and every [338] such testa-
mentary dispositions and bequests as they jointly or severally may
have hitherto made and executed; and especially a will which the
testator made and executed in Amsterdam in Holland in the year
1652, when about to depart hither, holding the same null and of no
value, and making a new disposition, thev, the appearers and testa-
tors, reciprocally declare that they have nominated and instituted, as

1 Hilvrsum, in Gooiland, in the province of North Holland.

2 The clerk first wrote "by Hoe" (probablj intended for Hoesem, or
Husum, in Sleswick, near the island of Nordstrand) and then changed ii to
"jn Oostlant." Whether "Oostlant" stands for Sleswick, or refers to some
small place on the island of Nordstrand. or is intended for Ostland <n the
island of Borkum, one of the East Frisian islands 1 in which case "Ximrt-
strant" should have been canceled as well as "by Hoe") is not clear.

220 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

hereby they do nominate and institute, the survivor of them both as
their sole and universal heir to all the estate, real and personal,
claims, credits, gold and silver, coined and uncoined, jewels, cloth-
ing, linen and woolens, household furniture and other things, nothing
excepted, which the first deceased shall vacate and leave behind on
his or her death, whether here, in Holland or elsewhere, to be used as
his or her own absolute property, without the opposition, contradic-
tion oi '-■ of anj person ; provided nevertheless that thi
vivor of the two remain holden to nourish, maintain and bring up to
maturity or to marriage estate the testatrix'- son, named Albert
Janssz Ryckman, son of Jan Jan--/ Ryckman, her first husband,
.md then lit him out at the discretion [339 1 of the sur-
vivor, which shall serve him for and in place of the lawful portion
of his mother's estate belonging to him. Moreover, the survivor
shall be holden to turn over to said Albert Janssz one hundred and
fifty guilders in beavers or beaver's value for and in place of his
father's estate; and on the death of the first of the two, he or she
(the survivor) shall be holden to part with the half of the estate
for the behoof of said Albert Janssz, and if he, Albert Jansz, happen
to die in his minority, then what is hereinbefore mentioned shall fall
to the survivor of them, the testators; but if they, the testators,
n to die before the said Uberl Jansz, then shall he be the sole
heir, otherwise the survivor of the two, as above. All of which
ditions they, the appearers, declare to be their last
will and testament, desiring that after the death of the first of the
two the same may have full force and effect, whether as testament,
codicil, donation, gift in anticipation of death, or otherwise, as may

be -1 suitable, notwithstanding that some formalities demanded

by law and rule- of curt may not have been fully observed herein,
and requesting that the fullest benefit herefrom may be enjoyed,
and that one or more copies hereof in proper form may be made
and delivered, to be used according to the exigencies of the case.
Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in presence of Mr Vlnaeu
van llpendam and I human Jansz Ryckman, good friends of the
testators, called as witnesses hereto.

ELLER1 I lERBERTSZ f kill-'

This mark X was made by Tryntie
I ws/, aforenamed
Adriaen van llpendam, witness
Thi- mark -f- was made by Harmen
Jansz Ryckman, aforenai

D. V. Scheli Pub.

T663

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 221

Power of attorney from Sander Leendertsen Glen to Govert

Loockermans
[34°] On this day, the fourth of July 1663, appeared bi
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Sander Leendertsz Glen, who declared that he
constituted and appointed hereby Govert Loockermans. trader at
Amsterdam in N : Xetherland, his special attorney to transfer and
in ownership to make over to Fob Jansz Outhout, according to a
contract dated the 2d of April 1658, a certain house and lot wherein
he, Fob Jansz, now dwells, standing and lying in New Amstel on the
South river: therefore, the same to vest in and put in possi
of the buyer, and the principal to divest and dispossess thereof; the
stipulated purchase money to receive and pay to William Teller, or
his order ( who has a right to the same I ; acquittance for the receipts
to grant and in case of refusal to pay. the house and lot to take back
and sell or cause to be sold to meet the payment thereof ; and if the
money proceeding therefrom does not amount to so much, the
remainder to recover from his person and estate without loss or
damage; to this end all the terms of the courts to observe unto
judgment and extreme execution thereof, and furthermore all
things to do, transact and perform which may be needful and may
seem to him proper, promising at all times to hold valid whatever
in the aforesaid matter may be done and performed by said attor-
ney, without any opposition ; provided the attorney be holden a
proper return to make of his said transactions and receipts when
required. Thus done and executed in the colony R: wyck in pres-
ence of Mr Arent van Curlar and Mr Jacob de Hinsse, chirurgeon.
called as witnesses hereto.

Sander Lexrsex
A. -.■an Curler
J. Dehinsse

Bond of Aert Goossens van Twiller to Gerrit Hendricksen van

Rys

[341] On this day. the 4th of July 1663. appeared before me.
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Aert Goossens van Twieler, dwelling in said colonv, born
at Xieukerck in Gelderland, and acknowledged that he was well and
truly indebted to Gerrit Hendricxsz van Rys, free trader here, in
the sum of ten hundred Carolus guilders, Holland money, growing
nut of the purchase and delivery of sundry goods by him received

222 EARLY RECORDS 0] VLBANY

to his content and satisfaction; which said sum of ten hundred
Carolus guilders, he, the appearer, [van Twieler] solicits and
ges his brother-in-law Aert Janssz, shoemaker, at Nieukerck
aforenamed, or otherwise the Hon. Peel van Hennekela, shi
there, who is to have the full administration and din on ol his
inherited estate, to pay to the said Van Rys ( who pn i o return
in the fatherland in the ship de Rooseboom, lying ready to sail),
or in case of Ins death to his heir- and descendants, immediately
after sight of these, out of the inherited estate and effects, which
devolved upon him, the appearer, by the death of his mother Enneke

' sens, deceased, his aunt Gerbertie Geurts, deceased, 1 and other

propert) which may have been bequeathed to him, entrusted to his
said brother-in-law : and in case of failure or refusal to pay, j

dings may be had against him to recover the same with costs,
damage and interest on the same, to commence from the day of
refusal and in run till full and effectual paymenl thereof; herefor
binding his person and estate and especialrj the propert) and effects
deposited with his brother-in-law at Nieukerck, subject to the
authorit) of all lords, courts and judges, especially and chiefly of the
honorable court of Gelderland for the recover) of said sum and
interest thereon in manner aforesaid. Thus done and executed in
the colony of Rensselaerswyck in N: Netherland, in presence of the
Honorable Arenl van < urler, commissioner (gecommitteerde) of
said colony, and Willem Teiller, lieutenant of the burgesses' corps
in Beverwyck, called as witnesses hereto.

\i l;i I 51 NS TWYELER

. / • van ( 'urler
Willem Teller

I ). V. S< HELLUYNE, Not. Pltb.
I66 3

Contract of Gerrit Claessen van Nieukerck to serve on the farm
of Maritie Mynders and Jacques Cornelissen van Slyck

(342 1 On this day, the 7th of Jul) 1663, Maritie Mym
widow of Jan Barentsz Wemp, and Jacques Cornelisz 2 acknowledge
that they have jointly hired and Gerrit Claesz van Nieukerck, farm
servant, that he has bound himself faithfully to serve them on their
farm at Schanechtede in tilling the land and what apperl
thereto, for the term of one year, beginning nest harvest time,

1 \i rhi* poinl tin ' .mil lii- in other J 1

wen

in Slyck.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 223

when she, Maritie Mynders, who has hired him for herself till
that time, can spare him. For which service they, the hirers, at the
end of the year promise to pay him, Gerrit Claesz, besides reason-
able board during the year, the quantity of thirty-four beaver skins
reckoned at eight guilders apiece, to wit, the half thereof in grain
at beaver's price, and the other half, being seventeen beavers, in
goods and merchandise also at beaver's value. For the perform-
ance and satisfaction of these presents, the parties hereto mutually
bind their respective persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject
to the authority of all courts and judges. Done in the colony of
Rensselaerswyck, dated as above.

This mark was made -f- by Maritie
Mynders, aforenamed
M'KES
This mark X was set by Gerrit
essz, aforenamed
As witnesses :

Jan Cornelisz van der Heyden
Cornells Cornells:: Viele

1). V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. P 'lib .

1663

Bond of Storm Albertsen van der Zee and Cornells Teunissert
Slingerlant to Franqois Hooglant, agent of Gerrit Suyck and
Co., merchants at Amsterdam

I 343] On this day, the 9th of July 1663, appeared before me.
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Storm Albertsz van [der] See and Cornell
Theunisz Slingerlant, traders here, who acknowledged that they
were well and truly indebted to Mr Franscois Hooghlant, in capac-
ity as agent for Messrs Gerret Suyck and Company, merchants
residing at Amsterdam and thereabouts in Holland, according to
power of attorney dated the 24th of March last, executed before
Notary Hendrick Schaeff and certain witnesses, shown to us, [the
present] notary and witnesses, namely, Storm Albertsz, for account
of Mr Roeloff Swartwout. sheriff in the Esopus, in the sum of three
hundred and twenty guilders in beavers, and the said Slingerlant
in eight hundred and twenty-four guilders likewise in beavers,
arising from divers goods and merchandise received to their con-
tent and satisfaction as far back as the year 1661. For the payment
of which said sums the said Slingerlant promises to deliver now at
once as many boards (counting 20 boards to the beaver) as possible

224 EARLY RECORDS OE ALBANY

in part payment of said respective Minis and for the balance which
shall then be found to be due they authorize and hereby give full
power to thi aid Hoochlant to sell their respective shares in
their deceased mother's estate, namely, two eighth interests which
they have in the house and lot now occupied by the honorable Burgo-
master Allard Anthony at Amsterdam in New Netherland, accord-
ing t" the instrument thereof executed before me, the notary, and
certain witnesses on the 3d of June [662, and that for the sum of
fortv beavers for each interest, hut if he, Hoochlant, chooses to sell
them Tor less the loss shall be his; therefore, he, Hoochlant, shall
relinquish all his right and title to the same to the put .md

if he '1 11 not th n , the said two eighth interests shall remain
mortgaged until the remaining sums be paid and satisfied, for
which reason it is requested that these presents be recorded in the
[344] secretary's office of the aforesaid city. And in case no pay-
ment he received, the appearers promise, each for himself, to pay
said respective balances in boards, at the price above Mated,
in the spring of the 1 [664, punctually, without further delay,
the aforesaid two eighth interests remaining hound meanwhile till
such time as the balance of the sums shall be satisfied and paid.
for which the appearers furthermore generally hind their persons
and estates, nothing excepted, subjecting tl e to dic-

tion of all courts and judges. Thus done and executed in Bever-
wyck in N : Netherland, in presence of 1 -

Power of attorney from Storm Albertsen van der Zee to Francois

Hooglant

On this day, the 9th of July [663, appeared before me, Dirck

van Schelluyne, notary public, and befi fternamed witnesses,

Storm Ubertsz vander See, who declared that he hereb) constituted

I appointed Mr Francois Hoochlant in capacity as agent for

1 Gerrel 5uycl< and ' ompany, merchants in Amsterdam and

reabouts, in Holland, his special attorne) to sell his just eighth

interest in a house and lot standing and lying in Amsterdam in N:

Netherland, at present occupied by the honorable Burgomaster

Allard Anthony, which came to him by the death and d< his

ording to the agreemenl regarding the settlement of the

before me, the notary, and certain witnesses the

3d of June [662; accordingly, the buyer to vest therein and to put

in possession thereof; the stipulated purchase money to receive

1 The document is e

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AXD 2, 1660-1696 225

and nice for receipts to [345] grant; of which sale the said

Hooghlant (also appearing hi :pts the proceeds 1 at

forty beavers at eight guilders apiece, as they in that respect have
agreed and cont:

of sale to be at his risk, in full

twenty guilders in beavers which Mr Roeloff Swartwout, sheriff
in the Esopus, owes him in his aforesaid capacity and for which he,
Storm Albertsz, herein- personally offers himself as debtor; but in
case he, Hoochlant. does not sell said eighth interest (whi
withstanding shall remain mortgaged to him until said sum shall
satisfied) then he, Storm Albertsz, promises 'to pay him, or his
order, in the spring of 1664, in good, merchantable boards reckoned
at twenty boards for one beaver, to be delivered where

they can be conveniently shipped; [the parties] mutually promising
faithfully to perform these and never to do nor cause anything to
be done contrary hereto, binding thereto their respective persons
and nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all courts

and judges. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in X : Nether-
land, in presence nf .Air Jan Hendricxsz van Bael, trader here, and
Jacob Jansz van Noorstrant, called as witnesses hereto.

Storm Yaxder Zee
Francois Hooglant
/. H. ran Bael:
Jacob Jansen

D. V. Sciielluvxe. Not. Pub.
1663

Bond of Jan Barentsen Dulleman to Pieter van Alen

[346] On this day, the 10th of Jul}' 1663, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Jan Barentssz Dulleman, baker, dwelling in Beverwyck
in X : Netherland, who acknowledged that he was well and truly
indebted to Mr Pieter van Alen in the sum of six beavers reckoned
at eight guilders each, growing out of what he owed to Cornelis Vos,
and for which he. Van Alen, caused his property to be attached, in
consequence of and according to the tenor of a judgment of the
court of the colony of Rensselaerwyck of date the 21st of June
last, (to me, notary in capacity of secretary of said colony, known ),
which said six beavers-, or in place thereof thirty-six guilders Hol-
land money, he. the debtor, hereby requests Lucas Aertsen, smith,
and Mattys Harmenssz, shoemaker, his uncles and guardians, dwell-
8

226 O DS OF ALBANY

ing at Swoll in ( fveryssel, to be pleased to pay out of the inheri-
tance and share in his deceased parents' estate remaining in their
hands within six weeks after sight of this to the agent of him, Van
Alen, to wit, Gerrit Jan--/ Cuyler, trader at Amsterdam, Holland,
and that in the form of a bill of exchange with exchange chargi
he, the ■. in case of failure of payment, when

proof and evidence thereof arrives, to satisfy said sum with
exel charges here without cost and lo

therefor binding his and estate, nothing excepted,

to the authority of all courts and judgi

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in New Netherlani

Mr Franscois Hoochlant and Pieter Danielsz van
■'.Hinda, tailor, called as witnesses hereto.

Francois Hooglant
Pieter Paniels van < Hinda

Jan Bari eman

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Plll>.
I66 3

Power of attorney from the heirs of Annetje Barents to Storm
Albertsen van der Zee
I 347] On th! ore me, 1

lielluyne, notary public, and before thi named witnes

usband and guardian ■
ie Alberts, at lis Slingerlant, husband and guardiai

as well for themselves as herein representing
undertaking for their other sister and brothers, joint heirs of their
mother, the late Annetie Barents, deceased in the
selaerswyck, and declared that they, the appearers, herein ■
tuted and appointed theii rm Alberl their

special i cl and receive out of the es

and effects left by the late Pieter Jacobsz van Rynsburch, who was
grandmother, the late Geesie Parent's daughter,
,1 certain sum of two hundred guilders, which is coining to thi
the appi said deceased grand-

mother, b) virtue of the deed of purchase of their it ■
26th of November 1 - other two hundred guilders coming

the behoof of their cousins (nichten) Geesie Barents
Raei - this end to requesl and solicit payment of

aiders from the honorable, the director general and
council of New Netherland, in part payment of what 1- due said

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 227

Pieter Jacobse from said gentlemen; accordingly, acquittance to
grant for the receipt, and furthermore all things to do, transact,
and perform which may be needful; promising at all times to hold
valid whatever in the matter aforesaid shall be done and perfo
by the attorney, their said brother, without an- opposition, provided
he be holden a proper return to make of his transactions and
receipts when requested. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck,
in presence of Jan Gerritsz van Marcken and Daniel de Honde-
coutrie, called as witnesses hereto.

TUENIS CORNELISE SlYENGHERLANT

Jan Jansen Van Eeckel
This mark 00 was made by Barent
Andriesz, aforenamed

/. G. v. Marcken

Daniel de Hondecoutre

Bond of Jan Barentsen Dulleman to Jan Claessen Backer van

Oossanen

[348] On this day, the 24th of July 1663, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Jan Barentsz Dulleman, baker, dwelling in the village of
Beverwyck, and acknowledged that he, the appearer, in accordance
with a judgment of the honorable court of Fort Orange of date
the 24th of July aforenamed, is well and truly indebted to Jan
Claes^z Backer van Ossanen, 1 free trader here, proposing to depart
for Holland, in the sum of one hundred and thirty-three guilders
and seventeen stivers to be paid in beavers, growing cut (if the
matter of wheat to him delivered to his satisfaction, now about
two and a half years ago; which said sum of ll. [33-17, he, the
debtor, hereby solicits and charges Luycas Aertsz, smith, and
Matins Harmensz, shoemaker, his uncles and guardians dwelling
at Swol in Overyssel, tn pay out of the inheritance which tell to
him by the decease and death of Barent Barentssz van Enst and
Beertie Jansz Dullemans. his deceased father and mother, and
remaining in the hands of his said uncles and guardians; and in
Holland money, to the amount of one hundred and sixteen guilders,
as the parties have agreed and contracted with each other, instead of
beavers, within the time of six weeks after sight of this; promising,
on refusal or default thereof, the said sum of ll. 116 ] tolland n

1 He was prnbablj a brother of Pieter Claessz van Osaenen, mentioned
on page 234. Ossanen, or Osaenen, is the same as Oostzanen, 01 1 lostzaan,
a village about one mile easl oi 1, '" the province >f North Holland.

Ey and pay here in this country, wherever he and his eff<
may be found, with exchange and re-exchange charges, without
- : [349] therefor binding his person and property, real
and personal, having thing excepted, subject to the

ourts, tribunals and judges, wherever this

may be shown, and especially also I inheritance, for the

the payment in case of need withou loss. Thus

done am of Mr Ruth Jacobsz

mer magistrate of said Fori I >range, and
ent Reyndertsz, smith, called as witnesses herel

Tax Barentsen Dulleman
!
Rutg

D. V. 5 '. Pub.

166;

Power of attorney from Storm Albertsen van der Zee to Oloff
Stevensen van Cortlant and Hendrick van de Water
On this day, the ire me,

van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed wi

nn Albertsz van der in Beverwyck, and declared

that he hereby constituted and appointed Mr ( lloff Sti

i and Mr Hendri< I A ater, in their capacity as authorized

curator- of Mr Gillis Verbrugge,

ting here in N :
tain just eighth interest [in and lot] [350] 1

him by virtue of the right and claim which he has from Mr Roeloff
sheriff at Wildwyck it >, husband and guar-

dian of Eva Albertse his, the a: coheir with him

heir mother, the
late Annetie ding to tl lard-

ing the settlement of their mother'-, estate, and tl 1
them by their father, Albert And • of the house and lot at

ipied by Mr Burgomaster Allard Anthony at Amsl
1 in Xew Netherland, E ire me, the notary, and 1

es on the 3d of June n the sum of fort) l>ea\

reckoned at < eive,

and I th' -t in .and put in p n of the

buyer; him, the appearer, to divesl and di 1 in

ell said eighth si the sum of

VRIAL PAPERS 1 AND 2, 1 66o- 1 G< >6 229

:rs, he, the appearer, promises to pay the same in good,
merchantable boards delivered here free upon the shore, reckoned
at twenty boards for the beaver: furthermore, seventeen bea .
within the time of fourteen days after the date hereof, punctually,
the said eighth share remaining bound till said sum is fully paid
and satisfied; all of which is for [351] payment in full of what
the appearer, owes said Mr Gillis Verbrugge; wherefore they, the
curators (also appearing here) shall grant acquittance to Storm
Albertsz for as much as they happen to receive. For the 1*
ance and satisfaction of these, the parties hereto mutually bind their
respective persons and 1 nothing excepted, subjeel

authority of all courts and judg

Thus done and executed in the colony of Rensselaerwyck in
Xew Xetherland, in presence of Johannes Provoost and Jai
Meusz, called as witnesses .hereto.

Storm van der Zee
O. Stkvexsz v. Cortlaxt
Hex Van de Wa

/: Provoost, witness
Jacob Meesz:

D. V. SCHELLUYNI '.</>.

1661

Power of attorney from Teunis Cornelissen Slingerlant to Fran-
cois Hooglant

[35 2 ] On this day, the 27th of July 1663, appeared be
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Theunis Cornelisz Slingerlant, husband and guardian
Engeltie Albert- ter of Albert Andriessz, dwelling at I'.e.

wyck, and declared that he, the appearer, hereby constituted and
appointed Mr Francois Hooglant. agent for Messrs Gerrit Suyck
and Company, merchants at Amsterdam and vicinity, in Holland,
his special attorney to sell a just eighth interest belonging to him,
the appearer, in the house and lot of his father-in-law, Albert
Andriese, standing and lying at Amsterdam in New Nel '. at

present occupied by the honorab' ter Allar ny,

according to the agreement 1 tin- settlement of

of the 3d of June i66_\ by his father-in-law aforesa
the behoof of him and his brothers am'. before me, the

notary, and certain witnesses; accordingly, the same to vest in and
put in 1 -1 of the buyer and him. the appearer, to divest

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

and dispossess thereof, the stipulated purchase money to receive and
For the receipt thereof to grant; and in ca i aid

sold for forty beavers reckoned
guild !i. he, the appearer, promises to pay said 40 beavers

the next yea: said Hoochlant, or his order, in good boards,

twenty hoards to the beaver; and as regards the remainder, or
whatever more he owe- to said < ierrit Suyck and Company, amount-
ing to the sum of sixty three beavers, [ 353 ] he, the appearer, prom-
ises to pay the same this year, the sooner the better, in boards as
e, to the behoof of said Hooglant, or his order and agent, all
For the satisfaction of whal he, the appearer, owes said (ierrit
Suyck and Company, he, the appearer, promising at all times to
hold valid all thai shall be done, transacted and performed in the
matter aforesaid by the attorney; and furthermore for the per-
'action of this, pledges his person and estate,
nothing excepted, to the authority of all judges and law-. Thus
done and executed in l'.everwyck in X. Xetherland. in presence of
Air Gerard Swan, sheriff of the colony of Rensslaerswyck, and
( 1,-. ;m Rotterdam, carpenter, called as witni

hen

1 1 iRNELISE SL^ ENGHERLANT

,. artt
( lae • I 'an Rotterdam

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

Bond of Jan Barentsen Dulleman to Lourens van Alen

f354l On this day, the -'7th of July n eared before me.

Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed

wit- tsa Dulleman, dwelling in the village of

Bei ed that lie was well and truly indebted

/an Men 111 the sum of seventy g

■ .Hand, -rowing out of a I

! b) tlu' appearer received to his satisfaction.

1 chargin e, smith, thys

maker, his uncles and guardians dwelling at S

in O '. within six weeks • pay the said

guilders Holland money to (ierrit Jan--,- Cuy]

dam in Holland, agent for him. Lourens van Alen.

e which came to him by tl id death

of ' Enst and Beertie Jan's dat lulleman,

NOTARIAL TAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 23 1

his father and mother deceased, in the hands of said uncles and
guardians remaining; in case of refusal (contrary to expectation)
he, the appearer, promises to pay said sum of fl. 70 here, with
exchange and reexchange charges, on demand, and without loss and
damage ; therefor binding his person and estate, real and personal,
nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all courts and judges.
Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in N : Netherland, in
presence of Claes Jacobsz 1 van Rotterdam and Jacob Meusz, 2 car-
penters, called as witnesses hereto.

Tax Barentsen Dulleman
Claes Jacobse
Jacob Mecsz:

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pub.

166s

Substitution of Claes Bordingh and Pieter Jacobsen Marius for
Francois Hooglant as attorneys of Gerrit Suyck & Co.,
merchants at Amsterdam

IMS] On this day, the 27th of July 1663. appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Mr Francois Hoochlant, agent of Messrs Gerrit
Suyck and Company, merchants at Amsterdam and vicinity in
Holland, according to power of attorney dated the 24th of March
last executed before Notary Hendrick Schaeff and certain wit-
nesses, at Amsterdam aforesaid, (to us [the present] notary, and
witnesses shown), containing a clause of substitution; |and
declared] that he hereby substituted in his place and authorized
Claes Bordingh and Pieter Jacobssz Marius, 3 jointly and severally to
demand, collect and receive of sundry persons, debtors of said
Messrs Gerrit Suyck and Company, dwelling in this country, pay-
ment of such debts as are due the same, according to obligations
and proofs, by list placed in the hands of the substitutes: therefore,
acquittance for receipts to grant ; the unwilling debtors to coerce
to payment by legal proceedings and rigor of justice ; to this end
all the terms of the courts to observe unto judgment and
extreme execution thereof ; finding themselves aggrieved by the
decisions, to challenge the same and to appeal therefrom and to

1 Claes Jacobsen Gnu -I

2 Jacob Meussen (or Bartholomi rooman.

3 Claes Bordingh and Pieter Jacobsen Marius were at an early date in
partnership and at this time apparently joint owners of a yacht which sailed
between Beverwyck and New Amsterdam, and possibly to the South river;
see A". 5'. Col. Mss, 3:16; 8:939; and Doc. Rel. to Col. Hist. X. )'., 13:263-65.

ALBANY

and

further; o do, transact and perform, which may be

Iful and which may be thought proper bv them: promising at

all times to hold valid whatever may bi md performed in the

ma" ' by virt . jointly

■ rally, without any o] ed that the substitutes be

holden a pri ike of thi -aid trans and

eipts. Thus done and i the col

ck, in pr< nd Andries Taille

chants, called as witni

US HOOGLANT

\er D. \ luyne, A

1663

Bond 01 Carsten Fredericksen van Jeveren to Margarita Harden-

broeck

[356] On this (1, iily 1663, appeared before me,

Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
will 1 en, 1 master smith here in

eived to I
tion by the hand ck, wife of Fredrick

rdam in New Netherland, the
and charging hereby
Re) at An in Holland, to

Margarita Hardenbri the just

if, within the timi sum of

three hundred Carolus guilders Holland mone)
in d ind refusal of which (contrary to expectation ) he, the

im of tin .red

guilder- lloilaii' here in this country, with e:

. without cost or loss; therefor
ling his "ted. sub the

authi ill courts and jml

Thus done and 1 n N : Netherland, in

presi !■■

eto.

Karsten F
Jan S

I ). \

VRIA1 PAPERS I AXD 2, 1660-1696 233

Decision of arbitrators respecting the payment of a debt due
from Willem Jansen Schut to Johannes Withart, with a receipt
from Schut and a promissory note of Cornelis Bogardus

[357] The 29th of July 1663, in Beverwyck

Whereas it was ordered by the honorable court of this town in
regard to the debt of Willem Schut alias Dommelaer 1 to Johannes
Withart that two arbitrators should examine the books and accounts
of Withart, for which purpose were chosen Messrs Volckert
and Phillip Pietersz Schuyler, who find everything to be correct :
and whereas the money for the house sold by Willem Dommelaer to
Mr Cornelis Bogardus has been attached by said Withart; the said
arbitrators adjudged that the said stipulated purchase money may
be taken and received by said Withart in part payment of his
account and that the first payment, to wit, the half, being 40 beavers,
which is now due, may be taken and received by said Withart of
Cornelis Bogardus. However, in view of said Domrnelaer's [situa-
tion] in these sad war times with the savages and [that] his wife
is also a prisoner among the savages, 2 said Withart, on the advice
and with the consent of said arbitrators is moved to be lenient to
Wilhem Dommelaer in this his sad estate and to accommodate him
with merchandise to the value of ten beavers, to be taken out of the
first payment now- to be received ; which I, the undersigned Willem
Dommelaer. also to my satisfaction receive of said Withart and
said Withart shall take and receive the money for the house.

Willem Jansen Schuet

'■Dommelaer means "drowsy-head," or "the dozer." See Van Rensselaer
Bowier Mss, p. 836. Tt is not impossible that John Shutte, the first English
schoolmaster at Albany, licens ernor Nicolls October 12, 1665, was

a son of the above Willem Jansen Schut. See Albany Annals, 4:16.

2 Referring to the second F.sopus war, of 1663. during which Domrnelaer's
id child were made captives. See Doc. Rel. to Col. Hist. N. Y.. 1,5:246,
and Oldc Ulster, 1905, 1:2 1 Sylvester, History of Ulster C

p. 50, which, instead of Domrnelaer's wife, mentions " Grietje. wife of Dominie
Laer, and a child." anion" the persons taken prisoner by the Indians. The
same mistake, which probably I in the now destroyed translations

\>- I rancis Adrian van der Kemp, occurs also in Ecclesiastical Records of
the State of Nezv York, I :S3S, with the statement: "lie was a Lutl
minister, who seems to have horn in this vicinity at this time." alluding
thereby to the Rev. Carolus Laurentiu: I minister on the

Delaware. A. T. CI n hi of Ulster Comity, p. 46, also

gives the name as "Dominie Laer" and calls him a Lutheran minister, while
in addition he ei with \driaen van Laer. who

a tanner and shoemaker at \ m. Schoonmaker's Hist

Kingston is wrong al nentions among the captured: "Grietje, wife

of Dominic Laer. ani

234 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Cornells Bogardus hereby promises to make over and pay to Mr
Johannes Withart, or his order, the first instalment of 40 beavers
now due, as also the second instalment of 40 beavers, which shall
be due next year, according to the above award, provided that
Withart release him therefor from all demands, and that a proper
conveyance be executed to him for the above mentioned house and
lot.

Done in Beverwyck, this nth of September [663.

Cornelis Bogardus

Bond of Jan Barentsen Dulleman to Pieter Claessen van

Osaenen

[358 1 ( >n this day, the 3d of August 1663, appeared before me.
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Jan Barensz Dulleman, baker, dwelling at Beverwyck,
and acknowledged thai he was well and truly indebted to Pieter
Claessz van ( isaenen, 1 free trader here, in the sum of one hundred
and thirty-six guilders Holland money, to he paid in Holland, for
merchandise delivered to him here and by him received to his sat-
iction in Holland value; which said sum of one hundred and
thirty six guilders he, the appealer, hereby requests and charges
Luycas ^.ertsz, smith, and Mathys Harmensz, shoemaker, hi
and guardians, dwelling a1 Swol in Overyssel, to pay out of the
inheritance which came to him b) the death and di • Barent

Barentsz van Enst and Beertie Jan'.- daughter Dullemans, his late
father and mother, and remaining in the hands of his said uni
and guardians, and that in Holland money to the amount as ab
accordin ey, the parties herein, havi I and contracted

with each other, within the time of sis weeks after sight of this;
promising in default or refusal hereof, the said sum to pay and sat-
isfy here in this country or wherever he and his effects may be
Found, with exchange and reexchange charges, on demand, without
loss i binding his person and i eal and personal,

[359! ha d, subjeel authority

of all courts and judges where this may be shown, and especially his
said inherited estate, for the recovery of the payment if need be
h ithoul costs or lo

1

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l66o— 1696 235

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck, in presence of Mr I'ieter
Symonsz and Barent Albertsz, called as witnesses hereto.

Jan Barentsen Dulleman
Pieter Symonsz Michiels
This mark X was made by Barent Albertsz,

aforenamed

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pltb.

1663

Power of attorney from Harmen Thomassen Hun to Adriaen
van Laer (incomplete)

On this day, the 2d of August 1663, appeared before me, Dirck
van Schelluyne. notary public, and before the afternamed witnesses,
Harmen Thomasz of Amersfort, 1 master shoemaker, husband and
guardian of Catalina Bercx, last widow of Dirck Bensem, 2 deceased,
dwelling in the village of Beverwyck, near Fort Orange, and
declared in that capacity that he hereby constituted and appointed
Ariaen van Laer, also master shoemaker, being about to depart
for Holland by the ships now ready to sail, his special attorney t<>
demand, collect and receive from his said wife's brothers deceased,
to wit, Willem Berck and Hendrick Berck, by the hands of Mr
Gryp, secretary of the orphan chamber at Amsterdam in Holland,
a certain sum of one hundred and fourteen Carolus guilders,
which his wife, furnished and lent to her said brothers according to
obligation of date the 8th of March 1656, placed in the hands of
the attorney, which said sum of fl. 114 her said brothers deceased
placed in [360] the hands of said Mr Gryp to be put out at interest
for the behoof of their said sister, Catalyna Bercx, until she or
some one else on her behalf should demand the same again, as said
attorney being the last time in the fatherland . . . [not finished and
canceled].

Bond of John Willett and Andries Teller to Goosen Gerritsen

van Schaick

On this day, the 3d of August 1663, appeared before me, Dirck
van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed witnesses,
Mr Jan Willet and Mr Andries Teller, merchants at present at Fort
Orange in Beverwyck, who acknowledged that they were well and
truly indebted to Mr Goosen Gerritsz van Schaeyck in the sum of

1 Harmen Thomassen Hun, of ^mersfoort, in the province of Utrecht.
;: Dirck Bensen, or Bensingh.

OF ALBANY

: ht at for:

■. ing out i if tlu- pur-

nd delivery of two hundred beavers by them, the appearers,

eived, which said six hundred and six good p I at

forty-eight each, Holland money a they, the

appi ointly and severally promi y all at i

van Schaeyck or the lawful bearer hereof in the
latti \pril A". 1664, [361 ) punctually and

withoul : binding thereto thei and

subjeel to the authority 1 and

judgi

Thus done a uted in Beverwyck in N: Netherland, in

pre 1 Mr Willem Marcha] and Jan Nack, also tradi

I as v, itnesses hereto.

John \\
Andries Ti

II illen rschalck

As witnesses

ack

D. V. SCHELLUYNl . lib.

1663

in is writti
id thai [bond] are satisfied and it is

therefore cat igusl U

D. V

1664

Bond of Jan Barentsen Dulleman to Jan Hendricksen van Bael
the 6th of August 1663, appeared before me, Dirck
van Schelluyne, notary public, the afternami

Jan baker, dwelling in B

and truly indel
1, free trader het sum of

and lilders am

of goods and merchai

1 ; which sin

the appearer, hereby 1 and

. smith, and Mathys 1 [armensz, shoemaker, his

! e-> and i elling at Swol in 1

land money out which 1 the

iii and di 1 ent Barents fan's

daughter 1 ' , his dei d which

ains in Is 1 3G2 1 1 uardians,

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 237

wit, one hundred and forty Carolus guilders at 40 groats apiece,
as said parties have agreed and contracted with each other, within
the time of six weeks after sighl of this, to wit, to Jan I
Backer, the lawful bearer of this. In default or refusal whereof
he, the appearer, promises to pay and satisfy said sum of 11.
Holland money here in this country, or wherever he and his effei
may be found, with exchange and reexchange charges, on demand,
without loss or costs; binding his person and estate, real and per-
sonal, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and judges where this
may be shown, and especiall) said inherited estate, for the recovery
of the payment if need be without loss or costs. Thus done and
executed in Beverwyck in X: Netherland, in presence of Mr
Phillip Pietersz Schuyler and llermen Vedder, traders here, called
as witnesses hereto.

Jan Barentsen Dulleman
Philip Pietersz Schuyler
Harmen Vedderen, as wit.

Bond of Jan Barentsen Dulleman to Gerrit Bancker

[363] On this day, the 6th of August 1663, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Jan Barentsz Dulleman, baker, dwelling in
Beverwyck, and acknowledged that he was well and truly indebted
to Mr Gerrit' Banckert, trader here, in the sum of seventeen and a
half beavers reckoned at eight guilders apiece, growing out of the
purchase and delivery of wheat to him to his satisfaction delivered
m the years 1661 and 1662 ; besides the sum of four beavers to
Barent Reyndertsz, master smith here, for the rent of a house;
being together twenty-one and a half beavers; requesting and
charging hereby Lucas Aertsz, smith, and Mathys Ilarmenssz,
shoemaker, his uncles and guardians dwelling at Swol in Overyssel,
in place of said beavers to pay to Air Abel de Wolff, merchant at
Amsterdam in Holland, in good Holland money, the sum of one
hundred and twenty-nine guilders, out of the inheritance which
came to him by the decease and death of Barent Barentsz van
Enst and Beertie Jan's daughter Dullemans, his late father and
mother, and which remains in the hands of his said uncles and
guardians, within six weeks after sight of this, punctually and
without longer delay ; in default and refusal of which he, the
appearer, promises to satisfy and pay said sum of fl. 129 Holland
money, or the value thereof, here in this country or wherever he

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

and his effects may be found, on demand, with exchange and reex-
change charges without loss or costs; binding thereto his person
and estate, real and personal, nothing excepted, subject to all courts
and judges wherever this may be shown, and especially the said
inhi for the recover) of said sum if need be without

loss or costs. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in N:
Netherland, in presence of Gerril Hardenberch and Henderick
Gerritsz van der Meulen, called as witnesses hereto.

Jan B \ri ntse \ Dui
Gerit Jansz van Herttenberc[h]
Hindrick Garites as witn<

Bond of Jan Barentsen Dulleman to Marcelis Jansen

[365] 1 On this day, the ^.ugusl [663, appeared b<

Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Jan Barentsz Dulleman, baker here, and acknowl-
edged that he was well and truly indebted to Marcelis Jansz, hum
at Bommel in Gelderland, also an inhabitant here, in the sum of
lift) Carolus guilders at (Ogn land money, g

out latter of g Is delivered for his wants and nee

ami to hi-- 1 and satisl ved; which said sum

tift\ l arolus guilders, he hereby requests and charges Lui
Aertsz, smith, and Mathys Harmensz, shoemaker, his uncle- and
guardians dwelling at Swol in 0\ 10 said Mara

I 1 z propo Holland by the first a ready

to -ail, or to the bearer of this, oul of the inheritance which came
to him b) the death ami decease of Barenl Barentsz van Enst and
Beertie Jan's daughter Dullemans, hi- late father and mother, and
which remain- in their hands, within the time of six week- a
sight of this, punctuall) and without longer delay; in default
refusal of which, he promises tin- said sum of fifty guilders, Holland
money, or the value thereof, i" 1 1 and here in this country,

withot or costs, with ind reexchange charges.

Binding hi- i e, real and personal, nothing excepted.

subjei 1 to the authot it) of all and judgi

inherited | 366 1 estate, fot thi ) if need In- 1 ayment,

w ithoul costs or lo

'In n nini in 1 being

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 239

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in
presence of Mr Gerrit Swart, sheriff of the colony of Rensselaers-

wyck, and Jan Cloete, trader here, called as witnesses hereto.

Jan Barentsen Dulleman
G: Swartt

Johannsz Clutc

I). V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1663

Bond of John Willett to Jan Coster van Aecken
On this day, the 7th of August 1663, appeared before me, Dirck
van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed wit-
nesses, Mr John Wilier, trader in New England, at present here
in Beverwyck, and acknowledged that he was well and truly
indebted to Mr Jan Coster van Aecken, trader here, in the sum of
three hundred and four good pieces of eight at forty-eight stivers
apiece, or in Holland currency and specie, growing out of the pur-
chase and delivery of a hundred good beavers by him received to
his satisfaction; which said sum of three hundred and four good
pieces of eight at forty-eight stivers apiece, Holland money as
above, he, the appearer, promises to pay to said Jan Coster van
Aecken, or to the lawful holder of this, the last of the month of
April A . 1664 next, punctually, without longer delay; binding his
person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all
courts and judges wherever this may be shown, for the recovery
of the payment without costs or loss. Thus done and executed in
Beverwyck in X : Xetherland, in presence of Carsten Pietersz and
Andries Tailler, called as witnesses hereto.

John Willett
This mark X was made by Carsten

Pietersz, aforenamed
Andries Teller

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub
1663

Bond of Jan Barentsen Dulleman to Jochem Wesselsen

[367] On this day, the 7th of August 1663, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Jan Barentsz Dulleman, baker here, and acknowledged
that he was well and truly indebted to Jochem Wessels, also baker,
here, in the sum of two hundred and sixty-four Carolus guilders

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

paid in wing out of the purch

deliver) i red to him to his

662; which said sum of two hundred and sixty-four guilders

y requests and charges Lu<
nd Mathys 1 larmi and

jwol 111 ( and pay to

e lawful

inheritance which came to him by the

nd Beertie Jansz Dulle-

11s, his la 1, and w lains in

their hands, within the til \ weeks after sight of this, punc-

. ; in default and refusal of which, he,
the aid sum to pay here

, with exchange and reexchange charges; binding his

on and i abject to the authority of all

, ts and j said inherit! . for the

ment thereof without loss or costs as above.

and executed in Beverwyck in X. Netherland, in

art Swart, sheriff of the colony of Rensselaers-

wyck, and V

lie;.'

Jan Ba ;a.\

wartt
IVillem Brom

D. V. Scheli

Power of attorney from Ludovicus Cobes to Marcelis Jansen

I 368] On th Vugust [663, appeared be

Dirck van Schelluyne, notar) public, and afterna

vviti ' at I terenthal i. court

1 It ange and the village of I and

thai he hereb) constituted and appointed Marcelis Janssz

van Bommel, dwelling here in B< . proposing for

land in hips lying 1 sail, his

with kindne and friendship if possible, otherwise by judicial

ins and proceedings, land, take and receive from the

hands of Mr Julian ten, draper, at Gierle in the land of

TurenllOUt, 2 his uncle, such furniture as his said uncle has in his

Antwerp, Belgium.

- I U1 ' \nt\Vcl ■

H Hie 1 ockermans family cum- rnhout.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 166O-1696 24I

hands and care, according to the tenor and contents of a certain
missive to him written by his sister Jenneken Heylen, of date the
20th April 1655, the original of which is placed in the hands of the
attorney with this power of attorney.

Therefore, acquittance to grant for the receipts, and in case
of refusal ( which is not expected) the same to advance by legal
proceedings and the rigor of justice; to which end all the terms of
the courts to observe to judgment and extreme execution thereof,
and furthermore all things to do, transact and perform, either in
or out of court, which may be needful and which he may think
proper and as he, the appealer, if himself present, might or could
do ; with [lower also one or more persons ad Sites in his place to
substitute; and futhermore all things to do, transact and perform
which may be needful and which he may think proper, promising at
all times to hold valid whatever may be done and performed in the
matter aforesaid by said attorney or said substitutes, without any
opposition, provided that the attorney be holden a proper return to
make of his said transactions and receipts. Thus done and exe-
cuted in Beverwyck in X : Xetherland, in presence of the Honor-
able Johan Verbeeck and Stoffel Jansz Abel, magistrates of said
Fort Orange and Beverwyck, called as witnesses hereto.

Ludouicus Cop.es
Jan Verbeeck
Stoffel Jansz Ah eel

D. V. ScHELLTJYNE, Not. Pub.

1663

Power of attorney from Jan Barentsen Dulleman to Jochem

Wesselsen
[369] On this day, the nth of August 1663, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Jan Barentsz Dulleman, baker, proposing to
depart for Holland, and declared that he hereby constituted and
appointed Jochem Wessel . also baker here in Beverwyck, his
special attorney to demand, collect and receive out of the estate of
Andries Herbertsz Constapel certain twenty-two beavers reckoned
at eight guilders apiece, due to him from said Constapel according
to obligation deposited with Folckert Jansz and Air Adriaen van
Ilpendam. curators of said estate, and registered by them in the list
with other creditors; acquittance fur the receipt to grant, and in case
of refusal, or dispute with the curators and fellow creditors, by

_>4_' I ^Rl i Rl I ' IRD - I 'I VLB ANY

mean- of judicial process to determine the priority or equality
of liis claim; his righl to defend and such payment to obtain as
shall be adjudged him by the courts; to this end all the terms of
the courts to observe to judgment and extreme execution thereof,
and furthermore all things to do, transact and perform, which may

needful and which may be judged by him proper, as he, the
appearer, might or could do if he himself were present; with
power also with the curators and creditors to compound, arrange
and agree, and one or mor< is in his place to substitute;

imising at all times to hold valid all thai by said attorney or
said substitute shall be done and performed in the matter afore-
said without an) opposition, binding himself thereto as b) law pro-

ed; on condition that the attorney be holden a proper return to

of his -aid transactions and receipt- when requested.
Thus dune and executed in Beverwyck in X: Xetherland, in
presence < if Louris van Men and Andries Tailler, called as wit-
- hereto.

Jan Barentsen Dulleman
Lourus ran Alen
. Indrii s Tailler

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pub.
I66 3

Lease of a farm at Schenectady from Gerrit Bancker and Harmen
Vedderen to Symon Symonsen Groot
[370] The 1 nli of August 1663 in Beverwyck in New
Netherland
: onditions on which we, the subscribers, Gerrit Bancker and
en, have let a farm to Symon ('.runt for the lime of
six 1 beginning on the tst day of May this ye;

but the tirst year the lessee is to have it free ol rent, and tl 1
following years he must pa) yearly for said farm five hundred
guilders in beavers, or grain at the market price to be paid hi

Farm shall contain 25 or 30 morgens lying at Si ede,

where shall be delivered to him a dwelling, barn and rick in

idition, and 6 drafl horses, 3 of which mares, 6 milch cows, two
sows; the lessors to deliver said i 1 ommencemenl of

the tillage, al halves of the increase, ai 1 e any ni the delive

animal- or die. the lessee shall be holden to make the number

id again oul of the common ii furthermore the les

shall deliver for the use of the lessee, cart-, plows, harrows, and the
ham edful thereto, on condition that the Ii ill be hold

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 243

at the end of the lease to deliver them all up again as he received
them; it is also stipulated that the lessee shall be holden every year
to draw wood for the behoof of the lessors one week; for the per-
formance and satisfaction hereof, the parties hereto mutually bind
their respective persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to
the authority of all courts and judges. Thus done and executed in
Beverwyck in X: Xetherland, in presence of Evert Wendel and
Daniel Jansz van Antwerpen, called as witnesses hereto.

Gerret Bancken
Har.m en Vedderen

Evert Jansz Wendel Symen Symensen Groot

Daniel J an sen van Antzverpen

I ». V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pltb.
I663

Power of attorney from Pieter Symonsen Michiels van Oossanen
to Jacob Schermerhoorn

[371] On this day, the 27th of August 1663, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Pieter Symonsz van Oossanen, being about to
depart for Holland, and declared that he hereby constituted and
appointed Mr Jacob Schermerhoorn his special attorney to demand,
collect and receive of divers persons, his debtors, payment of such
sums as are coming to him, according to proofs thereof placed in
the hands of the attorney; for the receipts acquittance to grant: the
unready by means of judicial proceedings to constrain t:> pay; to
this end all the terms of the court- to observe t>> judgment and
extreme execution thereof ; and furthermore all things to do,
transact and perform which may be needful and which may be
thought proper by him; promising at all times to hold valid what-
ever in the matter aforesaid may be done and performed by the
attorney, without any opposition, provided the attorney be holden
a proper return to make of his said transactions and receipts, when
required.

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in
presence of Jan Nack and Hendrick Bries, called as witnesses

hereto. Pieter Symonsz Michiei

Jan Xack

Hendrick Bries 1 D. V. Schelluyne, Not. I

1663

1 Hendrick P.ru 5 was a shoemaker at Beverwyck. He died before August
21, 1696, when hi* widow, Maria de Hooghes, married Jacob 1
widower of Tryntje Claasen.

J44 'KUi OK ALBANY

Will of Jan Cornelissen van der Heyden and his wife
[372] hi f the Lord, Amen: Know all n

on this ist day 63, about 8 1 irn-

ing, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and bei

the afternamed witnesses, personally came and appeared the
worthy Jan Coi an der Heyde, born at Sevenbergen 1 in

iant, and the virtuous Aeltie Jansz Wemp, born in the colony
of I married ; known to me, the notary, and

i, both sound of body, standing and
walking, in full p on and command of their faculties, reason,

nd understanding, as far as one could outwardly judge;
which appea idering the shortness and frailty of human life,

certainty of death and the uncertainty of the hour I and

ire t" anticipate tin- same by a proper disposition
their temporal estate-, to b hind, declare that without indui

ment, persuasion, or misleading of any persons they have made
ordained and decreed this present, reciprocal last will and t<
ment of them both, in form and manner following:

Firsl and before all commending their immortal souls, whei
the) in their bodii d merci-

ful hand 1, their < 1 < mer, and

11 burial, and revokinj ling and annulling hereby all

and singular such bequests and itary dispi they

may have hi jointly or severally made and executed, either

;■ in writing, holding null and of no account and

making a new disposition, they. [ 373 ) the appearers and testa:

child or children procreated by them living,
have reciprocally nor ind instituted, as they do herein- nomi-

nate and institute, the survivo sole and universal

all the estate, real and pi and

silvi ed and ir jewels, clothing linen and woolens,

household furniture, etc., together with the inheritances already

him, tin te tator, in Brabanl by the death of his motl

brother, >ns and blood relations, or which may

be left to him during his lifetime, as also that left to the te-tatrix

in - itry by the death of her father. Jan Barents? Wemp,

1 the inheritances also which may fall to her during her lifetime,

1. with all which with In

her own property, without 1! 1 of any

111 '> miles

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 245

persons; provided nevertheless and with this express restriction
and condition, that (as the testators' estates are in common) the
survivor shall remain holden to make and turn over the first fourth
part of said estate to the nearest blood relations ( then living) of
the first deceased of the two, and that for good reasons the n
tive testators' minds moving thereto. All which conditions they,
the appearers and testators, declare to be the last will and [374]
testament of them both: willing and desiring that the same after
the death of the first of the two may have full force and effect,
whether as testament, codicil, donation, gift in anticipation of death,
or otherwise as may be most suitable, notwithstanding that certain
formalities demanded by law and rules of court may have been
neglected or not have been full} obsi ed n, desiring that the

utmost benefit may lie enjoyed herefrom: and that one or more
copies hereof in proper form may be made and delivered by me,
the notary, to be used according to the necessities of the case.
Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in X : Xetherland, at the
dwelling house of the testators, in presence of Mr Hendrick Janssz
Roosseboom and Arnout Cornelisz Viele, traders here, called as
witnesses hereto.

Jan Corxeltsz Vander Hevdex
Aeltie Jans Wemp

Henderick Yansen Rooseboom

Arnout Cornells Veilen 1

D. V. SCHELLl VNE, Not. Pllh.
1663

Power of attorney from Hans Coenraetsen to Abraham Coyen
and Cornells Spycker, merchants at Amsterdam, to obtain
indemnity for a house in Brazil forfeited to Portugal

[375] On this day, the 12th 2 of September 1663, appeared
before me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public admitted by their
high mightinesses the states general of the United Netherlands,
residing in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, and before the herein-
after named witnesses, Hans Coenraetsz, baker , a dwelling in the
village of Beverwyck in X : Xetherland, and acknowledged that he
had bought of Hans van der Lip, late trumpeter to His Excellenc}

1 "<• general!; nanr "Arnout Cornelis ''■■ h

2 The date is changed from the ~lh to the 12th.

3 Hans Coenraetsen van Neurenburch (Nuremberg, Bavaria), formerly
adelborsl (cadet) in the servi 1 Dutch West India Company.

EARL'S RECORDS OF ALBANY

-Mauritius count of Nassau, 1 the just half of a house upon a lot
granted by his excellency in Brazil upon the marketplace in Mcuris-
mded on the one side by the old kitchen of his excellency,
according to the tenor and contents of the contract of sale then
dated the 27th of March [643, executed before Notary Frano
Montanier and certain witnesses, and that for the sum of twenty-
!i hundred guilders, the other half being owned by the appearer,

according to proof thereof; and whereas the land of Brazil
now belongs to the state of Portugal and he, the appearer, is advised
that those who heretofore built houses in Brazil arc to he satisfied
and indemnified therefor in Holland, therefore he, the appearer,
declares that he hereby constitutes and appoints Mr Abraham
Coyen and Cornelis Spycker, merchants at Amsterdam in Holland,
his attorneys, jointly and severall) to s 'licit, collect and receive of
their said high 1 376 1 mightinesses, or of the Chartered We-; India
Company, or whomsoever it concerns, such payment for said house
as in fairness -hall he found proper; acquittance for the receipts
to grant and to release from all demands; and furthermore all
to do. tran-act and perform which may be needful and which
ma) seem to them proper; promising at all times to hold valid what-
ever in the mattei aforesaid may he done and performed by said

orneys, without any opposition. Thus done and executed in

ck in X: Motherland, in presence of Piel 1 Lo ckermans

and Harmen Thomansz van ' irt, 2 shoemaker, called a- wit-

This mark was II made by Hans
( "01 \ RAETS, aforenamed

Fieler Loockcrmans
Hannan Thomasz

IX V. Si HELLUYNE, Not. Fllb.
l66l

Affidavit of Arent Jansen and Thomas Powell as to Hans Coen-
raetsen's ownership of the above-mentioned house in Brazil
(in tin- daw the uth of September [663, appeared before me.

Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
1 . Thomas Paul van Herrifort and \xent Jan-/.

r, dwelling in B( ! in N X'cthei land, and declared

H Coeni te! . bakei here, that ai cording to the
requirer [ Reqttirant, i. e. Coenraets]

1 Fohan Mauri:

2 Harmen Thomassen Hun, from \mcrst

■•Til, , H ' Ei ind.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AXD 2, 1660-1696 247

and Hans van der Lip in the year 1641 built and constructed a house
upon a lot granted to them by His Excellency Count Mauritius de
Nassou, in Maurits stadt in Brazil, and that the requirer occupied
the same for many years ; Arent Jansz giving as reasons for his
knowledge thereof that he was a carpenter in Brazil in the service
of the honorable company and had been several times in said house
and in said year 1641 returned from Brazil; and Thomas Paul that
he was then at the time a sergeant in Brazil under Captain Adam
Wilschut and afterwards lieutenant [377] of the company of Cap-
tain Claudio Messu, and that the appearer [Comparant, i. e. Coen-
raets] dwelt in said house about twelve war-;: they, the deponents,
not knowing otherwise but that the appearer owns the just half of
the said house. All of which they are ready if need be to confirm
by oath when required. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in
New Xetherland, in presence of Pieter Loockermans and Harmen
Thomasz van Amersfort, shoemaker, called as witness hereto.

Pieter Loockermans, as witness
Harman Thomasz, as witness

Thomas Powell

Arent Jansen, timmerman

D. V. SCHELLTJYNE, Not. Pub.
1663

Power of attorney from Daniel de Hondecoutre to Willem de

Maerschalck

[378] On this day, the nth of September 1663, appeared
Kef 1 ire me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the
afternamed witnesses. Mr Daniel Hondecoutrier, trader here, pro-
posing to depart for Holland, and declared that he constituted and
appointed hereby Mr Wilhem Marchalck, also trader here, his special
attorney to demand, collect and receive of diverse persons, his
debtors, dwelling here in Beverwyck, at the Manhatans and else-
where, payment of such sums in beavers and other goods at beaver
price, as are coming to him from the same, according to accounts.
obligations and proofs thereof placed in the hands of the attorney :
to sell the remainders of merchandise Call placed also in the hands
of the attornev with an inventory) to the best advantage; acquit-
tance to grant for receipts; and in case of unwillingness the unwill-
ing debtors to constrain to pay by legal process and rigor of justice :
to this end all the terms of the courts to observe unto judgment
and extreme execution thereof; finding himself aggrieved, to chal-
lenge [the judgment] and to appeal therefrom and said challenge

EARLY R] , ALBANY

and appeal also to prosecute; like-wise with power to arrange, agree

and compound. persons to substitute in his place,

having the same oriimited power: promising at all times to hold as
valid all that m me and performed in the matter aforesaid

by said attorney, or said lite, without any opposition; pro-

vided thai the attorney be holden a proper return to mak
nsactions and receipts when reque;
Thus dune and executed in Beverwyck in X: Netherland, in
pre [an Cornelissz van der Heyde and Cornelis van

Schelluyne, called as witnesses hei

I) \XIKI. I)K I I TRK

Vander Heyden

V. Schelluyne, Not. rub.
1663

Bond of Storm Albertsen van der Zee to Willem de Maerschalck
and Daniel de Hondecoutre
[37c I

ck van Schelluyne, notary public, and the

afternamed witi -inn:] All ran der See. trader h

who acknowledged that he was well and truly indebted to Messrs
Willem Marschalck and I 1 traders here, in

the sum of fourteen hundred and even guilders and sevi

growing out of the purchase and delivery of blanket-;
and nit' 1 his content received; which said sum

fl. 1 [S7 1 ;• In- pmiiii-. 1 ;oo ins reckoned

guilders apiece, so soon as said g Is shall be sold, and

tho ild thi ippearer shall deliver up again in payment, at

the price said goi the account were purchased for;

and in ca ippearer happens to die, then shall Hendrick Bi

■ appear. . take pi

and sell said goods in manner a abo e. For the performance and
tion-hereof they, the appearers, bind their respective per-
ites, nothing excepted, sub 11 court- and judgi

everwyck in New Netherland, in p
mil 1 ornelis van Schelluyne.
to.

iM van ih:k Zee
Jan \ drick I'

nelis van Schelluyne

D. V. S( heli m ne, Not. Pub.
1663

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 249

Bond of Jan Nack to Willem de Maerschalck and Daniel de

Hondecoutre
[380] On this day, the i-'th otf September 1663. appeared bi
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the herein-
after named witnesses, Mr Jan Mack, 1 trader here, who acknowl-
edged that he had received from the hands of Messrs Willem
Marschalck and Daniel Hondecourte in merchandise, duffel,
blankets and other goods, the sum of twenty-five hundred and
sixty-tour guilders and sixteen stivers, which said merchandise
and goods he promises to trade to the best profit of said creditors
for good beavers and peltries, he, the appearer, to receive the just
half of the profit to be made thereon. For the performance and
satisfaction hereof he hinds his person and estate, nothing excepted,
subject to the authority of all courts and judges. Thus done and
executed in Beverwyck in X : Netherland, in presence of Storm
Albertsz van der See and Hendrick Bries, master shoemaker, called
as witnesses hereto.

Jan X.v
Storm van der Zee
Hendrick Bries

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1663

Bond of Hendrick Cornelissen Maessen to Stoffel Janssn Abeel

[381] On this day. the 12th of September 1663, appeared
before me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the
hereinafter named witnesses, Hendrick Cornelisz Maessz, propos-
ing to return to Holland, and acknowledged that he has received
from the hands of Stoffel Janssz Abeel the quantity of twenty-five
good beaver skins, reckoned at eight guilders apiece, for which
beaver skins he promises to pay to Mr Jan Hendricxsz Sybingh,
merchant in Amsterdam in Holland, or the lawful bearer hereof,
in silver or gold specie Holland value as much as the beavers are
then sold for in the Holland market; and in default of this, he
promises to pay said 25 beavers here in this country on demand,
without loss or expense, with interest on the same at ten per
cent per annum, commencing (in that case) on the date hereof
and running until the full and effectual payment thereof; therefor
binding his person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to the

1 Jan Xack was from Utrecht. I he 1 ans of his marriage to Catharina
Roemers were registered at New Vmsterdam on October 28. 166.3.

250 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

authority of all courts and judges. Thus dune and • ■ ed in
erwyck in X: Netherland, in presence of Cornelis Theunisz
Leendert Phillipsz, 1 as witnesses hereto called.

This mark X was made b) II NDRICK
1 1 irni lisz Mai
nelus Thonisen lios
Leendert Phyles

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pith.

1663

Bond of Cornelis Theunissen Hoogeboom to Jacob Hendricksen

Tery
[382] On tlii- day, the [2th of Septembet 1 3, appi

Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the

hereinafter named witnesses, Cornelis Theunissz Hoogeboom, who

led ed thai he was well and truly indebted to Jacob Hen-

driexsz Ten in the sum of four hundred guilders, in seawan,

growing out of the matter of a like -um which he. Tery, has

undertaken to pay on account of the said appearer to .Mary Goos-

: which said sin iur hundred guilders he. the appealer.

promise- to pay to said rery, or the lawful bearer hereof, on the

last >nth of ' ■ obe next, punctually, without longer

dela\ ; therefor binding his person and estate, nothing excepted,

subject to the authority of all courts and judge-. Thus done and

uted in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in presence of Mr

Wilhem Marschalck and Cornelis van Schelluyne. called as wit-

This mark Yll was made by CoR-
\ii.i> Theunissz, aforenamed
irillcni De Maerschalck
V. Si helluyne

I > V. Si hi f. Pub.

1663

Power of attorney from Maria Wessels to Johannes Provoost
[383] ( >n this day. the 15th of September [663, appeared
before me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the
afternamed witnesses, Juffrouw Maria Wessels, spinster (;oi
dochter), dwelling at Amsterdam in New Netherland, at present

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 25I

here in Beverwyck, and declared that she constituted and appointed
hereby Mr Johannes Provoost, clerk of the honorable court here,
her special attorney to demand, collect and receive of Mr Adriaen
Gerritsz, administrator of the goods and effects of Dirck Jansz
Croon, here in this country, a certain sum of ten hundred Carolus
guilders, Holland money, or the value of the same, as is due to
her by the same by virtue of the testament thereof; furthermore
to demand and sue for the half of the property of said Dirck Janse
Croon, because he had promised to marry her, according to evi-
dence thereof existing, and now on the contrary has married
another; therefore acquittance for receipts to grant, and in case of
unwillingness to proceed against him at law unto judgment and the
extreme execution thereof; but with power to agree, arrange and
compound; and furthermore all things to do, transact and per-
form in or out of court which may be needful and may seem to
him proper; promising at all times to hold valid whatever may
be done and performed in the matter aforesaid by said attorney,
without any opposition; provided the attorney be holden a proper
return to make of his said transactions and receipts when required.
Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in N: Netherland, in
presence of [blank], called as witnesses hereto. [The document
is not signed.]

Power of attorney from Jan Labatie to Ludovicus Cobes
[384] On this day, the 18th of September 1663, Mr Jan Labate
declared that he hereby constituted and appointed Louies Cobes,
court messenger of Fort Orange and the village of Beverwyck, his
special attorney to demand, collect and receive from diverse per-
sons his debtors here and in the vicinity payment according to obli-
gations, accounts, and vouchers thereof placed in the hands of
the attorney ; therefore, acquittance for receipts to grant ; the
unwilling to coerce to payment by legal process and rigor of
justice ; to which end all the terms of the courts to observe unto
judgment and the extreme execution thereof; with power also to
agree, arrange and compound; furthermore all things to do, trans
act and perform which may lie needful and which he may tlrnk
proper ; promising at all times to hold valid whatever may be done
and performed in the matter aforesaid by the said attorney, with-
out any opposition, provided he be holden a proper return to make

252 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

of his said transactions and receipts. Dune in Beverwyck in New
Hand, in pn in-d witnesses, dated above.

Jan Labatie
Jan Nack

elluyne

D. \". S( 11 km.' it. Pub.

166?

As witm

C. V. Schelluyne

Substitution of Matheus de Vos for Philip Pietersen Schuyler
as attorney of Gerrit Schuyler

[385] On this day, the 20th of Si
before me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the
afternamed witnesses, Mr Phillip trader in Beverwyck,

and declared that b) virtue of a power dated the 5th of June 1658,
cuted b\ Gerrit Schuyler, a Cologne skippi tary

Jacob de Winter and certain witnesses at An md,

containing the clause of substitution shown to us, the '
notary, and witnesses, he hereby substituted and put in his place
Mr .Matheus de Vos, also a notary, at \msterdam in New Nether-
land, especiall) to demand, colled ami From the widow and
relicl of the late Gabriel de llaes payment of certain two hundred
six dollars Holland value, 1 which should have been paid 1
in Holland) honestly du< id Gerril Schuyli irding to
proof th( 1 ' which with this is placed in the ha
the substitute, and that with expenses, damage and interest then

Therefore, in case said widow at the ear' rtunity

t in the year [664) can pa) -aid sum with the interest by

m Holland, (furnishing therefor in this country secure

and sufficient sureties, to the end that in case of need -aid sureties

jointly .Mul in olido remain holden for the 'it of said bill of

1 demand, to he satisfied wit]
in such ! under such her acqu

and in case i constrain

the 1 of said two hundred six dollars here in this country

in goods of -mil worth and value in Holland cut 1 1 must

he paid in Holland) as the judge in this counti ljudge to be

just 1 : to this end all the terms I3H6I of the courts to . all

in compliance with and ai to the tenor of said

power, and I'm' all things to do. transacl and pi

which may lie needful and wl hall judge proper; promising

to hold and 1 1 he holden \alid whatsoever -hall

1 Kculssc schit>t>cr; i. c. skippi

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 253

be done and performed by the said substitute by virtue hereof, and
of said ppwer of attorney; provided he remain holden a proper
return to make of his said transactions and receipts when required.
Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in
presence of Arent Janssz, master carpenter, and Myndert Har-
mensz, called as witnesses hereto.

Philip Pietersz Schuyler

Arent Jai

Weyndert Harmen D. V. Schelluyne, Mot. Pub.

1663

Agreement between Gysbert Cornelissen and Thomas Coninck
regarding the products of the farm now occupied by said
Coninck

Whereas Gysbert Cornelisz. farmer on the hill 2 in the colony
of Rensselaerswyck. has acquired by purchase of Marten Cor-
nelissz the buildings consisting of house and barn lying in said
colony, at present occupied by Thomas Coninck, together with this
harvest's produce of the field and garden sowed by said Coninck,
therefore they, the contracting parties, acknowledge that they have
agreed and covenanted in friendship that Thomas Coningh shall
now enjoy the garden and field products of said land and nothing
more, provided he pay to the honorable director of [387] this
colony the rent due for two years; accordingly, he, Thomas
Coninck, has no claim or demand whatever on said land or build-
ings, and is hereby released from all further demands. And the
contracting parties promise nevermore to do nor cause to be done
anything contrary hereto, binding themselves thereto as by law-
provided. Thus done and subscribed by the contracting parties in
Beverwyck in Xew Netherland, in presence of Anthony Janssz,
court messenger, and Willem Martenssz Huys. as witnesses, 20

Sept. 1663.

This mark X was made by Gysbert

Cornelisz, aforenamed
Tomas Coni[n]ck
Anthony Jar

Willem Martens: lines D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

1663

1 Meyndert Harmensen van den Bogaert, the son of Surgeon Harmen
Meyndertsen van den Bogaert.

zbouwman aende bcrch; referring to Gysbert Cornelissen van Breuckelen,
who occupied the farm called the Bcrch, or the h. See I an Rensse-

laer Boivier Mss, p. 769,.

-54 EARU R] I ALBANY

Power of attorney from Harmen Thomassen Hun and his wife
to Jan van Dorp and Baeyken Adriaens
( '" this day, the [si of October rf> reared before me,

Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Harmen Thomassz van Amersfort, 1 master shoemaker,
dwelling in the village of Beverwyck near Fori i irange, and Gate
lyntie Berck, his wife, formerly widow of the late Dirck Bcn-
sinck, to the undersigned witnesses known, and declared thai inas
much as Adriaen van Laer and Jan I ioete are to remain for the
present in this country, whom the subscribers constituted [383]
their respective attorneys, to wit, Van Laer by power m date the
5th of July A . Mii.i, executed before me, the notary,
witnesses, and Cloete l>\ power executed the 26th of August A .
[662, before .Votary Salomon Lachair, deceased, and certain \
nesses in Amsterdam in X: Netherland, both of these powers are
hereby revoked, canceled and annulled and in place thereof the
subscribers have constituted, authorized and appointed, as hereb)
do constitute, authorize and appoint their brother-in law, fan
van Dorp van Elsloo, dwelling at Sittert in the land of Gulii
and Baeyken Adriaens. mother of said Van Laer, dwelling in the
h at Amsterdam in Holland, jointly and severally their
iecial attorney- to demand, collect and red ihan

chamber in said city of im a certain just portion inheri

b) and devolved upon her, Catalyntie Bercq, 1>\ the death and
decease of Tryntje Jan"- daughter van Rechter, hi
moil,, 1. late wife of 1 iornelis Stoffelsz Bui, who died at Am

• aid in the year [656; which said portion 1- entrusted to
Orphan chamber, according to the lettei from her said brothei
law, Jan van Dorp van Elsloo, dated the 15th of April last; likewise
the amount due her from the honorable chartered East India Com-

pan) ; thei ai quittance I ei ipts to execute; for all sub e

quent demands to be< iersonally responsible or to offer sul

cient sureties to the satisfaction of the honorable orphan masters
and directors of the East India Company respectively, at Amster
dam afon as maj be fitting; and furthermore

1 389 1 in the matter aforesaid all things to do, tra

1 Harmen TIi

New York, Year Book, 1900, p. 14,- 48, where
the 1
■* 1 he I M11. -Ii 1 lulich. Sittert, 1 ]. formerly

at i- at present in. I

the Maas, a few m
of Maastricht and ab<

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 255

form, which may be needful and seem to him proper for the best
interests of the subscribers; promising at all times to hold as just
whatever may be done and performed in the matter aforesaid by
said their attorneys either jointly or severally, without any gainsay-
ing, provided that the attorneys be holden a proper return to make
of his or their transactions and receipts when requested. Thus done
and delivered in Beverwyck in N: Netherland, in presence of
Leendert Phillipse and Jan Harmensz Windorp, neighbors of the
subscribers, called as witnesses hereto.

Harman Thomasz
This mark X was made by Catarina
Berck, aforesaid
Leendert Phyles
Jan Harmensen Weendorp

D. V. Schelluvne, Not. Pub.
1663

Extension of lease of a house and brewery from Reyndert Pieter-
sen and Jacob Hevingh to Jan Harmensen Weendorp

This day, the 4th of October 1663, Reyndert Pietersz and Jacob
Hevingh, jointly and in company of the first part, and Jan Har-
mensz Windorp, 1 of the second part, contracted and agreed with
each other in manner following: Jan Harmensz shall until the
last day of August 1664, or until such time before that date as he
returns to Holland, have the further lease and use of the house
which he has occupied since the 1st of June last, together with
the brewery, mill and mill house, brewing apparatus, good and
bad as they stand, and the horse stable, which stand and lie together
in the village of Beverwyck and are known to the lessee; [390]
for which from the 1st of June last until August aforesaid the
lessee shall pay no rent, but remain in possession of the house
without being bound to make any repairs thereon; and as regards
the mill and the brewery, which as well as the implements have
fallen into decay, he shall repair the same at his own expense and
use them for his accommodation and convenience during the
aforesaid time. Likewise he shall be holden to rebuild the kiln and
to provide a new kiln cloth, the cooler, vat, tubs and other needful

1 He signs his name Weendorp, which may be a Dutch spelling of Wendorf,
a village near Wismar. in Mecklenburg-Schwerin. June 8, 1663, Jan Herm-
zen Windorp was ordered to pay the burgherright at New Amsterdam bi
having for Fort Orange. See "Executive Minute- of the Burgomasters, in
Minutes of the Orphanmasters Court of New Amsterdam, 2:175, 177.

2>6 KLV RECORDS OF ALBANY

things for his convenience and moreover 30 good half bar
at the end of this lease to deliver up the same in good usable
that the shall then pay to the lessee
twelve and a half skippli eat and the 1< the

.1 half barrel of good beer. Finally for all accidents
to the property occurring without 'die fault of the lessee and his
people, he shall be held guiltless and not responsible. For the

lance and satisfaction of these the respective parties mutu-
ally bind their persons and 1 cepted, subject to
the authority of all courts and judges. Done in Beverwyck, dated

e in the pi of the undersigned witnes

This mark R P was made In l\

aforenamed
This mark X was made by J

III ned

Jan 1 1 vb
As w itnes

Lambert I 'an Neck

Jan: Cornelisz: Winder Heyden

1 ». V. . NE, Not. Pub.

166; _

The above written contract was satisfied by Jan Harmensz the

1 llh of July 1

This mark XI was made by JACOB

I 1 1 \ 1 \ ■

Bond of John Willett to Philip Pietersen Schuyler

[391 1 On this day, the 20th of < ■ appeared b

me. Dirck van Schelluyne, notary publii before the after-

named witnesses, Mr John Willet, free trader dwelling formerly
in Xew England, al presenl here al I or! 1 irangi iwledged

that is well and truly indebted to Mi Phillip

Schuyler in the quantity of two hundred and ninety-eight

good Peruvian or Mexican p eight reckoned at forty eight

stivers a pic >od Holland value, or such current

there, but he guarantees that each of said pieces shall count fifty
stivers in Holland; growing out of the matte
like value as abi

esaid two hundred and ninety-eight pieces of
promis* I Schuyler, or to the

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 257

lawful bearer hereof, here in Fort Orange, at the latest in the month
of May 1664 next coming, punctually and without longer delay;
binding for himself, his heirs and successors, his person and estate,
real and personal, nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all
courts and judges, for the recovery in case of need of the payment
thereof without loss or expense. Thus done and executed in
Beverwyck near Fort Orange in N : Netherland, in presence of
Mr Jan Dareth and Anthony Jansz, court messenger of the colony
of Rensselaerswyck, called as witnesses hereto.

John Willett
Jan Dareth
Anthony Jansz

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1663

Bond of Juriaen Teunissen Tappen to Jan Harmensen Weendorp

[392] On this day, the 2d of November 1663, appeared
before me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the
afternamed witnesses, Jurriaen Theunissz, 1 innkeeper here, who
acknowledged that he was well and truly indebted to Jan Harmensz
Windorp in the sum of seven hundred and thirty-six guilders and
five stivers for the purchase and delivery of three hogsheads of
brandy, reckoned at forty-four guilders the anker; which said sum
of 736 gl. 5 st. the subscriber promises to pay to said Jan Harmensz
Windorp, or to the lawful bearer hereof, in good, whole, merchant-
able beaver skins reckoned at eight guilders apiece, in the month
of June 1664, punctually and without longer delay; therefore bind-
ing his person and estate, real and personal, having and to have,
nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all courts and judges,
for the recovery if need be of the payment thereof without expense
or loss.

Jureyan Tunsen

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck, in the presence of Jan
Clute and Jan Scheckel called as witnesses hereto.

Johannsz Clute
Jan Scheckel

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1663

1 Juriaen Teunissen Tappen.

9

258 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Appraisal of a sawmill and appurtenances belonging to Wynant
Gerritsen van der Poel and the widow of Abraham Pietersen
Vosburgh

[393] This day, the 6th of November 1663, pursuant to order
of the honorable court of the colony of Rensselaerswyck, at the
request of Wynant Gerritsz, Willem Bout and Pieter Meussz have
in the presence of Theunis Spitsenberch inspected, viewed and to
the best of their knowledge valued the sawmill and duelling house
belonging to said Wynant and the widow of Abraham Vosburch
in partnership, as they at present stand, and find that the mill and
dwelling house (being much out of repair) are worth the sum of
twelve hundred and titty guilders in seawan.

List of the tools belonging to them jointly

7 upper clamps
• i under clamps
■ i wei

4 bars of the frame
1 small sledge
1 crosscut saw
I hand saw
1 saw set
1 cant hook

7 old saws and one piece
1 arm of a crank

i piece of old iron weighing 2 or l
lbs.

Which the) appraise and consider together to he worth the sum
of six guilders and ten stivers in beavers. Done in the colony of
Rensselaerswyck, dated .1- above.

This mark X was made b) Wi

B01 1
Pieter Meesz \ room an
Teunis ( orm . va\ de Pol '

In mj presence,

D. V. Scheli ■ e, Not. Pub.
1663

Appraisal of three hogsheads of tobacco by Gerrit van Slichten-
horst and Jan Gerritsen van Marcken, arbitrators chosen by
Isaack de Haen and Juriaen Teunissen

I394I < in this day, the 9th of V '663, appeared b<

me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notarj public, and before the after

1 '1 van der Poel alias Spitsenberch. Sic Van Rem

p 846, and Mm tiotu 1 i&.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 259

named witnesses. Air Gerard Slechtenhorst, magistrate of Fort
Orange and Beverwvck, and Jan Gerritssz van Mercken, who
declare at the request of Mr Isaacq de Haen, trader here, that
they were asked yesterday by the requirer [De Haen] and Jurriaen
Theunissz as impartial persons to examine and view three hogs-
heads of tobacco sold by De Haen to Jurriaen as good, merchant-
able tobacco, which they, the subscribers, having done to the best
of their knowledge, find two of the hogsheads to be good and
merchantable tobacco and worth, what they were sold for ; hut
the third hogshead of tobacco they find and judge not to be worth
as much as one-half of either of the other two hogsheads, but they
have consented to appraise it at half the value because Jurriaen
has opened it and sold some out of it, and in order that the parties
might thus settle their dispute ; and they are ready if need be and
required to confirm the same on oath. Thus done and executed
in Beverwyck in New Netherland in the presence of Mr Gerart
Swart, sheriff of the colony of Rensselaerswyck, and Mr Folckert
Janssz, called as witnesses hereto.

Gerrit van Slichtenhorst

J. G. v. Marcken
G: Swartt
Volckart Janssz

Will of Cornelis Segersen van Voorhout and his wife

[395] In the name of the Lord, Amen. Knew all men that
upon this 22d day of November 1663, about eleven o'clock in the
morning, before me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and the
hereinafter named witnesses, personally came and appeared Cor-
nelis Segersz van Voorhout, husbandman, and Brechie Jacob's
daughter, his wife, dwelling in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, to
me, the notary, and the afternamed witnesses known, said Cor-
nelis Segers being sound of body and she, Brechie Jacob's d r .,
indisposed, though up and about, both having perfect command
and use of their faculties, reason, memory and understanding as
far as one could judge from outward appearances; which appearers,
considering the shortness and frailty of human life, the certainty
of death and the uncertainty of the hour thereof, and therefore
wishing to anticipate the same by a proper disposition of their
temporal estates, declare that without any inducement, persuasion
or misleading of any persons they have mutually made, ordained
and determined this their last will and testament in manner follow-

20O EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

ing: Fir-t and before all commending their immortal souls, when-
ever they shall We separated from their bodies, to the gracious and
merciful hands of God, their Creator and Redeemer, and their bodies
to a Christian burial, and jointly and severally declaring that hereto-
fore they have neither made nor executed any testamentary dispo-
sition and they, the appearers and testators, therefore now proceed-
ing hereby to make and to dispose in the matter, they, the appeared
and testators, by these presents do nominate and institute [396]
as their sole and universal heirs, their children, viz: Cornelis Cor-
nelissz van \ oorhout, Lysbet Cornells, wife of Mr Francois Boon. 1
Jannetie Cornelis, wife of Jacob Schermerhoorn, Neeltie Cornelis,
wife of Hans Carelssz, and the children of Claes Cornelissz van
Voorhout, deceased, representatives of their father, and that with

ard to the entire estate, real and personal, claims and cred
gold and silver, coined and uncoined, jewels, clothing, linen and
woolen, household furniture, etc.. nothing >ted or reserved,

which the survivor of both of them shall vacate and leave behind
at his or her death, to do therewith as with their own property,
without question or opposition from an) persons; provided never-
theless and with this express restriction and condition that the sur-
vivor of both of them shall remain in full possession of the estate
and enjoy the income and usufruct thereof during his or her life,
I the testators] therefore not willing nor desiring that any account
ing or inventory of the estate -ball be demanded of the survivior,
under an) pretext whatever, but that the same on the death of the
longest living shall at once be apportioned and divided between
the -aid children, or in case of the decease of their aforesaid
children the grandchildren in the place of their parents as herein-
before stated. Finally, tin- likewise hereby bequeathes
to said Neeltie Cornelis, her youngesl daughter. ;.ll the linen and
woolen clothing which -he may die possessed of. to be immediately
possessed and made use of mi her death; all tin- for good reasons
the appearers' minds thereto moving. I397] All which aforesaid
conditions they, the ers and testators, mutually declare
be their last will and testament, willing and desiring that the
same, after the decease of the first of the two, shall be executed
and performed, and that the same -ball have effect whether a-
testament, codicil, donation, gift in anticipation of death, or other

1 He was a -.'ii oi I rancois Boon, //.■ or principal, of the Latin

, .1 ai Nyl.. 1 ■ .-ii Rechlsgeleerde

■d van Slichlenhorsl en zijn vadcr I' ant van Slichtenh hem [916,

1 ?-•■

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 26l

wise, even though certain formalities demanded by law or practice
have not herein been fully observed and complied with; desiring
that the utmost benefit may be enjoyed herefrom, and that one or
more copies, hereof may be made and delivered by me, the notary,
in the usual form, to be used as occasion may require. Thus done
and executed in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, in the presence of
\\'i mter Albertsz van den Uythoff, baker, and Harmen Thomasz
van Amersfort, shoemaker, both dwelling in Beverwyck, called as
witnesses hereto.

COENELIS ZEEGERSZOON VAN VOOR-
HOUT

This mark X was made by Brechif.
Jacob's d 1 "., aforenamed

Wouter - llbertsen
Harman Thomansz

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

1663

Power of attorney from Philip Pietersen Schuyler to Paulus

Cornelissen

[398] This day, the 6th of December 1663, Mr Phillip Pietersz
Schuyler declares that he hereby constitutes and appoints the
bearer hereof, Paulus Cornelissz, 1 proposing to depart for the
Esopus, his special attorney to demand, collect and receive either
in an amicable way or else by means of judicial proceedings from
Tjarck Claessz de Wit, dwelling in the Esopus aforesaid at Wild-
wyck, the sum of two hundred and fifty-six guilders, or 32 beavers,
or the value thereof in grain, which he, de Wit, is bound to deliver
here without loss or damage in accordance with an obligation dated
the 10th of July 1661, the original of which is placed in the hands
of the attorney; together with eighteen guilders in beavers on
account of the purchase and delivery of a kettle; therefore, for
receipts acquittance to grant and in case of refusal to constrain
him by rigor of law and justice to the payment thereof with costs,
damage and interest on the same ; likewise by attachment against
his person and estate to proceed to judgment and the extreme
execution thereof; and furthermore all things to do, perform and
transact which may be needful and may seem to him proper;
promising at all times to hold as true whatever in the matter shall
be done and performed by said attorney, without any opposition,

1 Paulus Cornelissen van Flensburs

'-'62 V RECORDS OF ALBANY

provided that the attorney be holden a proper return to make of
his said transactions and receipts when required. Done in Bever
wyck in N: Netherland, dated as above.

\- witnesses: l'nn tp I'n rERSz >•

G: Swartt

Jan Roel

In my presence,

D. V. S( iiki.i.i v\i, Not. Pub.

1663

Contract for the sale of an outfit of clothes from Aert Goossens
van Twiller to Gerrit Gysbertsen (canceled)
! 399 1 ( >» this day, the 27th of December (663, Vi Goosens
van Twieler acknowledges that he has sold and Gerrit Gysbertsz,
farm servant on the farm of the late Jan Barentsz Wemp, that he
has bought and lasl evening to his content received all the clol
which he then had on his body, took off and handed over to the
buyer; to wit, a cloth coat, a black bombazine suit, black hat,
a cravat, smock frock, shirt, two pairs of stockings and a pair of
shoes, inclusive oi a pocket handkerchief and a tobacco box which
he had in his pocket; for which the said Gerrit Gysbertsz, the
buyer, promises to paj the quantit) of thirtj two good, whole.

ML- signature is the same as thai of Ian Roeloffsen, the son of Anneke
-: husband Roeloff Jansen van Masterl; with

oilur heirs ol the said Vnneke Jans on June 21, 1663, signed a con
the sale of the mother's house to Dirck Wesselsen ["en Broeck. I In same
signature 1- affixed also to a deed ol June 18, 1659, which refers to a patent
for land in Beverwyck granted to Jan R01 n March 24, i<>;4. He

was undoubtedly the same person as Jan Roeloffsen who on November -•;.
1654, look the oath as surveyoi 1 B iverwyck and in all probability lie must

■ be identified with Jan Roeloffsen who on Februarj ro, [654,
before the conn al Beverwyck that he was ... , .,.,,,- f age :in ,| ,-■,,„ decsen
landi neaning that he was bom in New Netherland. In Early

oj - llbany, t :i, 269, and other places, Prof or Peai
d after the name of Jan Roelofl en the words "De Goyer," th< 1
fusing him, as has been done also in His the Schenectady Patent.

p. [40, 263, with ran Roeloffsen de Goyer, who perished in the burning
Schei ■ - Ibis man. as his name in. 1 me from the G

and, in the province of North Holland. He had a wit
Pieters, whom he ill-treated in such a waj thai the courl •
the matin and thai on Deci mbi 1 5, » 82, he « .1 - forced to n '
promise to live in harmony with her. Jan Roeloffsen tl Vnneke

was -1 ill unmarried al the time of his mother's death in n
Deeds, 2:166, J-?;. 102 (I ■ .llbany. i:j;i

urt Minn'. 6, p ./.. 170; Proceedings of the Justices of the

!''■"• ■ • ■ ; is; Van Rensi . ier Afss.

p. 56 "■ 856; Documentary History of W.v York,

will of Anneke Jans in this volume.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 263

merchantable beaver skins, reckoned at eight guilders apiece, on the
following conditions :

\\ hereas the seller proposes, with God's help, to depart for
Holland next year, 1664, in one of the Holland ships which are
then expected at Manhatans, therefore the buyer shall be holden
and promises by these presents the said thirty-two beavers tp pay
to the seller promptly and precisely, without any delay or exception,
as soon as and whenever the seller's name shall be posted in the
customary place [as among those who intend] to depart for Hol-
land ; but in case the seller before the posting of his name as above
happens to die, the buyer shall not be holden to pay anything what-
ever for said clothing ; but after the posting of his name and before
the ship departs, if the seller falls sick, or indisposed, or dies
(which God forbid) then shall said thirty-two beavers nevertheless
be paid; and for [400] the greater security of good and punctual
payment of said beavers there have offered themselves as sure-
ties, namely, [blank] for sixteen of said beavers and [blank] for
the remaining sixteen beavers. Finally, the seller shall in like man-
ner be holden to give sufficient sureties when he receives said
beavers for his certain departure for Holland, accidents excepted
as above, which security shall last until he shall sail with the ship
from the roadstead at Manhatans, and no longer. For the execu-
tion and performance of what is written above, the parties mutually
bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to the
authority of all courts and judges ; in good faith, without craft
or guile, these are subscribed in Beverwyck in New Netherland
on the date above written in presence of [blank] .

The parties hereto have mutually withdrawn from and given
up the above contract of sale, each party remaining free, and the
contract is therefore canceled. Datum ut supra.

Articles of separation of Steven Jansen Coninck and Maria

Goossens

1 401] This day, the 29th of December 1663, appeared before
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the herein-
after named witnesses, Steven Janssz Coninck 1 and Maria Goos-
sens, married people, making known that on account of divers

1 Apparently the same as Steven Jansen, carpenter, who with his wife and
child came to the colony from Manhattan in 1649. See Van Rensselaer
Bonier Mss,p. 839, and Early Records of Albany, 1:193-04, 223-2.S, 2.30-33.
His wife was probably a daughter of Goossen Gerritsen van Schaick.

EARLY RECORDS OB VLB ANY

disputes and differences (God help them) they, the appearers,
now for more than eight years have kepi apart and been separated
from bed and board with the knowledge and consent of the honor
able court of Fort Orange; and as there is no likelihood that the
appearers (as they declare) will again unite to live together in
quietness, peace and godliness, therefore, in order to prevent fur-
ther strife and mischief, the) deliberately and after mature con
sideration do hereby fully and absolutely absolve each other
henceforth and forever from their nuptial bonds and marriage
relation, without ever holding any further intercourse with each
other in any manner whatever, but on the contrary mutually grant-
ing each other freedom to marry, live and keep house together
in any way thai shall be consistent with ecclesiastical or worldly
law and statutes, requesting therefore all honorable courts, tri-
bunals and judges to whom these presents may be shown that the
utmost benefit hereof may be enjoyed. Respecting the children
which they have begotten together, Maria Goo - -ball at her
own charge maintain, nourish and educate the same, he. Steven
Jansz, renouncing his paternal obligations; and therefore Maria
I loossens shall remain in full posse ion of the estate, all debts and
credits for her own profit and loss. And as respects the debts
which have been incurred b) one or the other during their separa-
tion from [402 | each other, each shall assume and pay his own.

rhey, the appealer-, promise faithful!) to perform the contents
of these presents and nevermore to do nor cause anything to be
done contrar) to tin- same either in or out of court, in any manner
whatever, binding themselves thereto by law provided. Thus done
and executed in the colon) of Rensselaerswyck in X : Xetherland,
in presence of Messrs \rcnt van ' urlar, commissioner and coun-
cilor, and Gerard Swart, sheriff, of said colony, as witnesses hereto
1 ailed.

This mark j was made by MARIA
ENS, aforenamed

This mark - was made 1>\ Steven
Janssz, aforenamed

A: van 1 urler
G: Swarti

D. V. Schelluyni . Not, Pub

1661

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 265

Power of attorney from Maritie Mynderts, widow of Jan Bar-
entsen Wemp, to Poulus Cornelissen, Thomas Chambers and
Hendrick Jochemsen

[406] 1 This day, the ioth of January 1664, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Maritie Myndertsz, widow of the late Jan
Barentsz Wemp, 2 dwelling in the said colony [of Rensselaers-
wyck], and declared that she hereby constituted and appointed
Poulus Cornelissz, Thomas Chambris 3 and Hendrick Jochemssz
jointly and severally her special attorneys in legal manner and
therefore with the consent of the honorable court of the village of
Wildwyck in the Esopus to take, attach and hold in safe-keeping
the farm, comprising the land, house, barn, ricks, grain, horses
and cattle as well as household furniture and other effects, goods,
implements, claims and credits, belonging to Aert Pietersz Tack 4
and possessed by the said Tack's wife in the Esopus, and after
making an inventory thereof to hold everything securely until the
subscriber be fully paid and satisfied whatever is due to her from
him according to the proofs thereof in part sent herewith to the
attorneys and the rest to be delivered to them as soon as possible
next spring, the said farm and other property being especially
pledged and mortgaged to the subscriber ; and furthermore all
things to do and perform in this matter which may be needful and
to the attorneys may seem advisable in the interest of the subscriber
and her children, she promising at all times to hold valid whatever
shall be done and transacted by said attorneys either jointly or
severally by virtue of these presents, without any opposition, bind-
ing herself thereto as by law provided. Thus done and executed
in the colony of Rensselaerswyck in N : Netherland, in presence of
Jan Nack and Cornelis van Schelluyne, called as witnesses hereto.

This mark -\- was made by Maritie
Jan Nack Myndertsz, aforenamed

C. V. Schelluyne

1 Page 403 is blank and pages 404-5 contain a list of the instruments
recorded on pages 406-82, which constitute part 4 of the volume, page 406
being originally numbered I.

2 Jan Barentsen Wemp died in the early summer of 1663. His widow
soon after the date of this document married Sweer Teunissen van Velsen.

3 Thomas Chambers.

4 Aert Pietersen Tack was the son-in-law of Maritie Mynderts; see Dutch
Records of Kingston, rev. tr. by Samuel Oppenheim, p. 156, and also p. 150-51,
157-58, where the court proceedings in this suit are found. See also petition
of Poulus Cornelissen and Jan Cornelissen van der Heyden, agents of
Marietje Meynderts, praying that the creditors of Wemp's estate may be
ordered to refund the proceeds of sales of certain property in the Esopus,
dated April 25, 1664, in Nezv York Colonial Mss, 10 1207.

2«> EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Contract between Gerrit van Slichtenhorst and Cornells Teunis-
sen Hoogeboom regarding the latter's service as foreman in
the tile yard

[407] This day. the 2ist of January [664, Mr Gerrit Slechten-
horsl has hired and Cornelis Theunisz Hoogeboom 1 has bound him-
self faithfully to serve said Slechtenhorsl in his pantile kiln in mak-
ing tiles and whatever appertains thereto; also in cutting wood and
in performing such other duties as he can render at the pleasure of
said Slechtenhorsl and to be obedient to him as a faithful servant
ought t" be: li«'. I I.Mi-i Ileum, under the authority of said Slechten-
horst, to have the direction of the other laborers in the pantile kiln;
which service shall last from this date until November next, or as
long as the weather shall be suitable for tile making; for which
service said Slechtenhorsl promises to pay said Hoogeboom the
quantit) of sixty beavers, half in pantiles at beaver's value, besides
reasonable board during his term of service. It is further stipu
lated that in ease said Hoogeboom of his own fault happens to lose
any proper work days, then for each day lost he shall be docked two
beavers every time on his stipulated wages; and if he is sick or
indisposed so that he can nol work, he shall receive pay for his
servici according to the amount of time he has worked, without
asking for or claiming more. For the execution and performance
of which the re pective parties mutually hind their pi and

1 states, nothing excepted, subjeel to the authority of all courts and
judges.

1 >i me in l'.e\ erw yck dated as abo\ e.

This mark 1 .1 1 w as made b)

Cornelis Theun tsz 1 1 v boom

Gerrti Slichtenhi IRST
Jacob Lokermans
( 'ornelis Bogardus

Contract of sale of a house and lot from Gerard Swart and Abra-
ham Staets to Hendrick Cuyler
I408! On this day, the 27th of February [664, appeared lie fore
me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before thi
named witness,.,. \] r Gerard Swart and Abraham Staets, as at 1 u
neys for Mr Pieter Hartgers, of the firsl part, and Hendrick Cuyler,
of the second part: the aforesaid attorneys acknowledging thai they

'This is probably a mi Cornelis Pietersen l ! n, who was

id tilcmaker in Beverwyck al that time.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 267

had sold and Hendrick Cuyler that he had bought of them a cer-
tain, the sellers' (in their capacities as attorneys) house and lot
with all that there in, upon and to is fast by nail or earth, and
further with such servient and dominant estates and rights as said
Hartgers has owned the same up to this date, according to the
patent and deeds of ownership thereof, just as said house and lot
stand and lie built upon, fenced and impaled and by the purchaser
are used under lease, on the hill in the village of Beverwyck;
bounded on the north side by Jacob Schermerhoorn, on the east side
by the highway, on the south side by Sander Leendertsz and on the
west side also by the highway; 'which said house and lot are being
sold and shall be delivered to the buyer free and unincumbered,
without any charges thereon or issuing out of the same, saving the
lord's right; for the purchase of which said house and lot said
Hendrick Cuyler promises to pay the sum of eight hundred and
fifty guilders in good, whole, merchantable beavers reckoned at eight
guilders apiece, in three [409] instalments, the first just third part
of said sum in the month of July next, the second in the month of
July 1665, and the third in the month of July 1666, every time
punctually and without longer delay; with the payment of the last
instalment, said house and lot shall be lawfully conveyed to the
buyer and the buyer shall take possession of and occupy said house
and lot from the first of May next at his own risk and profit. For
the execution and performance of the above the respective parties
hereto mutually bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted,
subject to the jurisdiction of all courts and judges. Thus done and
executed in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in presence of Jurriaen
Theunissz and Jan Hendricxsz van Bael, called as witnesses hereto.

G - . Swartt
Abram Staas
Hendrick Coyler

Jureyan Tunsen

J. H. van Bael D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.

1664

Agreement by the relatives of the late Claes Cornelissen Swits
not to prosecute Philip Hendricksen for the killing of said
Swits
[410] On this day, the ist of March 1664, appeared before me,

Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter

1 This house and lot was on the east side of North Pearl street, near State
street, and ran through to James street. J. P.

I \KI.Y RECORDS OF ALBANY

named witnesses, Elsie Tjarcx, wife of Phillip Hendricxsz, brewer,
of the first part, and Jan Labatie, as husband and guardian of Jil-
e Claesz, his wife, being full aunt of the late Claes Cornelissz
Swits, and Isaack Cornelisz Swits, young man aged 20 years,
brother of said Claes Cornelissz Swits, deceased, both for them-
selves and herein representing and taking the place of Adriaentie
Cornells Swits. mother of said Claes Cornelissz, deceased, and
furthermore undertaking for all their other sister, brothers, rela-
tives and kindred, of the second part: who made known that in the
month of September last (God help them) an unfortunate accident
happened, namely, that said Phillip Hendricxsz fame with his gun
en passant to shoot ducks on his land at Schenectadv where said
Claes Cornelissz was plowing by order of Mr Willem Tailler,
whereat Phillip being angry, he forbade ' laes to plow there any
more and [told him] to move off the land, as he had more than once
done before. Some words being had about this, Phillip finally
that he must go off the land with the plo ■ 01 he would (with your
leave) fire shot into his buttocks, as also he did; whereof said <
aboul three or four hours later died; but he, Claes Corneli
immediately with heart and hand forgave said Phillip the shot
not having been intended as seriously as it turned out to be, .1- is

known to the aforesaid fsaack Cornelisz, then likewise present.
Wherefore they, Jan Labatie and [saack Cornelisz, for themselves
and for their relatives and kindred aforenamed, cordially forgive
said Phillip Hendricxsz and acquit him of said unfortunate man-
slaughter 1 4.1 1 1 committed upon said Claes Cornelisz, not desiring
or meaning to take any revenge then for themselves, nor that any
should ever be taken by an) of their kin, begging all honorable
courts and tribunals before whom these presents may come to
accord the like immunity, pardon and forgiveness to said Phillip
1 [endriexse, authorizing me, the notary, to issue an authentic instru-
ment hereof to be used as the case may require. Thus done and

ecuted in the colony of Rensselaerswyck in N: Netherland, in
presence of Jacob Schermerhoorn and Matheus Abrahamsz, called

as w itnesses hereto.

Jan Labatie
This mark X was made bj Csaacq Cornelisz Swits, aforenamed.
\pp;o\ ed by us, the undersigned :

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 269

Adriaentie Lorn elis, mother of the deceased, and by Myndert
Harmensz and Fransois Harmensz, nephews of the same, 1 this
jth of July 1664. This mark x was made by Adriaentie

Cornelis, aforenamed
Meyndert Harmensz
Frans Harmansz
Jacob Jansen Schermerhooren
This mark M A was made by Matheus Abrahamsz

U. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. I' lib.

1664

Agreement between Goossen Gerritsen van Schaick and the
orphan masters regarding the conveyance of certain property
to his daughter Geertie in satisfaction of her interest in her
mother's estate

[412] This day, the 4th of March 1664, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, the Honorable Goossen Gerritsz, magistrate of
Fort Orange and Beverwyck, lately widower of the late Gerritie
Brants, 2 of the first part, and Jan Verbeeck and Evert Wendel, in
capacity of orphan masters of this place and as such guardians of
Geertie Goossens (his daughter) on account of her mother, of the
second part; and declared that they had amicably agreed and con-
tracted with each other regarding the buying out ( uytcoop) of said
Geertie Goossens's interest in her mother's estate and inheritance,
as follows :

The aforesaid Goossen Gerritsz hereby promises to deliver and
convey to the behoof of said Geertie Goossens, in full satisfaction
of her said maternal inheritance and of her just portion, the house
and lot which she now occupies, such as the same is fenced and
impaled, standing and lying on the hill, to the south of the house
and lot of Hendrick van Doesberch and to the north of Hendrick
Roosenboom, in Beverwyck aforesaid; together with all the linen
and woolen clothes of her said mother, as they are together at

1 Meyndert and Francois Harmensen were sons of Surgeon Harmen
Meyndertsen van den Bogaert, the first husband of Jillisje Clac-se Suits,
mentioned in the document as the wife of Ian Labatie

2 She was a daughter of Brant Peelen of Nykerck. See Van Rensselaer
BoTvier Mss, p. 822. Goossen Gerritsen van Schaick, or van Schayck, came
from Westbroeck, in the province of Utrecht, and was probably related to the
van Schayck family of Amersfoort, various members of which in the 16th and
17th centuries repeatedly held the offices of councilor, schepen and burgo-
master in the government of that city. Peter Peelen, who is mentioned as
an orphan master at Amersfoort, 1640-47, may also have been a relative. See
Abraham van Bemmel, Beschryving ran tic stad Amersfoort, Utrecht 1760,
2:484, S35-709. 715

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present, to be appraised by impartial persons; also a bed and one
cow; the movable good- bring appraised at sixty-one beavers at
eight guilders apiece and the house and lot at seven hundred
.guilder-. On the other hand said Goosen Gerritsz shall remain in
full possession of the estate, all debts and credits to be his loss and
profit, without prejudice to the rights of the three younger children,
the said house and lot, linen and woolen clothes to be received and
delivered to this end by and to said Geertie Goossens. [413] When
with the parties are agreed and satisfied, mutually promising never-
more i" do nor cause to be done anything contrary hereto, either in
or out of conn, for which they hind themselves as by law pro-
vided. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck, in X: Xetherland,
in presence of Jan van Aecken and Stoffels Jan-/, called as wit
es hereto. Goosen Gerretsen

Jan Verbi 1 1 k, orphan master
Jan Koster Everi \\ i \i>i i . orphan master

' ! -'""■ s ~ 1). V. S( HELLUYNE, Not. Pub.

1664

Appraisal of the clothing of the late Gerritie Brants

We, the undersigned, Elsie Jan'- daughter, wife oi Jan van

\dkeu. and Xeeltie Jan'- daughter, wife of Stoffel Jans/, hereby

1 ertify thai to the besl of our knowledge, as impartial persons called

for this purpose, we have valued and appraised the following linen

and woolen clothe- of the late Gerritie Brants, deceased wife of Mr

1 -™ ( lerritsz van Schaek

\n armozine skirt with preen lining, valued .it

\ black silk skirt, valued at o

\ scarlel petticoat, at 8

Another scarlet petticoat, al 8

An apron, a cloak, ;i bodice, ns.> short cloaks, and two

pairs oi sleeves, valued together at ''

I414I Four round handkerchiefs, .-a a

Six hand' '" o er I

\ parcel of miscellaneous clothes, al 6

it chemises, at. -

aprons, at -t

I . ■ 1 1 3

Amounting together to ixtj om bea ers 6i beavers

Done in Beverwyck in New Netherland, the |.th of March 1664.

This mark -f- was made by

I 1 ii I VNSZ, aforenamed

Xiii in Jans ( Iroon
In m\ pre em

D. V. Si in i 1 1 \ ne, Not Pub.
1664

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 2"J\

Agreement by Reyer Elbertsen and his wife to annul a certain

bond and deed

[415] This day, the 8th of March 1664, Reyer Elberts and
Maritge Barents, married people, hereby declare that they do cancel
and annul a certain bond or obligation dated the 5th of July 1656,
together with a deed of conveyance of the 8th ditto following, exe-
cuted before Mr Johan de Deckere, late chief commissary (Opper
Commyes) of Fort Orange, between them, the subscribers, and
Arien and Gerrit Reyersz, their sons, as he, Gerrit Reyersz, for
himself and for his said brother Arien Reyersz, likewise relin-
quishes and gives up the same, each of them remaining free, and
accounting said two deeds null and void and of no value as if they
had never been made and executed, reserving and excepting only
that said Arien and Gerrit Reyersz shall retain possession of the
movable goods mentioned in the aforesaid obligation. All in good
faith, done in Beverwyck in N : Netherland in presence of Wouter
Aertsz, master wheelwright, and Jan Harmensz van Aurick, called
as witnesses hereto.

This mark -f- was made by Reyer
Eldertsz, aforenamed
Gerrit Reverse x
This mark + was made by Maritje
Barents, aforenamed
This mark + was made by
Wouter Aerts%, aforenamed
Jan Harmcnsen van Aurich

In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1664

Settlement by Maria Damen to the use of her minor daughter
Jannetie Hendricks van Doesburch
[416] This day, the 14th of March 1664, appeared before me.
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, the virtuous Maria Damen, lastly widow of the
late Hendrick Andriesz van Doesburch, assisted by Mr Cornelis
van Nes, her chosen guardian in this matter, dwelling in the village
of Beverwyck, of the first part, and the Honorable Johan Verbecck
and Evert Wendel, orphan masters in Beverwyck aforesaid and in
that capacity guardians of Jannetie Hendricxsz, daughter of said
Maria Damen, begotten of the said Hendrick Andriesz, deceased,
of the second part ; making known, that she, Maria Damen, pro-

2/2 EARLY RE< I >KUS OF ALBANY

posing again to enter into the state of matrimony, 1 (before the cele-
bration thereof j is desirous to make a proper exhibit to her said
daughter, now about eleven years of age, of her paternal property,
estate and inheritance; therefore, after having made an inventory
appraisal of said estate, they, the appearers, declare that they
have agreed and contracted with each other respecting the buying
out of said Jannetie Hendrixsz's interest in her paternal estate and
inheritance, as follows: The said .Maria Damen hereby promises
to nourish, bring up and rear her said daughter, Jannetie Hendricks,
until she shall arrive at mature age or marriage estate (with her
consent), training her and causing her to be trained in all godliness,
in reading, writing, sewing and other household duties, as a good
mother should do, and as she, by these presents, promises to do;
and [417J when her said daughter shall come to maturity, or mar-
riage estate (with consent of her said mother as before), to til her
out with a bed and its belongings and moreover to turn over to her
the sum of two thousand guilders at twenty stivers each, be it in
beavers, seawan or merchandise at beaver's value, as they are then
going, at the choice of her mother and as she shall find to be
suitable. Provided nevertheless and on this express condition, that
in case the said Jannetie Hendricxsz shall come to die in her min-
ority, or without leaving behind any lawful issue, then shall said
interest in the estate and paternal inheritance again devolve upon
and remain in the possession of said Maria Damen, her mother, as
she, .Maria Damen, hereby in conscience declares thai rlendrick
^ndriesz, her late husband, on his sick bed expressly desired that
the estate left behind in manner as above should remain with her,
Maria Damen, for the reason that the most of it came from her
side, and for the security of said interest in the estate, she, Maria

Damen, specially binds and mortgages her house and lot, wherein

she now dwells, standing and lying on Joncker street, on the east

idi oi :l ■ ! 1 1 i aid Evert Wendel and to the wesl of the house

of Gerrit Jans/, the cooper, for the recovery if need be of -aid

interesl in the paternal estate without loss or damage, the said
Mana Damen on the other hand to remain in full possession of the
entire estate, nothing excepted, all debts and credits to be hei
and profit. Herewith 1 418] the parties on both sides declare that
the) ha 1 freed and covenanted regarding the final settlement of

1 Witl 1 ornclis van Nes, her third husband, Dirck van I

1 husband, Cf. power of attornej metis van Nes and

1 tin' tatter's dauehter I Dii in Eps dated

July s, 1668, in Early A Albany, 1 .. 1

IS

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 273

said Jannetie Hendricx's paternal estate and inheritance, without
either party having any further claims upon the other, promising
nevermore to do nor cause to be done anything contrary hereto,
either by or without resorting to law, in any manner whatever,
binding themselves thereto as by law provided. All in good faith,
thus done and executed in Beverwyck in New Netherland, in pres-
ence of Leendert Phillipsz, master tailor, and Jan Evertsz, master
shoemaker, called as witnesses hereto.

Maerrien Daemen
cornelis van nes
Jan Verbeeck, orphan master
Evert Wendel, orphan master
Leendert Phyeles

This mark X was made by Jan Evertssz,
aforesaid

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1664

Antenuptial contract of Cornelis van Nes and Maria Damen

[419] In the name of 'God, Amen: Appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, the Honorable Cornelis van Nes, councilor of the colony
of Rensselaerwyck, widower of the late Mayken, daughter of
Hendrick van den Burchgraeff, future bridegroom, of the first part,
and the virtuous Maria Damen, widow of the late Hendrick
Andriesz van Doesburch. dwelling in Beverwyck, future bride, of
the second part ; stating that they, the parties, intend for the glory
of God to enter into lawful wedlock with each other; and before
the proper celebration and public announcement thereof with the
usual formalities required thereto, they, the parties, declare that
deliberately and after mature consideration they have drawn up,
agreed upon and entered into the following antenuptial contract
and marriage articles, in form and manner following:

In the first place, the parties promise for the support and main-
tenance of this their prospective marriage to contribute their respec-
tive personal and real property, jewels, clothing, linen, woolens,
household furniture, cash assets and credits which they shall
bring together and submit to each other by proper inventory,
and of the gains, losses and profits thereof which God Almighty
may please to grant them each party shall receive the just half
for himself [or herself], his [or her] children and heirs; and

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

whatever shall be contributed by said parties according to the
inventor) aforesaid shall remain for each of the contracting
parties or their children and heirs; and in case of ill fortune
overtaking the parties (which [420] God forbid), it shall be suffi
cient for the survivor of the two [to turn over] what shall be found
to remain. Whenever it shall please God to take one of the 1
out of this world, then the survivor, to wit, in case of the death of
Cornelis van Nes, she, Maria Daemen, shall receive out of the
estate and effects of said Van Nes, after his decease, the sum of
five hundred guilders in seawan, and in case of her. Maria I >aemen's,
dying first, then shall said Van Nes out of the estate contributed by
her receive the sum of four hundred guilders, also in seawan, in
manner as before.

Finally it is also stipulated and agreed that the debts of each
party contracted before the date of this marriage shall be borne
and paid by the n pective debtor, without the one being made
responsible for or lie holden to pay the debts of the other.

All of which aforesaid conditions the parties promise faithfully
t.i perform, desiring and willing also that in case of the death of one
of them, the same shall be performed and executed by their
respective children and heirs, without ever doing or causing any-
thing to he done contrary hereto, either in or out of court, in any
manner whatever, binding themselves thereto a- by law provided.

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in X: Netherland, in
presence of the Honorable Johannes Verbeeck and Evert Wendel,
orphan masters of Beverwyck aforenamed, called as witnesses
hereto.

Cornelis Van \i -
Mai ;

Jan I
Evert Wendel

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. I'lib.

1664

Agreement of Cornelis van Nes to make over to his children by
his first wife certain property in satisfaction of their share in
their mother's estate

[421] On this day, the 2is1 of March [664, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public,, and before the imed

witnesses, the Honorable Cornelis van Nes, councilor of the colony
of Rensselaerswyck, widower of the late Maeyke Hendricx van den

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 275

Burchgraeff, of the first part, and Roeloff Cornelissz, husband
and guardian of Gerritie Cornells van Nes, Jan Janssz van Oot-
hout, husband and guardian of Hendrickie Cornells van Nes, Hen-
drick, Gerrit, and Jan Cornelissz van Xes, as well for themselves
as herein representing and acting in the name of Pieter Claesz,
husband and guardian of Grietie Cornells van Xes, dwelling at
Amersfort on Long Island, together the children of said Cornells
van Nes and Maeyken Hendricx, of the second part, and declared
that after making an inventory and appraisal of the proper! <. oi
the said Cornells van Xes and Maeyken Hendricx's daughter, they
had in love and friendship contracted and agreed about the baying
out of the aforesaid children's interest in said property by reason
of the maternal inheritance, in manner following:

In the first place, said children shall receive and enjoy the full
effect [of the will] or disposition of Hendrick Adriaensz, late-
father of said .Maeyken Hendricxsz, of date the 12th of June 1635, 1
except the inherited property sent to said Cornells van Xes in this
country, and employed by him here to the best advantage of
himself, his wife and said children, whatever more has been, or
may be, inherited to remain for the behoof of said children.

I 422] Second (inasmuch as said Cornells van Xes and .Maeyken
Hendricx have endowed each other according to will of date
the 31st of July 1625), Cornells van Xes, in consequence thereof,
promises by these presents to assign and make over to said chil-
dren for their maternal inheritance and estate, at his convenience.
the half or the value thereof of his house and barn, together with
a fourth part of the brewery, standing and lying together in the
Greyne Hos, in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, and furthermore
to each of said children one hundred guilders in seawan, deducting
whatever anyone has received, besides the sum of two thousand
guilders also in seawan.

On the other hand said Cornells van Xes shall remain in full
possession of the estate, all debts and credits to his loss and profit.
Herewith the parties declare that the}' have agreed and con-
tracted with each other respecting the settlement of said children's
maternal estate and inheritance, promising nevermore to do nor
cause anything to be done contrary hereto, either in or out of
court, in any manner whatever, binding themselves thereto as by
law provided.

'This is the date of the will of Annetje Jans of Laeckervelt, the mother
of Maeyken Hendricks. See following document.

276 I VRLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Thus done and executed in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, in
presence of Mr Gerard Swart, sheriff of said colony, and Cornells
van Schelluyne, called as witnesses thereto.

I ORNELIS VAN NES

This mark - was made by Roeloff
( !ornelissz, aforenamed

Jan Jansen Oothoi i
4- I [endrk k VAN Xl s

I rERRIT ( iORNl LIS N

This mark X was made by Jan Cor-

NELISZ VAN Xl s

(('.- Swartt

C. I '. Schelluyne

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1664

Will of Annetje Jans of Laeckervelt, the mother of the first wife
of Cornelis van Nes

[423] ('< i]>y. from tlu- record.

Appeared Annegen Jans, widow of Hendrick Adriaensz, 1 dwell-
ing at Laeckersvelt, assisted b) Roeloff Dircxe Stout, sheriff of
Laeckervelt, her chosen guardian in this matter, sound in body and
able to go about ami in full possession of her undei standing and
memory as far as we, the sheriff and magistrates, can see and
judge; considering that nothing is more certain to mankind than
death, and nothing more uncertain than the hour thereof, and in
anticipation of this uncertainty desiring before all to dispose of her
temporal estate which ha- been granted to her b) God Almighty,
and therefore in the first place revoking and annulling, as she
hereby does revoke and annul, all former testamentary dispositii
and last wills by her before the date hereof in presence of the
court, or notary and witnesses in any manner made or executed,
ami therefore disposing anew, she has willed and provided, as she
herci> does will and provide, that Adriaen Eiendricxsz, her, the
testatrix's son. after her death for his portion of the estate left b)
her shall have and inherit a certain house and a morgen and a
half of land with the plant- ami crop- thereon tanding, such and
in mannei as -aid Adriaen Hendricx now occupies them; likewise
that Maeyken Hendricx, her. the testatrix's daughter, shall al-o

'Hendrick Vdriaensen van den Burchgraeff; see following documents
Laeckervelt wai neai Vianen in Mi. mi' South Holland

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l66o— 1 696 277

have and inherit for her portion three morgens of land, more or
less, with all the plants and crops on the same, situate and lying
in Scherpenwyck 1 in this jurisdiction, and the remaining e>tate
shall be divided and received and enjoyed by said Adriaen and
Maeycken Hendricx equally, share and share alike; instituting
hereby with a [clasp of the] hand her said two children [424]
in manner aforesaid as her universal heirs or, failing of them, their
children in their place ; provided that said Maeygen Hendricx shall
be holden to pay over to Adriaen Hendricxe, her brother, the sum
of one hundred and fifty guilders, and also under the express con-
dition and provision that the said Maeygen Hendricx, the testatrix's
daughter shall not sell, encumber or alienate the said three morgens
and whatever else may come to her, the testatrix, by the death of
relatives; on the contrary, that she shall enjoy only the yearly
fruits thereof and no more. And in case said Maeygen Hendricx
happens to die before her children, said three morgens of land shall
neither wholly or in part be sold or alienated before the youngest
thereof shall come of age ; and should any of Maeygen Hendricx's
children happen to die without lawful issue, the portion of the
same shall devolve upon the others, and so on to the last, and all
dying, [the land shall revert] to the side whence it came. All of
which she, the testatrix, declares to be her last will and testament,
desiring that the same in all its points and manner aforesaid shall
be executed, be it as testament, codicil, last will, or otherwise as
the same may best comport with the laws, notwithstanding that
some formalities required in the matter may not have been observed
herein. Thus done at the house of her, the testatrix, in presence
of Roeloff Stout, sheriff, Adriaen Cornelisz and Adriaen Jansz
Brouwer, magistrates at Laeckervelt, who with the testatrix and
me, the secretary, have subscribed the original hereof, the 12th of
June XVI e and thirty-five.

[Underneath was written:]

Extracted from the Schepen record of Laeckervelt and
upon collation the foregoing was found to agree there-
with. Done this 7th of Sept. 1646 by me, the secretary
there.

"Was subscribed: C. v. Muyden

1 Scherperswijk, the name of the southern part of the polder of Leksmond,
near Vianen, in the province of South Holland.

2j8 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Postnuptial settlement between Cornells Hendricksen van Nes
and Mayken Hendricks van den Burchgrae^"

1 4.25 1 Appeared before me, Rudolph van Suyl-en vandlen
Natewis, 1 notary public, residing within Vianen, and the herein T
after named witnesses, the worthy Cornelis Hendricksz van Xes
and Maygen Hendrick's daughter, 2 married people, dwelling upon
the Havendyck, the aforenamed Cornelis Hendricksz being sound
i.i body and said Maeygen being indisposed, but both having full
possession and command of their memories and understanding,
as to us, the notary and witnesses, was perfectly apparent; and
declared that out of lawful love and matrimonial affection they, the
parties, had mutually and reciprocally endowed each other, as
hereby they do reciprocally endow each other, with all their prop-
erty, real and personal, assets and credits, money, gold and silver.
coined and uncoined, which they, the parties, now have, or which
they hereafter at any time may receive; all said property, real
and personal, money, gold and silver, coined and uncoined with
assets and credits to be held, enjoyed and possessed b) the survivor
of the parties as an estate for life, the right of usufruct 1 426]
thereof to last during his or her life and no longer. The parties
having requested that a deed in proper form be made hereof,
these are done and executed at the bouse of the contracting parties
standing upon the Havendyck aforesaid, in the presence of Gijsb
Barentse and Luycks Joriensz, as trustworthy witnesses hereto
speciall) called, who with the parties and me, the notary, have
subscribed the original hereof on the \X\lst of July XVI C and
twenty-five.

Was subscribed :

Rud: van Suylen vanden Natewis, Votary

Declaration by Cornelis van Nes and Jan Oothout as to their
joint ownership of a brewery bought of Willem Brouwer
1 482 1 We, the undersigned, l ornelis van Xes and Jan Ool
hout, father and son in law. herein acknowledge and declare that
! i of ns is entitled to and owns one hall of the brewen with its

1 Natewis, or Natev ,1 manor not far from Amerongen, in the

which i"i ;i long period was in the ;■ •■!' the

van / mily.

2 Maycken Hei van den B I Hendrick

11 van 'leu Bun
■'Tlii- documer riginally numbered [3, but has by misiaki been

I (he \ olume and renumb

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 279

belongings bought of Willem Brouwer at vendue, standing and
lying in the greyne bos, which brewery is fully paid for and free
from all claims and incumbrances (save the right of the patroon
of this colony). Done in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, this 21st
of March 1664.

cornelis van nes
Jan Jansen Ootuoet
G : Swart, witness

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1664

Lease of the house of the late Hendrick Reur to Annetie Gerrits

[427] On this day, the 22d of March 1664, Mr Jeremias van
Rensselaer, in capacity of attorney for the heirs of the late Hen-
drick Reur, 1 lets and Annetie Gerrits, wife of Marcelis Jansz, hires
the house and lot of the said Reur, deceased, standing and lying
in the colony of Rensselaerswyck upon the land called Lnbberden
Lant, 2 to the lessee known, for the term of one year commencing
on the first of May next, for the sum of three hundred guilders
seawan. It is further stipulated that the lessee shall have the
cellar built and other repairs in the said house made to suit her
convenience ; also that she shall erect the partition fence between
the neighbors as far as the part and share of the said heirs of the
late Hendrick Reur is concerned, the lessor remaining bound to
fence off the aforesaid house and lot with boards in front on
the street or highway, but whatever the lessee with the knowledge
and consent of the lessor shall cause to be done for the repair of
said house, shall serve as an offset against the stipulated rent.
Accordingly, the said lessee remains [428] bound at the end of
the lease to deliver up the said house and lot in proper repair,
accidents (contrary to expectation) happening from without, to
be at the risk of the lessor in his capacity aforesaid. For the per-
formance and execution of what is hereinbefore written the
parties mutually bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted,
subject to the authority of all courts and judges. Done in the

1 Hendrick Jansen Reur, or Roer, from Munster, in Westphalia, was
appointed court messenger of the colony of Rensselaerswyck on August 18,
1651. He died shortly before February 4, 1664, when his household effects
were sold at auction.

2 Now part of Troy, N. Y.

280 EARI/J RECORDS OF ALBANY

colony of Rensselaerswyck on the date above written, in presence
of Mr Gerard Swart, sheriff' of said colony, and Mr Jacob de
Hinsse, chirurgeon, called as witnesses hereto.

I REMIAS VAN RENSSELAER
AnTIEN Gl RR1S

G: Sivartt J

... ... y witnesses

J . ue Hinsse J

In ni\ presence,

D. V. S( HELLUYNE, Not. Pub

1664

Order of Jacob Jansen Stol on Jan Barentsen Wemp to pay 251
guilders to Arent Andriessen Bratt
[429! My special friend Jan Barentsz: Please paj mi my
account t<> Vrenl ^ndriesz the sum of two hundred and fifty-one
guilders which you promised me to pay t" Curler in the winter.
You will do me a favor; pay Corler -<> much less ami pay this
man; it will avail me as good payment. Hone in I orl ( 'range, die
ist of Oct. 1655. Was signed: Jacob Jansz Stoll. Under
neath was written: Hereto must be added one beaver which Arenl
Andriesz advanced to Cornelis the smith at the Manhatans.

Lease of one-half of Van Slyck's island at Schenectady from
Maritie Meynderts to Aeckes Cornelissen van Slyck

I430] This day, the 13th of Maj [664, Marine Meyndertsz,
widow of the late Jan Barentsz Wemp. acknowledges that she has
let and Aeckes Cornelisz 3 that he has hired of her the just half
of the farm- 1 the whole of which farm In In them jointly)

lying at Schenechtede upon which he, Aques, dwell- and which
is known t>> him. for the term of four consecutive years, beginning
on the date hereof or from the present sowing time, fur the sum
ol one hundred and eighty heaver-, or grain at beaver's price
1 the beaver reckoned al eight guilders apiece ich time

promptly, without delay, to be delivered at Schenechtede afore
nd. It is further stipulated that during the term of the lease
ili. l< ee hall have the use of a stallion and a gelding, the one
called Beyert, 'he other Snoeck, the risk thereof to be borne b) the
lessor during the lease, but if the horses should perish through

Othi 1 lornelissen van Slyck,

- I ln- farm mpri ed thi 1 rjr< island in the Mohawk river, wi
lied Van Slyck's island; see History of the Schcn
Patent, p. 77-78.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 28l

manifest neglect of the lessee, the charge shall be borne by the
lessee. Furthermore, there shall be delivered to the lessee next
spring two milch cows with their calves, if the}' then be with calf,
which cows and [431] expected calves the lessees shall keep for
half the increase during the term of the lease, according to the
custom of this country. Finally, the lessee promises at the end
of the lease to put again into the ground as much and similar seed
grain as he now in company with the lessor has put into the ground
and is still daily sowing, each party the first as well as the last
year to receive the just half of the produce thereof and to bear and
pay one-half of the expense, the fruits of the land for the other
years remaining for the behoof of the lessee. For the performance
and execution hereof the parties mutually bind their persons and
estates, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and judges. All in
good faith, done in the colony of *Rensselaerswvck, dated as above.

This mark + was made by Maritie
Myndertsz, aforenamed

ACRES
Arnout Cornells Vielen
Jan: Cornells-: vander Hex Jen

Bill of sale of a scow from Maritie Meynderts to Jan Cornelissen
van der Heyden and Poulus Cornelissen

[432] This day. the 22d of May 1064. Maritie Mynderts
acknowledged that she had sold and Jan Cornelissz van der Heyden
and Poulus Cornelisz in companv that they had bought of her a
scow with its appurtenances, known to the buyers ; for which scow
the buyers promise to pay the sum of ten hundred guilders in good
seawan in three instalments ; the first instalment of two hundred
and fifty guilders on the first day of August next ; the second instal-
ment of a like sum on the 1st of November following; and the
remaining five hundred guilders on the 1st of August 1665, every
time punctually ; and for the greater security of the payments
Arnout Cornelissz Viele for Jan Cornelissz vander Heyde, and
Jacob Tyssz vander Heyde for Poulus Cornelissz offer them-
selves as sureties for the payment of said purchase money at the
stipulated time, therefor binding their respective persons and

282 ' EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

estates, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and judges. Done in
the colony of Rensselaerswyck, dated as above.

This mark -- was made by Maritie

Mynderts, aforenamed
Jan Cornelisz Vander Heyden

POULUS CORNELISl N

Arnout Cornelis VlELEN
Jacob Theysen vander Heyden
In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub
1664

Contract between Jan Cornelissen van der Heyden and Poulus

Cornelissen regarding the use of the scow bought by them of

Maritie Meynderts

1 433 1 This day. the 22A of May [664, Jan Cornelissz van <ler
Heyden and Poulus Cornelisz have agreed and contracted together
respecting the use of the scow which they jointly bought of Maritie
Mynderts, in manner following:

The contracting parties promise without fail together to use their
utmost endeavor and diligence in sailing the scow to their mutual
advantage and profit, whither by themselves or by some one put in
their place.

The expenses of the scow and of the men whom they may pu1
therein], they shall bear and pay togethei

When called upon, they shall honestly settle with each other and
make satisfaction for what has been earned with the sco

Finally, if one of them wishes to sell his share or half interesl in

the scow, the other shall have the pr< d over other persons,

and this contract shall last at first until thi is paid for.

Furthermore they promise to deal with each other in friendship,

more master of the scow than the other.

All in good faith, without fraud or deceit, done in the colony of
Rensselaerswyck, dated ^ above.

Jan Cornelisz Vander Heyden
Pouli Cornelisen
In mj presence,

D. V. Schi 111 '. Pub.

1664

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 283

Dissolution of partnership between Jan Hendricksen Bruyn and
Cornelis Cornelissen Viele
[434] Tin's day, the last of May 1664, Jan Hendricksz Bruyn
and Cornelis Cornelisz Yiele acknowledge that in amity and friend-
ship they have fully liquidated and settled accounts with each other
respecting the trading done by them in company to this date and for
which no accounts are outstanding, dissolving therefore their part-
nership and annulling the contract made by them without either
one having any further claims against the other ; but as there are
still outstanding debts to be paid to various creditors amounting
to the sum of fl. 495-1-8 in beavers and likewise of fl. 134-14-8
in seawan, according to the respective accounts delivered to each
other, each undertakes and promises to pay the said respective
sums, provided that neither may be dunned or solicited for [what
is due by] the other; and for the greater security of payment to
said creditors, there have offered themselves as sureties, to wit,
on the part of said Jan Hendricksz Bruyn, Cornelis Bogardus and
Claes Jansz van Boghoven, and on the part of Cornelis Viele, Jan
Dareth and Jacob Thysz van der Heyden ; they, the sureties, prom-
ising each for his party in case of failure of payment by said
partners, to satisfy said creditors, therewith the parties have
fully settled and squared accounts with each other, as above, all
in good faith, without craft or guile, done in Beverwyck in New
Netherland, dated as above.

Jan Hexdrick Bruvxs

Cornelis Cornelisz Viele

Cornelis Bogardus

This mark X was made by Claf.s
Jansz van Boghoven

Jan Dareth

Jacoi: Thevsex vander Heyden
In my presence,

D. V. Schelluvxe, Not. Pub.
1664

Settlement of the estate of the late Jan Barentsen Wemp

[435] This day, the 12th of June 1664, Maritie Mynderts.
widow of the late Jan Barentsz W'emp, assisted by Sweer Theunisz
van Westbroeck, 1 of the first part, and Arnout Cornelisz Yevle,

1 More often called Sweer Teunissen van Velsen. He probably came from
Velser-YVcstlimck, near Haarlem, in the province of North Holland.

284 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

as appointed guardian, together with Jan Cornelisz vander Heyde,
husband and guardian of Aeltie Janssz Wemp, of the surviving
children procreated by her, Marine Mynderts, and Jan Barentsz
Wemp, deceased, namely, Myndert Jans/ Wemp aged 15 years,
Grietie Janssz Wemp aged [3 years, Anna aged eleven years, and
Barent Janssz Wemp aged eight years, of the second part, acknowl-
edged that in love and friendship, with the approval of said Vander
Heyde, they had agreed and contracted with each other respecting
the settlement of said children's paternal estate and inheritance,
the appraisal of which said estate was made in the presence of
Messrs Arent van Curlar, commissioner, and Gerard Swart, sheriff,
of the colony of Rensselaerswyi c, in the manner following:

In the first place, she. Maritie Mynderts, promises at her expense
and according to the best of her ability to bring up and train
said minor children in all godliness until the) reach their respec-
tive majority or marriage e tate, and moreover to have them taught
some handicraft or trade by which in time they may honorably
earn their living.

Moreover she. Maritie Mynderts, promises to pay to each of
the said children respectively when they arrive at marriage estate
or their majority the sum of one hundred beavers or the value
[ 436 J thereof, as security for which the said Maritie Mynderts
binds and mortgages her house and lot standing and lying in
BeverwyCk which at pn is occupied and used by said Vander

Heyde and Aeltie Jansz, together with the half of two islands at
Schanechtede, as also a house and lot standing upon the land called
Lubberde Land in said colon) ; also a house and lot on the east 1
side in Fori Orange, at presenl occupied by Evert Hendricxsz,
soldier, and furthermore her person and estate, nothing excepted,
subject to the jurisdiction of all courts and judge

And as the said Aeltie Ian- at her marriage received the value
of forty five beavers, that shall be taken into account at the paj
ment of her paternal inheritance.

1 in the other hand said widow shall remain in full possession
of the e-tale, all debts and credits to be to her loss and profit,
without right on her part to trouble Or make any demands upon
the children on that a< 1 1 >unt.

Herewith the contracting parti'- declare that in love and [ 437 ]
friendship they have agreed and settled with each other in the
matter aforesaid, making no further claim one upon tin other and

1 AoDarentlv a misl he west side of the Hudson river.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 285

promising nevermore to do nor cause to be done anything contrary
hereto, for which they bind themselves as by law provided. Done
in the colony of Rensselaerswyck. dated as above.

This mark - was made by Maertjen

Mevnders
Sweer Thoonussen VAX Westbroeck
Arnout Cornelisz Vielen

A: van Curler

G : Swartt

Marriage contract between Maritie Meynderts, widow of Jan
Barentsen Wemp, and Sweer Teunissen van Westbroeck
This day, the 12th of June 1664, Marritie Mynderts, widow of
the late Jan Barentsz Wemp, and Sweer Thonesz van Westbroeck
(intending to unite in matrimony), have agreed and determined
upon the following conditions :

In the first place, the above-named children, besides what they
are to receive for their paternal inheritance according to the above-
written contract, shall after the death of their [438] mother,
Maritie Mynders, also inherit and receive two hundred beavers
out of the first and most readily available effects left by her.

Secondly, all other property which they may acquire together
shall be enjoyed and divided by them both and their heirs.

Finally, the debts which they may have outstanding shall be
borne and paid, each his own, without either being dunned or
solicited for those of the other. Which said antenuptial articles
they, the contracting parties, promise faithfully to perform and
execute. All in good faith, done in Rensselaerswyck in New Neth-
erland, dated as above.

This mark -j- was made by Maerytje

Meynders with her own hand
Sweer Thoonussen van Westbroeck
A: van Curler
G: Swartt

Lease of farm no. 5 at Schenectady from Willem Teller to Claes
Fredericksen van Petten and Isaack Cornelissen Swits
[439] This day, the 16th of June 1664, Mr Willem Tailler
acknowledged that he had let and Claes Fredricxsz van Petten and

286 i ri Y RECORDS OF ALBANY

fsaack Cornelissz 3 that they had jointly hired of him a certain
farm of the lessor, lying at Schanechtede, consisting of dwelling
hotfse, barn, rick and arable land in two parcels, numbered respec-
tively no. 5 at the survey by the surveyor, known to the lessees,
and that for the term of six consecutive years beginning on the
date hereof, on the following conditions:

The lessor delivers now to the lessees for use on the farm six
draft horses, namely, three geldings and three mares, with a one-
year old stallion cult and another of this year, five milch cows,
two heifers and two hull calves of this year, one heifer in her third
year, two sows with live pigs four months old and a hog one year
old; which said horses and cattle, the lessees during this lease shall
have for the use of the farm for half the increase, the risk accord
ing to the usage in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, and the increi
to be divided every three years, hut with respect to said hogs, the
lessees are to be holden to deliver for the firsl time in the autumn
of the year (665 a hog tit for slaughter, and so on every year during
the lease, and at the end of the lease to deliver over again to the
owner the same number of hogs and of the same age as at present.

I 440 1 The lessor has also delivered to the lessees two plows with
their appurtenances and a wagon, while another wagon shall be
delivered nexl harvest time; also a pot, kettles, churn, milk tubs,
two sleds, three Flemish scythes with two scythe blades, and a
grain winnow.

Moreover the land is now sown with twenty two skipples of
winter wheat, four skipples of summer wheat, three skipples of
while pea-, three skipples of buckwhe; also forty-nine skip-

ples of oats, winch said quantity of sowed grain the lessees promise
to lea\ v -owed upon said land at the 1 nd of the lease, for the behoof
of the lessor, and also said delivered agricultural implements with
house, barn, rick and garden in fence to deliver over again at the
end of this lease in good condition. The lessees ma\ at their

pense build another rick upon the farm which at the end of the
lease shall be taken unci by the lessor at an appraisal by impartial
ons in discounl oi the promised rent. For the lure and use
of which said farm they, the lessees, in accordance with the above
written condition-, promise jointrj and severally, not pro rata
but in solido, as principal, to paj ever) year four bundled guilders
in wheal r& oned al ten guilders the mudde, to be delivered here
in Beverwyck free, besides fort) pound- of butter in [665 as

' Isaai Cornelis Claessen Swits, of Manhattan.

NOTARIAL PAFERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 287

additional rent (tocpacht) and every year the like quantity; like-
wise every year three days' (441] work drawing wood; and in case
of war, or an incursion of enemies (which (iod forbid), the lessees
shall have none of the burden thereof to bear; but all the expenses
chargeable upon the village and land, for so far as the share of the
aforenamed farm during this lease is concerned, shall be borne by
the lessees. For the performance and execution of what is above-
written, the respective parties hereto mutually bind their persons
and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and judges.
All in good faith, done in Beverwyck in X. Netherland, dated as
above.

"Willem Teller

Claes Frederic ksz van Petten
This mark -f- was made by Isaacq
Cornelisz, aforenamed
As witnesses
Lourus van Alen
Gerit Jansz Herttenberch

In my presence ,

D. Y. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1664

Indenture of apprenticeship of Cornelis van Schelluyne to Hen-
drick Bries, master shoemaker
[442] This day, the 17th of June 1664, Dirck van Schelluyne has
bound his son Cornelis van Schelluyne to Mr Hendrick Bries, who
agrees to teach him according to his ability the shoemaker's trade
and what appertains thereto, for the space of two years, beginning
on the date hereof, but in case of disability on either side, each
party shall be free, Cornelis van Schelluyne to earn nothing during
the aforesaid two years. All in good faith, done in the colony of
Rensselaerswyck in N : Xetherland, dated as above.

D. V. Schelluvxk,

1664
Hendrick Bries

Power of attorney from Thys Evertsen de Goyer to his brother
Evert Evertsen de Goyer

[443] This day, the 17th of June 1664, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Thys Evertssz de Goyer, planter in said colony [of Rens-

288 EARLY KECORDS OF ALBANY

selaerswyck], and declared that in consequence of advices from
his brother, Evert Evertssz de Goyer, master carpenter at Amster-
dam in Holland, of date the 23d September 1663, he constituted
and appointed his said brother. Evert Evertssz de Goyer, his special
attorney to demand, collect and receive at Xaerden 1 in Holland
what his mother, Grietie Janssz, deceased, widow of the late Evert
Tyssz, deceased at Xaerden aforesaid, has left him, the appearer,
for his portion according to the advices of his said brother, being the
sum of one hundred and eighty guilders; therefore, an acquittance
for the receipt and a release against further demands to execute
and furthermore all things to do, transact and perform, which
may be needful and which may seem to him proper, promising at
all times to hold valid whatever may be done and performed in
the matter aforesaid by his said brother, as attorney, without an)
opposition; provided that the attorney be held of said transactions
and receipts a proper return to make when required. Thus done
and executed in the colony of Rensselaerswyck in X. Xetherland,
in presence of Eldert Gerbertssz Cruyff van Hilversum" and Jan
1 it-/, master shoemaker, called a- witnesses hereto.

THYS EE\ EB I

Ellert Gerbert'sz Cruif

This mark X was made by Jan
I ; ertsz, aforesaid

Order of Jeremias van Rensselaer on Jan Baptist van Rensselaer
to pay Jan Jurriaensen

1 444. [ Brother Ian Baptist van Rensselaer: Please pay to the

bearer hereof, Jan Jurriaensz, or his order, the sum of two bundled
and seventy-nine guilders and five stivers, to be charged to my
private account, three months after sight, or so soon as the money
for the wheat which goes over herewith for my account shall be
ed. [In so doing] you will confer a fa\ or.

Was signed: Jim mias van Renssei mm

July l<>. [664, in the colon) of K'en - -el.icr-wyck

1 Naerden i.r Naarden, 1- a city in tin- Gooi, or Gooiland, in the pn
oi North Holland; hence the designation <jV Goyer (the G 'in

connection with tin- two brothers Ci n to Kleyn 1 .in

' ; my, 1:75. where the name has been erroneously inter-

ed as " the thn >w ei ,"

ersum is a village in Gooiland, in the province of North Holland.
attorney from Tr 1 ertsen to lacob Schermerhoorn,
July 3/1.1, 1668, in Early Records of Albany, 1:499, in which this pow«i
atton

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 289

After collation with its original, dated and signed as above, this
copy is found to agree therewith. In the colony of Rensselaers-
wyck, July 10, 1664.

By me,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1664

Power of attorney from Jan Harmensen Weendorp to Jan Coster

van Aecken

[445] On this day, the 19th of July 1664, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Jan Harmenssz Wintdorp, trader here, proposing to
depart for Holland, and declared that by these presents he consti-
tuted and appointed Jan Coster va.ni Aecken, also trader here, his
special attorney in his, the appearer's, absence to demand, collect
and receive of divers persons, his debtors, payment as well in
beavers as other wares of what they owe him, according to obliga-
tions, accounts and vouchers herewith placed in the hands of the
attorney; therefore, acquittance for receipts to give; the unwilling
debtors to constrain to pay by legal process and rigor of justice;
to this end all terms of the courts to observe unto judgment and
extreme execution of the same ; the attorney finding himself
aggrieved by sentence or sentences, to take exception thereto and
to appeal therefrom and said exception and appeal also to prosecute
to the end ; with power also to compromise, agree, compound and
contract ; and one or more persons in his place to substitute ; and
furthermore all things to do, transact and perform in this matter,
either in or out of court, which [446] may be needful and may
seem to him proper, as he, the principal, if present might or could
do ; promising at all times to hold valid whatever may be done and
performed by said attorney and his substitute in the matter afore-
said by virtue hereof, without any opposition, binding himself
thereto as by law provided, on condition that the attorney be holden
a proper return to make of his said transactions and receipts when
asked and requested. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in
10

_'<)<> EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

N. Netherland, in presence of Harmen Thomasz van Amersfort
and Helmert < )tten van Isens, 1 called as witnesses thereto.

I.w Harmesen van Weendorp

Harman Thomas::, van Amerj
Helmerick Otten

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
166.1

Power of attorney from Gerrit Slichtenhorst to Adriaen Appel
[447] This day, the 2is1 of July 1664, appeared before me, Dirck
van Schelluyne, notar) public, and before the afternamed wit-
im- ses, Mr Gerrit Slichtenhorst, trader here, who declared that by
these presents he constituted and appointed Mr Adriaen Appel,
dwelling at Amsterdam in X: Netherland, his special attorney to
receive from the hands of the secretary, Mr Johannes Nevuis, a
certain obligation, or the eng thereof, executed in or

about the month of October 1663 by Nicolaes Boot, For the
deliver) pantiles by him received to his content; further-

more, as the said Nicolaes Boot is expected at the Manhatans
from Virginia, the payment thereof from him to demand, collect
and receive; acquittance for the receipt to execute, and in case of
refusal to proceed by attachment against his person and estate
and furthermore him to constrain to pay by way and means of
justice; to this end all the terms of the courts to observe unto
judgment and extreme execution thereof; with power also to com-
promise, arrange and agree; and furthermore all things to do,
transact and perform, which may be needful and seem to him
proper; promising at all times to hold valid whatever ma) be 'lone
and performed in the matter aforesaid by said attorney, without
any opposition, [448] binding himself thereto as by law provided,
on condition that the attorney be held, when requested, to make a
proper return of his said transactions and receipts. Thus done and
executed in Beverwyck in \' : Netherland, in presence of Cornelis
Bogardus and Jacob I.oockcrmans, called as witnesses hereto.

Gerrit Sln hi 1 x horst
Jacob Lokermans
Cornelis Bogardus

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub
1664

1 Probably intended for Esens, in Harlingerland, in East Friesland,
ince "f Hanover, Germany,

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 2CJI

Bond of Philip Pietersen Schuyler to Jan Harmensen Weendorp
[449] This day, the 22d of July 1664, Phillip Pietersz Schuyler,
trader here, acknowledges that he is well and truly indebted to
Jan Hermssz Wintdorp in the sum of ninety-one beavers for
seawan by him, Schuyler, to his content received ; which said
ninety-one beavers he, Schuyler, promises to pay to him, Jan
Hermsz, or his order, next month of June A . 1665, punctually,
in good current payment, the beaver reckoned at eight guilders,
binding therefor his person and property, nothing excepted, subject
to the jurisdiction of all courts and judges. Done in Beverwyck
in N: Netherland, dated as above.

Philip Pietersz Schuyler

In my presence,

D. V. ScHELLUYXE, Not. Pllb.

1664

Bond of Gerrit Slichtenhorst to Jan Harmensen Weendorp
[450] This day, the 22d of July 1664, Gerrit Slichtenhorst,
trader here, acknowledges that he is well and truly indebted to Jan
Hermssz Wintdorp in the sum of three hundred and eighty-six
guilders for goods to his content received ; which said sum of fl.
386 he, Slichtenhorst, promises to pay in the month of September
next, punctually, in good, merchantable beavers reckoned at eight
guilders apiece, therefor binding his person and estate, nothing
excepted, subject to all courts and judges.
Done in Beverwyck, dated as above.

Gerrit Slichtenhorst

In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1664

Power of attorney from Jan Bastiaensen van Gutsenhoven to
Oloff Stevensen van Cortlant
[451] This day, the 23d of July 1664, appeared before me, Dirck
van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the hereinafter named
witnesses, Mr Jan Bastiaensz van Gutsenhoven, trader here, and
declared that by these presents he constituted and appointed Mr
Oloff Stevenssz Cortlant his special attorney to demand, collect
and receive from divers persons, his, the appearer's, debtors, pay-

J u EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

it of what they owe him, according to obligations, accounts and
vouchers placed in the attorney's hands; as such, acquittance for

receipts to give; the unwilling debtors to constrain to pay by way
and means of justice; to this end all the terms of the courts to
observe unto judgment and extreme execution thereof; with power
if need be to proceed by attachment against person and property
for the recovery of said sum without loss and expense; and fur-
thermore all things to do, perform and transact, which may be
needful and which may seem to him proper; promising al all times
to hold valid whatever in the matter aforesaid ma) he done and

performed by said attorney, without any o n, binding [452]

himself thereto as by law provided, on condition that the atton
he holden a proper return to make of hi- said Iran-action- and
receipts when requested. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck
in New Netherland, in presence of Mr 1'hillip Pietersz Schuyler
and Herman Vedder, fellow traders here, called as witne 1
hereto.

Jan Bastiaense
Philip Pietersz Schuyler
Harman Vedderen

D. V. Schelluyne, .Y<</. Pub

166)

Lease of a house in Beverwyck from Sweer Theunissen to Jan
Cornelissen van der Heyden
[453 1 This day, tin- 7th of Vugusl [664, Sweer Theunissz 1 has

let ami Jan Cornelissz van der lie; den of him has hired the les-
sor's house, l"t and garden as shown and known to the le
-landing and lying in the village of Beverwyck; which house, lot
and garden 1 1 promises to deliver in proper repair, window,

:. floor and feme tight, from now i" the Srsl da) ol \i
which the lessee promise a hundred and fifty guilders

in seawan. to wit. lift) guilders next Ma\ [655 [1665], and the
remaining hundred guilder- at tin- end of the lea-e : the le

1 lining holden at the end of the 1' n to deliver up -aid

house, lot and garden in good repair, accidents from without
d; binding thereto their respective persi ates,

nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all courts and judgi

ii Westbroeck.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 293

All in good faith, done in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, dated
as above.

S\VEER ThOONUSSEN

Jan Cornelisz vander Heyden

In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1664

Power of attorney from Jan Coster van Aecken to Nicolaes de

Meyer

[454] This day. the 27th of August 1664, appeared before me,
Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed
witnesses, Mr Jan Coster van Aken, trader here in Beverwyck,
and declared that he constituted and appointed by these presents
Nicolaes Meyer, trader at Amsterdam in X: Xetherland, his special
attorney to demand, collect and receive from divers persons, his
debtors, payment for what they owe him according to obligations,
accounts and vouchers thereof placed in the attorney's hands ; as
such, acquittance for receipts to deliver, and in case of refusal the
unwilling to constrain to pay by way and means of justice; to this
end all the terms of the courts to observe unto sentence and
extreme execution thereof; finding himself aggrieved by said sen-
tence, to take exception thereto and to appeal therefrom and said
exception and appeal to prosecute to the end ; with power to com-
pound, agree and arrange, and if need be one or more persons to
substitute in his place having the like or limited authority ; and
furthermore all things to do, transact and perform, either in or out
of court, [455] which may be needful and which may seem to him
proper; promising at all times to hold valid whatever in the matter
aforesaid may be done and performed by said attorney, or by his
substitute, without any opposition, provided that the attorney shall
be holden a proper return and accounting to make of his said trans-
actions and receipts. Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in
N : Netherland, in presence of Phillip Pietersz Schuyler and Jan
Claesz van Ossaenen, called as witnesses hereto.

Jan Koster
Philip Pietersz Schuyler
Jan Claesz Backer

-'<4 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Lease of Goossen Gerritsen van Schaick's farm to Claes Theu-
nissen van Gorinchem

[456] This day, the 16th of September 1664, Mr Goossen Gei
ritssz van Schaieck lets and Claes Theunissz van Gorinchem 1 hires,
with consenfl of the Honorable Director Rensselaer, the lessor's
plantation lying on the east hank of the North river in the colony
of Rensselaerswyck, on which the le-see dwells at present, the size
and condition of which are known to him, on the following
lilii ins :

The lessor rents the said farm to thi ei for the term of two

years having commenced on the first day of May last.

Furthermore, the lessee has boughl of the lessor the house which
stands on the said plantation, which is hereby delivered and con-
him in fee.

In payment and satisfaction of the rent of said land and the pur-
chase of said house, the aforenamed ' lae rheunissz promises to
hundred guilders in beavi 1 glit guilders apiece or in

heaver'-- value. [The remainder wanting and the whole canceled.]

Contract of sale of the house mentioned in the foregoing instru-
ment from Goossen Gerritsen van Schaick to Claes Theu-
nissen

This day, the 16th of September 16' * en Gerritssz van

Schaeick sells and Claes Theunisz buys the house standing upon the

plantation heret n occupied l>\ him, Goossen Gerritsz, in which

the buyer now dwell--: for which the Inner promises to pay two
hundred guilders in heaver's value at eight guilders apiece, to be
paid within the time of six year-, or in six instalments, each ■■
thirty-three guilders and some stivers; the first instalment on the
first day of May [665; the econd on the first of May t666, and so
on every year, punctually without suffering oni ea to run into
the other unpaid.

1 457 I 1' 's further stipulated that the buyer shall be holden food
and lod ;ive to a negro, or laboring man. whom the seller is

keeping there For his service, foi the time of three eai beginning
on tin 1 of ] ebruary last, and in case of the death of th<
01 othet occasion, which the seller maj have, the seller may put

- lu-t laborer in his place .and the buyer shall maintain the same

same per on as Claes Gei ritsen

m 1669 sold somi parci rid in thi luirlv A',,

. Ilhtnty, 1 :.)'ij 63. 1 -licit i- .1 1 itj "ii the v

wede, in 1 if Si >uth 1 li illand.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 295

in board and lodging the remaining time as before ; provided the
negro or laboring man shall be holden twelve days every year to
work for the buyer.

Finally the fruit trees in the garden by said house with the fence
of the garden remain in the ownership of the seller, which he,
the seller, after the lapse of the said three years may dispose of ;
likewise in his ownership remains the fence on the land on the
south side of the land of the buyer as the said fence now stands.

The said Claes Theunissz has received of said Goossen Gerritsz
two milch cows on halves as to the increase, according to the usage
of this colony, and that for the time of three years beginning on the
1st of May last, for which as an additional rent he is to pay ten
pounds of butter every year.

Claes Theunisz has also received three sows, for which he shall
deliver here every year, for five years, one good hog for slaughter,
at least a year old, at the end of which [five years] said three sows
shall be his own.

All honestly and in good faith, these are subscribed by the parties
in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, dated as above.

Goosen Gerretsen
This mark X was made by Claas
Theunisz, aforenamed
In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyxe, Not. Pub.
1664

Bond of Willem Teller to Jan Claessen Backer

[458] This day, the 30th of September 1664, Mr Willem Tailler
acknowledges that he is well and truly indebted to Jan Claessz
Backer, 1 in the sum of one hundred and thirty-five guilders in
beavers, for goods to his content received from him ; which said
sum of one hundred and thirty-five guilders he, Teyller, promises
to pay to said Jan Claessz, or to the lawful bearer hereof, on or
before the month of June 1665 next, punctually and without longer
delay, in good whole beaver skins at eight guilders apiece ; therefor
binding his person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to the
authority of all courts and judges. Done in B'everwyck, on the
date above written.

Willem Teller

1 Jan Claessen Backer van Oostsanen, free trader at Beverwyck ; see page
227.

296 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Power of attorney from Jan Claessen Backer to Jacob Schermer-

hoorn

[4591 On this day, the 30th of Sep [664, appeared bet re

me, Dirck van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the after-
named witnesses, Jan Claessz Backer, trader here, proposing to
return to Holland, and declared thai he constituted and appointed
by these presents Mr Jacob Schermerhooren his special attorney to
demand, collect and receive from diverse persons, his debtors, pay-
ment of what they owe him, according to accounts, obligations and
vouchers placed in the hands of said attorney; as such, acquittance
to deliver for receipts and in case of refusal die unwilling to o
strain to pay by legal process and rigor of justice; to this end all
the term-, of the courts to observe to judgment and extreme execu-
tion thereof; and furthermore all things to do, execute and perform
which may be needful and which may seem to him proper; promis-
ing at all times to hold valid whatever may he done and performed
in the matter aforesaid b) -aid attorney, without any opposition,
provided tin' attorney he holden 1 460 1 a proper return to make of
Ins said transactions and receipts when requested.

Thus done and executed in Beverwyck in X: Netherland, in
presence of Gysbert Janssz and Jurriaen Theunissz, called as wit-
1 1 . hereto.

J w Claesz Backer
Jure .Uui Tunsen
1 bert Yansen

In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1664

Power of attorney from Jan Cornelissen van der Heyden to
Aeltie Jans Wemp, his wife, and Arnout Cornelissen Viele

On this day, the 30th of September [664, Jan < ornelisz van der
Heyden (proposing to depart for Holland) declare- that h? con-
stitutes and appoints b) these presents Aeltie Jan-/ Wemp, his
wife, and Aernoul Cornell-/ his special attorneys, in his absence all
hi- affairs and business in this country to perform, direel and
administer to his besl advantage; all outstanding debts according to
hi- accounts and vouchers thereof to demand, collect and receive;
acquittance for the receipts to deliver; the unwilling to constrain to
pay by legal process and rigor of justice ; to this end all terms of the
courts to observe unto judgment and extreme execution thereof;

NOTARIAL PAPERS I ANl) 2, 1660-1696 297

and his just rights both in suing and defending against all and every
person to preserve, guard and exercise ; with power also to com-
promise, [461] arrange and agree; and furthermore all things to do,
perform and execute, either in or out of court, which may be need-
ful and which may seem to these attorneys to be proper ; promising
at all times to hold valid whatever may be done and performed in
the matter aforesaid by said his attorneys, without any opposition,
binding himself thereto as by law provided. All in good faith,
done in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, on the date above written.

Jan Cornelisz : Vander Heyden
As witnesses :
Jan Nack
This mark M was made by Matheus Abrahamsz

In my presence,

D. V. Schelluyxe, Not. Pub.
1664

Bond of Aert Goossensen van Twiller to Gerrit Hendricksen van

Rys

This day, the 9th of October 1664, appeared before me, Dirck
van Schelluyne, notary public, and before the afternamed witnesses,
Aert Goossens Van Twieller, dwelling in the said colony [of Rens-
selaerswyck], and acknowledged that he is well and truly indebted
to Gerrit Hendricxsz van Reis in the sum of two hundred Carolus
guilders at 40 groats apiece Holland money, growing out of the
purchase and delivery of diverse goods to his satisfaction thank-
fully received ; which said sum of two hundred Carolus guilders
he, the appearer, [462] by these presents, orders and charges his
attorney, Mr Peel van Hennekelaer. sheriff of the jurisdiction of
Nieukerck in Gelderland, to pay to said Gerrit Hendricxsz van
Reys, or to the lawful bearer hereof, within the time of six weeks
after he, Van Reys, shall have arrived at Nieukerck, or this shall
have been shown; and that out of his patrimonial estate and effects,
whereof the said Mr Hennekelaer has the administration and direc-
tion, according to power of attorney dated [blank] 1663, executed
before me, the notary, and certain witnesses ; and in case of failure
of payment as above (contrary to expectation) he, the appearer,
promises said sum or the value thereof to pay in this country in
beavers, on demand ; binding his person and estate, real and per-
sonal, none excepted, and especially also his patrimonial estate and

29« I VRLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

effects for the recovery of the sum if need he without expense and
loss, subjecting himself to the authority of all lord-, courts, tri-
bunals and judges, and especially of the honorable court of Gelder-
land. Thus done and executed in the colony of Rensselaerswyck,
in presence of Mr Arent van Curlar, commissioner of said oniony
of Rensselaerswyck, and Tieleman van Schelluyne, called as wit-
3 hereto.

.SEX

A. van Curler
T. I '. Schelluyne

Bond of Harmen Harmensen van Gansevoort to Gerrit Hendrick-

sen van Rys
[463 1 This day, the 10th of ■ 4, Harmen rlarmensz

van Gan 1 acknowledges that he is well and truly indebted

tu ( lerrit 1 lendricxsz van Reis in the quantity of eleven good, whole,
merchantable heaver skins, reckoned at eight guilders apiece, for
the purchase and delivery of twenty-eight spades by him to his

content received; which said eleven beavers he, G;

to pay to said \ an Reis, or to the law nil bearer hereof, on or
before the month of June \<*^, punctually and without further
delav : binding his person and estate, nothing excepted, and spei
ally his farm lying in Catskil together with a stallion and gelding,
all subject to the authority of all court- anil judge- for tin- tecovery
of the -aid debt if need he without loss and expense. Done in the
colony of Rensselaerswyck, dated a- ab

1 [ERMEN I Ilk Ml \- t . \\-l V0RT

By me, Cornells Cornelissen van Sterrenuelt
dder, witness

In ni\ presence,

1). V. S< HELLUYNl . Not. Pub.

166.1

Bond of Cornells Brantsen van Nieukerck to Gerrit Hendricksen

van Rys
1 464 1 This day, the 9th of i Ictobi Cornelis Brantssz van

Nieukercl acknowledges that he is well and trulj indebted to
Gerril Hendricxsz van Reis in the sum of twent) five guilders

Holland monej for g 1> to hi- content received; which -aid sum

of twenty-five guilders he, Cornelis Brantssz, promises to pay at

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 299

the latest in the month of May 1665, punctually; and whereas said
Cornelis Brantssz and Van Reis are proposing to return to Holland
by the ship Eendracht, therefore, in case of accident (which may
God prevent) said sum may be recovered without loss or damage
out of his estate of inheritance or lands called Schephorst, situated
near Nieukerck aforesaid in Gelderland ; binding hereto his person
and estate, nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all courts
and judges, and especially of the honorable court of Gelderland.
Done in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, on the date above written.

Cornelis Brantsen
As witnesses :
R. V. Renseler
G: Swartt

D. V. Schelluyne, Not. Pub.
1664

Agreement between Andries de Vos and the orphan masters of
Beverwyck regarding the settlement of the estate of the late
Arent Andriessen Bratt (incomplete)

1 465] On this day, the 10th of October 1G64, Andries de Vos,
father of Catalina Andriesz, widow of the late Arent Andriessz,
of the first part, and (the honorable orphan masters Jan Verbeeck
and Evert Wendel, orphan masters of the village of Beverwyck,
now called Albany), 1 of the second part, declared and acknowledged
that they had fully adjusted, settled and squared accounts with each
other respecting the paternal estate and inheritance of the six sur-
viving children procreated by the aforesaid Arent Andriessz and
Catalina Andriessz namely, Jeffie, Adriaentie, Andries, Dirck,
Samuel and Cornelia Andriessz, and that in the presence of Hen-
drick Jochemsz, empowered hereto by the aforesaid wido.w, in man-
ner following:

The honorable orphan masters hereby acknowledge that the said
Andries de Vos has made a proper accounting and final settlement
of the paternal estate of the aforesaid children, wherefore they, in
their official capacity, release him from all further claims, with
this condition that the aforesaid six children, after the death of
said Andries de Vos. out of the most available property left by him,
shall obtain and receive the sum of one hundred guilders in beavers
or beaver's value, each to have an equal portion thereof, for which

1 The words in parentheses are crossed out ami replaced T > \ the name
Hendrick Tochemsz. See next document.

300 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

he, Andries de Vos, hereby binds and obligates himself . . . [not
finished ami canceled in the record].

Agreement between Andries de Vos and Hendrick Jochemsen,
as attorney for the widow of Arent Andriessen Bratt, regard-
ing the settlement of the latter's estate

1 466 ] On this day, the tith of October [664, Andries de Vos, of
the first part, and Hendrick Jochemsz, as attorney for Catalina
Andriesz (daughter of said De Vos), widow of the late Arent
Andriessz, of the second part, acknowledged thai they had con-
tracted and agreed with each other about what hitherto has been
outstanding between him, De Vos, and the aforesaid \rcnt
Andriessz, deceased, in respeel to the use of the sawmill at Wapanic-
asick, which they have had in company or partnership, in manner
following:

All account-, debts and claims which they have against each other
en that account arc hereby canceled and annulled, so that neither
partner has any further claim upon the other: on this express >
dition, however, that the children of said Catalina Andriesz (pro-
created by said Arent Andriesz), after the death of said Midi 1
de Vos, out of the first and most available property left behind,
shall receive the sum of one hundred guilders in beavers or beaver's
value, for which he. De Vos, hinds and obligates himself; wherewith
1 Lrties hereto mutuall) are agreed and c intent, the one making
no further claim upon the other, and they therefore in manner above
mutually release each other. \11 in good faith done in 1 467 I Be 1 1 1
wyck, now named Albany, dated a- above, in presence of Mr Jan
Verbeeck and Evert Wendel, as witnesses.

Andryes 01
1 [endrick Jochemsz
As witnesses :

Jan Verbeeck
Evert Wendel

Tn my pi e ence,

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, \'"l. Pub.

166}

Bond of Maria Dyckman to Gerrit Hendricksen van Rys

This day. the ' th of Octobei [664, Maria Dyckman acknowl-

■ <\ that -Ik w a- well and truly indebted to Gerril Hendricxsz

van Keys iii the sum "f sixteen beavers at eight guilders each, for

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 3OI

the purchase and delivery of a hogshead of French wine by her to
her content received, which said sum of sixteen beavers she, Maria
Dyckman, promises to pay without expense and loss in the month
of June A°. 1665, punctually and without longer delay. And
whereas she declares hereby that on his return to Holland in 1656
she gave and delivered to Mr Johannes van Twiller, now dwelling
at Xieuwkerck in Gelderland nine beavers to purchase some goods
for her and send them over here, which he has not as yet done ;
therefore by these presents she desires said Van Twiller to pay
said nine beavers, or the proceeds thereof to said Van Reis, or to
the lawful bearer hereof, in part payment of this obligation ; and
in case he, [468] Van Twiller. ( contrary to expectation) fails to
pav said nine beavers, then shall this obligation remain in full force :
she promising honorably to satisfy the same in the month of June A".
1665, as above, therefor binding her person and estate, nothing
excepted, subjecting the same to the authority of all courts and
judges.

Done in Beverwyck, now called Albany, dated as above.

Maria Dvckmans
Cornells Brantsen
Matthys Steenbergh
As witnesses

In my presence,

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pub.

1664

Bond of Cornelis Brantsen van Nieukerck to Gerrit Hendricksen
van Rys as security for the debt of Pieter Bruynsen
Cornelis Brantssz hereby undertakes and promises to pay. as his
own private debt to Gerrit Hendericxsz van Revs 1 with whom by
God's help he is about to return to Holland), or to the bearer hereof,
on account of Pieter Bruynssz van Bohemen (now also sailing for
Holland), the sum of thirty-four guilders Holland money, to be
paid in Holland or at Nieukerck in Gelderland on sight, the just
value whereof he, Pieter Bruynsz, has received from him. Van
Reis, here; for which Cornelis Brantsz binds his person and estate,
nothing excepted, and especially his estate [469] of inheritance in
the lands called Schephorst. lying near Nieukerck in Gelderland
aforesaid : he, Pieter Bruynssz, promising for this act of friendship
done hereby at all times when required to indemnify him and to

302 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

save and keep him harmless. Done in the colony of Rensselaers-
wyck on the i th of October 1664.

This mark X was made by Pieter
. nsz vax Bremen, 1 aforesaid

■ 1: VNTSEN

In my presence,

D. V. Si helluyne, Not. Pub.
1664

Bond of Anthony Jansen to Gerrit Hendricksen van Rys
This day, tin ober [664, Anthony Janssz, court mes-

senger of the colony of Rensselaerswyck, acknowledged that he
was well and truly indebted to Gerrit Hendricxsz van Reis in the
stun i>f four hundred and thirty guilders in good, strung seawan
for the purchase of two hogsheads of French wine to his content
received, which sum of four hundred anil thirty guilders he,
Anthonj Janssz, promises to pay to said Van Reis or to the law-
ful hearer hereof at the Iatesl in the month of May A . 1665,
punctually and without longer delay, therefor binding his per-
son and estate, nothing • epted, subject to the authority of all
courts and judgi

Done in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, dated as above.

\\ rHONY Jansz
Cornells Brantsen
Pieter Yacopsen Borsboom

Witnesses

In my presence,

D. V. SciIELLUYNE, Not. Pub.

1664
[In the margin is written:] The con-
tents of this obligation are satisfied;
as appears by the annexed, and it is
therefore crossed out here. This
day, the 23 Sept. 1667.
3 Oct.

1 Thus in the original, though the Dutch Records of Kingston, revised

tic. 11 by S.iinue] Oppenheim, p. 65, has "Pieter Bruynsen van

n " as in the tc \t.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 303

Bond of Juriaen Teunissen to Richard van Rensselaer
[470] This day, the — th of October 1664, Jurriaen Theunissz,

innkeeper in Beverwyck, now called Albany, acknowledged that he
was well and truly indebted to Mr Rychard van Rensselaer in the
sum of forty good whole merchantable beavers reckoned at eight
guilders apiece, for the purchase and delivery of two aams of
brandy by him to his content received; which said sum of forty
good whole merchantable beavers he, Jurriaen Theunissz, hereby
promises to pay to said Mr Van Rensselaer or to the lawful bearer
hereof at the latest in the month of June A . 1665, punctually and
without further delay, therefor binding his person and estate, per-
sonal and real, nothing excepted, subject to the authority of all
courts and judges. Done in Albany on the date above written.

JUREYAN TUXSEN

In my presence,

D. V. SCHELLUYXE, Not. Pub.

1664
This obligation is satisfied as appears by the books of Juriaen
Theunisz.

Declaration of Pieter Jacobsen Borsboom (incomplete)
[471] This day, the -^th of October 1664, Pieter Jacobsz van

Borsboom, son of the late Jacob Pietersz Borsboom, born at Cat-
wyck op Rijn 1 in Holland, dwelling at Schanechtede or de groote
vhckte, 2 declared . . . [The remainder wanting].

Power of attorney from Gerrit Hendricksen van Rys to Arent

van Curler

This dav the — th of "October 1664, Gerrit Hendericksz van Reys,
■" 20

being about to depart for Holland, declares that he constitutes and

appoints hereby Mr Arent van Curler his special attorney in his

absence to demand, collect and receive from divers persons, his

debtors, payment for what they owe him according to obligations,

accounts and proofs thereof listed below; as such acquittance to

1 Katwijk on the Rhine, or Karwijk-Binnen, a village about 5 miles north
west of Leiden.

2 The Great Flat, west of Schenectady; see History of the Schenectady
Patent, p. 59, 65-66, 91-93.

3°4

EARLY RECORDS OK ALBANY

e for receipts, the delinquent I nstrain to pay by Legal pro-
Lings and rigor of justice, to which end all terms of the courts
to obs. sentence and extreme execution thereof, including

ts, damages and interest thereon: with power one or mon
sons having the same or limited authority in his place to substitute;
and furthermore all things to do, transact and perform which may
he needful and which may seem to the attorney proper; promising
at all limes to hold valid whatever ma) be done and performed in
the matter aforesaid by the said attorney, without any opposition,
provided the attorney be holden a proper return to make of his said
transactions and receipts when required. Done in the colony of
Rensselaerswyck, dated as above.

( ,1 WRIT VAX RYS

In my presence,

D. V. SCHELLUYNE, Not. Pub.
1664

[472 1 List of debts winch Mr Arent van Curlar is to collect and
receive for C.errit Hcndricxsx van Reis according to the above-
written power of attorney
Of Lambert van Valckenburch, for shoes delivered, in

. 20 el.

beavers

Of Cornelis Dircxsz Vos, ' _■ beaver 4

Jan Verbeeck, in seawan 3 gl

Pieter Quackebos, 1 i beavei - '-' „

Cornelis Hoogel m, 1 heaver

Marten bierkaker's 1 wife, in seawan 27 gl

Madam Ihckman. according to obligation dated — 0ct

1 >8
[664, [6 1" avers „

1 Una, the widow of Arent dc Noorman, 2 in beavers. . 30
in seawan gl. 1-10 ,.

Akes Cornelisz, 3 in beavers

in seawan gl. 5

Cobus de looper, 4 in seaw an 14

tf OU ng Po( titie, b] ttlement of a< counts, in beavers. , 12

Jochem Ketlehem, er 4

,.,,, Hendricl, 1 1 ron, Hamelwaerd « am . elw °!

burs on the Elbe, Hanover S,e Van Rensselaer Bower Mss, 1-. 821.
Bratt.
:, x , an Slyck.

* Jai obu Ti uni en di I ooper. ;?„.,„•.,. if [t n

elissen van \ ""•''• Bowet - 1 '"' r '

8iS

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 305

Pieter Adriaensz gemackelick, 1 in beavers 4 gl-
and in seawan gl. 2-10

Barent Albertsz, 2 1^2 beavers 12

Harmen van Gansevoort, in seawan gl. 14

also per obligation eleven beavers 88

Poulus, the servant of Jan Eps, 3 in seawan gl. 15

Pieter dc steenbacker* 3 beavers 24

Theunis de bierdrager, in seawan gl. 6

Geertie Bouts, l / 2 beaver 4

Steven Jansz, in seawan gl. 28

Jan Machielssz, ^ beaver 4

Anthony Jansz, per obligation in seawan gl. 430

Marcelis Jansz, per account, in seawan gl. 300

Pieter Meusz, 3JX beavers 28

Willem Brouwer, 2j4 beavers 20

Gerrit van Rys

[473] Mr Arent van Curlar: Please pay for me, Bartholomeus
Hoogeboom, to Gerrit Hendricxsz van Revs, or his order, the quan-
tity of eight muddcn of wheat, which shall serve as a payment to
me or be credited to your account with thanks. Kindly do me this

favor. Done in the colony of Rensselaerswvck. the — th of October

23

1664. I say eight muddcn or thirty-two skipples of wheat.

Batholomeus Hoogeboom

I, the undersigned, accept the above order. Done as above.

A: vax Curler

Power of attorney from Pieter Symonsen van Oostsanen to Jacob

Schermerhoorn

[474] This day, the i^th of October 1664, Pieter Symonssz van

Osaenen, trader here, declared that he hereby constituted and
appointed Jacob Schermerhoorn, who accepts this power, his special
attorney to demand, collect and receive from diverse persons, his
debtors, what they owe the subscriber, according to obligations,

1 Pieter Adriaensen van YVoggelum.

2 Barent Albertsen Bratt.

3 Jan van Eps, one of the persons killed in the massache at Schenectady of
1690. The servant referred to may be Paulus Jansen, who in l66q received
a patent for \ l /i morsrens of land at Schenectady.

4 Pieter Jacobson Borsboom, the brick maker.

, 6 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

accounts and vouchers placed in the hands of the attorney; as
such for receipts acquittance to give; the unwilling debtors as well
in Albanv as in the colony of Rensselaerswyok and elsewhere dwell-
ing by way and means of justice to constrain to pay: to which end
all legal steps to observe unto judgment and extreme execution
thereof; and furthermore all things to do, transact and perform
which may be needful and which may seem to him proper; prom-
ising at all times to hold valid whatever dial! be done and performed
in the matter aforesaid by said attorney, without any opposition,
provided the attorney shall be holden a proper return to make of his
said transactions and receipts when requ
Done in Albam dated a- ab

pleter symonz van ooztsaen

Jacob Jansen Schermerh

In my preseni e,

1). V. Si III I M SfNE,

Secretary of the colony of R: zvyck
1664

Lease of lot no. 3 in the new village at the Esopus from Goossen
Gerritsen van Schaick to Pieter Hillebrantsen and Harmen
Lievens

| 475 | On this day the -Mh of November 1664, Goossen Ger-

ritssz van Schaeick acknowledged that he had let and Pieter Hel-
brantssz 5 and Hermen Libes, s husbandmen in the Eospus, that
they had hired of him the lessor's lot of land no. 3. lying in the
newly laid out village 3 in the Esopus, to the lessees known, tor the
term of six consecutive years commencing on the tst oi May
n,i,;, on the following conditions:

The lessees -hall be holden at their expense to inclose or Fence
in the half of the lot of the lessor where the hamlet is to be,
which hall lot the lessor keep- for his accommodation. I'he;,
also at the.r expense to build a proper dwelling house, ban. and
rick, which with the other structures 1 at the opium 01 the lessor
at the tune 1 shall be taken over b> the lessor at the end oi die
lea-eat a valuation b\ impartial persons called for that purp

, "ih, n„„ «**«

1 P '""" "'""" '? chan K. ed . t0 llu '"' . ,,„,.,,..

g to the seltlemenl which afterwards became known as Hurie\.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 3O7

The lessor promises to deliver to the lessees at the beginning of
the lease four draft horses (to be agreed upon by the parties at
the delivery) ; also four cows, the increase of which at the end of
six years shall be divided and a half thereof be received by each ;
but in addition the full number of said cattle must then be delivered
up again to the lessor; [476] the lessees have already received a
wagon and plow and their belongings and the harness for four
horses, which at the end of the lease shall be delivered up again
in good condition; the lessor shall also deliver the iron teeth for a
harrow and a plowshare and colter on the above conditions.

The lessees receive the land fallow and shall deliver up the
same in the same condition at the end of the lease, remaining
holden to send back the horses and cattle then, but the lessor may
use said horses to put the land in seed in the autumn preceding the
termination of the lease. •' For the rent and use of which said
allotment of land and lot the lessee shall pay nothing the first year ;
the second year two hundred guilders in wheat at beaver's price ;
the third year three hundred guilders in wheat ; and the following
three years four hundred guilders a year, also in wheat or other
grain at beaver's price as before, to be delivered each year at the
expense of the lessee at the Rondityt or at the kill there.

All charges and expenses which may fall upon said village dur-
ing this lease, assessable on said parcel of leased land, shall be a
charge upon the lessees.

For the execution and performance of these presents the parties
hereto mutually bind their respective persons and estates, nothing
excepted, subject to the authority of all courts and judges. Done
in Albany, dated as above.

Goosex Gerretsen

This mark X was made by Pieter

Helbraxtsz, aforenamed
Harmex Lievens

Jacob Schermerhooren
Gerrit Rcxersen

D. V. Schelluyne, Secretary

Indenture of service of Symon Claessen Turck to Jacob Jansen

Flodder

[477] This day. the - 1664, Jacob lanssz Flodder

L-w/j .. ^ December • J

acknowledged that he had hired Symon Claesz Turck, who also
acknowledged that he had bound himself to serve said Flodder

pS EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

in all faithfulness and diligence, especially in building and what-

else he may be able to do, except farming and the cutting

of logs to be sawn in the sawmill, but including the sawing itself,

, r , 28 Novel

for the term of one year commencing on .Monday

next; in consideration of which service the said Flodder, besides
. onable hoard and lodging, promises to pay to him, Turck, the
quantit) of seventy five Leavers reckoned at eight guilders apiece,
or else seawan reckoned at twenty guilders the beaver, or other
wares and merchandise at beavers' price at the choice of said
Flodder; and in case said Symon Turck becomes wilfully negligent
in said service, so much shall be deducted and retained from his
stipulated wages (computed or estimated according to what each
day amount- to) as the lost days may erne to. For the perform-
ance and execution of what is hereinbefore written the parties
on both side . each .1- far as he is concerned, bind their respective
persons and nothing excepted, subject to all courts and

judges. I '"lie in the colon) of Rensselaerswyck, dated a- above.

I \< or, Janse Flo R

SYMEN ( I.A-I \ Ti RCK

In my presence,

D. V. S( BELLUYNE, Secretary
1664

Agreement between Jurriaen Jansen Groenwout and Petrus
Bogardus regarding the settlement of the estate of the late
Maritie Thomas Mingael

I484I 1 Appeared before me, Adriaen van [lfpendam], notary
public (appointed by the [honorable] n ates of Albany, colon)

of Rensselaerswyck and Schanechtade, with the approval of the
Right Honorable Frangoys Lovelace, on the part of His Re
Highness .lame-, duke of York, governor general of all his terri
tories in America), and before the afternamed witnesses, Jurri;
fans Groenewout, widower of the late Maritie Thomas Mingael,
the first part, and Petrus Bogardus, husband of the daughter
of said Maritie rhomas, named Weyntie < ornelis 1 winch daughter
Maritie Thomas had procreated by her former husband, (ornelis

178 81 are missing ; p ige r ' ■
val fan J en Oothoul which 1- printed in it pn pi 1 P

,l„ 1 ornelis Hcndricksen van Nes and his wif< on pa

tin- volume, and page 483 1- blank. Wiih the ■ ■ ■ ional leai

which hi ■ wrong placi

sists of notarial minutes of Adriaen lansen van tlpendam.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 309

Theunisz Bosch 1 ), of the second part, and in love and friendship
contracted and agreed with each other in manner following, viz:
Jurriaen Jansz Groenwout acknowledges that he has accepted and
received, as by these presents he does accept and receive, the whole
estate of said Maeritie Thomas, as well personal as real, nothing
excepted, together with all the debts and claims which have been
presented against said estate up to this date, but if (contrary to
hope 1 any other debts shall be presented against the estate after
this date, Jurriaen Jansz and Petrus Bogardus shall be holden to
pay the same together. Therefore, Jurriaen Jansz releases said
Petrus Bogardus from all the debts on condition as above and
promises to pay the same, binding thereto his person and [485]
estate, personal and real, present and to come, subject to the
authority of all courts and judges; and moreover Jurriaen Jansz
promises within the time of three days to deliver to said Petrus
Bogardus all the clothing of his aforenamed deceased wife except
a colored silk skirt trimmed at the bottom with four rows of gold
braid, which he keeps for himself.

Pieter Bogardus acknowledges that on the beforementioned con-
ditions he hereby wholly renounces and relinquishes the aforesaid
estate and conveys the same to said Jurriaen Janse absolutely.

The abovt-written conditions said Jurriaen Jansz and Petrus
Bogardus promise wholly to observe without any opposition or
complaint, binding thereto their respective persons and estates,
nothing excepted, and in confirmation thereof they have with their
own hands subscribed these in presence of Air Jan Verbeeck, Mr
Ryckert van Renselaer, Stofrel Jansz Abeel and Jan Heyndricksz
Bruyn, as witnesses hereto, without craft or guile, in Albany this
sixteenth day of August one thousand six hundred and sixty-
nine.

This is the mark X of Jurriaen
Jansz Groenwout, made by him-
self
Pieter Bogardus
Jan Verbeeck Wyntie Cornelis Bos

R. v. Rensselaer
StoffelJan A[b]eel
Jan Henderck Bruyns

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Notary Public

1 The same as Cornelis Teunissen Bos, or van Westbroe,ck; see Van
Rensselaer Bonier Mss, p. 181, 814; Early Records of Albany. 1:408.

3i o

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANV

Auction sale of the brewhouse, brew kettle and vat of Cornelis
Cornelissen van Voorhout
(487 |' Conditions and terms whereupon the sheriff, by wa) of
execution, by virtue of a judgment of the 31SI of January 1664
rendered by the honorable court of the colony of Rensselaerswyck
in favoi oi Jan Labatie against < ornelis Cornelisz van Voorhout
for the sum of fl. 425 in beavers or beavers' value (less payments),
proposes to sell at public sale to the highest bidder a brewhouse,
in length and breadth as it stands on the farm of the said Voor-
hout, together with a brew kettle, holding five quarter casks or
tuns, and a brew vat, everything as since the advertisement
of the -ale 1: has been open to public inspection and he. Voorhout,
ha- pointed i1 oul to the sheriff fur the recovery of the balance due
according to the notices served thereof.

The buyer or bidder shall at his own expense have the -aid
brewhouse taken down and removed to whatever place he pleases.

The aforesaid brew kettle and vat the buyer ma) take posse
of at once, the same to be delivered to him free and unincumbered,
without any lien, claim or demand thereon.

Mir paymenl must be made in beavers or beavers' value, all at
once, on the first of June next, punctually.

I!,,- buyer -hall be holden to furnish two sufficient sureties, who
shall be jointly and severally bound in soi ipals for the

payment of the purchase and to U86] that end renounce

! ...,,,,. the e :i eption ordinis, divisionis et excussionis, that is to
the sureties shall not avail themselves of the plea that all
remedies against the principal must first be exhausted or th; 1
:d pa) no more than his share, but each, whether buyer or
rety, shall be n lie whole and his property Habit

summary execution for the sa

If the buyer can furnish no such sureties as above stated, the
property is to be offered for sale and sold a1 his charge and

expense; if it brings less, he must make up the difference; if m
he is to reap no profit therefrom.

on fees to be paid as ab< ime a charge upon the

bn

er running the bids first up and then down, the brewhouse
one was -truck off to Henderick Gerritsz, the highest bidder

1 Tin nt i- in the handwriting of I ' 1

1 ;, now missil

: i. turned

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 3II

and purchaser, for the sum of two hundred and two guilders,
according to the above-written conditions.

On the above-written conditions Jacob Joosten remained the
highest bidder and purchaser of the brew kettle and vat for the
sum of seventy-eight guilders, for which Stoffel Janssen and Jan

Labatie become sureties, this A". 1667, 1 in Albany

25 March J

Jacop Joosten
Jan Labatie
Stoffel Jansz Aeeel

[In the margin are written the following memoranda:]
Henderick Gerritsz fl. 32: —

Bids for the kettle and vat: Labatie fl. 48: — Ab r . Staets fl. 50:—
Dan 1 . Rinckhout fl. 60 : — Jan Labatie fl. 70 : — Jacob Joosten
remained the highest bidder for the kettle and vat for the sum of
fl. 78. The tavern expenses at this sale at Anthony Jansen's
amounted to the sum of fl. 19:6: —

Contract of sale of part of a lot from Storm van der Zee to Cor-

nelis van Dyck

[488] This day, the iSth of February 167^, appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany),
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Storm van der Zee,
of the first part, and Surgeon Cornells van Dyck, of the second
part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love anld friendship
they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit :

Storm van der Zee acknowledges that he has sold and Surgeon
Cornells van Dyck that he has bought a certain part of the said
seller's lot lying here in New Albany between the lot of the buyer
and that of the seller, in breadth twenty-four feet Rhineland meas-
ure and in length southward from the kill 2 to within seven or nine
feet of the fence of the seller, as far as the right of Harmen Rut-
gers extends in length, which said Harmen Rutgers also bought
of the said seller; and the seller now delivers the said lot to the
buyer. For which the buyer promises to pay the seller the sum
of fourteen good, whole beaver skins, or the value thereof in good
strung seawan, or good winter wheat, as the market shall then
be, the same to be paid within the space of one year from this

1 Apparently a mistake for ?5Febmary, Ao lg6

7 March

2 The Rutten kill.

312 MARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

dale, and so soon as the payment shall be made the seller promises
to deliver to the buyer a good, valid, binding deed of conveyance,
saving and excepting the lord's rights. For the performance of
these, said contracting parties bind their persons and estates,
nothir ited, subject to all lords, court-, tribunals and judges.

In witness whereof the) have subscribed these with their own
hand- in New Ubany, dated the [8th of February [677.

S i' «M van in r Zee

( lORNELIS VAN DYCK

A- witnesses :

./ ihannes Provoost
Hans Dreper

Quod attestor

Adriaen van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Power of attorney from Reynier Pietersen to Walran du Mont

I489 blank; 490I Appeared before me, Willem Bogardus, notary
public, appointed by the Right Honorable Francois Lovelace, on
behalf of his Royal Highness James, Duke of York, deputed goA
ernor general in all his territories in America, and before the after-
ed witnesses, Reyntje Pietersen, who declared that he had con-
stituted and appointed, as he does b) these presents, Mr Walran
du Mon[t], inhabitant of the village of Wiltwyck in the Esopus,
his special attorney in his name and behalf during his absence to
nit the principal'- person; to look after and take care of all
his trading, business and affairs, whatever they now are or here-
after may be; also to demand, collect and receive all his, the
principal's outstanding debts, claims and credits that are duly
owing to him from divers persons residing in -aid village and else-
where according to present or future vouchers; for receipt- acquit-
tance to give and if needful to release from future demand-; also
in case of refusal of payment or delay against the delinquent
debtors to proceed and to prosecute them before the court- and
competenl benches of justice; all legal -tep- to observe until final
termination of the matter and royal execution inclusive; [ 491 ]
with power al-o one or more persons to substitute in his
and furthermore all things to do herein which the principal him-
being presenl might or could do; promising to hold and to
cause to be held valid whatever shall be done in the matter by the
attorney or his substitute, | the principal] binding himself thereto

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 313

as by law provided, on condition that the attorney under like
obligation be holden a proper return and accounting to make of his
payments and receipts. In good faith subscribed in X. York on
the 23d of October 1668.

This is R P the mark of Reyntje
Pieters, made by himself
Signed in our presence:
Symon Romeyn
To mines Danes 1

Acknowledged before me,

W. Bogardus, Not. Pub.

The grain to be received in virtue of the above power of attorney
please send to Air Cornelis Steenwyck. 2

Lease of a house at Schenectady from Bent Bagge to Jan Rinck-

hout
[494] 3 Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, appointed
notary public by the honorable magistrates of Albany, Renselaers-
wyck and Schanechta[de] with the approval of the Right Honor-
able Francoys Lovelace on behalf of his Royal Highness James.
Duke of York, governor general over all his territories in America,
and before the afternamed witnesses, Bent Bagghe, of the first
part, and Jan Rinckhout, of the second part, and have agreed and
contracted in manner following, to wit: Bent Baggh[e] ack-
nowledges that he has leased and Jan Rinckhout that he has hired
a certain house and barn and all the land that the lessor has sown
on the south side of the house at Schanechtade, at present
sown with eight skipples of oats and a half skipple of maize,
for the time of one year beginning from this date ; and the
lessor likewise leaves there a cow. and calf and eight hogs, old and
young, of the increase from which cow and hogs the lessor and
lessee shall each receive the half, and at the end of this lease
the lessor [lessee] is holden to deliver up again the same quantity
of land sown with similar seed and to return the cow or value
thereof, [495] and said eight hogs (or so much as they are now

1 Probably intended for Tamme Douwes, a Frisian name.

2 As shown by its execution at New York, the above power of attorney
does not belong to the Albany records. It is written on a double sheet of
paper which shows signs of wear through the center, as if for a long time
it had been kept in a folded condition. The second leaf, which constitutes
pages 402 and 403, is blank.

3 In the margin is written with a later hand: "Transports by Elpendam
beginning 12 th July 1669 ending 15 Sep 1 1676."

314 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

worth on appraisal I to the owner with half of the increase of the
same, and the calf, all at the risk of the owner; for which the
lessee promises t<> the end of this lease") nine good, whole,

mi rchantable bea\ er skin

The contracting parlies mutually promise to perform what is
hereinbefore written and hind thereto their respective persons and
estates, nothing- excepted, under submission as provided by law,
and in confirmation hereof they have with Aernout Cornelisz Vyle
and I laes Tysz as witnesses subscribed these with their own hands
in Albany, this I2th of July r66o.

This is the mark + of Bent Bagge,

set by himself
I w Ryghaut

As witnesses :

Arnout Cor: I 'iele
( lacs Thyssen

i attestor
Abriaen vax Ilpendam, Xot. Pub.

Deposition of Jacob Thyssen van der Heyden
| 498 1 ' This day, the 22d day of June 1670, appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and
before the hereinafter named witnesses, Jacob Tysz van der Hey-
aged about 53 year- 1 being a burgher and citizen of this afore-
said place of Albany 1, who acknowledged, attested, declared and
affirmed, as he hereb) doc- attest, declare and affirm at the request
of Jai Rood! thai it is true and truthful that next

harvest time it will be about 1 . yeai ago that he bought a hog
with white bristles of Elderl Gerbertsz Cruyff for the sum of two
whole beavers, to be charged to the account of the said Jan 1 01
. and that this is the honest truth, being read) 1 when
requested) to confirm the same by a solemn oath, and in presence
of llarmen Bastiaensz and Jacob van Laer, as witnesses hereto,

this with his own hand (without fraud or d<
in Albany, dated a above.

I \i OB TH1 -I \ \ AM1KR 1 [EYDEN

Harmen Bastiaens
Jacob Gerretsz van Laei

Quod attestor
Adri m \ \ nx h pi ndam, Notary Public

1 P.i utains a bond ••< XuLinst 1-, 1060, which is printed in its

proper i the beginning "f the volume. Page 407 is blank.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 315

Deposition of certain Catskill Indians as to what took place at
the house of Jan Hendricksen Bruyn

[499 blank; 500] Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam,
notary public residing in New Albany, two Katskill Indians and a
squaw, who on this 23d day of June 1670 said that last Sunday
evening they came to the house of Jan Heyndricksz Bruyn and that
said Jan Heyndricksz said to them at the time that they must go
out again and come there again in the morning, which they did and
went to the shore and there slept that night under some boards
set up against a fence, and in the morning early at daybreak enter-
ing through the gate again, came to the old house of Jan Hen-
drickse and said to the negro that they were hungry and wanted
to cook, and as Jan Hendrickse had not yet arisen, an Indian laid
himself down to sleep, and there also came a Maqua Indian and
squaw with a child, which squaw also laid herself down to sleep
beside him. All of which has been interpreted as the truth to me,
the notary, in presence of the aforesaid Indians, by Joris Chris-
toffelsz, who questioned the Indians in regard thereto and who
with them has also subscribed this with his own hand, in Albany,
this 23d of June 1670.

This mark X was made by an Indian

called Mamanichtack
This mark + was made by an Indian

called Teffeniciiki
This mark X was made by an Indian
squaw called Memechtiemac it
Joris Christ off eh

Quod attestor
Adriaen van Ilpendam, Notary Public

Depositions of Jan Andriessen Kuyper and Catalyntje Barents
regarding abusive language used by Ludovicus Cobes
[501 blank; 502] Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam.
notary public residing in New Albany, on this 27th day of June
1670, Jan Andriesz Kuyper, aged about 30 years, and Catalyntie
Barents, wife of Paulus Maertensz' van Benthuysen, aged about
32 years, who severally acknowledge that they had attested,
declared and affirmed, without the persuasion, inducement or
fraud, of any person, but for the sake of justice, as by these
presents they do attest, declare and affirm (at the request of
Wynant Gerritsz) in manner following, to wit: Jan Andriesz ack-

316 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

nowledges that on the -'4th of June in the evening he heard Ludo
vicus Cobes call out aloud in the street: " I shall have the fool
hung as the mill is done." Thereupon I, the undersigned Jan
Andriesz, went to bed, partly because 1 was sleep} and because
1 did not want to listen to another man's abusive language.
1 atalyntie Barents testifies that on the date aforesaid, the 24th
June, she heard Ludovicus ' oobes call aloud in the street:
" Ynu devilish tool, you are lying abed and hear this perfectly
well: come out and clear yourself; you owe me at least a hundred
daelders 1 and now you are sponging on some one else." [503]
And the wife of Wynant Gerritsz going out and being near the
door of Jacob Abramsz, Ludovicus aforenamed came there and
I: "You moer Melchers, 2 you big slut with your fat legs,"
and many other abusive words, "do you want any thing written
down, I must he present thereat " ; whereupon said wife of Wynant
aforenamed went into the house of Jacob Abramsz Kuyper. In
witness of the truth of the foregoing, the aforesaid deponents 1 each
for himself) are read) when requested to confirm the same by
solemn oath, and without fraud or deceit they have signed this
with their own hands in Albany, this 27th of June 1G70.

Jan Andrii s

This is the mark I" of Catalyntie
Barents, set with her own hand
Quod attestor
\nKi\i\ van [lpendam, Notary Public

Deposition of Maritie Pieters, wife of Hans Dreper, as to
abusive language used by Ludovicus Cobes
[ 504 1 On this day, the 4th of July 1670, appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in Xew Albany,
Marytie Pieters, aged about 50 years, wife of Hans Dreeper, who
acknowledged that she had attested, declared, and affirmed, as by
these present^ she does without the inducement, fraud or persua-
sion of any person, but for the sake of justice, at the request of
Wynant Gerritsz, in manner following, to wit: < In the evening of
June 24th she heard Ludovicus (oobes cry aloud 011 the street,

1 Oiu i 1 j guild

1- i, ; Melgers, the wife of Wynant Gerritsen van dcr

Poel, v. ears had been alio midwife, at

Albany, in which employment she was contiri n >r Love!
May 27, 1070; see lii-- ordi my, 1 [6, Moer, .1 conti

of mocder, hat vulgai m which at that tii
com; iplied tn midwivi

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 317

" You devilish fool, you false devil, you are not so fast asleep,
come out from there and clear yourself; and you moer Melchels
with your license, you big slut with yum- fat legs, Ghy suit indc
Craem koomeu ran ecu grooten stront daer sal Kackedorus Vroet
Moer af weesen " ; and many more improper words. That the
foregoing is the truth, said deponent is ready when requested to
confirm by solemn oath and she has subscribed the same with her
own hand in Albany, dated as above.

This mark -\- was made by Marytie
Pjeters herself
Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Notary Public

Account of money due to Reyndert Pietersen
[505 blank; 506] Reyndert Pietersz says there is clue to him
from the following persons, to wit ;

[5?] July 1670 from Celitie, wife of Andries Joachimsz

6 ells of serge @ fl. 9 the ell, in sea-wan fl. 54-

4 ells of serge @ fl. 9 the ell, seawan 36

2^2 ells ditto serge, seawan 22-10

4 skeins of silk, seawan 1-12

to seawan lent 18-

to seawan 14-

to rope, seawan 14-

a long gutter, seawan 34-

a black hat, beavers 10-

a pair of Spanish leather shoes, beavers 6—

2300 bricks @ fl. 14 the thousand with the freight,

beavers 3 2_ 4

Andries Joachimsz's fare twice up and down [the river],

beavers 16-

paid for Andries to Marcellus Jansz, in seawan 18-10

paid for him to Af other Dyckmans, in seawan 12-

lent to him, in seawan 13-

paid for him to Jan Meyndertsz, in seawan 9-

a roll of tobacco, 6 lb (a 14 stivers, in seawan. 4-4

N. B. a silver spoon lent

a velvet waist, in seawan ~~,-

Furthermore, found in a book that he is indebted for

one anker of brandy, five beavers 40—

1 1 ells of linen @ / 6 the ell 66

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the foregoing ;i copy was sent to New York i 1 November

[507] Reyndert Pietersz says there is due to him from: 5 July
Sweer Teunisz Debit
6 ells of kersej ( <t [3 boards the ell, amounting to 78 boards
4 leather skin- @ 9 bo ' piece, amounting' to 36 boards
a hat, balance 10 oak boards

14 Hi of tobacco @ fl. 1-4 a lb, in seawan fl. 16-16

Isaack taken up the river to Fort Orange at Marreken Poest's

expense 5 July 1670 Roelof Swartwout Debit
According to acknowledgment of an obligation in sea-
wan fl. 30-

Declaration of Reyndert Pietersen as to a load of wood brought
from New York with the help of Jan Cornelissen Roodt

[508] On this 5th day of Jul) [670, I. the undersigned Reyndert
Pietersz, affirm and declare that in the autumn of 166] Jan Cor-
nells/ Roodt sailed with me and my sloop from Albany to New
York and remained there that winter and helped me fetch a
load of wood. The truth of the above I am ready ( when requested 1
to confirm. Done in Albany, dated as above.

This mark R P of Reyndert
Pietersz was made by himself
As w itnesses:

Roelof Swartwout
This is the mark X made bj
Jan Evertsz, as witness

Quod attestor

\hki.\K\- van [lpendam, Notary Public

Will of Reyndert Pietersen

[509 blank; 510] In the name I, Vmen. By the

tents of this present public instrument know all men that in the
year of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ one thousand six hundred
and seventy, the nineteenth of July, about ten o'clock in the fore-
noon, before me. Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public residing in
New Albany, appointed by the Honorable Francoys Lovelace,
governor general in behalf of his Royal Highness ovei all his
territories in America, and before the afternamed witnesses,
appeared the worthy Reyndert Pietersz to me", the notary, well
known, sick of body, but nevertheles having full possession and

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 319

use of his understanding and memory according to all outward
appearance, who declared that he, considering the certainty of
death and the uncertainty of the time and hour thereof, had there-
fore found good to dispose of his worldly estate, while yet through
God's grace he had the power, and that he did so out of his own
free will, without the persuasion or inducement of any persons;
therefore, commending his immortal soul to the gracious and
merciful hands of God Almighty, his Creator and Savior, and his
dead body to an honorable burial, he declared first that he revoked
and annulled all testaments, codicils and instruments which he may
in any wise have made and executed before this date. Further-
more said testator, now anew disposing, [511] appoints as the cur-
ators and executors of his estate in this country, the honorable
sheriff Gerard Swart and Adriaen van Ilpendam, the same to settle
as far as is practicable without the orphan masters or any other
person meddling with the oversight of said estate, and the same
expressly hereby discharging and excluding therefrom. Furthermore
he appoints as his universal and general heirs, his mother named Taet
Joosten and his wife named Metie Jans, both dwelling at Bolswaert
in Yriesland, each to receive the half of the residue, and in case one
of the two be deceased, then shall her portion devolve upon the
other, on the express understanding that the creditors of the
testator must first be paid. The aforenamed curators and execu-
tors shall be holden to render to said heirs or their attorneys a
proper inventory, accounting and return. And if it be necessary
that he, the testator, after this, should in writing and over his
own hand or signature, or before two or more credible persons or
witnesses, make further devises, legacies or declarations, or make
any alterations in the foregoing conditions, enlarging or restricting
the same, he, the testator, desires all such to have the same force,
virtue and effect and by every one to be esteemed and holden, as if
written and recited in this will.

[512] Furthermore he desires that this his last will shall have
effect, whether as testament, codicil or contract, or as the same
shall be found to be best supported and maintained, notwithstand-
ing that herein all the formalities required by law shall not have
been observed, desiring the same to be holden as herein observed.
And furthermore he, the testator, desires me, the notary, to make
and issue one or more copies hereof in proper form. Thus done
and executed at the house of Jan Evertsz, shoemaker, in Albany
in America, the year, month, day and hour aforesaid, in presence
of Mr Gerret van Slichtenhorst and Jan Evertsz, hereto called

320 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

and hidden as witnesses, who with the said testator have subscribed
these presents.

This is the mark R P of Reyndert
Pietersz, made b) himself
Gerrit van Slichtenhorst, witness
This is the mark -\- of Jan Evertsz,
• by himself as witness

Quod attestor

Adriaen van [lpendam, Notary Public

Deposition of Tryntje Jans, wife of Eldert Gerbertsen CruyfT,
about her husband's partnership with Harmen Gansevoort and
Jan Cornelissen Root

[513 blank; 5 14 J Appeared before me, Adriaen van [lpendam,,
notary public residing in Albany, on this i<>th day of January

16 — Tryntie Jans, wife of Eldert Gerbertcz Cruyff, who hereb)
acknowledges that she has deposed, a- she does depose herel
at the request of Harmen van Gansevoort, thai she well remembers
that her husband and Harmen Gansevoort and Jan Cornelisz Root
entered with each other into partnership as to brewing and that
her husband was to have the just half of the profits and said
Gansevoort a fourth part, provided he should do the work of
brewing, and said Jan Cornelisz a fourth part on condition that
Gansevoort again was to receive one-half of the gains which Jan
I ornelisz should earn by his work during the term of tin- partner-
ship; all of which we. the subscribers, Pieter Pietersz Lassingh
ami Barentie Gerrits, wife of Jan Ifarmensz Backer, and 1, the
undersigned Adriaen van Ilpendam, testify that we heard Eldert
Gerbertsz Cruyff sa\ about an hour or an hour and a half befi
his departure for patria and that said Eldert said he was read}
ai all times to confirm the same. Said deponents are ready when
requested 10 confirm the truth of the foregoing 1>\ solemn oath
and they have subscribed this with their own hands. [515] Done in
Albany, on the date above written.

This is the mark -f of Tryntie

Jans, made by herself
Pyetteh Pyetti rssi I 1 \

BERI \ 1 . \ Gl RRl i is I'm WS
VDRIAEN VAN 1 1 l'l M'WI

•nod attestor

\nki\i n van [lpenoam, Notary Public

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 321

Deposition of Willem Pietersen about Jan de Goyer having
called Poulyn a thief

[516] This day, the 29th of June 1671, appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in Albany, and
before the hereinafter named witnesses, Willem Pietersz, about
30 years of age, who at the request of Dirckie Harmens, without
persuasion or inducement of any one, but for the sake of justice,
hereby certifies and acknowledges it to be true and truthful that
now about eight years ago, when Eldert Gerbertsz and Jan Maer-
tensz were gathering in the harvest, Jan de Goeyer inveighed
against Weyntie, who is now Poulyn's wife, accusing Poulyn i
of being a thief, of having stolen the mils: and butter of Eldert and
sold them to the Indians. Also that the said Weyntie stayed there
about four weeks (two or three days more or less) during the
harvest, during which time she caused two letters to be written
to Dirckie Harmens to ask her to release Poulyn from his promise
of marriage to her. The truth of all that is aforewritten the
deponent is ready when required to confirm by solemn oath. Done
in Albany, dated as above.

This is the mark + of Willem
Gabriel Tomascn Pietersz, set with his own hand

Loitrus ran Alen

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Notary Public

Appointment of Adriaen van Ilpendam as provost of Albany,
Rensselaerswyck and Schenectady

[517 blank; 518] The honorable Major General Captain De La
Val 2 and the chief commissioned officers of the burgesses 3 of

1 Paulyn (or Paulus) Jansen. May 24. i66q. he received a patent for
land at Schenectady, which he sold June 23, 1671, to Christiaen Christiaensen.
See Records of the Reformed Dutch Church at Albany, in Year Book of the
Holland Society, 1904, p. 4; History of the Schenectady Patent, p. 101, 123,
265 ; and Early Records of Albany, 1 :48s.

2 Captain Thomas Delavall, a member of the Council, who had been
appointed mayor of the city of New York on October Q, 1670. April 11,
1670, he and Capt. Dudly Lovelace received instructions to consult with
the magistrates at Albany about the best means of making peace between
the Maquas and the North Indians, to look into the condition of the garrison
and the fort, the farming of the excise, the support of the minister, trade
with the Indians and other matters. See the instructions in Minutes of
the Executive Council of the Province of New York, edited by V. H. Palt-
sits, 1:385-86. Capt. Delavall was in Albany between June 14 and
September 25, 167 1.

3 De Hooft OfHcieren in Commissie vandc Burcjerye.

II

3-'-' I V RECORDS OF ALBANY

Albany, colony of Rensselaerswyck and Schanechtade and the
district of the same hereb) absolutely authorize the clerk, Adriaen
van Ilpendam, [to serve] as provost of the aforesaid burg<
the half of all lines that may be forfeited to belong to him, and
if anyone should refuse to pay, the officer Captain Salsberry 1 and
the officers of the council of war shall lend him a helping hand.
Done in the aforesaid council of war held at Albany, this 15th
of July 1071.

Tho: D. Lauall

Mayor Generall

Abram Staas

Philip Schuyler

Voli kart Jan.-/

Order to the inhabitants of Albany, Rensselaerswyck and Sche-
nectady to provide themselves with arms and ammunition
within two weeks

[519 blank; 520] The honorable Major General De la Yal and
the chief commissioned officers of the burgesses of Albany, colony
of Rensselaerswyck and Schaenechtade order hereby that all the
inhabitants, as well of Albany and the colony of Rensselaerswyck
as of Schanechtade and the district thereof, shall be holden to
provide themselves each with a gun and side arms, two pounds
of powder and four pounds of lead, to wit. all those who are over
fifteen and under sixty year-, within the time of fourteen days,
on penalty of one hundred guilder- in seawan. Albany, this 15th
July [671.

Bj order of said Council of War.

Adriaen van Ilpendam

Clerk
Warning!

I Iii- chief officer! of the colony of Rensselaerswyck hereby

li order that ever) one shall regulate himself according

to the above written ordinance and have everything ready as above

I within four days from this date. Mom- tin- 20th of May

[672.

Voli kart J an-/

This is the mark X of Gerrit
Ti 1 \ 1-/. set by himself

iptain Sylvester Salisbury, commissioned July 13, 1670, as commander
in chief of the garrison at Albany, to succeed (."apt. John Baker, d

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 323

Deposition of Hendrick Cuyler as to a verbal agreement between
Maritie Dames and Johannes Clute about the site of a house
at Niskayuna

[521 blank; 522] This day, the ist day of August 1671, appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing-in New
Albany, Heyndrick Kuyler, aged 34 years, burgher of this place,
to me, the notary, well known, who affirms and declares for the
honest truth (at the request of Johannes Cluyte) that now about
a year ago, being at the house of Maritie Dames, the aforesaid
Johannes Cluyte asked Maritie Dames, in presence of her daughter
Elisabeth, where and on what spot they both should build at
Estagioene, 1 and that Johannes Clute left the same to her decision ;
whereupon she answered : " Remain where you are on your own
land and I will build over the little kill." Concluding herewith,
the deponent is ready (when required) to confirm the aforesaid
declaration by a solemn oath. Albany, dated as above.

Hendrick Coyler
Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Notary Public

Report of referees in the matter in dispute between Barent
Pietersen and Teunis Cornelissen and Ludovicus Cobes
[523 blank; 524] Whereas their honors of the court of Albany,
etc. have pleased to appoint us, Gerard Swart and Adriaen van
Ilpendam, as arbitrators wholly to decide the dispute between
Barent Pietersz and Teunis Cornelisz of the one side and Ludo-
vicus Coobes of the other side, in regard to house rent which
Barent and Teunis claim of said Ludovicus; therefore, after hav-
ing examined certain papers and listened to divers oral debates,
we find that Ludovicus Coobes shall pay the aforesaid lessors
the sum of eight whole, merchantable beaver skins and that there
shall not be paid to him nor deducted by him any fees for citations,
notices or attachments which he may have served for the lessors
in partnership, but that said lessee may deduct from said sum
whatever he may earn from each of the lessors in particular. As
regards the costs of this suit, each of the aforesaid parties shall
be holden to pay the just half. Done in Albany, this 6th of
March 167 §.

G. SwARTT

Adriaen van Ilpendam

Xislcayuna.

3-4 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Order of the council of war to the inhabitants of Albany, Rensse-
laerswyck, Schenectady, Kinderhook and the Tweelingh,
between the ages of 15 and 60, to appear with arms and
ammunition at Albany on June 4th

[525 blank; 526] At a council of war meeting of the chief 1
missioned "Hirers of Albany, colony of Rensselaerswyck and
Schanechtade and the district thereof, held May 24. 1672

Present :

2 1 apt. Major Abraham Staas
1 Captain Salisberry

4 Capt. Philip Pietersz Schuyler

3 1 aptain of the Horse J: V: Renselaer
I .ieut. \\ illem Teller

Lieut. Goosen Gerritsz van Schayck

Lieut. Johannes t lute

I .ieut. \ olekert Jan-/

Cornel Jan Heyndricsz van Balen

Ensign Jacob Sandertsz < lien

Ensign ( ierrit Teunisz

It wa- ordered b) said council of war that all persons
are above 15 and under 60 years of age) shall be holden to appear
with proper hand and side arms, well provided with powder and
ball, as well infantry as cavalry of Albany, colony of Renselaers
wyck and Schanechtade, as well as those of Kinderhoeck and the
Tweelingh, 1 on Tuesday the 4th of June, at nine o'clock in the
forenoon, at Albany, where the ensign shall be flung out, on
penalty of 25 guild" 1 in eawan. Dated as above.

By older of the aforesaid council of war.

\HKI UN VAN ll PENDAM

Provost

Silv r Salisbury
Abram V

Jeremias "■mi Rensselaer
Philip Schuyler
Volckart Jansz

Will of Robert Sanders and his wife Elsje Barents
[527-29 blank ; 530 1 In thi \men. Know all men

that on this 19th da) ol \pril [673, before me, Adriaen van
Ilpendam, notarj public residing in New Albany, appointed by

1 Literally : the Twins.

.NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 325

the Right Honorable Francis Lovelace, [governor] general of the
parts of America, pursuant to nomination, for the places of Albany,
colony of Rensselaerswyck and Schanechtade and the district of
the same, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, came and
appeared the worthy Robbert Sandersz and Elsie Barents, his wife,
both residing here in Albany, to me, the notary, well known, and
both being at present sound of body, walking and standing, and
having perfect command and use of their faculties, reason, memory
and understanding, according to outward appearances, nothing to
the contrary being observable; which appearers, considering the
shortness and frailty of human life, the certainty of death and the
uncertainty of the hour thereof and wishing therefore to anticipate
the same by a proper disposition of their worldly goods to be left
■behind, declare without inducement, persuasion or misleading of
any persons to have made, ordained and determined this their joint
last will and testament in form and manner following: First and
foremost commending their immortal souls, whenever they shall
be separated from their bodies, to the gracious and compassionate
hands of God, their Creator and Redeemer, and their bodies to a
Christian burial ; likewise revoking, canceling and anulling hereby
all and every such testamentary dispositions and wills as they
before this date jointly or severally may have made and executed,
holding the same null and of no effect, and now disposing anew,
the}-, the said appearers and testators, mutually declare that they
have nominated and instituted, as by these presents they do, the sur-
vivor of the two as their sole and universal heir of the entire estate,
personal and real, claims, credits, money, gold and silver, coined
and uncoined, [531] jewels, clothing, linen and woolens, household
furniture, etc., nothing excepted, which the first deceased of the
two shall leave behind as well in this country as elsewhere, there-
with to do as with his or her own absolute property, without con-
tradiction or opposition from any person or persons whomsoever,
and no one shall oblige the survivor to furnish an inventory or
appraisal of the estate so long as the same shall remain in his or
her widowed condition. And if so be that the survivor happen to
marry again, then the just half of said estate (as the same shall
be found to exist) shall be distributed among the surviving chil-
dren, to wit, to Elizabeth Robberts, Marytie Robberts, Saertie Rob-
berts and Annetie Robberts, and such other children, whether sons
or daughters, as God Almighty may please to grant them, that all
and every one may recieve their legitimate portion of their father's
or mother's estate, provided that the survivor shall receive the

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interest or income thereof until the children shall arrive at their
majority or marriage estate; which children the survivor shall be
bound to bring up in the fear of the Lord and (so far as possible)
to cause them to he taught reading and writing together with some
trade b) which b) God's help they may honorably earn their living.
And if they, the testators, hereafter either in writing and under
their own hands or signatures, or before two or more trustworthy
witnesses by word of mouth, shall bequeath, devise or declare any-
thing more, or shall change, increase or diminish any of the above-
said conditions, they will and desire all the same to be of the same
force, virtue and effect as if written and described in this their
testament. All which aforesaid conditions they, the testators,
ire to he the last will and testament of them both, desiring the
same hereafter to have full effect and force, whether as testament",
codicil, donation, gift in anticipation of death, or otherwise, as the
same may be most effective, notwithstanding that certain formal-
ities demanded by law and | 532 I usage may not herein have been
fully observed, desiring the utmost benefit to be received herefrom,
ami that oni more copies hereof in proper form he made to he
used as occasion requires. Thus done and executed in Xew
Albany in the house of the testators, in presence of Claes Ripsz
van Dam and William Nottingham, trustworthy witnesses, who,
with the testators and me, the notary, have subscribed these with
their own hands, the year, month and da) aforesaid.

Roi'.krt Sandersz

This is the mark X of ElSIE
BARENTS, made with her own hand
As witnesses

n van 1 'am
I! illiam Nottingham

lod attestor

Adraen van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Will of Jan Jansen Noorman and his wife Maritie Dircks
[533 blank; 534I In the name of (lod. Amen. Know all men
that on this 2ISl day of April 1673, before me. Adriaeu van llpen-
dam, notary public residing in Xew Albany, appointed by the Ri
Honorable Francoys Lovi neral of the parts of

An 1 insuani to nomination, for the places Albany, colony

- rswyck and Schanechtade and the district thereof, and
before the afternamed witnesses, appeared and came the worthy
Jan Jan^/ Noorman and Maritie Jans, his wife, both residing here

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 327

in Albany, to me, the notary, well known, both being at present
sound of body, walking and standing, and having perfect use and
command of their faculties, reason, memory and understanding,
as outwardly appeared, nothing to the contrary being observable;
which appearers considering the shortness and frailty of human
life, the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the hour thereof,
wishing therefore to anticipate the same by a proper disposition
of their worldly effects to be left behind, declare, without induce-
ment, persuasion or misleading of any persons, to have made,
ordained and concluded this, their last will and testament, in form
and manner following: First and before all commending their
immortal >ouls whenever they shall be separated from their bodies
to the gracious and merciful hands of God their Maker and
Redeemer, and their bodies to a Christian burial, likewise revoking,
canceling and annulling hereby all and even- such testamentary
isition and bequest as they before this date either jointly or
separately may have made and executed and holding the same null
and of no effect and now anew disposing, they, the appearers and
testators, reciprocally declare that they have nominated and insti-
tuted, as by these presents they do, the survivor of the two as their
sole and universal heir to the entire estate, personal and real,
claims, credits, nothing in the world excepted, which the first of
the two deceased, as well here in this country as elsewhere, shall
leave behind on his or her death, to do therewith as with his or her
own absolute property, without contradiction or opposition [535]
of any persons, and likewise that no one whomsoever shall have
power to demand of the survivor any accounting or inventory of
said estate ; and in case the testator happen to die first, then the
testatrix shall own the whole; but if so be that the testatrix die first
then shall the testator be holden to reserve for the testatrix's daugh-
ter, Sussanna Dircx (whom she procreated with her former hus-
band. Dirck Dircksz Mayer, deceased), all the testatrix's clothes, as
well linen as woolens and all that has belonged to her body, nothing
excepted, and if the aforesaid daughter comes to die first, before
her said mother, and afterward the mother comes to die, then shall
said daughter's children in like manner divide and apportion said
clothing, share and share alike ; on condition that said daughter's
husband, named I'.arent Albertsz, shall receive nothing thereof.
Furthermore, the testator shall also be holden to reserve for the
son of the testatrix (whom she also procreated with her afore-
named husband, deceased), named Dirck Mayer, the sum of one
hundred and sixty guilders in beavers, with this express condition

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that it said sun comes to die without leaving an) lawful issue,
then the children of said Susanna shall inherit said mane)' on
reaching their majority, till which time the same is to be taken
good care of, and thai the father. Barenl Albertsz, shall not draw-
one stiver either of the principal sum or income thereof, for
reasons the testatrix thereto moving; and if so be that said Barent
Albertsz comes to die and said Susanna ma) need the money for
her livelihood, she may then have the full ownership of the money
and dispose thereof at her pleasure; hut ii the testatrix comes to
die before her aforenamed -on. Dirck Mayer, and -aid son demand
the money, he shall not he denied the use and disposal thereof
according to his pleasure. And if they, the testators, hereafter,
by writing and under their own hands or signatures, or by word of
mouth before two or more trustworthy witnesses, ' or

devise anything anil make a further declaration, or in the
written conditions change, increase or diminish anything [536],
they will and desire the same to he of the such force, virtue and
ct, and by every person to he so esteemed and holden, as if in
this will they were written and described. All which aforesaid
conditions they, the testators, declare to he the last will and te»
menl of them I iring that hereafter the same may have

full force and effect, whether as testament, codicil, donation, gift
in anticipation of death, or otherwise, as the same may be most

effective, notwithstanding tha e formalities demanded b) the

laws and usage ma) not be fully observed herein, desiring that the
utmosl benefit herefrom may be enjoyed, and that one or more
copies hereof in proper form may be made to he used as occasion
ma) require.

Thus done and executed in New Albany at the house ol the
testators, in presence of the worth) Pieter \< h and David

Pietersz Schuyler, trustworthy witnesses hereto called and hidden
and who with the appearers and me, the notary, have subscribed
these with their own hand-, the year, month and day above
written.

This is the mark X of JAN JaNSZ

\ ;.\i \x. made by himself

This is the mark \- of MaRITIE

I Mm k. made w ith her ow n h
Pieter: Ryverdingh
Davydt Schuyler

In presence of me,
\0u1.\1 \ van Ilpendam, Notary Public

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 329

Deposition of Adriaen van Ilpendam and others about efforts to
settle a dispute between Hendrick Rooseboom and Robert
Livingston

[537 blank; 538] On this 28th day of January 167 |, we the
undersigned, Adriaen van Ilpendam, Pieter Jansz Loockermans
and Dirck Bentsingh affirm and declare that we at the request of
Heyndrick Rooseboom were asked this evening to go to Dominie
Schaets and inquire if he, Dominie Schaets, would please go to
Lievensteyn's 1 to request of said Lievensteyn that the difference
between said Rooseboom and said Lievensteyn might be adjusted;
whereupon said Dominie Schaets and Adriaen van Ilpendam went
immediately to the lodging of said Lievensteyn. The foregoing
we affirm to be true and are ready when requested to confirm the
same by a solemn oath. In confirmation of which we have sub-
scribed this with our own hands in Albany on the date above
written.

Adriaen van Ilpendam
Pieter Loockermans
Dirck Bensem

Additional deposition by Adriaen van Ilpendam

I, the undersigned, Adriaen van Ilpendam, aged 56 years, affirm
and declare that yesterday evening, being the 28th of January,
about bellriuging, (at the request of Heyndrick Rooseboom) I
went with Dominie Schaets to the house of Gabriel Thomasz where
Lievenstyn lodged, and with much reasoning sought to induce
Lievenstyn out of Christian love to adjust the matter and difference
which occurred on the 26th of this month between him and Roose-
boom at the house of Dominie Schaets, [stating] that said Roose-
boom was heartily inclined thereto. But Lievenstyn would not
consent thereto and gave for answer that expenses had been
incurred and that the matter must be decided before the judges.
The foregoing I affirm to be true, and am ready (if need be) to
confirm the same by a solemn oath. Done in Albany this 29th of
January 167^,.

Adriaen van Ilpendam

1 Robert Livingston's

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Deposition by Roelof Jansen as to the price of Jan van Nes's farm
[539] On this day, the 27th May 1675, appeared before me,
Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany),
ii>z, a^i-il about 29 years, who acknowledges that he has
testified, as by these presents he does testify, without any dissimu-
lation, for the sake of justice, at the requesl of Jan van Xes, that
it is true and truthful that he, said Roeloft Jansz, in the month of
April last, was sitting at the house of Jurriaen Teunisz, sewing, the
precise day he does nut well remember, when he heard Jurriaen
Teunisz ask of Jan van Nes: " Now much is the farm worth on
which \oti dwell?" Whereupon Jan van Xes answered: "It is
well worth 400 or 500 beavers"; to which Jurriaen said: "You
shall not guess again." Then Jan van Xes replied: "There is a
part id" the land plowed which must he paid for." Again Jurriaen
said, "that must he appraised " \s one is bound to testify to the
truth, especially when required, therefore the aforenamed deponent
ed he, to confirm the foregoing by a solemn oath, and
he has subscribed this in presence of me, the undersigned no
with hi- own hand, in Albany, dated a- above.

Roelef Jansen
Quod attestor

Adriaen van [lpendam

Not. Pub.

Deposition of Willem Martensen Hues about three scowloads of
brick delivered by him in 1668 to Balthasar de Haert at New
York

[540] This day, the 29th of August 1672, appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, Wil-
lem Maertensz Huys, 5 ears who without dissimula-
tion or misleai anyone hereby acknowledges that he has
affirmed, a- he does hereby, at the requesl of Lourens van Alen,
that it is true and truthful that this deponent in the year 1 1 >i >S,
with the scow of Emmetie Volckers, carried thirty thousand bricks
in three lo opus and delivered the said 30,000 bricks
to Mr Balthasar De Haerl at New York. As one is bound to state

the tin!]] ill) when required tO do so, this deponent is

1 In / rds of Albany, 1 1451, hi is called " seaman.'

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 331

ready to confirm the foregoing by a solemn oath, if need be, and
has subscribed this with his own hand. Done in Albany, on the
date above written.

WlLLEM MARTENSZ HuES

Quod attestor

Adriaf.n van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Deposition of Barent Meyndersen and Isaack Verplanck about
an affray between Harmen Jansen and Jan Comely

[541] This day, the 30th of October 1672, appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany),
Barent Meyndersz, master shoemaker, aged about 45 years, and
Isaack Yerplancken, aged about 21 years, who without persuasion
and misleading of any persons, but for the sake of justice, jointly
and unitedly affirm hereby at the request of Harmen Jansz that
last Monday, being the 28th of this month, they saw Harmen Jansz
going along with two pieces of beaver skins and on his coming near
the house of Jan Comely, 1 the said Jan Comely wrested said two
pieces of beaver skins (with violence) from the aforesaid Harmen
in the street, whereupon Harmen aforesaid again seized one piece
out of Jan Cornely's arms, whereupon Jan Comely said " pay me,"
and struck said Harmen Jansz several times. As one is bound to
testify to the truth (especially when required to do so) the afore-
named deponents are ready to confirm what is hereinbefore written
if need be by a solemn oath. Done in Albany, on the date above
written.

Barent Meyndersz
Isaack Yerplancken
In my presence,

Adriaen van Ilpendam

Notary Public

Deposition of Evert Wendel and Gerard Swart about Jan van
Marcken's pothook

[542] This day, the 29th of July 1675, appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in N: Albany),
Evert Wendel, aged about 60 years, and Gerard Swart, aged about
59 years, who (at the request of Jan Gerritsz van Marcken) hereby
acknowledge without any deceit or misleading of any persons, but
for the sake of justice, that they have deposed as the)-, the deponents

1 John Connelly?

332 EARLY KECOKDS OF ALBANY

hereby do, as follows, to wit: Evert \\ endel acknowledges that now
several years ago, the precise time he docs not well remember, but
the fact he well knows, he, at the request of Jan van Marcken,
with said Van .Marcken went to the bouse of Willem Brouwer
and said Van Marcken asked the wife of Willem Brouwer (in
presence of her husband) : " Is not m\ pothanger in your house?"
Whereupon the wife of Willem Brouwer answered: "I know
nothing about your pothanger, and if your pothanger were of gold,
it would not be Spoiled in my bouse." Then immediately Jan van
Marcken requested Evert Wendel to go with him to Gerard Swart,
who at the time was sheriff of this place, Albany, which three
immediately went to the house of Evert Lucas/, and said Evert
Lucasz's wife (named Jannetie) was asked by Jan van Marcken:
"From whom did you get the pothanger which hangs there?"
Whereupon she answered: " 1 bought it from the wife of Willem
Brouwer for some cotton." Thereupon Van Marcken requested
Gerard Swarl to seize the pothanger, which he accordingly did as
sheriff.

ard Swart, the former sheriff, declares hereb) thai he seized
said pothanger at the time i at the request of said Van Marcken)
and furthermore asked Jannetie how she came l>\ the pothanger.
Whereupon she answered: "I bought it of the wife of Willem
Brouwer." Then said Swart in his capacity of sheriff proceeded
againsl said I Irouwer's wi fe.

As one is bound to affirm the truth (especially when so
requested) the said deponents are [543] ready, each for himself,
as they have above affirmed, to confirm the foregoing by solemn
oath when required and without craft or guile they have subscribed
this with their own hands. Dated as above.

Evert VVendi

1 i SWARTT

<a tttestor

RIAEN VAN [LPENDAM, Not. Phi).

Lease of a farm at Coxsackie from Marten Gerritsen van Bergen
to Mathys Coenraetsen

I544I This day, the 11th of November 1675, appeared before me,
Adriaen van llpendam, notary public 1 residing in New \
and before the undersigned witnesses, the honorable Commissar)
Maerten Gerritsz of the lust part and Mattys Coenraetsz of the

■ nul part, win' ai nowledge thai in love and friendship they

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 333

have agreed and contracted with each other in manner following,
to wit: Maerten Gerritsz acknowledges that he has let and Mattys
Coenraetsz that he has hired, a certain farm lying at Kockxhach-
kingh, heretofore occupied by Gysbert Boogaert, with a house and
barn and land as the same has been used heretofore by said
Gysbert Boogaert; and said lessor lets the same to said lessee for
the time of the six consecutive years, which time began last first
of May 1675 and shall end on the first of May i68f ; but the lessor
reserves a calf pasture at the upper end of the land near the kill;
and the lessor has delivered with the land three horses, to wit,
two mares and a gelding, and promises to deliver at the first
opportunity two more horses; he has also delivered three milch
cows and two heifer calves and a bull calf, and promise^ at the
first opportunity to deliver there six heifers in their third year.
These above-mentioned horses and cows are all on half the increase
[lower half of manuscript destroyed]. [545] Furthermore, the
lessee promises to pay the remaining four years as rent sixteen
whole beavers yearly, but he may pay the same in the grains or
fruits of the land at market values. All that is hereinbefore written
the aforesaid contracting parties promise to execute and perform,
binding thereto their respective persons and estates, personal and
real, present and future, nothing excepted, subjecting the same to
the jurisdiction of all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In wit-
ness whereof they have subscribed this with their own hands in
presence of me, the notary, in Albany, this nth of November 1675.

Marten Gertsen van Bergen
Matthys Coenradt
As witnesses:

Albert Jans:; Ryckman
Direk Bensem

Quod attestor

Adutaex vax Ii.pexdam. Not. Pub.

Letter from Adriaen van Ilpendam to Dammas Guldewaghen
[54&-47 blank: 548] Mr Secretary Dammas Guldewaghen,
Salute;

Your missive dated the 18th of Xovember 1675, new stvle, came
to hand here on the 14th of .May 1676, old style. Having noted
the contents, I thank you heartily for your 1 rouble and have now
executed a power of attorney to Mr Jan Sybinck, merchant, resid-
ing on the Haerlemmer Dyck between the two sluices, in the
" Golden Fortune," at Amsterdam, which by him or In his order

334 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

will be shown to you, for the purpose of tg on my account

the interest which to tins date may have accrued, and acquittance
therefor to deliver, for which the said Mr Sybinck is to send me
oi er some goods that I am now in need of. Furthermore I humbly
request that you will please to have transcribed for me on a sheet
of post paper an authentic copy (on payment of a reasonable com-
pensation for the copying) of the appendix or codicil. A copy of
the will of my late uncle, David Jansz van Ilpendam, made the
20th of June [640 before one Jacob Fransz van Merwen, notary,
it is not necessar) to send me. since in my youth 1 copied the same
from an authentic copy and till this date have it by me, which
reads that after the deatah of my late aunt. Aeffie Dammas, I was
to receive one thousand guilders, but says nothing about interest.
The second thousand guilders was bequeathed to me in a codicil,
after the death of my cousin. Jacob van Loodesteyn. the interest
of which, so I am informed, I am to receive during the term of
my life. Therefore. I shall anxiously look forward to your reply,
and 1 should also like to ask whether in future years the interest
might not be received without a power of attorney by a notary or
secretary if 1 wrote you a letter and if you were shown a letter of
the same date to the person who was to receive the money for me,
which would be done merely to avoid the expense. You ought in
my judgment be able to tell from the writing, style and signature
that I had written it. the same as 1 have written and signed this.
It may be however that the interest can not be paid strictly every
year, on the one hand on account of the perils of the sea or other
accidents and on the other because 1 am here 36 [Dutch] miles
inland from New York, where the ships arrive. \\ herewith, with
heart}- greetings, we commend you and your family and all the
relatives both of myself and my wife to the protection of the
Almighty. Done in Albany in America, the 19th of June 1676,
old -1

Your humble and obedient friend and servant,

ADRIAEN VAN ll.Ii'NDAM

Letter from Adriaen van Ilpendam to Dammas Guldewaghen

[549] Copy
To the honorable, prudent and discreet Mr Dammas Guldewaeghen

Secretary of the city of llaerlcni

Mr Secretary Dammas Guldewaghen, Salute!

Your two agreeable letters (the one dated the _>4th of April and
the other the 6th of June year 1677) were duly delivered to me

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 335

together on the 6th of September of the same year, from which
it appears, according to the statement, that yon have for me
delivered to my attorney the interest to the first of March of the
year 1677, amounting to the sum of two hundred and four guilders
and eight stivers, which said sum in goods ordered from Mr Jan
Sybinck was invested to my content and here received by me only
last spring, because the ship had some accidents. On account of
the long delay of the ship I feared that all was lost, since we
received tidings here that a ship belonging here was taken by the
Turk with all the cargo and people (God help them), for which
captives a collection was lately made here to gather some money
to redeem the same. I heartily thank you for your pains and care,
wishing you may be recompensed in return. Furthermore it is
my friendly and earnest desire that you would please again on the
date or sight of this, to deliver the current interest to said Mr Jan
Sybinck or to his order, according to the note of this date which
shall be shown to you, about which I have no doubt, and it shall
be an especial favor to me, upon which I depend. Herewith we
commend, with hearty greetings, your family and the relatives of
my wife and myself to the protection of the Almighty 7 .

Done in Albany in America the 19th of September 1678.
Sir and friend, your humble and obedient friend and servant,

Adriaen van Ilpendam

Mr Secretary Dammas Guldewaghen : I desire you would
please deliver to Mr Jan Sybinck or to his order all the interest
which at this date or sight of this is due to me; so doing you will
do well and confer a favor upon me, whereupon I firmly depend.
Vale.

Sir and friend, your humble friend and servant,

Adriaen van Ilpendam
Done in Albany in America the 19th of September 1678.

Letter from Adriaen van Ilpendam to Jan Sybinck

[55°] Mr Jan Sybinck, Salute!

Whereas I have learned from Sybrant van Schayck that you
have knowledge that I have fallen heir to some money at Haerlem,
therefore I now hereby (from old acquaintance) make bold to
request you to receive the same in accordance with a power of

336 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

attorney accompanying this, which power as also a copy of a letter
inclosed from Mr Dammas Guldewaghen you may show or cause
shown; the money is ready as you in the aforesaid copy can
see. And I desire if you please that you would send me the follow-
oods by the first ship (that shall sail directl) out of Holland
or England for Xew York but not to Boston), which T have need
of in my housekeeping, to wit:
( )ne piece of strong Mckmaer white linen, 50 ells long at 18 stivers

the ell
One piece of good, strong while linen, 50 ells long, 12 to 13 stivers

the ell
Eight ells of good, fine linen at fl.2. the ell
Six ells pretty blue linen that has been first bleached white, for

about 17 stivers the ell
u ells of checked linen

Six cotton neck cloths which are striped on the ends
Five quarter yards of black silk nonpareil, of the best, for a hood

for my wife
Two half pounds while thread, one half pound somewhat finer

than the oilier to sew shirts with

in of High Dutch paper [water-marked] with the fool's cap

and hells
\ half pound of fine sealing wax
The remaining money in good white Osnabruck (Osenbrugs) linen,

well remembering that all expenses and customs as well in I Dolland

as in England are first to be deducted and paid.

The aforesaid ream of paper may be loosened and the quires
be laid 1>\ the side of each ether for convenience in packing.

I end herewith also a letter to said Mr Guldewaghen which I
ho sealed; when you have read it please close it with a wafer
or wax. Entrusting • 1 commission in you, I shall

depend thereon and confidently look forward to the same, Here-
with 1 commend with hearty greetings all your family to the protec
tion of the Almight) .

Your obedient friend.

Aim.-i \i \ \ \ \ I; PB MDAM

1 ;m' in \lbany in \merica this
[■iih of June H'7' 1 old »1

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1 66o— I f >' i< > 337

Letter from Adriaen van Ilpendam to Jan Sybinck

[55iJ Copy
Honorable, prudent and discreet Mr Jan Sybinck, merchant, resid-
ing on the Haerlemmer Dyok between the two sluices, in the

"Golden Fortune," at Amsterdam
Mr Jan Sybinck, Salute'

Your agreeable letter dated the 6th of June 1677 an d all the
goods have been delivered to me in good condition. I thank you
for your good care and wish you would again in future consign my
goods to the same man, Mr Pieter Jacobsz Marius, at New York, for
he kept m\ goods the whole of last winter in his house and took
good care thereof, because the ship came in so late that the sloops
could not sail up here before winter set in. I now send with the
accompanying letter an order to the honorable Secretary Dammas
Guldewaghen for all the interest which to the date or sight hereof is
due to me, to be received by you or your order, and on receipt of the
same. I courteously and earnestly desire that you would please
send me by the first ship that shall sail directl\ r from Holland or
England to New York the following goods :
4 fine bread knives with white handles and silver ferrules
A fine penknife with a longish white handle
A turned horn pocket inkstand to contain 3 or 4 pens
4 fine spectacles with large lenses and silver rims for the use of

people who are over 60 years old
2 Testaments with the Psalms accompanied by notes, octavo, bound

in black Spanish leather, coarse and clear print, with black silk

ribbons therein, one with a black silk ribbon to carry it by over

the arm
16 ells of good common tick for a bed, bolster and pillows @ fl.1-4

the ell
One piece of Haerlemmer or peasants' shirt linen, 50 ells long @

12 to 13 stivers the ell
One dozen cotton neck cloths, striped on the ends

2 pounds of white thread for sewing shirts, one pound somewhat
finer than the other

One pound of sewing thread of assorted colors

1 -% ells of Poedesoe l for an apron for my wife
16 J

3 ells of thick black silk bobbin for the band of said apron

The remainder of the money in good Osenburger 2 linen, to
wit, about the half \\ [bite] and the other half unbleached, well

1 Poult-de sole; a heavy corded silk dress material.

-Tin- adjective form of Osenburg, the Dutch name for Osnabruck, in
( iermany.

338 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

remembering that first all customs and expenses both in Holland
and in England must In- deducted.

1 hope that of the h\ 20-11, sent to pay the duty in England on
the last [consignment of J goods, something- was left over.

N'.B. If you are certain that said bedticking will be reckoned
contraband, then do not buy it, tint send for the money good
Osenburger linen, but the apron for my wife you may 1 if you like)
pack in one of the pieces of linen.

Entrusting the foregoing to you, 1 shall look forward to receiving
the said goods (with God'- help) nexl summer. Herewith I com-
mend you and your beloved wife and your whole family, with
hearty greetings, to the protection of the Almighty.
Mr Sybinck,

Your obedient friend and servant,

Adriaen van [lpendam

Done in Albany in America, the Ipth
of September 1678

Deposition of Gerard Swart and Dirck Wesselsen that Geertruyt
Barents made over to Johannes Lansingh a certain sum which
she had set aside for her daughter Judickie Hendricks
[552 53 missing; 554 1 This day, the 8th of April 1676, appeared
before me. Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in Albany
in America, Gerrard Swart, aged about 60 years, and Dirck VVi
selsz, aged about ,} ( years, who at the request of Johannes l.ant-
singll acknowledge that they have testified and declared, as 1
hereb) do testify, that this day they heard Geertruyt Barents, wife
of Jacob Hevinck and mother of the late Judickie Ileyndrickx,
say to Johannes I .antsingh that die fully and absolutely made over
to him the Holland money, to wit, four hundred guilders, which
she • de For her -aid daughter, deceased, in Holland on account
of her late father'-- estate, 1 which she then also did t" the amount
of the four hundred guilder-, and that she, Geertruyt Barents,
fully renounced thi

I, the undersigned notary, hereby likewise certifj that the afore-
said transaction took place in my presence, the said Geertruyt
Ban having requested these deponents to give testimonj

1 Meaning li ick I lendricksen van I

■

•11 I (winRelo, or
Dwingeloo, in 11 Drenthe, dated Sepl & .•. in Early

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND-'. 1660-1696 339

thereof. As one is bound to testify to the truth, specially when
requested to do so, said deponents are ready, if need be, to confirm
this and in witness thereof they have subscribed this with their
own hands in Albany, the day above written.

G: Swartt
Dirck Wesselsz
Adriaen van Ilpendam
Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Xot. Pub.

Indenture of service of Johannes Dyckman to Tryntie Jochims,
the wife of Abraham Staas
[555 blank; 556] This day, the 10th of April 1676, appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in
Albany in America), Jan Verbeeck and Cornells Dyckman, of the
one side, and Tryntie Joachimsz, wife of the honorable Major
Abraham Staas, of the other side, who in all love and friendship
have contracted and agreed with each other in manner following,
to wit : Said Jan Verbeeck and Cornells Dyckman acknowledge
that they have hired out a certain youngster named Johannes Dyck-
man, aged about 14 years (brother of said Cornells Dyckman),
to said Tryntie Joachims and to her said husband, for the time of
the four successive years beginning on the first of May of this
year 1676 old style and ending on the first of May 1680 old style;
provided that said Johannes Dyckman be holden ( with the help of
God Almighty) to serve out the said term of four successive
years in all diligence and faithfulness. And said Tryntie Joachims
(also with the authority of her husband) promises to keep him in
proper clothing against the cold during said time and to have his
linen washed and when said four years are ended she also promises
to fit him out with a new cloth suit, a new hat, a pair of new stock-
ings and shoes and six new shirts. Said contracting parties
mutually promise to execute and perform what is above written
(with God's help) binding themselves thereto as by law provided,
and in confirmation thereof they have subscribed these with their
own hands, dated as above.

Tringen Iochgims

Jan Verbeei k

1 1 irnelis Dyckman
Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

340 EARLY KECORDS OF ALBANY

Deposition of Teunis Dircksen van Vechten about a reduction in
the rent of his farm agreed to by the late Jeremias van Rensse-
laer

1 557 59 blank; 560] Teunis Dircksz van Vechten, at present
lying sick abed, but of sound mind and memory, testifies and
declares in the presence of his sons. Gerrit Teunisz, Dirck Teunisz
and Cornells Teunis/, and of Maerten Gerritsz and Meyndert
I redericsz, thai it is true and truthful that the late director of the
colony of Renselaerswyck, Jeremias van Renselaer, deceased,
promised him that for two had years, as rent for the farm where
Gerrit Teunisz now dwell.-, lie, Teunis Dircksz, would not [have
to] pay more than fifty beavers, to wit, for the years 1666 and
[667; also that said late director requested him to build the barn
ten feet longer and to raise it one foot and he would pay him for
it, which Teunis Dirck-/ did. The foregoing, Teunis Dircksz says,
took place in presence of Mr Andries Teller. In confirmation
whereof he subscribes this with his own hand in presence of me,
the notary, and of his aforesaid children, in Renselaerswyck, this
13th of April [676, old style.

This is the -f- mark of Teunis
Dircksz set with his own hand
Which 1 witne

\ni;lAL\ VAN [LPENDAM, Not. I'llh.

As witness:
Jan Tl

Depositions of Jacobus Gerritsen van Vorst and Pieter Pietersen
Winne, junior, about improper conduct between Roeloff
Carstensen and Maritie Jacobs

[561; 562] On thi- firsl da) of Ma) 1676, appeared before me,
Adriaen van [lpendam, notar) public (residing in New Albany),
Jacobus Gerritsz van Vorst, aged about 34 - and l'ieter

Pietersz Winne, junii ed aboul 33 years, who acknowledge

without an) dissimulation > ling of any persons but for the

sake of justice thai the) have testified, as the_\' do testif) hereby,

h foi himself, at the request ol Roeloff Car-ten-/, in mannei
lowing, to wit: Said Jacobus van Vorsl acknowledges that he saw
Roeloff Carsjensz and Maritie Jacobs in the month of February
[675, as also al diverse times after said month (at the housi
Maerten Gerritsz on the island) go up into the garrel together late

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 34I

in the evening (after Maerten Gerritsz had been long in bed), and
that said Roeloff did not come down again sometimes till daybreak
and sometimes till an hour or two before day, and that he, Jacobus
van Vorst, in the month of April (but the precise day he does not
remember) saw in the moonshine said Roeloff and Maritie lie
with each other in the cookhouse on the island and that Roeloff
had her by the breasts.

Pieter Pietersz Winne, junior, testifies- as Jacobus van Yorst
hereinbefore has testified, except that he did not see what Jacobus
van Yorst alleges to have seen in the cookhouse, but that about
eight days after Easter of the same year said Pieter saw Maritie
go up into the garret in the evening and that shortly after Roeloff
followed her there ; also that Roeloff early in the morning came
down from thence quite flustered and had not had time to put on
his clothes properly^, as Maerten Gerritsz came up, so that in the
excitement he left his hat lying in the house and asked said Pieter,
" Will you get my hat? " which said Pieter did. And in the month
of May' of the same year (the precise day not remembered) said
Pieter heard Roeloff and Maritie up in the garret, Maritie saying:
" Fie Roeloff, you must not do that ; they might come and peep."
And about three weeks before harvest, said Pieter heard Maritie
[563] say to Roeloff in the cookhouse: " Well Roeloff, how shall
this go? I am pregnant." Whereupon Roeloff answered: "Let us
make an end of it." Thereupon she again kept silent, not knowing
that he, Pieter, was listening, because he was outside of the cook-
house and they did not see him. Furthermore said two deponents
generally acknowledge that in the month of November last they
were requested by said Roeloff to go with him to said Maritie to
bear witness to what he should ask said Maritie and what she might
answer thereto. So they heard Roeloff ask her: "Well Maritie,
how shall we have it? You are pregnant by me." Whereupon
she replied: " What have these other people to do with us? What
we do with each other is between God and us." Whereupon
Roeloff said: " I have brought them that they might hear what
answer vou give me." Then said deponents went away and left
Roeloff there with Maritie near the house of the parents of said
Maritie. As one is bound to testify to the truth (especially being
required so to do) these deponents, each for himself respectively,

342 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

arc ready to confirm the above and have >nl»scril><.-<I the same with
their own hands in Albany, dated as aforesaid.

This is the -f- mark of Jacodus Ger-
ritsz van Vorst, made with his
own hand
This is the mark P P W of PlETES
rsz Winne, junior, made by
himself
Which 1 witni

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Depositions of Mathys Hoochtelingh and Jurriaen Calyer about
the conduct of Maritie Jacobs
f 5 6 3 T -■ 1 This day, the 24th of February [67 £, appeared before
me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), Mattys Hooghteulingh, aged about ,:;-• years, and Jurriaen
Calier, also aged about 32 years, who without any dissimulation
or misleading of any persons, bul for the sake of justice, at the
request of Roeloff Carstensz, acknowledge cadi for himself, that
they have testified as these deponents hereb) do testify, in manner
following, to wit: Mattys Hooghteulingh acknowledges that (in
tin fear [675, in the month of May, hut the precise day not
remembered), being on the island where Maerten Gerritsz dwells.
he, the deponent, with the requirer [Roeloff] lay down to sleep in
ening by the lire, and that .Maritie Jacobs came by there and
pulled their two coverlets off and ran with them up to the garret,
whereupon Roeloff ' arstensz said: "Why do you take the cover-
lets off the man?" Then Maritie replied: "Will you have them
again? Then you must come and fetch them; " and tin's deponent
falling asleep and sleeping some hours awoke at the first cock
crowing and missed Roeloff; at the break of day he saw Roelofl
peep out of the trapdoor of the garret, doubtless thinking this
deponent was asleep, and coming down he quietly laid himself
down by him again. Then this deponent turned over as though

lie just awoke out of -hep and asked Roeloff where he had been,
whereupon Roeloff replied that In- came from the barn, and this
deponent answered again: "I know the barn well."
Jurriaen Calier testifies that in the month of Ma) [675 (hut the
■ ■ day not well remembered) he came to the island where
Maerten Gerritsz dwelt to fetch seed oat-- and on a Saturday

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 343

evening with Roeloff Carstensz laid himself down by the hearth
to sleep, and having lain a little while Roeloff got up and went to
the garret where Maritie Jacobs was; on Sunday morning about
breakfast time Maritie Jacobs went to the garret where after a
little time Roeloff followed her, and they were together so long
up there that the deponent was tired waiting and quietly climbing
up the stairs looked into the garret; they seeing him quickly jumped
away from each other, whereupon Maritie Jacobs said: "Dear
Lord, what's come over me!" As one is bound to testify to the
truth ( especially being required so to do) the aforesaid deponents
are ready (if need be) to confirm this, and have subscribed this
with their own hands in Albany, dated as above.

Matys Hoociiteulym.ii
jurriaen calyer

Lease of a house from Bent Bagghe to Jurriaen Jansen van

Hoesen
[Reverse of 563J A blank; 564] ; On this 3d day of May 1676
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public ( residing
in N. Albany), Bent Bagghe, of the one part, and Jurriaen Janse
van Hoesen of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in all
love and friendship they are agreed with each other in manner
following, to wit : Bent Bagghe acknowledges that he has let and
Jurriaen van Hoesen that he has hired a house and lot in Albany,
as it was shown to the lessee, for the time of two consecutive years,
for which term the lessee promises to pay the lessor or his order
sixteen and a half beavers, and the lessee can pay the same in
seawan or in wheat at market price. Binding therefor their respec-
tive persons and estates, personal and real, present and future,
subject to all courts and judges, said contracting parties have in
confirmation hereof subscribed this with their own hands, on the
date above written.

Jurriaen Jansen van Hoesen
This is the mark Bv of Bent
Bagghe, made by himself
As witnesses :

/. G. v. Marcken
Jan Comely ssen

Which I witness,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

344 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Contract of sale of a house between Poulus Martensen van Bent-
huysen, Jan Jansen Bleecker and Lourens van Alen
[565 blank; 566] On this fifth day of June 1676, appeared
before me, Vdriaen van [lpendam, notary public 1 residing in New
Albany), and before the undersigned witnes ulus Maertensz

van Benthuysen, of the first part, and Jan Jansz Bleycker and
Louwerens van .Men, of the second part, who acknowledge that
in love and friendship they haw contracted and agreed with
other in manner following, to wit: Poulus Maertensz van Hen
thuysen acknowledges that he has sold, and Jan Jansz Bleycker
and Louwerens van .Men that the) have bought a certain house and
anding and lying here in Albany, between the house and lot
of lianiieii Jansz, rope maker, and the lot of Geurt Heyndricsz,
carpenter, which said house and lot, with all that therein is fast
l>\ earth and nail and according to patent and as it is at presenl
I'd, the said seller delivers to said buyers at present free and
unincumbered (saving the lord's right) the receipt of which the
buyers herein acknowledge. For which the buyers promise to pay
one hundred and twentj good, whole, merchantable
beaver skin-., the same to be paid to the seller or his order in the
three following instalments, each of a just third part of said sum:
the first instalment of 40 whole beavers shall he paid this year as
soon as the first great crowd of Indians shall have been here; the
second instalment shall be paid in the month of August i < >~~ : the
third hem;:' the last instalment, in the month of August [678; on
condition that the seller be holden 1 eceipt of the last instalment
to delivei a good and sufficient deed to the buyers.

Said contracting parties promise to execute and perform the
abovesaid conditions, binding thereto their respective persons and
estates, as well in ossessed, nothing excepted,

subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges; in witness whereof
they have without craft or guile d this with their own

hand- in Albany, dated as abo\ e.

1 1 I, \l \K1 1 \

Jan Jansz Blei cker
I .OURI - vaw Vlen
As witnes 1

Hendrick Rooseb
/ i; ■ ' rrytsen

1 >uod attest

Adriaen vax [lpendam, Not. Pub.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 345

Contract of sale of a house between Johannes Borger and Samuel

Wollson

[567 blank; 568] On this 13th day of June 1676, appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in
New Albany), and before the afternamed witnesses, Johannes
Burgher, of the first part, and Mr Samuel Wolson, 1 of the second
part, who acknowledge that in love and friendship they have agreed
with each other in manner following, to wit : Johannes Burgher
acknowledges that he has sold and Air Samuel Wolson that he has
bought a house and lot, with all that thereon is fast by earth and
nail, as the same is inclosed, wherein the seller now dwells, here in
Albany ; and the seller promises to deliver the same to the buyer
or his order free and unincumbered (saving the lord's right) on
the first of May K<7J: for which the buyer promises to pay one
hundred and fourteen good, whole, merchantable beaver skins,
worth eight guilders apiece, the same to be paid in the two follow-
ing instalments, to wit: the first instalment, being fifty-seven whole
beavers, in the latter part of the month of September of this year
1676, and the last instalment on the delivery of said house and lot
on the first of May 1077, being again fifty-seven whole beaver skins,
on condition that the seller shall be holden on the payment of the
last instalment to deliver a good and sufficient deed (written in
English ) with the patent thereof. The contracting parties mutu-
ally promise to perform and execute the above contract, binding
thereto their respective persons and estates, nothing excepted, sub-
ject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.

In witness whereof they have without craft or guile subscribed
this with their own hands, dated as above.

Johannes Borger
Sam [u] ell Wollson
As witnesses :

Reynicr Schaets
Jan Byvanck

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

1 The clerk first wrote " Wilsen," and then changed it to " Wolson," in
accordance with the signature, except that the latter has the double /.
Samuel Wollson received a deed for the above-mentioned property from
Elisabeth Claes, the widow of Jan larger, on September 7, 1677. and the
next day conveyed it to Jan Hendrick Bruyn. See Early Records of Albany,
1 :i6o-6i.

346 I Ml V RECORDS OF ALBANY

Contract of Claes Jansen to build a house and two hay ricks for
Dirck Bensen at Claverack
[569 blank; 570] On this 20th day of June 1676, appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany, Dirck Bentsingh, of the first part, and Claes Jansz van
Baeren, of the second part, who hereby acknowledge that in all
love and friendship they have agreed in manner following, to wit:
Dirck Bentsingh acknowledges that he has let the contract and
Claes Jansz that he has agreed to build a house at the Clave
of twenty feet square, and to make therein two casement windows
(Cruys Coosyns), a doorframe, a cloister window frame 1 booster
coosyn), together with a back door, two end Lents with corbels,
a cellar to he hoarded up, to lay a floor therein jo feet in hreadth
and 15 feet long, cellar stairs and stairs to the garret, to make the
a- well of the cellar as of the house, to cut to right length
ami dress the boards both of the floor ami the garret, to hang the
windows and doors, to make the wooden hinges to the doors; the
aforesaid work must all lie well and properly done. Furthermore,
to make also two good and substantial square hay ricks near the
house, except the roofs; hut said contractor must properly
the roof of the house with boards, The owner promises to deliver
all the materials and to furnish the contractor with hoard, on
condition that the contractor shall begin the work now immediately
and not cease from work until it is completed; for which the owner
promise- to pa) the contractor or hi-- order twenty whole, mer-
chantable beaver skins, hut may pay the same in good wheat 01"
peas at market price, delivered at \lbany free, to wit, four beavers
or the value thereof as aforesaid next harvest time, and six in the
month of July [677, and the remaining ten beavers or the value
eof in the month of July [678. The aforesaid contracting
parties (with God's help) mutually promise to execute and per-
form what is hereinbefore written, binding thereto their persons
ami estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lord-, court-, tribunals
ami judges. In witness whereof the) have without craft or guile
subscribed this with their own hands, dated a- above.

Clai Hans

I >IR( K BENSl M

A- witnesses :
G: Swarti
Johannes c lutten

1 hi, ui attestor

\0K! \ix \ \x Ilpendam, Xot. Pub.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 347

Declaration of the consistory and former elders of the Dutch
church at Albany as to the result of their mediation between
Domine Nicolaus van Rensselaer and Jacob Leisler and Jacob
Milborne 1

[571 blank; 572] We, the undersigned consistory and former
elders of the church of Jesus Christ in Albany, deeming it our duty
to uphold and promote the peace and harmony of the said church
and in accordance with the spirit of love in all amity and friend-
ship to adjust and settle the differences which have arisen between
Domine Xicolaes van Renselaer and Jacob Leysler and Jacob
Milborn, we this morning betook ourselves to the church where,
both parties having been summoned and having appeared, divers
debates took place in which they did not seek to injure each other's
character but acknowledged each other to be honorable men of
whom they could say nothing but what was honest and virtuous
and with shaking of hands forgave, ended and settled the matter,
except in so far as the political judge might not be satisfied there-
with (since the matter had been brought before him), who would
be informed of the settlement, as was done by Cornells van Dyck
and Johannes Provoost, to whom he said that he was quite satisfied,
whereupon Van Dyck and Provoost came again to the brethren
and reported the same and we, the deponents, with the two parties,

1 Leisler and his son-in-law Milborne having openly accused Domine van
Rensselaer of heterodoxy for words spoken by him in a sermon on August
13th, he, on August 22d, brought an action against them for slander. The
defendants considered the charges of so grave a nature that they at once
made a motion for an order to the plaintiff to furnish bonds in the sum of
f 1500 for the costs of the trial, which was granted by the court. Van Rens-
selaer at first agreed to comply with this order, but then changed his mind,
claiming that the amount was excessive and threatening to appeal to the
governor unless the amount was reduced. At this point, through the efforts
of the consistory, occurred the reconciliation of the parties spoken of in the
declaration above. Van Rensselaer withdrew his charges, but refused to
pay the costs and thereupon was placed under arrest in his own house. He
then applied to the court for permission to appeal to the governor and
council, which was granted on condition that he furnish bonds. This he
did on September 4th, Gerrit van Slicbtenhorst and Cornells van Dyck being
his bondsmen. Soon after an order came from the governor, issued on
September 8th. that the domine be released from his imprisonment and that
all matters relating to the case be heard in New York. September 28th, the
parties were reconciled before the court at Albany and agreed to refer the
question of costs to the governor and council, who on October 23d ordered
" That Jacob Leysler and Jacob Milburne doe pay the whole charge both at
Albany and here, as giving the first Occasion of the Difference, and that
D° Renslaer bee freed from bearing any part thereof, and this to be a finall
end and determination of the matter between y 8 partyes upon this occasion."
See Proceedings of the Commissioners and Magistrates, i676-t8o, p. 106,
108-15, 117-19, 128, 130 in the Albany county clerk's office: Council Minnies.
3:117-20, 124, 131, in the State Library, and Documentary History of New
York, 3 :87S-79.

348 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

went together to the court house, very much rejoiced that the
matter had been so successfully settled on both sides. Having
come there. J. Leyselaer and J. Milborn made a motion that
Domine Renselaer should be holden to pay all the costs, to which
Domine Renselaer can not consent, since we are not aware that
such has been decided in the peace-making. In witness whereof
we have confirmed this with our own hands, this -'9th of August
1676, in Albany.

1 .mi on Schaats, pastor in New
Albany

I !oRNELIS \ AN 1 >Yc K

Davydi Schuyler
Jan \ ERBEl i K
Adriaen rsEN

Johannes P

Acknowledged before me,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Power of attorney from Domine Nicolaus van Rensselaer to
Stephanus van Cortlant to appear for him before the governor
and council in the matter between said van Rensselaer and
Jacob Leisler and Jacob Milborne

[573-75 blank; 576] This day, the 8th of September 1676,
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing
in New Albany, and before the undersigned witnesses, the Reverend
Domine Nicolaes van Rensselaer, who acknowledges that he has
constituted and appointed, as he does hereby constitute and appoint,
the honorable Mr Stephanus van Cortlandt, residing in New York,
his attorney in his, the principal's, name to appear before the
right honorable the governor general and council at New York
as plaintiff or respondent in the matter between Domine Ren
laer on the one side and Jacob Leysler and Jacob Milbura on the
er side, in which an appeal was granted bj the honorable court
here in Albany on the 2d of September [676; to prosecute said 1
to definite sentence, with power to substitute one or more persons
at lites. The principal promises to hold as good, binding and valid
whatever shall be don,- and performed in the matter aforesaid by
his attorney or his substitute, binding therefor his person and
property, having and to have, nothing excepted, subject to the
authority of all lord-, courts, tribunals and judges. In witro
wh< ha 11b cribed ibis with his own band, together with

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AXD 2, 1660-1696 349

Meyndert Harmensz and Johannes Lantsingh as witnesses. In

Albany, datum nt supra.

Nicolaus vax Rensselaer, Pastor
As witnesses :

Meyndert Harmens
Jan Lansinek

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract whereby Jacob Hansen binds himself to serve Capt.
Hans Heindricksen for the term of one year
[577-79 blank; 580] This day, the 19th of September 1676,
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (resid-
ing in New Albany), and before the subscribing witnesses, Capt.
Hans He[yndricksz], of the one part, and Jacob Hansz, of the
other part, who acknowledge that in love and friendship they have
agreed and contracted with each other in manner following, to wit:
Said Jacob Hansz acknowledges that he has hired himself to said
Capt. Hans Heyndricsz 1 for the time of one year from this date,
beginning on the 19th day of September 1676 and ending on the
19th of September 1677, provided that said servant for said time
promises to serve and obey said master with all diligence and
faithfulness in all proper work, as well here in Albany as at the
Nootenhoeck. 2 For which said master promises to pay said servant
ten good, whole, merchantable beaver skins. (N.B. Said master
has already disbursed for said servant to Christiaen Pietersz eight
and a half beavers for his freedom, which said servant not only
acknowledges but thankfully accepts. 1 The said contracting
parties mutually promise to execute and perform the foregoing
conditions, binding thereto their respective persons and estates,
nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.
In witness whereof they have in presence of Christiaen Pietersz
and Barent Meyndersz and Johannes Mingael, as witnesses, called

1 Hans Heindricksen was une of the Lutherans who in 1674 petitioned
Governor Colve to he allowed to employ their own sexton in burying their
dead; see Documentary History oj New York, 3:87] 72. His descendants
assumed the surname of Hansen; Early Records of Albany, 1:131, note.

2 Nutten Hook, in Columbia count}

350 EARLV RECORDS OF ALBANY

. subscribed these with their own hands. In Albany, dated
as above.

Jacob I [anszen
1 [ans I [eindrk sz
As w itnesses :

i hristiaan Peters
Barent Mcynders
Johannes Mingael

Which I witness,

Adriaen vax [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Deposition of Storm van der Zee and Abraham van Tricht about
a horse trade between Ludovicus Cobes and Claes Willemsen
van Coppernol

1 581-83 blank; 584] We, the undersigned, Storm van der Zee
and Abraham van Tricht, hereby testify and declare at the request
of Claes Willemsz van Coppernol in truth and verity that on the
20th of September 1676 we saw and heard Claes Willemsz and
Ludovicus Coobes at the house of Storm vander Zee contract with
each other in respeel to a mare, to wit, that Ludovicus Coobes
would nive to said Claes Willemsz one and a halt beavers for the
colt that might be in said mare and if there was no colt in her. then
said Ludovicus Coobes would be released from paying -aid one
and a half beavers, on condition that said Claes Willemsz on said
li< mid ride upon said horse to Schenectady and the next day
e noon again deliver the same to said Ludovicus here in
Albany and that said Claes Willemsz should relinquish and sur-
render all his right and claim to the horse. The said deponents
are ready, if need be. to confirm the foregoing by oath and they
have subscribed this with their own hand- in Albany, this 21st of
September 1676

Storm van der Zei

Mr Abram \ an Tr

a
AdRIAEN VAN ll I'l ndam. Not. Pub.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 35 1

Contract of sale of a farm from Nicolaus and Maria van Rens-
selaer to Harmen van Gansevoort

[585-87 blank; 588] This day, the 24th of October 1676,
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing
in New Albany, and before the subscribing witnesses, Domine
Nicolaus van Renselaer, vice patroon of the colony of Renselaers-
wvck, and Madam Maria van Renselaer, widow of the late Mr
Jeremias van Renselaer, late director of said colony of Rensselaers-
wyck, of the first part, and Harmen van Gansevoort, of the second
part, who acknowledge hereby that they have agreed and con-
tracted with each other in manner following, to wit : Domine
Nicolaus van Renselaer and the widow of the late Jeremias van
Renselaer acknowledge that they have sold, and Harmen van
Gansevoort that he has bought, a certain farm lying at Katskil,
as the same formerly belonged to Eldert Gerbertsz Cruyff and
was bought from Jan van Breemen, consisting according to patent
of thirty-five morgens, together with the little house on the shore
and the lands appertaining thereto and which also belonged to said
Eldert Gerbertsz; all of which the aforesaid sellers now deliver
to the aforenamed buyer free and unincumbered (saving the lord's
right), for which said buyer promises to pay one hundred and
thirty good, whole, merchantable beaver skins, to be paid in the
four following instalments, to wit: the first instalment (being a
just fourth part) shall lie paid on the first of May 1677; the
second instalment (being again a just fourth part) on the first of
May 1678; the third on the first of May 1679, the fourth or last
instalment on the first of May [680. Hut it is stipulated that in
case of lack of some beavers, the buyer may pay said sellers partly
in good winter wheat as the market shall then be, to be delivered
here in Albany free and at his own expense, and the sellers promise
(on the payment of the last instalment) to deliver to the buyer
a good and valid deed of ownership, always excepting the lord's
right.

[589] The aforesaid contracting parties mutually promise to
execute and perform the aforesaid conditions, binding thereto their
respective persons and estates generally, and said buyer especially
hypothecates or mortgages hereby all said land and the aforenamed
little house. In confirmation of which said contracting parties
(each for himself) in presence of Mr Adriaen Gerritsz van Papen-
dorp, former magistrate, and Mr Maerten Crygier, junior (called

352 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

as witnesses 1' with their own hands have subscribed this

in Alban) . dated a> above.

Nicolaus van Rensselaer, Pastor
loci

Maria van Rensselaer

MEN < iANSVOERT

As witnesses :

Adriaen Gerretsen van Papendurp
M : Cregier, junior

In 11

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

[590 blank; 591] [Endorsement]

This contract of sale is hereby annulled and declared of no affect
by Harmen van Gansevoort, in Albany the 22A of November
1677.

1 [ARMEN < iANSVOERT

In my presence,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale of a house and lot in Albany on the hill from.
Robert Sanders to Jan Nack

[ 592 I On this day, the 22d of November [676, appeared before
me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public 1 residing in New
Albany), and before the subscribing witnesses, Robberl Sandersz,
of the first part, and Jan Nack, of the second part, who h
acknowledge thai in all love and friendship they have agreed and
contracted in manner following, to wit: Robberl Sandersz ack-
nowledges that he has sold and Ian Nack that he has bought a
■ and lot and an alley on the west side of said house
and lot, between the said house and lo1 and the house and lot
of Heyndrick Coster, here in Albany on the hill; and that said seller
promises in deliver to said buyer on the first "t' May 1077 said
and lol and alley with all the rights and privileges which he
has therein (saving the lord's right) as it at presenl he-, inclosed;
for which the -aid buyer promises t" pa) t" the seller or his order
fifty four good, whole, merchantable beaver skins, to wit. in two
1 -1 (being twenty-seven beavers) -hall be paid
in the month ot" August [677, and the second or last instalment
in the month of Augusl [678, and the seller promises on the pay-
ment "i the last instalment t" delivei t<> the buyer a j, r ood, valid
and binding deed of ownership, tree and unincumbered (saving

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 353

the lord's right). Said contracting parties mutually promise to
perform and execute the aforesaid conditions, binding thereto
their respective persons and estates, as well having as to have,
nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.
In witness whereof they have subscribed this without craft or guile
with their own hands in Albanv, dated as above.

As witnesses:

Claes Ripsen ran Dam
Willem Klasen

robbert sandersz
Jan Nack

; attestor
Adriaex vax Ilpexdam, Not. Pub.

Lease of a workroom from Hendrick Rooseboom to Elias van

Ravesteyn
[593 blank; 594] This day, the 23d of November 1676, appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany, and before the underwritten witnesses, Heyndrick Roose-
boom, of the first part, and Elias van Ravesteyn, of the second part,
who acknowledged that in all love and friendship they hereby
agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit : Heyndrick
Rooseboom acknowledges that he has let and Elias van Ravesteyn
that he has hired said Rooseboom's front room of the house 1
wherein said Rooseboom now dwells, for the term of a whole year,
commencing on the 9th of April 1677 and ending on the 9th of
April 1678. But on the express condition that said Ravelsteyn
shall make therein a workbench for himself, for gunstock making, 2
and for the son of said Rooseboom likewise a workbench for mak-
ing gunstocks, and when any gunstocks are to be made for the

1 Voor-huys ; which Professor Pearson translates as "front room." The
term is somewhat indefinite and may refer either to the entire lore part of
the house, or merely to the front room, or even to the entrance hall, regardless
of whether this is at the front, or on the side of the building. In connection
with Dutch houses of the farmhouse type, the term voorhuis is often used
to distinguish the fore part of the building, which is used for dwelling pur-
poses, from the rear part, which consists of the stables and barn. In a more
restricted sense, however, the term is applied to the front room proper, which
as a rule is kept scrupulously clean and used only on special occasions. See
plan and decription of a Dutch farmhouse in J. Francq van Berkhey,
Natuurlijke Historic van Holland, vol. 9, pt 1, p. 21-44.

2 Laeden te maecken; which Professor Pearson translate- a- "leather
dressing," while in other places it has been translated a; " cabinet making."
, however, dues not refer t" "drawers" in connection with furniture,
but to geweer-laden, or gunstocks.
12

354 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Indians, Ravesteyn and Rooseboom's son shall make the same and
pay for the material together and each receive the half of the pay-
ment for the same. And Rooseboom expresslj stipulates that dur-
ing the summertime no fire shall be made in said front room and

thai isel li. may trade there with the Indians and do his

bartering there both with Christians and Indians and use it at his
venience, without disturbing thereby said Ravesteyn in his
work, who may sleep in the garret or in the room and in wintertime
burn his own wood in the room and eat and cook there.

For which said lessee promises to pay to the lessor the sum of
eight good, whole, merchantable beaver skins. The contracting
parties mutually promise to execute and perform the aforesaid con-
ditions binding thereto their respective persons and estates, noth-
ing excepted, subject to all lord-, courts, tribunals and judge

In witness whereof they have subscribed this with their own
hands without craft or guile in Albany, dated as above.

I Iendrick Rooseboom
Elias van Rauesteyn
As witnesses:
Claes Ripsen van Dam
Henderec Koster

tod attestor
Adriaen vax IlpendaMj Not. Pub.

Lease of land at Kinderhook from Lourens van Alen to Pieter

Vosburgh
| 595 blank; 596J This day, the ith ol I 'ecember i<>7<>, appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary publ ding in New

Albany), and bi fore the subscribing witnesses, Louwerens van Alen,
of the first part, and Pieter Vosburgh, of the -ecu,! part, who
hereby acknowledge thai in all love and friendship they have agree.'
and contracted in manner following, to wit: Louwerens van Alen
acknowledges that be has let and Pieter Vosburgh that he has hired
a certain piece of land, comprising about five morgens, lying at
Kindcrhoeck, for the tim< of four consecutive year- which began
in Augusl [675 and shall end in August [679; and said lessee prom-
ises to pay to -.iid lessor or his order a- rein for each morgen
yearly the sum of six guilder- in beavers, or in good winter wheat
at beavers' value, as the market shall then be, and promises at the
1 of tbi- lea e to d< liver aid land again to the lessor inclosed in
good, proper log fence. Furtl the aforenamed le

..cKiiow ledge- that he has let ti> -aid lessee a certain piece of land

NOTARIAL TAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 355

at Kinderhoeck, to wit, the back land in the great parcel i groote
Stuck) for the time of six consecutive years, which time began in
August of this year 1676 and is to end in August 1682, which said
land the lessee promises to clean out and grub out the brush 1 which
may yet be therein) and inclose with a good and proper log fen
but where it can not suitably be fenced off with logs, it must be
fenced with good palisades, and he promises at the end of this leas<
to deliver the same in a good and proper fence, which shall avail
him for so much rent, and he promises [597] in addition ( at tin-
end of the lease) to [deliver] twenty-six skipples of good winter
wheat and four skipples of peas; but it is expressly stipulated that
if lots be drawn for the lands during said lease and the above said
lands by allotment come not to the lessor, then the lessor shall be
holden to deliver as much good land at Kinderhoeck, to be used till
said six years shall have expired. The aforenamed contracting
parties mutually promise to execute and perform the afo on

ditions, binding thereto their respective persons and estates, per-
sonal and real, present and future, nothing excepted, subject to all
lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness whereof they have
subscribed this with their own hands in Albany, this 9th of
December 1676.

Lourus VAX Alen
This is the mark -j- of Pieter \
burgh made by himself
As witnesses:

Jacob Theysen

Albert Jansz Ryckman

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpexdam, Not. Pub.

Antenuptial contract between Gerrit van Nes and Maria Pieters
Loockermans, widow of Pieter van Alen

[598] In the name of the Lord, amen. Know all men by the
contents of this present instrument that in the year 1 67 '- ; , on the
14th day of February, came and appeared before me, Adriaen van
Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany, appointed by th<
Right Honorable Edmond Andros, on behalf of his Royal
ness James, governor general over all his territories in America
and before the subscribing witnesses, the worthy Gerrit van Ni
voung man, future bridegroom, and the virtuous Maria Pieters
Loockermans, widow of the late Pieter van Alen, future bride, both
dwelling- here in Xew Albany, to me, the notary, well known, who

356 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

have declared and hereby do declare, that for God's glory the}' h;
resolved upon a future marriage and fur the prevention of all dis-
putes and strife which hereafter might arise, they have with delib-
eration out of their own free wills and thereto seduced by no one
(so they said and declared) made, ordained and determined upon
a certain contracl antenuptial or marriage agreement in manner,
form and conditions hereinafter following: Firstly, that said bride-
groom and hride for the maintenance of this marriage shall con-
tribute all such present property and effects, of whatever nature,
at whatever place, and in the custody of whatever persons the
ne may he. nothing excepted, which they have and which are
accounted to them, to be possessed in common. It is furthermore
expressl) stipulated and agreed that if so he that any debt or d<
aid bridegroom or bride shall he presented, that one shall not
the other's debts out of his or her own contributed
property, nor he liable therefor, to wit, those debts which ma) h;

before this date, and that on the decease of the first of
the two (if he or she happen to die without legitimate child or
children) the survivor shall remain in full po--es-ii.ii of all the
eft behind, nothin i ed, as the same shall he found, as

well the contributed property, as the property which they during
their marriage (by God's blessing) may have received, nothing
thereof excepted, I599] to wit, so long as he or she remain in a
widowed condition, without any person, whoever he may he. having
light to demand an) accounting or inventory of -aid left estate;
hut if the survivor shall many again, then -hall he or she he holden
I half of the e-tate (whatever it shall then be
found to be) to the law ful heirs of the first deceased. All of which
they, the contracting parties, promise jointly and severally to per-
form and execute mutually, binding thereto their respective pi
sons and estate-, real and personal, present and future, nothing

excepted, subject to all i rts, tribunals and judges. Done

without craft or guile in Albany in presence of Mr Gerard Swart
and Mr Abraham van Tricht, residing here in New Albany, called
as witnesses hereto, who together with -aid contracting parties in
presence of me, the notary, have subscribed this with their own
ar, month and day a fore-aid.

Gerret van N
(,'. Stvartt Maki \ 1 ,< iockerm \x-

Mr Abram van Tricht

>il attestor
Adriaen v.w Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 357

Quitclaim from Frederick Claessen to Cornelis Stevensen Mulder
for a piece of land in Claverack
[600] This day. the 29th of January 167 ';, appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany),
and before the afternamed witnesses, Frederick Claesz, of the first
part, and Cornelis Stevensz Mulder, of the second part, who hereby
acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have agreed and
contracted in manner following, to wit : Said Frederick Claesz
acknowledges that he has transferred and made over, as hereby he
does, to said Cornelis Stevensz Mulder all his title to the land in
Claverrack called the Pruyme Vlackte, 1 as it came to him from the
widow of the late Jeremias van l\enselaer and Mr Stephanus van
Cortlandt and Domine Nicolaus van Renselaer : but said Cornelis
Stevensz promises to pay to said Frederick Claesz or his order for
labor (which he has done on said land) the sum of fourteen good,
whole, merchantable beaver skins and to pay the same in the latter
part of next April 1677. Furthermore said Frederick Claesz now
surrenders to said Cornelis Stevensz all his rights and privileges in
and to said land. For all of which said contracting parties bind
their respective persons and estates, real and personal, present and
future, nothing excepted, subjecting the same to all lords, courts,
tribunals and judges and in confirmation hereof they have sub-
scribed this with their own hands, in presence of Jacob Loocker-
mans and Jan Andriesz Kuyper as trustworthy witnesses. In
Albany, dated as above.

This is the mark X of Frederick
Claesz, made by himself
As witnesses: Cornelis Stevensen Mulder

Jacob Lokermans
Jan And ri esc

Quod attestor
Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Captain Johannes Clute and Jan Pieter-
sen Bronck for land opposite the farm of Abraham Staas
[601 blank; 602] This day, the 22d of January 167^, appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany, and before the undersigned witnesses, Capt. Johannes
Clute, of the first part, and Jan Pietersz Bronck, of the second part,
who acknowledge hereby that they have agreed and contracted in
all love and friendship in manner following, to wit: Capt. Johannes

1 Literally: the Plum Flat.

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Clute acknowledges that he has sold and Jan Pietersz Bronck that

he has bought fifteen morgens of land lying about opposite the farm
of Major Abraham Staas, 1 which gfens the buyer

out of lands which said seller has there, and shall have
similar privileges in pasturing cattle and in cutting hay in the
marshes as hi ors, to wit, Meyndert Fredericsz and Major

Abraham Staas, or their assigns, hut the buyer ma) nol encroach
on his neighbors' rights (to their harm), and he may (if he please)
select said fifteen morgens in two parcels. For which the buyer
promises to pa) to the seller or his order the sum of ten good,
whole, merchantable beaver skins, the same to he paid next harvesl
time or at the latest next winter, and on the last payment the buyer
shall receive from the seller a good and sufficient deed of owner-
ship, al i' g the lord's right. For the performance hereof,
said coni ... hereby hind their respective persons and
idling excepted, subjeel to all lords, courts, tribunals and
judges, ;md they have subscribed this with their own hands in
Albany, on the date above written.

Johanns Ci
As \\ itne i Jan Bronck

en van Dam
/ Sandersz

lod attestor

Adriaen va\ Ilpendam, Not. Pith.

Quitclaim from Cornells Michielsen to Jan van Loon for his
remaining interest in the Loonenburgh patent

[603 blank; 604] 2 [696, the first of November
Wlie ■ 1 ornelis Machil and Jan van Loon have ether

and agreed with respect to his [Michielsen's] remaining claims in
enborch which are outside of the purcl Jury Tennis/. :

1 Thi ml at Loonenburgl ens, in Greene

2 \\ illi if on ef the signatures this document is entirely in the
handwi Cornells Michielsen. 1

-I -ill without regard to the cl

ippen, who was one of the original purchasers of
ncludcd in the : '^h patent; see deed from the

Bruyn and Jul
April

- and
Bruva
i 111 van Loon and I orni lis Michiel-
5 1

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 359

and Andris Hansen and Jacop Fericken, 1 therefore I from now on
convey these to Jan van Loon and his heirs, acknowledging that I
have been satisfied therefor in full.

As witnesses hereto invited, Tiereck Harmens and Frans Winnel

cornelis mlchielsz

Jan van Loon
This is the -)- mark of Teireck Har-

mensen, made with his own hand
Frans Wynne
[Indorsed]

Deeds of the Flucht Hoeck ~ and Jan Bronck

Will of Marten Cornelissen from Ysselsteyn and his wife
Maeycke Cornelis from Barrevelt
[605 blank; 606] In the name of God, Amen. Know all men
by the contents of this present public instrument that in the year
after the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 167", on the
12th day of the month of January, before me, Adriaen van Ilpen-
dam, notary public residing in New Albany (appointed by the
Right Honorable Edmond Andros, [governor] general of the parts
of America) pursuant to nomination for this place of Albany,
colony of Renselaerswyck and the district thereof, and before the
subscribing witnesses, came and appeared the worthy Maerten
Cornelisz, born in the city of Ysselsteyn, 3 and his wife Maeycke
Cornelis, born at Barrevelt, 4 both dwelling at the Claverrack, to
me, the notary, well known, both being sound of body, standing and
walking, having perfect use and command of their faculties, rea-
son, memory and understanding ; which appearers, considering the
shortness and frailty of human life, the certainty of death and the
uncertainty of the time and hour thereof, and wishing therefore to
dispose of their wordly goods to be left behind while through God's
grace they still are able, as they do of their own free will and
inclination, without persuasion or misleading of any persons, have
now ordained and concluded this their last will and testament in
form and manner following: First and foremost commending their

1 Jacob Frericksen ?

2 Literally: "Refuge Foint"; not "Flying corner," as given in the

1 oj Gre, . p. 154- and E. M. Ruttenber, Indt iphical

Names, p. 176. Fhe place i>, now known by the name of Black Rock and
projects into the river at the south part of the village of Alliens.

3 A city in the province of Utrecht.

"The same as Barneveld. a village about eight miles south by east of
Nykerk, in the province of Gelderland.

360 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

irtal souls, whenever they may be separated from their bodies,
to the gracious and merciful hands of God, their Creator and

emer, and their bodies to a Christian burial, at the same time
revoking, annulling and canceling hereby all and every such I
mentary disposition and bequest as they before the date hereof
either jointly or severally may have made and executed, holdii
same null and of no effect, and now making a new disposition, they,
the te out of mutual and particular love, which during their

marrii te 607 1 they have steadily borne and do now bear

toward each other, declare that they have reciprocally nominated and
instituted, as by these presents they do, the survivor of the two their

and universal heir to all the property, whether pers nal or
real, claims, credit: . gold and silver, coined and unci

jewels, clothing, linen and woolens, household furniture etc., nothing
Ci ited, which the one dying first shall leave behind as well here
in this country as elsewhere, to do therewith as with his or her own
property, without contradiction or opposition of any persons; which
they do for the reason that they (through God's blessing) have
obtained most of the estate by greal labor and diligence during their
marriage with each other. Likewise [they will] that no p(
whatever, whether magistrates, orphan masters, friends, or others
shall have the right to demand of the survivor any accounting or
inventory of the estate, much less security or sureties, so long as
he or she remains in his or her widowed (Mate; and if so be that

urvivor again enter into wedlock, he or she shall be holden to
settle a just half of th< the same may be found) on the

children left behind, that all of them, share and share alike, may

e their legitimate portion of the father's or mother's estate,
provided that the survivor shall receive the income and ;

of until the children shall arrive at their majority or marriage
estate, till which time the survivor shall be holden to bring them up
in the fear of the Lord and i so far as he or she can) to have them
taughl ■ and writing, together with some handicraft win

under God they may earn their living with honor. Vnd it so be
that the testators after this date make further dispositions,
'■ whether in writing under their 1

or signatures or before two or more trustworthy witnesses by
woid (if mouth, or in the aforesaid [608] conditions make
any change, increase or diminution, the) will and desin
that i" have the same power, value and effect and bv ever)
person to be considered and holden as though written and

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 361

set forth in this will. All which aforesaid conditions they, the tes-
tators, declare to be their last will and testament, willing and desir-
ing that after the death of the first of the two the same may
have full force and effect, whether as will, codicil, donation, gift
in anticipation of death, or otherwise, as may be most compatible,
although certain formalities demanded by law or usage may not be
observed herein, desiring that the utmost benefit may be received
herefrom, and one or more copies hereof to be made in proper form
to serve as occasion may require. Thus done and executed in New
Albany at the house of Pieter Loockermans and in the presence of
Mr Jan Verbeeck and Pieter Loockermans, called and bidden as
trustworthy witnesses hereto, who with the testators in presence
of me the notary, have subscribed this with their own hands the
year, month and day aforesaid.

This is the mark X of Maerten
Cornelisz, made with his own hand

This is the mark X of Maeycke Cor-
As witnesses: nelis. made with her own hand

Jan Verbeeck
Pieter Loockermans

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract between Claes Beever and Jan Aertsen van Bergen-op-
Zoom for building a mill on the Kinderhook creek

[609 blank; 610] This day, the ioth day of January 167?.
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing
in Xew Albany, and before the subscribing witnesses, Claes Beever,
of the first part, and Jan Aertsz van Bergen-opsoom, 1 of the second
part, who acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have
contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit : Said Jan
Aertsz acknowledges that he has agreed to work fifty days for said
Claes Beever, to wit, to build a mill on Kinderhoecx Kill, to begin
on the first of March next 16'f, and in the meanwhile to undertake
no other work; and if said mill shall not be completed in said
fifty days, then shall said Claes Beever pay him per day at the rate
which has been agreed upon for the aforesaid work days, to
wit, Jan Aertsz must be paid for said fifty work days (when he
has performed them) sixteen whole beavers or the value thereof,
and he shall receive his pay every fourteen days as the work pro-
gresses. The employer shall make said payments to Storm van der

1 Bergen-op-Zoom, a city in the province of Brabant, Netherlands.

362 DS OF ALBANY

Zee and deliver the same free at Albany and the contractor prom-
ises to point out the timber for the runningparts of the said mill, but
the employer shall deliver the same there at his own expense; on
the express condition that said contractor promises to deliver the
mill in pood and proper running order, else not a stiver of his wages
he is to receive, or if he lias received them, the same he promises to
restore, and said employer promises to furnish said contractor
iper food and lodging. The aforesaid contractor promises so
1 as the mill is made to saw therewith three hundred
which shall he good and tit. receiving therefor such proper compen-
ion a- other sawyers receive. The aforesaid contracting parties
imise 1 with God's help) to execute and perform the aforesaid
conditions binding thereto their persons and estates, nothing
excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In
witness whereof they have subscribed this with their own hands,
in Albany, this 10th day of January \(>~ ';.

Ci.ai s Bever
As witnesses: |.\.\ Aertsen

Lucas Pieterse
II " in: Parker

Quod attestor

Adriaen van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Deposition of Jan Vinhaeghen and Jan Byvanck about certain
boards alleged to have been stolen by Claes Ripsen van Dam
[611 blank; 612] This day, the 10th of January 167", appeared
before me. Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), Jan Fynaghen, aged about 44 years, and Jan Byvanck,
aged about 43 years, who without any dissimulation or misleading
of any persons, but for the sake of justice, acknowledge thai they
have testified, as hereby they do, at the request of Maria Bord,
wife of Claes Rips/ van Dam. that in truth and verity they on the
8th of this month were at the hou e of ' laes Kips/, where R
Sander-/ was invited and came, when said wife of Claes Ri]
our pn aid to Robbert Sanders thai last I

month, the wife of Gerrit van Slichtenhorsl came to her house
and finding her at home alone said to her that her husband, Claes
, had stolen full) one-half of the boards which he used for
his hi 1 hey were boards from the city

holes and shol therein and that
Robbert Sanders had : She asked him, "Whal
then Whereupon Robbert Sandersz answered, "I do not

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 166&-1696 363

know that I ever thought such a thing in my life, much less have
said it; God keep me from saying that your husband has stolen
boards." Herewith ending their deposition they are ready (if need
be) to confirm the same and have subscribed this with their own
hands, in Albany, the ioth of January 167?.

Jan Vinhaeghen
Jan Bvvanck
Which I witness, .

Adriaen van Ilendam, Not. Pub.

Deposition of Johannes Borgers and his wife Elisabeth Claes
about boards alleged to have been stolen by Claes Ripsen van
Dam

[613-15 blank; 616] This day, the 6th of January 167-f, appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), Jan Burgher and his wife, who acknowledge that they
have testified, as hereby they do, at the request of Claes Ripsz, that
in truth and verity the wife of Gerrit van Slichtenhorst came to
his house now about fourteen days ago, the precise day not fully
remembered, and there said, " Robbert Sandersz and Claes Ripsz
are now such great friends, but I will cause that they be as great
enemies as they are now friends ;" and she said that Robbert
Sandersz had said that Claes Ripse had stolen some boards from
the city fence which he used on his hogpen. As one is bound to
testify to the truth (especially being required so to do), the afore-
named deponents are ready (if need be) to confirm the above, and
in witness thereof they have subscribed this with their own hands,
in Albany, this 6th of January 167®.

Johannes Borgers
Leysabeth Claes
As witnesses:

Harmen Bastiacns
Claes Jacobse

In the presence of me,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

END OF VOLUME I

NOTARIAL PAPERS

Volume 2

NOTARIAL MINUTES OF ADRIAEN JANSEN VAN

ILPENDAM

Contract of sale between Arnout Cornelissen Viele and Poulus
Martensen van Benthuysen of a building lot and cellar in
Albany

[115] 1 Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary
public residing in New Albany (appointed by the honorable magis-
trates of Albany, colony of Rensselaerswyck and Schanechtade with
the approbation of the Right Honorable Francoys Lovelace, on be-
half of His Royal Highness James, Duke of York, governor general
over all his territories in America) and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Aernout Cornelisz van Vylen of the one part and
Paulus Maertensz van Benthuysen of the other part, who acknowl-
edge that in love and friendship they have agreed and contracted
in manner following, to wit: Aernout aforesaid acknowledges that
he has sold to Poulus Maertensz a cellar with its appurtenances and
the lot with all that is thereto fast by earth and nail, which are now
delivered to said buyer free and unincumbered, excepting the lord's
right, the receipt whereof is acknowledged by the buyer on the con-
ditions aforesaid and he promises to pay for said lot and cellar
seventeen good, whole beaver skins, at the latest in the month of
June of next year one thousand six hundred and seventy (allowing
at most one month's grace), either in beavers or in good, salable
winter wheat at beaver's price, in part payment of which the seller
acknowledges that he has already received seven beavers and so
soon as the remainder of the payment shall be made, the said seller
promises to deliver to the buyer a sufficient [116] deed. The said
lot and cellar lie in Albany between the lot of Huybert Jansz van
Sprangh 2 and the lot of said buyer. For the execution of all that
is hereinbefore written they bind their persons and estates, real
and personal, present and future, and in confirmation thereof they

1 Pages 1-114 contain documents ranging in date from January 6, i6r'- ; , l"
March 16, i6|-$, which in this translation are printed in their proper chrono-
logic place after document 269.

2 Probably the same person as Huybert Jansen de Vroome; see Early
Records of Albany, 1 :i50. Sprangh, or Sprang, is a village in the province
of North Brabant, Netherlands.

[365]

366 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

subscribed this with their own hands without fraud or deceit,
in presence of the undersigned witnesses, in Albany, this twenty-
sixth day of November one thousand six hundred and sixty-nine.

Aknoi i ( or: Vielen
Poulis Marten

Hants /> re per, witi

Pieter Adriaensz, witness

Quod attestor

\i'Ki.\i:x v.\x Ilpend /. Pub.

Contract between Elisabeth Drinckvelt, wife of Jan Rinckhout,
and Anthoine Lespinard regarding the use of Rinckhout's
bakery on shares

I117I Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, no
public residing in New Albany (appointed by the honorable magis
trates of Ubany, colon) of Renselaerswyck and Schanechtade with
approbation of the Right Honorable Frangoys Lovelace, on behalf
of lli-- Royal Highness James, Duke of York, governor general
over all his territories in America 1, and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, Anthony Lespinard of the one part and Elisabeth
Drinckvelt, wife of Jan Rinckhout, as attorney in this matter for
her aforesaid husband according to the testimonj of Benl Bagge,
of the oilier part, who in all love and friendship have agreed with
each 'idler as follows, to wit, thai said Anthony Lespinard shall
e in the house of said Jan Rinckhout in Albam for the period
of one whole year, beginning on the first of Ma\ [670 and ending
on the first of May [671, and shall use his utmosl endeavor to bake
of everything, both for Christians and for Indians, provided that
both parties shall lay in the same quantity of grain and that each
party shall receive half of the profits: and said Anthony Lespinard
shall cut the wood for the oven as well as for the house on o
dition that the aforesaid baker shall have board, lodging and wash
ing free but shall pay for one-half of the bread flour which during
said time shall be used within the house by himself, his wife and
four children. I'.ut it is expressly stipulated that during said time
said baker shall be | 1 18 ] holden to work five weeks without other
profit than his board, to wit. two weeks before die harvest and
three weeks after the harvest, but next harvest said baker may work-
on his own account and alone receive the profits, provided however
that there are no Indians here in Albany. The foregoing the

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 367

undersigned contracting parties mutually promise (with God's
help) to execute and perform, binding thereto their respective per-
sons and estates, real and personal, present and future, subject to
all courts and judges, and in confirmation thereof they have sub-
scribed this without fraud or deceit, in Albany, this 21st of
January 1670.

by me,

Elisabeth Dsi[n]ckuelt
A. Lespinard
As witnesses :

This is the mark X of Bent

Bagge, set by himself
Jan Verbeeck, witness

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpexdam, Not. Pith.

Contract of sale of part of a lot in Albany from Geertruyt Pieters
Vosburgh to Lucas Gerritsen and others
[119] Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary
public residing in Albany (appointed by the honorable magistrates
of Albany, colony of Renselaerswyck and Schanechtade, with
approbation of the Right Honorable Frangoys Lovelace, on behalf
of His Royal Highness James, Duke of York, governor general of
all his territories in America), and before the hereinafter named
witnesses, Geertruyt Pieters 1 of the one part and Lucas Gerritsz,
Heyndrick Lantsing, Jan Byvanck and Gerrit Hardenbergh of the
other part, who in love and friendship have agreed and contracted in
manner following, to wit: Said Geertruyt Pieters acknowledges that
she has sold and the aforesaid four persons that they have bought
a certain piece of her lot lying on the hill in Albany, behind the
houses of the aforesaid four buyers, to wit, in length from the west
side to the east side six rods and in breadth from the north side
to the south side ten feet, all free and unincumbered (saving the
lord's right) ; for which the said four buyers promise to pay thir-
teen good, whole, salable beaver skins, the same to be paid at the
beginning of next trading season. What is hereinbefore written thev
mutually promise to execute and to perform, binding thereto their
respective persons and [120] estates, nothing excepted, subject to
all lords, courts, tribunals and judges, and in confirmation hereof

'Geertruyt Pieters was the widow of Abram Pietersen Vosburgh, who

lost his life in the Indian uprising at the Esopus in if 59. She was a sister
of Barent Pietersen Coeymans.

368 I \KI.Y RECORDS OF ALBANY

they have subscribed this with their own hands, without fraud or
deceit, in presence of Jacob Tysz vander Heyden and Jacob Abra-

/ (called as witnesses hereto).
In Albany, this second of February one thousand six hundred
and seventy.

This is the mark - - of GEERTRUV r
I'll 111;-. made with her own hand
I'- is ( Jerytsen, backer
Hendrick 1
Jan Byvan< k
1 .1 rrit herttenbergh
itnesses :
Jacob Theysen vander Heyden
>p Abrahams

Quod attestor

Adriaen VAX Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease from Myndert Fredericksen to Harmen Thomassen Hun
for a piece of land on the west side of the Hudson river oppo-
site Claverack

[121 1 Appealed before me. Adriaen van flpendam, residing in
New Albany (appointed by the honorable magistrac) of Albany,
elaerswyck and Scham with approbation of

the Right Honorable Frangoys Lovelace, in behalf of his Royal
I tighness James, 1 hike of *i ork, governor general over all his terri-
tories in America), and before the afternamed witnesses, vleyndert
Fredericsz of the one pari and Harmen Thomasz of the othei part,
who (on the date hereinafter written) in all love and friendship
have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Meyn-
dert Fredericsz acknowlei he has let and Harmen Thomasz

that he has hired of him a certain parcel of land lying on the wesl
bank [.of the Hudson] opposite the 1 laverack, for the time of -ix
following years beginning "ii the firsl "i" \la\ next and ending on
■ne thousand six hundred ami seventy-six.
First, the lessor promises to deliver with .-aid laud a housi
one board in length, a barn thirty feel long and a rick, provided
the le see dig a cellar under the house and likewise help rough-hew

My adjoined die land on the Murderer's kill which

I11K iS. \\ yntje, i'

of Harmen II insseii Hun; sec Histoi 1 County, pub. 1 ■ s I. 1'..

1884 p. IVI

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND J. 1660-1696 369

the timber for the house, barn and rick and not receive therefor
anything- more than his victuals so long as the work is going on.

Secondly, the lessee shall he holder! to maintain and deliver up
at the end of this lease said house, barn and rick in good repair,
wall and roof tight.

Thirdly, in case of lire (which may God prevent) half the loss
shall be borne by each party, but in case of general war, the burden
shall fall upon the lessor.

Fourthly, the lessor shall deliver to the lessee with the land
six horses, to wit, three mares, one a year old, and the other three
either stallions or geldings; four milch cows; a heifer three years
old; likewise two bulls and a heifer each one year old; and a
heifer [122] calf of six weeks ; and the lessee shall be holden during
the four last years to deliver to the lessor yearly ten pounds of
butter and in case any of the horses or cattle of those delivered
happen to die, they shall be made good out of the common increase;
furthermore, each party shall receive the half of the increase, but
the lessee shall not sell, exchange or remove any of the aforenamed
horses and cattle or the increase thereof without the knowledge or
consent of the lessor.

The lessor also delivers therewith three sows, for which the
lessee shall deliver yearly three hogs fit for slaughter, except the
first year. The lessor promises to deliver then a wagon, a plow, a
harrow, four breast-harnesses, eight traces, four bits, one pair of
lines, one rope for the front and one for the back of the hay wagon,
a new spade, two axes, four wedges, two rings for a beetle, another
spade, a winnow, two Flemish scythes, and a scythe blade, and at
the end of the lease these implements must be returned to the
lessor in good and usable condition.

All expenses of whatever name to which the lessee may be put
shall be at his own charge. The lessee shall be holden to break up
four morgens of land yearly to bring the place into use and also
plant an orchard of one morgen, but the lessor shall furnish the
trees therefor. The lessee shall surround said land with a good
protective fence and in the last year sow not more than nine morgens
of winter wheat ; therefor the lessee shall have said land and what
is therewith promised according to these conditions, six years ; pro-
vided that the lessor shall have the use of the horses to draw the
timber for the house, barn and rick and receive so much milk as
he has need of for his men so long as they are engaged in building.
Said contracting parties mutually promise to execute and perform
what is hereinbefore written, binding thereto their persons and

3JO EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

estates, all as by law provided and in confirmation thereof they
have subscribed ibis with their own hands without craft or guile,
in presence of Pieter Loockermans and Hans Heyndricsz, as wit-
hereto, in Albany, this fourth of April one thousand six
hundred and seventy.

This is the mark X of Meynd

Fredericsz
1 [armen Thomansz
Pieter Loockermans
Hans Heindricsz

<uod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease from Robert Sanders to Hendrick Meussen Vrooman of a

farm on the east side of the Hudson river called Stone Arabia

[123) Appeared before nie, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary

public residing in New Albany (appointed by the honorable magis-

of Albany, colon) of Renselaerswyck and Schanechtade with

the approbation of the Right Honorable Frangoys Lovelace, on

behalf of his Royal Highness James, I Hi u' of York, gove

of all his territories in America I, and before the undersigned
witnesses, Robbert Sandersz of the one part and Heyndrick Meesz
iman of the other part, who in love and friendship have agreed
together in manner following, to wit: Robbert Sandersz acknowl-
edges that he has let and Heyndrick Meesz that he has hired a
certain farm lying over against the long island called Steen Raby?
for the term of six following y< 1 m the first of May

1670, old • and ending on tin- first of Ma\ [676.

I In- lessor promises in deliver therewith a house, barn and two
ricks a hogpen, two boards long and one board in width, all com
plete, and all the land that the les-or own- there, a- well plowed
land, garden, orchard and meadow as woodland, except the little
oppo He I 'hilip 1 'ietersz' door.

Arabia. 'I his refei tly to land w I

1 1 armen \ Indians with tin
R

r [9 [6€8, ommonly called and known "by the

Indian nam I Land by them nan

Ryvcr w '■ Rum West

woods ti 1 > to y« High Hills & including

.1 free way
. d his

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 2)7 l

The lessee shall enjoy the crops of the land which he shall find
sown there and the lessee must move over the fence on the east
side of said land as far as he shall see fit and lengthen the cros<
fence.

At the expiration of said six years the lessee must deliver up
three and a half morgens sown with winter wheat, and whatever
more he sows the lessor must take and satisfy the lessee therefor
at the valuation of two impartial men.

The lessee must inclose the maize land also and put it under
the plow, and the lessor must pay [124] therefor at the end of
the lease on a valuation, and furnish a man therefor 16 days.

The lessee promises to pay as rent, the first year six skipples of
wheat, the second year twelve skipples of wheat, the third year
forty skipples of wheat, and the three last years seventy skipples
of wheat yearly, or for every skipple of wheat two and a half
skipples of oats. The lessor promises to deliver therewith three cows
with a heifer of three years which is with calf, and a heifer of two
years, but the lessor must stand the risk of the two heifers until
they have calved. Likewise the lessor promises to deliver there-
with three heifers a year old which the lessee shall keep until they
are three years old, when the half shall belong to the lessee. Fur-
thermore the lessor promises to deliver therewith four horses, con-
sisting of two mares and two stallions, likewise a winter stallion of
which the lessor shall stand the risk until three years old and the
lessor must have him gelded at his own risk; furthermore the lessor
and lessee must each bear half the risk of the cows and horses
and if any come to die they shall first be made good out of
the increase and the remainder be divided half and half. Like-
wise the lessor promises to deliver therewith six sows, for which
the lessee promises to deliver yearly two year-old hogs to pen up
and fatten, except the first year, but the pigs which are there now
shall belong to the lessee, provided he at the end of this lease shall
deliver to the lessor three sows each of two years and three sows
each of one year together with all the pigs which in the months
of February, March and April shall be cast by said six sows. In
case of accidents from fire on said farm (which may God pre-
vent) both lessee and lessor shall bear each a half of the loss, but
in case [125] of general war the loss shall be borne by the lessor
alone. The fruits .of the orchard shall be received by the lessor and
le>see each a half. The fences which the lessor delivers therewith,
the lessee shall at the end of --aid time deliver up again tight 50
to keep in horses, cattle and hogs. The lessor further delivers

372 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

therewith a calf and promises to deliver there yearly a calf three
weeks old and when said calves are three years old, each party
shall receive the half and at the end of the six years the lessee shall
deliver to the lessor again a calf in place of the aforesaid calf
that is now delivered to him.

The aforesaid contracting parties mutually promise (with God's
help) to execute and perform what is hereinbefore written, binding
thereto their respective persons and estates, nothing excepted, plac-
ing the same under the authority of all courts and judges, and in
confirmation thereof they have subscribed this with their own
hands without craft or guile (in presence of Jacob Tyssen vander
lleyden and Claes Ripsz van Dam, as witnesses hereto) in Albany,
this 3d of Ma) [670.

ROBBERT SaNDERSZ

Heinderick Meeszen Vrooman
Jacob Theysen vander lleyden
Claes Ripsen ran Dam

wd attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Indenture of apprenticeship of Adam Hendricksen Vrooman to
Cornells Willemsen van der Burgh to learn the millwright's
trade

[126 blank; 127] Appeared before me. Adriaen van Ilpendam,
notary public residing in New Albany in America, and before the
hereinafter named witnesses, Cornelis Willemsz wan der Burgh
the one part and Adam lleyndricksz Vrooman of the other part,
who in love and friendship are agreed in manner following, to wit:
Said Adam Ileyndricsz (now about _>i years old) acknowledges
that with the consent of his father, lleyndrick Meesz Vrooman,
he has bound himself to Cornelis Willemsz aforesaid, who acknowl-
es that he has hired him for the term of two consecutive
years, comn 1 on this 23d of May 1070. The aforesaid Cor-

nelis Willemsz promises in said two years, SO far as he is able,
to leach -aid \datn llendricksz carpentering and millwrighting,
to furnish him ird, lodging and washing and to pay him

for his labor and service the first year eighty guilders in silver
coin ' anil a pair of new shoes ami the second year
one hundred and twenty guilders in silver money or large coin
at said Cornelis Willemsz's choice. And the aforesaid servant
promises (with God's help') to serve the aforesaid master said two

illy, " heavy money."

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 373

years with all diligence, assiduity and faithfulness, on the express
condition that the servant may try the first six weeks how he likes
it and [128] if he does not like it, he may give up his service and
be free and shall then receive for the six weeks' service not more
than free fare with a horse from Sprinckvielt 1 to Albany. All that
is hereinbefore written the said contracting parties promise (with
God's help) to execute and perform, binding thereto their persons
and estates, nothing excepted, submitting the same to the jurisdic-
tion of all courts and judges. In witness whereof they have sub-
scribed this with their own hands without fraud or deceit (in
presence of Stoffel Jansz Abeel and Leendert Philipsz, called as
witnesses hereto) in Albany in America, this 23d of May one
thousand six hundred and seventy.

Leender Phyles

Stoffel Jansz Abeel

CORNELIS WlLLEMSZ

Adam Heindricksz

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilfendam, Not. Pub.

Contract for the sale of a sawmill in Greenbush from Willem
Fredericksen Bout to Harmen Bastiaensen Visscher
[129] Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary
public residing in Xew Albany, and before the hereinafter named
witnesses, on the date underwritten, Willem Fredericsz 2 of the
first part and Harmen Bastiaensz 3 of the second part, who in love
and friendship have agreed and contracted in manner following,
to wit : Willem Fredericsz acknowledges that he has sold to
Harmen Bastiaensz, who also acknowledges that he has bought,
a certain sawmill standing in the Greyne Bosch, 4 behind the farm
of Mr Jeremias van Renselaer, where Dirck Teunisz 5 now dwells,
which he, Willem Fredericsz, now acknowledges to have delivered
with all its appurtenances and privileges, except or saving the
lord's right, to Harmen Bastiaensz, who acknowledges the receipt
thereof, but the seller retains for himself all the boards which
at present lie there sawed, for which he shall pay to the buyer the
value of eleven beavers in boards at market price from these

1 Springfield, Mass.

2 Willem Fredericksen Bout.

3 Harmen Bastiaensen Visscher.

4 Greenbush, Rensselaer county. N. Y.

5 Dirck Teunissen van Vechten.

374 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

<<l boards and in addition thirty oak boards of the aforesaid
boards. For which [mill] the buyer promises to pay to the seller
ninety-eight heavers, all to be paid in boards, to wit, four hundred
pine boards next fall from the [130] logs lying there now and the
following spring boards to the value of three hundred guilders in

ivan, and the balance of the sum to be paid in the four following
years, each year a just fourth part in good, merchantable hoards
at beaver's price, but all said hoard- the buyer must deliver at his
own expense on the bank of the river. The foregoing the afore-
;aid contracting parties mutually promise (with God's help) to

orm, binding thereto their pei d ites, nothing

excepted, submitting the same to the jurisdiction of all lords,
i Mm . tribunals and judges, and in confirmation thereof they have
subscribed this with their own hand- together with * lac- Ripsz
and Tennis Slingerlandt, as witnesses hereto called, without fraud
or deceit, in Albany, this thirtieth of June one thousand six hun-
dred and -twenty.

This is the mark \ of Wn
Frederk sz, sel b) himself

HARMEN BaSI tAENS

Clacs Ripsen van /'am
Tuenyes Cornells Slyengherlant

Quod attestor

Adriaen vax [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Jochem Wesselsen and Volckert Jansen
Douw of a house and two lots on High street in New York
[131] On this 19th da> of July 1670, appeared before me,

Vdriaen van llpendam, notary public residing in Xew Albany
■ pointed by the honorable magistracy of Albany, colony of Ken
selaerswyck and Schanechtade, with approbation of the Right
Honorable Franco) Lovelace in behalf of his Royal Highness
lames, Duke of Yoi ernor general over all his territories in

America 1. and before the afternamed witnesses, Joachim Wesselsz,
baker, of the first pan, and Vblckerl Jansz (both dwelling here),
of ii 1 id pail, who in love and friendship have .agreed and
contracted in manner following, to wit : Joachim W< 1 icknowl-
edges that he has -old and Volckert Jan-/ that he ha- bou
a hou '■ and lot together with a lol nexl t" the hou 1 and

lying in Xew York on the Hoogh straet? between the hou es of

\hel Hardenbroeck and Adriaen van Laer, the same being deli\

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 375

ered now free and unincumbered excepting the lord's right and
saving also the bake oven ; and the seller delivers the premises as
they now lie, in fence according to patent, provided that the tenant
may continue to reside therein till the first of May 1671 and the
buyer shall receive the rent thereof, but whatever the tenant may
have done therein by way of repairs or still must needs do, the
same may be deducted from the rent.

[132] For which aforesaid house and lots the buyer promises
to pay to the seller twenty-six hundred guilders in good strung
sea wan, to be paid in two instalments, to wit, the first instalment
between now and the first of May next, of which the seller hereby
acknowledges that he has received already five hundred guilders
in seawan, and the second instalment to be paid promptly on the
first of May 1672. The said contracting parties, each for himself,
promise to execute and perform what is hereinbefore written, for
which they bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, sub-
jecting the same to the jurisdiction of all lords, courts, tribunals
and judges, and in confirmation thereof they have subscribed this
with their own hands without fraud or deceit (in presence of
Harmen Rutgers and Asser Levy van Swelen, 1 as witnesses hereto)
in Albany in America, on the date above written.

Jochem Backer
volckart jansz

Herman Rittges

Asser Leevy

Acknowledged before me,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between John Lewis and Rev. Jacobus Fabricius
of a house and two lots in Albany
[ 133 ] Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary
public residing in Albany (appointed by the honorable magistrates
of Albany, colony of Renselaerswyck and Schanechtade with
approbation of the Right Honorable Frangoys Lovelace, on behalf
of His Royal Highness James, Duke of York, governor general
of all his territories in America), and before the hereinafter named
witnesses, Jan Louwys ~ of the one part and Magister Jacobus

1 Elsewhere given as " Swelm."

2 John Lewis, an English soldier. The house and lot mentioned in this
contract are probably the same as the house and lot purchased by him of
Jurriaen Jansen Groenewout, which are mentioned in a bond of February
9, 1669 [1670], printed in Early Records of Albany, 1:435.

376 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Fabritius 1 of the other part, who in all love and friendship have
agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Jan Louwys
thai he has sold and the reverend magister that he
has bought a house and lot and another lot lying next to the same.
standing and lying here in Albany on the Pleyn, next to Lambert

. alckenburgh and on the west side some vacant lots; the house
and lot be mded and of such dimensions as appears by the

[latent and the adjoining lot being of such dimensions as Carsten
Carstensz conveyed it to Claes Tennis/.,- as shown by certain
accompanying writings which the seller now with the house and lots
delivers to the buyer with all that is fast by earth and nail; for
which house and two lots the buyer promises to pay to the seller
next May 1671 one hundred and sixt) five guilders in good, strung
seawan, provided that the seller shall he holden upon the pa

eliver to the buyer a good and sufficient deed of ownership
( excepting the lord's righl

[134] The aforesaid contracting parties mutually prom;
execute what is hereinbefore written, binding thereto their r<
tive persons and estates, nothing excepted, placing the same in
subjection to all courts and judges, and in confirmation of the
same they have subscribed this with their own hands without craft
or guile in preseno 1 < retarj Lodevicus Coobes and Jan Ev<
and Man- Dreeper, as witnesses hereto, in Albany this twenty-
sixth day of November one thousand six hundred and seventy.

Jot IX I.EUIS

M. Jacobus Fabricius
Ludouicus Cobes, Sf

irk X of Jan !
le b) liii
Hans I ov/vr. as \\ itro

attestor
Vdriaen van [lpendam, \ ot. Pub.

Rev. Jai duly autl itheran mil

in the province of New York, the Rev. Joannes Ernestus G01 r, who

arrived in July [657, not having been allowed to ]

- 1 'I... I he '1. rd to him En mi 1 'at sti

tlbanx, 1 .
Way

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 377

Contract of sale between Albert Andriessen B rat aj idTan Pieter-
sen Bronck of the ironwork of a (sawmillN — \

[135] On this 29th day of November 1670, appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in Albany, and
before the afternamed witnesses, Albert Andriesz Brat of the
first part and Jan Pietersz Bronck of the second part, to me, the
notary, well known, who in all love and friendship are agreed with
each other in manner following, to wit: Albert Andriesz Brat
acknowledges that he has sold and Jan Pietersz Bronck that he
has bought a large iron crank and rack, an iron shaft and pinion
and a proper cross x for the shaft, which said articles [the seller]
promises to deliver at once and for which the said buyer promises
to pay nineteen good, whole, salable beaver skins or the value
thereof to be paid in kind, to wit, in three instalments, the first
this winter, being a big, fat hog worth 34 guilders in beavers and
two beavers in good wheat and before next harvest six whole
beavers, and the remainder the winter after in grain as the market
therefor shall be, whether in wheat or oats, peas or buckwheat.
The aforesaid contracting parties mutually promise to execute and
perform what is hereinbefore written, binding thereto their respec-
tive persons and estates, nothing excepted, submitting the same to
the authority of all courts and judges, and in confirmation thereof
they have subscribed this with Robbert Sandersz and Elias van
Ravensteyn, as witnesses hereto. Albany, dated as above.

Albert Andriessen Brat
As witnesses Jaen Broenck

Robbert Sandersz
Elias van Rauesteyn

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pah.

Power of attorney from Jacob Abrahamsen Kuyper to his wife
Catalyntie van Elslant and Lodewyck Post

[136 blank; 137] On this twelfth day of April one thousand six
hundred and seventy-one appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpen-
dam, notary public residing in Albany (appointed by the honor-
able magistracy of Albany, colony of Renselaerswyck and Scha-
nechtade, with, approbation of the Right Honorable Francoys
Lovelace, in behalf of his Royal Highness James, Duke of York,
governor general over all his territories in America), and before

x Kruys; a heavy iron box at the end of the, sh aft with holes at right
angles for the insertion of the arms of thefwiii"dini[l.\ -\

378 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

lamed wi i ihy Jacob Abrahamsz Kuyper,

dwelling here in Albany, well known to me, the notary, who acknowl-

ihai he has constituted and appointed, as he hereby does

tute and appoint, his wife Catalyntie van Elslant and Lodo-

wyck Post, dwelling at New York, his attorneys, giving them

jointly and severally full power and authority and special order,

with his wife's brother, Claes van Elslant, to take possession of the

the principal's .vife's late father, Claes van Elslant,

and to divide the hi d effects between his aforesaid wife and

her aforenamed brother, or to sell the same, together with the house

and ]"t standing and lying in New York, to the highest bidder at

public sale; the moneys to receive and acquittance for th

to grant; likewise when full payment is made a [138] good and

sufficient deed to deliver to the buyer; furthermore, if there are any

outstanding debl ; due he said estate, the same to collect as speedil)

issible and if an} creditors according to ho ounts and

- have any demands against the estate, the same first t<> paj

out of said moneys oi he whole estate and the remaining moneys
then i" divide between his wife and her brother, share and share
alike. The principal hopes that all that is hereinbefore written may
be done in love and friendship, but if the aforesaid brother be
not so disposed, [the attorneys] are to constrain him thereto b)
law and justice, [having] power one 01 rsons (if need be)

to substitute in their places and furthermore all tilings to do

irm that he, the principal, if himself present, might or could
do, notwithstanding that the matter may require more specific order

is herein stated, provided that the aforesaid Lodewyck

in holden of his management and administration to ma
proper return, accounting and exhibit. The principal promises to
hold as good, binding and valid whatever shall be done or per-
formed in the matter aforesaid b) his attorneys or either of them
individually, without doing or causing to be done anything contrary
hereto, binding thereto his person am nothing excepted, and

in confirmation hereof he has subscribed this with his own hand,
together with Jellis Pietersz and Jan Andriesz, called as witnesses
i, in Albarn . dated as abo\ e,

J VI I IP \i'.i;.\n A MM X

Jelys Pietersz '
Jan Andriese

tod attestor

Vdrtai n van Ili . Vol Pub.

1 ( lillis Pietersen Mi

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 379

Bill of sale of a mare from Jan Andriessen to Joachim Ketelheun
[139] Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary
public residing in Albany, on this 13th day of April 1671, Joachim
Ketelheun of the first part and Jan Andriesz of the second part,
who agreed together in manner following, to wit: [an Andriesz
acknowledges that he has sold to Joachim Ketelheun a mare, sound
in body, the receipt of which mare Joachim Ketelheun acknowl-
edges and promises to pay therefore to said Jan Andriesz or his
order the sum of thirteen good, whole, salable beaver skins, to wit,
in two payments, the first of which, of seven good, whole, salable
beavers, must be made promptly next July of this year, and the
second, of six beavers, in good wheat, at market price at the time
of the delivery, in the month of April 1672; and likewise to do a
day's carting for the seller free. The aforesaid Joachim Ketelheun
binds hereto his person and property, movable and immovable,
present and future, submitting the same to all courts and judges ;
and in confirmation hereof he has, with the undersigned witnesses,
subscribed this with his own hand in Albany, on the date above
written.

This is the mark X of Joachim
Ketelheun, made by himself
Jacop Abrahamscn, witness
Pieter Loockcrmans

Acknowledged before me,

Adriaen van Ilpendam

A r otary Public

Indenture of service of Johannes Hubertsen to Tryntje Jochims,
the wife of Major Abraham Staets
[140 blank; 141] On this nineteenth day of April, one thousand
six hundred and seventy-one, appeared before me, Adriaen van
Ilpendam, notary public residing in Albany, and before the after-
named witnesses, Aeltie Jans, wife of Hubert Jansz, and Tiyntie
Joachims, wife of Major Abraham Staas, who in all love and
friendship are agreed in manner following, to wit: Said Aeltie
Janse hires out her son, named Johannes Hubertsz, to said Tryntie
Joachims for the time of a whole year commencing the first of May
of this year 1671 old style and ending the first of May 1672 old
style, to serve the aforementioned Tryntie Joachims and her said
husband the said year with all diligence and faithfulness in all
proper work ; for which said Johannes shall receive as wages eight

380 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

good, whole, salable beaver >kins and free washing, hut whatever
he has need of within the aforesaid time shall be procured for him
and offset against said eight beavers. What is hereinbefore
written the contracting parties mutually promise t<> perform, bind-
ing thereto their persons and estates, nothing excepted, as by law
provided, and in confirmation hereof they have subscribed this
with their own hands in presence of Johannes Provoost and lleyn-
drick Gerritsz, as witnesses hereto, on the date above written.

This is the mark X of Aeltie Jans,
made by herself

Ik I \i,i N [OCHG]

<st, witne
Hei c 'reirtsen

Quod attestor

Adriaen van I '. Not. Pub.

Agreement between Robert Orchard and Jannetie Donckes, the
widow of Thomas Powell, regarding the settlement of their
respective claims to land at Kinderhook

[142 blank; 143] Appeared before me, Adriaen van llpcndam,
notary public residing in New All obbert Orchard of the one

part and Jannetie D01 kes, widow of the late Thomas Poul, 1 of
the other part, who in presence of the afternamed wit a ve-

in love and friendship agreed and contracted with each other in
manner following, to wit: Said Robber! Orchard shall keep for
himself the unsold land at Kinderhoeck at present occupied by
Jan Maertensz, and have power to sell and convey the same, until
such time as he shall have received the half of the payment, as
well for this land as for the land formerly sold at Kinderhoeck
and which belonged to both of them. Furthermore, he is empow-

Powell. The I nut was apparently

part of tin- tract granted nor Richard Nicolls a-, follows:

" \\ lie: eas Ri ibei 1 Bisti n I

w lh my 1 :i an Indian P

ewew-
skeck 1\ ing & bi English

n Two hun
land having a i mnini

for \v" h said land '. •' Indian Pi jes to have

■ in y« deed of purchasi :l1 day

■ 1I1. N n unto

them \" said R Orchard & Tl

y* 4"' i ek< 011 the

udson river, but thi
1

1
have been owned by them jointly.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 381

ered to demand and receive of Groote Andries 1 one hundred and
eighty-two guilders in seawan, and from Jan Maertensz twenty-
four beavers, on condition that said Robbert Orchard completely
and absolutely surrender to said Jannetie Donckes all his right and
claim to the woodland at Kinderhoeck and nevermore demand
anything of her for his former half interest, except the meadow,
which belongs to them both. The [144] said contracting parties
mutually promise to hold valid and perform what is hereinbefore
written, binding thereto their persons and estates, nothing excepted,
subject to all courts and judges, in confirmation whereof they have
with Louwerens van Alen and Gabriel Thomasz, called as witnesses
hereto, subscribed these with their own hands in Albany, this 30th
of May 1671.

Robert Orchard

This is the mark X of Jannetie
Donckes, made by herself

Louriis van Alen
Gabriel Tomascn

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease of a farm at Nuttenhook from Hans Heindricksen to
Poulus Cornelissen van Flensburgh

[145] Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary
public residing in Albany, and before the afternamed witnesses,
upon this 17th of July 1671, Hans Heyndricsz of the one part and
Poulus Cornelisz van Flensburgh 2 of the other part, who in all
love and friendship- are agreed in manner following, to wit : Hans
Heyndricsz acknowledges that he has let and Poulus Cornelisz
that he has hired a farm on Nooten-hoeck 3 with house, barn,
garden, orchard and all the land for the time of the next following
five years from the date hereof. The lessee shall receive this year's
fruits of the land now in fence, and shall deliver the same again
at the end of this lease seeded down with the same quantity of
grain, to wit, three skipples of winter wheat, thirteen skipples of
oats, and three skipples of peas, and the fence secure against
horses, cattle and hogs, and shall yearly deliver to the lessor the
third sheaf, except the summer grain of the first year from the

1 Meaning " Big Andries," and probably referring to Andries Hansen
[Scherp?! ; see Early Records of^ Albany, 1:483.

2 Flensburg is a town in Sleswick.

3 Nutten hook, in Columbia county, N. Y. The post office is called New-
ton Hook.

382 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

uncleared land that is in fence. Furthermore, the lessee promises
at the end of the lease in addition to the aforesaid fenced land to
deliver ten morgens of cleared land in suitable fence like th
the aforesaid fenced land, for which the lessee shall receive the
fruits thereof during the lease, and the lessee promises to deliver
at the end [146] of said live years twenty skipples of wheat prop-
erly sowed on said ten morgens at his own expense, but the
is holden to furnish said twent) skipples of wheat thereto. The
promises al the end of said lease to deliver up again the
orchard and garden in proper fence, and to deliver yearly half of
the fruits of the orchard and garden and two skipples of maize,
together with as much garden produce a- the lessor ha- need of
in hi- household. The lessee promises to make a proper floor of
cla\ in tin- barn if suitable clay is to he had there, but the lessor
shall furnish a man to help therein whom he must pay, and the
lessee -hall give him his hoard, and if there be no proper clay, the
e must lay a log floor therein. 1 .lit the lessor must then provide
and pay a carpenter, while tin- le-see remains holden to give him
hi- board. The lessor promises to deliver therewith some horses,
cow-, .-nid hogs according in the following inventory, and
shall receive the half of the increase thereof, provided that the
he holden iir-t to deliver up to the lessor the original number; the
■ e may not use nor suffer to he used any of the horses in the
e of an) other person without consenl of the lessor; further-
more the lessee promises to pay for every milch cow thirteen
pound- 1 if butter yearly.

1 147] All that i- delivered to die lessee according to inventory

he shall he holden in deliver up again in a- good condition a- when

he received it; hut it i- expressly stipulated that if the hou

barn with whatever may he therein happens to burn (through the

essee or his own men. which God prevent) the

tall be holden to I the ame. ["he lessee promises

eep the >.id aero-- the marsh above in good

I.ikewi-e it is stipulated thai after the expiration of -aid lease the
:i in the house, Store hi- grain and fodder and
thresh the same and Iced hi- cattle to which he may then he
entitled a- well a- those of the lessor through the winter. The
stipulate thai the les ee -hall he holden each inter

for him, except the iir-t year. Furthermore, the '
promises not to allow any cattle, horses or hogs on

said land excepl . hut if the

puts upon it any hog- of his own, he shall take those out lii

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 383

the end of the lease] and of the increase thereof the lessor shall
receive the half. The foregoing the said contracting parties mutu-
ally promise to carry out and perform, for which they bind their
persons [148] and properties, movable and immovable, present
and future, submitting the same to the jurisdiction of all lords,
courts, tribunals and judges, and in confirmation thereof they have
together with Jacob Gerritsz van Laer and Barent Meyndersz,
called as witnesses hereto, subscribed this with their own hands,
in Albany, dated as above.

Hans Heindrickz

This is the mark X of Poulus Cor-
nelisz van Flensburgh, made by
himself
Jacob Gerrets van Laer
Barent Meyndersz

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of Melgert Wynantsen van der Poel to run a sawmill
for Eldert Gerbertsen Cruyff at Bethlehem
[149] Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary
public residing in New Albany, on this 30th day of September
1671, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Eldert Gerbertsz
of the one part and Melchelt Wynantsz of the other part, who
acknowledge that in love and friendship they have agreed in man-
ner following, to wit : Eldert Gerbertsz acknowledges that he has
hired Melchert Wynantsz and the latter that he has undertaken
to saw in the mill of said Eldert Gerbertsz at Bethlehem 1 from
now on, to wit, to commence as soon as there is sufficient water
therefor and to end the last of next May 1672, provided said
Eldert shall bear all the expenses of the mill and keep it in proper
running order. During the term of his labor said Melchert shall
enjoy free board from said Eldert and in case Melchert in the
spring of 1672 engages a helper in order that one may saw by day
and the other by night, said Eldert shall be holden to provide the
helper with free board during his labor. Eldert promises to let
Melchert have for his labor (over and above the said free board)

1 This mill stood on the Bethlehem's kill, now the Normans kill. It was
on June 2. 1675, assigned by Albert Ryckman, as attorney for Eldert Ger-
bertsen Cruyff, to Stephanus van Cortlant, then director of the colony of
Rensselaerwyck, and on December 13, 1677, it was conveyed bv Domine
Nicolaus van Rensselaer to Pieter Winne. See Early Records of Albany,
1 1171.

384 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

the ju-' fourth pari of all the boards, whether thick or thin, long
or short, oak or pine, the sawyer to receive also a just [150] fourth
I >art of all the scantling, lath etc. which shall he sawed in said mill
during the said time, the same i" be divided ever) week by lot.
All that is hereinbefore written the said contracting parties promise
(with the help of Almight) God) t" execute and perform, for
which they hind their respective persons and estates, real and per-
sonal, present and future, subjecting the same to the jurisdiction
of all lord-, courts, tribunals and judges, and in confirmation
thereof, they have, with Jacob Tysz vander llcyden and I Carmen
van 1 ,, ni (..miii, called as witnesses hereto, and me, the notary,
subscribed this with their own hand-, without any craft or guile,
in Albany, dated as above.

Eldert Gerbertsz Cruif

Melgert Wynantsen van Den

POELL

As witne

Jacob Theysen vander Heyden
Harmen Harmens Ganseuort
Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Bond of Albert Jansen Ryckman to Jan Hendrick Bruyn and
Hans Heindricksen for the payment of money due by his step-
father Eldert Gerbertsen Cruyff

[151] Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary
public residing in New Albany, on tin- thirteenth day of Novem-
ber one thousand six hun< 1 seventy-one, Albert Jansz
Reeckman, sou of Tryntie Jan-, now wife of Eldert Gerbertsz
Cruyff, who acknowledges hereby that he will pay for his afore-
named father, 1m Jan 1 I eyndricsz l'.ruyn and Man- Heyndrii
jointly, the sum of thirl i 1 iod vholi beaver -kins and three
guilders, five stivers in seawan and interest on the same at ten
per cent yearl) and promises said principal sum and interest to pay
on the eleventh of September one thousand six hundred and
seventy-two, because the indebtedness was incurred on the 11th
of Septembei of this year i6j\ ; but so long as this debt remains
unpaid the mortgage which Eldert Gerbertsz Cruyff has subscribed
remains in full force; furthermore said Albeit Jan-/ Reeckman
for the full performance of the foregoing binds hi- person

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 385

estate, having or to have, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and
judges, and in confirmation thereof he has subscribed this with
Ins own hand, dated as above.

Albeert Jansz Reeckman 1
Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Net. Pub.

Discharge of the bond printed above

[152] We, the undersigned, Jan Heyndricsz Bruyns and Hans
Heyndricsz, hereby acknowledge that we have received from
Albert Jansz Reeckman the sum of thirty-five good, whole beavers
and three guilders, five stivers in seawan, together with all the
interest which has accrued thereon, according to the above obliga-
tion of the 13th of November 1671, subscribed by the aforesaid
Albert Jansz Reeckman, so that the aforegoing obligation with the
interest thereon is fully paid and we release said Reeckman from
all further demands (in this respect). In witness whereof we have
subscribed this with our own hands without craft or guile, in New
Albany, this 1 6th of August 1679.

Jan Henderck Bruyns
Hans Heindrickz
In my presence,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Power of attorney from Eldert Gerbertsen Cruyff to his wife,
Tryntje Jans, and his step-son, Albert Jansen Ryckman

[ I 53] Q this sixteenth of November one thousand six hun-
dred and seventy-one appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam,
notary public and before the afternamed witnesses, the worthy
Eldert Gerbertsz Cruyff, proposing (with ( iod's help) to return to
Holland, who acknowledges and declares that he has constituted
and appointed, as hereby he does, his wife named Tryntie Jans
and his aforenamed wife's son of a former marriage named Albert
Jansz Reeckman his special attorneys, in his absence all his business
in this country to manage, direct and transact to the best of their
abilities, from all his debtors to demand, collect and receive such
payments as are coming to him from the same, according to
accounts and vouchers thereof existing and placed herewith in
the hands of the attorneys; having received the same, acquittance

1 Elsewhere he signs his name: Albert Jansz: Ryckman.
13

386 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

to grant : and in case of unwillingness the unwilling debtor to
constrain to pa) by legal process and rigor of justice; and further-
more all things to do, perform and transact which may be needful
ami shall seem to them proper, [the principal] promising at all
times to hold valid whatever shall be dune and performed in the
matter aforesaid by his above written attorneys, without any oppo-
sition. And in confirmation thereof the aforenamed principal,
with Marcellis Jansz and Dirck Bentsingh as witnesses here! 1.
with me, the notary, ha- subscribed this, in Albany, dated as
above.

I i I'l Kl I rERBERTSZ CkUIF

Maercelys Jansen
Dirck Bensem

Quod attestor

Adriaen van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Indenture of service of Abraham Niclaes to Poulus Cornelissen

van Flensburgh
[154 blank; 155) On this twenty-ninth day of November i"7'.
appeared before me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public residing
in Albany, Hans Heyndricsz of the one part and Abraham Niclaes
of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in love and friend-
ship they have agreed in manner following, I" wit: Said Abraham
Niclaes acknowledges that he has hired himself to Poulus Corn-
Nan Flensburgh (dwelling at Nootenhoeck, 1 on the farm <>i Hans
Heyndricsz) for the term of one whole year, which term shall
begin aboul six weeks after tin- date as soon as he enters his
service; and he promises (with God's help) to serve oul -aid term
with all diligence and faithfulness in all proper work, provided
that he shall receive therefor twenty-one beavers and a half and
a pair of -lockings, for which payment Hans Heyndricsz becomes
surety. Hereto they mutually bind their persons and properl
nothing excepted, subjeel to all court- and judges. ] n confirmation
whereof the) have subscribed this with their own hands, wilhoul
fraud or deceit, in Albany in America, dated as above.

This is the mark \ of Abraham
NlCl VES, made with his own hand

Hans Heindrickz
iod attestor

Adriaeh van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

1 Nuttcn liook, in Columbia county, X. Y.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 387

Contract of sale between Harmen Rutgers and Pieter Pietersen
Lassen of a brewery, dwelling house and lot and appurtenances
in Albany

[156 blank; 157] On this 29th day of November 1671, appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in
Albany, Harmen Rutgers of the one part and Pieter Lassingh l
of the other part, who acknowledge that in love and friendship
they have contracted in manner following, to wit: Harmen Rut-
gers acknowledges that he has sold and Pieter Lassingh that he has
bought a brewery and dwelling house with the lot and appurte-
nances thereof, together with the brew kettle, tubs and vats marked
with the mark of the aforesaid Harmen Rutgers, for which said
Pieter Lassingh promises to pay the sum of one hundred and
eighty good, whole, salable beaver skins and in addition the sum of
eighty-eight guilders in beavers for oats and fl. 243-2 in sea wan for
hops delivered, the receipt of which said oats and hops, as well as
of a horse (being a mare between four and five years old), a wagon
and a sleigh comprised in said purchase, the said Pieter Lassingh
acknowledges, promising to pay said sums for the purchase of the
brewery and its appurtenances as well as for the purchase of said
oats and hops in the currency aforesaid at the end of next June
or the beginning of next July, without delay, for the payment of
which said sums in the manner specified Goosen Gerritsz van
Schaeyck becomes surety, he and the principal binding thereto
their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all courts
and judges, and in confirmation thereof they have subscribed this
w r ith their own hands, without craft or guile. In Albany, dated
as above.

Herman Rutges
Pyetter Pyettersen
Goosen Geertsen
Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale of a farm at Schenectady from Dirck Hesselingh
to Harmen Vedder

[158 blank; 159] On the first day of February 167 £ appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in Albany,
Dirck Hesselingh of the one part and Harmen Vedder of the other

1 According to liis signature to a subsequent contract his name was Pietter
Piettersen Laszen, or Las.* en.

388 VLBANY

part, who acknowledge that in all love and friendship they had
agreed in manner as follows, to wit :

Dirck Hesseling acknowledges that he has sold and llarmen
Vedder that he has bought the farm (upon which said Dirck
Hesseling dwells at Schanech well the land as house, bam

and two ricks and furthermore all the appurtenances and depend-
encies thereof just as said Hesseling bought the same of Jurriaen
Teunisz; which said farm shall be delivered to the buyer free and
unincumbered 1 saving the lord's right) next first of May 1672
together with all the sowed grain which is now in the ground, on
condition that the buyer may use all the aforesaid lands of said
farm from this time onward; for which the buyer promises to pay
ninety whole bea Jurriaen Teunisz, and to satisfy and con-

tent said Jurriaen Teunisz therefor, since the seller assigns [the
payment I over to said Jurriaen Teunisz.

I he aforesaid contracting parties mutuall) promise to execute
and perform the foregoing, | 160] binding thereto their persons
and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lord-, courts, tribunals
and judges, and in confirmation hereof they have mutually sub-
scribed this (without craft or guile) in Albany, dated a- above.

Dirck Hesselini
1 [armen \ edder

As witnej e

This is the mark X of Jurriaen Jai

made by himself

<!></ attestor

\nui.\i x van Ilpendam, Not. Pnh.

Power of attorney from Anthonia Slachboom, widow of Arent
van Curler, to Jan Verbeeck
I 161] Appeared before inc. Adriaen \ an Ilpendam. notary
public residing in Albany, on this 2d day of February \(<J\, the

virtuous Madam Vnthonia Slachl m, widow of the laic Mr Vrenl

van 1 mlir. who acknowledges that she has constituted and
appointed, as hereby -he does constitute ami appoint, the worthy
Mr Jan \ erbeeck her attorney to attend for her to all legal n

ma) arise, both in suing ami defending <uits. with

likewise to .mother person to lend him, Verbeeck, the

helping hand in all matters. The aforesaid Madam \11ih011ia

Slachtl in promises to hold valid whatever maj be done by said

Mr Ian Verbeeck and by those whom he. Verbeeck, -hall sub<ti-

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 389

tute or associate with him for that purpose, as if she, said Madam
Slachtboom, did the same personally, provided that the attorney
or his substitutes be holden to make a proper return and account-
ing of their* administration. And in confirmation thereof, said
Madam Slachtboom has subscribed this with her own hand. In
Albany, on the date above written.

This is the mark X of Juffrouw
Antonia Slachtp,oom, made with
her own hand
As witness :
G: Swartt

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Tierck Harmensen and Willem Moor
of a building lot in Albany on the hill

[162 blank; 163] On this 22d da)' of February 16/5 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in Albany,
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Tierck Harmensz of
the one part and Willem Moor of the other part, who acknowledge
that in love and friendship they have agreed in manner following,
to wit : Tierck Harmensz acknowledges that he has sold and Willem
Moor that he has bought a lot lying here in Albany on the hill, on
the north side of the house and lot of Teunis Slingerlandt, and the
said lot is sixteen wood feet in breadth and four rods long, which
said lot the buyer may enter upon to-morrow for the purpose of
building, and he promises to pay therefor to the seller six good,
whole, salable beaver skins, to wit, two beavers within six weeks
from now and the remaining four beavers within six months from
now ; and in case of failure of payment the buyer shall be holden
every month after the expiration of said six months to pay a beaver
more. And so soon as the seller shall have received full payment,
he promises to deliver to the buyer a good and sufficient deed of
ownership (saving the lord's right).

The contracting parties mutually promise to perform the fine-
going, binding thereto their persons and estates. But the buyer
especially mortgages the said lot for the satisfaction of this con-
tract and furthermore all his estate, nothing excepted, subject to
all lords, courts, tribunals and judges, and in confirmation hereof

390 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

thc_\' have mutual! ribed this without craft or guile in Albany,

on the date above written.

This is the mark + of Tierck Har-

mensz, made by himself
This is the mark W of WlLLEM Moor,
made by himself
As witnes

Claes Rust

Dirck Albertsen Brat

Quod attestor

ADRIAEN VAN [LPENDAM, A T ot. /'.

Power of attorney from Wynant Gerritsen van der Poel to

Ludovicus Cobes
[164 blank; 165 1 On this 24th day of February 1671 appe
before me, Adriaen van Elpendam, notary public residing in Vlbany,
Wyant ( ierritsz van der Poel, intending with the help of < rod to go
to work upon his saw mill, who acknowledged that he had con-
stituted and appointed, as he hereby does, the Honorable Secretary

I. ml bes his special attorney to proceed in the suil between

the principal and Poulyn Jansz, either as plaintiff or defendant, all

] steps to observe and furthermore all things i" do ami perform

as he, the principal, being himself present, might or could do, even

though the matter may require more specific power than is herein

expressed, promising to hold g 1. binding, valid and inviolable

whatever shall b m the matter aforesaid by his attorney,

without hereafter doing or causing to he done anything contrary
hereto, E01 which In- hinds hi- person ami property, presenl or
future, subject to all courts and judges; provided the attorney
holden to make a proper exhibit, accounting and return .if his
administration. In confirmation of which the aforesaid principal
has subscribed this with his own hand, without fraud or deceit, in
presi ne, the notary, in Albany, on the date above written.

WYNANDT < iERREYDTS V '

Quod attestor

\ni:! VEN VAN [LPENDAM, Vot. Pllb.

Contract of partnership in a brewery between Goosen Gerritsen
van Schaick and Pieter Pietersen Lassen
[166 blank, 167 omitted; i68| Appeared before me, \driaen van
Ilpendam, n iblic resid on tin- lasl day

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 39I

of February 167I, Mr Goosen Gerritsz van Schayck, of the first
part, and Pieter Pietersz Lassingh, of the second part, who hereby
acknowledge that in love and friendship they have agreed in man-
ner following, to wit: They acknowledge to be partners in the
brewery which Pieter Lassingh bought of Harmen Rutgers and
the aforesaid Goosen Gerritsz has become surety and co-principal
for the payment of the same, and Pieter Lassingh promises hereby
that he will keep his said partner free from loss or damage by rea-
son of said security, and that he will produce the half of the pur-
chase money at the set time as his partner is bound to do with the
other half ; furthermore Pieter Lassingh promises to do his utmost
duty as well in brewing as in other necessary work respecting the
brewery and the house, and each shall receive the half of the profits ;
and Goosen Gerritsz promises to lay in immediately one or two
hundred skipples of wheat more than his partner and that he will
receive therefor no more interest or profits than his partner, but all
the excess that is laid in by him shall first be taken out of his profits
again ; and said greater laying in is done because the son of Goosen
Gerritsz, named Sybrant Goosensz, is not as yet as strong or expert
as Pieter Lassingh, but he promises, according to his ability, to do
his best. The aforesaid partners hereby promise that neither of
them shall sell his part of said brewery or appurtenances without
first having offered it to the other, and they likewise promise to do
nothing (respecting said brewery) without communication with
each other. The aforenamed partners mutually promise to execute
and perform what is hereinbefore written, under pledge of their
persons and estates, having and to have, nothing excepted, placing
the same under the authoritv of all lords, courts, tribunals and
judges; and in confirmation thereof they have subscribed this with
their own hands, without craft or guile, in Albany, dated as above.

Goosen Gerretsen

PlI.TTER PlETTERSEX LaSZEN

Quod attestor

Adriaf.n van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease of a farm at the Steenen hoeck from Bastiaen de Winter
to Pieter Gerritsen Kleyn
[169 omitted, 170 blank; 171] On this second day of March
167! appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public
residing in Albany, Bastiaen de Winter of the one part and Pieter
Gerritsz Kleyn of the other part ; who acknowledge that in all love

3' '-

EARLY Kl i ALBANY

and friendship they have agreed in manner following, to wit: Said
Bastiaen de Winter ackm that he has let his house and all

his land at the Steenen lioeck 1 to the aforenamed Pieter Gerritsz
for the time of four consecutive years, which arc to begin on the
first of April of this year [672 and to end on the firsl of \pril [676;
and he ; Leliver therewith three cows and a one-year old

steer, together with a young heifer calf, eight days old, for which
<aid cattle the h mises at the end of the lease to deliver to

the ir or the value th< '1 the half of

which in the meantime ma\ come from said three CO
and he promises ;sor yearl) three pounds of butter

for each cow. except the first year, when he shall pay not more
than four pounds of butter in all. Furthermore the lessor pr

to deliver therewith two old; also two young

sow>. nine months old, which thi promises to deliver up

again at the end of the lea e (or the value thi nd moreover

yearly ( for the term of tl 1 a hog that is o\ ir old til

to he penned up and fattened. The lessee promises in payment of the
rent properl) to clear the morgens of laud, to pull out th< and

to inclose them all around with good palisades and at the end of

ame tight, provided he shall i
clear them nov from the palisades of the garden and orchard and
soon in regular order. Furtl 1 deliver

up again to the lessor or to his order at the end of this lease as well
the house and all its appurtenance--, a- the orchard, garden and the

land properly fenced ofl ing the same

burned or d by the [ndians or some othi enl (which

max God prevent 1, hut if it happen through his neglect or his
he shall he holden to make g 1 the sami ely. I lie afore-

named contracting parties mutuall) promise to perform and execute
what is hen e written, binding 1 their persons and

ieal and I. present and future, subject to all lot

court>, tribunal and which they have

withoul crafl oj cribed thi-- with their own hands in

Albany, dated a- abo 1 1

ii.iAi.\ . 1:1;

This is the mark X of 1'n '

1 iade by himself

\nn w ', \ \\ [LPEND VM, V*0f. Pub.

ink ef thi river, just

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 393

Contract of Willem Andriessen Rees to saw in the mill of Eldert
Gerbertsen Cruyff at Bethlehem
[172 blank; 173] On this 30th day of April 1672 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing' in New
Albany, Albert Jansz Reeckman of the one part and Willem
Andriesz Rees of the other part, who in love and friendship have
agreed in manner following, to wit: Willem Andriesz acknowledges
that he has agreed to saw in the mill at Bethlehem, the time to com-
mence shortly after the first harvest as soon as there is sufficient
water and not to end this year so long as any sawing can be done
there. And should Eldert Gerbertsz this year not return from
Holland, then said Willem Andriesz shall be bound to saw next
spring till the end of May, if there is enough water till then. For
which said Albert Jansz promises to pay said sawyer or to let him
take the just fourth part of all that is sawed and in addition the
sawyer shall have ( during the sawing) nine guilders a week for his
board. The foregoing the said contracting parties mutually promise
to carry out and perform, binding thereto their persons and estates,
nothing excepted, submitting the same to the jurisdiction of all
lords, courts, tribunals and judges, and in confirmation thereof they
have subscribed this in the presence of me, the notary, without
fraud or deceit, in Albany, dated as above.

Albert Jansz: Ryckman 1

This is the mark \\ of Willem

Andriesz Rees, made with his own

hand

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale of land at Niskayuna from Harmen Vedder and
Barent Reyndersen to Claes Jansen van Bockhoven and Ryck
Claessen van Vranken

[176] 2 On this 17th day of May 1672 appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and
before the hereinafter named witnesses, Harmen Vedder and Barent
Reyndertsz of the one part and Claes Jansz van Boeckhooven 3 and

1 Elsewhere he signs himself: Albert Jansz: Reeckman.

2 174 is blank and 17s is omitted.

3 Claes Jansen van Bockhoven, also called Claes de Braebander, Bock-
hoven being a place in the province of North Brabant.

394 EARLY OF ALBANY

Ryck Claesz ' of the other part, who acknowledge that in all love
and friendship they have agreed in manner following, to wit:
Harmon Vedder and Barent Reyndertsz acknowledge that they
have sold and t'laes Jans/ van Boeckhooven and Ryck Claesz that
they have bought a certain | land lying over the river at

Canastagioene, 2 with all the rights which tin- said sellers have
then n iccording in the patent, 3 and said seller- deliver said land

the said buyers now immediately, free and unincumbered (sa'v
ing the lord's right) and the buyers promise to pay therefor to tin-
sellers or their order five hundred and fifty skipples of wheat, to
wit. to In- paid in four instalments, of which the first shall he paid
on the firsf of January [674, the second on the first of January
[675, the third on the first of January [676 and the fourth on the
first of January [677; provided that in case of lark of wheat the
I buyer may pay said sum in oats or pea-, each at market prii
the market price of wheat -hall then he. [ 177 | the same to avail
them a- valid payment, each product according to its value, hut they

-hall he holden to pay at lea-t two-third- of each One of -aid 111-tal-

uls in wheat. Said payment- must be made to the seller- 1
in Albany, free of charge. Barent Reyndertsz likewise sells to -aid
buyi Jan-/, all his rights to land at Canastagioene on this

side of the riser and delivers it to him now. on condition the buyer
promises to pay therefor sevent) skipples of wheat or peas at mar-
ket price, but the value of the wheat to he paid therefor in two
instalments, of which the first shall he made on the first of January
•; and the second on the first of January [674. llartnen Vedder
hereby acknowledges that he has sold to -aid Claes Jan-/ and Ryck
Claese a suitable l"t for a homestead and garden from the land
which heretofore belonged to Schelluyn.' for which -aid buyers

omise to paj seven l; 1. whole, salable beaver -kin- to he paid

next harvest i' 1 ,""-'.

-aid contracting parties 'each for himself) promise to 1
I perform what i- hereinbefore written, binding ; their

on- and estates, nothing ex.- ect to all court- and

■ \ .in \ 1 anki n. Hi • I 1 deed for

o, 1677, for which llbany,

ma, X. Y.

Francis Lovel ' [ay ]

of this patent 1- found.
1 I >irck van Schi Mil

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 395

judges, and in confirmation hereof they have subscribed this with
their own hands, dated as above.

Harmen Vedder
Barent Reyndersz
This is the mark I of Claes Jansz
van Boeckhooven, made by himself
Ryck Claessex
As witnesses:

Dirck Hessellingli

Dierck Wessclsz ten Brocck

Quod attestor

Adeiaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Jochim Wesselsen and Hendrick Cuyler
of a house and lot in Albany

[178 and 179 blank; 180] On this eighth day of June 1672
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing
in New Albany, and before the afternamed witnesses, Joachim
Wesselsz Backer of the one part and Heyndrick Kuyler of the
other part, who acknowledge that in all love and friendship they
have agreed in manner following, to wit : Joachim 'Wesselse ac-
knowledges that he has -sold and Heyndrick Kuyler that he has
bought a certain house and lot standing and lying on the west side of
Meyndert Harmensz's house, in breadth in front on the street twenty
feet and in breadth in the rear and as long as it now is in fence ; like-
wise the aforenamed seller sells to the said buyer a lot next to the
said lot on the west side, which lot is in breadth in front on the street
two rods, three feet, eight inches Rhineland measure and extending
back to the lot which Capt. Abraham Staas owned and sold to the
Lutheran Church ; which said house and two lots with all that is
fast by earth and nail the seller promises to deliver to the buyer
within the next three days, free and unincumbered, excepting the
lord's right ; for which said house and two lots the buyer promises
to pay to the seller or to his order one thousand guilders in good,
whole, salable beaver skins, at eight guilders apiece, and in addition
a new [181] serge apron for the seller's wife, said payment of one
thousand guilders in beavers to be made in three instalments, the
first shall be made on the last of next July of this year, to wit, fifty
whole beavers; the second on the last of July 1673, thirty-seven and
a half good, whole beavers; the third and last payment on the last
cf July 1674 likewise thirty-seven and a half beavers; and at the

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last payment the seller promises to deliver to the buyer a good and
sufficient deed of ownership. All thai is hereinbefore written the
said contracting parties promise to execute and perform, binding
thereto their respective pi rties, having and to have,

submitti the jurisdiction of all courts and judges.

And in confirmation they have with Pieter Lassingh and

Jan I aacl z, as witnesses herein, sul ed this with their own

hands in Albany, on the n.

Joi !

I 1 1 NDRICK I

John Isaat

Picttrr Piettersen Laszen

Contract of sale between Willem Teller and Johannes de Wande-
laer of a house and lot in Albany
[ 182 1 On this 1st daj of Jul) [672 appeared befon
van flpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and In-
die hereinafter named « 1 Honorable Willem Teller of
the cme part and Johannes de V\ the other part,
hereby acknowledge that in all love and friend-hip they have agreed
in manner following, to wit: Willem Teller acknowledges that he
has sold and J" 1 de Wandelaer that he ha- bought a house
and lot lure in Albany <>n the hill, in breadth in fronl on the street
twenty one feet, in length of the lot of Captain Backer and in
breadth in the rear twenty feel Rhineland measure, together with
an alley on the east wide, which shall
remain a common alley and must he included in tin- said breadth
of twenty-one feet, and in length as the allc\ extends; said
alley he- between the houses which heretofore belonged to
Coster van Aecken, who conveyed the said -old lot to Willem Teller
by deed of ,';. lulv 1668: 1 The aforesaid seller promises to deliver
mied house and lot to the buyer at once free and
unincumbered (savin ind the buyei to
pay therefor to tl i or to hi- order a hundred am
whole, salable beaver skins and an otter in three [183] payments,
to wit. the fir-t of forty ! mber of this
\r,u ; tl at in the month of Septi
third payment in the last of the month of June [674; tlv
paymenl being thin hole beavers and the third payn
thirty-one wholi and one 1 Her

Ubany, 1 : i

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on the receipt of the last payment shall be holden to deliver to the
buyer a good and sufficient deed (saving the lord's right). And
the buyer binds hereto not only the aforesaid house and lot, by way
of mortgage, but also all his other property, present as well a>
future, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. And in
confirmation hereof the said contracting parties with Claes Jacobsz
van Rotterdam and Johannes de Vries, as witnesses hereto, have
subscribed this with their own hands in Albany, the date above
written.

Claes Jacobse
Jolian Frese

Willem Teller
Johannes de Wandelahr

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Memorandum cf survey of a lot granted to Claes Hendricksen 1

Claes Hendricse is granted a lot to the north of Tomis Clabbort
and to the south of Willem Bout, to the west of the wagon road ; in
breadth 4 rods and 11 feet, both front and rear, and in length 12
rods and 11 feet.

Harmex Bastiaens, surveyor
Jan Roelofsen, surveyor

Contract for the sale of a house and lot in Albany from Hendrick
Willemsen to Stoffel Jansen Abeel

[184 1 On this 19th day of July 1672 appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and
before the afternamed witnesses, Heyndrick Willemsz of the one
part and Stoffel Jansz Abeel 2 of the other part, who acknowledged
that in all love and friendship they had agreed in manner following,

1 This memorandum gives the dimensions of a lot for a house and garden
in Beverwyck which was granted to Claes Hendricksen by the director
general and council on September 15, 1657. It is written on a separate piece
of paper which has been pasted in the margin of page 184, though it has no
connection with the contract of sale recorded on that page. The memo-
randum is evidently of about the same date as the patent and may originally
have been attached to the two deeds of March 15, 1661, from Willem Jansen
Stoll (who married the widow of Claes Hendricksen) to Jan Barentsen
Wemp and Claes Jansen van Rotterdam, each for one-half of the lot granted
to Claes Hendricksen. See Early Records of Albany. 1:204, and Dutch
Patents. HH. p. 92.

2 In New York Hist. Society, Collections, 1892, 25:110, appears an abstract
of the will of Stoffel Jansen Abeel and Heeltie, his wife, executed on
December 4, 1678, before Adriaen van Ilpendam, which is not in this volume
of Notarial Papers.

398 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

to wit: Heyndrick Willemsz acknowledges that lie has sold and
Stoffel Jans/ Abeel thai 1" ha bought a certain house and lot
standing and lying lure in Albany between the house of i'ieter
Jacobsz Loockermans and the house of Hans Dreeper, and the seller
promises to deliver the said house and lot with all that is fast
therein by earth and nail at mice to the buyer, free and unincum-
bered (reserving the lord's right); the buyer promises therefor to
pay sixty-two good, whole, salable beaver skins in two payments,
of which the first payment -hall be made in this present month of
July and the second 0! last payment in the month of July [673;
provided the seller shall be holden (on delivery of the last payment)
to deliver to the buyer a good and sufficient deed of ownership.
The aforesaid contracting parties mutually promise to perform and
1 cute what is hereinbefore written, binding thereto their persons
and estates, teal and personal, present and future, submitting the
same to the jurisdiction of all lord-, courts, tribunals and judges,
and in confirmation of this they have with Adriaen Gerritsz and
Christiaen I'ieter-/ as witnesses hereto subscribed this with their
own hands, dated a- above.

This is the mark X of Heyndi
\\ 11 1 km.-/, made by himself

Stoffel Jans/ Abeel
Adriaen Gerret\ sen |
Christian Pieters

Quod attestor

Xdriakx vax Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Stoffel Jansen Abeel and Claes Jansen

Stavast of a house and lot in Albany

[185 blank; i86j On this 27th day of July 1672 appeared before

me, Adriaen van llpendani, notarj public (residing in New Albany),

and before the a ftcrnamed witnesses, Stoffel Jansz Abeel of the

one part and Claes Jan-/ Stavasl of the other part, who acknowl-
edge that in all love -md friendship they havi agreed in manner
following, to wit: Stoffel Jans/ Abeel acknowledges that he has
sold and Claes Jans/ that he has bought the house and lot. with all
that is thereon fast by earth and nail, where the -aid seller now
dwells and the seller promises on the last payment for -aid house

and lot to deliver to the buyer a ^ 1 and sufficient <}vc<\, according

to patent and as the premises are at present inclosed free and unin
cumbered (saving the lord's right), excepting the lock on the

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 399

front door, three flat stones of the steps, six young apple trees and
fully one-half of the gooseberry bushes; but for said lock the seller
shall deliver to the buyer a good and suitable lock for the door;
and the seller stipulates for himself two cherry trees and six young
pear trees. But the seller promises to deliver said house and lot
as aforesaid on the first of May 1673, with all the shelves in the
shop and the counter, reserving a little case; and he promises to
deliver at the said time the cellar floor in good and proper condi-
tion ; for which the [187 J buyer promises to pay ninety-three good,
whole, salable beaver skins in the three following instalments : the
first of which shall be made in the month of July 1673, the second
in the month of July 1674, and the third or last payment in July
1675, without longer delay.

The aforesaid contracting parties promise (with God's help) to
perform and execute what is above written under pledge of their
respective persons and estates, real and personal, present and
future, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.

In confirmation of which they have, with Adriaen Gerritsz and
Gerrit Jansz as witnesses hereto, subscribed this with their own
hands (without craft or guile), in Albany, dated as above.

Stoffel Jansz Abeel
C : J : Stauast
As witnesses :

Adriaen Gcrretsen
G. J. Stauast

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Indenture of service of Elias van Ravensteyn to Robert Sanders,

the smith

[188] On this 12th day of August 1672 appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and
before the afternamed witnesses, Robbert Sandersz of the one part
and Elias van Ravensteyn of the other part, who acknowledge that
in all love and friendship they have agreed in manner following,
to wit: Elias van Ravensteyn acknowledges that he has hired himself
out to Robbert Sandersz from this aforesaid date to the 12th of May
1673 to do gunsmith and blacksmith work for him with all diligence
and faithfulness, and if he happen to lose any days (in health) he
promises for every day lost to serve three days additional, for which
said nine months Robbert Sandersz promises to pay twenty ga:$,

EARL\ RECORDS OF ALBANY

whole, salable beaver skins in addition to good proper food and
drink, provided that Elias -hall be holden to cook said food him-
self. The aforenamed contracting parties mutually promise (with
to execute and perform the above under pledge of their
persons and esta onal and real, presenl and future, placing

the same in subjection to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.
In witness whereof the aforesaid contractin ■ have with

Lucas Gerritsz, baker, and Richard Frisar, a- witnesses hen
subscribed this with their own hands, in Albany, dati >ve.

Elias van Rauesteyn
robbert sandersz
Luycas Gerryts, backer
Richard ffrizar '

Quod attestor

Adriaf.x VAX Ilpendam, Not. Pith.

Contract of sale between StofTel Jansen Abeel and Pieter van

Alen of a house and lot in Albany

[189 blank; igo | < hi this 26th of August (672 appeared before

me, Adriaen van Upendam, notary public, residing in New Albany,

and before the afternamed witnesses, Stoffel Jansz \bccl of the

part and Pieter van Alen of the other part, who acknowledge

that in all love and friendship they have agreed in manner following,

wit: Stoffel Jan-/ \beel acknowledges that he ha-- sold In Pieter

Men a house and lot Standing and lying here in \lbanv on the

hill, between the hou - ob Sandersz and the house of Johannes

Wendel ; and the aforenamed seller delivers the same to -aid buyer

now, the said house being drop free on both sides and the length

patent, free and unincumbered (saving the lord's

right 1, with all that is fast by earth .and nail, the receipt of which

the buyer hereby acknowledges and for which he promises to pay

the seller sixt) Sevei whole, -.liable beaver skin- in three

instalmei which the first shall be made next Jul) [673, the

nd in the month of July 1674, the third or last in the month

ni July [675; and with the last payment the seller promise

deliver to the Inner a good and -uliicieiit deed of ownership. The

1 contracting parties mutually bind hereto their respective

mi- and estates, personal and real, present and future, subject

ill lords, courts, tribunals and judges.

1 Richard d in England \urusi 1.:.

! Ibany, 1 : 1 5< j.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l(j(iO-l(«)6 4OI

In witness whereof they have, with Adrian] Gerritsz and Lou-
werens van Alen as witnesses hereto, (without craft or guile) sub-
scribed this with their own hands, in Albany, dated as above.

Stoffel J \xsz Abeel
As witnesses: Pieter van Alen

Adriaen Gerretsen
Lourus van Alen

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpexdam, Not. Pub.

Contract of Pieter Pietersen Rode to work for one year in Har-
men van Gansevoort's brewery
[191 blank; 192] On this 26th day of December 1672 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany, and before the afternamed witnesses, liarmen van Ganse-
voort of the first part and Pieter Roode of the second part, who
acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have agreed in
manner following, to wit : Pieter Roode acknowledges that he has
hired himself out to said Gansevoort for the time of a whole
year, to serve him with all diligence and faithfulness in the brewery
here in Albany, to wit, in all the work that concerns the brewery ;
moreover said Roode shall be holden next year in harvest to help
on the farm of said Gansevoort in Catskil and moreover to plow
fourteen days on said farm in autumn ; which said service shall
begin the middle of next April 1673 and shall end in the middle
of April 1674; but said Gansevoort promises to furnish a man to
keep the books of the brewery to whom said Roode shall be bound
faithfully to report every brewing; for which said service the
servant (in addition to food and drink) shall receive twenty-five
good, whole, salable beaver skins. The aforesaid contracting par-
ties hereto bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject
to all courts and judges. In witness whereof they have without
craft or guile subscribed this, in Albany, dated as above.

Harmex Harmens Ganseuort
As witnesses: Pvettek Pvetters Rom,

Arnold cor: Vielen
This is the mark X of Jan
Cornel isz Vyselaer, made
with his own hand

Quod attestor

Adriaex van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Contract of sale between Claes Jansen van Bockhoven and Jan
Mangelsen of land at Niskayuna
[193 blank; 194] On this i)ih day of January v •- [ appeared
before me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notarj public residing in X:
Albany, and before the underwritten witnesses, Claes Jansz van
Boeckhooven' of the first part and Jan Mangelsz 2 of the second
part, who acknowledge thai in love and friendship they havi
in manner following, to wit : Claes Jansz van Boeckhooven acknowl
edges that he has sold and Jan Mangelsz that he has bought a cer
tain parcel of land situated at Canastagioene, comprising three
morgen . ( xtending from the kill of Ryck < laesz's ' land to the la
which the seller keeps for himself, to wit, to a hickory tree whose
lop i- bent down, as ha- been pointed out to the buyer. The af<
said distance 1- the breadth of the parcel and in length it extends
backwards so a- to contain the said three morgens, which said
parcel is a portion of the land that the seller bought of Harmen
Vedder and Barent Reyndersz, 4 and the seller delivers said land to
the buyer now free and unincumbered I saving the lord's righ
for which the buyer promises to pa) every year three skipples of
id winter wheat, excepting the two first wars, which the buyer
or his heirs must pay ever) year so long as the seller or his wife
named \ ol< kie Jans live, and after the death of the seller and his
wife, then the Inner or his lu-irs shall own it; in addition to this.
the Inner promises to make the fence and maintain it constantly in
good repair, between said land and the seller's land. II).
said contracting parties mutually promise to execute and perform
what is hereinbefore written under pledge of their persons and
estates, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and judges. In
confirmation of which they have subscribed this with their own
hands without craft or guile, dated as abo

This is the mark X of Claes Jansz

V \x BoE( K Hi 11 iVl x. made w ith his
own hand

As witnesses ; J A X MANGELSZ

This is the mark \ of Barent

I'ic terse, made b) himself

Wees Picterss Hoogeboont

tod attestor

Adriaen van [lpendam, Not Pub

khoven.
.mis used the surname Roll.

:: P 1 1 11 \;ui Vranki

• Si Maj ir, 1672, in tins volume.

NOTARIAL TAPERS I AND 2, 166O-1696 4°3

Contract of sale between John Conell and Evert Wendel of a
house and lot in Albany
[195 blank; 196] On this 23d day of January 167:; appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), and before the afternamed witnesses, Jan Comely of the
first part and Evert Wendel of the second part, who in love and
friendship are agreed in manner following, to wit : Jan Comely
acknowledges that he has sold and Evert Wendel that he has
bought a certain house and lot standing and lying on the hill,
between the house of Heyndrick Koster and the house of Harmen
Bastiaensz, which said house and lot the seller now deliveis to the
buyer free and unincumbered (saving the lord's right) and prom-
ises in addition to furnish therein the chimney with shaft above the
roof, next June of this year, free of cost. For which the buyer
promises to pay fifty-four good, whole, salable beaver skins in two
payments, the first of which shall be next July of this year being
twenty-seven beavers, and the second payment shall be made in
|i97|' the month of July 1674, or at latest in the beginning of
August of each year. Hereto they mutually bind their persons and
estates, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and judges. In con-
firmation hereof the contracting parties have mutually subscribed
this with their own hands (without craft or guile) in Albany, dated
as above.

N. B. The buyer has stipulated to pay rent no longer than to

said purchase day.

John Conell
Evert Wendel

Metered ys Jansen

Ludouicus Cobes, Secre'y, testis

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Johannes de Wandelaer and Jan Hen-
dricksen van Bael of a house and lot in Albany
[198] On this fourth day of February 167I appeared before
me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany,
and before the afternamed witnesses, Johannes De Wandelaer of
the first part and Jan Heyndericsz van Balen of the second part,
who in love and friendship are agreed in manner following, to wit:
Johannes De Wandelaer acknowledges that he has sold and Jan
van Balen that he has bought a house and lot standing and lying
here in Albany on the hill, which said house and lot the seller

404 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

bought of \\ illrm Teller on the first of July 1672 and now delivers
lid buyer, van Balen, free and unincumbered I saving the lord's
right) ; the said house and lot are in breadth on the street twenty-
one feet and in length to the lot of Captain Hacker and in breadth
in the rear twenty feet Rhineland measure, together with an alley
on the east side of said house three feet wide, which shall remain a

imon alley and must he included in the said breadth of twenty-
feel ami in the length as far as the allc-y extends; said alley lies
between the houses which heretofore belonged to Jan Koster van
Aecken, which said Jan Ki iveyed the said sold lot to \\ illem

ler b) deed dated the /';. July 1668. The seller promises to
deliver therewith the bricks for the middle wall and to pay the
mason tor pointing up the pan tiles, for building the front gable,
running up and pointing the | 199 ) walls all around and making
three piers under the house, provided that the buyer pay the helper
and furnish his board a- well as the mason's, lor which the buyer
promises to pay to the seller or his order one hundred and tun

id, whole, salable beaver skins, one otter and three ankers of
rum, to wit, forty beavers and three anker- of rum at once, in the
month of September [673 thirty one whole beavers and the last
.■1' the month of July 1674 thirty-one whole beavers and one otter:
ovided tin- seller hi- holden on receipt of the last payment to
deliver to tin- bu ood ami sufficient deed of owner-hip « saving

the lord's righl 1. For which the buyer mi said house and

lot and furthermore binds all his property, present and future, sub-

1 to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges, and in confirmation
hereof the contracting parties, with Jacob Sander-/ Glen and Meyn-
dert Harmensz, as witnei ubscribed tin- with their

own hands, in Albany on the date above written.

Joh wxr.s de Wandelaer
As witnesses: Jan Hend". van Bael

Jacob Sanders Glen
Meyndert Harmensz

Quod attestor

Adriaen v dam, Not. Pub.

Lease of a farm called the Klinckenbergh from Meyndert Freder-
icksen to Jan Helmesen
[200] On this nth day of April [673 appeared before me,

\,1' 111. notary public residing in New Albany, and

ire the hereinafter named witnesses, Meynderl Fredericsz of

the on, d Jan Helmesz of the other part, who on this date

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 405

in love and friendship have contracted and agreed together
in manner following, to wit: Meyndert Fredericsz acknowl-
edges that he has let to Jan Helmesz his farm called
Clinckenbergh 1 , for the time of six consecutive years, begin-
ning on the first of May of this year 1673 and ending
on the first of May 1679; on condition that the lessor promise
to deliver therewith four horses, to wit, two mares and a stallion
and a gelding; five cows and a bull; four heifers and a bull calf;
which the lessee shall have at halves, but shall be holden in the
first place to deliver up again the delivered number of said cattle
and then to apportion to each party the half of the increase, and
for every milch cow to deliver to the lessor six pounds of butter
yearly. And the lessor delivers therewith ten skipples of winter
wheat in the ground for which the lessee promises to deliver again
at the end of the lease in like manner ten skipples sowed in the
ground. Furthermore, the lessee promises to deliver up the house
and barn at the end of the lease wall and roof tight ; and in case
of fire (which may God prevent) the half of the loss shall be borne
by each, but in case of general war the damage shall be at the charge
of the lessor. Furthermore, whatever implements the lessor shall
deliver to the lessee whether wagon, plow, harrow or other farm
implements, the lessee shall be holden to deliver up at the end of
the lease in good and usable condition, for which, in place of rent,
the lessee promises next spring to inclose on the great flat as much
land as possible. The aforenamed contracting parties promise (with
the help of God) to execute and perform what is hereinbefore
written, binding thereto their persons and estates, real and per-
sonal, present and [201] future, subject to all lords, courts, tri-
bunals and judges. In confirmation hereof the contracting parties
have, with Hans Dreeper and Helmerich Otten, called as witnesses
hereto, subscribed this with their own hands on the date above writ-
ten.

This is the mark X of Meyndert

Fredericsz, made by himself
This is the mark X of Jan Helmesz.
As witnesses: made by himself

Hans Drcpcr

Helmerich Often

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

1 Klinkenberg, a little north of Four Mile point, in the town of Coxsackic.
Greene county, N. Y.

[06 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Contract of sale between Jan Tyssen and Reyndert Adriaensen of
a farm at Claverack
[202 and 203 blank; 204I < )n this 11th day of April [673
appeared before me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public residing
in New Albany, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Jan
Tysz of tin' firsl part and Reyndert Adriaensz of the second part
who in all love and friendship have agreed with each other in man-
ner following, to wit: Jan Tysz acknowledges that he has sold to
Reyndert Adriaensz all the land and buildings, namely a little house,
a little barn and all the palisades, and all the rights connected there-
with which the seller has at the Cleverrack and he delivers the same
now to the -awl buyer free and unincumbered ( saving the lord's
right and quitrent) ; on condition that the seller reserves for him-
self the seed that is at present in the ground and that he may thresh
the same next winter in said little house or barn: for which -aid
buyer promises to pay to the seller or to his order a hundred and
sixty skipples of good winter wheat, to wit, in four payments, of
which the first payment shall be due next March [674, and so on
every month of March from year to year, being every year forty
skipples of wheat.

The aforesaid contracting parties hereto bind their persons and
estate-, real and personal, nothing excepted, subject to all courts
and judges. In witness whereof the contracting parties, with
Poulus lurries/ and Albert Jansz Ryckman, called as witnesses
hereto, have subscribed this with their own hands, in Albany, dated
as abo\ e.

This is tin' mark \ of Jan TySZ, made

by himself
This is the mark X of REYNDERT
As witnesses : ^DR] aensz, made with his own hand

Bj me. Poulus Jurcksen
By me. Albert Jansz Ryckman

Which T witness,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of Hendrick Martensen Beeckman to saw in the mill at

Bethlehem
I205 and 206 blank: 207I On this 20th day of May 1673
appeared bel Adriaen van [lpendam, notar} public residing

m New Albany, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Mbert
lansz Ryckman of thi art and Heyndrick Maertensz Beeck-

,,,;,,, ,,1 , .ml part, who hereby acknowledge that in all !■

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 407

and friendship they have agreed in manner following, to wit:
Heyndrick Maersz Beeckman acknowledges that he has under-
taken to saw in the mill at Bethlehem x for the term of a whole
year beginning on the first of June of this year and ending on the
lirst of June 1674, and promises to lose no time (when in health)
when there is sufficient water for sawing at said mill (the sawyer
promises to keep a man with him two months next spring so as to
be able to saw day and night, but Albert must provide the man
with board) on condition that Albert Jansz Ryckman must not
fail to provide good logs there constantly and maintain the mill in
good running repair all the time as far as he shall be able. For
which Albert Jansz promises to pay to said sawyer or to let him
have a just fourth part of all that is sawed, whether thick or thin,
good or bad boards, whatever it may be (except the slabs), and in
addition said sawyer shall receive free board during said sawing
time; but the sawyer expressly stipulates that he may help Maerten
Gerritsz next harvest. All that is hereinbefore written the said
contracting parties promise to execute and perform, binding thereto
their persons and estates, having and to have, nothing excepted,
subject to all courts and judges. In witness whereof they have
subscribed this with their own hands in presence of Hans Dreeper
and Evert Jansz as trustworthy witnesses, in Albany, on the date
above written.

Albert Jansz Ryckmax
Hendrick Martenens 2 Beeckman
Hans Dreper, witness
Ei'ert Janse

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Hans Carelsen and Hendrick Gerritsen
Vermeulen of a lot in Albany
[208] On this 30th day of May 1673 appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and
before the undersigned witnesses, Hans Carelsz Noorman 3 of the
first part and Hendrick Gerritsen Vermeulen of the second part,
who in love and friendship have agreed in manner following, to wit:
Hans Carelsz acknowledges that he has sold and Hendrick Gerritsz

1 The mill on the Bethlehem's kill, now the Normans kill, belonging to
Eldert Gerbertsen Cruyff, for whom Albert Jansen Ryckman acted as
attorney.

- T luis in the original: prohablv :\ mistake for Martens.

3 Hans Carelsen Toll from Langesont, or Langesund, in Norway.

408 EABL\ KliCORDS OF ALI! \ N V

that he has bought a certain lot lying here in Albany on the slope
of the hill ' near the Plein, between Casper Jacobsz 2 and the first
kill or Rutten kill, in length and breadth as said lot has been
inclosed and a- it was first obtained or bought by Pieter Winne
a the- honorable magistrates, it having been -old by said l'ieter
Winne to Frans Pietersz Claeuw and Cornells Woutersz and
thereafter -"Id ami delivered by Frans Pietersz Claeuw to said
Hans Carelsz. The aforesaid seller delivers said l"t t<> -aid bu
now, free and unincumbered (saving the lord'- righl i, for which
the buyer promises to pa) in tin- seller three good, whole, salable
beaver .-kin- in the month of August next, on condition that the
seller he holden to deliver to the buyer a good and sufficient deed
of ownership on the delivery of the last payment, bul the buyer
shall pay the expenses thereof as well a- <>i" thi- Kill of -ale.

irenamed contracting parties mutually promise to perform
execute the . d term- of this contract under pledge of their

persons and estates, real and personal, having and to have, subject
to all courts and judges. In witness whereof they have int
changeabl) subscribed thi> with their own bands in Albany, on the
date above written.

II w- Cabl

I 1 1 [NDERCK I

Storm vander Zee, as witness
u

Quod attestor

Adri \EN VAN ll pendam, Not. i

Contract of sale between Gerrit Slichtenhorst and Jacob Abra-
hamsen Kuyper of a lot in Albany
[209 blank; 210] < >n this 22d day of July 1673 appeared before
me. Adriaen van Llpendam, notarj public residing in New Albany,
and before the undersigned witnesses, the worth) Gerrit Slichten-
horst of the first part and Jacob Vbrahamsz Kuyper of the other
part, who acknowledge thai in all love and friendship they h;
agreed in manner following, t'> wit: Said \n Gerrit Slichtenho
acknowledges thai In- ha- sold t" Jacob Abraham- a ■

1 lot lying here in Albanj on the east side of the aforenai
lot and on the west side of the present Inner'- lot, in breadth

'•11 the treel on the south side fifteen w 1 feet, beginning one

no the buyer's house and in the rear on the north side

hte.

>si 11 I l.'iK 1

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 4O9

seventeen or eighteen of said feet, one foot more or less, coming
to the fourth post which is marked with a cut of the ax, and said
lot is as long as the breadth of said seller's lot; which aforenamed
lot the seller promises to deliver to the buyer free and unincumbered
(saving the lord's right) in the latter part of next month of
September, but the seller stipulates to reserve an apple tree which
stands next the buyer's house; for which the buyer promises to
pay the seller or his order fifteen good, whole, salable beaver
skins at eight guilders apiece, to wit, in the month of Jul) [674
ten whole beavers, and the remaining five beavers in the month
of July 1675. Said contracting parties hereto bind their persons
and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals
and judges, and in confirmation thereof they have subscribed this
with their own hands, in Albany, dated as above.

Gerrit van Slichtenhorrst
Jacop Abrahamsen
A-. w itr.esses :

Air. "A Sanders Glen
Dirck Hcsst-i

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease of Madam Van Curler's island to Barent Pietersen

Coeymans
[211 blank; 212] On this 22d day of August 1673, new style,
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public admitted
by the honorable magistrates of Fort Orange, colony of Renselaers-
wyck and Schanechtade and the district thereof, the Honorable
Mr YVillem Beeckman and Mr Jan Yerbeeck of the one part and
Barent Pietersz Koemans of the other part, who hereby acknowl-
edge that in all love and friendship they have agreed and contracted
in manner following, to wit : Said Mr Beeckman and Mr Yer-
beeck, as attorneys for Madam Curler * and in her name, acknow 1-
edge that they have let to Barent Koemans, who also acknowledges
that he has hired, a certain island lying to the south of the farm of
Philip Schuyler and to the north of the farm of Mr Renselaer,
which said island is leased to said Barent and Claes van Boeck-
hooven till the 16th of May 1674, and is now let by the said
attorneys to the said lessee for the term of six consecutive years,
beginning from the 16th of May 1^74 and ending on the 16th of

1 Antonia Slachboom, the widow of Arent van Curler.

410 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

.May HiSo, for which the lessee promises to pay as rent yearly
one hundred and sevent) guilders in seawan or the value thereoi
Herein the said contracting parties (in their capacity aforesaid)
hind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all
courts and judges. In witness whereof said contracting parties
have with me, the notary, subscribed this with their own hands,
on the date above written.

Willi : Mill kmax
Jan Verbi ei k

This is the mark X of Barent
I'll iik-/ KoEMANS, made with his
own hand
' Hwd attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pit!'.

Lease of a house on the hill in Albany from Johannes de Wande-
laer to Symon Volckertsen Veeder

[213 blank; 2 14 1 On this 27th day of November 1673. new style,
appeared before me. Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public (residing
in Willemstadt 1 ), Johannes De Wandelaer of the one part and
Simon Volckersz of the other part, who acknowledge that in all love
and friendship they have agreed in manner following, to wit: The
aforesaid Johannes de Wandelaer acknowledges that he has let
to -lit' aforenamed Simon \ olekersz a certain house on the hill here
in Willemstadt, which shall stand on the north side of the lessor's
house and shall he in breadth fifteen wood feet and in length
fifteen or twenty feci, and he promises to deliver it complete and
ready on the firsl of May [674, with a bakeoven therein, in which
a mudde of flour can Ik- baked at one time; likewise a cellar therein
of ten feet square, but the floor in the garrel i< to be laid next
autumn; for the term of three following years beginning on the
first of May 1 * ■— 4. and ending 011 tin- firsl of Ma\ \<>~7: for which
aforesaid term of three years the lessee promises i" pa) thirty-

four g 1. whole, salable beavei skins, to wit, in three payments,

of which the first, a just third part, must be paid before winter in
the firsl year of the lease [674; the second before winter in the
year [675; and the third or last in the year [676 also be
winter. Hereto the said contracting parties bind their persons and
eslalr . nothing excepted, sublet t to all lords, courts, tribunals
md judges. In confirmation whereof the) have, in presence of

'The Dutch name Riven to Mbany al the time of tin ition of the

\. u York bj the I lutch in 1673.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 4II

me, the notary, (without craft or guile) subscribed this with their
own hands in Willemstadt, dated as above.

Johannes de Wandelaer

This is the mark X of Symon
Volckersz, made by himself

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of partnership between John Conell and Douwe Jellissen
Fonda to sell liquor to the Indians

[215 blank; 216] On this 15th day of May if>74, new style,
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing
in Xew Albany in America, Douwe Jellisz Fonda of the one part
and Jan Corneel of the other part, who in love and friendship have
agreed in manner following, to wit : Said contracting parties agree
to trade together for four months from the date hereof, on condi-
tion that Douwe Jellisz shall furnish all the distilled liquor fit to be
sold to the Indians at four beavers the anker and that Jan Corneel
shall be freed from the great excise ; that from the payment for
the consumed or sold liquor the said Douwe Jellisz shall first of
all receive so much as he has put in and that Jan Corneel may offer
no other liquor for sale; that thereafter they shall divide the bal-
ance, that is, the profits of [the trade], each receiving the just half.
It is also provided that if the said partners shall trade in any
other wares or merchandise, they shall equally bear the expense
and equally divide the gains thereof. The foregoing the said con-
tracting parties promise to execute and to perform, binding thereto
their persons and estates, personal and real, present and future,
subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges, in confirmation
of which they have, in presence of me, the notary, subscribed this
with their own hands, in Willemstadt, dated as above.

Douwe Jellisz Fonda
John Conell
Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale of a house and lot at New York from Hans
Hendricksen and Johannes Wendel to Hendrick Jellissen
Myer
[217 blank; 218] On this 20th day of July 1674 appeared before

me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in Willemstadt,

4J2 i:\ui.v ALBANY

Heyndricsz and Heyndrick Jellisz and Johannes \\ endel,
who hereby acknowledge that in all love and Eriendship they have
agreed in manner following, to wit: I Ian- Heyndricsz and
Johannes Wendel acknowledge that they have sold and Heyndrick

Jellisz that lie ha- bought a certain house and lot standing and
lying in the city of Nieuw Orangie 1 in the Paid stract," between
the house of the widow um and the house or

lot of the late Ian Jansz Schepmoes, 3 which .-aid house and lot the
aforesaid sellers deliver immediatel) to buyer, free and unin-

cumbered, with all the privileges according to the patent (saving
the lord- right i, and which the buyer now receives. For which the
buyer promises to pa) to tin- sellers die sum of ninety-live good,
whole, merchantable beaver skin-, to he paid at Nieuw < t.h
but the buyer may pay the same in good wheat at market price, in
three instalments, the first paymen to he made in the latter part
die month of October of this year [674, the second payment
in the latter part of < October [675, and the third or last payment in
the latter pan of ' October [676; but on the express condition that
the buyer may re ain one thud of every payment, because there is
coining to him a just third part thereof by way of inheritance
from hi- father.
Said contracting parties mutually promise to perform and
Mile die term- of the above contract, binding thereto their
respective person- and having and to have, nothing

excepted, subject to all lord-, court-, tribunals and judges. In
witness whereof they have ( with the undersigned witnesses 1 with-
out craft or guile, subscribed this with their own hands, in W'illem-
daled a- aboi '

I [endrh k Jellisz \h m
Hans Hei[n]dricsz
As vvitne- • Wendej

Hendrick Bries
Bareni Meynderss

lod attestor

\m;i \l.\ VAX [lpendam, Not rub.

' Nev , the nami New York at the time of the rcoccu-

111 [673.

ted July js. 1676, is in
1 10 31.
•

11 his « ■ Pieters, married William Couck,

1 ems to refer to a son by the same

nam ■ <1 -In irtl I I * of

administration on his e granted bj < iov. Jacob Leisler. Sec New

... 1892, 25 :i6i

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 413

Bill of sale of one-half of the sloop de Haen from Maria Bayards
to Pieter Meessen Vrooman

[219 blank; 220] On this 28th day of July 1674 appeared before
me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in Willemstadt,
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Maria Beyarts, wife
and attorney . for her husband Mr Balthasar Beyarts, 1 of the one
part and Pieter Meesz Vrooman of the other part, who hereby
acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have agreed and
contracted in manner following, to wit : Maria Beyarts acknowl-
edges that she has sold and Pieter Meesz Vrooman that he has
bought half a sloop named de Flew 11,- which now rides at anchor
here before Willemstadt with all its appurtenances according to
the conditions of the inventory read here yesterday at public sale
and which can be seen at the vendue master's, which the seller
now delivers to the buyer free and unincumbered, and which the
buyer hereby accepts. For which said buyer promises to pay to
the seller or her order the sum of five hundred and eight guilders
in good, whole, salable beaver skins, or in good winter wheat at
five skipples the beaver, in two instalments, to wit, the first pay-
ment shall be made within three days from now, and it is stipulated
that the same shall be two hundred guilders in beavers; the second
payment (being the last) shall be made in April 1675, which is
three hundred and eight guilders in beavers. The aforesaid con-
tracting parties mutually promise to execute and perform the afore-
said conditions, binding thereto their respective persons and estates,
nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges;
and in confirmation thereof they have, with Johannes L'lute and
Andries Teller ( as principals and sureties and witnesses of the
same ) subscribed this with their own hands, dated as above.

Maria Bayars
Pieter Mees Vrooman
As principals, sureties and witnesses :

Johanns Clute

A. Teller Q uo d attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

I, the undersigned Maritie Bayarts, acknowledge that I am

honestly paid the contents of this and thank Pieter Meesz for his

good pavment. Albany, Tulv 6, 1678. „ „

' " T ' ' Maria Bayars

In my presence,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

1 Balthazar Bayard, a nephew of Director General Peter Stuyvesant. His
wife was a daughter of Govert Loockermans.

2 The Cock.

414 1 VRl i Kl I ORDS "1 ALBANY

Contract of sale of land at Kinderhook from Jannetje Donckes,
widow of Thomas Powell, to Andries Hansen Scherp

[221 blank; 222] On this 20th day of September 1674 appeared
before me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notary puh'tc (residing in VVil-
lemstadt), Jannetie Donckes, widow of the late Thomas Pcul, 1
of the one part, and Andries Hansz Scherp, of the other part, who
hereby acknowledge thai in all love and friendship they have
agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Jannetie
I tonckes acknowledges thai she has sold and Andries Hansz Scherp
that he has bought all the woodland at the Kinderhoeck, to wit,
on the south side of the path, which Thomas Poul possessed, and

as he, Andries Man-/, heretofore bought also the w Hand of

said Thomas Poul on the north side of the -aid path, the afi
-aid land, to wit. the woodland as well on the north as on the
■ mnli side of Thomas Poul, shall belong to him in full so soon
as he -hall have paid for the same to the widow of Thomas Poul.
excepting a little piece of woodland which is said to belong to
Frans Pietersz Claeuw, which lit-- off from said land about a
quarter of an hour's journe) and is included also in the patent of
Thomas Poul. For which a fine-aid woodland on the south side
of the path, the aforenamed Andries Hansz promises to pay to
[annetie Donckes, or her order, the sum of twenty good, whole,
salable beaver -km-, or in good winter wheat at market price, to be
delivered here in Willemstadt free, in the three following instal-
ments, of which the first payment -hall he made in the month of
September [675, being a jusl third part; the second payment in the
month of September [676; and the third and last payment in the
month of September 1077. The -aid seller delivt d land to

the Inner now free and unincumbered (saving the lor.]'- right),
which the buyer accept- and so -0011 as the la-t payment shall be

ide, the seller is holden to deliver to die buyer a good and
sufficient deed of ownership. The aforenamed contracting parties
mutually promise to execute ami perform the above contract, mutti
all\ binding thereto their respective persons and estates, having
and to have, subjeel to all lords, courts, tribunals ami judges. In
confirmation whereof they have with the undersigned witne;

.'.ell.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 415

subscribed this with their own hands in Willemstadt, dated as
above.

This is the mark + of Jaxxetie

Donckes, made by herself
This is the mark A H of Andrii -
Hansz, made by himself
As witnesses :

Jacob Theysen
G. Swartt

Quod attestor

Adriaen vax Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Indenture of service of Johanna Hans, daughter of the late Hans
Coenraetsen. to Richard Pretty and his wife
[223 blank; 224] On this 30th day of September 1674 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in Wil-
lemstadt in America, and before the afternamed witnesses, Barentie
Stratsmans, late wife of Hans Coenraetsz, baker, deceased, and
now married to Jacob Jansz Gardenier, of the one part, and
Richard Prettv and his wife Elisabeth Pretty, 1 of the other part,
who in love and friendship are agreed in manner following, to wit :
Said Barentie Straetsmans acknowledges that she has hired (ta
said Richard Pretty and his aforenamed wife) her daughter,
named Johanna Hans's daughter, from this date, for the time of
eight following years; the said daughter is now over eight years
old and said employers promise to bring up said girl ( during said
eight years) in the fear of the Lord as if she were their own child,
to teach her to read, to keep her in clothing, as well woolen as linen,
and when the eight years are up, they shall be holden to fit out said
young daughter with a new black grosgrained mantle and a black
apron, a new skirt, three new chemises, three new aprons, a pair
of new shoes and a pair of new stockings and furthermore other
trifles which may be needful for her body, together with her old
clothes which she then may have; and the aforesaid mother of
this aforenamed girl promises that this girl (with the help of God
Almighty) shall serve out the aforesaid time with all diligence
and faithfulness and that said employers shall be to her as a
father and a mother and have the right to properly punish her for
wrongdoing and disobedience, giving them full power to do so
and trusting them to do all that is good; but if said employers

1 The name Stridles is erased and Pretty is written above it.

.pf. 1-. \KI.\ RECORDS OF ALBANY

happen to move out of this place the above-written conditions ^liall
be at an end, unless it be I225] that said mother and young daughter
have th( I of said employers [to continue the service], but

if t! oyers should happen to depart and the said mother and

girl not be minded to go with them, then the said girl shall be satis
lied with her clothing, woolen as well as linen, which she shall
then have for her bod} or which may have been given to her,
unless anything extra were presented to her of the employers' own
free will and discretion. Likewise, the mother leaves it to the dis
cretion of the employers, if the girl serves out her term, to make her
a present over and above of what is hereinbefore stipulated. The
foregoing the said contracting partie ise with the help of

, Almighty to execute and perform withoul doing or causing
anything to be done contrary hereto in any manner, binding thereto
their respective persons and est; en1 and future, subject

to all lord-, courts, tribunals and judges. In confirmation of which
they have, with Teunis Spitsenberg } and Jan Harmensz Backer as
witnesses hereto, subscribed this without fraud or deceit, in Wil-
lemstadt, dated as above.

This is the mark II S of BaRENTIE

-m ws. made by herself
This i- the mark E P of Elisabeth
Pretty, made by herself
As witnesses :

Tenuis Cornelisse
Jan Harmensz Backer

uod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Bill of sale from Johannes Provoost and Johannes Kip, attorneys
of Abraham Jansen, to Jacob Loockermans of one-half the
sloop Salamander

| 226] On this second day of < Icti , appeared before me,

\dnaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in Willemstadt in
America, and before the undersigned witnesses, the Honorable

1 P 1 and Johannes Kip, both attorneys

Abraham Jansz Timmerman, of the one part, and the worthy

ob Loockermans, of the other part, who hereb) acknowledge

that they have agreed in all love and friendship in manner follow

ing, to wit: Thi aid attorneys acknowledge that the\ have

i and facob I that he has bought the half of the

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 417

sloop (named the Salamander) which is at present sailed in part-
nership with Harmanus van Borsum, and they promise to deliver
the same to the buyer free and unincumbered with boat, sails, rig-
ging, anchor, cables and all other appurtenances that are now
with the same, so soon as said buyer shall have arrived in Nieuw
Orangie; for which the buyer promises to pay to the attorneys,
or to Abraham Jansz Timmerman, or his order, the value of one
hundred and thirty good, whole, salable beaver skins, to wit,
next spring eight}' beavers in good winter wheat at five skipples
a beaver to be delivered here in Willemstadt and the remaining
fifty beavers to be paid next year 1675, in the trading- season.
Said contracting parties mutually promise to execute and perform
what is hereinbefore written, binding thereto their respective per-
sons and estates, having and to have, nothing excepted, subject to
all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In confirmation whereof
they have, with Arnout Cornelisz Vylen and Heyndrick Bries as
witnesses hereto, subscribed this with their own hands, in Wil-
lemstadt, datum ut supra.

Johannes Provoost
Johannis Kip
Jacob Lokermans
As witnesses:

Arnout Cor: Viele
II 'end rick Bries

Quod attestor

Adriaex van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Bond of William Nottingham to the heirs of Thomas Willett,

deceased

[227 blank; 228] On this nth day of October 1674 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in Wil-
lemstadt, and before the undersigned witnesses, William Notting-
ham, who hereby acknowledges that he was well and truly indebted
to the late Mr Thomas Willet in the sum of three hundred and
fifty-seven guilders in beavers, growing out of certain merchandise,
the receipt whereof to his satisfaction the said William Nottingham
acknowledges, promising to pay said sum of three hundred and
fifty-seven guilders in good, merchantable beavers at eight guilders
apiece to John Saffin, son-in-law of said Thomas Willet, deceased,
as heir and attorney for the other heirs of Thomas Willet, deceased,
at the first opportunity, without delay, to said John Saffin, or his

14

418 EARLY I OF ALBANY

order; for which said sum William Nottingham gave an obligation
to the late Thomas Willel on the 29th of September 1073. William
Nottingham binds hereto his person and especiall) his small house
wherein he now dwell-, with the lot thereof, standing and King on
the west side of his large house here in Willemstadt, and further-
more generally his large house and all his oilier property, real
and personal, present and future, subject to the jurisdiction of
all lord-, courts, tribunals and judges. In confirmation of which
he has signed this with his own hand, together with Richard Pretty
ami William Lofferys, in Willemstadt, datum tit supra.

W". Nottingham
Richard Pretty
William Louerid

< ';»,<(/ atlc^:

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Bond of Vo'.ckertje Pieters, widow of Gerrit Jansen Stavast, to

John Saffin

[229 blank; 230] On this 1 5th day of October 1674 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in Wil-
lemstadt, and before the undi 1 witnesses, Voldkie Pieters,
willow of the late Gerril Jan-/ Stavast, who hereb) acknowledges
that she is honestl) indebted to John Saffin in the sum of four
hundred and fort) four guilders in beavers, growing out of certain
wares, the receipt of which to her content she acknowledge.-,
promises t'i pay said sum at mice to -aid John Saffin, or his order,
to wit, the half in good winter wheat at five skipples the heaver,
to he delivered at her expense on hoard here before Willemstadt,
and the other half -he promises i" paj t" the aforesaid John Saffin,
or t" In- order, in good, whole, merchantable b kins at eight

guilders apiece, hut -he promises that there -hall he three g 1

heavy beavers among them which -hall n<>t he reckoned more than
eight guilders each. Hereto -he hinds her person and estate, n
and pei onal, pre enl and future, nothing excepted, subject to all
lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In confirmation <>t which -he
has, in presence of these undersigned witnesses, subscribed tl
with her own hand in \\ illemstadt, dated a- abo

rERS

William Loueridge
Richard: Pretty

Quod attestor

Ndriaen van Ii pi ndam. Not. Pub.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 4IO.

Contract of sale between Jack Nack and Jan Vinhaeghen of a
house and lot in Willemstadt (Albany)

[231 blank; 232] On this 19th day of October 1674 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in Wil-
lemstadt in America) and before the undersigned witnesses, the
worthy Johannes Nack and the worthy Jan Fynhaghen, who ack-
nowledge hereby that in all love and friendship they have agreed
in manner following, to wit : Johannes Nack acknowledges that
he has sold and Jan Fynaghen that he has bought a certain house
and lot, standing and lying here within this town where the said
seller now dwells, with all that is fast by earth and nail and as the
lot is now in fence, which said seller promises to deliver to said
buyer within the next fourteen days from now free and unin-
cumbered (excepting the lord's right) ; for which the aforenamed
buyer promises to pay to the seller the sum of one hundred and
thirty-five good, whole, salable beaver skins, to wit, in two pay-
ments, the first of which payments shall be made in the month of
May 1675, and the second in the month of June 1676, and on the
last payment the seller promises to deliver to the said buyer a
good and sufficient deed of ownership. The aforesaid contract-
ing parties promise to perform and execute what is hereinbefore
written, binding thereto their respective persons and estates, noth-
ing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.
And in confirmation hereof Heyndricus Cuyler and Johannes de
Wandelaer become sureties and co-principals for the aforesaid mat-
ter and have subscribed this without craft or guile; dated as above.

Jan Nac k
Jan Vinhaeghen
Hendrick Coyler
Johannes de Wandelaer

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease of a shed from Johannes de Wandelaer to Jan Nack

[233 blank; 234] On this 19th day of October 1674 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in Wil-
lemstadt), and before the afterwritten witnesses, the worthy
Johannes van Nack and Johannes De Wandelaer, who hereby ack-
nowledge that in all love and friendship they have agreed in
manner following, to wit : Johannes de Wandelaer acknowledges
that he has let and Johannes van Xack that he has hired a certain

EARLY VLBANY

shed "i i side of said Wandelaer's house for the

tin - ■ following years, beginning with the firsl of .May [675

ending with the first of May 1677; for which the le

proi pay the lessor a yearly rent of seven good, whole,

salable beaver skins, to be paid without fail every year to the

or. Bui it is stipulated that in case .-aid lessee please to keep

said shed or lean-to under lease one year after the date aforesaid,

he shall not pay for the third year more than six beavers. The

itracting parties promise to execute and perform what is herein-

ore written under pledge of their respective persons and estate.-.

subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. And in confirma-

hereof they have subscribed this with their own hands, dated

as above.

Wandelaer
Jan Na« k
As w itnes

Jan I 'inhaeghen
\es Rust

Am >/. Pub.

Contract of sale of half a saw mill from Lucas Pietersen to
Andries Abertsen Bratt

[235 blank; 236 1 On this 29th day of October 1674 appeared
ore nie, \(l:i.iiii van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in Wil-
lemstadl in Vme ■ a 1, and before the underwritten witnesses, Lucas
ersz of the inie part and \mlrics Mhertsx Brat of the other
part, who in al! ed in manner follow-

, 1,1 wit: Lucas Pietersz ackn es that he has made over

he hal 1 awmill, which

and Ian Cornelisz Vyselaer own togi urthermore the house

and garden and all the rights which he has in ami to the sawmill
time of one year, beginning on the 8th this

[674 and ending on the 8th of December [675; furthermi
Lucas Pietersz shall deliver therewith to Vndries ^lbertsz Brat a
milch cow which shall he al the risk of them both, and a SOW for
which at the end of said lime a like s,,\\ must be delivered, hut the
milch cow shall remain the property of Lucas Pii I urther-

more, Lucas I'ii with Jan Cornelisz ■

bear half of the expenses of the mill, hut whatever assist-

- \mlrics Brat can render therein, he shall ,1,, m connection

with Jan Vyselaer, Tin d the logs which on the Nth of

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 421

December 1674 shall be at or about the mill, Andries Albertsz Brat
shall have. Furthermore, Andries Albertsz promises to pay for the
aforesaid possession to Lucas Pietersz or his order five hundred
good, salable inch pine deals, and pay the same on the last of May
or beginning of June 1675; if at the end of the time some logs
remain over Lucas Pietersz is holden to pay Andries Brat the value
thereof. The aforesaid contracting parties promise to perform
and execute the foregoing contract under pledge of their persons
and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals
and judges. In confirmation whereof they have subscribed this
without craft or guile, dated as above.

Lucas Pietersz

This is the mark AB of Andries
Albertsz Brat, made by himself
As witnesses :

Storm vander Zee
Jurriaen Tansen van Hoesen
Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpexdam, Not. Pub.

Bill of sale of one-half of the sloop de Haen from Pieter Meessen
Vrooman to Gerrit Reyersen

[237 blank; 238] On the 7th day of November 1674 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in Wil-
lemstadt in America), and before the underwritten witnesses,
Pieter Meesz Vrooman of the one part and Gerrit Reyersz of the
other part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship
they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit :
Pieter Meesz Vrooman acknowledges that he has sold and Gerrit
Reyersz that he has bought half a sloop named the de Haen (the
Cock), which is now lying here in the river before this place with
all her appurtenances, as said Pieter Meese bought the same of
Maria Beyarts on the 28th of July of this year, and further delivers
therewith to the buyer a cable ; which aforenamed sloop the seller
now delivers to said buyer, free and unincumbered ; for which the
buyer promises to pay the seller or his order the sum of seventy-
seven good, whole, salable beaver skins and a half, to wit, thirty-
whole beavers this present autumn and the remaining forty-seven
whole beavers and a half in the month of July 1675.

Hereto said contracting parties bind their respective persons
and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals
and judges. In confirmation of which they have subscribed this

4-2 I \K\.\ OF ALBANY

with their own hands, without craft or guile. In Willemstadt, dated
as above.

PlETER MESSEN VROOMAN
RRIT REYERSEN

As witne-

Henderick ram!,- Water
Claas Locq

Quod attestor

Adkiaen van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

I, the undersigned Pieter Meesz Vrooman, acknowledge that I
have been honestly paid the contents of this and thank Gerrit
Reyersz for good payment. Albany, the 6th of July 1678.

I'm 1 1 i M 1 -i:x Vrooman
In my presence,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Indenture of apprenticeship of Frangoys Pietersen Winne to
Rutger Arentsen, shoemaker
[239 blank; 240] On this 9th da) of December 1674, old style,
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing
in New Albany, the worthy Pieter Winne of the one part and
Rutgerl Arentsz, shoemaker, of the other part, who hereby ack-
nowledge thai in all l<ne and Friend hip they have agreed and
traded in manner follov it: Pieter Winne acknowledges

that he has apprenticed to Rutgerl Vrentsz his son named
Frame Pietersz Winne, aged about fifteen years, to learn the
:er's trade (as far as practicable) for the term of four
consecutive years beginning from the first of ( Ictober of this year
[674, and said master promises during the said term to furnish
d boy with proper food and clothing, after the manner of
burghers, bul the father promises to pay for the making of the

hes, both woolen and linen, provided the master pay for the
material-, the father promising to have the clothes of said son
mended and kepi in repair at his own expense and to have his linen
washed. < >n which condition- the said son promises to serve said
master with all diligence and faithfulness as well in the shoemaking
bu in all other work in which the master ma) need him,

and all winter the master promises to grant him tin 1 to

led the father pay the tuition. And
when the aforesaid four year- -hall have expired the master
promises to lit out said hoy burgher wise with a workaday and

imday suit of clothes and linen to correspond, .and the ma

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 423

promises that said boy may help his father three weeks every
year in the harvest. The foregoing, the aforesaid contracting
parties promise (with God's help) to execute and to perform, bind-
ing thereto their respective persons and estates, nothing excepted,
subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In confirmation
whereof they have subscribed this with their own hands, in New
Albany, dated as above.

PlETER WlNNE
RUGER ARENTZEN

Quod attestor

Adriaex vax Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of Jonas Bogardus to work as a tailor for Arent van den
Bergh and Roeloff Jansen, master tailors

[241 blank; 242] On this 24th day of December 1674, old style,
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (resid-
ing in New Albany), Jonas Bogardus of the one part and Arent
van den Bergh and Roeloff Jansz of the other part, who hereby
acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have agreed in
manner following, to wit : Jonas Bogardus acknowledges that he
has hired himself to the aforenamed master tailors to serve them
in the tailor's trade with all faithfulness and diligence to his best
knowledge for the period of four consecutive months beginning
on the 2d of January 1675, 2 or 3 days more or less, and the helper
stipulates that if he in the meantime wishes to go to the Esopus
for eight or ten days the masters will not deny it him, provided
he afterwards make up the time of his journey and any other days
he may happen to lose ; for which the aforesaid masters promise
to pay him for the four following months in addition to his board
the sum of ten good, whole, salable beaver skins, to be paid monthly
pro rata, if the helper ask it; but the masters can pay it in good
wheat or seawan at beaver's price. Hereto the contracting parties
bind their persons and properties, nothing excepted, subject to all
courts and judges, and in confirmation hereof they have sub-
scribed this with their own hands, in Albany, dated as above.

Jonas Bogardus

This is the mark AB of Arent van
den Bergh, made by himself
As witnesses: Roeloff Jansen

Maes Cornelysz

Jan Peeck Quod attestor

Apriaex van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

424 VLBANY

Lease cf a house in Albany from Arnout Cornelissen Viele to

John Conell
[243 blank; 244] On this 12th day of January 1675 appeared
bef" Vdriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in

Albany, Aernout Cornelisz Vylen of the one part and Jan

•lit- other part, who hereby ackm in all love and

frit ' racted in manner following,

rni ml Cornelisz ackno that he

neel that he has hired a certain house and lot, standing and lying

here in Albany bi Sheriff Swart now dwells

and the I Jacobus van Vorst, for the time of the next fifl

ths, beginning with the first of next February and ending with
the first of -May 1676; hut on the express condition that if
Aernout Cornelisz remain lunger in the house (where he at pre
dwell- ) than the first of .May 1676, said lessee, Jan Corneel, shall
be holden • the said house for three consecutive years,

to wit, from the tirst of February 1(175 '" ,,u ' ' : '"">'

1678; and he promisi ! lessor or his order seventy-

six guilder- yearly as ret e, salable beaver skins

the value thereof in good winter wheat or seawan. at market price.
as the market shall then be; to b< half year punctually,

pro\ >or promise to put the house in proper repair and

have an oven made near the house and deliver the house window
and roof tight; hut the lessee remain- holden to deliver np the
house again at the end of the lease window light at his

own expense. The i itracting parties mutually proi

to execute and perform the above term-, under pledge of their

pective persons and e-tates. having and to have, not!
excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judg
firmation hereof they have subscribed this with their own hands in
Albany. abi ive.

Arni

Job -. Com ell
Quod attest

Vdriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of Harmen Bastiaensen to build a barn at Kinderhook
for Jan Maertensen

[245 blank; 246I On this 8th day of February 167! appeared
before me, Vdriaen van Ilpendam. notary public residing in New
Albany, and before the afterwritten wi'n<

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 425

of the one part, and Jan Maertensz of the other part, who in love
and friendship are agreed in manner following, to wit: Harmen
Bastiaensz acknowledges that he has undertaken to build for Jan
Maertensz at Kinderhoeck a barn fifty feet long and twenty-six feet
wide, with an extension 1 on each side, ten feet deep and running
the full length of the barn, and at each end a gable with sloping
peak ; furthermore to make in said barn five bents with five loft
beams, of which five bents three are to have brackets, a double door
at the front end of the barn and one door in each of the extensions,
a horse manger forty feet long and all the inside work that belongs
to a barn, except the floor, and properly to put on the rafters of the
roof. The contractor promises to begin to work thereon next
March of this year and not to stop before the work shall be com-
pleted. The employer promises to furnish the contractor with a
man for one month to help rough-hew the timber; furthermore the
employer shall provide all the materials so that the contractor shall
not wait for them, and when the work is completed, the employer
promises to pay to the contractor for the work done thirty-one good,
whole, salable beaver skins, or wheat or other wares at market
price, with which, if they suit him the contractor is to be content:
but on condition that he shall give the contractor in hand three
mudde of wheat so soon as he begins the work, to be deducted from
the aforesaid stipulated sum, and furthermore pay the half next
harvest, and the remainder next winter. The aforesaid contracting
parties mutually promise to execute and perform the aforesaid con-
ditions, binding thereto their respective persons and estates, nothing
excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In wit-
ness whereof thev have subscribed this with their own hands, in
Albany, dated as above.

Ha[r]men Bastiaen[s]
This is the mark + of Jan Maer-
As witnesses: tensz, made by himself

Hendrick Rooseboom

Roloef Jansen

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale of a house and lot in Albany from the attorneys
of Maritie van Alen to Johannes Wendel

[247] On this 15th day of March i6j\ appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and

1 Uytlaet, meaning a space for bays and stalls.

I \KI ', R] I ORDS mi ALBANY

before the underwritten witnesses, Mr Andries Teller and
Louwerens van .Men, both attorneys for Marytie van Alen, widow
of tin- late Pieter van Alen, of the first part, and Johannes Wendel,
of I '1 part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and
friendship they have agreed and contracted in manner following,
to wit: Said attorneys acknowledge that they have sold and
Johannes Wendel that he has bought a house and lot standing and
lying here in Albany on the hill, between the ho ■ Jacob San
dersz Glen and the house of the aforesaid buyer, Johannes Wendel.
and said attorneys deliver said house drop free, and the 1"! in length
cording to the patent and that free and unincumbered a- Stoffel
lansz Abeel sold said house and lol to the late Pieter van Alen on
the 26th of August 1672 (saving the lord's right 1. with all thai is
fast thereon hv earth or nail, the receip of which the buyer hereby
acknowledges. For which the buyer promises to pay -aid attorneys
or their order the sum of sixt) nim g 1. whole, salable and mer-
chantable beaver skins, to wit, in two payments, of which the 1
shall be made next July [675, to wit, forty whole beavers, and the
second and last payment shall be made in the month of July 1070.
twenty-nine whole beavers, and on the last payment -aid attorneys
proini-e to deliver to the buyer a good and sufficient deed of owner-
ship. Said contracting parties mutually hind hereto their respective
ons and estates, having and to have, nothing excepted, -uhject
1 .J] lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness of which said
contracting parties, with Heyndrick Kuyler and Jacob Sand'
1 ilen as witnesses hereto, have subscribed tins with their own hands,
: u Mlianv. on the date above written.

A. Teller
lourus van \
Johannes Wendel
\s witnes
Hendrick Coyler
<b Sanderss Glen

Quod attestor

\i>ki \i \ \ \\ [LPENDAM, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale of a piece of land at Claverack from Gerrit
Slichtenhorst to Dirck and Johannes Bensem

1 248 and 249 blank: 250 1 1 »n ibis [pth da) of April 1075

appeared before me, \driaen van llpendam, notary public 1 residing

'.ni \llum 1 .nid before the afternamed witnesses, Mr Gerrit

Slichtenhorst of part and I entsingh with his brother

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 \2~

Johannes Bentsingh of the other part, who hereby acknowledge
that in all love and friendship they have agreed in manner follow-
ing, to wit :

The said Air Slichtenhorst acknowledges that he has sold
and said Dirck and Johannes Bentsingh that they have bought
a certain parcel of land lying in the Claverrack, to wit, arable land,
comprising twenty-four morgens, lying on the east side of the fore-
most land of Maerten Cornelisz, as said land came to said Mr
Slichtenhorst from the Honorable Jeremias van Renselaer; and if
said land does not contain twenty-four morgens, then said seller
shall assign and make over to the buyers land thereabout to make
up the 24 morgens, but the calf pasture by the side of the house
where Teeuwes dwells must be reckoned in ; the said seller also
delivers to the aforenamed buyers the fence which he and Maerten
Cornelisz made together, to wit, his part, excepting the fence which
Maerten Cornelisz this last winter built, for which said buyers shall
be holden to make compensation to Maerten Cornelisz, if said Maer-
ten Cornelisz makes a claim upon them therefor. The seller
reserves to himself for this summer four morgens of land lying on
the said flat of which he has promised the use this summer and no
longer. The aforenamed seller delivers the same to said buyers
immediately with the homestead, garden and little apple trees,
where Teeuwes Abrahamsz now dwells, together with the use of
the bridge, free and unincumbered (saving the patroon's right).
For which the buyers promise to ray to the seller or his order the
sum of one hundred and ten good, whole, salable beaver skins at
eight guilders apiece, in three instalments, namely : the first pay-
ment on the first of February 1676 of twenty-five whole beavers;
the second payment on the first of February 1677 °f forty-two
whole beavers : and the third or last payment of forty-three whole
beavers on the first of February 1678.

[251] The aforesaid buyers stipulate that they may pay a sixth
part of said sum in oats at market price and a sixth part of said
sum in white beans, together with fifty or sixty skipples of white
beans more, at the option of the buyers, all salable and marketable,
to be delivered to the seller free, here in Albany on the shore, so
that about two-thirds must be paid in good beavers or good winter
wheat at market price.

The aforesaid contracting parties hereto bind their respective
persons and estates, having and to have, nothing excepted, subject
to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.

OF ALBANY

In confirmation whereof they have (with Harmen van Ganse-
voort and Jan Andriesz Douw, as witnesses hereof i subscribed this
with their owi 111 All. am this I'jtli of April [675.

"KIT v vn Slk hten m ■

JOANNIS BENSEM

Hamuli Hermens Ganseuort
Jan Andriesen /'

tod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Power of attorney from Harmen Bastiaensen to Jan Heyndrick-
sen Sybinck, merchant at Amsterdam
[252] Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary j > ub 1 i c
residing at Albany in America, and before the undersigned wit-
nesses, Main aensz, also residing at this place, who has o
stituted and appointed, as he hereby d nstitute and appoint,
the worthy Jan Heyndricksz Sybinck, merchant residing at Am
dam, in the principal A name and on his behalf to demand and
receive Ins patrimony left him at Hoorn by his late father Bastiaen
Hai

thereof to colled everything, both the principal sum and the interesl
thereon; likewise of his brother-in-law Gerril I
demand (in addition to the aforesaid patri 1 mantle and two

lies: and in case the person or persons to whom said
inheritance has been intrusted -how themselves unwilling, to pi

I against them and to prosecu 1 ase before all courts and

judges; accordin custom and tre of the courts to

appear for him, the principal, and there to demand justice and judg
ment and the same to executed; with power also to

substituti : more person- at lites and furthermore in general

and in particular all things to perform as if lie, the principal, were
himself present and as lie could or might do, even though the matter
afore aid required further and more specific instructions and ordi
than are expressed herein, the atto emaining holden on

demand to make a proper return, statement and accounting. The
principal promisi valid whatever shall he done and p

formed in the matter aforesaid hv the attorney, or his substit-

ers lie was at ai unable to

me and made a mark it .v. 1 :;

2 Si : ' >te,

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 166&-1696 429

binding thereto his person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to
all lords, courts and judges. In confirmation whereof the principal
has signed this with his own hand in Albany, this 7th of June 1675.

Harmen Bastiaens
A.s witnesses:

Robbcrt Sanders.:
Claes Ripsen van Dam

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Power of attorney from Hendrick Cuyler to his brother Reinier
Cuyler, button maker at Amsterdam
[253 blank; 254] Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam,
notary public residing in Albany in America, the worthy Heyndrick
Kuyler, burgher and inhabitant of this place of Albany, who (in
the presence of the undersigned witnesses) acknowledges that he
has constituted and appointed, as he hereby does constitute and
appoint, his brother, Reynier Kuyler, button maker (Cnoope-
maecker) at Amsterdam, in the principal's name to demand and
receive such moneys as are coming to him from Mr Nicolaes
Gouverneur, residing at Amsterdam, to wit, the just half of the
money received for the hereinafter named peltries, the receipt of
which peltries from skipper Minne Jansz the aforesaid Nicolaes
Gouverneur acknowledges in his letter dated the 1st of November
1674, consisting of one hundred whole beavers, one hundred and
thirty-five half beavers and thirds, and ninety otters, which said
ninety otters sold for fl. 6 — 6 apiece, as he stated in his letter of
December 23, 1674, the beavers being at the time still unsold; and
in case said Nicolaes Gouverneur shows himself unwilling to hand
over said moneys to said Reynier Kuyler, the principal gives said
Kuyler full and absolute power to proceed against him and to prose-
cute the claim before all lords, courts, tribunals and judges, accord-
ing to the custom and procedure of the courts to appear for him,
the principal, and there justice and judgment to demand and cause
the same to be executed, with power also one or more persons to
substitute ad lites: and furthermore in general and particular all
things to do and perform which he, the subscriber, himself being
present, might or could do, although the above said matter may
demand fuller instructions and more special orders than are herein
expressed. The attorney remains holden (on demand) to make a
proper return, accounting and exhibit. The principal promires to

430 1 VRL\ R] I l IRDS OF \1 B VNY

hold as valid whatever in the matter aforesaid shall be done and
performed by his attorney, binding thereto his person and estate,
nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judg

In confirmation of which he has subscribed this with his own
hand, in Albany in America, this [8th of September [675.

1 [ENDRII is ( ". IKK

As witnesses:
Jan Jansz Bleecker
Johannes de Wandelaer

Quod attest

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Jan Jansen Bleecker and Jacob Sander-
sen Glen, attorneys of Jan Hendricksen van Bael, and Gerrit
van Hardenbergh (Herttenberch) of a house and lot in Albany
[255 blank; 256! Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam,
notary public residing in Albany in America, and before the under-
signed witnesses, Jan Jans/ Bleycker and Jacob Sandersz (den.
attorneys on behalf of Jan Heyndricsz van Balen, of the first part,
and Gerrit van Hardenbergh, of the second part, who hereby
acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have agreed and
contracted in manner following, to \\ it : Said attorneys acknowl-
edge that they have sold and said Hardenbergh that he has bought
a house and lot belonging to said Jan van Balen, standing and lying
here in Albany on the hill, between the house of Jacob Schermer-

■ rn and the house of Mr Abraham van Tricht, which said hot
and lot. with all that is fast therein by earth and nail, -aid sellers
now deliver to tin- buyer free and unincumbered (saving the lord's
right), the receipt of which the buyer hereby acknowledges. For
which the Inner promises to pay two hundred good, whole, -a'
ver skin- at eight guilders apiece and two good otters, to wit.
hundred whole beavers and one "iter immediately, and the

other halt", being another hundred whole heavers and one Otter, in

the year [676 in the month of August, w ith 8 or [O daj - grace, the
receipt of which aforesaid first payment of one hundred whole
beavers and one "iter -aid sellers hereb) acknowledge ami with the
delivery of the last payment -aid sellers promise to deliver to -aid
buyer a good and sufficient deed ership with and according

to the patent.

The aforesaid contracting parties promise :■> execute and per
in the f' under pledge of their respective persons and

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 431

estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and
judges. In confirmation of which they have mutually subscribed
this with their own hands in Albany in America this 18th of Sep-
tember 1675.

Jan Jansz Bleecker
Jacob Sandersz Glen
Gerrit Herttenberch
As witnesses :
Jan Nack
Dirck Hesselingh

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Gerrit van Hardenbergh (Herttenberch)
and Jan Byvanck of a house and lot in Albany
[257 blank; 258] Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam,
notary public residing in Albany in America, and before the after-
written witnesses, Gerrit van Hardenbergh of the one part and Jan
Byvanck of the other part, who acknowledge that in all love and
friendship they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to
wit : Gerrit van Hardenbergh acknowledges that he has sold and
Jan Byvanck that he has bought a certain house and lot standing
and lying within this place of Albany on the hill, adjoininrr the
west side of the house of said buyer and [lying] to the east of the
house of Jan Jansz Bleycker; 1 which said house and lot the seller
promises to deliver to the aforenamed buyer within the time of the
next three months free and unincumbered, with all that is therein
fast by earth and nail (saving the lord's right) and with the lot all
the rights which he received with the lot according to conveyance
or otherwise, as he obtained it from Johannes Clute. For which
said house and lot the buyer promises to pay to the seller a hundred
and sixty good, whole, salable beaver skins at eight guilders apiece,
of which the first payment (being eighty beavers) shall be made in
the month of August 1676, 8 or 10 days grace ; and the second or
last payment one year thereafter, again in the month of August
1677, eight or ten days grace, being again eighty whole beavers.
The aforesaid contracting parties promise to execute and perform
the foregoing on pledge of their persons and estates, nothing
excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In con-

1 belent aen de West Zyde vande Huysinghe vanden voorsz. Kooper ende
beoosten de Huysinge van Jan Jansz. Bleycker.

43- EARL} RECORDS OF ALBANY

firmation whereof they have mutually subscribed this, without
fraud or deceit, in Albany in America, this 23d of September [675.

RTTENBER< I!

As witne Jan Byvanck

Jan Vinhaeghen
Hendrick Lansinck

it test or
Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract whereby Elias van Ravensteyn sublets to Roeloff Jans
sen the house of Nehemiah Pearse at Albany
1 259 blank; 260] Appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam,
notary public residing in X. Albany, Elias van Ravensteyn of the
part and Roelofl Jansz of (be other part, who hereb) acknowl-
- that in all love and friendship they have agreed ami contrai
in manner following mi this day, < *ctober S, 1(175. to wit : Elias van
Ravensteyn acknowledges that he has let and Roelofl Jan-/ that he
has hired the house belonging to vhich house

and liit as it lies in Fence said Elias Ravensteyn says In- has hired
until the fh st of Jin until

the first of June [676, when, as aforesaid his lease expires; and
the lessor pro move out on the nth of this moi

ber and to deliver the hoi • ied by him

during said time until the first of June. For which the lessee prom-
tn pa) to the lessor as rent two L, r o<>d. whole, salable beaver --kins
ii eight guilders apiece in beavers and to pay the same promptly
he lease expires.
Said contracting parties hereto bind their estates, nothing
epted, together with theii - placing the same under

autho . tribunals and judges. In witness

whereof they have subscribed this with their own hand-, in Albany,
1 this Nth <>f < >ctober 1675.

vs Van R \\
kin 1 oi i Jansen

/ IttllS I >J

Dirck Hessellingh

Adriaen van 1; pi n t dam, Not. Pub.

1 Nehemiah Pears see Suffolk

was on T ill v q.
Samuel II I on August 29,

•nan to I

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 433

Contract of sale of a piece of land at Claverack from Jan Hen-
dricksen van Solsberghen to Gerrit van Slichtenhorst

[261 blank; 262] On this first day of November 1675 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New-
Albany), Jan Heyndricsz van Solsberghen 1 of the one part and
Mr Gerrit van Slichtenhorst of the other part, who in love and
friendship have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit :
Jan Heyndricsz acknowledges that he sold and Mr Gerrit van Slich-
tenhorst that he bought ( now about two years ago) a certain parcel
of woodland to the seller heretofore belonging, lying in the Claver-
rack, to wit, the just half of all the land that said seller has there
in the Claverrack. beginning from the northerly end of the second
Claveeren, 2 extending eastward to the great kill, northerly to Major
Abraham Staas's kill, southerly to the land of Gerrit Visbeeck,
together with the kill so far as the land extends ; which aforesaid
land and kill the seller delivers now to the aforenamed buyer free
and unincumbered (saving the lord's right").

For which said half of the aforenamed land and kill the said
seller hereby acknowledges that he is fully satisfied and paid to his
content.

The aforesaid contracting parties hereto bind their respective
persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts,
tribunals and judges. In witness whereof they have subscriber!
this with their own hands, in Albany, dated as above.

This is the mark + of Jan Heyn-
dricsz van Solsberghen, made
with his own hand
As witnesses: Gerrit van Slichtenhorst

Barent Meyndersz
Johannes de Wandclacr

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Settlement of accounts between Jan Hendricksen Bruyn and
Hendrick Meessen Vrooman
[263 blank; 264] On this 6th day of November 1675 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New

1 Jan Hendricksen's name is generally written " van Salsbergen," which
should probably be interpreted to mean that be came from Salzbergen, on
the Ems. in Hanover, and not from Salisbury, as suggested in Pearson's
Genealogies of the First Settlers of llbany.

2 Apparently a mistake for Clavcren, or Claver, that is. Clover, but here
evidently referring to a field.

434 ' " '" ALBANY

Albany), Jan Heyndricksz Bruyn and Heyndrick Meesz Vrooman,
who hereby acknowledge that they have settled with each other for
all accounts up to this date, as well for an obligation payable by
said Heyndrick Meesz as for money loaned and for land rent and
other debts which the) by word or in writing have had outstand-
ing against each other, as well on the one side and on the other, s >
thai they have no further demands or claims of any kind whatsoever
against each other, saving that Heyndrick Meese acknowledges that
final settlement of accounts he is honestly indebted to said Jan
Heyndricsz Bruyn in the sum of four good, whole, salable beavi
skins, of which two i" avi are to be paid to him or his order m
year [676 and the remaining two beavers in the Mar [677, without
longer delay. The aforesaid parties herein hind their respective
persons and estates, real and personal, presenl and future, subject
to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness of which they
have in presence of me, the notary, subscribed this with their own
hand-, in Albany, dated as abi

NDERICK Ml ESZ1 N VrOOMAN

Jan Heinderick Bruyns
Q - attestor

\]ii;i\1'\ van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Bond of Maes Cornelissen to Hans Hendricksen and Jan Hen-

dricksen Bruyn

[265 blank; 266 1 On this 8th da\ of November [675 appi
before me, Adriaen van llpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), Mae- Cornelisz Cooperslagher? who hereby acknowledges
that he i- honestly indebted to Hans ll< and Jan Heyn-

dricsz Bruyn together in the sum of eleven good, whole, salable
beaver -km-, growing out of mone) lent and to his content received,
and promises therefor to pay in the month of June [676, to the

oresaid Hans Heyndricsz and Jan Hendricsz Bruyn, or to their
orders, the sum of tw< id, whole, salable bea\ er skins; bind

therefor his person and estate, real and personal, presenl and future,
subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness of
which said Mae- Cornelisz ha- subscribed tin- with his own hand
(in me. the notary) in Albany, the 8th of \.

1675.

M \i - ( orni 1 \ -/ Koperslager

\m;i \i \ v \\ h pendam, Not. Pub.

rnelis Maessen van Buren.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 435

I, the undersigned, Hans Heyndircsz, hereby acknowledge that I
have received of Maes Cornelisz Koperslagher the sum of twelve
good, whole, salable beaver skins which he owed, as appears by the
above obligation which is subscribed by Maes Cornelisz with his
own hand, so that said obligation is fully paid and satisfied, and 1
release said Maes Cornelisz therefore from all demands, as well in
behalf of my portion as in behalf of Jan Heyndricsz Bruyn s por-
tion. In witness whereof I have subscribed this with my own hand
without craft or guile, in New Albany, this 7th of August [679.

Hans Heindricsz
In my presence,

Adriaen vax Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease of a farm on Constapel's island from Volckert Jansen
Douw and Teunis Cornelissen Spitsenberg to Marten Gerritsen
[267 blank; 268] On this 27th day of December 1675 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam. notary public (residing in New-
Albany), and before the undersigned witnesses, Captain Volckert
Jansz Douw and Teunis Cornelisz Spitsenbergh 1 of the first part
and Maerten Cornelisz of the second part, who acknowledge that in
love and friendship they have agreed in manner following, to w it :
Said Captain Volckert Jansz Douw and Teunis Cornelisz Spitsen
bergh acknowledge that they have let and Maerten Cornelisz that
he has hired a certain farm 2 with house and barn and two hayricks
for the term of six consecutive years, beginning on the first of May
of this year 1675 and ending on the first of May 1681 ; and the
lessee may not put any expense on said house, barn and ricks with-
out the consent of the lessors, and shall be holden to deliver up
everything at the end of the lease roof and wall tight; and if so be
that the same happen to burn (which may God prevent) by the
lessee's fire, then the lessee shall be holden to pay for the same
according to valuation, but if the same be destroyed bv ice flood or
general war it shall be at the charge of the lessors; and at the end
of the lease shall said lessors be holden to pay for the land which
shall be seeded down, according to a valuation of the plowing, har-
rowing, sowing and seed. The said house, barn, ricks and land lie
obliquely over against Bethlehem, and the lessee shall use as much
land there as he has hired for some years.

1 Teunis Cornelissen van der Poel.

2 This farm was on Constapel's island, opposite Paerde Hoeck (now
Parda hook) in the town of Bethlehem, Albany county, N. Y. July 2<"> [I -
Volckert Jansen Douw -old his half of the island .to Pieter Winne: see
Early Records of Albany. 1:118-19; 2:71, note.

436 EARLY RECORDS OF VLBANY

For which the lessee promises to pay to the lessors or their order
as rent fifty-six skipples of wheat, to be paid every year.

The aforesaid contracting parties hereto bind their persons and
real and personal, [269] present and future, nothing
excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.

In witness whereof they have mutually subscribed this with their
own hands, in Albany, the date above written.

volckert jansz douw
Teunis Corneliszen

This is the mark — of Maerten
As witnes ielisz, made with his own hand

Hans Heindricsz
Jacob Gerritsz ran Laer

Quod attestor

Adriaen v\\ Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Assignment by Volckert Jansen Douw to Pieter Winne of half
interest in the lease of Constapel's island

On this 15th day of September 1676 appeared before me, Adriaen
van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany 1. and before
the undersigned witnesses, Captain Volckert Jan-/ Douw, who
acknowledges that he hereby fully assigns the lease of the land,
house, barn and hayricks lying obliquely over againsl Bethlehem,
ording to fori infract which terminates the first of May

1I1N1, and fully releases and transfers all his claims to the rent for
half of the land to the Honorable Pieter Winne. magistrate, accord-
ing to the filler of the honorable court of Mbany and colonj
Renselaerswyck, dated the 6th ni June 1676, and that the lessee,
Maerten Cornelisz, shall recognize said Pieter Winne in p
him, Volckert Jans/, and the rent to him pay: but at the end of the
lease Pieter Winne shall not be holden to take for his half more
than ten skipples -owed, for which he shall pay Maerten Cornelisz
ng in appraisal, and if Maerten Cornelisz sow- a greater
quantity, then Volckert Jans/ shall be holden to pay fur the same,
provided be receive the produce thereof that year, and said Volckert
-hall be holden to let Pieter \\ inm 1 ear use as much land

on his 1.11 mi as the land sowed in excess of the ten skipples for which
half must be paid to Maerten Cornelis 1 the performance
and execution of what is hereinbefore written the aforesaid con-
tracting parties bind their persons and ( nothing excepted,
subject tn all birds, courts, tribunal- and judges. In confirmation

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND U, 1660-1696 43/

of which they have, in presence of Jan Verbeeck and Hendrick
Bries as witnesses hereto, subscribed this with their own hands, on
the date above written.

YOLCKERT JANSZ DOUW

As witnesses : Pieter Winne

Jan Verbeeck
Hendrick Bries Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Deposition by Maria Bord about certain boards alleged to have
been stolen by her husband Claes Ripsen van Dam
[i] 1 I, the undersigned, Maria Bord, wife of Claes Ripsz van
Dam, hereby affirm that the wife of Gerrit van Slichtenhorst was
at my house yesterday and said to me that my husband had stolen
about the half of the boards which he used for his hogpen, to wit,
the hogpen which Jan Burger still has in his possession, and that
these boards came from the city fence and that there were some
bullets or bullet holes and shot therein; which was told her (so she
said) by Robbert Sandersz. In witness whereof I have subscribed
this with my own hand. In Albany, this 6th of January 167 ; .

This is the mark M of Maria Bord.
wife of Claes Ripsz van Dam,
As witnesses : affixed with her own hand

Harmen Bastiaens
Claes Jacobse In presence of me,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Deposition of Maria Parker in regard to abusive language used
by Robert Sanders in a quarrel with the wife of Gerrit van
Slichtenhorst

[2-4 blank; 5] This day, the first of January 167^. appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in X.
Albany), Madam Maria Perckers, the wife of Sergeant Percker, 2
who without dissimulation or misleading of any persons, but for
the sake of justice, acknowledged that she had testified, as hereby
she does, at the request of Mr Gerrit van Slichtenhorst, that in
truth and verity she heard and saw, about the month of August
last of the year 1676 (but the precise day not well remembered),
Robbert Sandersz and the wife of said Slichtenhorst quarreling

1 The documents on pages 1-114 are hound out of place but here printed
in their proper chronologic order.

2 Sergeant William Parker.

I.38 E \N1 '. R] ( ORDS OF ALBANY

(near the stoop between ( laes Ripsz and said Slichtenhorst) ; that
Robbert Sandersz said to the wife of said Slichtenhorst, "You are
a vile and foul mouthed person (Swartbeck ende cen Swart-inde-
mont) and a trull (Smots)." Herewith concluding her deposition,
this deponent is ready lit" need be) furthermore to confirm the
same.

In witness whereoi she has subscribed this with her own hand,
in Albany, dated as abi 1 >

This is the mark M ' P of Maria
As witness: Pi ri ki rs, made with her own hand

./ D. Peyster

' f uod attest ■

Adriaen van Ii pi ndam, Not. Pub.

Bond of Jan Tyssen Goes to Nicolaes de Meyer, attorney for Jan
Coster van Aecken

[6 8 hlank ; g] On this day, the eighteenth of ^pril one thousand
six hundred and sevent) seven, appeared before me, Adriaen
van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany), Jan Tysz
Goe . who acknowledged himself to be indebted and in arrears to
Mr Nicolae: Meyer, as attorney for Jan Koster van Vecken, in
the sum of thirt) two good, whole, merchantable beaver skins,
growing out of the matter of one hundred and sixty seven guilders
and two stivers Holland monej received in Holland as well as for
certain good ent; which said sum of thirty-two whole beavers I.
the undersigned Jan Tysz < ioes, promise to pay to said Mr Nicolaes
Meyer or to his order at the latest in the month of March one thou

d six hundred and sevent) eight, punctualh and without longer
delay; binding therefor my person and estate, personal and real,
present and future, nothing excepted, submitting the same to the
authority of all lords, courts, tribunal" and judges.

In witness whereof I have subscribed this with my own hand.
without craft or guile, in New Albany, dated as above, in prese
of Dorriine Nicolaes van Rensselaer and Cornells Teunisz van
\ e< hten, < ailed as w itnesses hereti 1

This is the mark X of Jan TYSZ
■\s witnesses- GOES, made with his <>wn hand

■n Rensselaer, Pastor
Cortielus Teunisz, as witness

Which I witness,

\m;i.\i n VAN Ii PENDAM, ' : <<t Pub

1 'I In M i- written upside down.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 439

Will of Pieter Winne and Tannetie Adams, his wife
[10 blank; n] In the name of God, amen. Know all men by
the contents of this present public instrument that in the year after
the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, one thousand six
hundred and seventy-seven, on the first day of the month of June,
about noon, and in the twenty-eighth year of the reign of his
Royal Majesty of Great Britain, [King] Charles the Second, before
me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany,
appointed by the Right Honorable Edmond Andros, in behalf of
His Royal Highness James governor general over all his territories
in America, pursuant to nomination for "the places of New Albany,
colony of Rensselaerswyck and Schanechtade and the district
thereof, and before the subscribing witnesses, came and appeared
the worthy Pieter Winne, born in the city of Gent in Vlaenderen, 1
at present a little indisposed in body, together with his wife Tan-
netie Adams, born, in the city of Leeuwaerden in Vrieslandt, 2 at
present sound in body, dwelling now in the colony of Rensselaers-
wyck, to me, the notary, well known, both moving about and having
perfect use and command of their faculties, reason, memory and
understanding to all outward appearance ; which appearers, con-
sidering the shortness and frailty of human life, the certainty of
death and the uncertainty of the time and hour thereof, wishing
therefore to dispose of their temporal effects to be left behind,
while through God's grace they are still able, and as they do of
their own free will and inclination, without persuasion or mislead-
ing of anyone, ordain and conclude this their last will and testa-
ment in form and manner following :

First and before all commending their immortal souls (when-
ever they shall be separated from their bodies) to the gracious and
merciful hands of God, their Creator and Savior, and their bodies
to a Christian burial and revoking, annulling and canceling hereby
all and every other testamentary disposition and bequest which
before the date hereof they have either jointly or severally made
and executed, holding the same null and of no effect, [12] and now
disposing anew, they, the appearers and testators, out of mutual
and particular love which during their married life they have
steadily borne and now do bear toward each other, declare that
reciprocally they have appointed and instituted, as hereby they do
appoint and institute, the survivor of both of them the sole and uni-
versal heir of all the property, both personal and real, claims.

1 Ghent, in Flanders.

2 Leeuwarden, the capital of the province of Friesland, Netherlands.

44° EARLY U.BANY

credits, money. gold and silver, coined and uncoined, jewels, clothing
both linen and woolen, household furniture, etc., nothing excepted,
which he or she dying first shall leave behind on his or her decease,
whether in this country or elsewhere, to do therewith as with his or
her own and absolute property, without objection or opposition of
anyone, which they do because (by God's blessing) the greater part

said estate has been acquired by them during their marriage with
great labor and diligence; hereby forbidding all persons whoever
may be, whether magistrates, orphan masters, children, rela-
tives, or others, to demand of the survivor any accounting or in.
tory of the estate so long as he or she remains in his or her widowed
slate much less any bond or security therefor. And if that

the survivor happen to marry again, he or she shall be holdcn a just
half of the estate (as the same shall then be found to be) to settle
upon the children left behind, in order that the same may receive
each, share and share alike, their legitimate portion of their father's
or mother's estate; d that the survivor shall receive the

in ie thereof until the children reach their majority or enter the

marriage estate, until which time the survivor shall be holden to
bring them up in the fear of the Lord and so far as possible to hi
them taught reading and writing and some trade whereby with

they may honorably earn their living. But said Pi<
Winne (if he happen to d by bequeaths to his son Pi<

Pietersz Winne (procreated by his first wife Aechie Jans) the sum
of four whoL eight guilders | 13] apiece, once for all and

no more, for his entire inheritance, because of his disobedience, and
shall be received six weeks after bis father's death. And
in case they, the testators, hereafter, whether in writing and over
their own hands and signatures or before two or more trustworthy
witnesses by word of month, bequeath or devise anything mi
make a furtl isition, add to or take away from the contents

her' 1 m.i\ e the same force and

■ t and b 1 emed and regarded a- if

written and inserted in this their will. All that i- he ril

ten the testators deel r last will and testament, desiring

that after the death of either of them the same -hall have full force
and effect, whether as will, codicil, donation, gift in anticipation of

as may I 1 en thot

tain formalil lired bi ' been fully observed

herein, desiring that the utmosl benefit herefrom may be enjoyed,

if to be made in pi oper form to serve
Thus doni d in the

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 44 1

of Rensselaerswyck at the house of the appearers, who with the
Honorable Jan Yerbeeck and the Honorable Air Cornells van Dyck
(called as witnesses hereto ) in presence of me, the notary, have sub-
scribed this with their own hands, the year, month, and day
aforesaid.

PlETER WlNNE

This is the mark 4- of Tannetie
Adams, made with her own hand
As witnesses :

Jan Verbeeck
Coruclis van Dyck

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pit 1 '.

Contract between the director of the colony of Rensselaerswyck
and Robert Livingston whereby the latter agrees to do the
secretarial work of the colony

[14 blank; 15] This day, the 2d of August 1677, appeared before
me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), and before the subscribing witnesses, Domine Nicolaes
van Rensselaer, director of the colony of Rensselaerswyck, of the
first part, and the Honorable Secretary Robbert Livinston, of the
second part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship
they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Said
secretary agrees to perform all the ordinary duties of his office
(respecting the colony of Rensselaerswyck) for the sum of two
hundred guilders in good, merchantable seawan. to wit. strung sea-
wan, or forty skipples of good winter wheat, yearly, which time
began on the twenty-fourth day of August in the year one thous-
and six hundred and seventy-five, so that the twenty-fourth day of
this present month of August the aforesaid director shall be holden
to pay to the aforenamed secretary or to his order for his services
rendered the sum of four hundred guilders in good, strung seawan,
or eighty skipples of good winter wheat, with the reservation that all
extraordinary services must be separately paid for, by arbitration
of the honorable court.

Hereto the said contracting parties bind their persons and
estates, personal and real, nothing excepted, subject to all lords,
courts, tribunals and judges. In witness whereof they have sub-

44- EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

scribed iliis with their own hands in presence of Johannes Wendel
and Abraham de Pey[ster], called as witnesses hereto. In .'
Albany, dated as above.

Nicolaus van Rensselaer
Colonic Pastor ei Director
Rob'. Livingston, Secretary
As vvitne

an\ nes W]endel
A I>- Peyster

Quod attestor

\l >K1 \! X VAN' [LPENDAM, Not. P 'lib .

Contract for the exchange of land between Jacob Caspersen and
Jan Albertsen Brat

[16 blank: x 7 ] On this 141I1 day of September 1677 appeared
before me, Adriaen van flpendam, notary public residing in New

>any, and before the undersigned witnesses, Jacob Caspertsz '
of the one part and Jan Vlbertsz Bral of the other part, who hen
acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have agreed and
contracted in manner following, to wit: Jacob Caspersz acknowl-
es thai he has bought of Jan Alhert--/ Brat his title to land
on the Noormans kill, as In- boughl the same of Jan Heyndricsz
van Baelen 2 on the 2is( of December 1674, in payment tor which
the said buyer surrenders his title to the island of Jan Bruyn, just
a- lu- boughl the same of Wouter Aertsz Rademaecker, 4 and

Jacob Caspersz pr ises t" make the last three payments to Jan

van Balen or his attorne) according to the contract of ^ale of the
aforesaid land of Jan van Balen; and they mutually make immedi-
ate delivery, delivering the said lands to each other now
the conditions aforesaid, free and unincumbered, saving the lord's
right. Hereto the -aid contracting panic-- hind their persons and
onal and real, nothing excepted, subjecting the same to

- fan Hendricksen He was commi ensign in Capt Philip

mber 1. 16 m Aucusl

21, 1672, received »f land on l>"tli sides of the

Normans kill win. 1 of litigation with Ihe

rs.

1 It i- not clear which island is i Ian Hendricksen Bruyn,

besid d at Kind kill.

4 Wouter \ertsen van Nieukerck, wheelwi

form Racmmckcr is misinterpreted

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 443

all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In confirmation of which
they have subscribed this with their own hands in Albany, on the
date above written.

Jacob Kaspersex
Jan Albertsex Brat
As witnesses :

Jacob Theysen vander Heyden
This is the mark H W of Hcyndrick
Willemsz van Barnevelt, made with
his own hand

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease of a house from Wynant Gerritsen van der Poel to John

Gilbert

[18 blank; 19] On this 19th day of November 1677 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), and before the afternamed witnesses, Wynant Gerritsz
vander Poel, of the one part, and Jan Gilbaertsz, 1 of the other
part, who acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have
hereby agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit :
Wynant Gerritsz acknowledges that he has let and said Jan Gil-
bertsz that he has hired a certain house and lot standing and lying
here in Xew Albany, next the house and lot of Dirck ^'esselsz,
over against the house of Maerten Crygier, for the time of one
whole year beginning on the first of June 1678 and ending on the
first of June 1679, but the lessor promises to provide a proper
shed behind said house before said lease begins, with a suitable
chimney in said shed and if the lessee makes a bakeoven therein,
the lessor may take over the same if he please at the end of the
lease at an appraisal ; for which said lessee promises to pay as
said year's rent the sum of twelve good, whole, salable beaver
skins or the value thereof in good winter wheat or in strung sea-
wan, all as the market goes, to be paid every quarter year, to wit,
three beavers every time; for which said entire rent Arent vanden
Rergh binds himself as surety and principal (the same to pay in
case of failure of the lessee). Said contracting parties mutually
promise to execute and perform the aforesaid conditions, binding
thereto their persons and estates, personal and real, nothing

1 John Gilbert.

444 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In
witness whereof they have subscribed this with their own hands,
in New Albany, dated as a hue-aid.

Wynandt Gerreydtsz V D 1 ' Poell
Job

This is the mark AT. of Arent VAN-
i'i \ I'.i K'li. made with his own
hand
As witnesses :
John Conel
Elias van Rauesteyn

• nod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Will of Hendrick Willemsen, second husband of Gysseltie Alberts

Brat
[20 blank; 21] On this 28th day of November 1677 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam. notary public residing in New
Albany (appointed 1>\ the right honorable govi :neral of the

parts of America, Edmont Andros), Heyndrick Willem;
at present lying sick in bed, but nevertheli essing his undi

standing, reason and memory, according to all outward nee,

and declare- hereby that it is his last will am 1 thai if

it please God Untight) to take him to llis kingdom before the
children of the late Jan van Esckelen, procreated b • ltie

Allien shall reach their majority, the money due them from their
late lather's estate, to wit. twenty whole, salable beaver >kins, must
be paid tmi after this appearer's death out of the first

mailable money- or furniture of tl
to the guardians of -aid children, to wit. Albert Andriesz Brat and
Storm vander Zee, before any other d<
(i cept funeral expenses); furth< 1 b) release- al

lutel) (in manner aforesaid) the sureties and pi to wit,

Jan Alb- 1 ndrick Lantsingh, who on the 2d of

July 1 ' ■; ; became sureties for tin For die aforenamed

twenty whole bi In confirmation of which

app< - reb) binds his pi I estate, nothing excepted,

subject to all lords, court-, tribunal- and judges, and has sub-
own hand in presence of Jan \ndriesz Douw

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 445

and Jacob Caspersz (called as witnesses hereto). In Albany on
the date above written, at the house of Teunis Slingerlandt.

This is the mark H W of Hevndrick
Willemsz, made with his own
As witnesses : hand

Jan Andriesen Don
Jacob Kasperse

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Indenture of apprenticeship of James Parker to Hendrick Bries,

shoemaker
[22-24 blank; 25] On this 13th day of December 1677 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), Williaem Parcker, court messenger of this place of
Albany, of the one part, and Hevndrick Bries, master shoemaker,
of the other part, who acknowledge that in all love and friendship
thev have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit:
Said Williaem Parcker acknowledges that he has hired his son
named James Percker (now about 17 years old) for the time of
two following years, which time began on the 5th of November
of this year 1677 and is to end two years after said date, and said
young man shall be holden to serve his aforesaid master both in
shoemaking and at the tanning pits — and in all other proper work
with all diligence and faithfulness; and said master promises to
teach him the shoemaking trade as well as he can and furnish him
with proper food and shoes free, provided the aforesaid father
shall provide him with clothes and free washing; but it is expressly
stipulated that said servant may each year go to work three or four
weeks in the harvest for his own profit, provided he serve so much
longer afterwards. Said contracting parties hereto bind their
persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts,
tribunals and judges. In witness of which they have subscribed
this with their own hands in presence of Claes van Elslant and
Jacob Loockermans (called as witnesses hereto) in New Albany
dated as above.

Hendrick Bries

VVm. Parker
As witnesses: This is the mark I P of James

Claes van Elslant Parcker, made with his own hand

Jacob Lokermans

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

I |ft EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Power of attorney from Poulus Cornelissen to Jacob Tyssen van

der Heyden
[26-28 blank; 2g | On this third da) of Vpril [678 appeared
before me. Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), ami before the subscribing witnesses, Poulus Cornelisz,
who, proposing ai the firsl opportunit) (with < iod's help) to depart
hence, acknowledges herein- that lie has constituted ami appointed
as hereby 1' ob Tysz vander Heyden his attorney, in

hi- absence to demand ami receive from all hi- debtors, a- well here
in New Albany as in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, Schanechtade
and Canestagioene, such monies as are coming to him from the

ling to accounts and vouchers thereof placed in the

hand.- of him. the attorney; having received the same, acquittance
to gran) and in case of refusal the unwilling to con-train to ;
1>\ legal process and rigor of justice, and furthermore all things
to do. transacl and perform which ma) he needful and may seem
to him proper, with power one or more persons to substitute, pro-
vided the attorne) he holden when required, a proper accounting,
return and statement of hi- administration to make. The sub-
scriber promises to hold as true and valid whatever in the matter
re-aid -hall he performed ami executed b) hi- attorney or his
substitute, binding thereto hi- person and estate, nothing excepted.
subject to all lord-, court-, tribunals and judges. In witness
whereof he ha- subscribed this with hi- own hand in presence of
Jan van Loon and Albert Ian-/ Ryckman (called as witnesses
hereto 1. in New Albany, the third of April (678.

As w itnc e Poulus Corneli

Jan / 'an I
. Uberi Ryckman

ittestor
Adri \i n van Ii pi mdam ' ih.

Bill of sale of a negro from Capt. Johannes Clute to S*veer Teu-

nissen van Velsen
[30 blank; 3 1 j < >n this 3d day of April d before

me, \driaen van [lpendam, notar) public (residing in New
Albany i, and before the subscribing witnesses, Captain Johannes
Clute of the one part, and Sweet reunisz of the other part, who
nowledge that the) have hereh) agreed and contracted in all
love ami friendship in manner following, to wit : Captain Johannes
(lute acknowledges that he ha- -old to Sweer Teuni certain

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 447

negro named Jacob, aged about twenty-four years, and promises
to deliver the same hearty and sound on the first of June of this
year 1078, for which the buyer promises to pay the seller or his
order one hundred good, whole, salable beaver skins at eight
guilders each, the same to be paid in three following instalments,
of a just third part of said sum each, to wit, the first instalment
on the first of June 1678, on the delivery of said negro; the second
instalment, next winter; and the third or last instalment the follow-
ing winter; but the buyer can pay said sum of beavers in good
winter wheat as the market shall then be. The said contracting
parties therefor bind their persons and estates, as well having as
to have, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals
and judges. In confirmation of which they with Storm Albertsz
vander Zee and Aernout Cornelisz Yielen (called as witnesses
hereto) have subscribed this with their own hands in New Albany,
this 3d of April 1678. Johaxxs Clute

A^ witnesses: Sweer Thoonussen

Storm vander Zee

Arnout Cor: Viele

Quod attestor

Adriaen VAX Ilpendam, Not. Pith.

Receipt of Poulus Cornelissen for payment of freight of goods
shipped by Jan Thomassen and Volckert Jansen Douw

[32 blank ; 33] On this 4th day of April 1678 appeared before
me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), Poulus Cornelisz, who hereby acknowledges that in the
year 1663 he earned from Jan Thomasz and Volckert Jansz Douw,
for freight of horses and boards and other articles shipped by them
both in company to the Esopus or from the Esopus to New Albany,
the sum of one hundred guilders in seawan, and that said one
hundred guilders in seawan were received by said Poulus Cornelisz
from or that he was satisfied therefor by Sweer Teunisz in the
year 1665, as will appear by the brewery book of Volckert Jansz
and Jan Thomasz. In witness whereof Poulus Cornelisz and Storm
vander Zee and Dirck Albertsz Brat (called as witnesses hereto)
have subscribed this with their own hands, in New Albany, this
4th of April [678. Poulus Cornelisen

As witnesses :

Storm vander Zee

Dirck . Ubertzen Brat

In my presence,

Adriaex vax Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

448 l.AKI.Y RECORDS OF ALBANY

Receipt of Poulus Cornelissen for payment by Volckert Jansen
Douw of one-half of the cost of 42 skipples of wheat delivered
to him and Jan Thomassen

This <lay, the 4th of April 1678, appeared before me, Adriaen
van Upendam, notary public (residing in New Alban) 1, Poulus Cor-
helisz, who hereb) acknowledges that he is paid in full to this date
and satisfied by Volckerl Jansz Douw, whom lie thanks for good
payment: likewise that he is fully satisfied respecting the half of
one hundred guilders in beavers growing out of forty tun skip
of wheat which Volckerl Jansz Douw and Jan Thomasz heretofore
received, so that Ian Thomase at this date is still indebted for his
half to said Poulus Cornelisz fifty guilders in beavers. In witness
whereof he has subscribed this with his own hand in presence of
Storm vander Zee and Dirck Albertsz Brat, in New Albany, this
4th of April [678.

Poulus ( 'ornelisen
As w itnesses :

Stoi in vander Zee
i Hrck Albertsen Brat

nod attestor

Adriaen van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease of a farm at Kinderhook from Lourens van Alen to Jacob
Abrahamsen Vosburgh
[34 blank; 35] On this 7th day of May [678 appeared before
me, Adriaen van Upendam. notary publii 1 residing in New
Albany), and before the hen named witnesses, Louwerens

van Alen, of the one par cob Abrahamsz Vosburgh, of the

other part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship
they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit:
Louwerens van Alen acknowledges thai he has let to said Jacob
Vosburgh a farm al the Kindi with a house, barn and two

rick- and fence around the homestead and all the buildings thereon
(Which aforesaid buildings are now appraised and valued to be
worth thirt) one good, whole, salable beaver skins al eighl guilders
apiece) and the n-^d.- aboul the land that was leased to Dirck De
Sweedt is valued at a hundred and forty guilders in seawan, and
the rema ii the land 1- not valued for fence, but thi

proi a deliver up the same again in a g 1, proper fence at

the end of this lease, and the lessee shall be holden to pay for the
, rding to appraisal and in 1 o betterments

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 449

the lessor must satisfy the lessee for the same. The lessee and the
lessor hereby acknowledge that they have agreed that the lessee
shall have the aforesaid premises under lease for the time of six
following years; to wit, the land that was leased to Dirck Heyn-
dricksz together with half of the land that was leased to De Vries ;
also half of the island that Pieter Moree has had the lease of and
the whole of the land that was leased to Andries Jacobsz Gardenier.
Moreover, the lessor delivers therewith a stallion named Bock,
worth eight beavers, for which (he lessee promises to deliver again
a horse also worth eight beavers ; furthermore the lessor also
delivers therewith two stallions, the one of two years and the other
three years old, the youngest is named Block and the oldest
Joncker ; likewise two mares, one named Snuyt, aged twelve years,
and the other named Banny, aged ten years; also three milch cows
and a heifer with calf about two years old; which said horses
and cattle the lessee shall receive on the farm at haives ot the
increase. The aforesaid lessee acknowledges that he received said
land on the 10th of September 1677 in stubble [36] and promises
to deliver up the same again on the 10th of September 1683 in
stubble; likewise he acknowledges that he received the house, barn,
ricks and homestead, and said horses and cattle on the first of
May of this year 1678, and promises to deliver up the same again
or the value thereof on the first of May 1684; and it is stipulated
that there shall be no apportionment of the increase of the cattle
until the same shall be three years old. For which aforesaid
premises the lessee promises to pay to the lessor or to his order
as rent, the first year sixty skipples of good winter wheat, and the
remaining five years eighty skipples of good winter wheat yearly,
to be paid punctually every year, said payments to be delivered
here in Albany free, and likewise twenty pounds of butter yearly
for all the cattle, and moreover all the tools which are delivered by
inventory to the lessee, he shall be holden at the end of the lease to
deliver over again in good and working order. The aforesaid con-
tracting parties hereby bind their persons and estates, personal and
real, present and future, nothing excepted, subject to all lords,
courts, tribunals and judges.

In witness whereof, they have subscribed this with their own
hands in presence of Jurriaen lansz Groenwout and Albert Jansz

15

EARLY RECORDS OF VLBANV

Ryckman (called as witnesses hi - in New Albany, dated as
above.

' RUS VAN ALEN

This is the mark X All of J
^brahamsz VosbuRGH, made with
his own hand
As \\ itnesses :
This is the mark X of Jurriaen Janss
Groenwont, made with his own
hand
Albert Janss: Ryckman

Which I witness,

Vdriai x van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Will of Wouter van den Uythof and Elisabeth Hendricks, his

wife
[37 ] In the name of the Lord, Amen. Know all men that on
tin- fourth day hi" June, about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, in the
year after the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, one
thousand six hundred and sevent) eight, before me, Adriaen van
Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany (appointed by
the Right Honorable Edmond Andros, go 1 general over all

hi> territories in America), and before the hereinafter named wit
nesses, in their own persons came and appeared the worthy Woutei
vanden Uythof, baker in Albany aforesaid, and the virtuous
Elisabeth Heyndricx, married people, to me, the notary, well
known, the testator being sound in bod) and the testatrix sickly,
but both able to move about and having the perfeel use and com
1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 nt' their senses, reason, memory and understanding; which
testatot . considering the shortness and frailty of human life, the
certaint) of death and the uncertainty of the hour thereof and
therefore desiring to anticipate the same (while God the 1 ord
gives them time) b) a disposition of their property to be left
behind, declare that without inducement, persuasion 01 misleading
ons they have made, ordained and determined this then'
presenl ti tamenl and last will in form and manner following:
First and foremost commending their immortal souls when they
shall be separated from their bodies to the gracious and merciful
hand- of God, theii I reator and Savior, and ihen bodies to a
Christian burial, and likewise revoking, annulling and canceling
all and every such te tamentary dispositions as they jointly or
separately 1 • may have made and executed, holding the

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 45I

same as null and of no effect and making a new disposition, these
appearers and testators, inasmuch as they have no child or children
jointly procreated by them living (though the testatrix has six
children of a former marriage named Aeltie Lansingh, Gysbertie
Lansingh, Gerrit Lansingh, Heyndrick Lansingh, Johannes Lan-
singh and Hilletie Lansingh) have appointed and instituted, as
they mutually and reciprocally hereby do appoint and institute,
the survivor of them both as [38] their sole and universal heir of
all the property, personal and real, claims, credits, money, gold and
silver, coined and uncoined, jewels, clothing, linen, woolens, house-
hold effects, etc., which the first of them dying shall leave behind
in this country ( but the property which the testator may have in
the fatherland is to go to his relatives), to do therewith as with
his or her own and absolute property, without any opposition or
objection from any persons, provided that the testator, in case he
outlives the testatrix, at her death give up the linen and woolen
clothing belonging to her body to her three surviving daughters
aforenamed, and the youngest daughter Hilletie shall first of all
receive the gold double ring of the testatrix ; and in case he marries
again or dies, her six children above mentioned shall each receive
the value of eight beavers and have nothing more to claim. All
of which aforesaid provisions the appearers and testators recipro-
cally declare to be their last will and testament, willing and desiring
the same after the death of either of them to have full force and
effect, whether as will, codicil, donation, gift in anticipation of
death, or otherwise, as may be most practicable, notwithstanding
that some formalities demanded by law and usage may not have
been fully observed herein, desiring that the utmost benefit may be
derived herefrom ; also that one or more copies hereof in proper
form may be made and delivered by me, the notary, to be used
according to the necessities of the case.

Thus done and executed in New Albany at the house of Gerard
Swart in presence of the Honorable Gerard Swart and Albert
Ryckman who (as witnesses hereto) with the testators have sub-
scribed this with their own hands, in New Albany, the year, month,
day and hour aforenamed.

WOUTER VANDEN UyTIIOF
F.LYSABET HENDRVCKE

G: Swartt
Albert Ryckman

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

45^ ILBANY

Lease of a sloop from Jacob Loockermans and Harmanus van
Borsum to Gabriel Thomassen Striddles

[ 39] On this 18th day of June [678 appeared ln-fore me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Alb
and before rnamed witni unasz, of the one

irt, and Jacob I oockermans and Harmanus van Borsum, of the
knowledge hereby that they have agreed and
cted in manner following, to wit: Jacob Loockermans and
manus v; um acknowledge that they have let their sloop

(named dc Princes) to Gabriel Thomasz Stridtles, who acknowl-
i.it In- has hired the same on the Following conditions from
Nev\ Allian ton and again from Boston to New Albany,

for which voyage the lessors shall receive twenty pounds or four
hundred shillings Boston money, provided thai the said lessee shall
have eleven days free lay-da indition that the lessee rele

the lessors from all oncerning his carg cly. the

customs both at New Albany and at Boston. Furthermore the said
ee promises to pay the aforesaid h their order the said

of twenty pounds Boston money, when during this voy:
they shall bi ton. Hereto the tracting parties bind

their persons and estates, nothing excepted, stibj ill lords.

trts, tribunal- and judges. In witness whereof they have sub-
scribed this with their own hands in presence of Jan Harmensz
Backer and ' Vlarcellisz, in New Albany on the date above

written.

IB 1 OKI RM VN[S]
I I \K.\I.\NTS \ . M ]

I I IMASEN
As witne

Jan Harmenz Backer
,■>■/ Martcelyssen

1 aid attes

\iiki m \ van [lpendam, \ ot. Pub.

Will of Bastiaen de Winter

I40 blank; 41] In the na lod, Vmen. Know all men by

the content- of this present publii that in the year of

the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, one thousand six

hundred and ht, in the 29th year of I lis Royal Majesty

Greal n, King Charles the Second, on the 24th da)

the month of July, about << n the forenoon, before me.

Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public residing in New Albany,

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 453

appointed by the Right Honorable Edmond Andros, in behalf of
His Royal Highness James, governor general over all his territories
in America, pursuant to nomination for the places of New Albany,
colony of Renselaerswyck and the district thereof, and before the
hereinafter named witnesses, came and appeared the worthy
Bastiaen De Winter, bom at Middleburgh, 1 to me, the notary well
known, at present sick in body but having the full possession and
use of his reason, memory and understanding according to all out-
ward appearance; which appearer, considering the shortness and
frailty of human life, the certainty of death and the uncertainty
of the time and hour thereof, and wishing therefore to dispose
of his temporal effects to be left behind while through God's graqe
he is able as he does of his own free will and inclination, without
persuasion or misleading of anyone, has now ordained and deter-
mined this his testament and last will in form and manner follow-
ing: First and foremost commending his immortal ;oul whenever
it shall be separated from his body to the gracious and merciful
hands of God, his Creator and Savior, and his body to a Christian
burial, and furthermore revoking, canceling and annulling all and
every such testamentary dispositions and bequests as he heretofore
has made and executed, holding the same as null and of no effect
and now disposing anew, he, the appearer and testator, declares
[42] that he has instituted the deaconry of the Reformed Christian
Church of New Albany as his sole and universal heirs of all his
property to be left behind, as well personal as real.

All that is hereinbefore written the appearer declares to be his
last will and testament, desiring that after his death it may have
complete force and effect. Thus done and executed at the house
of the appearer on the Steenenhoeck, the year, day, month and
hour aforesaid.

Although the testator has not subscribed the foregoing, inasmuch
as immediately after he had heard it read and approved of it he
acknowledged it to be his last will and testament and that it must
be thus written, therefore we, the undersigned witnesses, are ready
(if need be) to confirm these by oath, he having suddenly died in
our presence after the reading of the foregoing. Done at the
Steenenhoeck, dated as above.

Jan Jansz Bleecker
Jacob Staets
In my presence,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

1 See about him Early Records of Albany, 2 124.

(5 ) I V RE< ORDS I '1 \! .I'.ANV

Contract of sale of a boatload of stone to be delivered by Jacob
Teunissen Quick to Wynant Gerritsen van der Poel

[43-44 blank; 45] On this 6th day of September 1678 appeared
before me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany, and before the undersigned witnesses, Wynant Gerritsz
vander Poel, of the one part, and Jacobus Teuni Quicq, of the
other part, who acknowledge that they hereby have agreed and
contracted in manner following, to wit: Jacobus Teunisz Quick
acknowledges thai he has sold to said Wynant Gerritsz a boat full
of good stone 1 Klipsieen 1 to be delivered here on the shore within
the next four week-, and that the boat shall not be laden with less
le than said seller delivered to William Loveridge, for which
a 1 buyer promises to pay said seller (so soon as he has received
the stone) eighty good, salable inch hoards. I he aforesaid con-
tracting parties herein hind their persons and estates, nothing
cepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In
confirmation of which they have subscribed this with their own
hands in X. Albany, dated as abovi

["his i- the mark X of JACOBUS
NISZ QUICK, made with his
own hand
Wynandt Gerreydts VAN D 1 Pi
As witnes 1

s Jansen Stauasi
rit Herttenberch

Quod attestor

ADR] M \ \ \\ Il.H NDAM, Vot. Pub.

Will of Reyer Jacobsen Schermerhorn and Ariaentje Arents.

his wife

[46 48 blank; 49I In the name of '..id. \men. Know all men

by the contents of this present public instrument that in the year

after the birth of our Lord and Savior lesu^ Christ, 11*7*. on the

7th daj of the month of September, about 6 o'clock in the after-

■:h year of his Royal Majesty of Great Britain, King

Charles 1! ! I e me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notary

public residing in New Vlban) (appointed by the Right Honorable
Edmond Andros, in behalf of his Royal II*

ei ritories in S and before

named witnessi i i ed the w orth) Re) er Jacobsz

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 455

Schermerhoorn, 1 born here in New Albany, and his wife Ariaentie
Arents, 1 born in the Esopus, well known to me, the notary, both
being- sound of body, walking and standing, and having perfect
use and command of their faculties, reason, memory, and under-
standing, to all outward appearances ; which appearers, considering
the shortness and frailty of human life, the certainty of death and
the uncertainty of the time and hour thereof, wishing therefore
to dispose of their temporal estate to be left behind while they yet
(through God's grace) are able and doing so of their own free will
and motion, without persuasion or misleading of any persons, they
have now ordained and determined this their last will and testament
in form and manner following :

First and foremost commending their immortal souls whenever
they shall be separated from their bodies to the gracious and
merciful hands of God, their Creator and Savior, and their bodies
to a Christian* burial, likewise revoking, annulling, and canceling
each and every such testamentary dispositions and bequests as they
heretofore may have made and executed, holding the same as
null and of no effect and now disposing anew, they, the appearers
out of a mutual and particular affection which during their mar-
riage estate they have borne for each other declare that they have
reciprocally nominated [50] and instituted the survivor of both of
them as their sole and universal heir to all the property, both per-
sonal and real, claims, credits, gold, silver, coined and uncoined,
nothing excepted, which the first deceased shall leave behind on his
or her death, whether in this country or elsewhere to do with the
same as with his or her own absolute property, without contradic-
tion or opposition from any persons ; likewise that no persons
whosoever they may be, whether magistrates, orphan masters,
relatives, or others shall have the right to demand of the survivor
any accounting or inventory of the estate so long as he or she shall
remain in his or her widowed condition, much less any security or
sureties therefor; and if so be. that the survivor again enter into
wedlock, he or she shall be holden a just half of the estate (as the
same shall then be found) to settle upon the remaining children,
that each and all may receive their legitimate portion, share and
share alike, of their father's or mother's estate, provided that the

1 Reyer Jacobsen Schermerhom was the eldest son of Jacob Jansen
Schermerhorn. He died February 19, 1719, and before his death made
another will, dated April 5, 1717, proved April o, 1726, of which an abstract
is printed in New York Historical Society. Collections, 1893, 26:335-37,
reprinted with slight variations in Richard Schermerhorn, jr., Schermerhorn
Genealogy and Family Chronicles, p. 64-66. The wife of Reyer Schermer-
horn was Ariaentje Arents Brat, a daughter of Arent Arentsen Brat and
Catalyntje Vos and the widow of Helmer Otten.

EARLY Ki : \XY

survivor shall receive t he income and profits thereof until the
children arrive al mature age or marriage estate, till which time
the survivor shall be holden to bring them up in the fear of the
Lord and (so far as the) may) have them tauj ding and

writing, together with some handicraft whereby they may earn
their living under God with honor; and if these appearers here-
after, whether in writing under their hands or signatures, or before
two or more trustworthy -witnesses by word ol mouth, bequeath
or devise anything more or make a further declaration or in the
aforesaid conditions change, increase or diminish anything, they
will and desire the same to be of the same force and el 1 by

all persons to be esti and holden as such, as if written and

described in this their will. All which abovesaid conditions tl
appearers declare to be their mutual last will and testament, desir-
ing that after the death of the first of them the same may have
full effect and force win testament, codicil, donation,

in a "ii of death, or otherwise, as may 1"

althi ne formalities demanded by [51] law

nut have been fully observed herein: requesting the utmost benefit
tn b d herefrom and one or more copies hereof in due form

iade to serve as occasion may require. Thus done and
i in New Albany at the house of the appearers in the
oi 1 'in De La Gransie and Evert Jansz Kuyper, trusl
called, who with the appearers have
I this with their own hands in Xew Albany, the year, moi

and hour aforesaid. , , .

J \\\.\ 1 1 1 iORN

AklAI \ ; \ is

A - w - 1 1

This 1- the mark \ of Omy De la Gransie,

le w ilh hi- ow n hand
Evert Janse

'id attestor

VdRIAI N \ \\ li Pi NDAM, \ ■ >!. Pub.

Bill of sale of a negress from Cornells van Borsum to Jan

Thomassen

[52 blank; 53 1 On this 27th daj of September [678 appeared
before me. Vdriaen van tlpendam, notar) public residing in Xew

Alb. ore the hereinafter named witnesses, the honorable

lie Jan 'Ihomas/.' of the one part, and the worthy CoriK

er part, who acknowledge that in all love

1 ! 11 \\ hitb

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 457

and friendship they have agreed and contracted in manner follow-
ing;, to wit: Said Mr Cornells van Borsum acknowledges that he
has sold to said Air Jan Thomas/: the youngest of his negresses
which he has at present here in New Albany and delivers the same
over to the buyer hale and sound and without any injury ; for
which said buyer promises to pay in hand to the aforenamed
seller immediately thirteen whole, salable beaver skins and twenty-
five skipples of peas in hand, and in addition two hundred skipples
of winter wheat, to wit, one hundred skipples in the spring of 1679
and the other hundred skipples of wheat in the spring of 1680,
by the first sloops, said wheat to be delivered free on board to
this Van Borsum or his order; for which this buyer binds his
person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts,
tribunals and judges, and in case of failure the worthy Jacob
Sandersz Glen and the worthy .Meyndert Harmensz for the afore-
said sum as principals remain sureties, also under pledge of their
respective persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all
lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In confirmation whereof they
have subscribed this with their own hands in New Albany, dated
as aforesaid, in presence of the honorable Sheriff Johannes Pro-
vost and surgeon Cornelis van Dyck, called as witnesses hereto.

cornelis van borsum
Jan Thomansz
Jacob Sanderse Glen
Meyndert Harmensz
As witnesses :

J oh: Provoost
Corn, van Dyck

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pith.

Lease of woodland behind the Hooghen Bergh from Gerrit
Teunissen van Vechten to Jan Roose

[54 blank; 55] On this 28th day of September 1678 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Gerrit
Teunisz van Vechten of the one part and Jan Roose of the other
part, who acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have
agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Said Gerrit
Teunisz acknowledges that he has let to the aforesaid Jan Roose

458 EARL\ R] I] ALBANY

twenty-two morgens of woodland lying behind the farm of the
Hooghen Bergh 1 where Gysbert Cornelisz now dwells, for the
term of ten i ive years commencing on the first of May 1679

and ending on the first of Ma) [689. The lessor promises to
deliver therewith one hundred merchantable boards and two milch
cows with calves at their sides; also three horses, to wit, a stallion
and two mare-; likewise a new wagon and a new plow with ropes
and all other appurtenances; and the lessor p at his own

iense to have a morgen of land cleared there before the nexl
fair;-' furthermore the lessor -hall the first two years sow for the
lessee, to wit upon the lessor's land, each year ten skipples of
wheat, on condition that the lessee -hall each year deliver -aid ten
skipples of wheat to him; and the lessor promises to make a proper
wagon road from his house to the lessee's house and a propei
bridge over the kill, and when the lessee undertake- to build the
lessor promises t<> -end a man for eight day- and a cart a- long a-
he may need the same. At the expiration of the lease the lessee
shall deliver hack the a furc-aid horses and cattle, or a like numbet
out of the increase, and the remainder of die increase -hall be divided
between the lessor and the lessee, each receiving a just halt, and
the aforesaid implements the lessee shall at the end of the lease
return in proper working [56 j order. The buildings and fences
which the lessee -hall put up on -aid land the lessor -hall pay for
according to appraisal after deducting the one hundred boards
which he 1- to deliver for the same, and the lessor -hall receive no
rent other than that the land which the lessee shall have cleared
during -aid term -hall belong to him, and when the aforesaid term
of ten years -hall have expired die lessee -hall have th< ■ 1 ■
in leasing [the land] again at a yearly rent of one hundred guilders
.an less than any other person -hall he willing to give for the
-.line. The lessor promises to deliver there a- many sheave
thatch a- -hall he needed For the bam and rick. The Eoi
the aid contracting parties mutually promise i" execute and per
form, binding thereto their persons and estates, real and personal,

"•This farm was situated on the ea of the Hudson river, mar the

Mill creek, in the present town of I G enbush and was occupied 1>\
1 inn Cornelissen van Breuckelen; sec Van Rensselaer Bowier Mss,

in fair, die 226 of September, or else having rcicrence
to a local lair to Ik- held either in Albany, or ai Greenbush. \n ,i,t p;
on November 11. 1692, provided foi two I 1} to be held in the city

Albany, the first fair to be held at Albany and to commence
on the third I 1 July, and thi held at "'

in Renssclaerswyck, on the third Tue r, each fair to

and no longer.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 459

nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.
In confirmation whereof they have subscribed this with their own
hands in presence of Harmen Jansz and Cornells Dyckman (called
as witnesses hereto), in Xew Albany, dated as above.

This is the mark X of Gerrit Teunisz
van Vechten, made with his own
hand
This is the mark X of Jan Roose,
made by himself
As witnesses:

Harmen Jansz
Cornells Dyckman

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Xot. Pub.

Lease of land from Gerrit Teunissen van Vechten to Cornells

Dyckman
[57] On this 28th day of September 1678 appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in Xew Albany),
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Gerrit Teunisz van
Vechten, of the one part, and Cornells Dyckman, of the other
part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friend-
ship they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit :
Said Gerrit Teunisz acknowledges that he has let to the afore-
named Cornelis Dyckman eighteen morgens of land, to wit, eight
morgens of cleared land and ten morgens of woodland, lying
southwardly of the farm where said lessor at present dwells, 1 for
the time of six following years, which term began on the first of
May of this year 1678 and will end in the first of May 1684. With
this land the lessor has delivered a stallion, a gelding and two mares
and three milch cows, which said lessee shall be holden to deliver
up again at the end of this lease, and if one or more thereof happen
to die, then he must make good the number delivered to him out of
the increase, and the remainder of the increase shall then be divided
between the lessee and lessor, to each a just half. The lessor prom-
ises to deliver there this present fall a house of at least the length
of a board square, and a four-post rick, and in the fall of next year
1679 a barn thirty feet long and twenty-eight feet broad; the lessor
has already delivered there a new plow with its appurtenances and
must likewise deliver there a new- wagon in the spring of 1679,

1 Apparently referring to a farm on the east side of the Hudson river;
see preceding document.

I] ALBANY

which said ■ : well as all other .\hich may have b

delivi r< d to him according to inventory he shall be holden to deliver
up again or the value thereof in as mdition as when

received them; for which afo rm (in place

the lessee promi ar yearly, one of said ten m

land and at the end of the lea eight morgens to deliver

up to the h een morgens of cleared land ( 58 ] properly

livered
n to tlii n the year 1683, in stubble). All that is

vritten tl aid contracting parties mutually proi

to execute and perform, binding therefor their persons and
real and pel I ithing 1

tribunals and judges. In confirmation ■ they have sub

scribed this with their own hand- in presence of 1 larnien Jansz
and Jan Roose 1 n New Albany, da

as above.

This is the mark X of GERRIT
TEUNISZ VAX \ made with

his own hand
\ mi. is 1 )
As w'itiH -

Harmen Jansz

This is the mark ■•- of Jan
himself
.'(/ attest

Adriaen vax Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease of land from Gerrit Teunissen van Vechten to Harmen

Jansen
[59] On tin- 28th d.<\ of September 1678 appeared before me,
Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public, in-siding in New Alban

ore the hereinafter named witnesses, Gerrit Teunisz van
the one part, and Harmen Jan: art, who

acknowledge that in all h friendship they have air' 1

ed in manner following, to wit: S errit Teunisz

acknowledges that he lias let to the aforenamed Harmen Ian-/ a

land comprising about three morgens, lying close

by the house where said h ■■■■. dwell-, which piece of land was

call' ' ; calf ture), 1 for tin- term of five 1

E> two

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 461

secutive years to begin on the first of May iOjy and end on the iirst
of May 1084, and the lessor promises now at the beginning of the
approaching winter to erect a proper fence along the road so far
as the land extends ; the lessor also shall be holden to provide a
wagon and two horses for the lessee every year to draw the manure
of his farmstead to said land, to wit, before or after seed-time, and
the lessor shall be holden all winter to draw out the manure from
the stable to the spot between the rear of the garden and the fence,
and even' fall to plow said land mice and harrow the same twice
and every spring the same, but the lessee must hold the plow
himself in the spring; for which he promises to pay the lessor as
yearly rent sixty skipples of good winter wheat, and the first pay-
ment thereof shall be made on the first of May [679, and so on
from year to year on the first of May without any delay. The
aforesaid contracting parties hereto bind their persons and estates,
real and personal, present and future, nothing excepted, subject to
all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In confirmation of which
they have subscribed this with their own hands in presence of the
worthy Jan Jansz Bleycker and Lambert van Valkenburch ( called
as witnesses hereto) in Xew Albany, dated as above.

This is the mark X of Gerrit
Tiieunisz, made by himself

Harmex Jansz
As witnesses :

Jan Jansz Bleecker
This is the mark -)- of Lambert van Valkenburg, made with his
own hand.

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale of a house and lot at Albany from Patience

Story to Gerrit Lansinck

[60 blank; 61] On this 2d day of October 1678 appeared before

me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in Xew Albany),

and before the afterwritten witnesses, the worthy Gerrit Lant-

singh, of the one part, and Patients Stoory, wife of Robert Stoory, 1

of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and

• friendship they have agreed and contracted in manner following,

to wit: Said Patients Stoory acknowledges that she has sold

1 Robert Story died at New York. December 2Q, 16S3. An abstract of his
will, dated December 25, 1683, and inventory of his estate are in New York
Historical Society, Collections, 1852, 25:244.

|i >j E \\<l.\ K M BANY

and now immediately delivers over to said Gerrit Lant-
singh a house and lot as it is now inclosed, lying between
the houses and lots of Geertie van Schaeyck and Joris
Heathcote, here in Albany, on the hill, all free and unin-
cumbered (excepting the lord'- right); for which the buyer pro

to pa) to the seller the sum of twenty-foui merchantable

beaver skins weighing at least five quarters of a pound each, to be
paid in the month of August [679. Said contracting parties hereto
bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all
lords, com!-, tribunals and indue-. In confirmation whereof they
have subscribed this with their own hands in presence of Court
Messenger Williaem Percker and Willem Lofferidge, junior, in
New Albany, dated as above.

Patience Story
Gerret Lansinck
As witnesses:

II ' in: Parker

II 'illiam I ouci idge Jun:

< iin',1 attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of Harmen Bastiaensen and Claes Jansen van
Rotterdam to build a barn for John Conell

[62 blank; 63 1 On this 18th day of October 1678 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany, and before the afterwritten witnesses, Jan Comeel, of the
one part, and Harmen Bastiaensz 1 and Claes Jacobsz van Rottei
dam, 2 of the other part, who acknowledge hereby that they have
agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Jan I
acknowledge- that he has let the contracl for a barn at Katskill to
Harmen Bastiaensz and Claes Jacob-/ van Rotterdam, who have
undertaken to build the -ame according to the specifications of the
barn of Harmen van Gansevoorl al Cat-kill, of which Claes Jansz

1 Harmen Bastiaensen was at New Amsten nrl on

September 13th of thai \ ed with Everl I vertsen Bi bout

Claesscn thi W< I India I sawmill on Noten, no I nor's

island. He cami to Ren < M| 1647 and on October 22, [653, ■

G leral Stuj . • ■ or sui veyi ir, 1 A

! His children ari the Rcfoi med Hutch

Church al Mbany under the nami but in a power of attorney

I 6 1 lii- father as the '■ I [armensz <le

Vyselaei " Sei 1 nial Mss 1 ■ 1 u>t Minutes ■

wyck, 1652 56, i>. 64, Holland Societj of New York, Yea 1 -i 1

I p. 4 of this volume.
1

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 463

has had the contract, provided that the contractors shall have the
benefit of all the hewn timber and shall begin to work thereon in the
month of February next 167JJ and not stop until the work shall be
completed; and the employer promises to take the contractors with
their tools with his own sleigh and horses to Katskil and not let
them wait for materials. For which said work the employer prom-
ises to pay said contractors or their order fifty whole beavers, but
can pay the same in good winter wheat as the market shall then be,
and promises to pay the just half next spring 167s, and the second
instalment, being the remainder, to pay to them or order in the
spring of i62£. The employer promises at his own expense to
deliver the aforesaid wheat free here on the shore at Albany. The
aforesaid contracting parties hereto mutually bind their persons and
estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and
judges, and have subscribed this with their own hands in presence
of Captain Johannes Clute and Claes Lock (called as witnesses
hereto), in New Albany, dated as above.

John Conell
Harmen Bastiaens
Claes Jacobse
As witnesses :

Johanns Chile

Claes Locq

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale of one-half of a house and lot at Albany from
Arent van den Bergh to John Conell

[64 blank; 65] On this 22d day of October 1678 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), and before the afterwritten witnesses, Arent vanden
Bergh, of the one part, and Jan Corneel, of the other part, who
hereby acknowledge that in love and friendship they have agreed
and contracted in form and manner following, to wit : Arent vanden
Bergh acknowledges that he has sold the half of a hous° and lot
and all his interest in said house and lot, to wit, in the half thereof;
which said house and lot stand and lie on the hill here in Albany
between the houses and lots of Andries Teller and Williaem
Percker; which said half house and lot the seller now delivers to
the buyer free and unincumbered (but always excepting the lord's
right) ; for which said buyer promises to pay said seller or his order

464 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

fort}' good, whole, sa iver skins, the same to be paid in the

following instalments, to wit, the first half in the month of
June 1679 ai "l ;! instalment, in the month

of June 1

1 contracting parties hereto bind their persons and estates,
real and ■ ■ ■ ■ pted, subji 11 lords, courts,

tribunals and judges; and said buyi illy binds said half house

and lol and furthermore generally all his properly, nothing excepted.
In a >i they have subscribed this with their own

hands in pr< 1 : Mr Maerten Crygier, junior, and Maes Cor-

nelisz, coppersmith, called as witnesses hereto, in New Albany,
dated as above.

This is the mark AB of Aren 1 \

made with his own
hand.
John Conel[l]
As \\ itnesses :
M: Creger

Mars Cornelysz, koperslager 1
attestor
Adriaen van [lpendam, Not. Pub.] 2

Contract of sale of land opposite Claverack from Capt. Johannes

Clute to Pieter Bosie and Jan van Loon

I 66 blank; 67] 3 On this tenth day of Decembei [678 appeared

me, Adriaen van llpendam, notary public < residing in New

Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Captain

Johannes Clute 'of the first pari and Pieter Bosie and Jan van Loon

of tlif second part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and

friendship the) havi 1 : and contracted witl in

form and manner following, to wit: Captain Johannes Clute

acknowledges tha old and Pieter Bosie and Jan van Loon

that the) have bough) a certain parcel of land situated and lying

tverrack a- shall appear by the patent 1 which

was granted to Captain Clute, Jan Bruyns and Jurriaen Teunisz

1 Maes Cornell nith, a son of Cornell- Maessen van Buren.

8 In X. Y. Ili-t. Soc, Collections, 1892, 25:110, appears an .il>>iract of the
will of Stoffel Janscn Abeel and 1 lilt, tie, his wife, executed before Adriaen
van [lpendam 1 78, showing tli

mber 10th, th< sing in this volumi

trial Papers.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 465

1>\ the honorable Governor General Richard Nicols), 1 to wit, his
just third part of the whole land which belongs to him, Captain
Clute, in company with the Honorable Alajor Abraham Staas and
Aleyndert Fredericsz; excepting that piece of land which said
Captain Clute has presented and assigned to the daughter of Har-
men Thomasz, shoemaker," and what besides said Captain Clute
and Jurriaen Teunisz and Meyndert Fredericsz have sold to Alaerten
( ierritsz. The said seller delivers the said land to the buyers imme-
diately, for which said buyers promise to pay the aforenamed seller
or his order the sum of fifty whole, salable beaver skins in good
winter wheat- at market price, to be delivered free here in Albany
within the next ten following years, each year five whole beavers or
wheat as aforesaid, of which the first payment shall be made on
the first of May i<>yg and so on from year to year; and the seller
promises to said buyers at the end of said ten years properly to
convey the land, free and unincumbered (saving the Lord's right).
In confirmation of which they have subscribed this with their own
hands without craft or guile in presence of the Court Messenger
Williaem Percker and Captain Hans Hendricsz, called as wit-
nesses hereto, in New Albany, dated as above; binding thereto
their persons and estates, real and personal, nothing excepted,
subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.

Johanns Clute

This is the mark of + Pieter Bosie,

made by himself
Jan van Loon
As witnesses :
Wm Parker
Hans Heindrlcsz

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

1 This patent, dated May 25, 1667, was for a tract of land on tin- west
side of the Hudson river, near Athens, X. Y. The land became afterwards
known as Loonenburg and a new patent for it was issued on June 2, 1688,
by Gov. Thomas Dongan ; see History of Greene County, pub. by J. B. Beers
& Co., New York 1884, p. 152H50. On page 104 of the same History it is
stated that Jan van Loon " is supposed to have come from Holland about
1686." This is incorrect. Jan van Loon is entered in the marriage records
of the Reformed Dutch Church of New- York under date of 1676 as a young
man from " Luyck," which is the Dutch name for Liege, in Belgium. In
spite of his Dutch name, he was evidently a Walloon and spoke French, for
in a " List of the Heads of Families in the City and County of Albany,"
dated June 16, 1697, printed in Munsell's Annals of .Uhciux. 9:88, he is given
as a Papist and a Frenchman. Pieter Bosie, who in other places seems to
be referred to as Pieter the Frenchman, may also have been from Luyck.

2 Wyntje H->rmens. the daughter of Harmen Thomassen Hun ; see Early
Records of Albany, 2:119-22.

466 EARLY K! i ALBANY

Will of Gerrit Harttenberch and his wife Jaepje Schepmoes

(incomplete)

[68 blank; 69 | In the name of God, Amen. Know all men by
the contents of thi> present public instrument that in the year after
the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Chrisl 1678, on the 24th
day of the month of December, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon,
before me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany (appointed by the Righl Honorable Edmond Andros in
behalf of His Royal Highness James, Duke of York, governor
general over all his territories in America), and before the herein-
after named witnesses, came and appeared the worthy Gerrit Har-
denbergh, 3 born at Maerssen, and the virtuous Jaepie Schepmoes,
born in New York, married people here in New Albam dwelling,
well known to me, the notary, both being sound in body, walking
and standing, and having perfect use and command of their facul-
ties, reason, memory and understanding to all outward appearances;
which appealer-, considering the shortness and frailty of human
life, the certaint) of death and the uncertainty of tin- time and
hour thereof and wishing therefore pose of their temporal

effects to In- left behind while they (through God's grace) may
have the power, and which tin \ both do of their own free will and
inclination without persuasion or misleading of any persons, have
now ordained and determined this their mutual last will and testa
men; in form and manner following: First and foremost com-
mending their immortal souls (whenever they shall be separated
from their b idies 1 to the gracious and merciful hand- of ( lod, their
Maker and Savior, and their bodies to a I hristian burial; like.
revoking, annulling and canceling hereby till and ever) such testa
mentar\ disposition and bequests a- they may have heretofore made
and 1 ect ted, holding the same a- null and of no effect and now
making a new disposition, they, the appearers and testators, out of
mutual and particular love which in their n e-tate the) have

borne and -till bear for each other, reciprocally declare that they
I 70 1 nominated and instituted, as hereby the) do, the survivor of
both of them as their sole and universal heir to all the property,
as well real as pi toney, gold, silver, coined

and uncoined, jewel-, woolens, and linen, household furniture, etc.,
notl I, which either one of them tir-t dying -hall leave

behind, a- well in this country as elsewhere, to do therewith as

his name sometimes "Hi h," and

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 46/

with his or her own absolute property, without contradiction or
opposition from any persons; willing likewise that no one whoso-
ever he may be, whether magistrates, orphan masters, relatives or
others shall have authority to demand any accounting or inven-
tory of the estate, much less security or sureties for the same, but
on the contrary they appoint the survivor guardian and master or
mistress of all their children and property so long as the same
shall remain in his or her widowed condition; and if so be that the
survivor again enter into wedlock, he or she shall be holden a just
half thereof (as the same shall then be found) to settle upon the
children left behind and in case one or more children die after the
settlement then shall this child's or children's portions be inherited
by the remaining children, and in case the survivor die unmarried,
then the children shall have all the estate left behind, the same to
be divided among them share and share alike : but the youngest
child or children must be brought up out of the undivided estate
until they are 8 years old and then all the other children shall
receive a like portion. And the survivor shall be holden to bring
up the children in the fear of the Lord, and (so far as possible)
have them taught reading and writing and some hand : craft by which
thev may earn their living; to which end he or she shall receive the
income and profits of their portions until they come to maturity or
marriage estate; if the testator die first, then the son or sons left
behind shall receive all their father's clothes, both linen and woolen,
which belonged to his body; and if the testatrix die first, then the
daughters left behind . . . [the rest wanting].

Bill of sale from Meus Hoogeboom to Claes van Petten of a
half interest in the sloop Royal Lock
[71] On this 21st day of January 167 § appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany),
and before the undersigned witnesses, Meeuwes Hoogheboom of the
first part and Claes van Petten of the second part, who hereby
acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have agreed and
contracted in form and manner following, to wit : Meeuwes Hooge-
boom acknowledges that he has sold to Claes van Petten the half
of his sloop (named de Royael Lock' 1 ) at present lying here close
by Xew Albany in Steeven's kill, which aforesaid half-interest in
the sloop the seller now delivers to the buyer with the half of all

1 The Royal Lock. Tn a subsequent bill of sale from Men- Hnor'ebo m to
Hendrick Abelsen and Nanning Harmensen, dated June 30, 1684, the sloop
is called De Rovacl Ock, which would seem to be intended f r " The Roval
Oak."

EAR] BANY

its appurtenances, free and unincumbered, to wit, with sails, ropes,
anchors, pot and kettle, bowls, and all the things which were used

jether with the boat; for which said buyer
pron pay to the aforenamed seller or his order the sum of

one hundred and eighteen good, whole, salable beavi at eight

ders the beaver, but he may pay the halt of said beavers in
1 winter wheal at market price when the payment shall be
made; it is stipulated that the first payment, a fourth part, shall be
made in the month of .May 1679, in good winter wheat; a second
fourth part in the month of August of the same year [679, in
beavers; the third fourth part in tin- month of May [680, again
in good winter wheat, and the fourth or lasl fourth part again in
beavers in the year r68o in the month of August. The aforesaid
contracting parties have expressly stipulated that if one of them
should desire to sell his half of said sloop, the party that owns the
other half shall have the refusal thereof. The aforesaid contra
ing parties hereto bind their persons and 1 tothing excepted,

subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and In witness

whereof they have subscribed this with their own hands in presence
of Jurriaen Teunisz van Tappaen and I'ieter Meesz Vrooman
(called as witnesses hereto) in New Albany, dated as abi

Ml ! IOM

Cl VES VAN i

As witnesses:

Jure .hut Tunsen
Pieter Meesen I 'rooman

Quod attestor

ADRIAEN VAX ILPENDAM, -Yd/, rub.

Bill of sale from Claes van Petten to Meus Hoogeboom recon-

veying a half interest in the sloop Royal Lock

[ 72 1 On this 6th day of August 1679 I before me,

Adriaen van flpendam, notary public residing in New Ubany, and

before the afterwritten witnesses, Meeuwes II one

pan. and Claes van Petten, of the other part, who hereby acknowl-

ave in all hip agreed and contracted

in manner following, to wit: ('lac- van Petten acknowledges that

he has sold and Meeuwes Hoogeboom that he has bought the half

the sloop 1 named de / with all her appurtenances as

1 .an Petten bought the same of said Meeuwes Hoc

1 the 2IS1 of January 107;, and -aid l lie- van Petten now

i ball" -loop with 1 all that belongs thereto

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 469

free and unincumbered; for which said buyer promises to pay to
said seller one hundred and ten good, salable beaver skins at eight
guilders the beaver; the half can be paid in good wheat at beavers
price, in two instalments, the first cash down, and the second in
August 1680; but all the outstanding claims (which they have
earned together with the sloop) they shall collect together and
each shall receive a just half thereof.

Said contracting parties hereto bind their persons and estates,
real and personal, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts,
tribunals and judges. In witness whereof they have subscribed
this with their own hands in presence of Jurriaen Jansz 1 van Tap-
pen and Stoffel Jansz Abeel, called as witnesses hereto, in New
Albany, dated as above.

Claes van Petten
Meeus Hoogeboom
As witnesses:

Jure Jan Tunsen
Stoffel Jansz Abeel

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Will of Storm van der Zee and Hilletie Lansingh, his wife

[73] 1° the name of God, Amen. Know all men by the contents
of this present public instrument that in the year after the birth of
our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 167*, on the 24th day of the
month of February, about 11 o'clock in the forenoon, before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany
(appointed by the Right Honorable Edmond Andros in behalf of His
Royal Highness James, Duke of York, governor general of all his
territories in America) and before the hereinafter named witnesses,
came and appeared the worthy Storm van der Zee, being at present
sick in body, and his wife, Hilletie Lantsingh, at present sound in
body, but both having perfect command and use of their faculties,
reason, memory and understanding to all outward appearance ;
which appearers, considering the shortness and frailty of human
life, the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time and hour
thereof, and therefore desiring to dispose of their temporal effects
to be left behind while (by God's grace) they are able, which they
do of their own free will and inclination, without persuasion or
misleading of any persons, have ordained and determined this their

1 Thus in the original

4/0 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

■ will ami testament in form and manner following: First and
foremosl commending their immortal souls (whenever the same
shall be separated from their bodies) in tin gracious and merciful
oi God, their Creator and Savior, and their bodies to a
1 hristian burial, likewise hereby revoking, annulling and cancel
all and every such testamentary disposition and bequests as
they have jointly and severally heretofore made or executed, hold-
ing the same mill and of no effect and now making a new disposi-
tion, they, the appearers and testators, out of mutual and particu-
lar affection which they in their marriage estate have borne and
-till bear toward each other, reciprocall) declare that they have
nominated and instituted, a- hereb) the) do. the survivor of the two
as their sole | 74 ] and universal heir to all their property, real and
tl, claims, credits, money, gold, silver, coined and uncoin. d.
jewels, clothing, linen and woolens, household furniture, etc.. noth

I .< e] lid, which the 1 he first dying shall leave behind, whether in
in- countr) or elsewhere, to do therewith as with his or her own

e property, without opposition or contradiction from any
ms . willing likewise that no one whosoever hi- may be. whether
magistrates, orphan master-, relatives or others, shall have the
t to demand of the survivor any accounting or inventor) of the
tate. so long as the same -ball remain in his or her widowed con-
dition, much less security or sureties; and if SO be that the survivor

II enter into wedlock, he or -be -ball be holdcn to settle a ju-t
half of the estate (as the same may then be found 1 upon the chil-
dren left behind that they may each and all receive, -hare and share
alike, their legitimate portion of their father's or mother's estate;

Ovided that the survivor shall receive the income and profits
thereof until the children arrive at maturity or marriage estate,
until which time the survivor -ball be bound to bring them up in
the fear of the Lord and to have them taughl reading and writing,
ether with some handicraft whereby they may earn their living
under God with honor. All that i- hereinbefore written, they, the
appearers. declare to be the la-t will and testament of them both,
willing and desiring that after the death of one of them the same
ma) have full force and virtue, whether a- le-tameut. codicil, don.1-
t on. gift in anticipation of death or otherwise as the same may be-t

bi carried out, notwith landing thai some formalities required by

and usage mai not have been observed herein, desiring that

the utmo I may be enjoyed herefrom and that one or more

ruments hereof in proper form may be made and delivered to

ion requires. Thus done and executed in New

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 471

Albany at the house of the appearers, in presence of Jacob van
Noorstrant and Steeven Jansz Coningh, called as witnesses hereto,
the year, month, day and hour aforesaid, and subscribed by the
same.

Storm van der Zee
hllletiex lansinck
As witnesses :

Jacob Jansen van Nortstrent
This is the mark -f- of Steeven Jansz
( oninck, made with his own hand
Quod attestor

Adriaen vax Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of Claes Jansen van Baren to build a house for Capt.
Hans Heindricksen

[75 and 76 blank; 77] On this 28th day of February 167 f,
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing
in New Albany, (and before the afternamed witnesses) Captain
Hans Heyndricsz, of the one part, and Claes Jansz van Baren, 1
of the other part, who acknowledge that in all love and friendship
they have agreed and contracted in form and manner following,
to wit : Said Claes Jansz acknowledges that he has contracted to
build for Capt. Hans Heyndricksz a house 22 feet in breadth, or so
broad as the timber which said Claes Jansz has seen there will
allow, in length on the west side 15 feet and on the east side about
18 feet, but all in proportion as the work will allow ; to make therein
two door frames and two [window] frames with crossing transom
and mullion," the ceiling matched and planed and the floor laid and
planed, stairs to the garret and a window with two lights in the
garret, the roof covered with overlapping clapboards and a com-
mon mantelpiece ; furthermore properly to hang the doors and
windows and in all to make and put up three gutters, one on said
house, one between this house and the large house and one on the
west side of the large house where said Capt. Hans Heyndricsz
dwells ; moreover to make the house tight on all sides and also to

1 Probably intended for Baarn, a village in the province of Utrecht,
Netherlands.

2 Tzvce cruys-cosynen; meaning windows with four lights, as distinguished
from bol-cosynen, which have no mullion in the center and consequently
contain but two lights, an upper light with stationary sash and a lower light
with swinging sash. Owing to the peculiar use of the word bol, which ordi-
narily means " convex," the term bol-cosyn has frequently been translated as
" bay-window," thus giving an erroneous impression of the construction of
the early Dutch houses.

47- EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

make ;i proper gate on the easl side and half the fence between
Adriaen van Ilpendam and the lot of said Capt. Hans Heyndricsz;
furthermore properly to lay the flour in the old house, in the |
vision cellar and in the kitchen cellar; to saw off the posts in the
kitchen cellar, to wit, in the rear of the same and the front on the
south side of the old house to repair. The contractor promises to
begin within three weeks from now ami not t<> stop until -aid work
is completed ; for which work said ('apt. Han- Heyndrics promises
to pac said contractor (when said work shall be completed) the

sum of twelve g 1. whole, salable beaver skins. Said contracting

parties hereto bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted,
submitting the same to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In
confirmation whereof the) have subscribed this with their own
hands in presence of Barent Meyndersz and Frans Ian-/ Pruyn
i called as witnesses hereto) in Albany, dated a- above.

Claks Jansen
Hans Heindrh
As w itnesses :

Barent Meyndersz
Frans Jansen Pruyen

lod attestor

\l RIAEN VAN II t, Not. Plib.

Lease of a farm at Schenectady from Willem Teller to Claes
Willemsen Coppernol
| 78 blank; 79 1 < )n this [2th daj of April [679 appeared before
me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public 1 residing in New \lban\ 1,
and before the afti I witnesses, Mr Willem Teller, who

declares that he has let ' Willem-/ ( ■ that be has

hired a certain, the lessor's farm, lying at Schanechtade, with all
the farming implerm ording to the inventory to be made

thereof, upon the following terms: The lease -hall commence on
the first day of lime next, at which time -hall be delivered the

horses, cows and hogs together with the buildings and implements

.hich the lessee -ball from that time on for the period of -i\
con years bear tin- risk and expense. I be lessor -hall

ver with .-aid farm ti\c geldings ami three mares ami five milch
cows, which hoi--., md cattle shall all together be Kepi as
and increase according to the praiseworthy custom of Rensselaers-
wvek ; also two sow - about two years old, for win. I see must

for slaughter, except the I

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 4/3

year; furthermore a suitable dwelling house, barn and wagon shed,
all roof-tight, with three grain ricks, all in good condition. The
lessor shall also be holden to deliver the farmstead and the pasture
land properly inclosed with a good, tight fence and to have the
manure of the farm carted away clean ; likewise to make a fence
for the garden on the flat. Furthermore he shall furnish four
wagons in good repair, of which two are to have the ironwork
complete, one is to have iron axles without bushings and one is to
be a wooden wagon ; two plows in working order with their appur-
tenances, one harrow, two sleds, of which one is a wood sled and
the other a freight sled, and all the necessary implements nut
hereinbefore mentioned. The aforesaid farmland is at present sown
with sixty-six skipples of winter wheat and the remainder shall in
proper time be sown with summer grains according to the pleasure
of the lessee, who at the end of his lease must put the like amount
of grain in the ground, skipple for skipple. The lessor shall as a
fair rent during the said six next following years receive each year
one hundred and sixteen skipples of good winter wheat, the first
payment of which shall be made next year 1680 in January, Feb-
ruary and March, and so on promptly every following year, the
payments to be made in Albany, with three days' wood-hauling
yearly, the delivery of two cows and twenty-four pounds of butter
for all the cattle, excepting the first year. The lessor [80] shall
also receive every year the just half of the apples which grow in
the orchard, the same to be delivered here in Albany by the lessee ;
but the lessor reserves the upper chamber of the dwelling house
for the use of himself and his family. Furthermore the lessee shall
be holden to defray himself, without charge to the lessor, all taxes
and charges which shall be laid on said farmland or the common
village during the term of this lease, but in case of attack by
enemies or war (which is not to be hoped) he shall be free from all
[obligation], that is, in case of being driven off or expelled, or in
case anything be lost in such calamities or distress. At the expira-
tion of his lease, the lessee shall be holden to redeliver everything
comprehended in this lease in good condition, wear and tear
excepted, together with a clean farmstead, just as the same shall
be delivered to him. For the performance of which the said con-
tracting parties bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted,
subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness of
which they have subscribed this with their own hands (in presence
of the worthy Jiarriaen Teunisz van Tappaen and Anthony van

474 EARLY KECORDS OF ALBANY

Schayck, called as witnesses hereto) in New Albany on the

above written.

Wille[m] T[el]ler

As witnesses: ( i.aes Willems

Jure Jan Tunsen

Antony van Schaick

Quod attestor

Adriaen van [lpendam, Not. /'lib.

Indenture whereby Elisabeth de Honneur binds her son Abraham
Jansen to Gerrit Visbeeck for the term of eight years

[ 8 1 1 ( In this 5th day of May [679, appeared before me, Adriaen
van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Alban) 1. and before
the afterwritten witnesses, the worthy ( ierril Visbeeck, of the one
part, and Elisabeth Gerritsz De Honeur, of the other part, who
acknowledge thai they have agreed and contracted in all love and
friendship in manner following, to wit: Said Elisabeth Gerritsz
acknowledges that she has hired ou1 her little son named Abraham
Jansz 1 who i- now about ten years of age i to said (ierrit Visbeeck,
in perform all proper labor to the besl of his ability with all diligence
and faithfulness foi the nine of eighl consecutive years, which time
began on Amsterdam hair day' [677, and is to end on Amsterdam
Fair-da) [685; and said (ierrit Visbeeck pronvses to furnish said
youngster during said time with proper food and clothes, woolen and
linen, to teach him to read and at the end of said term of service,
besides his work day and Sunday suits, to give him a new suil

1 lothes, a new hat, a pair of new stockings and -hoe-, six g 1 new

shirt-, a cow three yeat old and six new cravats.

For the performance of which said contracting panic- hind their
persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, court-.
tribunals and judges. In witness whereof they have subscribed
this with their own hand- in presence of Jan Verbeeck and Hans
I 'neper i called a- witnesses hereto), in New Albany on the date
above written.

RR] I VlSBI I CK

This is the mark • of El rs ujeth

< riERRITSZ D] Hi iNI I'K. made with
As witnesses: her own hand

Jan I 'erbeeck

I Inns Dreper

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

' 22r!

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 4/5

Lease of a house and lot in Albany from Wynant Gerritsen
van der Poel to John Gilbert
[82 blank; 83] On this 12th day of May 1679 appeared before
me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany)
and before the afternamed witnesses, Wynant Gerritsz vander Poel
of the one part and Jan Gilbertsz of the other part, who acknowl-
edge that in all love and friendship they have agreed and con-
tracted in manner following, to wit : Wynant Gerritsz acknowl-
edges that he has let and Jan Gilbertsz that he has hired a certain
house and lot where the lessee now dwells here in Albany ( and
has leased until the first of June this year 1679) and the said
lessor now lets said house and lot again to said lessee for the time
of the next following eleven months, which time shall begin on
the first day of June of this year 1679 and shall end on the first
day of May 1680; for which the lessee promises to pay the lessor
or his order eleven good, whole, salable beaver skins, or the value
thereof in good strung seawan, or good winter wheat as the market
shall then be, all to be paid punctually quarter yearly ; but the
lessee must deliver the wheat free at the lessor's house without
any expense to the lessor. Also, the lessee acknowledges that he
shall be indebted for rent ( when the first day of June of this year
1679 shall come) in the sum of thirty guilders and six stivers in
beavers, which sum he shall then be holden to pay in the same
manner as is stipulated for the new rent. Said contracting parties
promise to execute and perform what is hereinbefore written under
pledge of their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to
all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness of which they
have subscribed this with their own hands (in presence of Mr
Abraham van Tricht and Jacob Abrahamsz Kuyper, called as wit-
nesses hereto) in New Albany, dated as above.

wynandt vax dr poell
John Gilp.ertt
As witnesses :

Abram van Tricht

Jacob Abrahamsen

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale of a house and lot in Albany from Jacob Tyssen
van der Heyden to Tierck Harmensen
[84 blank; 85] On this 13th day of May 1679 appeared before
me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany,

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

and before the afterwritten witnesses, Jacob Tysz vander I teyden,
of the one part and Tirck Harmensz of the other part, who acknowl-
edge that in all love and friendship they have agreed and a
tracted in maimer following, to wit: Said Jacob Tysz acknowledges
that he has -aid Tierck Harmensz a certain ho 1 lot

uding and lying here in Xew Albany and at present inhabit
by Sheriff Gerard Swart; and the seller promises to deliver said
house and lot to said buyer on the first of May 1680, with all his
rights and privileges thereto belonging as it lies in its fence, with all
that is fast by earth or nail (excepting the little apple trees), free
and unincumbered 1 excepting the lord's right). The buyer promises
to pay the seller or his order therefor the sum of one hundred and
twenty-six good, whole, salable beaver skins at eight guilders apiece,
but the same can be paid in good winter wheat . salable

boards, all as the market .-hall then he. the same t" be paid in the
following instalments, t" wit. the just half of said sum, being
sixty three bi ■ the value thereof as aforesaid, on the first of

May [680 'in the delivery of said house, the third quarter part on
the first of May 1681, and the last quarter part on tin- first of May
1 682, in the same manner . -aid.

Said contracting parties hereto bind their persons and estates,
real and personal, present and future, nothing excepted, subject to
all lord-, courts, tribunals and judge-. In confirmation of which
they have subscribed this with their own hands tin presence of
Tan van Loon and \lheit Jan-/ Ryckman called as witne
in Xew- Albany, i ove.

Jacob They[s]en vandi i n

This is the mark II of I

-/.. made by himself
As h iluc-

.'iii! van Lo

iinin

ittcstor

\m;i \r.\ VAN II PENDAM '11b.

Contract of sale of a house and lot in the Esopus from Juriaen
Teunissen Tappen to Capt. Thomas De Lavall
1 86 88 blank: 89 1 On this 26th da) of May [679 appeared
befi an llpendam, notary public (residing in Xew

Albany), and befi terwritten ten Teui

van Tappen of the one part and the Hoi Captain

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 477

De Laval of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that they have
agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit : Jurriaen
Teunisz acknowledges that he has sold and said Honorable De
Laval that he has bought a certain house and lot with all his rights
and privileges thereto belonging, standing and lying in the Esopus
at Kinghstoun, over against the house where at present the domine
dwells, and said Jurriaen Teunisz delivers said house and lot i a?
he has received the same from the Honorable YVillem Beeckman)
to said Air De Laval, to be taken ion of by him so soon as

he shall make his next visit thither, all free and unincumbered
(except the lord's right) : for which said house and lot said Jur-
riaen Teunisz acknowledges himself to be fully paid and satisfied.
Said contracting parties hereto bind their persons and estates,
nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.
In witness whereof they have subscribed this with their own hands
in presence of the Honorable Captain Salisbury and YVillem Siae
'called as witnesses hereto) in Albany, dated as above.

JureJan Tunsen Tappen
Tiio: D. Lavall
As witnesses :

SUve: Salisbury
ll'ii! Shaw, witness

Quod attestor

AliRIAEX VAX Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Agreement whereby Benjamin Roberts binds the children of
Carsten the Noorman to serve Claes Teunissen in the Esopus
during the harvest

[90-92 blank; 93] On this 14th day of June 1679 appeared
before me. Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public ( residing in
Albany), Beniamen Robbertsz of the first part, and Claes Teunisz
of the second part, in presence of the Honorable Jan Fynaghen.
elder, and the Honorable Jan Jansz Bleecker, deacon of this Chris-
tian Reformed Church here, who hereby acknowledge that in all love
and friendship they have agreed and contracted in manner follow-
ing, to wit: Claes Teunisz acknowledges that on this date he has
given freedom to the children of Carsten De Xoorman, who have
until this date dwelt with him in the Esopus, to wit, a son of said
Carsten De Xoorman named Teunis Carstenz, now about eighteen
and a half vears old. and a daughter of said Carsten named Lvsbeth

478 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

tin-, now aged about fourteen years; which said contracting

parties mutually acknowledge that all claims on said children are

annulled ami canceled; furthermore said contracting parties are

now on this date agreed that said I nun- < arstensz shall continue

to dwell with said Claes Teunisz and help him during the whole

harvesl of this present year, he paying therefor the ordinary wages

given h\ others, said mone) to be paid to the honorable consistor)

in the Esopus al Kinghstoun, who are authorized to receive the

same; and for the time before the harvesl which said young man

may serve shall said (lacs Teunisz paj according to the common

wage 3 guilders a day to said honorable consistory, on condit

that said master during the aforesaid time -hall provide said young

man with all proper food and drink and said young man with all

diligence and faithfulness shall serve out -aid time: and said

daughter Lysbeth Carstens shall he holden to dwell with -aid Claes

Teunisz through the harvest of this presenl year and he to pay her

therefor what i- reasonable. Said contracting parties mutually

prom se to execute and perforin what is hereinbefore written under

pledge "i their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all

lords, court,-, tribunals and judges. In witness whereof they have

subscribed this with their own hands in New Albany, on the date

above written .... . . ., . .,

J Ins is the mark K 01 BENIAMIN

Robbi R i sz, made by him

This i- the mark of Cl

A- witnesses: Teunisz, made by himself

Jan 1 'inhaeghen
Jan Jansz Bleecker

i ' a ,/ attestor

Adriaen van [lpendam, .Y<>/. /'

Contract of sale of a house and lot in Albany from Gerrit
Harttenberch to Jan Jansen Ouderkerck and Jeronimus
Wendel

[94 blank; 95! < »u this 30th da) of June 1679 appeared before
me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public residing in New Albany,
and before the hereinafter written witnesses. Gerrit Hardenbergh,
of the one p: [an Jan-/ 1 (uderkerck and Jeronimus Wendel,

of the other pari, who hereb) acknowledge that the) have agreed
and contracted in manner following, to wit: Gerrit Hardenbergh
that he has sold to said Jan Jan-/ Ouderkerck and.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 4/9

Jeronimus Wendel a house and lot and all his rights and privileges

thereto belonging, standing and lying on the hill on the north side

of the house of Mr Cornells Steenwyck and on the south side of

the house and lot of Harmanus Burgersz; and said buyers promise

to pay cash for said house and lot (so soon as it is delivered to

them) the entire sum plus the auction fees for which he has just

now purchased the same at vendue, and moreover they promise to

pay Gerrit Hardenbergh live whole, good, salable beaver skins. The

said contracting parties hereto bind their persons and estates,

nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and

judges. In confirmation of which they have subscribed this with

their own hands ( in presence of Jacob Sandersz and Aernout Cor-

nelisz Yiele, called as witnesses hereto) in New Albany, on the

date above written. „ TT

Ci. Harttenberch

Jan Ouderkerck

As witnesses: Heronimus Wendel

Jacob Sanders Glen

Amout Corn: Viele

In my presence,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Will of Rutger Arentsen, shoemaker
[96 blank; 97] In the name of God, Amen. Know all men by
the contents of this present public instrument that in the year after
the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 1679, the 30th day
of the month of June, before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary
public residing in New Albany (appointed bv the Right Honorable
Edmond Andros in behalf of his Royal Highness James, Duke of
York, governor general over all his territories in America) and
before the afternamed witnesses, came and appeared the worthy
Rutgert Arentsz Schoemaecker, 1 born in the Twent at Denekamp, 2
well known to me, the notary, being still reasonably sound of body,
walking and standing, and having perfect use and command of his
faculties, reason, memory and understanding; which appearer, con-
sidering the shortness and frailty of human life, the certainty of
death and the uncertainty of the time and hour thereof, desiring

1 Rutger Arentsen, or Aertsen, the shoemaker, not to be confused with
Rutger Arentsen, the tailor, who died in Beverwyck in 16.S4; see Early
Records of Albany, 1 :aoi, .wo.

2 Denekamp is a village in the district of Twenthe, in the province of
Overysel, Netherlands.

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

therefore to dispose of his temporal effects to be lefl behind w ;
he yet (through God's grace) is able, as he docs of his own free
will and inclination, without persuasion or misleading of any per-
son, has now ordained and determined this his last will and testa-
ment in form and manner following: First and foremost com-
mending his immortal soul (whenever it shall be
his bod) I to the gracious and merciful hand- i . his Maker
and Savior, and his body to a Christian burial ; at the same time
revoking, annulling and canceling hereby all and every such tes
mentary disposition and bequests as he heretofore may have made
and executed, holding the same as null and of no effect, and now
making a new di n, he then -lares that he has nomi-

nated and instituted, as he hereby does, his brothers and sisters, or
his brothers' and sisters' children m their fathers' or mothers' place,
to wit, his brother Jan Scholten, dwelling in the Twent at 1 >■ ■
kamp, and the children left by his late brother Lambert Aertsz, and
the children left by his late brothei Uefl Aertsz, as also his sister
Gebbecke \n: D and his sister Aeltie \.erts l>'.' as the sole and
universal heirs to all the property or monies to be lefl behind in
this country as well as elsewhere, each to share therein equally
with, the others, and the testator declares expressly [ 98 1 that there
is due to him from Heyndrick Jurriaensz Schilt, flax dealer, dwell
ing at Amsterdam in the St Nicolaes street, the sum of nine hun-
dred guilders, tin- obligation for which is in the hands of the worthy
Jan Ahuys, wine merchant, dwelling on the corner of the New
Vysel .street at Amsterdam; furthermore the testator hereby i, r i\cs
ecial and general power to Adriaen Gerritsz van Papendorp to
tie the estate to be left behind and to turn over t<i thi afon -aid
U hi il or their attorneys the proceeds from the sale of
effects t,, be lefl behind, provided that the said Mr Adriaen Gerritsz
shall receive a proper compensal on [01 the services to be rendi
b) him. All that is hereinbefore written the testator declares t,, be
his last will and testament, desiring that after his death the same
and virtue, whether as testament, codicil, dona-
. gift in anticipation of death, or otherwise as may be 1

1 Meaning daughter a ■ Bert's daughti

1 \n t. Iii '■ \1 if Wills." in V Y.

1892, _'.;:'<., appears the confirn
itsen van . \< :'.',. in

which tli'

arently the diminuth
Dutch nam rect.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 481

appropriate, although some formalities demanded by law and usage
may not have been fully observed herein, desiring the utmost benefit
to be enjoyed herefrom, and that one or more instruments hereof
in proper form may be made, to serve as occasion may require.

Thus done and executed in New Albany at the house of Mr

■Adriaen Gerritsz van Papendorp and by the appearer with his own

hand subscribed in presence of Mr Andries Teller and Air Johannes

Provoost, magistrates of this place, the year, month and day

aforesaid.

Rut Arentzen

As witnesses :
A. Teller
Johannes Provoost

In my presence,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Bill of sale from Jacob Loockermans to Jan Joosten for one-
half of the sloop Princess

[99] On this 20th day of August 1679 appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and
before the underwritten witnesses, Jacob Loockermans of the one
part and Jan Joosten 1 of the other part, who acknowledge hereby
that in all love and friendship they have agreed and contracted in
form and manner following, to wit: Jacob Loockermans acknowl-
edges that he has sold and Jan Joosten that he has bought the half
of a sloop named the Princess, which said sloop, to wit, the half of
the same, with all her belongings, sails and tackling, boat and all
appurtenances, as she at present sails, together with sixty-five ells
of good Holland sailcloth, said Jan Joosten accepts; which said half
sloop (which is at present at Boston) he, Jan Joosten, now takes
and receives at his own risk ; for which said Jan Joosten promises
to pay to said Jacob Loockermans or his order the sum of one hun-
dred and thirty-eight good, whole, salable beaver skins and a gun ;
to wit, the gun shall be delivered to said Loockermans in the morn-
ing and the payment for said half sloop shall be made in two instal-

1 Professor Pearson here supplied the name " van Covelens," but in sc
doing he seems to have confused him with Jacob Joosten van Covelens, men-
tioned in Early Records of Albany, 1 :20X>. Jan Joosten was a skipper at
New York; see Early Records of Albany, 1:451. and Records of Nezv
Amsterdam, 4 : 176.

16

482 ] \KI.\ RE( ORDS OF ALBANY

ments, the firs) of which shall be paid in August of tin- year i<>So
and tin- second, being the lasl instalment, in the month of August
[681. Said contracting parties hind hereto their persons and estates,
real and personal, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, court-.
tribunals and judges. In witness whereof they have subscribed this
with their own hands in presence of Jacob Tysz vander I feyden and
Marcellis Jansz (called as witnesses hereto). In New Albany,
date d ■> above,

|.\( on LOKERMANS

Jan Joosti n
As witnesses:

Jacob Theysen vander Heyden
, Maercelys Jansen

1 'a,', I attestor

Adriaen van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Dirck Albertsen Brat and John Gilbert
of one half of a house and lot in Albany
1 100 blank; 101 1 On tin- eleventh day of September 1679
appeared before me. \driaen van [lpendam, notary public 1 re-id
ing in New Albany 1, and before the hereinafter named witnesses,
Dirck Albert-/ Brat of th< one put and Jan Gilbertsz of the other
part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love ami friendship they
have agreed and contracted in form and manner following, to wit:
Said Dirck Albert-/ Bral acknowledges that be has -old the half of
a house and lot and all his right and title to -aid half house and lot
1 which is lying and standing on the hill here in Xew Albany
between the houses and lot- of Mr Vndries Teller and Williaem
Percker) to -aid Jan Gilbertsz; which -aid half house and lot said
seller now delivers at once to -aid buyer free and unincumbered
1 but excepting the lord'- right), provided the seller ma) dwell in
a d house free of rent through tin- presenl month of September;
for which said buyer promises to pay the aforesaid seller, or to his
order, thirty good, whole, salable beaver -kin- at eight guilders
apiece, the same to be paid punctually in the month of September
[680. The aforesaid contracting pan 1 hi eto bind their persons
and estates, personal and real, nothing excepted, subji I to ill lord-.
courts, tribunal- and judges In witness whereof said contracting
parties 1 in presence of the Honorable Sheriff Richard Pretty and

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 483

Alaes Cornelisz, coppersmith) have subscribed this with their own
hands in New Albany, on the date above written.

Dyrck Albertsz Brat
John Gilbertt
As witnesses :
Rich* Pretty
Macs Cornelysz, koperslager

In my presence,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Will of Jan Thomassen from Witbeeck and Geertruyt Andries,

his wife
[102 blank; 103] In the name of God, Amen. Know all men by
the contents of this present public instrument that in the year after
the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ one thousand six
hundred and seventy-nine, on the twenty-first of the month of
October, before me, Adriaen Ilpendam, notary public residing
in Albany in America ( appointed by the Right Honorable Edmond
Andros, in behalf of His Royal Highness James, Duke of York,
governor general over all his territories in America), and before the
hereinafter named witnesses, came and appeared the worthy Jan
Thomasz, born at Witbeeck in Holsteyn 1 (being at present sick in
body), and his virtuous wife Geertruyt Andries's daughter, born at
New York, being sound of body, both dwelling at Paepsackane,
about an hour's journey from New Albany, well known to me. the
notary and the undersigned witnesses, both having perfect command
and use of their faculties, memory and understanding, to all out-
ward appearance ; which appearers, considering the shortness and
frailty of human life, the certainty of death and the uncertainty of
the time and hour thereof, and therefore desiring to dispose of
their temporal estate to be left behind while thev vet ( through God's
grace) may be able, both doing so of their own free will and
motion, without persuasion or misleading of anyone, have now

1 In the entry relating to the registration of the bans of his marriage to
Geertruyd Andries, under date of June 10, 1648, in the Reformed Dutch
Church of New York, Jan Thomassen is given as "van Oostenvelt." This
undoubtedly refers to Ostenfeld, a village in the former duchy of Slesvvick,
a few miles east of Husum, and in the immediate vicinity of Wittbek, which,
in spite of the reference to Holsteyn. must be the place intended in the pres-
ent will. Jan Thomassen was at an early date associated with Volckert Jan-
sen Douw, one of the witnesses to this will, who came from Frederickstadt,
or Stapelholm, both but a few miles south of Wittbek and Ostenfeld.

484 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

irdained and determined their last will and testament in manner
following: First and foremost, they commend their immortal souls
( whenever they shall be separated from their bodies) to the gracious
and merciful hands of God, their Creator and Savior, and their
bodie.- tn a Christian burial; likewise [104I revoking, annulling and
canceling all and every testamentary disposition and bequest which
the) may have heretofore separately made and executed, holding
the same as void and of no effect and now making a new disposition,
these appearers and testators, out of mutual and particular affec-
tion which during their married life they have constantly borne
and now do hear for each other, mutually declare that they have
appointed and instituted, as they hereby do appoint and institute,
the survivor of the two as their sole and universal heir to all their
property, real and personal, claim.-, credits, money, gold and silver
coined and uncoined, jewels, linen and woolen clothing, household
furniture, etc.. nothing excepted, which either one dying first shall
leave behind in this country or elsewhere, to do therewith as with
his own and absolute property, without contradiction nr opposil
of any one. Furthermore, no persons wh , whether mag

trates, orphan masters, relatives or others shall have the right to
demand of the survivor an accounting or inventory of the property
so long as he or she shall remain a widower or widow, much
any boni tie; and if so be that the survivor

. iin enter into wedlock, he or she shall be holden to settle a
just half hi the estate (as it .-hall then exist 1 upon the children
left behind, in order that each and all of them, share and share
alike, may receive their legitimate portion of their father's or
mother's estate, provided that the survivor shall receive the income
and profits thereof until the children attain their majorit) or marry,
until which time the survivor shall be bound to bring them up in
the fear of the Lord and so far as possible have them [105] taught
reading and writing and ade whereby under God they may

earn their living with honor. All that is hereinbefore written the
appearers declare to be their last will and testament, desiring that
after the death of either of tl same may have full force and

effect, whether as testament, codicil, donation, gift in anticipation
death, or otherwise, as ma) be most appropriate, notwithstand-
ing - irmalities required by law or custom may no1 have been
full) observed herein; desiring that the utmost benefil ma) be
received herefrom and that one or more instruments hereof in
proper form may be made and delivered sion may requ

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 485

Thus done and executed at Paepsackane at the house of the testa-
tors, who in presence of the worthy Capt. Volckert Jansz Douw
and the worthy Jan Andriesz, trustworthy witnesses hereto called,
have subscribed this with their own hands at Paepsackane, on the
date above written.

Jan Thomaesz

This is the mark X of Geertruyt
Andries's daughter, made with
her own hand
As witnesses:

Volckart Janss Douw
Jan Andriesen

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Indenture of apprenticeship of Lambrecht Sickels to Meyndert
Fredericksen to learn the smith's trade
[106 blank: 107 1 On this 9th day of February i6l\\ appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public ( residing in New
Albany) and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Meyndert
Fredericsz of the one part and Sacharias Sickels of the cither part,
who hereby acknowledge that they have agreed and contracted in
manner following, to wit: Sacharias Sickels acknowledges that he
has hired out his son named Lambrecht Sickels (now about 14
years of age) to said Meyndert Fredericsz for the term of six con-
secutive years commencing on the 1st of December 1679 an d end-
ing on the 1 st of December 1685. And said master promises to
provide said boy during the aforesaid term with proper food
and linen and woolen clothing, etc. ; also to teach him the smith's
trade as well as he shall be able and to send him to the evening
school for three winters, namely, two months each winter, and pay
the school tuition ; and at the end of said term said master promises
to give him a suitable Sunday and workadav suit of clothing, six
shirts, a pair of new shoes, a new hat, a pair of new stockings and
a chest, but the aforesaid father promises to have said boy's wash-
ing done, provided he. Meyndert Fredericsz, shall now furnish a
cask of soap to wash with during the six years. And said father
promises that the said boy during the said term shall (with Gcd's
help) serve said master with all diligence and obedience and faith-
fulness, as well in the smith's trade a 1 - in all other proper work, and
the aforesaid youngster promises to do the same (as aforesaid).

1 RE< 0RDS OF ALBANV

Said contracting parties hereto bind their persons and estates,
nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.
In witness of which they have (in presence of Stoffel Jansz \beel
and Hans Dreeper, called as witnesses hereto) subscribed this with
their own hands in New Albany, the date above written.

Zach \K1 \S Si I KELSZ

In- is the mark y \
Fredericsz, made by himself

This is the mark y \ of Meyndert

As witne

Stoffel Jansz Abeel
Hans Dreeper

1 i attestor

Adriaen \ \\ [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease of a parcel of land, with house, barn and farm implements
from Sweer Teunissen van Velsen to Maerten Jansen,
skipper

1 108 blank; iog| On this _'4th day of February i(>_;: appeared
before me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany, and before the underwritten witnesses, Sweer Teunisz van
Velsen of the one part and Maerten fansz, skipper, of the other
part, who hereby acknowledge that they have agreed and con
traded in manner following, to wit: Said Sweer Teunisz van Vel
sen acknowledges thai he has let and -aid Maerten Jan-/ that he
ha- hired a certain parcel of land and all the rights and privih ■
belonging thereto, with house and bam. a good plow and a harrow
with iron teeth, all of which heretofore Jacob llevick ha- bad pos
session of, for the time of the next six following years, but the
or a- well a- the lessee may cancel the lease as soon a- the tir-t
three years have expired and the lessor expressly stipulates that in
ca e Jacob llevick happens to die before tile tir-t of \la\ [680, this

trad -ball at once be annulled. Furthermore, -aid lease -hall
begin on the first day of May r68o; for which the lessee promises
to paj to the lessor yearly as rent ten whole, salable beaver -kins or

the '.able thereof in g 1. salable wares, all at market price, and

moreover -ix skipples of summer apples yearly and at the end ol
the lease the lessee is holden to deliver up said house and barn again
roof tight and fence- in proper condition, the plow and harrow also
in good and serviceable condition. The -aid contracting pari

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 487

hereto bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to
all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness of which they
have subscribed this with their own hands (in presence of Jan van
Loon and Barent Meyndersz, called as witnesses hereto) in New
Albany, the date above written.

SWEER THOONUSSEN VAN VeLSEN

Maerten Jansen
As witnesses :

Jan van Loon
Barent Meyndersz

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Bond of Harmen van Gansevoort and Dirck Teunissen van
Vechten to Jan Tyssen Goes
[ 1 10-12 blank; 113] On this sixteenth day of March 16 1\',
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing
in New Albany, Harmau van Gansevoort and Dirck Teunisz van
Vechten, who hereby acknowledge that they have absolutely under-
taken to pay to Jan Tysz Goes the sum of thirty-three and a half
good, whole, salable beavers, growing out of an obligation of Cor-
nelis Teunisz van Vechten executed the 18th of April 1677, which
said sum the aforesaid appearers promise to pay, each binding him-
self for the whole and as principal, to said Jan Tysz Goes, or to his
order, on the first of August 1680, without longer delay; whereto
said contracting parties bind their persons and estates, real and
personal, present and future, nothing excepted, subject to all lords,
courts, tribunals and judges. In witness whereof they have sub-
scribed this with their own hands in presence of surgeon Cornell's
van Dvck and Claes Jacobsz, called as witnesses hereto, in New
Albany, dated as above.

Herman Gansfvort
Dirck Teunisz :
As witnesses :

Corn, van Dyck
Claes Jacobse

Which I witness,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub

Contract of sale between Adriaen Jansen Appel and Jan
Andriessen Douw of one-half of a house and lot in Albany

[270] ' On this 24th d eared before me,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing Albany, and

Adriaen Appel of the fir
and Jan >wl-

- that in all love and frien

aid Adriaen Appel a
tha? alf of 1:

lot and all that i nd nail,

on the north the

ell on the east as on t! • ielivers the same

to thi
For

I, and thi already the

aforesaid half lot. The afon

II lords,
■ hich thi I in

Jan Jan-/ Noorman and

afore

A : A1-1

J A

Thi

lorman, made by him

\or
Adh

Lease of a farm at Catskill from John Conell to Anna Willems,
wife of Jochem Ketelhuyn

[271 blank; 272] On this 8th day of Ma) efore

\driaen van Ilpendam, notary publ
and written witni

its which

VKIAf. PAPERS 1 AND J. 1660-1696 -)S< )

part and Anna Willems, wife of Joachim Ketelhuyn, 5 of tlie oilier
part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship the)
have agreed and contracted in form and manner following, to wit:
Said Jan Corneel acknowledges that he has let a farm lying at
Katskil (which he bought heretofore of Harman Gansevoorl i with
house, barn and rick and all the rights thereto, to said Anna V)
lems, wife and attorne) of said Jochem Ketelhuyn, for the time of
six following years, which time began on the first of Mav this year
1680 and shall end on the first of May t6S6; but on the express eon
dition that the lessor must he bound for the said six years, whereas
the lessee can (if it no longer pleases her) he treed therefrom any
year, provided she give the lessor three months' previous notici
for which the lessee promises to pa) to the lessor 01 his order as
yearl) rent the sum of twenty good, whole, salable beavers, which
ma) he paid in good winter wheat as the market shall the;; go, and
the said lessor may dwell in the house of said lessee here in New
Albany until the first of Mav 10S1 free and without making
payment therefor.

ddie lessor delivers therewith now five head of horses, to wit.
three stallions, a gelding and a mare. o\ which mare the lessor shall
have the half of the increase together with the half of the increase
of any other mares which he max deliver there or which the geld
ing or any of the stallions may he exchanged tor.

Mir lessor delivers therewith also four milch cow--, to wit. three
which are sound and without hurt, hut the fourth has one leg some-
what injured; it* the same shall happen to die thereof then the loss
shall he the lessor's only; the lessee shall he holden at the end of
the lease to return the number of cattle and horses delivered to
him, and divide the increase to each | 273J a half, and in addition
he holden to pa) to the lessor vearlv for the cows fifty pounds of
butter, except the tirsi year; the young cattle which are there now
belong to the lessor only and he keep- the same at his own risk as
likewise the young horses. The ho^s which now belong to the
lessor -hall be his own and remain there if he wishes till the
autumn of [681, provided that he furnish all the fond for them next
winter and provided also that all the pigs that shall come after this
date shall belong to the lessee. \s regards the farm implements
which the lessee shall there receive, she shall be holden to return

achim, 01 Fochem, Ketelhuyn sailed from Amsterdam for Renssi
wi.lv in 1642, on the shin Houttuyn. ^ccordinss tn CCallacthan, History
\ ew \ •ihrrhiud. 1:451, he came From I remyn, which is doubtless intended
For Kremmin, near Stettin, in Pomerania, His name 1- also written
" Ketelheym," and " Kettelheun," the latter form of which would seem to
be the proper spelling, "Ketelhuyn" being the Dutch equivalent in sound

EARLY RE( ORDS OF ALBANY

them again at the end of the lease in as good condition as when she
received them.

Said contracting parties hereto hind their persons and esl
hing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.
In confirmation whereof they have (in presence of Jacob Tysz van-
der Heyden and Jan van Loon, as witnesses herein railed) sub-
scribed this with their own hands, in New Albany, dated as
aforesaid.

John Conell

This is the mark O of \n\\
WlLLEMS, made by herself
A^ w itnesses :

Jacob Theysen van der Heyden
Jan van Loon

Quod attestor

\i>ki u.\ \ w [lpend \m. Not Pub.

Bill of sale from Anthony Lespinard to John Conell of a boat
formerly belonging to Robert Story

[274 1 On this 15th day of May 1680 appeared before me,
\driaen van llpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and
before the undersigned witnesses. Ynthony Lespinard ol the tirst
pari and Jan Corbeel of the second part, who acknowledge that in
love and friendship the) have contracted and agreed in form and
manner follow ins, r . to wit: Said Anthony Lespinard acknowledges
that he has sold and said Ian Corneel that he has boUghl a certain
boat al present lying here in the roadstead of Mew \lbar,\ 1 which
boal said seller heretofore boughl of Robberl Story) with all that
is now in or with the same, as well what the seller boughl there
with as what lie has added thereto, and delivers said boat now j list
as she is t.. the Inner free and unincumbered, the receipt whereof
the Inner acknowledges; on condition that the seller may use said
boat twice this summer to fetch stones therewith, without lining
any pay therefor. For which the buyer promises to pay to the
seller or his order forty good, whole, salable beaver skins, but can

pay the same in g 1. merchantable maize to be delivered here free

on the shore b< fore New Albany, all at market price as Christians
sell such maize to each other; and the deliver} of the maize musl
be made next October of ibis year t68o. The aforesaid contn
ing parties hereto bind their persons and estates, real and personal,
present and future, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 491

judges. In witness whereof they have (in presence of Jacob Tysz
vander Heyden and Jan van Loon, called as witnesses hereto) sub-
scribed this with their own hands, in Xew Albany, dated as above.

Anthoine Lespinard
As witnesses: John Conell

Jacob Theysen vander Heyden
Jan "can Loon

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Supplementary agreement between Gerrit van Slichtenhorst
and Gerrit Teunissen van Vechten regarding the payment
for a negro delivered two months before the appointed time

[275-77 blank; 278 1 "Whereas Air Gerrit van Slichtenhorst and
Gerrit Teunisz van Vechten heretofore made a contract about a
negro whom said Mr Slichtenhorst was to deliver to said Gerrit
Teunisz next July of this year 1680, and said Gerrit Teunisz
acknowledges that he has already received said negro named Dick
to his satisfaction, two months before the appointed time; there-
fore, the buyer promises to pay to the seller for said two months
one hundred and fifty good, merchantable hickory posts, the same
to be delivered here before Xew Albany free, the present summer,
and if said negro during said two months happen to die said buyer
shall be holden to pay said seller or his order for the same accord-
ing to contract (heretofore made); and if so be that the buyer
does not make the first payment at the stipulated time according to
contract, then the said seller (if he wishes) may take said negro
back.

Said contracting parties hereto bind their persons and estates,
nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.
In confirmation whereof they have ( in presence of Air Jacobus
Staas and Jan Albertsz Brat, called as witnesses hereto) sub-
scribed this with their own hands, in Xew Albany, the 25th of
May 1680.

G. V. Slichtenhorst

This is the mark X of Gerrit Teunisz
van Vechten, made with his own
As witnesses : hand

Jacob Staets

Jan Brat Quod attestor

Auriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

I VR1 \ REC01 i I i] VLBANY

Bill of sale from Gerrit van Slichtenhorst to Gerrit Teunissen
van Vechten of a negro named Harry

[279 81 blank; 282 1 On this 25th day of .May 1680 appeared
before me, ^.driaen van llpendam, notary public 1 residing in New
Albany), and Inline the hereinafter named witnesses, Mr Gerrit
van Slichtenhorst of the one part and < ierril Tennis/ van Vechten
of : 1 Imi hereby acknowledge that in all love and

friendship the) have contracted ami agreed in form and manner
folio wit: Said Mr Gerrit van Slichtenhorst acknowledges

that he has -old to -aid Gerrit Teunisz van \ echten a certain negro
(named Herry), which negro the aforesaid buyer acknowledges to
have alread) received to his content; for whom the bu • ises

to pay the sellei or his order the mum of two hundred and forty

iples of good, dry, merchantable maizi loads of good hay.
twent) four whole beavers to be paid in ho \it. one hundred

and twenty skipples of maize next < ictober of this year 1680, two

ds of hay this summer to be delivered in the month of August
here on the shore before \ew Albany, and twenty tour beavers in
hogs to be paid in May of the year [681, with the understanding
that the hogs must be over a yeai old and that not mote than four
of them must be sows, and all the remainder barrows; .and if said
contracting parties do not agree respecting the value of said hogs,
then the same -hah be appraised b) impartial persons; the n
ing one hundred and twent) skipples of maize must be delivered
in < ictober [681, all said maize be delivered iv<.'i~' in the ga
of said seller. The aforesaid contracting parties heretq hind their
persi 1 1 nothing excepted, subject to all lord-, courts,

tribunals and judges, and have 1 in presence of Mr Maerten Crygier
and Mr Jacobus Staas, called as witnesses hereto) subscribed this
with their own hands in X. Albany, dated as abo

G. V. Si. Kin EN no

1 In- 1- tin- mark X I

van \ ei 11 1 1 \ . made b) himself
As witnesses:
.1/: ( 'regier
Jacobus Starts

Quod attestor

\oi;i \i ■ \ \ \\ It PI ' .' Pub.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 493

Bill of sale from Cornells van Borsum to Cornells Teunissen
van Vechten of a young negro

[283-85 blank; 286] On this 26th day of May 1680 appeared
before me, Adriaen van llpendam, notary public (residing in New-
Albany), and before the undersigned witnesses, Mr Cornelis van
Borsum of the one part and Cornelis Teunisz van Vechten of the
other part, who hereby acknowledge that they have contracted and
agreed in manner following, to wit : Said Cornelis van Borsum
acknowledges that he has sold to said Cornelis Teunisz a certain
negro who is between fifteen and twenty years old and promises to
deliver said negro to the buyer hale and sound within the next six
weeks; said buyer shall try said negro eight days and if said negro
within said eight days' probation happen to die, the buyer must
pay for him, and if the negro does not please said buyer, then the
buyer may return the same to said seller at the expense of said
seller; and if the negro please the buyer, then he shall keep him.
For whom said buyer promises to pay to the seller the value of sixty
good, whole, salable beaver skins in two payments, of which the
first payment shall be made on the first of May 1681 and the second
payment cm the first of May 1682; and the buyer can pay said
beavers in beavers of five quarter pounds' weigh; each, or in peas,
or winter wheat at six skipples a beaver, or in salt pork at a hundred
pounds a beaver, or smoked bacon at thirty pounds a beaver. The
aforesaid contracting parties hereby bind their persons and estates,
nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.
In witness whereof said contracting parties have (in presence of Mr
Gerrit van Slichtenhorst and Heyndrick Bries, called as witnesses
hereto) subscribed this with their own hands, in New Albany, dated
as above.

Cornelis Van Borsum
As witnesses: Cornelis Teunis

G. V. Slichtenhorst
Hendrick Bries

(J nod attestor

\l>KI \l \ VAX ll.l'KXDAM, Not. Pub.

Letter from Adriaen van llpendam to Dammas Guldewaghen

[287 blank; 288] Honorable Mr Dammas Guildewaghen: Salute!

Your honor's letter dated the 31st of May of this year 1681,

together with a letter per order of Mr Jan Sybmgh dated the 3d

of June, have been duly received, in which Sybingh's letter was

I \KI \ RE< ORDS OF ALBANY

written that your honor had delivered to him for me sixty-nine
guilders and eight stivers, for which said mone) I have received
ds to 1 1 1 > satisfaction. I hope and pray God that il shall have
pleased Him to restore your honor to your honor's former good
health unto Salvation, \mcn. \nd whereas 1 neither know nor am
acquainted with any one in Holland who could collect what is due
to me, therefore 1 humbly and kindly praj your honor, if it may
please your honor, to continue to do so as long as it may please
1 rod; for 1 and my wife are both over 63 years of age and can not
ii much here and have need of the [money], hut I do not know-
where it is, nor who has possession of it. nor how 1 can obtain it.

According to your honor- order I -end inclosed an extract from
my hook showing how much money Sybingh (according to his
advices) has received for me. 1 take it that the fault is between
the M>th of March [677 and the 15th of May [679, in which two
•-ear- (according to Sybingh's advices) not more than seventy-
seven guilders and eighteen stivers were received for me. 1 most
humbly and kindly request you again |to collect I the interest due
till the first of March ... [leaf torn and eight or ten lines wanting]
1 289 1 Mr Jan Sybingh has received from Mr Dammas Gulde-
waghen interest for Adriaen van [lpendam as follows;
[9 March [677 Received from Haerlem and sent.... fl. 204 8
15 May 1679 Received 77 t8

6 \|ti1 [680 According to Mr Sybingh's letter re

ceived 79 14

^ June i68i According to the letter of Mr Sybingh's

son. hut hv order of his father, received 69 8

fl 13' 8

I he above fl. l^l 8 have been sent over to me in diverse goods

hv Mr Jan Sybingh anil 1 acknowledge the receipt thereof to my
satisfaction.

I lone in Albany in America, the 4 th of November t68i.

\hkl VI \ V V\ ll VI \H VM

Letter from Adriaen van Ilpendam to Dammas Guldewaghen
[ 290 1 Honorable Mr Dammas Guldewaghen; Salute'

Your letter dated the .'1st of \pril of this year [682 1 received
with pleasure, together with a letter from the widow of the late
Jan Sybingh dated the 23d of May, likewise some goods, and in

said letter was an account in which she acknowledges that she

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 495

received from your honor for this year fl. 79-14, for which I am
most highly thankful to your honor, and, my honored sir, I pray
God that it shall please Him to suffer your honor longer to remain
in this present life in health than myself, for I should not know-
how or in what manner I could receive my interest. We have no
children and it is now more than 31 years ago that I married my
wife and she was a widow and has a son, who now more than ten
years has been married and has three sons and gets along reason-
ably well. Furthermore, I now again beseech your honor to please
to hand the interest which shall be due me on the first of March
1683 to the widow of the late Jan Sybingh, upon which I shall
depend. We have two small houses here. Upon one, in which we
dwell, we have spent more than the interest of two years amounts
to ; from the other we receive now not more rent than . . . [leaf torn
and the rest of the letter wanting].

Contract of Gabriel Thomassen to deliver to Cornells van
Borsum twenty-six .barrels of flour

[291 blank; 292] On this 2d of June 1680 appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany),
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Gabriel Thomasz of
the one part and Cornells van Borsum of the other part, who
acknowledge that in friendship they have agreed and contracted in
manner following, to wit : Said Gabriel Thomasz acknowledges
that he has sold to said Cornells van Borsum twenty-six barrels
of flour which the seller guarantees was bolted in the middle of
April. Said twenty-six barrels of flour must contain seven thou-
sand and eight hundred pounds of flour, which the aforesaid seller
promises to deliver immediately to the buyer or to his order ; for
which the buyer promises to pay to the seller a good, salable beaver
weighing five quarter pounds Holland weight for every hundred
pounds, to be paid on the delivery of the flour ; furthermore, the
said buyer promises to pay to the seller in addition for every barrel
two Boston shillings or four guilders seawan ; and said twenty-
six barrels of flour must be weighed at the weigh house in New
York and in case said flour happens to weigh less, then the seller
shall be holden to the buyer to make it up, and if the said barrels
happen to weigh more, then the buyer must pay the seller for the
same in proportion. Said contracting parties hereby bind their
persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts,
tribunals and judges. In witness whereof they have (in presence

_M,(i EARLY RECORDS 01 ALBANY

of Petrus Bogardus and Poulu I urck) subscribed this with then-
own hands, in New Albany, dated as above.

riell Thomasen
As witnesses Cornelis van Borsum

Poulus Turyck

Pieter Bogardus, as witness to this purchase
attestor

\[.KI \1 \ \ \N ll PENDAM, Not Pub.

Contract of Jan Cornelissen Roodt to work for one year as a
journeyman carpenter for John Conell
[293 blank; 294I On this 3d day of June 1680 appeared before
me. Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public (residing in Albany),
and before !he undersigned witiu sses, Jan Corneel of the 1 ■
and Jan Cornelisz Roodt of the other part, who hereb) acknowl
edge that in all love and friendship the) have agreed and contracted
in manner following, to wit: Said Jan Cornelisz Roodl acknowl-

es thai he has hired himself to said Jai rteel [01 the tern) of

whole year, said tern ow and to end on the 3d

of |une [681, to wit, to do carpenter's work fur -aid Jan I orneel

or wherever said Jan Corneel ma) -end him to work for others,

,,, v -hi, 11 aid Jan Corneel shall receive the pa) ; and Jan ( ornelisz

K h promises to serve oul -aid term diligently and faithfully

and if he happens to lose a day's work, he shall be holden to make
it up. The employer promises to pa) the hired man for said term
twenty-four and a half good, whole, merchantable heaver -km-,
which may be paid in other commodities, as wheat, peas, cattle, or

i ling to appraisal b) impartial persons, the wheal and

„,, ,,- the market shall then be. Vnd the employe! promises to
furnish the lured man with board during said term and to have his
shirts, handkerchiefs and neckcloths washed tree and to pa\ said
hired man promptly eacl ear. The contracting parties hind

herein their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subjed to all
lords, courts, tribunals and judges, and have in presena
Teunisz and Heyndrick I ant ingh, a- witnesses hereto called, sub

ibed this with their own hand- in New Albany, 011 the date al
written. | 11||N , 0NELL

This i- the mark \ of J VN ( ORNl

\^ w itne ■ R "• made b) himseli

JureJan I unsen

He\ n\drick Lansinck

1 attestor

\ 1 -K 1 \i \ \ \\ ll PI NDAM, Wot l''lb.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 497

Bill of sale from Nicolaes van de Grist to Omy de La Grange
of one-half of the sloop de Haen
[ 2 95-97 blank; 298 1 On this 3d day of July 16S0 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Xicolaes van-
der Grist of the one part and Omy de La Gransie of the other
part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they
have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Xicolaes
vander Grist acknowledges that he has sold to said Omy De la
Gransie one-half of the sloop named de Haen, 1 which now lies 111
the roadstead before New Albany, and the seller promises to
deliver to said buyer the half of the sloop with sails and rigging
and all her appurtenances as well as the boat which belongs thereto
so soon as the same this voyage shall have discharged her freight
at New York; for which the buyer promises to pay to the seller
or to his order forty good, whole, merchantable beaver skins at
eight guilders apiece, but the same can be paid in heavy heavers,
the number to be diminished according to the weight and current
price, a just half of which must be paid on the delivery of said
half sloop and the other half on the first of May 1681. The afore-
said contracting parties hereby bind their persons and estates,
nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.
In witness whereof they have ( in presence of Heyndrick Kuyler
and Justus Witvelt, called as witnesses hereto) subscribed this with
their own hands, in Xew Albany, the date above written.

N'lECLAES VANDE GRIST

This is the mark X of Omy de La
Gransie, made with his own hand
As witnesses :

Hendrick Cuyler
Jvstvs Witfelt

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale of a house and lot in Albany from Gerrit van

Slichtenhorst to Gysbert Marcelissen and Johannes Roos

[299 blank ; 300J On this 19th day of July 1680 appeared

before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in Xew

Albany), and before the undersigned witnesses, Mr Gerrit van

1 The Cock.

E \kl-Y Kl I ORDS 01 ALBANY

Slichtenhorst of the one pari and Gysberl Marcellisz and Johannes
Roos of the other pan, who hereb) acknowledge that in all love
and friendship they have agreed and contracted in form and man
ner following, to wit: Said Mr Gerril van Slichtenhorst acknowl-
edges that he has sold in said Gysberl Marcellisz and Johannes
Roos In-- house and lot where he now dwell- (standing and lying
hen M \i- Albany on the hill i with all that is fast therein 1>\
earth and nail and with all the rights which he therein has and as
it at present lie- in feme and has been occupied b} the -aid seller
until now ; and the seller promises to deliver all that i- hereinbefore
specified on the first of May 1681. For which said buyei
to pay to the seller or to his order the -um of two hundred and ten

g I. whole, merchantable beaver skins, to wit. in four instalments,

the lust of which shall he due in the middle of (he month of
July [681, being a just fourth pari of the aforesaid sum, and so

om ■" to year punctually in the month of July until the
aforesaid -11111 shall be paid, to wit, a just fourth part yearly ; and
with the last payment the seller promises in deliver to said buyers
.1 good and sufficient deed of ownership. Hereto the aforesaid
contracting parties bind their persons and estate-, nothing exce

:i 1 to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges, to wit, the

buyers jointly and severally, as principals. In witness whereof

the) have in presence of 1 lac- Rip-/ van Dam and Lucas Gerritsz

called as witnesses hereto, subscribed this with their own

hands in \'ew Albany, on the dale above written.

G. V. Sli \ nolo 1

GYSBER1 VI '.i'' ELI -i \
I AN \l - ROOS '

A- w itnesses :
( laes Ripsen
Luyca Gen Ba

.'</ attestor

\i>UI VEN VAN Ii PENDAM, \ Ot. I'lih.

Settlement of accounts of Barent Pietersen Coeymans and
Teunis Cornelissen van der Poel

[301 blank; 302I On this 28th day of July 16S0 appeared befon
me, Adriaen van llpendam, notary public 1 residing in New
Alham. 1. .mil before the undersigned witnesses, Barent Pietersz

tun ks like " Reis

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 499

Koeymans of the one part and Teunis Cornelisz van der Poel 1
of the other part, who acknowledge that in love and friendship
they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit :
They acknowledge that they have mutually liquidated and settled
all their business accounts which heretofore they have had out-
standing with each other, nothing excepted, and that neither of
them owes the other as much as a stiver's worth. Furthermore
the said Teunis Cornelisz van der Poel acknowledges that he
has made over and assigned, as he hereby does make over and
assign, to Barent Pietersz all the debts which according to the
books were due to them while they were in partnership ; likewise
what Ludovicus Cobes owes them both for house rent; acknowl-
edging hereby that he is fully satisfied therefor by said Barent
Pietersz. All of which is done without fraud or deceit, under pledge
of their persons and estates, nothing excepted ; in witness whereof
they have ( in presence of Jan van Loon and Albert Ryckman,
called as witnesses hereto i signed this with their own hands, in
New Albany, on the date above written.

TEUNUS CORNELISZEN VAN DER POEL

This is the mark X of Barent
Pietersz Koeymans, made by
himself
As witnesses:

Jan van Loon
Albert Ryckman

Quad attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Dirck Albertsen Brat and Teunis
Pietersen of a house and lot in Albany

[303 blank; 304] On this 21st day of August 1680 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam. notary public residing in New
Albany, and before the underwritten witnesses, Dirck Albertsz Brat
of the one part and Teunis Pietersz of the other part, who hereby
acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have agreed and
contracted in form and manner following, to wit : Said Dirck
Albertsz Brat acknowledges that he has sold to said Teunis
Pietersz a house and lot standing and lying here in New Albany on

1 In the Rensselaerswyck Mss, Teunis Cornelissen van der Poel is gen-
erally referred 10 as Teunis Cornelissen Spitsenberch, or Spitsbergen. In
1654, be and Barent Pietersen Coeymans leased the patroon's sawmill on
the fifth, now Patroons, creek, in North Albany.

I ARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

the hill, between the house and lot of Harman Bastiaensz and the
house and lot of said seller; which lot, including the aforesaid
house, is nineteen wood feet and one inch in breadth, front and
rear, and sixt) seven wood feel long, both on the north and south
sides, as ii was just now surveyed b) Harman Bastiaensz, the town
surveyor, together with the alley which goes to the hill between the
lot of Harman Bastiaensz and the lol ol Johannes Wendel, which
the buyer and seller shall each have the half ownership of and use
in common; which lot is now delivered. For which the buyer

promises u> paj t<> the seller or to his order the sum of fift) g 1.

whole, salable beaver skins in two payments, the first of which
payments shall he made next November of this yeai [680, being
twenty-five beavers, and tin- second, being the last payment, in the
month of November [681, punctually. Said contracting parties
hereto hind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to
all lords, courts, tribunals and indue-. In witness whereof they

have 1 in pic ence of Harman Bastiaensz and Jan 1. as wit

nesses h< tiled) subscribed this with their own hand-, in X.

Albany, on the date above written.

Dyrc k Albertsz Brat

XI- PlETl RSEN

As witnesses :

Harmen Bastiaens
John Conell

tod attestor

Xl'klAl X \ \X h PI NDAM, Wot. Pllb.

Power of attorney from Thomas Delavall to Marten Cregier,

junior

[305 blank; 306I On this firsl da) of September [680 ap x red
before me. \.driaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New
\lhan\ . and before the hereinafter named witnesses, the Honor
able I aptain Thomas De Laval, who acknowledges that he ha- con
uted and appointed, a- he hereb) doc-, the worth) Maerten
, junior, hi- attorney to demand and reel VI From all ln-
debtors in Albany, colony of Renselaerswyck, Schanechtade and
the di trict thereof whatever the) owe the -aid (apt. Thomas de
La \ al according to the accounts and vouchers placed in the hands
oi the attornej : and in case of refusal (contrar) to expectation)
by 1 law and justice to compel the debtors to pa) : on con

dition that the attorney be holden (when required) to make .1

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 501

proper accounting, exhibit and return of his administration and
management. The principal promises to hold as good, binding and
valid whatever shall be done and performed in the matter aforesaid
by his attorney, binding thereto his person and estate, nothing
excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In
confirmation whereof the principal ( in presence of Mr Andries
Teller and Jurriaen Teunisz, called as witnesses hereto) signed
this with his own hand, in New Albany, on the date above written.

Tiki: DeLauall
As witnesses :
A. Teller
JureJan Tunsen

Quod attestor

Adriaf.n van Ilpendam, Not. Pith.

Contract of Claes Beever to sell during a term of six years all
his hops to Harmen Gansevoort
[307 blank; 308I On this yth day of September 1680 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany, Harman van Gansevoort of the one part and Claes Beever
of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and
friendship they have agreed and contracted in form and manner
following, to wit : Said Gansevoort acknowledges that he has
bought and Claes Ileever that he has sold all his pole hops which
he gathered in the beginning of autumn 1679 and likewise those
which he shall gather until the end of the autumn of 1684, on con-
dition that said seller shall deliver said hops in dry and good
condition at the house of the said buyer, where the same shall be
weighed for the buyer, but the buyer shall be holden at his own
expense to send a man with a boat to help convey said hops from
the shore near Frans Pietersz Claeuw's. For which the buyer
promises to pay to the seller, for every pound of good, dry hops
eighteen and a half stivers in sea wan, the same to be paid in
such goods at market price as the buyer may then have, but the
seller hereby stipulates that if he should need three or four
beavers a year, the buyer shall furnish them and if sometimes he
needs a little seawan, he shall receive it, the same to be charged
against the hops delivered. Hereto the said contracting parties
bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all
lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness whereof thev have
( in presence of Jacob Loockermans and Thomas Cravin, called

^oj EARLY RECORDS OF VLBANY

as witnesses hereto) subscribed this with their own hands, in

New Albany, on the date above written.

1 [armen I Ianseuort

This is the mark X of Claes Bi ever,

made with his own hand
As \\ itnesses :

Jacob Lokermans

Thomas ( raven

i > nod attestor

\iiki \1 N \ W ll PI NDAM, Not. Pub

Assignment of lease of a house and lot in Albany from John
Gilbert to Johannes Cuyler
[309 blank; 310I On this 15th da) of September [680 appeared
before me. ^.driaen van [lpendam, notarj public residing in Xew
Albany, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Jan Gilbertsz
of the one pari and Johannes kmler of the other part, who herein
acknowledge that in love and friendship the) have agreed and
contracted in form and manner following, to wit: Said Jan 1 .il
bertsz acknowledges that he has let to said Johannes Kn\ler a
certain house and lot standing and lying here in Xew Albany and
now occupied bi aid [an Gilbertsz, winch said house and lot, he,
the -aid Jan Gilbertsz, (b) virtue of a judgment) holds bj a
lease till the first of Mav [681 and now lets to said Johannes
kmler, the lease to begin on the tenth da) of November of this
Near [68o and to end on the firsl of Ma) [681 ; for which the lessee
promises to pay to the lessor or his order seven heaver- and a half,
to wit, good, merchantable and salable Leaver skins; but it is
expressl) stipulated that the lessee -hall be holden to pa) the halt
f the afore aid rent a- soon as the half of the term of the lease
has expired. The foregoing the -aid contracting pa' mise

to execute and perform, binding thereto their persons and estates,
nothing excepted, to ah lord . courts, tribunals and judges. In
witness whereof the) have mi presence of \lbert Jan-/ Ryckman
,,,id |acob l.oockerman-. called a- witnesses hereto) subscribed

ll,,. with then own hand-, in Xew \lhanv. on the dale above

win ten. John Gh bertt

J : v

V- rt itnesses

''■ / okermans
. llbert Ryckman

Q

ADR] \i x v \x h PI xn vm. Vol Pub

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 503

Contract of sale between Annetje van Schaick and her step-son
Anthony van Schaick of a farm on Cahoos (Van Schaick)
island

[311 blank; 312] On this 4th day of November 1680 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Annetie van
Schayck, 1 widow of the late Goosen Gerritsz van Schaeyck, of the
first part, and Anthony van Schayck, of the second part, who
hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have
agreed and contracted in form and manner following, to wit :
Said Annetie van Schayck acknowledges that she has sold to
said Anthony van Schayck her farm lying on the island of Cahoos 3
and all her rights therein, including the land, house, barn, ricks,
horses, cattle, sheep and hogs, together with all her rights in the
lands which lie above the fourth spruyt* excepting the farm of
Harman Lievensz, the farm of Jan van Xes, the farm of Barent
Albertsz Brat, the farm of Geurt Heyndricsz. the farm of Roeloft"
Gerritsz and the farm of Jan Jacobsz van Noortstrant; for which
said Anthony van Schayck promises to pay to said Annetie v
Schayck the sum of five hundred and fifty good, whole, merchant
able beaver skins, which said sum the buyer promises to pay to
Annetie van Schayck within the next fourteen days. Hereto the
said contracting parties bind their persons and estates, real and
personal, present and future, nothing excepted, subject to all lords,
courts, tribunals and judges. In witness whereof they have ( in
presence of the honorable magistrates Cornelis van Dyck and
Gerrit Bancker, called as witnesses hereto) subscribed this with
their own hands, in Xew Albany, on the date above written.

Annetge van Schaick
Antony van Schaick

an

Cornelis van Dyck
Gerret Bancken

\\ hich I witness,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Annetje Lievens, the second wife of Goosen Gerritsen van Schaick His
first wife was Geertje Brants the daughter of Brant Peelen from Nieukerck
by whom he had four children, Geertje, first the wife of Hendrick Coster
and afterwards of Johannes Lansing; Gerrit, Svbram and Anthony van
schaick.

2 Cohoes, now Van Schaick island.

3 Literally, "sprout," referring to a branch of the Mohawk river.

504 I.AKM RECORDS OF ALBANY

Contract of sale between Cornelis van Dyck and Willem
Fredericksen Bout of a lot in Greenbush

[3 I 3~ 1 5 ''Link; 3 16 j On this 25th day of November 1680
appeared be van [lpendam, notary public residing

in New Albany, and before the underwritten witnesses, the Honor-
able Surgeon 1 ornelis van I' igistrate of this place of New
Albany, of the first pan. and Willem Fredericsz Bout, of the
nid part, who hereby acknowledge thai in love and friendship
the} have agreed and contracted in form and manner following,
to wit: Said Willem I redericsz acknowledges that he has sold to
said Surgeon 1 ornelis van Dy< a certain lot lying in tlie colony
of Rensselaerswyck in the greyne Bosch,' as it lies in its fence,
between the house of Melcherl Abrahamsz and the house of Jacob
Salomonsz; a sellei delivers the same to said Inner immedi-
ately, with all his rights therein, free and unincumbered, without
charges thereon or issuing out of the same, acknowledging that
he has been paid the sum of seventeen beavers for the sale then

that said seller acknowledges that he is fully satisfied and paid
for said lot. The said contracting parties herein hind their respi
tive persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords,
courts, tribunals and judges. In witness whereof they have tin
presence of the Honorable Magistrate Dirck Wesselsz ten Broeck
and Johannes Wendel, called a- witnesses hereto) sub cribed
with their own hands in \ew Albany, dated a- above.

This is the mark X of Wn lem
Fredrk s/. Bout, made with his
ow n hand
I ORNELIS VAN I >\ I K

As w itnesses :

Dirck Wesselsz ten Broeck
Johannes Wendel

attestor

\";'i \ \ \ AN ll P] \H.\M, Not, Pllb.

Contract of sale between Hendrick Rooseboom and Gerrit
Hardenbergh (Herttenberch) of a house and lot in Albany

[317 19 blank; 320I On this 2d day ol [680 appeared
e, \dnaen van llpendani. notan public residing in Xew

Ubany, and the afterwritten witnesses, Heyndrick R

Literally: the pine « Is; afterwards corrupted to Greenbush.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2. l66o-l(>i)<> 505

boom of the one part and Gerrit Hardenbergh of the other part,
who hereby acknowledge that in 1<>ve and friendship they have
agreed and contracted in form and manner following, to wit :
Heyndrick Rooseboom acknowledges that he has sold to said
Gerrit Hardenbergh his house and lot as he now occupies it, to wit,
the large house, free and unincumbered, excepting the lord's right,
just as it lies in its fence, drop free; delivery of which house and
lot shall be made on the 6th day of this month of December; for
which said Rooseboom shall receive a house and lot that said
Gerrit Hardenbergh bought at vendue of Mr Kouper, and all the
rights which said Hardenbergh has in the house and lot ; and the
delivery of both houses shall take place at the same time. And
in addition Gerrit Hardenbergh promises to pay to said Rooseboom
the sum of ninety good, whole, salable beaver skins and pay the
same in the month of August 1681 ; the rent of the house where
< iysbert Marcelis dwells said Hardenbergh shall receive till the
first of .May 1(181, on condition that said Rooseboom shall dwell
in the house where Hardenbergh dwells, free till the first of May.
Said contracting parties hereto bind their persons and estates,
nothing excepted, subject to all ldrds, courts, tribunals and judges.
In confirmation whereof they have (in presence of the Honorable
Dirck Wesselsz, magistrate of this place, and Jacob Sandersz,
called as witnesses hereto) subscribed this with their own hands,
in New Albany, the date above written.

Hendrick Rooseboom
Gerit Herttenberch
As witnesses ;

Dirck Wesselsz

Jacob Sanders Glen

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Will of Andries Hendricksen of Kinderhook 1

[321-23 blank; 324] In the name of God, Amen. Know all men
by the contents of this present public instrument that in the year
after the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ 168 " on the
fifth day of the month of January, before me, Adriaen van Ilpen-
dam, notary public residing in New Albany, appointed by the Right
Honorable Edmond Andros (on behalf of his Roval Highness

1 Another copy of this will is in Wills, v. 1, p. v,

506 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

|ame?, Duke of York, governor general over all his territories in
America i and before the hereinafter named witnesses came and
appeared the worthy Andries Heyndricsz, born at Ootmars in
Twent, 1 dwelling at present at the Kinderhoeck, well known to me,
the notarv. being at present sound of body, able to walk and
stand, and having the perfect use and command of his faculties,
on, memory and understanding, which appearer considering
the shortness and frailty of human life, the certainty of death and
the uncertainty of the time and hour thereof, desiring therefore
in dispose of his temporal effects to be left behind while he yet
i through God's grace I ha- power, as he doe- of his own free will
Mid inclination, without persuasion or misleading of anyone, has
now ordained and determined this his last will and testament in
form and manner following: First and foremosl commending his
immortal soul (whenever it -hall be separated from hi- body) to
the gracious and merciful hand- of < iod, In- Maker and Redeemer,
and hi- body to a Christian burial, this appealer declare- that he has
nominated and 1 325 1 instituted, a- he hereb) does, Jan Gilbertse, or
if -o be that he be deceased before tin- testator, [Jan] Gilbertsz's
wife, named Cornelia | |." or in case both of

them be decea-ed. their child or children left behind, as his sole
and universal heir- of all his property, real and personal, nothing
e cepted, which -aid testator at hi- death -hall leave behind,
without contradiction or opposition of anyone; and the testator

promises the foregoing to hold a- g 1 and binding and to make

no other will or bequests to an) one else in the world, upon condi
'urn that if he. the testator, should fall ill or suffer bodil) ailment,
or in his old age become unable any longei to earn his living,
Ian Gilbertsz, or hi- wife, or In- children -hall be holden to provide
him properl) with board and clotiling and to render the necessary
services a- long a- he li\c-. Ml of which aforesaid conditions
they, the appealer-, declare that the) hold good, binding and valid
although some formalities demanded b) law and usage ma) not be
fully observed herein, desiring the utmost benefit to be received

herefrom. Ml done and executed at the house of Jan (nib.

in New Mbany (in presence of Jacob Maerlen-/ and Evert

1 Ootmarsum, in the district of Twenthe, in the provino
\i iIh rlai 1

nuscript destroyed In the othei cop} ot 'lie will in Wills, volume
i, the n. nnr 1- given .1- Vrents." She was the daughter of

Vndries Hendricksen's sister and of Arent van den Bergh.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l66o-l6o,6 50/

Wendel, junior, called as witnesses hereto) and subscribed with
their own hands the year, month and day aforewritten.

This is the mark + of Andries

Hevndricsz, made with his own

hand

fOHN GlLBERTT

As witnesses :

Jacob Maertese
Evert Wendell

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease of a farm at Niskayuna from Marten Cregier, junior, to
Cornelis Dyckman

[326] On this 7th day of February 1681 appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam. notary public (residing in New Albany),
and before the undersigned witnesses, Air Maerten Crygier, junior,
of the first part and Cornelis Dyckman of the second part, who
hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have
agreed and contracted in form and manner following, to wit: Mr
Maerten Crygier, junior, acknowledges that he has let to said
Cornelis Dyckman his farm lying at Canastagioene for the time
of the six next following years, with house and barn as they at
present stand, provided that if the lessor or lessee do not like each
other, they can cancel the lease in three years.

The lessee shall enter upon said farm on the 16th of April 1681,
the house and barn to be roof and wall tight as they now stand, and
with said farm there shall be delivered to said lessee six milch cows
and seven horses, to wit, three stallions and four mares, a plow,
a harrow with iron teeth, a new wagon with iron mountings, a
plow chain and proper rope harness to plow with. The half of the
increase of the horses and cattle shall belong to the lessee and at
the end of said term the lessee shall be holden to return the number
of animals delivered to him with half of the increase thereof and
before any partition is made the lessee shall not be at liberty to
sell, remove, or lease any of the increase of the horses or cattle
without the consent of the lessor. For the first two vears the
lessee, instead of paying rent, shall be obliged to inclose the whole
farm and land with a sufficient fence of logs or palisades like the
present old fence ; likewise he shall properly fence the land that
Schelluvne ' owned so far as the kill runs, and in addition pay
yearly the two first years sixteen skipples of oats.

1 Dirck van Schelluvne, notary public at Bevervvyck, or Albany.

508 EARLV RECORUS "1 VLBANY

[327] The lessee shall use onl) the half the land of said farm
during the last four years, on condition of his paying as rent yearly
eighty-seven and a half skipples of wheat, and during said six ye
keep one cow For said lessor yearly, and draw wood two days

ry year with two horses for said lessor; on condition also that
the lessee shall deliver yearly six pounds of butter for each cow
with calf and three pounds of butter for each farrow row.

The lessor delivers with the farm thirty-five skipples of winter
wheat in the ground and at the end of said time the lessee must
l>ut in the ground a like quantity for the lessor; and the lessee
promises to return a sufficiently tight fence; and if any expei 1
m imposed by the governing authorities, the lessee shall he hoi den
to pay tin' -.mie, \ 1 1 . 1 m case of burning 1 which may God ;
vent 1 that ma) happen through the lire of the les-ee. the lessee
-hall he holden to pa) half die damage; hut in case of general war
■he damage is to he borne by the lessor alone. Said contracting
parties promise to execute and perform the above conditions under

dge of their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to
all lords, court-, tribunals and judges. In confirmation of which
they have 1 in presence 'if Jacob Coenraetsz ten Eyck and Abraham
Kip, called a- witnesses hereto) subscribed this with their own
hand- in New Albany, dated the 7th of February 168 .

M : t ut on 1;

I ORNELIS 1 >Yi KMA.X

As witnesses :

Jacob tru Eyck
. tbram Kip

.mil attestor

\!>ki\ixyax [lpendam, Not Pub.

Lease of a farm at Catskill from Marten Gerritsen van Bergen
to Gerrit Teunissen Van Vechten and Jonas Vockertsen
Douw

[328 and 329 blank; 330 1 On this 71I1 day of March 168 ','
appeared before inc. ^driaen van [lpendam, notary public residing
in New Albany, and before die hereinafter named witnesses, the
worth) Maerten Gerritsz van Berghen oi tin- one part and (ierrit
I nun , ..in Vechten and Jonas Volckertsz Douw of the other
part, who hereb) acknowledge that in love and friendship they have
eed and contracted in form and manner following, to wit:

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND _'. 1660-1696 509

Said Maerten Gerritsz acknowledges that he has let to said ( rerrit
Teunisz and Jonas Yolckertsz his farm lying at Katskil in the
Maize land ( named Quaiack i comprising the just half of the fore-
most piece, with house, barn and orchard, as it is occupied by the
lessor. The lessor shall lease therewith eight horses, eight cows
and four heifers, a wagon, four extra wheels, a plow, a harrow
with iron teeth, and a winnowing fan ; the lessees shall likewise
possess and have the disposition of all the lessor's claims to the
half of Pooteeck as of said farm for the time of the next six
years, to commence on the 22<\ of April 1681 old style and end on
the 22d of April 1687. For which said lessees promise to pay to
the aforenamed lessor or his order for the first three years,
twenty-two beavers yearly, and foi the last three years, twenty-
five beavers yearly, together with a hundred skipples of maize
yearly for the aforesaid six years, the same to be paid punctually
every year, at market price.

Respecting the land in seed, of which there is now fifty-one
skipples of winter wheat in the ground, this the lessees shall also
have, and at the end of said six years they shall be holden to put
again as much properly in the ground; and said lessees shall not
sow at the end of said time more than two-third parts of [331]
said farm or of the foremost parcel and if there shall be more than
51 skipples sowed, the lessor shall make good and pay to the lessees
for the excess according to the appraisal of impartial men ; the
fence which is now there the lessees shall take at an appraisal
and deliver up the same subject to valuation.

The lessor promises to build a rick there this present year and
to have doors made for the barn, and the lessees promise to make
all the repairs during the lease at their own expense and at the
end of the lease to deliver up all, roof and wall tight ; in case of
general war ( from which may God protect us ) the loss shall fall
upon the lessor; but in case of burning occasioned by the lessees'
fire the loss shall be the lessees' ; and all that according to inventory
is delivered to the lessee--, they shall be holden to return in good
and proper condition. And they shall have the horses and cattle
on the same conditions on which the patroon of the colony lets
his horses and cattle, provided that the lessees shall not sell,
exchange or let them without consent of the lessor.

The aforesaid contracting parties hereto bind their persons and
estates, real and personal, nothing excepted, subject. to all lords,
courts, tribunals and judges.

5IO 1 VR] •• R] I ORDS ' 'I ALBANY

lii witness whereof they, namely the lessor and the lessees,
jointly and severally as principals, have subscribed this with their
own hands for the full performance of the aforesaid conditions,
in New Albany, on the date above written.

Maeri en • Iertsi n

This is the mark X oi Gerrd
! i i nisz van Vechten, made with
his own hand
Jonas Vol i kersz I >0UW
As witnesses :
Dirck Wessi

This is the mark -\- of Tierck Harmansz,
made b) himsel t

' }uod atiesti <1

Adriaen van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Terms upon which Zacharias Sickels agrees to herd cattle at

Albany

1 33 2 1 Terms and condition- upon which certain citizens of
Albany wish to contract for the herding of their cattle.

First, the herder -hall be holden to lend the cattle at his
expense as to board and to keep a suitable youngster with hint to
look after the cattle; be -hall begin to drive them out on the 6th
of \pril of this year [68l, old Style, and -ball not leave off before
the 6th of November next, old style.

Second, the herder -ball blow the horn three time- every morn-
ing at or before sunrise and then go out with the cattle and the
youngster where there shall be the best pasture for the cattle, or
where the masters hereinafter named shall order him; and about
a quartet oi an hour before sunset he shall bring back the cattle
near the church.

Third, h one or more of the animal- shall happen to die through
neglect of tin- herder, be -hall be holden to pa) for the same
.i. 1 1 >i ding i" appraisal.

Fourth, if the herder be found drinking in any tavern, he shall
forfeit ten guilders seawan ever) tit i

Fifth, if one or more of the animal- happen to die oi be <
awa\ within the first half of -aid time, then not more than half ol
the herder''- wages -ball be paid therefor and that punctually at that
tune. So likewise all those who deliver their cattle to be herded
shall be holden a- soon a- the half of -aid lime oi herding shall

NOTARIAL PAPERS 1 AND _', l66o-l6<)0 5II

have expired, to pay the half of the stipulated herder's wages to
the herder without any delay. At the proper time the herder shall
be holden to burn the brush and forewarn the farmers in order
that no one may receive harm. The bids are to be in seawan
and every one must govern himself accordingly, but the herder
may not refuse to receive in payment good wheat at market price,
or silver money.

1 333 J L'pon the above-written conditions Zacharias Sickels
has agreed to herd the cattle for eighteen guilders seawan for
each cow, two heifers to be reckoned as one cow or full-grown
animal, with the understanding that he is to render all obedience
to the worthy Willem Ketelhuyn and Cornells Gysbertsz and recog-
nize them as his masters and principals in this matter, for which
he binds his person and property, real and personal, to the authority
of all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness whereof
he has subscribed this with his own hand, this 26th of March 1681.

Zachariasz Seckels
Willem Ketelhuyn
This is the mark C G of Corn.
Gysbertsz, made by himself
Acknowledged before me,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Clerk

On this 27th day of March 1682, in accordance with the above-
written conditions, said Sacharias Zickels has again undertaken
to herd the cattle and shall receive eighteen guilders in seawan for
each full-grown animal, or two heifers, and he shall go out with
them on the 6th of April 1O82 and not leave off before the 6th
of November of this year, old style; but on the express condition
that said cowherder shall not refuse good wheat or silver money
in payment, reckoned at seawan price, and yield all obedience to
the worthy Maerten Crygier, junior and the worthy Jan Salomonsz,
accounting them his masters and principals in this regard ; thereto
binding his person and estate, movable and immovable, subject to
the authority of all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness
whereof this is subscribed with his own hand.

Zachariasz Seckels

M. Cregier

This is the mark X of Jan

Salomonsz, made with his own

hand

JI2 EARL^ RECORDS 01 VLBANY

f334) On this iytli of March 1685 (according to the above-
written conditions of March 26, [68i 1 Zacharias Sickels has again
taken charge of the cattle at the rate of twenty guilders seawan
for every full-grown cow, or two heifers as one cow, hut is not to
refuse good winter wheat or silver money (reckoned at seawan
. yielding all obedience to the worthy Willem Gysbertsz and
the worthy Taeckel Dircksz, acknowledging them as his m;
and principals in this regard; thereto binding his person and estate,
real and personal, subject to the authority of all judges, and has
ribed this with his own hand in New Albany, dated as
ah iresaid.

Z.u hariasz Seci

Contract 1 f Gerrit van Kulenburgh to serve Jonas Volckertsen
Douw for one year

|335 blank; 336 1 On this 28th da) of March [681 appi
before me, ^.driaen van [lpendam, notary public (residing in \<
Alham 1, and before the afterwritten witnesses, Gerrit Jan-: van
Kulenburgh' of the one part and Jonas Volckersz Douw ol the
other pari, who hereby acknowledge that in love and friend I
they have contracted and agreed with each other in manner fol-
lowing, to wit: Said Gerrit Jansz acknowledges that he has hired
himself to said Jonas Volckersz Douw for the term of a whole •
to begin in the latter pan of Maj or the beginning of June [681,
on the day when he shall enter hi 1 ice, and end on the same
day of the same month [682, during which said tune said Gerrit
Jansz promises to serve said Jonas Volckersz obediently with all
diligence and faithfulness in all propei work; for which sen
said master promises to pa) said servani the sum of twent) four
good, merchantable beaver skins and said master can pay said

ivers in good winter wheal at market pine. Mid moreover the
master promises to give for said year's service to said servani a
new hat, a pair of new shoes and a pan- of new stockings, and
1 to ha e his linen washed free. Hereto said contracting
parties hind theii persons and esl 1 hing excepted, subject t"

all lords, courts, tribunals and judges, In witness whereof the)

nburg, or Culenborg

NOTARIAL PAPERS 1 AND 2, 1660-1696 513

have subscribed this with their own hands without fraud or deceit,

in New Albany, on the date above written.

Jonas Volckersz Douw

This is the mark X of Gerrit Jansz

van Kulenburgh, made with his

. ., own hand

As witnesses:

This is the mark X of Jan Cornells

Vyselaer, made with his own hand

Jacob Tchunissen

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, A r ot. Pub.

Deed of exchange between Dirck Wesselsen and Gerrit Teunis-
sen and Jochem Lammersen of lands at Kinderhook

[337 blank; 338] On this 7th day of April 1681 appeared before
me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany,
and before the underwritten witnesses, the Honorable Dirck \Ye^-
selsz 1 and Gerrit Teunisz 2 of the one part and Joachim Lambertsz
of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in love and friend-
ship they have agreed in form and manner following: First, Dirck
Wesselsz and Gerrit Teunisz acknowledge that they have exchanged
with Joachim Lambertsz a certain parcel of land lying on the
Kinderhoecx kill, lying to the east of said kill as the fiat lies within
its bounds, 3 for which Joachim Lambertsz gives his plantation lying
to the south of the Grootc Stuck* where he now dwells, with house,
barn, orchard and farmland, just as it came to him from Jan Heyn-
dricksz Bruyns and furthermore all the rights which he received
therewith and which he has possessed till this date, and in addition
Joachim Lambertsz promises to give thirty whole, merchantable
beaver skins at eight guilders apiece to be paid in five instalments,
the first (being a just fifth part) to be paid in the month of Feb-
ruary 1(1X3, and so on the following years in the month of February
from year to year punctually; but Joachim Lambertsz may pay the
same in good grain at market price to be delivered here in New
Albany free. Likewise Joachim Lambertsz must deliver to Dirck
Wesselsz and Gerrit Teunisz an absolute conveyance of the above-
named plantation on the first of May 1682, and Dirck Wesselsz
and Gerrit Teunisz promise to deliver to Joachim Lambertsz an

1 Dirck Wesselsen ten Broeck.
- Gerrit Teunissen van Vechten.

3 Circum-valatie ; literally, circumvallation, probably referring to the
natural boundary formed by the creek.

4 The " Great Piece," or " Great Field."

17

514 EAKLY RECORDS OB ALBANY

olute conveyance oon as the last payment shall be made.
L339] Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties bind their pei
and estates, movable and immovable, present and future, nothing

i, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In co
Urination of which, in presence of Claes Ripsz van Dam and Livinus
van Schayck, called as witnesses hereto, they have subscribed this
with their own hands in Xew Albany, dated as above.

Dirck Wesselsz

This is the mark X of Gerrit Teunisz,
made by himself
As witnesses:

( 'laes Ripsen van Dam
Lievynis ran Schaick

Quod attestor

\|>K1 A! N VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pill'.

Contract of sale of land at Kinderhook from Dirck Wesselsen
and Gerrit Teunissen to Pieter Vosburgh

1 340] On this 7th day of April 1681 appeared before me,
Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public residing in Xew Albany, and

1m hue the hereinafter named witnesses, the worthy Dirck Wessi
and Gerrit Teunisz of the one part and Pieter Vosburgh of the
other pan, who herebj acknowledge that in love and friendship
they have contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit : Dirck
Wesselsz and Gerrit Tennis/ acknowledge that they have sold and
Pieter Vosburgh that he has bought a certain parcel of land lying
.hi Kinderhoecx kill, to wit, a large flat lying to the wist of said
kill and a little Strip of land lying on the east side of said kill.
directl) opposite the large flat; this l'tt'e strip of land is situated
to the south of the land that was boughl b\ Joachim Lambertsz
and to the north of the land that was bought b\ ' hristoffel the
Frenchman and the large flat is situated to the south of the Ian. I
Math Xemenau and to the north of the strip that Dirck lleyndii
boughl of -aid sellers. 1 For which said buyer promises to pay to

1 Pit slrokie Landis is belenl ten Zuyden vant Landt dot Joachim
Lambertsz gekoght heefi m ten Noorden belent vant Landt dat Christoffel
de fransman gekochi heeft, Ende de grootc Vlackte is belent ten Zuy
van hei Landt van Matit-Nemenau, ende ten Noorden van het Strookie not
Dirck Heyndricss van dito Verkoopers gekoght heeft, which was trans!
by Professor Peat land is bounded on the south 1>\

tin- land thai Joachim Lambertsz has bought. . . ." That this interpre
tation is wrong appears from tin I D Wesselsen an. I derrit

Teunissen granted <•" March 25, !i
i| the Kindei 1 1 k, which an' -

the Land that Ian Bruyne I >< Pompoen hath bought and to tin E
the Land <>f Mattit Neminaw."

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 515

said sellers the sum of one hundred and fort) good, merchantable
beaver skins, at eight guilders apiece, in six instalments, of which
the first payment was due in the month of February 1681, inasmuch
as the land was sold as early as December 1679, but [the sale] not
recorded till now on the date hereof ; the second payment is to be
made in the month of February 1682 and so on from year to year
promptly in the month of February, each year a just sixth part;
but the buyer may pay said beavers in wheat, peas, oats, or buck-
wheat at beaver's price as the market ranges at the time of payment,
the same to be delivered free here in Albany to the sellers or their
order. Hereto the [341] contracting parties bind their persons and
estates, real and personal, present and future, nothing excepted,
subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In confirmation
whereof they have subscribed this with their own hands (in pres-
ence of Claes Ripsz van Dam and Lievynus van Schayck, called
as witnesses hereto) in New Albany, dated as above.

Dirck Wesselsz

This is the mark X of Gerrit Teunisz,
made with his own hand

PlETER VOSBURG

As witnesses :

Clacs Ripscn van Dam
Lievynis van Schaick

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease of land in the colony of Rensselaerswyck from Gerrit
Teunissen van Vechten to Maerten Cornelissen Vlas

[342] On this nth day of April 1681 appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and
before the hereinafter named witnesses, Gerrit Teunisz van Vechten
of the one part and Maerten Cornelisz Vlas of the other part, who
hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have con-
tracted and agreed in manner following, to wit: Gerrit Teunisz
acknowledges that he has let to Maerten Cornelisz a certain parcel
of land lying in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, to the south of the

5 I( J EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

farm which Claes van Petten 1 now occupies, with all the rights
which said lessor has therein (according to the patent granted him
by : tble the Governor General Edmond Andro

lor the term of fourteen rtive yeai ning on the 6

this year [68j and ending on the first of May in the
year 1695; for which the lessee promises to deliver to the lessor a
house twenty li\. iy twenty-two feet wide, under which

then ar fifteen

and also to repair the barn and make it fifteen feet longer. The
es to deliver the -aid ind barn to the

and wall tight, in lieu of rent, hut if by general war.
tire. h may God protect us) tin and

barn be destroyed, die lessee shall not he liable damage,

but in ca<e of lire caused by the le-sec himself, he shall he bound

1 the lnss. The fencing now standing <>n -aid I

shal d by impartial persons and at the end of -aid fo

n years the fencing shall again be ; 1 and whatever mure

or li ted at shall he adjusted between the le

\t the expiration 1.3431 "' sa id lease the le-
may leave in the ground twenty-five skipples of winter wheat, for
which the lessor shall have to pay according to appraisal. Hereto
infracting parties bind their persons and estates, real and
personal, present and future, subj 11 lord-, courts, tribunals

and judges! In witness wl< ey have subscribed this with

ttled in i' lenectady, where

in 1668, with Cornelis Cornelis lit a farm 'if Mai

q 51, and
Hist 1 »/, i'. [85 87,

t the farm referred t
in tin
- 'lb, in Vechten

ing in tin
■ Septemb 7, for "A id ami Swamp

lying to >'' Southward of Albany, which by my order hath l> 1 out

for 1 Garritt Tunniss, in consideracon of hi- ices with

Indyans, & p[ar]ticu
troubli : iid being to y« Sou' ye Plantai G rritt

Tunnisse now lives vpon." Th

m t.i imply that the land was on tin
Hudson river, il .-ppears from certain patents relating to lam! rack

. ik that li land on the

50 that in this case the patent may refer to land to
I),,. r the Mi 1 1 the pn

llty, N, Y. In either I
grantin ' i nd within I

isselaers were striving hard to obtain a man.
grant from York, i- it

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 5*7

their own hands (in presence of the Honorable Dirck Wesselsz
and the Honorable David Schuyler, called as witnesses hereto),
dated as above.

This is the mark X of Gerrit TeuniSZ
van Vechten, made with his own
hand
This is the mark X of Maerten (
nelisz Vlas, made with his own
hand
As witnesses:

Dirck Wesselsz
Davidt Scheuler

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale of a brewery and house and lot at Albany from
Pieter Lassen and Sybrant van Schaick to Gerrit Bancker

[344] On this 19th day of April 1681 appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and
before the underwritten witnesses, Pieter Lassingh and Sybrant
van Schayck of the first part and Gerrit Bancker of the second
part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they
have contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit : Pieter
Lassing 1 and Sybrant van Schayck acknowledge that they have
sold to said Gerrit Bancker their brewery and dwelling house and
lot and all their rights which they hitherto have had therein,
together with the brew kettle, tubs, coolers and all the barrels
which are marked with three rings, and a horse and harness and
furthermore all that belongs to the brewery, and which the sellers
own in company without exception ; which the said sellers promise
to deliver on the first of June of this year 1681 ; for which said
buyer promises to pay the sum of one hundred and eighty good,
whole, merchantable beaver skins at eight guilders apiece and failing
of such beavers, the buyer may pay in good, heavy beavers at six
guilders a pound, all to be paid next August of this year; further-
more the buyer shall be holden to take all the hops which shall be
in the brewery on delivery of said house and brewery, paying
therefor as much as the sellers paid for them, likewise in August
of this year. Hereto said contracting parties bind their persons
and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals

Pieter Pietersen Lassen.

5l8 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

and judges and they have subscribed this with their own hands (in
presence of Adriaen Gerritsen and Asser Levy van Swelm,' called
as witnesses hereto), in New Albany, dated as above.

Pyetter P} ettersen
Sybrant van Schak k
As witnesses: Gerret Bancken

Adriaen Gerretsen
Asser Levy Tan Swellem

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease of a house in Albany from Annetie Schaets to Jan
Cornelissen van der Hoeven

[345 blank ; 346 ] On this loth day of June 1681 appeared before
me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public 1 residing in New Albany),
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Annetie Schaets of the
one part and Jan Cornelisz vander Hoeven of the other part, who
acknowledge thai in all love and friendship they have contracted and
agreed in form and manner following, to wit: Said Annetie
Schaets, wife of Thomas Kyckebul, acknowledges thai she has
let a certain house and lol (standing and lying near the church
here in New Albany) to said Jan Cornelisz van der Hoeven for
the term of the next four years to commence from the first of
Wax this year [68i and to end on the first of May [685; and the

id lessor promises in said term to make proper repairs therein:
for which the said lessee promises to pay as rent the firsl two yi

mi good, whole, merchantable beaver skins, to wit, four beavi
each \ear. and for the third and fourth years six whole beavers a
year, to he paid each year punctually. Hereto said contracting
parties hind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject
to ill lords, court--, tribunals anil judges. In confirmation of which
they have subscribed this with their own hands 1 in presence of
Jacob van Noortstranl and Frans Jansz Pruyn, called as witm
hereto), in New Albany the toth of June [681.

\ Si MAi rs
Tan Corni 1 isse vander Hi
As witnes

Jacob van Nordstrant
Frans Jattsen Pruyen

Quad attestor

\oi;i\i x van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.
i of Schwclm, in \\

NOTARIAL PAPERS -I AND 2, 1660-1696 519

Contract of sale between Pieter Winne and Hendrick Marten-
sen of one-half of a sawmill at Bethlehem

[347 blank; 348J On this 27th day of June 1681 appeared before
me, Adriaen van Ilpendain, notary public (residing in New Albany),
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Pieter Winne of the
one part and Heyhdrick Maertensz, of the other part, who hereby
acknowledge that in love and friendship they have contracted and
agreed in manner following, to wit : Said Pieter Winne acknowl-
edges that he has sold and said Heyndrick Maertensz that he has
bought a half of a sawmill at Bethlehem with the half of all the
implements now there, nothing excepted; likewise, the seller must
deliver therewith two new saws and promises to deliver all the
above 'said to the buyer in the month of October next coming, of
this year 1681 ; for which said buyer promises to pay to said seller
or to his order the sum of eighteen hundred good, merchantable
inch pine boards, to wit, in two payments, the first of which (being
the just half) must be made in the year 1682 and the second or
last payment in the year 1683; but the lease of the waterfall shall
begin for the buyer from the first of May 1682. The buyer shall
be holden to saw the logs which the seller now has at the mill for
the profit of the seller, provided he receive proper pay therefor,
and in case during the time said logs are sawing anything shall
happen to break either in mill or implements, the said seller must
make good the same at once, to wit, the running gears. Further-
more it is stipulated that Heyndrick Maertensz (so soon as his
term for the mill begins) shall be holden to cut and saw all the
timber (that shall be sawed in partnership in said mill) and pro-
vide a man to draw the same, on condition that the seller be holden
to provide four horses and all the implements and feed for the
horses and deliver the boards on the bank ; and whatever must be
done on the mill shall be done by the buyer and seller jointly.
And in case one of the two partners be inclined to sell said half
mill and implements, the other shall have the preference, and if
1^349] they can not agree about it, then it shall be appraised by two
impartial men.

Hereto said contracting parties bind their persons and estates,
nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.
In confirmation whereof thev have subscribed this with their own

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

hands (in presence of i lam. an Thomasz and Jan van Loon) in
New Albany, dated as aforesaid.

Pieter Win

I ll NDRK K MAERTEN

As w itnes

Harmon Thomasz

Jan ran /.

lod attestor

Adriaen van [i . Not. Pub.

Assignment of lease of a farm in the colony of Rensselaerswyck
from Juriaen Teunissen to Jan Casparsen

! 35 1 i ; On this [ ] 2 day of July 1681 appeared before me,
Adriaen mi. notary public 1 residing in New Alban

and before the underwritten witnesses, Jurriaen Teunisz 3 of the
one pari and Jai -/' of the other part, who acknowlei

that in all love and friendship they have contracted and agreed in
form and manner following, to wit: Jurriaen I Vim;
that he has mad. •/ a farm lying in the colony

of Rensselaerswyck, with the house, barn and hayricks which he.
Jurriaen Teunisz lias hired of Madam Maria Rensselaer for three
or - cutive years and which hi 1 cupied now

year, so that Jurriaen Teunisz (upon the terms en which he hired
the sam< make- over the -aid

period of the ne following years, beginning on the

May of this year t' Si and ending on the first of v
case Jan Caspersz di ■ aid farm an) longer

tirst two years, In- -hall he free in give up the ' her-

wise he may keep it fur five consecutive years
written, on the expn condition that hi ! C arly pay

Madam Renssi 1 rent of the farm and likewise the butter

for . as Jurriaen Tennis/ promised to die \nd there have

now been delivei he farm to Ian Caspersz four milch o

I two calve- about two months old. likewise four farm horses,
to wit, a stallion and a gelding and two mares, and Its about

three months old, all upon thi conditions as Jurriaen Teunisz

received them. Furthermore Jurriaen Teunisz has no and

leaf is ■ the beginning marked 351

' 350.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1096 5_>I

delivered over to Jan Caspersz all the seed that is now in the land,
also all the fencing, provided that Jan Casparse shall pay therefor
four hundred skipples of good wheat, [350] to wit, two hundred
skipples next winter, a hundred skipples the second winter and a
hundred skipples in the third winter ; but the wheat can be paid in
any other good, merchantable grain; and Jan Casparse shall at the
end of his lease own all the seed in ground and all the fencing.
The lessee of said farm must pay yearly a rental of eighty-five
skipples of wheat and for every milch cow six pounds of butter
yearly. The aforesaid Jan Casparse acknowledges that he has
received the aforesaid farm and all that is hereinbefore specified
and promises to pay all according to conditions above written.

For the performance of these, said contracting parties have hereto
bound their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all
lords, courts, tribunals and judges and have subscribed this with
their own hands, without craft or guile (in presence of Hans
Dreeper and Poulus Maertensz, called as witnesses hereto), in
New Albany, dated as aforesaid.

JuREJAN TUNSEN

This is the mark X mark of Jan
Casparsz, made by himself
As witnesses :

Hans Dreper
Poulis Marten*

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Maerten Cornelissen Vlas and Jacob
Vosburgh of a farm at Kinderhook

[35 2 ] On this 16th day of July r68i appeared before me, Adriaen
van Ilpendam, notary public 1 residing in New Albany), and before
the underwritten witnesses, Maerten Cornelisz Vlas of the one part
and Jacob Vosburgh of the other part, who hereby acknowledge
that in love and friendship they have agreed in form and manner
following, to wit : Said Maerten Cornelisz acknowledges that he
has sold and said Jacob Vosburgh that he has bought of him a cer-
tain farm lying at the Kinderhoeck, with house, barn and hayrick and
all the rights which the said seller has therein, just as the same was
let to Pieter Bosie. to wit, the fourth part of the Grootc Stuck, and
promises to deliver the same to the buyer on the first of May [682,

'■ Pnnlus Martensen van Benthuysen.

522 ORDS OF ALBANY

together with a serviceable plow and a harrow, and promises also
tD deliver the fencing as Pieter Bosie likewise received it. Further-
more it is stipulated that Pieter Bosie shall leave thirty skipples of

winter wheat in the ground the last year of his lease, to wit. next
harvest, whereof fifteen skipples or the yield of the same shall
belong tn Pieter Bosie himself and fifteen skipples or the yield
Hi' the same to Maerten Cornelisz, which fifteen skipples
that are due to Maerten Cornelisz he shall be holden
in turn over to said buyer, Jacob Vosburgh, under the
terms of -ale of said farm. The buyer promises to pay to said
seller or to hi- order for all that is hereinbefore specified the sum
of une thousand skipples of good winter wheat and fifty skipples of
peas, to wit. twenty four skipples of peas next harvest and twenty-
six skipples of peas in 1 353 1 the harvest of [682; and -aid thou-
sand skipples of wheat the buyer promises u> pay in four years,
each year a just fourth part, whereof the first payment shall he
made in the month of January 1683 and so mi from year to year
punctually in the month of January. The buyer promises to help
the seller cart -aid payments in the -lime, likewise in carl a load
yearly to Albany. Hereto the -aid contracting parties pledge their
mi- and estates, real and personal, presenl and future, nothing
epted, subject to all lords, courts, -tribunals and judges
In witness whereof they have subscribed this with their own
hand- 1 in presence of Jan van Loon and Willem Claesz Groesbeeck,
a- witnesses hereto called), in New Albany, dated a- aforesaid.

This is the mark + of M VERTEN
Cornelisz Vlas, made with his

n\\ 11 hand
This is the mark of 1 \ J VO IB \ 1
BURGH, made w ith hi- own hand

As witnesses :

Jan van Loon

Willem Klasen ■ ibeek

Quod attestor

\driaen van Ilpendam, A',)/. Pub.

Bill of sale of a negro from Jacob Vosburgh to Tierck

Harmensen

[ 3541 O' 1 lms -'I 1 ' 1 day "'' August [68i appeared before me.
Adriaen van Ilpendam. notary public (residing in New Albany),

and Inf., re the underwritten witnesses, Jacob Vosburgh of the

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 523

one part and Tierck Harmensz 1 of the other part, who hereby
acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have contracted
and agreed in manner following, to wit : Said Jacob Vosburgh
acknowledges that he has sold to said Tierck Harmansz a certain
negro named Jeck, and said seller delivers said negro now to said
buyer free and unincumbered ; for which said negro the buyer
promises to pay to the seller or his order the sum of thirty-seven
good, merchantable beaver skins, to wit, ten good, whole, merchant-
able beaver skins within the time of the next two months and the
remaining twenty-seven beavers next May 1682, in good, deliver-
able boards as the market therefor shall be.

Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties bind their persons and
estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and
judges. In confirmation of which they have subscribed these with
their own hands ( in presence of Jan van Loon and Jacob Tysz
vander Heyden, called as witnesses hereto), in New Albany, dated
as aforesaid.

This is the mark I AV of Jacob Vos-
burgh, made by himself
This is the mark X of Tierck Har-
mansz, made by himself
As witnesses :

Jan van Loon

Jacob Theysen vander Heyden
Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Teunis Slingerlandt and John Gilbert
of a house and lot in Albany
[355 blank; 356 j On this 31st day of October 1681 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Teunis Slinger-
landt of the one part and Jan Gilbert of the other part, who
acknowledge that in love and friendship they have contracted and
agreed in form and manner following, to wit : Teunis Slingerlandt
acknowledges that he has sold to said Jan Gilbert a certain little
house and lot standing and lying here in New Albany on the hill,
next the house and lot of Cornells van Schelluyne, together with
all the rights which the seller at present has therein, which the
seller delivers to the buyer at once ; for which said buyer promises
to pay to the seller sixteen goody whole, merchantable beaver skins,

* Tierck Harmensen Visscher.

5-'4 EARLY i OF ALBANY

the same to be paid in two instalments, whereof the first payment
(being eight whole beavers) shall be punctually paid to the seller
or his order in the middle of the trading season in the year 1682,
and the remaining eight beavers in the middle of the trading season
in the year 1683 ; but on the express condition that the buyer 1
pay the aforenamed beavers in silver money or sea wan at heaver's
value. Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties hind their persons
and estate-, real and personal, nothing > 1 i. subjed to all lords,

court-, tribunals and judges and they have subscribed this with
their own hands (in presence of Courl Messenger Williaem Percker
and Mr Maerten Crygier, trustworthy witnesses herein called 1. in
New Albany, dated as aforesaid.

Ti ; LYENGHERLANT

As wirn Ion rtt

Win: Parker
M: Cregier

Quod attestor

Adriaen van [lpendam, Not. Puo.

Indenture of apprenticeship of Jan Douwesen Fonda to Thomas
Craven, blacksmith
[357 blank; 358] On this 29th day of November [681 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
\I1mm\ 1. and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Douwejellisz
Fonda of the one part and Thomas Craven of the other part, who
hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have o
traded and agreed in manner following, to wit: Said Don
Jellisz Fonda acknowledges that he has hired to said Thomas
Craven his son Ian Douwesz Fonda (now about thirteen ye
for the 1 five consecutive years to commence on the first

Decembet of this year [68] and to end on tl if December

1686; and the a promise- to teach the alma

youngster the smith's trade (as well as he can 1 and in
addition 1,1 proper board to give him For the first year
thr& for the second, third and fourth

years, four whole beavers yearly, and for the fifth year
five whole heaver-, in seawan or com at market price. Like-
wise the aforesaid master promises that the
may go to the evenin I three winters, provided the

fathi : and tl aid father prom

that help) shall serve out the aforesaid term

and perform all p ork with diligence and obedience. Hereto

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND J, IO60-1696 t-N

the aforesaid contracting parties bind their persons and estates,
nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.
In confirmation whereof they have subscribed this with their own
hands (in presence of Jacob Abrahamsz and Heyndrick Bries,
trustworthy witnesses hereto called), in New Albany, dated as
above.

Douwe Jellise Fonda
As witnesses: Thomas Craven

Jacob Abrahamsen
Hendrick Bries

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale of a lot in Albany from Jacob Thyssen van der
Heyden to Pieter Philpsen Schuyler

[359 blank; 360] On this 5th day of December 1681 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Jacob Tysz
vander Heyden of the one part and Pieter Philipsz Schuyler of the
other part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship
they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit : Said
Jacob Tysz acknowledges that he has sold to said Pieter Philipsz
Schuyler his lot lying on the hill here in New Albany, with all the
rights which the seller has therein ( excepting the brick and stones,
which the seller reserves). The seller delivers said lot to the buyer
immediately, for which >aid buyer promises to pay to the seller, or
his order, the sum of one hundred and twenty whole pieces of eight,
said payment to be made next summer 1682 on conveyance from
the seller. But in case the buyer and seller can not come to an
agreement with merchandise, said buyer must make said payment
in current pieces of eight. Hereto the aforesaid contracting par-
ties bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all
lords, courts, tribunals and judges and (in presence of Mr Dirck
YVesselsz and Maes Cornelisz, trustworthy witnesses hereto called i
they have subscribed this with their own hands, in New Albany,
on the date above written.

Jacob Theysen vander Heyden
As witnesses: Pieter Schuyler

Dirck Wessclsz

Maes Comelysz

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

526 I \KIY l;l ( 1 IRDS 1 IF ALBANY

Contract of sale between Harmen Bastiaensen and Teunis
Pietersen of a house, lot and barn in Albany

[361 blank; 362J On this 6th da) of J&nuiaT) 16&I appeared
before me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notar) public residing in New
Albany, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Harmen B
tiaensz of the one part and Teunisz Pietersz of the other part,
who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have
contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit: Harman Ba
tiaensz acknowledges that he has sold to said reunis Pietersz the
house in which he now dwells, with the lot and barn and all that is
thereon by nail and earth fast, to wit, so much as he has claim to,
also four feet, viz. wood feet, on the north of said house to the
fence; furthermore said buyer shall have the use of an alky, two
and a half wood feel in width to the hill; and the seller promises
to deliver all that is hereinbefore specified to the buyer on the Si 1
of May [682, saving the lord's right; for which said buyer promises
to pa) tn the aforenamed seller or his order the sum of ninety-five
good, merchantable beaver skins, which one with another must
weigh five quarter pounds each, in two payments, whereof the first
payment shall be due (being the just half) next August [682,
and the second (being the last payment 1 in Augusl [683; but the
seller promises to pul upon the house before deliver) a new roof
of proper boards and if any of the rafters are nol good he -hall
renew the same, all at his own expense.

Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties bind their persons and

estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lord-, courts, tribunals and

judges and they have subscribed ibis with their own hands (in

presence of Harman Gansevoort and Meeuwes Iloogeboom, as wit-

hereto called) in New Albany, dated as aforesaid.

Harmen I '■ vsti| vensz]
Teunis I'm rERSi \
As w itnesses :

Hermen Ganseuort
\h em Hoogeboom

Quod attestor

Adriaen van It pi ndam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Teunis Pietersen and Jan Jansen
Ouderkerck of the house and lot bought of Harmen
Bastiaensen
1 363 and 364 blank; 365) On this 16th da) of Januar)

appeared before me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notar) public (resid

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 527

ing in New Albany J, and before the hereinafter named witnesses,
Teunis Pietersz of the one part and Jan Jansz Ouderkerck of the
other part, who hereby acknowledge that in friendship they have
contracted and agreed in form and manner following, to wit : Said
Teunis Pietersz acknowledges that he has sold to said Jan Ouder-
kerck a certain house and lot, with all the rights thereto belonging,
as he bought the same from Harman Bastiaensz on the 6th of
January i68| ; for which said buyer promises to pay said seller or
his order the sum of eighty-one good, merchantable beaver skins
weighing one with another five quarter pounds apiece, the same to
be paid in two instalments, whereof the first payment (being the just
half) shall be due in the month of August 1682, and the second
(being the last payment) in August 1683; and in addition to this
the buyer now delivers to said seller his lot on which his house
was latelv burned, free and unincumbered (excepting the lord's
right) ; and he delivers to him free likewise all the hewn and
round timber that lies in the woods for him, which he shall cause
to be pointed out to the seller at the first opportunity.

Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties bind their persons and
estates, real and personal, nothing excepted, subject to all lords,
courts, tribunals and judges and they have subscribed this with their
own hands in presence of Jan van Loon and Meuwes Hoogeboom
(as witnesses hereto called), in New Albany, dated as aforesaid.

Teunis Pietersen
Jan Oudekerck
As witnesses:

Jan van Loon

Meats Hoogeboom

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of Elisabeth Gerritsen de Honeur whereby she binds
her son Symon Jansen to serve Cornelis Stevensen Muller at
Claverack

[366] On this first day of February i68f appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany),
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Elisabeth Gerrits De
Honeur of the one part and Maritie Lambertsz Loockermans of the
other part, who acknowledge hereby that in friendship they have
contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit : Said Elisa-
beth De Honeur acknowledges that she had hired her son named

5_'N ' OF ALBANY

Symon Jansz to serve ( ornelis Stevensz Muller for a whole year
at Claverrack with all diligence and obedience in all proper work,
to commence on the 3d of this month, 1685, and to end on the 3d of
ruary in the year [68jj, for which said Cornelis Stevensz Muller
promises to pay to said youngster's mother the sum of seventeen
whole beaver -kins, but can pay in grain at beaver's price as the
market shall then be therefor, to be delivered to her free here in
Xew Albany, and he must in addition have the youngster's clothes
washed and mended free. Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties
bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords,
courts, tribunals and judges and have subscribed this with their
hands (in presem ' and Michiel Kalier. as

witnesses hereto called 1 . in Xew Albany, dated as above.

Thi 1 mark \" . I [ De

made with her own hand
This is the mark X of Maritie Lam-
berts LOOCKERMANS, made with
As v. her own hand

is the mark X of Jan I'rovoost,
de with his own hand
This is the mark MK of Michiel
( 'alter, made by himself

ittestor
Adriaen van Ilpendam, Vot Pub.

Contract of sale between Jacob Salomonsen and Hendrick

Abelsen of a house and lot in Greenbush

[ 37 o 'us 8th day of February i<>S',, appeared before me,

Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in Xew Albany, and

ire the underwritten witl b Salomon-/.- of the one

1 Heyndrick Abelsz 3 of the other part, who hereby acknowl-

id friend-hip they have contracted and agreed

nanner follov lid Jacob dges

thai he has sold to said Heyndrick AJbelsz a house and lot -landing

I lying in the Greyne Bosch, 4 between tl 1 hout and

by van I

■: 1 , , B Id 1 I :nok

ob Salomi 1 wey.

;, Abelsen Riddenha: ember 6, [692, when

rally: Pit ■ now par '

r, N. Y.

NOTARIAL PAPERS 1 AND 2, l66 ; -■ I

the lot of Surgeon Cornelis van Dyck, which said house and lot
with all that is thereto fast by earth and nail and all his rights in
the same, the seller promises to deliver to said buyer on the first of
May 16S2, free and unincumbered i saving the lord's right 1 : for
which the buyer promises to pay to the seller the sum of thirty-
three good, whole, merchantable beaver skins, to wit, in two
instalments, whereof the first payment (being the just half) shall
be due in the month of ( )ctober 1682, and the second (being the last
payment) in October [683; but said buyer may pay the aforesaid
beavers in seawan or silver money or good, marketable wheat at
beaver's price, as the market therefor shall then be.

Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties bind their persons and
estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and
judges. In confirmation of which they have subscribed this with
their own hands ( in presence of Jacob Tysz vander Heyden and
Barent Meyndersz, called as witnesses hereto) in New Albany,
dated as aforesaid.

This is the mark J S + of Jacob
Salomonsz, made by himself

Hexdrick Abel:
As witnesses :

Jacob Theysen van der Heyden
Barent Meyndersz

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pith.

Indenture of apprenticeship of Jellis van Vorst to Jeronimus
Wendel to learn the shoemaker's trade

[371 blank: 372] On this 13th day of February 168^ appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Jacobus van
Vorst of the one part and Jeronimus ^ endel of the other part,
who acknowledge hereby that in all love and friendship they have
contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit: Said Jacobus
van Vorst acknowledges that he has hired to said Jeronimus Wendel
his son (named Jellis van Vorst ) who is now over eleven years old,
for the time of six consecutive years to begin on the 20th day of this
month of February i(5c'i and to end on the 20th of February iGS;.
And the aforesaid master promises to teach the aforesaid young-
ster the shoemaker's trade (as far as he is able) and for the said term
to furnish him with good and proper burgher's board and clothing

53° ' ARLY RE( ORDS OF U.I'.AXY

and the first two winters to permit him to go to an evening school
and to pa) his tuition; and ai the end of the aforesaid six years to
lit him out with a proper workda) and Sunday suit of clothes with
tla-ir belongings. \nd the aforenamed father promises that his
said son shall serve the aforenamed master in all proper work with
all diligence and obedience. Hereto the aforesaid contracting pai
hind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all
lords, courts, tribunals and judges and they have Mihscribed this
with their own hands (in presence of Jan Mangelsz and Jacob
I ornelisz Boogaert, called as witnesses hereto) in New Albany,
dated as aforesaid.

This is the mark of Jacobus

VAN \ ' IRS I . made by himself

Jeronimus Wendel
As witnesses :
Jan Mangels
J | a]cob < ornelessen

< }uod attestor

\|>K1.\KN VAN ll.I'l \DAM. \<>t. Pit

Indenture of service of Jacques Vigor to Capt. Johannes Clute

[ 373 blank : 374] On this 24th of Februar) 1 68^ appeared before
me, \driaen van tlpendam, notary public (residing in New

\lli.mvi. and before the hereinafter named witnesses, ' apt.

foha lute of the one part and Jacque Vigors of the other

part, who acknowledge hereby that in love and friendship they
have contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit: Said
Jacque \ igors acknowledges that he has hired himself to said l apt.
Johannes Clute for the term of five consecutive months to begin
on the Miili of May [682, but that first, befon id date, he is '•till
to serve nine days on his old term (to wit, work da ind said

Jacque Vigors shall after the expiration of said nine days serve
two months with all diligence and obedience and shall
then for three months do his own work, to wit, the first month for
himself and the two months for said master, as said master -hall

plea Jpting in the harvest); for which said master promises

to furnish him and his wife and child pro 1 and drink for

the aforesaid five month'-, but the wife must do her service as
has hitherto done. Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties hind
their persons and . nothing excepted, and have subscribed

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 53I

this with their own hands in presence of Mr Andries Teller and
Mr Maerten Crygier, in New Albany, dated as aforesaid.

JOHANNS CLUTE

As witnesses : Jacque Vigor

A. Teller
M. Cregier Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale of a house and lot in Albany from Jan Jansen
Bleecker and Lourens van Alen to Jacob Loockermans

[375 blank: 376] On this first day of March 168.] appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Tan Jansz
Bleycker and Louwerens van Alen of the one part and Jacob
Loockermans of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in
love and friendship they have contracted and agreed in manner
following, to wit : Said Jan Jansz Bleycker and said Louwerens
van Alen acknowledge that they have sold to said Jacob Loocker-
mans a house and lot standing and lying by the north gate here in
New Albany, over against the house and lot of David Pietersz
Schuyler, which house and lot (according to patent and convey-
ance, as said sellers received the same from Poulus Maertensz van
Benthuysen) they promise to deliver to said buyer on the first of
May 1682, free and unincumbered (excepting the lord's right) ;
for which said buyer promises to pay to the aforesaid sellers or
their order the sum of one hundred and ten good, whole, merchant-
able beaver skins at eight guilders apiece, each beaver of the weighl
of five quarters of a pound, or good, whole, heavy beavers at six
guilders a pound, Dutch weight ; the same to be paid in two pay-
ments, whereof the first payment (being a just half) must be paid
in the month of July 1(1X2 and the second (being the last payment )
in the month of July 1683.

Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties bind their persons and
estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and
judges and have subscribed this with their own hands in presence
of Jacob Abrahamsz and Claes van Elslandt, dated as aforesaid.

Jan Jansz Bleecker
As witnesses: Lourus van Alen

Jacob Abrahamsen Jacob Lokermaxs

Claes van Elslant

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam. Not. Pub.

532 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Indenture of apprenticeship of Hendrick Rooseboom to Pieter

Stevensen to learn the cooper's trade

[377 blank ; 378] On this 20th day of April 1682 appeared before

ti van Ilpendam, notary public 1 residing in New

Albany) and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Heyndrick

Rooseboom of the one part and Pieter St< 1 the other part,

who hen ;e that in love and friendship they have

eoni nd agreed in manner following, to wit: Said I leyn-

drick R 00m acknowledges that he has hired to said Pieter

Stevensz his son named Heyndrick Rooseboom tor the term of

utive years commencing on the first of May of tins

year ioS _> and ending on the first of May 1687, to learn the

The said master promises to

h >aid 1" r's trade as well as he can and in addition

provide him with proper food and clothing, burgher fashion, and

ever) year after ( In to -end him to an evening school and

pay his tuition; and at the end of -aid term said master promises

to tit cuit -aid boy (besides his common clothes) with a new- suit,

ip to toe, including a new hat as well as new stockings and

-hoe-. And -aid Heyndrick Rooseboom promises I th ( lod's

help) said hoy shall serve the aforesaid master with all diligence

and obedience during the aforesaid term. Hereto the aforesaid

con • arties bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted,

subject to all lord-, courts, tribunal- and judges, having subscribed

this with their own hands 1 in pi Ripsz and Jacob

oenraetsz, called as witnesses hereto) in New Albany, dated as

I ll M'KK K ROO I
Vi NS
1 [l NDRICK ROOSE BOOM

\- w itne

tes Ripsen van Pain
Jacob Ten Eyck

attestor

\i>i;i VEN VAN [LPENDAM, Not. Pi

Lease of a farm from Pieter Pietersen van Woggelum to
Andries Albertsen Brat
T37Q blank ; 380I < In this 29th da) of April 1682 appeared before
\driaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albi

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, l66o-l6<)f> 533

and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Pieter Pietersz
Woggelingh 1 of the one part and Andries Albertsz Brat of the other
part, who hereby acknowledge that in love and friendship they
have agreed and contracted in form and manner following, to wit :
Said Pieter Pietersz acknowledges that he has let to said Andries
Albertsz Brat his farm called ^A'oggelingh, with house, barn and all
the fencing as it now stands for the term of the next six years,
which term shall begin on the first of May of this year 1682 and
end on the first of May 168S; for which said lessee promises to
pay to said lessor or his order the sum of twenty-four good, whole,
merchantable beaver skins as yearly rent and in addition one day
every year to draw wood with two horses, but the lessee may pay
in good, marketable winter wheat and peas, as the market shall
then be, likewise a portion in marketable maize, the same to be
delivered to the lessor free on the shore at Xew Albany. The
lessor delivers with the farm six horses, to wit, four mares and a
stallion and a gelding, also six milch cows, half the increase of
which horses and cows shall be for the lessee, but at the end of
said term he must return the same number of animals and every
three years the division of the increase is to take place. The lessee
may not keep any calves of his own there. The lessee promises
to pay in addition for said cows twenty-four pounds of butter a
year. The lessor also delivers with the farm six sows, for which
the lessee promises to deliver each harvest two pigs, namely, two
barrows, of over a year old ; and at the expiration of the lease he
shall be holden to deliver up again the said number [of sows]
delivered, as well as the implements which the lessee shall receive
therewith and all the fences according to the inventory which the
[381] aforesaid contracting parties shall draw up at the first
opportunity. All that is hereinbefore written the contracting
parties mutually promise to execute and to perform, binding
thereto their persons and estates, real and personal, present and
future, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and
judges. And in confirmation hereof they have subscribed this
with their own hands (in presence of Harman van Gansevoort and

1 A misspelling for Woggelum, the name of a village near Alkmaar, in
the province of North Holland, whence Pieter Pietersen's father, Pietei
Adriaensen van Woggelum, alias Soogemackelyck, is supposed to have come.

534 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Aminos Hansz, called as witnesses hereto i. In New Albany, on
the date above w ritten. 1

PlETER PlETERSE WOGLUM

This is the mark A I '. of And]
\u;i rtsz Br \t. made by himself
As w itnesses :

Hartnen Ganseuort
hies Hansz

Quod attestor

Vi'kiakx van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of Hendrick Abelsen and Juriaen Calier to build a boat
for Cornells Cornelissen van der Hoeven and Andries Hansen
Scherp

[382 and 383 blank; 384] < >n this _>d day of May 1682 appeared
before me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany ), and before the underwritten witnesses, Cornelis Cornelisz
van der Hoven and Andries Hansz Scherp of the one part and
Heyndrick Abelsz and Jurriaen Calier of the othei part, who

ii acknowledge that in love and friendship they have con-
tracted and agreed in manner following, to wit: Said 1 neli van
der Hoeven and said Andries Scherp acknowledge that they have
contracted with Heyndrick Abelsz and Jurriaen 1 alier for the
building of a boat which is to have a thirty six fool keel, with a
peak aft, also a cabin and a caboose, a mast, a rudder, a jib, a
roasting spit, a crane beam, bilge strakes, gunwale, Eestoon wick
and four bunks, to wit, two fore and two aft. The employers shall
furnish all the materials thereto and provide the contractors with
free board. The contractors promise to begin thereon tomorrow.
\ i ; 1 \ 3d, and not to Stop until all the a I work shall be CO

pleteil. For which said employers promise to pa\ to the con-
tractors the sum of sixty good, whole, merchantable beaver skins.
the first half to be paid in the month of < October of this \ ear 1682, in
beavers, or wheat, or silver money, or seawan, as the market th. 1

.hall then be, at beaver' price; the econd (being the last pay
mciii 1 imisi be paid in June 1683, in the currenc) above described,
Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties pledge their persons and
nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and

1 Tlii is apparent!) canceled the next yi m lulv u. i<X;,

Pietcr van Woggclum leased the same farm for -i x years to foachim

iiiyn.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AXD 2, 1660-1696 535

judges and have subscribed this with their own hands in presence
of Mr Andries Teller and Louwerens van Alen (called as wit-
nesses hereto), on the date above written.

KORNELIS CORNELISCEN UAN OuUE

This is the mark A H of Andries

Sciierp
Hendrick Abel:
Yurven Colyer
As witnesses:

A. Teller
Lourus van Alen

Quod attestor

Adriaen van - Ilpexdam, Not. Pub.

Lease of a house and lot outside the north gate of Albany from
Barent Albertsen Brat to Thomas Craven

[385-87 blank; 388] On this 2d day of May 1682 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), and before the underwritten witnesses, Barent Albertsz
Brat of the one part and Thomas Craven of the other part, who
hereby acknowledge that in love and friendship they have agreed
and contracted in form and manner following, to wit : Said Barent
Albertsz Brat acknowledges that he has let to said Thomas Craven
a certain house and lot, being the second house outside the north
gate of New Albany, standing and lying next the house and lot
which said Barent now keeps in his own possession ; and the lot
which said 'lessee shall have in use shall be in width to the fourth
post from the house, standing on the street on the east side, and
extend right through to the west side of the lot, which aforesaid
house and lot the lessor lets to the lessee for the term of nine
succeeding years, beginning on the first of June of this year 1682
and ending on the first of June 1691.

The lessee promises to make therein a stone cellar of fifteen feet
square, with stone underpinning under the sills all around the
house ; also a double chimney set on a stone foundation ; eight
window panes, hinges to the doors and windows, hooks and staples
to the windows and locks and bolts to the doors ; the one room to
run up properly with good bricks and to build stairs to go into the
cellar; to run a sewer into the lessor's sewer and to finish off the
one room in the loft with planed and matched boards on condition
that the lessor shall deliver the boards therefor. The lessee shall

EARLY ALBANY

shingle i down the bays > uytlael ) on

the west side and make the house tight again with . hut the

or promises to deliver the boards; all of which shall
accounted to ee in lieu of rent for the aforesaid nine years.

All that is hereinbefore written the contracting pari
mutually to do and to perform, binding thereto their and

| 389 | estates, nothin subjecting th ill lords,

irts, tribunals and judges. In witness whereof the aforesaid
have subscribed these with their o\ : .in

presence of Gysberl Marcellisz and Jacob Teunisz, a
tiled. In New \lhan\ written.

I In- is the X mark of Barent
1 rtz Brat, made with In
hand

As witne

ert Marcelis
'eunissen

\iikiai:x v.\x 1 :ib.

Bond of Thomas Craven to Robert Sanders
[390 and 391 blank; 392] Appeared \driacr

Ilpendam, notarj in New Albany), on this 5th day

of May 1682, Thomas Craven, who acknowledges that he is honestly
and justly indi ■ I and in arrears to Robbert Sanders/ in the sum
ort) three good, hantable beaver skins, growing out

the purch mith's tools and ork and a grindsto

which said sum said Thomas o said Rob-

ber! in form and mam: • ing, to wit :

Seven beavers in September of this year [682, eighteen heavers in
September [683, - in September 1684; but in

ers he can pay in good winter wheat as the mar-
ket therefor shall then be, bul it must be deliver
her- ■ ies he 1

Heyndricksz van Sol irnelis Michielsz, who acknowl-

• themselves to be sureties herefor, jointly and severally, and
have subscribed this with their own hand

The ven and likewise said sureties bind their and

nothing excepted, to all lord-, court-, tribunals and

judgi - and have >ubsi 1 ibed this with I n hands (in presence

OTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2. 1660-1696 537

of Harman van Gansevoort and Gabriel Thomasz, called as wit-
nesses hereto). In New Albany, dated as aforesaid.

Thomas Crauen

This is the mark -j- of Jan IIf.yx-
dricsz van Solsbergen, made with
As witnesses: his own hand

Harmen Ganseuori ! ornelis Mychielsen

Gabriell Tomasen

Quod attestor

Adriaex van Ilpendam, Not. Pith.

Bill of sale of a negro from Amadoor Vopie to Claes van Petten
[393 blank; 394] On this 27th day of May 1682 appeared before
me. Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in Xew Albany),
and before the underwritten witnesses, Amadoor Vopie of the one
part and Claes van Petten of the other part, who acknowledge
hereby that in love and friendship they have agreed and contracted
in manner following, to wit: Said Amadoor Vopie acknowledges
that he has sold to Claes van Petten a certain negro named Jan,
the receipt of which negro the Inner acknowledges; for which said
buyer promises to pay to said seller or his order the sum of fifty
good, whole, deliverable beaver skins, but failing of beavers said
buyer may pay in good, marketable winter wheat, or peas, as the
market price thereof shall be in beavers, to wit, in the following
four instalments of a just fourth part each, whereof the first pay-
ment shall be due in the beginning of next autumn of this year
[682, the second payment next winter, the third payment in the
autumn of the year 1683, and the fourth (being the last payment)
in the winter of 1683 ; and if the buyer make any payment in
wheat, or peas, the same must be delivered here in Xew Albany
free. Hereto said contracting parties bind their persons and estates,
having and to have, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts,
tribunals and judges and they have subscribed this with their own
hands ( in presence of Jan van Loon and Willem Holie, called as
witnesses hereto), the date above written.

This is the mark X of Amadoor
Vopie, made by himself
As witnesses: Klaes van Petten

Jan ran Loon

Will nunc Holye

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

53§ 1 \K'I -'i REI ORDS OF ALBANY

Contract between Barent Albertsen Brat and his sons Anthony
and Dirck Barentsen Brat for the sale of a sawmill on the
Normans kill

[395 blank; 396] On this 29th day of May [682 1 red before
me. Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany,
and before the- hereinafter named witnesses, Barent Alberts/ Brat
and In- -nil- Antlium Barentsz Brat and Dire! z Brat, who

hereby acknowledge that in love and friendship they have agreed
and contracted in form and manner following, to wit: Said Barent
Albert-/ Bral acknowledges thai he has sold to his af< d two

-mis a sawmill on the Noormans kill, which heretofore belonged to
Albert Amine- Brat, and he delivers said mill with all that now
mgs therein, namely, all the tool and logs and all his rights,
together with fifty one hemlock logs lying at the Halve Maen, 1 to
his aforesaid son-, free and unincumbered 1 saving the lord'- right) ;
for which said sons promise to pa) to their aforesaid father the sum
of four thousand and five hundred good, merchantable inch pine
hoard-, to be delivered in the following four instalments, to wit, the
first instalment (being thejusl fourth part) in this present year [682
and so on a fourth part from year to year thereafter. Hereto the
aforesaid person-, the father as well as the aforesaid sons, hind
their pers ms and estates, having and to have, nothing excepted.
subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges and they have
subscribed this with their own hand- 1 in presence of Jacob Meesz
\ rooni.m and \\ illeni Ketelhuyn, called as witnesses hereto. In
\'ew Albanj . dated a- ahov ,■.

This is the mark f of Bar]
Albertsz Brat, made by himself
\\ 1 m iw B vrentsen Brat
This i the mark D. 1'.. of 1 >ir< k
Barentsz Brat, made by himself
As witnesses :

1 /. 1 ■ mian

Willem Ketelhuyn

attestor
Adriaen van [lpendam, Mot. Pub.

Bill of sale of a negro named Jack from Amadoor Vopie to
Abraham Franckfort
[397 blank ; 398 1 On this 31st dav of May, [682 appeared before
me, Adriaen van [lpendam, nota! v public (residing in Xew Albanj 1.

1 I [all Mi ■ u. abi ml 15 n ny, X. Y.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 539

and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Amadoor Vopie of the
one part and Abraham Franckvoort of the other part, who hereby
acknowledge that in love and friendship they have agreed and con-
tracted in manner following, to wit : Said Amadoor Vopie acknowl-
edges that he has sold to said Abraham Franckvoort a certain negro
named Jack, the receipt of which negro said buyer acknowledges ;
for which the buyer promises to pay to said seller or his order the
sum of fifty good, merchantable beaver skins, but failing of
beavers said buyer may pay in good, merchantable winter wheat, or
peas, as the market price thereof in beavers shall then be, to wit,
in four instalments of a just fourth part each, as follows: the first
payment shall be made in the autumn of this year 1682, the second
payment next winter, the third payment in the autumn of the year
1683 and the fourth (being the last payment) in the winter of 1683;
but if the buyer make any payment in wheat or peas, the same must
be delivered to the seller or his order free in New York. Hereto
the aforesa : d contracting parties bind their persons and estates, as
well having as to have, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts,
tribunals and judges, and they have subscribed this with their own
hands (in presence of Jan van Loon and Willem Holie, called as
witnesses hereto), on the date above written.

This is the mark X of Amadoor

Vopih, made by himself
Abr[a]iiam Franckf[o]r[t]
As witnesses :

Jan van Loon
Wilmme Holye

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract between Geetruy Vosburgh and Johannes Martensen
Beeckman for the sale of a house and lot in Albany
[3gg blank; 400] On this 3d day of July 1682 appeared before
me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany),
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Geertruyt Vosburgh
of the one part and Johannes Maertensz Beeckman of the other
part, who hereby acknowledge that in love and friendship they
have contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit: Said
Geertruyt Vosburgh acknowledges that she has sold to said Johannes
Beeckman her house and lot standing and lying here in New Albany
on the hill, next Lucas Gerritsz, baker, and delivers the same at

540 EAR] OF ALBANY

once to said buyer as it lies in its fence, with all that is fast by
earth and nail, free and unincumbered it),

and promises to put upon it a new shii . provided the buyer

furnish the nails therefor at his own expense, which shingle roof
aforesaid) Philip de oper, promises to make,

wherewith the buyer is content. For which house and lot the
buyer prom: i the aforesaid seller or her order the sum

of one hundred and twel . •.hole, mercl r skins.

which one with another must weigh five tin t-ce,

Holland weight, but the buyer may ; half in silver money

as the market tl hall then be at beaver's price: the sanv

be paid in four instalments as follow-, to wit, thirl avers in

this present year 1082 in the month of August, thirty > ers

in the n I August 1683, twent) beavers in the month of

August [684, and twenty beavers (being the last payment) in the
month of Ai 85.

he aforesaid contracting parties bind 1 401 ] their persons
and to all lords, courts, tribunals

and jud died this with their own hands (in

pre ndrick Lantsingh and Philip de Fi

In New Albany, dated as ab

Thi mark X UYT

Vosburg, made by herself
Joannes Marti i kman

As v\ itnes

Hendrick Lansinck
Philip de Foreest

X VAN [LPENDAM 'ill'.

Contract between Teunis Pietersen and Johannes Appel for the
sale of a house and lot in Albany
[402] On tl I me,

Adriaen van Ilpi iry public n my,

the hereinafter named witnesses, Teunis Pi( the

the other part, v
hen reed

in form and manner following, to wit: Teunis Pietersz acknowl-
edges that hi I d Johannes Appel a certain house and
lol and lyiiij Ibany on the hill, with all the
id privili

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 54I

lot from Harmen Bastiaensz on the 6th of January 168J : and said
seller delivers all that is hereinbefore described to said buyer at
once; for which said buyer promises to pay to the seller the sum
of ninety good, whole, merchantable beaver skins, but said beaver
skins can be paid in good marketable winter wheat or peas, as the
market therefor shall then be at beaver's price, in the three follow-
ing instalments of a third part each, whereof the first payment shall
be made next January 1683, the second payment in January 1684,
and the third (being the last payment) in January 1685; but said
wheat or peas must be delivered here in New Albany free. Hereto
the aforesaid contracting parties bind their persons and estates,
nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges
and have subscribed this with their own hands (in presence of Jacob
Loockermans and Barent Harmansz, called as witnesses hereto).
In New Albany, dated as aforesaid.

Teunis Pietersen
Johannes Appel
As witnesses :

Jacob Lokermans
This is the mark B II of Barent
Harmensz, made with his own
hand

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Receipt of Teunis Pietensen

[403] On this 27th day of October 1682 appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany),
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Teunis Pietersz, who
hereby acknowledges that he has assigned to Harmen Bastiaensz,
to be received in his name from Johannes Appel, all that is due to
him from said Johannes Appel according to the preceding page.
In witness whereof said Teunis Pietersz has subscribed this with
his own hand in presence of Barent Mayndersz and Jacob Cornelisz
Boogaert. In New Albany, dated as aforesaid.

Teunis Pietersen
As witnesses:

■ Barent Meyndersz

Jacop Cornelissen Boogcrt

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

542 \.\KIA RECORDS OF ALBANY

Will of Jan Pietersen van Woggelum
[404] In the name of God, Amen. Know all men by the con-
tent'- of tin's presenl public instrument that in the year after the
birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ one thousand six hun-
dred and eighty-two, on the fourth day of the month of September,
old style, before me, Adriaen van flpendam, notary public residing
in New Albany (appointed by the Right Honorable Edmon Andros
in behalf of His Royal Highness James, Duke of York, governor

eral of all his territories in America 1. and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, came and appeared the worthy Jan Pietersz van
Woggelom, 1 born at Amsterdam, being now sick in body and lying
in bed, but nevertheless having the full use and possession ol his
understanding, reason and mentor) to all outward appearances,
which appearer, considering the shortness and frailty of human
life and the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the time and
hour thereof, wishing therefore to dispose of his temporal estate to
be left behind while yet he (through God's grace) may be able
and which hedoesof his own freewill and notion, without anyone's
suggestion or misleading; therefore he now ordains and deter-
mine- tin- his last will and testamenl in form and manner follow
ing: First and foremost commending his immortal soul (when-
ever it shall be separated from his body) to the gracious and mer
c-i ful hands of God, his i "reat or and Savior, and his bod) to a Chris-
tian burial, he, the appealer and testator declares | 405 | that he has
nominated and instituted, as herein he does, his lawful wife named
Styntje Jans, born a I lotmarsen, dwelling in the Kil van Kol on
Staten island near Pamar's Mill, to he his sole and universal heir
ill his .state, real and personal, claims, credits, money, gold,
silver coined and uncoined, jewels, clothing, linen and woolens,
household furniture, nothing excepted, which he here and elsewl

bis death shall leave behind without the gainsaying 01 contradic
tion oi anj person; likewise that no person whoever shall have
power to demand any accounting or inventory of the estate so long
remains in her widowed condition; hut if she marry again,
she shall he holden first to settle a just one half of the estate on
the surviving children, as said estate shall he. and all the children
to bring up in the fear of the Lord as a mother ought to do: all
which aforesaid provisions lie. the testator, declares to he his last

'Apparently a brother of Pieter Pietersen van Woggelum ami a son of
1 Adriaensen van \\ ackelyck.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 543

will and testament, desiring that after his decease the same may
have full force and effect, whether as will, codicil, donation, gift
in anticipation of death, or otherwise as may be most suitable, not-
withstanding that certain forms demanded by law and usage may
not herein be fully observed; desiring the fullest benefit to be
enjoyed herefrom, and one or more copies hereof in proper form
to be made and delivered as occasion may require. Thus done and
executed at the house of Pieter Pietersz Woggelom, in New Albany
(in presence of the Honorable Commissary Cornells van Dyck and
Harman van Gansevoort, called as witnesses hereto) and subscribed
bv the testator in New Albany, the year, month and day aforesaid.

Tax Pyetersen
As witnesses:

Cornells van Dyck
Harmen Ganscvort

Quod attestor

Adriaen vax Ilpexdam, Not. Pub.

Quitclaim of three feet of ground from Harmen Bastiaensen to
his son-in-law Cornells van Schelluyne
[406] On this 25th day of October 1682 appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in Xew Albany,
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Harman Bastiaense.
who herebv acknowledges that he has delivered to his son-in-law
Cornells van Schelluyne three feet of ground in breadth, to wit.
wood feet, and in length so far as said Cornells Schelluyne's lot
extends, but said feet must be measured from the path to the house
where said Schelluyne dwells; and said Harman Bastiaensz hereby
acknowledges that he is fully satisfied therefor and releases said
Schelluyne from all further claims. Harman Bastiaensz aforesaid
has subscribed these with his own hand in presence of Baltus
Barentsz and Jacob Ten Eyck, called as witnesses hereto, in New
Albany, dated ut supra.

Harm i-: x P. a st i a e x s
\.s witnesses:

Baltes Barentsz

Jacob ten Eyck

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

544 ALBANY

Indenture of apprenticeship of Jellis de la Grange to Cornelis
van Schelluyne to learn the shoemaker's trade
[407 blank; 408 1 On this 30th of 1 cd before

me, \driaen van flpendam, notary public residing in New Albany,
and before the hereinafter named witi de La Gransie

of : part and Cornelisz van Schelluyne of the other part,

who hereby acknowledge that in love and friendship they I 1
contracted and agreed as follows, to wit : Said ( >niy de la < iransie
acknowledges that he has hired his son Jell I > Gransie to said

Cornelis .van Schelluyne for the time of threi ive years

11 the shoi 1 ing on the firsl of May of last

8] and ending on the first of Ma\ 1684; and said master
promises to teach said yout aid trade according to the best of

his ability and to furnish him his board and shoes tree: and said
it promi 1 ifon named son shall serve the ma I

d obedience as well in respect to said trade and in tan-
ning and .all that appertains thereto; furthermore said master prom-
ises that said youngster shall go every winter to an evening school,
provided the fathei pays the tuition; also thai said youngster 1
serve said father fourteen days ever) winter and said master prom-
to provide said youngster with a place in his

house on condition that the father furnish the bedding.

All that is hereinbefore written, the aforesaid contracting parties
promise to do and perform on pledge oi their persons and esta
(nothing excepted 1 subject to all lord-, courts, tribunals and judges.
In witness of which they have subscribed this with their own hands
(in presence of Johannes de Wandelaer and Symon Schermer-
hoorn, called as witnesses hereto). In New Albany, dated as
; fi iresaid.

I his is the mark X of < >M\ 1 >1 l.\

( Ik \NSIE, made by himself
Cornelis van Schelluyni-;
As witnesses:

Johannes de Wandelaer
momen Schertnerhooren

Adriaen van Ii pendan . 'lib.

NOTARIAL PAPERS 1 AND 2, 1660-1696 545

Contract whereby Symon Volckertsen Veeder exchanges the
lot called De Hoeck and one-half of the lot on which he dwells
at Schenectady for Jacob Casparsen Halenbeck's farm on the
Normans kill

[409-n blank; 412] On this second day of November 1682
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing
in New Albany, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Symon
Volckersz 1 of the one part and Jacob Caspersz 2 of the other part,
who acknowledge hereby that in love and friendship they have
agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit : Symon Volck-
ersz acknowledges that he has exchanged with Jacob Caspersz the
first lot (called De Hoeck), 3 with the just half of the lot on which
Symon Volckersz now dwells at Schanechtade, with all that stands
thereon on the west side next to Labatie; for which said Jacob
Caspersz has given in exchange to Symon Volckersz all his rights
as well in land as buildings on the Noormans Kill, and they promise
to make conveyance and delivery to each other in the middle of
next April 1683.

Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties bind their persons and
estates, real and personal, nothing excepted, subject to all lords,
courts, tribunals and judges, and have subscribed this with their
own hands (in presence of Willem Gysbersz and Q ae s Graeff,
called as witnesses hereto), in New Albany, dated as above.

This is the mark X of Symon Volck-
ersz, made with his own hand
Jacob Kasperse
Willem Ghysbertse
Claes Andriesz Gracf

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease of a young negress named Sara from Capt. Johannes
Clute to Arnout Cornelissen Viele
[413-15 blank; 416] On this 16th day of November 1682
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (resid-
ing in New Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses,

1 Symon Volckertsen Veeder, alias de Bakker, see History of the Schenec-
tady Patent, p. 202-3.

2 Jacob Casparsen Halenbeck.

3 Also called " De bakker's hoeck," being the foremost farm numbered 0.
on the south side of the Mohawk river; see History of the Schenectady
Patent, p. 80, and map opposite p. sg.

18

546 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

it. Jan Clute of the one part and Aernoul Cornelisz of the other
part, who acknowledge hereby that in all love and friendship they
have contracted and agreed in form and manner following, to wit:
Said Capt. Johannes Clute acknowledges that he has hired to
Aemout Cornelise a certain little negress (named Sara 1 fur the
time of three succeeding years, to begin on the first of December
of this year 1682 and to end on the first of December [685, and
said Capt. Johannes Chile promises to fit out said negress with
proper clothing, woolen as well as linen, stockings and shoes, and
that said negress (now about nine and a half years old 1 shall serve
(Hit said term with said Aemout Cornelisz and his wife with all
diligence and faithfulness according to her ability in all propi
work; but if said Capt. Jan Clute has use fur said negn one
month every year in harvest time -he shall serve him. provided
that -be shall serve out tin- time afterwards. \nd Aernoul
Cornelisz promises to fit out -aid negress again at the end of the
aforesaid term a- well with woolen as linen, shoes and stockings,
the same as he shall have received ; and Aernoul Cornelisz
takes this negress as hereinbefore stated, but promises ti> exercise
her in godly prayers and to bring her up in the fear of the Lord,
likewise to teach her to sew, knit and spin according t" her capacity.
Hereto the contracting parties bind their persons and estates, n
ing 1. subjeel to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges and

have subscribed this with their own hands in presence of the
Honorable Adriaen Gerritsz van Papendorp and the Honorable
Abraham van Tricht, called as witnesses hereto; dated as abo

fOHANNS ClI 1 i

A: Coi<-
As witnesses:

Adriaen Gerretsen Papendurp
Abraham van Tricht, Chirurgeon
- ' .■ attestor

\m;nix VAN [LPENDAM, Xot. Pub.

Indenture of apprenticeship of Augustin Le Roy to Adam

Winne to learn ropemaking

[417-19 blank: 420] On this 28th day of November [682

appeared before me. Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (resid

ing in New Vlban) 1. and before the afterwritten witnesses, Vdam

Winne of the one part, and Simon Le R01 j of the other part, who

■by acknowledge that in love and friend-hip they have eon

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 547

tracted and agreed in manner and form following, to wit : Said
Simon Le Roey acknowledges that he has hired to said Adam
Winne his little son named Augustyn Le Roey, now about eleven
years old, for the time of six successive years beginning from this
date and ending the 28th of November 1688; and promises that
said little son shall serve the master in all proper work with all
diligence, obedience and faithfulness; and said master promises
to provide the aforesaid youngster during the aforesaid term with
proper food and clothing and to let him go to an evening school three
winters and pay for the tuition; and at the end of the aforesaid
term, said master promises to fit out said youngster with a common
workday suit of clothes and a good Sunday suit of clothes, also
with four new shirts, three new cravats and three handkerchiefs,
a pair of new shoes, a pair of new stockings and a hat which is
good; and if said youngster can learn ropemaking, said master
promises to teach him the same to the best of his ability. The
foregoing, the aforesaid contracting parties promise to do and
perform on pledge of their persons and estates, nothing excepted,
subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges, and they have sub
scribed this with their own hands in presence of Anthony Lespinard
and Denies Du Plessis, called as witnesses hereto. In Albany, dated
as aforesaid.

S : Le : Roy

This is the mark X of Adam
Winne, made by himself
As witnesses :

Anthoine Lespinard

Denie Du Plessis

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale of two houses and a lot on Joncker street from
Jan Jansen Bleecker and Johannes Wendel to Arnout Cor-
nelissen Viele

[421-23 blank; 424] On this 30th day of November 1682
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing
in New Albany, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Jan
Jansz Bleycker and Johannes Wendel of the one part and Aernout
Cornelisz Viele of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in
all love and friendship they have agreed and contracted as follows,
to wit: Said Jan Jansz Bleycker and said Johannes Wendel

548 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

nowledge that they h id Aernoul Cornelisz that

he has bought of them certain two houses and lot standing and
lying on Joncker street here in New Albany where said Aernout
rnelisz now dwells; and the sellers deliver the aforesaid pretri-
al once with all the ri d privileges thereof as they bought
the same at vendue this year; for which said buyer promises
pay to said seller- or their order fourteen whole beavers more than
they paid for the same over and above the expenses for writing
and conveyancing and promises to pay the same in the fo
two instalmi mely, the first payment (being the just half)
must be made in the month of June [683 and the second payment
ment) in June [684, but all may he paid in
good, whole, merchantable beaver skins or in good, whole pii
of eight such as are currently accepted among traders without
1!, to wit. twi lit for one beaver; and offers as
sureties Cornet Petrus Schuler and Meyndert Harmansz, jointly
and severally as principals. The afon infracting parties and
the sureties hereto bind their respective persons and estates, real
and personal, present and future, nothing excepted. [425] sub
ill lord-, courts, tribunal- and judges, and have subscribed the
'inal hereof with their own hands I in pn of the Honorable
1 ornelis van Dyck and Dirck Wesselsz ten Broeck,
called as witnesses hereto 1. In New Albany, dated as above.
Upon collation this was found to agree with the original.
<AOd attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale of one-half of a boat from Barent Harmensen to

Jacob Casparsen

1 426 1 On this 16th dav of Decembei [682 appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam. notary public residing in New Albany, and
before the hereinafter named witnesses, Barent Harmensz of the
one part and Jacob l who hereby acknowl-

■ that in all love and friendship they have agreed and 1
traded in manner following, to wit: Said Barent Harmensz
thai In has sold to said Jacob t aspersz the half of a
boat belonging to him and Jan Adriesz Douw jointly a half,

to wit. of the whole boat with all that belongs then they

-ailed the same last summer; likewise half of a canoe which belong-
to her (excepting pots or kettles, bowl- and spoons); and the
.Her promisi - to deliver said boat to the buyer at \lh.m\ as soon

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 54' i

as ihe same can be brought out of the Kill next spring and to have
four bunks made in said boat at once ; for which the buyer prom-
ises to pay to the seller the sum of sixty-eight good, whole, mer-
chantable beaver skins but said beavers may be paid in good
winter wheat or silver money as the market therefor shall then be
at beaver's price, to wit, in two payments whereof the first pay-
ment (being the just half) must be paid in the middle of next
May 1683, and the second (being the last payment) in February
i68[4]. Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties bind their per-
sons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts,
tribunals and judges, and have subscribed this with their own
hands (in presence of Jan van Loon and Dirck Albertsz Brat,
called as witnesses hereto), in New Albany, dated as aforesaid.

This is the mark BH of Barent

Haemensz, made by himself
Jacob Kasperse
As witnesses :

Jan van Loon
Dyrck Albertse Brat

Quod attestor

Adriaen van iLrEXDAM, Not. Pub.

Contract to sell land on the east side of the Hudson river near
Magdalena island from Capt. Jan Bachter, an Esopus Indian,
to Jacob Jansen Gardenier, Jurriaen Teunissen Tappen and
Harmen Gansevoort

[427-29 blank: 430] This day, the 3d of January i68 : ;, appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany, and before the undersigned witnesses, an Esopus Indian
called Capt. Jan Bachter, who hereby binds himself that he will not
sell the land that belongs to him on the east s ! de near Magdalena
island, 1 with all the privileges thereof and the kills and creeks to
anyone else but to those who have given him earnest money on the
firm promise of said land, to wit, to Jacob Jansz Gardenier, Jur-
riaen Teunisz van Tappen and Harman van Gansevoort. The
aforesaid Indian herebv acknowledges that he has already received
thereupon as an earnest a half barrel of good beer. In confirmation
whereof said Indian has subscribed this with his own hand fin

1 Maedalen island, a little south of Tivoli, opposite the town of Red
Hook. Dutchess county X. V. Another translation of this contract of sale
is in Doc. Rel. to Cot. Hist. N. Y., 13 :s66.

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

presence of Jan van Loon and Pieter Pietersz W a, railed

as witnesses hereto), in N. Albany, date as above.

This is the mark X of Capt. Jan
HTER, made with his own hand
Which 1 certify,

\hkI\IX van [lpendam, Not. Pub.
As witnesses and interpreters:
Jan van Loon

Contract of sale between Jan Hendricksen Vrooman and Omy
de La Grange of a farm on the Normans kill

[ 431 blank; 432] On this 9th day of February [68jj appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Jan llevn-
dricksz Vrooman of the one part and < )mv de I. a Gransie of the
other pan. who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship
they have contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit:
id Jan Heyndricksz Vrooman acknowledges that he has sold to
-aid < >my De la Granise all his l;nd. house and barn and palisades
and all the rights which belong to him on the Noormanskill, jusl
as the -eller bought the same of Jan Casper-/; likewise twelve
skipples of winter wheat which was -owed in the ground; and the
seller promises to deliver all that i- hereinbefore specified 1 a- it 1- at
present) in the middle of next \pril [683; for which the buyer
promises to pay to the seller or to his order the sum of one hun-
dred good, deliverable, merchantable beaver -kin-, to wit. in the
four following payments, whereof the first payment of twenty
beavers must he made in Vpril f683 on the delivery, tin- second
'Mm! of thirt) beavers in March [684, 'he- third payment of
twenty five beavers in March [685 anil the last payment of twenty-
e beavers in March 1686. Hereto the aforesaid contracting
parties lend their persons and e tat . nothing excepted, subject to
all lord-, courts, tribunals and judges, and have subscribed this
wmIi their own hand- i : n presence of Robl tnd Wei

cherl Wynantsz, called as witnesses hereto). In New Albany,
d as above.

Jan I [endrn ksi \ m iom \x
As witnesses: This is the mark X of Omy de La

rt Stunln Gransie, made by himself

Mclgcrt vander P

attestor

\i'Ki\ix VAN 1 1 1*1 xnwt. Vo< /'if/'.

NOTARIAL PAPERS 1 AND 2, 1660-1696 55I

Contract of sale of Dirck Bensem's half-interest in a farm at
Claverack to his brother Johannes Bensem

[433 blank; 434] On this 17th day of March 168^ appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Dirck Bent-
singh of the one part and Johannes Bentsingh of the other part,
who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have
agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Said Dirck
Bentsingh acknowledges that he has sold to his aforenamed
brother Johannes Bentsingh his half of a certain piece of land
lying in the Claverrak as they together bought the same from
Gerrit van Slichtenhorst, of date April 19, 1675; likewise he hereby
sells to his said brother all his rights in the house, barn, rick and
all the farm utensils as they now are, nothing excepted, and delivers
the same at once to him, free and unincumbered (saving the
patroon's right) ; for which the buyer promises to pay to the
seller or his order the sum of one hundred and sixty-five whole,
deliverable beaver skins at eight guilders apiece, in three payments
of a just third part each, whereof the first payment shall be due
next October 1683, the second payment in October 1684 and the
third (being the last payment) in October 1685, but the last two
payments must be made one-half in October and the other half in
December; and the buyer may give as part of every instalment
four hundred merchantable boards in the month of May at market
price and pay the remainder in merchantable wheat and peas ; the
two last instalments the buyer promises to help the seller to bring
here to New Albany. The aforesaid contracting parties promise
to perform the above-said conditions under pledge of their persons
and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals
and judges and have subscribed this with their own hands ( in
presence of Pieter Adriensz Mackelyck and Willem Hofmeyer,
called as witnesses hereto) ; in New Albany, dated as aforesaid.

Dirck Bensem

This is the mark N of Johannes
Bentsingh, made by himself
As witnesses :

Pieter Adriaensz 1

Willem Hoffmeyer

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam. Not. Pub.

1 Pieter Adriaensen van Woggelum, alias Mackelyck, or Soogemackelyck
(So-easy).

55- EARLY LliANY

Contract of sale between Geertruy Jeronimus and Bay Krusfelt
(Croesvelt) of a house and lot in Albany
1 435 blank ; 436 ] < >n this 26th day of March [683 appeared before
me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany),
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Geertruyl Jeronimus,
widow of Joachim Wesselsz, baker, of the one pari and Baj Kxo
velt of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in love and
friend-hip they have contracted and agreed in manner following,
to wit : Said Geertruyt Jeronimus acknowledges that she has sold
and Bay Kroesvelt that he has bought her house and lot as it now
lies in its fence, with all that is fast by earth and i' ding and

lying here in New Albany near the church, which aforesaid house
and lot the aforesaid seller promises ti> deliver to said purchaser on
the first of July of this year 1683: for which the buyer prom:
to pay to the seller or her order the sum of two hundred g
deliverable beaver -kins at eight guilders apiece, to wit. eighty
beavers on delivery, whereof the half may be paid in silver money,
beaver's price, and furthermore the remaining one hundred and
twenty beavers to be paid in three payments, every year a just third
part, that is. forty beavers yearly, in the beginning of July 1684,
5, [686, the half in beavers and the other half in silver money
as aforesaid.

For the performance whereof the aforesaid contracting parties
bind their persons and estates, real and personal, nothing excepted,
subject t" all lords, courts, tribunal- and judges, and have sub-
scribed this with their own hands (in presence of Meyndert Fred-
erics/ and I lm) De l.a Gransie, called as witnesses hereto'). In
New Albany, dated as aforesaid.

Bay Krusi 1

This is the mark I of Geertruyt
As witnesses: Jeronimus, made by herself

This i- the mark X of Meyndert

, sz, made by bin
I his the mark X of Omy De La
de by hin

attestor

Xi'kiakx v.w Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale of Jacob Phenicx's half-interest in a farm called
the Klinckenbergh to Teunis Pietersen and Broer Jansen
[437 blank; 438] < >n this 2d day of \pril [683 appeared bi
Vdriaen van Ilpendam. notary public ( residing in New Alban

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 553

and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Jacob Fenix of the one
part and Tennis Pietersz and Broer Jansz of the other part, who
hereby acknowledge that in love and friendship they have agreed
and contracted in form and manner following, to wit: Said Jacob
Fenicx acknowledges that he has sold to Teunis Pietersz and Broer
Jansz his interest in a certain farm called Klinckenbergh, 1 to wit,
the entire half of everything, as well of the house, barn, rick
and land as of the orchard, just as he, the said Jacob Fenix here-
tofore bought the same of Comelis Michielsz and has hitherto had
the use thereof; likewise two horses, one sow, the half of the
wagon, the half of the plow, the half of the harrow, two Flemish
scythes and one [ordinary] scythe, six hens, a small anvil and
hammer, and a small canoe, all of which the seller promises to
deliver to the aforesaid buyers within the next eight days, all free
and unincumbered (saving the lord's right) ; for which the afore-
said buyers promise to pay to the said seller or his order the sum of
one hundred and four merchantable beaver skins, the same to be
paid as follows, to wit, a just third part yearly, but on the express
condition that fourteen beavers must be paid next May of this
year and the remainder of the first third part [439] must likewise
be paid in the middle of next November of this year 1683; the
second third part in the middle of November 1684 and the last third
part in the middle of November 1685 ; provided that all the afore-
said payments may be made in beavers, silver money, good winter
wheat or peas, as the market therefor shall then be, beaver's price.
Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties bind their oersons and
estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and
judges, and have subscribed this with their own hands (in presence
of Capt. Philip Schuyler and Maes Cornelisz, called as witnesses
hereto). In New Albany, dated as aforesaid.

Jacob Phenicx

Teunis Pietersen

This is the mark T of Broer Jansz,
As witnesses: made by himself

Philip Schuyler
Maes Cornelysz

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

1 Klinkenbers;, a little north of Four Mile point, in the town of Coxsackie.
N. Y. Cornelis Michielsen acquired this farm from Myndert Fredericksen.
who bought it from Jan Hendricksen Bruyn, one of the original patentees.
See History of Greene County, pub. by J. B. Beers & Co., New York 1884,
P- 153-

554 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Terms of purchase of certain merchandise received by Johannes
Rooseboom from Andries Teller for the purpose of barter with
the Indians

I440 and 441 blank; 442 1 On this 12th da) of April 1683 appeared
ire me. Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Mr Andries
reller of the one' part and Johannes Rooseboom of the other part,
who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have
contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit: Said Johannes
Rooseboom acknowledges thai he has received from said Mr Teller
some merchandise as specified in the list thereof placed in the hands
aid Rooseboom and at the following prices, to wit:
4% ells of duffel for a beaver of i'j lb
2% ells of strouding for a beaver of 1 A lb

2 ells of scarlet cloth for a beaver of \ x /i lb

3 guilders in beavers for every child's coverlet
5 shirts for a beaver of 1 lb

kettle- at 1 gl. 10 st. a lb, in beavers

5 axes for a beaver of 1 ' lb

6 pairs of stockings for a beaver of 1 T .' lb
guns at 12 gl. apiece, in heavers

18 ells of Osenhrug 1 linen for a beaver of 1' lb
powder at the rate of 50 lb for five good, merchantable beavers
Goods received which -aid Rooseboom can nol barter, he may
return to Mr Teller at the same prices, if i" 1 damaged.

Hereto said contracting parties hind their persons and estates,
nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judg
and have subscribed this with their own hand- (in presence of Mr
fohannes Provoosl and Harman Rutgersz), in New Albany, dated
as above.

V Teller

JOHANNl - ROOSI BOOM

As witnes

Joh: I'rovoost
man Rut

Quod attestor

\nm.\i:x van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

the old Dutch name for the citv ot
Osnabruck, in Hanover.

NOTARIAL TAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 555

Contract for the sale of a house and lot in Albany from Abraham
Staets to Sybrant van Schaick
[443 blank; 444] On this 20th day of April 1683 appeared before
me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany,
and before the undersigned witnesses, the Honorable Major Abra-
ham Staats of the one part and the worthy Sybrant van Schaeyck
of the other part, who hereby acknowledge tbat in love and friend-
ship they have agreed and contracted in form and manner following,
to wit : Said Major Abraham Staas acknowledges that he lias sold
and Sybrant van Schayck that he has bought a certain house and
lot standing and lying here in New Albany, to the north of Major
Abraham Staas and to the south of Juuriaen van Hoesem, Major
.Staas to have free drip from his house: said house and lot is five
rods and seven feet long on the south side, five rods and four and
a half feet on the north side, two rods and seven feet broad on the
east side and two rods and eight inches on the west side on the
street, all Rhineland measure ; which said house and lot said seller
delivers to said buyer at once, free and unincumbered (excepting
the lord's right) ; for which said buyer promises to pay to the seller
one hundred good, wbole, merchantable beaver skins or the value
thereof in good current silver money, to be paid, forty beavers
next August of this year 1683, in currency as aforesaid ; in August
1684 thirty beavers; and in August 1685 likewise thirty beavers.
Hereto said contracting parties bind their persons and estates,
nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.
In confirmation of which they have subscribed this with f 445 1
their own hands (in presence of Pieter Meese Vrooman and Jur-
riaen van Hoesem, called as trustworthy witnesses hereto). In
New Albany, dated as above.

Aeram Staas
Sybrant van Sciiaick
As witnesses :

Pieter Mccsen Vrooman

Jurriaen z'on Hoescn

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

556 IV RECORDS OF VLBANY

Quitclaim from a Highland Indian named Massany to Pieter
Lassen and Jan Smeedes of land on the east side of the Hudson
river called Minnissingh and a waterfall called Pooghkepesingh

[446 1 1 ( >n this 5th <lay of May [683 appeared before me, Adriaen
van Ilpendam, 11 blic (residing in New Albany), and be!

the undersigned witnesses, a certain Highland Indian named Mas
sanv. who hereby acknowledges that he has given as a free gifl a
farm to Piefc 1 ingh 2 and a farm to Jan Smeedes, the young
glazier, also a waterfall near the bank to build a mill thereon; the
falls are called Pooghkepesingh 3 and the land i- called Minnissingh/
lying on tin east side of the river. He acknowledges this gift in
the presence of the Honorable Magi- 1 in Dyck and

Dirck Wesselsz Ten Broeck, who themselves have heard two
Indians, one named Speck and the other Pechpaiemo, testify that
d Indian Massany now delivered the aforesaid property
to said Pieter Lassingh and Jan St out retaining Eor him

or his descendants the right to claim hereafter a stiver's worth from
them; also id Indian Massany is the lawful inheritor and

owner of said land. The foregoing has been interpreted to me in
presence of the said honorable magistrates by the wife of |urriaen
Teunisz and said Indian has subscribed it with his own hand, in
Alban) . on the date above w ritten.

This is the mark X of Massany,
made by himself, which I certify,

\l>!.:l \1 N VAN II . Not. Pllb.

As witnesses :

Cornells van Dyck
Dirck Wesselsz

Contract of sale between Claes Jansen Stavast and Pieter Pieter-
sen van Woggelum of a house and lot in Albany
[449 ] On this 27th day of May [I 1 befor<

Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Alban
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Claes Jan-/ Stavast
of the one part and Pieter Woggelom of the other part, who hereby

x In Doc. Rcl Hist. X. )'.. 13:571, is another translation of this

deed in which tin name ol hi Indians is by mistake given

Imo."

■ . X Y.
* Tin this land <

Indian hical Names, p. 45.

s Pa i . '. and pagi I ' 149 arc r< v< rsed

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 557

acknowledge that in love and friendship they have contracted and
agreed in manner following, to wit: Said Claes Jansz Stavast
acknowledges that he has sold to said Pieter Woggelom his house
and lot standing and lying here in New Albany wherein he now
dwells, and promises to deliver the same with all that is fast by
earth and nail to said buyer, unincumbered and free from all
claims (excepting the lord's rights) according to patent and con-
veyance, on the first of October of this year 1682; for which said
buyer promises to pay to the aforesaid seller or to his order the
sum of one hundred and twenty good, whole, merchantable beaver
skins by weight, as the same pass among traders, but said buyer
may pay said beavers partly in sea wan, or silver money, or wheat,
or peas as the market therefor shall then be, to wit, in the three
following payments of a just third part each, the first payment
whereof the buyer promises to make the next month of June of
this year 1682, the second payment in June 1683, and the third
(being the last payment) in June 1684; and on the last payment
the seller promises to deliver to said buyer a good and sufficient
[448] deed of conveyance. For the performance whereof the afore-
said contracting parties bind their persons and estates, real and per-
sonal, present and future, nothing excepted, subject to all lords,
courts, tribunals and judges, and have subscribed this with their
own hands (in presence of Hans Dreeper and Wouter vanden
Uythoff, called as witnesses hereto). In New Albany, dated as
aforesaid. C: Jansex Stauast

Pieter AYoglom
As witnesses :

Hans Dreper

Wouter Albertsen

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Teunis Slingerlandt and Geertruyt
Pieters Vosburgh of a lot at Albany

[450] On this 4th day of June 1683 appeared before me, Adriaen
van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in Xew Albany), and before
the hereinafter named witnesses, Teunis Slingerlandt of the one
part and Geertruyt Pieters 1 of the other part, who hereby acknowl-
edge that in all love and friendship they have contracted and agreed
in form and manner following, to wit : Said Teunis Slingerlandt

1 Geertruyt Pieters Vosburgh.

558 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

acknowledges thai he has sold and said Geertruyt Pieters that she
has bought a certain l"t on the south side of New Albany directly
opposite Jan Albertsz Brat, and said seller delivers said lot to said
buyer at once, free and unincumbered, excepting the lord's right,
according to patent; for which Geertruyl Pieters promises to pay
to said Tennis Slingerlandt or his order the sum of thirteen
good, whole, merchantable beaver skins, either in silver mone) oi
good winter wheat as the price therefor shall then be, to be paid
next winter, the wheat to be delivered here free to the seller.
Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties hind their persons and
estates, nothing excepted, subjeel to all lord-, courts, tribunals and
judges, and have subscribed this with their own hands in presence
of Jan Albertsz Brat and Willem Ketelhuyn (called as witnesses
hereto), in New Albany, dated as above.

TUENYES SLYENGHERLANT

This is the mark X of Geertruyt
Pietkks, made by herself
As witnesses:
Jan Brat
Willem Ketelhuyn

-i(/ attestor

\nKi.ux van [LPENDAM, Vot. Pub.

Lease of a farm from Pieter Pietersen van Woggelum to Joachim

Ketelhuyn

(451 blank; 452] On tin- I2th day of July [683 appeared before
me, Adriaen van llpendam, notary public residing in New Albany,
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Pieter Pietersz
Woggelom of the one part and Joachim Ketelhuyn of the other
part, who hereby acknowledge that in love and friend-hip they
have agreed and contracted in form and manner following, to wit:
Said Pieter Pietersz acknowledges that he has let to -aid Joachim
Ketelhuyn his farm called Woggelom, with house and barn and all
the fencing a- it now stands, for the term of six successive years,
commencing from the firsl 01 \la\ of this year [683 and to end on
the first of May [689; but if -aid lessee does not care to stay any
longer than three years, he may terminate the lease at the end of
the three years, lor which the said lessee promises to pay to the
lessor or hi- order the -.11111 of twent\ four good, whole, mer-
chantable beaver -kin- yearly a- rent and. in addition thereto, each
year to draw wood one da\ with two horses; but the lessee ma)

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 559

in good winter wheat and peas, also a portion in maize, all as the
market therefor shall then be, to be delivered to the lessor free, on
the shore in New Albany. The lessor delivers therewith six horses,
to wit, four mares and a stallion and a gelding; likewise six milch
cows, of which said horses and cattle the lessee shall have the half
of the increase, but at the end of the above-written term he must
make good the aforesaid number of the aforesaid horses and
cattle; and the division shall be made every three years. The
lessee shall not keep any calves there for his own benefit. The
lessee promises also to pay yearly twenty-four pounds of butter
for the aforesaid cows. The lessor likewise delivers therewith
three sows, for which the lessee promises to deliver a hog of over
a year old every autumn and he shall be holden at the end of the
lease to deliver up again the same number ; likewise all the farm
implements which he has received, and all the fencing, according
[453] to inventory thereof which the contracting parties shall
make out at the first opportunity ; moreover he shall properly put
into the ground as much seed as is now sown therein; and the flat
(valey) which the lessee has now in use he shall at the end of the
lease deliver up again entirely plowed and as much of it in seed as is
at present sowed. And if within the aforesaid term the lessee
wants to have a new house built, he shall furnish the timber there-
for at his own cost and board the laborers. As regards the
orchard, the lessee shall be holden to clear it of brush, in the open
places where there are no trees to plant new trees and to keep it
clean, provided the lessor furnish the trees therefor. The afore-
said contracting parties mutually promise to execute and perform
the aforesaid conditions under pledge of their persons and estates,
real and personal, present and future, nothing excepted, subject to
all lords, courts, tribunals and judges, and in confirmation thereof
they have subscribed this with their own hands (in presence of
Harman Gansevoort and Sybrant van Schayck, called as witnesses
hereto) ; dated as aforesaid.

PlETER WOGLOM

This is the mark S of. Joachim
Ketelhuyn, made with his own
hand
As witnesses :

Harmen Gansvort
Sybrant van Schaick

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

560 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Will of Frederick Claessen of Westenes

| 454 and 455 blank; 456 1 < in this 23d day of July 1683 appe
before me, Adriaen van llpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), and before tbe hereinafter named witnesses, Frederick
Claesz, born in the land of Drent at Westenes, 1 wishing hereby to
make disposition of his effects to be left behind, in case it shall
please God Umighty to take him to his kingdom, seeing that he
now is sick in body but to all outward appearances of sound mind
and memory, bequeaths and leaves to his mother named Roelofie
Willems and to his sister named Hilletie Claes, dwelling at Stap-
hor.-i. and to Jannetie Gerrits, dwelling in the colony of Renselai
wyck at Bet[h]lehem, all his effects; and the testator hereby
appoints as his executor the worthy Gerril sz with absolute

power to arrange all his affairs and after lus decease to give him a
decent burial and furthermore (if after his death anything
remains) to make over the same to the aforesaid three persons,
each a just third part.

The foregoing, the appearer promises to hold valid and desires
the same, being his last will and testament, to be fully observed and
carried out, and he has subscribed this with his own hand 1 in pres-
ence of the Honorable Magistrate Jan Jans/ Bleycker and the
worthy Barenl Meyndersz, tailed as witnesses herein 1. In New
Albany, dated as aforesaid.

This is the mark X of I'k m K

1 LAESZ, made by himself
As witnesses:

Jan Jans.': Bleecker

Barext Meynders

Qiiiu! attestor

Adriaen van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Indenture of apprenticeship of Gerrit van der Zee to Johannes
Vinhaeghen to learn the tailor's trade

[ 457 59 blank; 460] On this 30th day of Jul) [683 appeared
before me, Vdriaen van llpendam. notary public (residing in New
Albany 1. and bei hi hereinafter named witnesses, the worthy

Willem Ketelhuyn of the one part and the worthy Johannes
Fynaghen of the other part, who hen e thai in all

1 and friendship the} have contracted and agreed in manner
following, to wit: Said Willem Ketelhuyn acknowledges that he

1 Wcstenesch, in the 1 Drenthe, Netherlands.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 561

has bound to said Johannes Fynagen his son 1 (called Gerrit vander
Zee, now about twelve years old) for the term of four successive
years, which term shall begin on the first of August 1683 and end
on the first of August 1687; and the aforesaid master promises to
teach the aforesaid youngster the tailor's trade as well as he can ;
and the aforesaid father promises that his aforesaid son shall serve
him with all diligence and faithfulness; the first three years the
father shall give his son board and have his washing done for
him, but the fourth year the master promises to give said young-
ster proper board, and the first three years to let him go to the
evening school for two months after Christmas, provided the father
pay for his tuition ; and at the end of the four years said master
promises to deliver to said youngster a cloth suit, to wit, a coat,
breeches, a pair of new stockings, a pair of new shoes and two
good, whole pieces of eight ; and the clothing which the said young-
ster shall need within the aforesaid four years, said master shall
make for him at his own expense, on condition the father provide
the material therefor. Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties
bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all
lords, courts, tribunals and judges, and have subscribed this with
their own hands in presence of Heyndrick Rooseboom and Gerrit
Lansingh ; in Albany in America, dated as aforesaid.

^^'ILLEM KeTELHUYN

Jan Viniiaeghen
As witnesses:

Hcndrick Rooseboom
Gerrit Lansinck

Quod <ii!cstor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Claes Jansen van Bockhoven and
Wouter Pietersen Quackenbosch of a piece of land without
Albany between the Third and Fourth kills

[461-63 blank; 464] On this nth day of August 1683 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Claes Jansz
van Boeckhooven of the one part and Wouter Pietersz Quacken-
bosch of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love
and friendship they have agreed and contracted in form and man-
ner following, to wit : Said Claes Jansz van Boeckhooven acknowl-

1 Step son?

562

EARLY RECORDS or ALBANY

edges thai he has sold to said Wouter Pietersz Quackenbosch a
certain piece of land lying without New Albany in the colony of
Renselaerswyck, between the Third and the Fourth kill, with all
his rights therein and as the same now lies in its fence, on condition
that Ian Heyndricsz Bruyn shall first receive his interest therein.
And said seller delivers said land to said buyer now at present,
free and unincumbered (saving the lord's right), for which said
buyer promises to pay to the seller or his order the sum of fifty-
eight whole beavers and a half beaver, the just half of which the
buyer shall 1"- holden to pay within one month from this date- and
the remaining half in three payments, each of a just third part,
whereof the first payment shall be made in August [684, the sec-
ond in [685, and the third, being the last payment, in [686; but
whatever the buyer shall earn b) work, shall be 1 redited to him as
an offset. Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties hind their per-
sons and estates, nothing excepted, subjeel to all lords, courts, tri-
bunals and judges, and they have subscribed this with their own
hands (in pre ence of Meyndert Fredericsz and Leendert Philipsz,
called as witnesses hereto), in New Albany, dated as above.

This is the mark X of Claes Jansz

VAN B0ECKHO1 in.ide with his

own hand
This is the mark X of YV01
I '11 1 ERSZ QUA( KEN BOS< II, made
w ith hi> own hand

As witnesses
This is the

Fredericss,

hand
Leendert Phylens

mark X of Meyndert
made with hi> own

Quo,!

Adriaen van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Indenture whereby Jan Heyndricksen van Solsberghen binds his
son Jan Jansen to Claes Jansen van Bockhoven and his wife
for the term of six years

[465 blank; 466] On this 26th day of October 1683 appeared
before me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public (residing in New
Alham 1, and before the hereinaftet named w 1 1 , Jan Heyn
drickse van Solsbergen of the art and Volckertie

Jan-, wife of ' laes Jansz van Boeckhooven, of the other

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 563

part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they
have contracted and agreed in manner and form following, to wit :
Said Jan Heyndricsz van Solsbergen acknowledges that he has
bound to said Claes Jansz van Boeckenhooven and his aforenamed
wife, his son named Jan Jansz van Solsbergen (now about ten
years old) for the term of six successive years, to begin on the first
of May 1684 and to end on the first of May 1690. And said father
promises that said youngster shall serve the aforesaid master and
wife (with God's help) during said term with all diligence,
obedience and faithfulness; and the aforesaid wife (as attorney
for her husband) promises, at the end of the aforesaid term, to
fit out the youngster with a good workday suit and a good Sunday
suit of clothes, a pair of new shoes and stockings, four good shirts,
four handkerchiefs, four cravats and a good hat. Hereto the afore-
said contracting parties bind their persons and estates, real and per-
sonal, present and future, nothing excepted, subject to all lords,
courts, tribunals and judges, and have subscribed this with their
own hands (in presence of Jacob Tysz vander Hey den and
Nicolaes Maniere, called as witnesses hereto), in New Albany,
dated as aforesaid.

This is the mark -J- of Jan Heyn-

DRICKSZ VAN SOLSBERGHEN, made

with his own hand
This is the mark -4- of Volckertie
Jans, made with her own hand
As witnesses :

Jacob Theysen fonder Hcyden
Nicollas Maniere

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Will of Adam Dingemans and his wife

[467 blank ; 468] In the name of the Lord, Amen. Know all men
by the contents of this present public instrument that in the year
1683 after the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the 19th
day of November, before me, Adriaen van llpendam, notary pub-
lic, appeared the worthy Adam Dingemans, born at Haerlem in Hol-
land and the virtuous Aeltie Jacobs Gardenier, born at New Albany
in America, persons joined together by marriage, to me, the notary,
well known, both being at present sound of body and having full

564 EARLY OF ALBANY

use and on of their understanding and memory to all out-

ward appearances; which appeare dering the shortness and

frailty of human life, the certainty of death, and the uncertainty
of the time and wishing to dis] heir temporal effects

to be lefl behind while they yet 1 through 1 rod's grace 1 have power,
as they do of their own free will and motion without persuasion
or misleading of anyone, have ained and determii

this their last will and testament in manner following. First of all
they commend their immortal •-mils ( whenever they shall he sepa-
rated )i 1 bodies) to the gracious and merciful hands of
tor and Savior ami their bodies to a Christian burial
and hereby revoke, camel and annul all and every such te
mentary dispositions and bequests as they have heretofore severally
made or executed, holding the same null and of no < And
now disposing anew, these appearers, "tit of the mutual and special
love which they, during their marriage estate have borne and do
now hear for each other declare that reciprocally they have nomin-
ated and instituted the survivor of both ol them their sole ami uni-
versal heir to all the property, real and personal, dits,
money, gold and silver coined and uncoined, jewels, clothing, linen
and woolens, household furniture and whatsoever else, nothing
excepted, which the one who die- first shall leave behind [469] as
well in this country as elsewhere, to he used as his or her own

property, without contradiction ition of anyone;

hut on the e idition that if tin- survivor -hall again enter

into the marriag< I < or she shall be holden to settle half of

the estate lefl upon the children and bring them up in the fear of
the Lord until the youngest shall be at least eighteen year:
for which purpose the survivor shall receive the income and profits
thereof, and after the death of the survivor, when the youngest
child shall he eighteen years of age, the children shall all receive
their legitimate portion; of whatever may remain share and -hare
alike, (and Mae- Cornelisz and Johannes Roos are appointed t 1
guardians), all that is hereinbefore written these appealers declare
to he their joint last will ami testament, desiring that after the
death of one of them, a- well as of both of diem, the same have
full fori 1. whether as will, codicil, donation, gifl in

anticipation of death or otherwise a- shall he 1 isistent, 1

withstanding that certain form- according to law and usage may
not have been herein observed, desiring that the utmosl benefit
hereof may he enjoyed and that one or more copies hereof in

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 565

proper form may be made and delivered, as occasion may require.
Thus done and executed in New Albany in America at the house
of me, the notary, the year, month and day aforewritten, and sub-
scribed by the aforesaid testators with their own hands in presence
of Jacob Tysz vander Hevden and Jan van Loon, called as trust-
worthy witnesses hereto.

Adam Dingeman

This is the mark A I of Aeltie
Jacobs Gardenier, made with her
own hand
As witnesses :

Jacob Theysen vander Heyden
Jan van Loon

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of Tierck Harmensen to build a house for Hendrick

Rooseboom

[470 and 471 blank; 472] On this 27th day of November 1683
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (resid-
ing in New Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses,
Tierck Harmansz, 1 of the one part and Heyndrick Rooseboom of
the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friend-
ship they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit :
Said Tierck Harmansz acknowledges that he has contracted to
build for said Heyndrick Rooseboom a small house about eighteen
feet in length and ten feet in width, next to and on the south of
said Rooseboom's house, the timbers to be let into the large house.
[The small house] is to have a standing gable and Tierck is to
lav therein a garret floor and [main] floor of his own boards;
Tierck must also furnish all the lumber for the floor timbers and
all the woodwork of the whole house, including the boards and
strips for a tile roof ; furthermore he is to make a back door with a
light over the door, a chimney mantel and a window with transom
and mullion and a doorframe in the front gable, which is to be
made of matched boards; but if the said house can be made longer
or wider according to the dimensions of the ground, then the con-
tract price shall be raised pro rata ; for which said contractor shall
receive after the work is done, all at the expense of the said con-
tractor, nine good, whole, merchantable beaver skins, but if said

1 Tierck Harmensen Visscher.

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

house shall bi ileted b) the firsl of May [684 the contractor

shall be paid therefor ten whole beavers, and if by the first of May
it be nol completed then he shall not have more than eight whole
beavers; provided that the garret floor and [main] floor shall nol

aid before the boards are seasoned. Hereto the aforesaid co
trading parties bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted,
subject to all lord-;, courts, tribunals and judges and have subscribed
this with their own hands on the date above written in presence of
Jacob Tysz vander Fieyden and Heyndrick Jansz Huys.

This is the mark X of TlERCK
Harmansz, made by himself

I I I N'DRICK ROSEBOOM

As witnesses :
Jacob Theysen vander Heydi
This is the mark -+■ of Heyndrick Jansz,
made by himself

attestor

Adriaen vax [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Dirck Albertsen Brat and Andries
Teller of a house and lot in Albany

1 473 blank; 474I On this day, the 151I1 of February, in New
Albany, 168J Dirck Albertz Brat acknowledges and declares that
he has sold to Mr Andries Teller his house and lol with all thai is
therein fast by earth and nail and now occupied by him, lying and
standing on the hill, next to the house of Jan Gilbert on the
side and on the other side young Evert Wendel, according to
patent and conveyance thereof, for the sum of fifty good beavi
of 1'. 1 lb weight each, to be delivered next first of May, which

iresaid fifty beavers shall be credited upon what he no
Teller, to wit, fl. 2226:4 m beavers; and whatever more Dirck Brat
is in arrears to Andries Teller, he is bound to pa) at said reller's
call; provided that Dirck Brat shall remain in the aforesaid house
for the term of the next three years beginning from this date and
ever) year pa) three beavers and the necessary repairs at Dirck's
expense; and within this time he may regain the ownership of said
house at the afore aid price of fifty beavers, but not thereafter,
provided that the aforesaid fifty bi 1 hall be the last paymenl
of whatever he owes Mr Teller on tln> date; of which aforesaid

house and lut Dirck leliver the patent and a proper con

veyance to Mr Teller at mice. And whereas Dirck Brat has taken

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 567

an inventory of his shop-goods and Indian wares which together
are worth one hundred beavers, he promises to turn over at once
to said Teller or his wife all payments which he shall receive from
the barter or sale of said goods in payment of what said Dirck
Brat owes to A. Teller. The parties hereto being well satisfied
herewith, they bind themselves, each for so far as he is concerned,
for the full performance hereof, submitting their respective per-
sons and estates, present and future, nothing excepted, to the
jurisdiction of the courts as by law provided. All in good faith,
they have subscribed this with their own hands, datum ut supra,
in presence of the un- 1 >rsigned witnesses.

Dvrck Albertsz Brat
A. Teller
As witnesses:

/. Becker

Johannes Proz'oost

Settlement of accounts of Maerten Jansen and Sweer Teunissen
van Velsen with bond of Maerten Jansen

[475 blank; 476] On this 12th day of February 168, appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Sweer Teunisz
van Velsen of the one part and Maerten Jansz, skipper, of the other
part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they
have contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit: Said
.Maerten Jansz acknowledges himself by a full settlement, to be
indebted and in arrears to said Sweer Teunisz in the sum of twent}
whole, merchantable beaver skins and two guilders in beavers ;
likewise that he will deliver the house and barn as the same are
now and is to deliver up all the fencing which belongs to the land
( where he now dwells) good and fit by the first of May 1684.
And Maerten promises to deliver to said Sweer a cow free at
Schanechtade, namely Sweer Teunisz's choice of three cows, within
the time of one month after this date, for the sum of eight beavers
as a payment on the aforesaid sum ; likewise said Maerten promises
to deliver to said Sweer Teunisz all the seed that is in the ground,
for which he is to be credited with three beavers, so that on this
[obligation] there shall still remain due the sum of nine beavers
and two guilders in beavers or the value thereof in good, merchant-
able wares, all at market price. Hereto the contracting parties
bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords,

568 IRDS OF ALBANY

courts, tribunals and judges, and they have subscribed this with
their own hands (in pres< i the II Magistrate Jan

Jansz Bleecker and the Honorable Albert Jansz Ryckman, as wit-
nesses hereto called) in New Albany, the date above written.

M i

Swei r Thooni ssen
As witnes

Jan Jan ker

Albert Ryckman

wd attest

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease of a house, lot, garden and orchard from Johannes Clute,
junior, to Johannes Rooseboom

[477 blank; 478] On this 27th day of Februarj [68 V appeared
before me, Vdriaen van [lpendam, notary pub ding in New

Albany, and b Eore the hereinafter named witm [ohannes

Clute, junior, of the one part and Johannes Roosel n of the other

part, who hereb) i ledge that in all love and friendship they

have contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit:
Johannes Clute acknowledges that he has lei id Johannes

Rooseboom his house, lot. garden and orchard standing and I3
here in New Albany; bul I e the use of one half

of ' be entered in the rear; which said lease shall

begin on the first of Ma) [684 and end on the first of May 11185;
which the lessee shall pay to the lessor or his order as rent the
sum of twent) merchantable beaver skins, either in silver money,

I winter wheat, all at beaver's price as the ma
therefor shall then be. Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties
bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subjeel to all
lord-, conn-, tribunals and judges, and have subscribed this with
their own hands (in of Claes Ripsz van Dam and Jacob

etsz ten Eyck, called as witnesses hereto); dated as afo

Johanni

Jon \\ NES ROO 1

,\s witne 1

tes Ripsen van Dam
■!' ten Eyck

Quod attest

2IAEN van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 56 I

Lease of a house and lot from Andries Teller to Gerrit Rooseboom

[479-81 blank; 482] On this 19th day of March, 168 J appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in
New Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Mr
Andries Teller of the one part and Gerrit Rooseboom of the other
part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they
have contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit : Said
Mr Andries Teller acknowledges to have let his house and lot
with all that is fast thereon by nail and earth to said Gerrit Roose-
boom for the time of one whole year (to wit, the house wherein
said Gerrit Rooseboom now dwells ) ; to begin on the first of May
[684 and end on the first of May 1685; for which the lessee
promises to pay to the lessor or his order the sum of fifteen and a
half beavers to be reckoned at eight guilders apiece, and the goods
which Gerrit Rooseboom received of said Mr Teller in the year
1683, he shall pay for on the same conditions as his brother
Johannes Roose[boom] on his part contracted in 1683 to pay,
and the goods received which Gerrit Rooseboom can not barter,
he may return to Mr Teller at the same price, if not damaged;
but the father of said Gerrit Rooseboom (named Heyndrick
Rooseboom) and the brother of said Gerrit Rooseboom (named
Johannes Rooseboom ) become his sureties, for the aforesaid goods
which said Gerrit Rooseboom has to this date received of said Mr
Andries Teller. Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties, together
with the sureties, bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted,
subjecting the same to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges and
have subscribed this with their own hands ( in presence of Willem
Ketelhuyn and Johannes Becker, junior, called as witnesses hereto)
dated ut supra.

A. Teller
Gerret Rooseboom
Hendrick Roosebo[om]
Johannes Roos[eboom]
As witnesses :

Willem Ketelhuyn
Johanis Becker, juuiier

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

5JO I VR] '•. RED IRDS l IF ALBANY

Will of Matthys Pietersen Vrooman and his wife

[483 blank; 484] In the name of God, Amen. Know all men by
the contents of this present public instrument that in the year after
the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, [684, upon the
fourth day of the month of April, before me, Adriaen wan tlp<
dam, notary public residing in New Albany, and before the herein-
after named witnesses, came and appeared the worthy Matthys
Pietersz Vrooman and the virtuous Maria Aernouts Viele, persons
joined together by marriage, to me, the notary, well known, and
here in New Alban) residing; he, Matthys Vrooman, at present
being sick in body bin his wife sound of body and both nevertheless
having to all outward appearances Mill command and use of their
understanding ami memor) ; which appearers considering the cer-
tainly of death and the uncertainty of the day and hour then
therefore wishing to dispose of their temporal effects to be left
behind while they yet through God's grace are able, which they do
of their own free will and motion, without the persuasion or n,i-
[i iding of anyone, have now ordained and determined this their
1 i will and testament in form and manner following:
First ami foremost, commending their immortal s,,uls (whenever
they shall depart from their bodies) to the gracious and merciful
hands of God, their Creator and Savior, and their bodies to a
Christian burial, they, the appearers and testators, declare that
mutually and reciprocally they have appointed and instituted, as
they hereby do appoint and institute, the survivor of them as thi
sole and universal heir to all the property, real and personal, claims,
credits, money, gold and silvei coined and uncoined, whether in
this country or elsewhere, which either of them first dying shall
leave behind, to do therewith as with his or her own and absolute
property, without contradiction 01 objection From anyone; likewise.

thai 1 ue whosoever, whether magistrates, orphan masters, con

stables, relatives, or others, shall 1 485 1 have power to demand
of the survivot .ue accounting or inventory ol the e tate so long
as he or -he remain a widower or widow, but in case the survivor
should marry again, he or she shall be holden to make an exhibit
of the estate as it shall then be, m older that a fourth part thereof
maj be received by their child (named Geertruyt) and three
fourths b) the survivor, who shall bring up -aid child (with < iod's
help 1 in the fear of the Lord; and the) appoint as guardians of
the aforesaid child Jacob Meesz Vrooman and Willem * la<

GrOi beeel and the survivor. All that is hereinbefore written the

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 571

testators declare to be their joint last will and testament, desiring
that after the death of either of them the same may have full
force and effect, whether as will, codicil, donation among the
living, gift in anticipation of death, or otherwise, as may be most
practicable; notwithstanding that certain forms demanded by law
or usage may not be fully observed herein, desiring the utmost
benefit to be derived herefrom, and that one or two copies hereof
in due form may lie made and delivered as occasion may demand.
Thus done and executed in Xew Albany at the house of the
appearers, who subscribed this with their own hands (in presence
of Mr Gerard Swart and Mr Jan Becker, called as trustworthy
witnesses hereto) ; the year, month and day aforesaid.

Mattys Vroomans
Marva Yroomaxs
As witnesses:
G: Swart t
J. Becker

Quod attestor

Adriakx van Ilpendam, Mot. Pub.

Contract of sale between Margarita Schuyler and her son Arent
Schuyler of a house and lot on Parel street at Albany

[486 and 487 blank ; 488] On this 25th day of July 1684 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New
Albany, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Margarita
Schuylers, widow of the late Philippus Schuyler, of the one part
and her son Arent Schuyler of the other part, who hereby ack-
nowledge that in love and friendship they have agreed and con-
tracted in form and manner following, t& wit: Said Margarita
Schuylers acknowledges that she has sold to her aforesaid son a
certain house and lot with all her rights therein and as now
occupied by him, standing and lying here on the Parel-straet, 1 at
the sign of the Arent;' 2 which aforesaid house and lot are now
de'ivered to the buyer free and unincumbered (saving the lord's
right) ; for which the buyer promises to pay to the seller or her
order the sum of two hundred merchantable beaver skins in two
payments, whereof the first payment (being the just half) shall be
due in the month of August of this year 1684 and the second pay-
ment in August 1685.

Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties bind their persons and

1 Pearl street.

• The Dutch word for " Eagle.'

572 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

ing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and
judges, ami have subscribed this with their nun hands (in presence
of Mr Stephanus van Cortlandt and Mr Petrus Schuyler, hereto
called as wit in New Albany, dated as above.

Schuyler

Aswitne ARENT SCHVYLER

S: V: Cortlandt
Pieter Schu

\od attestor

Adriaen van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease of a house from Wynant Gerritsen van der Poel to Johan-
nes Cuyler
[489 blank; 490I On this 8th day of November 1684 appeared
before me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notarj public 1 residing in ' ■
Alban) 1, and before the hereinafter named witnesses. Wynant
Gerritsz vander Poel of the one pari and Johannes Kuyler of the
rt. who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship
they have contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit:
Said Wynanl Gerritsz acknowledges thai lie has let to said
Johannes Kuyler the new house and half of the lessor's whole lot
through to the rear, standing and in New Albany, on

the hill, next to the corner house where said Kuyler now dwells.
for the space of a whole year, to begin on the first of May idS;
and to end on the first of May [686; for which the lessee promises
to pa) to the lessor or his order the sum of fourteen merchantable
beaver skins, but the lessor promi use the roof of the afore-

said house to be shingled in Ma) 11S5, likewise to make all n&

repairs on the aforesaid house. II promises to pay

one-half the rent in August [685 and the remaining half when the
lease expires. Hereto thi tid cont arties bind their

oils and 1 nothing excepted, subject to all lords, court-.

tribunals and judges and thev have su d this with their 1

hands (in presence of \lbert R tnd Pieter Loockermans,

called as witn ereto), in New Albany, dated as abo

WYN \\T ( il KKI YTS V. D r P[0]ELL

Joannes Ci yi er
As witne

Albert Ryckman
Pieter Loockerm | an \s

Vdriae n van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND _', 1660-1696 573

Contract of sale of the sloop Royal Oak from Meus Pietersen
Hoogeboom to Hendrick Abelsen and Nanning Harmensen

[491 blank ; 492] On this 30th of June 1684 appeared before me,
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany),
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Meuwes Pietersz
Hoogheboom of the one part and Heyndrick Abelsz and Nanningh
Harmansz of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in love
and friendship they have agreed and contracted in manner follow-
ing, to wit: Said Meeuwes Hoogeboom acknowledges that he has
sold and said Heyndrick Abelsz and Nanningh Harmansz acknowl-
edge, that they have bought a certain sloop called De Royael Ock, 1
lying now on shore before Xew Albany, which said sloop with sail
and rigging, free and unincumbered, the said buyers acknowledge
to have already received to their satisfaction, the said buyers
promising to pay therefor to the seller or his order the sum of
fifty good, whole, merchantable beaver skins at eight guilders apiece
and to pay the same in the two following payments, to wit, the
first payment (being a just half) in the latter part of next October
of this year 1684, the second (being the last payment I in October
1685; but the buyers may pay in beavers, silver money, seawan,
or wheat, all as the market therefor shall then be, to be delivered
free here in New Albany. Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties
bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all
lords, courts, tribunals and judges, and have subscribed this with
their own hands (in presence of Albert Ryckman and Jan vander
Hoeven, called as witnesses hereto), in New Albany, dated as
aforesaid.

Meeus Hoogeboom
Hendrick Abel
Nananvng Harmsen
As witnesses :

Albert Ryckman

Jan vander Oeve

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam. Not. Pub.

Will of Jacob Gerritsen van Laer

[493 blank; 494] In the name of God, Amen. Know all men by
the contents of this present public instrument that in the year after
the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, 1684, on the 9th

1 The Royal Oak. In a bill of sale of January 21, 167.,, the sloop is called
de Royael Lock.

574 EARLY RECORDS OF VLBANY

day of July, before me, Adriaen van flpendam, notary public
(residing in New Albany in America), and before the hereinafter
named witnesses, came and appeared the worthy Jacob Gerril
van Laer, born in the manor of Ruynen, 1 also dwelling here in
New Albany, well known to me, the notary, being at present a
little sick of body, but able to be aboul and to all appearances of
sound mind, memory and understanding, which appearer, a
sidering the shortness and frailt) of human life, the certainty of
death and the uncertainty of the time and hour thereof and wishing
then fore to dispose of his temporal effects to be left behind while
he vel (through God's grace) may be able, and which he does of
his own free will and motion, without persuasion or misleading
of anyone, has now ordained and determined this Ins last will and
testament in form and manner following. First and foremosl com-
mending his immortal soul (whenever it shall be separated from
his bod) i to the gracious and merciful hand- of God, his ' reator
and Savior, and his bod) to a Christian burial, this appearer and
testator declare- hereb) that he has nominated and instituted a-
the sole and universal hen- of all his effects to he left behind,
claims and credit-, nothing in the world excepted, which he shall
leave whether here in this country or elsewhere, his brothers and
sisters or if deceased their children in their parent-' place; his
oldest brother is named Ian Gerritsz van Laer, his oldest si
is named Grietie Gerrits, the second sister is named Ubertie '
lit s, the third sister is named Juditie Gerrits, the fourth sister i-
named Roelofie Gerrits, and the children left by his late si
Geertie Gerrits jointly in their mother's place, and hi- youngi
brother named Egbert Gerrits van Laer, and the -on of hi- late
-i-t. r Annetie Gerrits named Gerrit Jansz Ruytingh." The testator
hereb) bequeaths to in- afon d bro hers and sisters or if an) o
them he decea ed their children left behind I495I in their father's
or mother's place, in each on,- in- or her just legitimate portion

: Ruinen. a former manor in tin- southwestern pari
Drenthe, Netherlands, which for a long period had ii- own law- ami inde-
ndent jurisdiction, bin m 1795 was finally incorporated into the province
( in. earlj lords ',1 the manor was Roelof van laer. the second hus-

1 hi Johanna of Ruinen, at ith, in 1478, the manor came into

1I1, possession of the van Mun-t<r, or von Minister, family. Sec J. G. C.
Joosting, Het archief der hcerlijkhcid Ruinen, Leiden, [907, : | 55:

and mi ■. p 1 3, .'rn. \- far a- known, 1 ritsen van

1 .1, 1 was m,i related in Stoffel Gerritsen van Laer, h ho came from \"<
■ lam in New Nethcrland in 1659, ami who like his brother, Adriaen ,
tanner ai tt New Amsterdam.

G'errit Jansz Ruytingh was a 1
baptism 1 1 ouys, June 22, 1690 Holland Society, Year book, 1

17 :5i-

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 575

of the residue of his estate, provided that the children left by his
sister ( leertie Gerrits shall first draw out one hundred guilders
Holland money, over and above their aforenamed legitimate por-
tion. Finally he, the testator, has appointed and authorized as the
lawful executors of this will and administrators of his estate the
worthy Jan Vynaghen, at present elder of this Reformed Church,
and the worthy Maerten Crygier, junior, and therefore this testator
gives and grants to the same, his chosen executors and adminis-
trators, such ample power and authority as by law and usage
belongs to all testamentary executors and administrators, provided
they shall receive their proper compensation for services rendered
according to the customs of this country, and provided also that
all magistrates and other authorities, whoever they may be, are
fully and advisedly excluded, desiring that the same shall nut have
the least direction over the estate, but hereby excusing the same
herefrom and beforehand declining their services; and in case he,
the testator, hereafter, either in writing over his own hand and
signature, or by word of mouth before two or more trustworthy
witnesses, make any other bequests or legacies, or further dis-
position, or any changes, amplifications or restrictions in the afore-
said provisions, he wills and desires that these may have the same
force and effect and by every one be so held and esteemed as if
they had been written and set forth in this his will. All that is
hereinbefore written the testator declares to be his last will and
testament, desiring that the same, after his decease, may have
full force and effect, be it as will, codicil, donation, gift in
anticipation of death, or otherwise, as shall seem most suitable,
notwithstanding that certain formalities required by law and usage
may not have been fully observed herein ; desiring that the fullest
benefit hereof may be enjoyed and that one or more copies hereof
in proper form may be made and delivered as occasion may require.
Thus done in New Albany at the house of the appearer and
testator and by the aforesaid testator with his own hand subscribed
( in presence of the worthy Air Gerard Swart and the worthy
Gerrit Bancker, called as trustworthy witnesses hereto), in New
Albany, the year, month and day aforesaid.

Jacoi: van Laer
As witnesses :

G: Swart

Gerret Band en

Quod alt >• star

Adrtaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

576 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Contract of sale between Cornells Michielsen and Jurriaen
Teunissen Tappen of the farm called the Klinckenbergh

[496] On this 5th d Vugust 1684 appeared before me,

Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public (residing in New All>a:
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Cornelis Michielsz of
the one part and Jurriaen Teunisz van I ippen of the other part,
who hereby acknowledge that in love and friendship they have
contracted at ed in manner following, to wit: Said Cornelis

Michielsz acknowledges that he has sold to said Jurriaen Teunisz
all his interest in the land from the Klinckenbergh to the Moor-
denaers kill, 1 extending westward and north and south along the
river; likewise his interest in the house, barn, two orchards and the
old land along the shore and all that is fenced in and is still to be
fenced, excepting a small place in the on of Pieter the

." all which aforesaid interest tin- seller hereby conveys
aid buyer free ami unincumbered (excepting the lord's rigl
for which the buyer promises to pay to the seller or his order
the sum of tifty whole, merchantable beaver skins in silver money,
win. eawan at beaver's prior, in two payments, whereof the

firsl payment shall he due m Member of this year 1(184 and

the second (being the last payment 1 in the month of June 1685.
Merc!., i lie afori ontracting parties bind their persons and

estates, nothing exec]. ted, subject to all lord-, court-, tribunals and
judges, and have subscribed this with their own hands tin presence
of Jan van 1 .0011 and Maes Cornelisz, called as witnesses hereto),
in New Albany, dated as above.

As w [messes : Cornelis Mychtelsz

Jan van Loon Juki: Jan Tunsen

Macs Corneljss

nod attestor

Adriai n van Ii it \iiam. Not. Pub.
I Indorsed [

[497 I I, the undersigned, acknowledge that I have received from
Iurri Teunnusz the sum of ten beavers in silver money, in part
paymenl ol the purchased land. August 5, [684.

.11.1.- Mil

er's kill, near Athens in . X. Y. The Klinckcn-

h, or Klinkenberg, lies a little north of Four Mil pi the

who with Ian van I
". 1681, bought Johanm I the land in the vicinity of the

Mm derer"s 1 ■ wards 1"

Hist tnty, pub. by I. I'. [884,

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2. 1660-1696

3/ /

Bill of sale of one-half of the sloop Royal Oak from Hendrick
Abelsen to Nanning Hermansen
[498] On this 9th day of September 1684 appeared before me
Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany),
and before tbe hereinafter named witnesses, Heyndrick Abelsz
of the one part and Nanningh Harmansz of the other part, who
hereby declare that in love and friendship they have agreed and
contracted as follows, to wit: Heyndrick Abelsz acknowledges
that he has sold and made over to said Nanningh Harmansz his
share and interest in the sloop named de Royael Ock, 1 which said
sloop they bought jointly of Meuwes Hoogeboom on the 30th of
June of this year 1684. And Nanningh Harmansz promises to
pay Meuwes Hoogeboom for the aforesaid sloop and in addition
to pay to Heyndrick Abelsz fifteen beavers in good leather at
market price, but Heyndrick Abelsz promises to work on said sloop
ten days and likewise to help lay the wales and bow pieces. In
witness whereof the aforesaid contracting parties have subscribed
this with their own hands (in presence of Isaack Verplancken and
Gerrit Lucasz, called as witnesses hereto), in New Albany, dated
as above.

Hendrick Ridderhalve
Nannyng Harmesen
As witnesses:

Isaack Verplancken
This is the mark -f- of Gerrit Lucasz,
made by himself

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Cornelis Michielsen and Andries Han-
sen of one-sixth part of Loonenburgh
[499 blank; 500] On this 16th day of October 1684 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Cornelis
Michielsz of the one part and Andries Hansz of the other part,
who hereby acknowledge that in love and friendship* they have
contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit: Cornelis
Michielsz acknowledges that he has sold to said Andries Hansz
all his right and title to the great flat called Loonenburgh ; likewise

1 The Royal Oak. In a previous bill of sale the sloop is called de Royael
Lock.

19

5"8 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

all his interest eastward to the Moordenaers kill 1 and south and
northward, as well woodland as otherwise, to wit. the sixth part
of said land ; and -aid seller delivers it all to the buyer now free and
unincumbered (excepting the lord's right); for which the buyer
promises to pay to the seller or his order the sum of six hundred
and twenty five skipples of good winter wheat, with the privilege
of paying in beavers, silver money, or seawan, all at market price,
to wit, one hundred and fifty skipples of wheat this autumn that
it may he carried away by the sloops, in March [685 fifty-eight
skipples of wheat, in the autumn of the year 1*185 two hundred
and eight skipples of wheat and in March [686 two hundred and
nine skipples of wheat; and on the last payment the seller promises
to deliver a proper deed of conveyance. Hereto the aforesaid
contracting parties hind their persons and estate--, nothing excepted,
subject to all lords, court-, tribunals and judges, and have sub-
scribed this with their own hands (in presence of Jan van Loon
and Jan Albertsz Brat, called as witnesses hereto 1, in New

Albany, dated as aforesaid. ^ .,

Corn 1 1. is Mvchelsz

Andries Hansse

As witnesses:

Jan van Loon

Jdii Brat

Quod attestor

AdRIAEN VAN Il.l'l NDAM, Not. Puh

Lease of 20 morgens of land at Canastagioene (Niskayuna) from
Marten Cregier, junior, to Taeckel Dircksen

[501 blank; 502] On this 23d day of February [68j, app-
before me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albany 1. and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Maerten
Crygier, junior, of the one part and Taeckel Dircksz* of the other
[>art. who hereby acknowledge that in love and friendship the)
have contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit: Said
Maerten Crygier acknowledges that he has let to -aid Taeckel
Dircksz a farm, to wit, twenty morgens of land a! Canastagioene,
extending from Ian Clute's fence along the path and on the other
side along the fence, but Taeckel I'ircksz is to clear and work up
the land along the fence. Likewise the lessor lets to the lessee a

1 Murderer's kill, in Greeni county, X. Y.

! Takel Dircksen Heemsti 1 Baptism?! Record oi Ubanj in Holland

1904 , 17:75, 7&

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 57')

house, barn and rick and shall deliver therewith four milch cows
and two horses, whereof one shall be a gelding and the other a
mare, which number and one-half of the increase thereof the lessee
shaft be bound to deliver again to the lessor and for every cow six
pounds of butter yearly ; and the fencing which the lessee receives
with said land shall be appraised on his taking possession and at
the end of the lease it shall again be appraised and they shall adjust
with each other the betterments or wear and tear of the same.
Likewise the lessor delivers therewith twenty skipples of winter
wheat sowed in the ground, for which the lessee at the end of the
lease must deliver again twenty skipples of winter wheat sowed
in the ground; each party shall be holden to maintain his part of
the fencing tight that no injury may happen on either side. The
lessee shall be holden to deliver up the house and barn at the end
of the term, roof and wall tight, and if so be a fire happen through
[no] fault of the lessee (which may God prevent), each party shall
bear one-half [503] of the loss. This lease shall begin on the 16th
of April 1685 and continue for the term of the next following
eight years; for which the lessee promises to pay as rent the first
year fifty skipples of good winter wheat and the remaining seven
years one hundred skipples of good winter wheat yearly, said
wheat to be delivered each year on the first of January here in
Albany ; the fallowed land shall go to the lessor. The lessee
promises not to cut any hickory trees in the pasture or in the
homestead lot. All expenses which may be levied by the public
authorities shall be at the charge of the lessee, to wit, those on
his leased land. The lessee promises every year to sow the lessor's
land. Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties bind their persons
and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals
and judges, and have subscribed this with their own hands (in
presence of Mr * Gerard Swart and Pieter Mingael, called as wit-
nesses hereto), dated as above.

M. Cregier
Tackel Dircks
As witnesses :

G: Szvartt
Pieter Mingael

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

1 The Dutch text has: Mcestcr; meaning in this connection master of
laws.

580 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Contract of sale between Sybrant van Schaick and Tierck Har-
mensen of Jan Gouwen land, beyond Captain Schuyler's farm

1 504 ] On this 20th day of January f68| appeared before me,
Adriaen van Hpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany),
and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Sybrant van Schayck '

of the one part and Tierck llarmansz- of the other part, who
hereby acknowledge that in love and friendship they have a

contracted in manner following", to wit: Said Sybrant van
Schayck acknowledges thai he has sold and said Tierck Harmansz
that he has bought a certain piece of land called Jan 1
l.aiit.' lying next to the great flat beyond the farm of the late
Captain Schuyler,' which said land he delivers to the buyer at once
according to the patent thereof dated the 28th of September

1 by the Honorable General Franqois Lovelace; for which the
buyer promises to pa) to the seller, or his order, the sum of four
hundred and sixt) good deliverable inch pine hoards, two hundred
of said boards to be delivered next May [685 and the remaining
two hundred and sixty in May [686. Hereto the aforesaid con-
tracting parties hind their persons and estates, nothing excepted,
subject to all lords, court.-, tribunals and judges, and have sub-
scribed this with their own hands (in presence of llarmen van
Gansevoort and Mr Andries Teller, called as witnesses hereto),
in New Albany, dated as aforesaid,

Sybrant van Schaick
This is the mark X of Tierck
Hakmansz, made by his own hand
\s w itnesses:

Hartnen Ganseuort
A. Teller

Quod attestor

\|>KI.\I.X van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

1 Sybrant van Schaick died shortly after the date of this contract; his
will, dated August 6, 1683. was proved on March 2, 1685, and his wife

itrix April 1. 1686; see New York Ilis-

2 Tierck Harmi cher.

rally: " I /s land;" perhaps referring to kind of Tan

Cornelissen Vyselaer, alias Gouw, on the Poesten kill, in Rensselaer county.
ds of . llbany, 1 : 117-18.
* Capt. Philip 1 uyler.

NOTARIAL TAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 581

Lease of Loonenburgh from Jan van Loon to Christofle Brusy
[505-7 blank; 508] On this nth day of March 168I appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in
New Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses,
Jan van Loon of the one part and Christoffel Brusy of the other
part, who hereby acknowledge that in love and friendship they have
contracted and agreed in form and manner following, to wit:
Said Jan van Loon acknowledges that he has let to said Christoffel
Brusy a farm (called Loonenburgh) behind the farm of Klincken-
bergh ; the lessor promises to deliver therewith a house, barn and
rick, provided the lessee shall draw the timber for the barn at
his own expense and provide and cover the roof, but the lessor
shall furnish him a man therefor, one month. The lessor lets
the aforesaid farm to the lessee for the term of six consecu-
tive years to begin on the first of April 1685 and to end on
the first of April 1691. The lessor promises to deliver there-
with six draft horses, to wit, four geldings and two mares; ten
cows, two heifers and a bull in his first year, and in addition a bull
in his third year; also four sows and a boar; of which horses and
cattle at the end of this lease the lessee promises to deliver up again
to the lessor the same or a like number out of the increase, as good
as he shall have received ; and of the increase of said horses each
shall receive the half, as likewise of the cattle, to be divided every
third year according to the patroon's conditions; as regards the
swine, the lessee promises to deliver to the lessor next coming
autumn three shoats, which shall be about a half year old, and every
autumn thereafter a yearling pig for each sow, that is four hogs
fit for killing yearly, and at the end of this lease the same number
of hogs as delivered to him. The lessor promises to deliver the
land in log fence, on condition that the lessee deliver up the same
again in a like and proper fence. As regards the farm utensils
which the lessee' shall receive therewith, he shall be holden to
deliver back the same in good and proper condition (according to
an inventory thereof which shall be made) ; the lessee promises to
pay as rent for the aforesaid term seventy good, whole, [509]
merchantable beaver skins at eight guilders apiece in beavers,
which may be paid in good grain or what comes from the farm
at beaver's price, as the market therefor shall then be, to be
delivered free here in Xew Albany, and to pay for every cow four
pounds of butter yearly. During the aforesaid term the lessee may
not keep any cows of his own, except the increase thereof be for

582 1 VRLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

their common benefit. All that is hereinbefore written the afore-
said contracting parties promise mutually to execute and perform,
under pledge of their persons and estates, real and personal, pres-
ent and future, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges,
and have subscribed this with their own hands (in presence of
Harman van Gansevoorl and Anthony Lespinard, called as wit-
nesses hereto), in New Albany, dated as aforesaid.

Jan van Loox
Christofle Brusy
As witnesses :
Harmen Gansuort
Anthoine Lespinard

/.x/ attestor

\i»ki\i x van [lpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of sale between Pieter Pietersen van Woggelum and
Egbert Teunissen of a house and lot on Brewery street at
Albany

I 510 and 511 blank; 512] On this 9th day of June [685 appeared
before me, Adriaen van [lpendam, notar) public 1 residing in New
Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Pieter
Pietersz Wbggelom of the one part and Egbert Teunisz of the
other part, who hereby acknowledge that in love and friendship
they have contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit:
Said Pieter Wbggelom acknowledges that he has sold to said
Egbert Teunisz a house and lot with all that is thereto fast b)
earth and nail and all his rights in the same, lying here in New
Albany in the B i struct' between the houses and lots of

Leendert Philipsz and Maerten Gerritsz; which aforesaid Wogge
lom acknowledges that he has sold to said Egbert Teunisz a house
and lot with all that is thereon fasl b) earth and nail and all his
rights thereto belonging, standing and lying here in New Albany
on Brewer) treet, between the houses and lots of Leendert
Philipsz and Maerten Gerritsz; which aforesaid house and lot the
r delivers to the buyer at once, Free and unincumbered (sav
ing the lord's right); For which the buyer promises to pa) to the

im oi one hundred and twent) iod,

whole, deliverable beaver skin.- at eight guilders apiece in beavers,
or in silver mone) at beaver's price, in the three following p
ments, to wit: a just third part on delivery, a third part on the uth

I

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 583

of June 1686, and the last payment on the 9th of June 1687; and
on the last payment the seller promises to deliver to the buyer a
good and sufficient deed. Hereto the aforesaid contracting
parties bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted,
subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges, and have sub-
scribed this with their own hands (in presence of Jacob Tysz
vander Heyden and Albart Ryckman, called as witnesses hereto) ;
dated as above.

PlETER WOGLOM

E T

As witnesses :

[Jacob Theysen ran der Heyden] 1
[Albert Ryckman] 1

Quod attestor

• [Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.] 1

Letter from Adriaen van Ilpendam to Mrs Jan Sybingh

Dear Madam Sybings, Salute:

[5i3- I 5 blank: 516] Your missive dated the 30th of April of
this year 1685 has come to hand, but with great grief and sorrow
I find therein that Mr Dammas Guldewaghen is dead and that you
have not been able to obtain my interest, although I can
see by your letter that you have done your utmost
endeavor thereto. I now send to you and to your son
Mr Heyndrick Sybingh a power of attorney to demand
and receive the interest for me and hope that the same may
be handed to you in a friendly way. I send likewise to you the
copy of a letter which was inclosed in my letter to you of last year
and which I doubt not but you have handed to the widow of said
Guldewaghen ; though it may easily be seen from this letter how
much I need the money, yet, she has not written me a line in reply.
The proverb says that complainers have no friends, but necessity
forces me thereto. I do not seek another's goods, but only what
is justly due to me. I am now past 67 years of age, so that I can
not earn much more and said interest is my chief means of support.
Therefore, dear madam, I doubt not but you will use your utmost
endeavor and you may deduct from the amount compensation for
services rendered or to be rendered, as is reasonable. I do not
know yet (although I have heretofore divers times diligently

1 Manuscript destroyed.

584 EARLY OF ALBANY

inquired of Mr Guldewagen) in what city his son-in-law is sec-
retary, or what his name is, or who has the 2000 guilders in posses-
sion, [f the widow of Guldewagen and her son-in-law are at
odds, [517! this is to mj mind no reason why I should suffer the
consequences. And he whose faull it is that the money is not
handed to you will not easily answer for it hereafter, for the pres-
ent is but a short portion of life and we ought always to think of
ity.

Furthermore I desire of you to -end me at the first opportunity
the following g Is. to wit:

A ream of High 1 Hitch paper with the fool's cap and hells

An almanac which will be good for the next few years

A pocket inkhorn which hold- three or four pens
bread knife with a white handle

A pair of milled .-lockings and a pair of milled gl

Two do/en cotton neckerchiefs

20 ells of Bielefeld (Bylevelts) linen
< Necked linen

20 ells of blue linen

piece of the best Osnabriick (Osenburgs) linen, full width
( hooghbani 1

The remainder of the money in good, strong shirt linen of 1 -'
to [3 sti\ ers the ell.

N. l'>. The ream of paper may he loosened and the quires laid
-ide by side, a.- they may besl he packed.

1 would most kindly ask you (if I dared 1 that in case you could
not obtain my mone) at once, which i- nol to he hoped, you would

nevertheless he pleased to -end out the aforesaid g 1- by the

first ship, for the reason sufficiently dwelt upon above. You know

[ need [tl ood | ami that the) should not he denied me.
I -hail depend hereon and look forwari eiving them (with

help 1 this summer.
Herewith, m) dear .Madam, 1 heartily greet you and your son
Mr Heyndrick Sybingh and your whole famil) and a
to the protection of the Almighty and remain,

ur humble friend and servant

VDR] \! \ VAN ll.l'l XIUM

Done "I New Albany in Ame

2 October 1685

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 585

Indenture of apprenticeship of Zacharias Sickels, junior, to
Johannes Beeckman to learn the smith's trade

[518 and 519 blank; 520] On this 1st day of February 168;;
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing
in New Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses,
Sacharias Sickels of the one part and Johannes Beeckman 1 of
the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in love and friendship
they have contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit:
Said Sacharias Sickels acknowledges that he has hired his son
named Sacharias Sickels, now about sixteen years old, to Johannes
Beeckman, for the time of five consecutive years, to begin at once
and to end on the first of February ifigj ; and the aforesaid master
promises during said time to provide said youngster with board
and clothing, both linen and woolen, etc.; also to teach him the
smith's trade to the best of his ability and to write reasonably well,
or let him learn to write, at the master's own expense, and at the
end of said term to fit him out with a Sunday and workday suit,
six shirts, a pair of new shoes, a new hat, a pair of new stockings
and a chest; and the father promises that the aforenamed youngster
shall serve out the aforesaid term (by God's help) with all dili-
gence, obedience and faithfulness, as well in the smith's trade as
all other proper work, and said youngster also promises to do as
aforesaid.

Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties bind their persons and
estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and
judges, and have subscribed this with their own hands, (in presence
of Jacob Tysz vander Heyden and Jacob Teunisz, called as wit-
nesses hereto ) ; in Xew Albany, dated as aforesaid.

Zacharias Seckel[s]
Johaxxes Beck
As witnesses:

Jacob Theysen vander Heyden
Jacob Teunissen

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Indenture of apprenticeship of Jan Huybertsen to Jan Salomon-
sen Goewey to learn the wheelwright's trade

[521-23 blank; 524] On this 24th day of February 168;]
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing

1 This in original ; cf. signature.

586 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

in New Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Jan
Huybertsz of the one pari and Jan Salomonsz 1 of the other part,
who hereby acknowledge that in love and Eriendship they have
1 and contracted in manner following, to wit: Said Jan
Huybertsz acknowledges that he has hired himself to said Ian
Salomonsz for the time of a whole year, to begin on the first of
March of this year and to end on the first of March [68| and
lie promise to erve said master during the aforesaid time in all
proper work with all diligence, obedience and faithfulness, on con-
dition that said master promise to teach, or to try his best to teach,
said servant to make a good cart, and (in addition to board) at
the end of said term pay him two good, deliverable beaver -kins,
or the value thereof, with which said servant shall be satisfied.

Hereto said contracting parties bind their persons and estates,
nothing excepted, subject to all lord-, courts, tribunals and judges,
and have subscribed this with their own hands (in presence of
Frans Winne and Johannes Loockermans, called as witnesses
hereto); in New Albany, dated a- aforesaid.

This is the mark O of Jan Huybersz.

made by himself
This is the mark X of Jan
Salomonsz, made by himself
A- w itnesses :

ancsois Wine
Jooannes Loockermans

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Contract of Jan Jacobsen Gardenier to build a sawmill for Pierre
de Salvay at the bay of St Paul, Canada

[525 27 blank; 528] On this first day of June 1685 appeared
before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New
Albanj 1. anil before the hereinafter named witnesses, Jan Jacob-'
Gardenier of the one part and Piere De Salvay 2 of the other
part, who hereby acknowledge that in love and friendship they have

! and Contracted in manner following, to wit: Said Jan
■ / Gardenier acknowledges that he ha- contracted to build
mill in Canada at l.a Baye Sinl Poul, a and n >t to quit b<

irey.

ir do Salvay, who in fal] t< 84 was
La Govei n ; see

I ' to Col. Hist. N.
8 Baj of Sainl Paul.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 587

he shall have made and properly finished said mill, with which
the aforesaid contractor promises to saw two or three months and
teach a man to saw to the best of his ability ; for which said
employer promises to pay to said contractor, besides his food
and drink, each month the sum of twenty-two and a half pieces
of eight of proper weight at forty-eight stivers a piece, which time
began on the 28th day of May of this year 1685 and is not to end
until said employer lands said contractor free here in New Albany,
and if said contractor be taken sick, or is wounded while engaged
in said work, said employer shall be holden to furnish him proper
food and accommodation and himself to pay the doctor or
chirurgeon, but his wages shall not go on during that time. The
employer promises to [529] provide good implements and as few
or many men as the contractor shall require to do the work, and if
the contractor happen to die within the aforesaid time, wages shall
be paid to the contractor or to his wife, or to his order only for
the time he has worked. For which payment Anthony Lespinard
not only becomes surety and principal, but promises himself to pay
the silver to the contractor or to his order. Hereto the aforesaid
contracting parties and Anthony Lespinard bind their persons and
estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and
judges, and have subscribed this with their own hands (in presence
of the undersigned witnesses), in New Albany, dated as above.

Jan Jacobse Gardenier
De S ALU ay
Anthoine Lespinard
As witnesses :

Robbert Sandersz
Dirck Wesselsz

Quod attestor

Adriaen van Ilpendam, Not. Pub.

Lease of a farm at Nutten hook from Hans Heyndricksen to
Johannes Ooen (Owen?)
[530 and 531 blank; 532] On this 12th day of November 1685
appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing
in New Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Hans
Heyndricksz of the one part and Johannes Ooen 1 of the other
part, who hereby acknowledge that in love and friendship they

1 Perhaps intended for John Owen. In Professor Pearson's translation
the name was written " Johannes Goes."

588 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Said
Hans Heyndricksz acknowledges that he has leased to said
I )oen his farm on the Nootenhoeck, 1 with house, barn,
negro and negress, two cows, one heifer, one hull and two heifer
calves, for tin- term of six consecutive years commencing on the
iwtli of October [685 and ending on the [9th of October 1691 ;
which said term the said lessee (with God's help) promisi
serve out diligently and faithfully, receiving therefor the just
third part of all tie wn and also a just third part of all the

increase of -aid cattle, on condition that at the end of said term he
shall be holden to deliver hack the same number of animals and
as much seed in the ground as he may. The contracting parties
■ hind their respective persons and estates, 1101111112: excepted.
subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges and have sub-
scribed this with their own hands (in presence of Tennis Ban
Cool and Johannes Mingael, called as witnesses hereto), in New

Albany, datum ut supra. T , TT

Hans Heindricksz

joh \nnasa0en

As witnesses:

["his is the mark X of Ten, lis tool,

ith his own hand

Johaenm sen Mingael

\od attest

\l'KI \i \ \ \\ II PENDAM, Not. Pu\

Contract of sale between Dorite, the widow of Capt. Volckert
Jansen Douw. and the deacons of the Reformed Dutch church
at Albany of a lot with an old house thereon
[536 1 '•■■ before me, Rob 4 . Livingston, clerk of Albany

county, colony of Rensselaerswyi .. etc., and the hereinafter named
witnesses, Dorite, the widow and relict of her husband tin- late
Capt. Volckert Janse Dowe, of the first part, and the following
ms, P r . Schuyler, Albert Rykman, Johannes Wendel and
lers, [of the second part], 1 1 1 '.ire that in love and fi
ship they have agreed with each other in manner following, to wit:

• Xuiten hook, in the town ibia county, X. Y.

•Hen ore] kept by notary Vin | ndam, who

short!; Like the n I the documents

volume, the last document i> written on a doubl
which the 1 d 533 .;=;. an blank. The next

tly spcakii
volume of Notarial Papers, but n> a similai which must have

been kept by tin nut i- likewise written on a double

if which tlie final pages, nun ilank.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 5* 1

Said Dorite acknowledges that she has sold and said deacons on
behalf of the deaconry that they have bought of her a certain lot
with the old house that stands thereon, lying behind the Widow
Goosens, 1 to the south of the Rutten kill, to the north of the high-
way that goes by the churchyard, to the west of the lot of Harme
Rtittgers and to the east of Ger*. Bancker; in breadth in front on
the highway by the Rutten kill six rods and one foot and in the
rear of like breadth ; in length on the east side eight rods less three
inches and on the west side eight rods and two inches ; for which
old house and lot the seller has agreed to take the quantity of one
hundred pieces of eight, the half of which is paid and the remain-
ing fifty pieces of eight the deacons aforenamed promise to pay to
said Doritee, or her order [537] in the month of June next, when
the seller promises to deliver to the deaconry a good and sufficient
deed of conveyance [of the property], all free and unincumbered
(excepting the lord's right 1 ; wherewith the parties acknowledge
themselves well satisfied and in confirmation of which the}- have
mutually subscribed this in presence of Mr Jan Janse Bleeker and
Mr Livinus van Shayk, called as witnesses hereto. Done at
Paepsknee, at the house of the seller, on this 13th day of December
1684.

DoORAETE DOU

Jan Janss Blcecker
Levinus van Schayck

In my presence,

Rob 1 . Livingston, CI.

[Endorsed] Alb. 13 Dec. 1689 Coopb. vant huys vand Dyakony.

Inventory of Becker's papers

1698
In the original minutes of the Common Council of Albany,
1686-1702, volume 4, pages 356-58, occurs the following inventory
of the papers of notary Jan Juriaensen Becker, deceased, taken at
the house of his son-in-law Willem Hoogen, in the presence of Jan
Jansen Bleeker, recorder, and Johannes Cuyler, alderman, Novem-
ber 25, 1698.

Lyst van geschriften naer gelaten Door d'ov'leeden M r : Jan
Becker gewesene notaris opgenomen Ten huysen van W m :
Hoogen Ten overstaen van Jan Janse Bleeker Record: &

1 Annetje Lievens, the widow of Goosen Gerritsen van Schaick. See deed
of December 4, 1685, in Early Records of Albany, 2:331-32.

;.,.) EARLY RECORDS OJ VLBANY

Johannes Cuyler Alderman Jan ' Albany den 25*" Novemb.

Ann": 1698 —
1 howlicks voorwaerde Tusschen dowe Aukins & maria viele
1 ditto Tusschen ariaen appell & voelkye Pietei ■
1 Inventaris met presatie en accordatie Tusschen Elizab: van der

poel met Anth & Laveyinis van Schayk & Jan Lansing
1 bewys & speciael v r bant van Elizab: van der poel Ten behoeve

van haer 4 Cinderen
1 howlicks voorwaerde Tusschen Elizabeth van der poel en benonie

van Corler
1 Testament van w m : fredrizse bont
1 ditto van Cornells van der hoef
1 ditto van llarmen redder
1 ditto van Anthony Lepinaer
1 ditto van dirck Thuenisse van veghten
1 ditto van Jan I.m casse
1 ditto van machiel Caljer
1 ditto van matthewes abrahamse
1 ditto van Jan \ erheek
1 ditto van Jan ffrese
1 ditto van Jan Rosie
1 ditto van Symon Schermerhoorn
1 ditto van Arent Schuyler & Jan Janneke Teller
1 ditto van Geertje Cornelisse van ffulpen
1 approbatie van Steven Cooing wegens Testam' : van syn over-

leeden huysvrow Geertje Cornelis van ffulpen
1 gift van Thunis Slingerlant aen syn 2 soonen arent & albert

Slingerlant
1 Coopb. Tusschen Anth". Lepenaer & Ian Rosie
1 Coopb. Tusschen Omie Lagransie & Johannes appel
1 ditto Tusschen Geertje Namimings [Nannings] & Jeronnimus

wendel wegens Steven Cornelisse
1 huerseell van Rob' Sanders & myndert harmense met balthazar

barentse & hendrik ( lostrom
1 Atte tatie van Jan ouderkerk & Peter van woglen Ten behoeven

van william Kete| 1 |heyn
1 Coopb. Tusschen Andries Teller & Job: Ko 1
: 1 oopb. Tusschen Piet' & fsaak Vbsburg van Een Parcill Lant
1 ditto l u chen Andries hanse Carheyd [Barheyd] & bend:

1 lai denier

1 Apparently a mistake for " In."

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 5QI

I huerseel Tusschen Pieter waglen & Cornells Gysbertse

1 Coopb. door Elisab : beek & hend : van dyck aen Roelef gerretse

1 ditto Tusschen Pieter vosburgh & Thomas Noxon

1 ditto Tusschen Abrah. Isaakse — Johannes van Santen

1 Contract van Ruyling Tusschen Ryck Clase & omie Lagransie

1 Contract Tusschen bastian harmese & \vout r . van der Zee

1 Coopb: & Ruyling Tusschen Piet 1 '. quackenbos & Jacobus van

vorst
1 Contract [Tusschen] Thomas weekvildt & syn vrow maria

Luycasse wegen een Jonge genaemt orfree pectro met Jan van

Loon
1 Coopb. Tusschen weynant & syn soonen gerret En abraham

Isaakse
1 ditto Tusschen Jurian Thuenisse & Jacob Casperse
1 ditto Tusschen Elisab : van der poel weue van Sybrant van

Schayk met Anth . van Schayck
1 Contract van volkje van hoese & haer soon Jurian
1 Coopb. Tusschen Jacob : van Noorstrant & Dowr Aukins met

Transport van dowe aen d deakany
1 heurseel Tusschen Jan Rosie & Isaak Kadliman
1 Coopb Tusschen Gabriall Thomasse & volk rt : van hoese met

quitans
1 ditto Tusschen Sweer Thuenisse van velse En hendrick Lansing
1 huerseel Tusschen Jan bronke & william Rees
1 Contract Tusschen Jan ouderkerk & [the curators of the estate

of] oude Hendrick [Gardenier]
1 Coopb Tusschen dirk alb : bratt & andries Teller
1687 1 Obligatie van pypen & schyven In Comp e naer ottewawen

Ten Lasten Jacob Lockerman & anderen
1 Coopb Tusschen Tho : graven & Jan gilbert
1 Copy van Transport van Jan Becker gemagetige [gemachtigde]

van Jan gaerdenier en andries Hanse aen mellje [Neeltje?]

Claase wed e van Hendrick gardenier sal

Waer op \v m : hogin was gero[e]pen voor d mayor & alderman
& v r klaert op eede dat hy geen meer authentyke Contract ge-
schriften voor dato heeft over gelevert nogh geen andere in hand
heeft Direct nogh Indirect. (Whereupon W m : Hogin, being sum-
moned before the mayor and aldermen, declared upon oath that he
has turned over no authentic contracts before this date nor has
any others in his custody, either directly or indirectly).

592 EARLY RECORDS OK ALBANY

Johannes Groendyk, or Groenendyck, sheriff, thereupon took the
following oath, which is recorded in I hj
annes Groendyk, Sheriffe:
You acknowledge that you have received the papers hereinbe-
fore mentioned and you swear by the living God that you will not
deliver the originals of antenuptial agreements, inventories, etc.
without tin- consent of the parties thereto. A- regards contracts of
•ale, leases and other contracts, in case either one or both of the
parties thereto reside outside of this count)' and desire to have
such contract of sale, etc., this shall be left to the judgment and
consenl of one of the justices of the peace.

Furthermore you will furnish copies to any parties who di
to have them till further order. So help you < iod.

In the margin of page 358 of the above-mentioned volume of
Council .Minutes is written:

"Albany y" n' 1, of July 1704 Then Received into y* Clarks office
by ord r . of Johannis Schuyler, Esq r . .Mayor, and in y* pr<
of Johannis * uyler Esq r . aid", from Delia y" wife of Johannis
lendyk y e papers according to >' aforewritten List. Except
[lowing writteings viz', y howeliyks voorwaerde Between Dow
aukas and Maria viele The testament of Dirk Teunise van ve
the 1 1 of Jan \1icek and y" Testamenl of Jan Rosie

by me

R' Livingston Jun r D ( 1"

Leaving the four documents which were not turned over to the
clerk's office out of account, it appears thai of the remaining forty-
seven documents mentioned in the list, nine are at present included
in the second volume of Notarial ! one being the con

between Jan Ouderkerk and the curator-, of the estate of old
Hendrii . Gardenier, dated April 7, 1695, which is attested by

ary Robert Livingston, and the other eight being paper:
oowledged before notar) Jan Becker. In addition to these there
are diree documents in the Notarial Papers acknowledged before
fan Becker respectivel) on February 26. [6 April 23, 1689, and

June 24, M«)i). which are nol mentioned in the list, while in the
volume of Wills occur the will of Dirck reunissen van Ve<
April 4, [687, which is mentioned among the papers which were
not turned over in 1704. and the wills of Jai ornelissen van

Slyck. Ma\ 8, r6cjo, Sander Glenn, July 28, [690, Evert Wendel,
November 24, 1690, and Jan Juriaensen Becker himself, dated
Augusl 31, [694, which are not included in the list.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 593

NOTARIAL MINUTES OF JAN JURIAENSEN BECKER 1
Will of Anthoine Lespinard
[540] In the name of the Lord, Amen. In the year of our Lord
and Savior sixteen hundred and eighty-five, the second day of the
month of April, in New Albany in America, in the 37th year of our
Sovereign King Charles, the second of that name, about eleven
o'clock in the forenoon, appeared before me, Jan Becker, notary
public residing in New Albany, admitted by the Right Honorable
Thomas Dongan, Esq., governor general in behalf of his Royal
Highness James, Duke of York, over all his territories in America,
residing at New York, and before the hereinafter named witnesses,
to me, the notary, well known, the worthy Anthony Lespinaer,
inhabitant and burgher of this town, being sound and hearty of
body, standing and walking, in full possession and control of his
understanding, senses, memory and speech as outwardly appeared,
wild, not through anyone's persuasion or inducement but as a result
of his reflections upon death, inasmuch as nothing is more certain
than the same and nothing more uncertain than the hour and
moment thereof, therefore, wishing not to depart from this wcrrld
without disposing of his temporal effects and estate which God
Almighty has granted him, to this end canceling and annulling all
previous testamentary dispositions and bequests which were made
by him either jointly with his wife or by himself alone, has desired
this his testamentary disposition and last will to be drawn up anew
in manner [541] following: Commending his immortal soul when
separated from the body to the hands of Almighty God and his body
to a Christian burial, he declares his present wife, named Abeltie,
to be his sole and universal heir of the estate which God has
granted them jointly and severally, nothing excepted, be it personal,
standing, lying, movable or immovable, of whatever condition
or nature it may be, or however name I (but 1 that there shall

be given and delivered to the behoof of the poor of this place the
sum of eight beavers or the just value thereof in silver money') ;
but with the understanding that she shall be holden in all things to
care for and honorably bring up according to her means and con-
dition the four children, to wit, Johannis (aged about ten years),
Cornelia, Margarita and Abeltie (aged about six months ) by them

1 The following pages contain all that appears to have been preserved of
the notarial record of Jan Juriaensen Becker, with the exception of a few
wills in volume 1 of Wills and a few original wills on file in the surrogate's
office in the city of New York, of which abstracts are printed in New York
Historical Society, Collections, 1892, vol. 25.

594 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

procreated in wedlock, and those which they ma) procreate during
their married life, as an honorable mother ought to do, during
the time of her widowed estate, but in case she comes to enter into
wedlo k a second time, she shall be holden then to set apart a just
half of all the estate and effects as they then may be, according to
her feeling and conscience i without the delivery of an inventory
or exhibit) for the behoof of t he child or children by wa
inheritance from this testator, but with this express stipulation that
the males shall not share therein in am greater extent than the
females, that is that each of them shall participate alike, but that
the eldest s,,n nut of the undivided estate shall first draw a very

;addle horse and its belongings, or the just value thereof in
current monej ; appointing his [542] aforenamed wife Abeltie,
after his decease, administratrix and executrix of his whole 1
and effects, and also guardian of the children, to deal with them
just as if they were both still living, without either the court
or courts, whether high or low, of what kind soever, whether
here it else where, or the honorable orphan masters, constable or
constables, or any officer or authorities (saving their respect 1 hav-

i\ righl to interfere therewith, inasmuch as the testator shuts
out and excludes them one and all and wills that they shall have
no power herein, notwithstanding that certain laws or legal customs
in this country or elsewhere may direct otherwise, desiring that
for this purpose such provisions may be inoperative and suspended
All of which the testator declares to be his last will and testament,
willing that the same shall have its full effect, from the least to the
most weighty article thereof, whether as will, codicil, donation,
gift in anticipation of death or anion- the living, or any other

t i:i whatever nature or name it may be. desiring that the
utmost benefit may be derived therefrom, notwithstanding that the
legal formalities may not have been fully observed herein for the
maintenance of this his last will and testament. In witness of the
truth hereof, \\<- has deliberately signed and sealed this with his own
hand in presence of Mr William Teller and Mr Cornells van Dyck,
called as witnesses hereto. Hated as above and done at the house
of me, the notary, Standing in the aforesaid town.

Vnthoine Li spinard i 1 S

\\ itm

Willem Teller
i) nelis van Dyck

Signed and -e iled in m\ p

I. Bi 1 m k. Notary Public
April 1(185.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 595

Contract of sale between Jacob Jansen van Noortstrant and
Douwe Aukes of a house and lot in Albany

[543 blank; 544] Appeared before me, Jan Becker, notary public
residing in the town of New Albany, Jacob Jans: van Noortstrant,
inhabitant of said town, and Douwe Aukens, residing at Scha-
nechtede, who acknowledge that they have well and truly sold and
bought what follows, to wit: Said Jacob van Noortstrant ack-
nowledges that he has sold to said D. Aukens his house and lot
lying in this town, at present possessed and occupied by him, as
good and as bad as it now is, with whatever is therein fast by
earth or nail, as it now lies in its fence, free and unincumbered
(saving the lord's right), for the sum of sixty good beavers at
eight guilders apiece, or their just value in silver money, wheat or
peas at market price, to be paid in three instalments whereof the
first shall be due next February 1687, the second payment one year
thereafter and the third payment also a year after the second in
the month of February 1689, payments to be made here in this
town. The seller shall release the buyer from all further claims
when pavments shall have been made as aforesaid and upon the
last payment for said house and lot he shall deliver a proper con-
veyance thereof. The contracting parties being fully satisfied with
the foregoing conditions, they bind for the proper performance
thereof their persons and estates, present and future, subject to all
lords, courts, tribunals and judges, nothing excepted, and in wit-
ness of the truth they have s"igned and sealed this at the house of
Barent Meyndersz, standing here in New Albany, on the 19th of
October A . 1686. Said house and lot were at once delivered to
the buyer. Jacob Jansen van Norstran[t|

(L. S.)
This is the mark D A of Douwe
Aukens (L. S.)
Signed, sealed and delivered in our

presence
C. Aukess
Barent Meyndersz

In my presence,

J. Becker, Notary Public

Assignment of the preceding contract of sale from Douwe Aukes
to the deacons of the Reformed Dutch Church at Albany

[545] On the 30th of April 1687 the aforesaid Douwe Aukens ack-
nowledged that he had transferred and assigned the above contract

596 EARLY 1 INY

le to the deacons of the Reformed Church here in this town
of New Albany, provided and on the express condition that the
said 1 shall release him from all future claims of Jacob

Jansz van Noortstrant aforesaid, as they hereby do. Jn witness
01 the truth of which they have mutually signed and sealed this
on the date above written.

This is the mark I) A of DouWE
At'KENS (L. S.)

Jai or. Abraham S. |

Aldert Ryckman I L.S. 1
and delh ered in our
presence,
Dirck Wesselsz
J. Becker, Notary Public

Agreement of the heirs of Maritie Mynderts Wemp, deceased,
regarding the settlement of her estate
[546 1 Albany, the 26th of February n

On this day Diever widow of the late Myndert Wemp,

ed by Capt. Johannes Wendel, alderman of this city, her
brother and cl lardian herein, and (apt. Sander (den. hus-

band and guardian of his wife. Antje Jansz, daughter of Maritie

lertse, late wife of Sweer Teunise, and Barent Janse, 51
Maritie Myndertsi aid, have contracted and eed on the

following conditions, in pre E \rn'. Cornelise Viele, chosen

guardian of all three parties hereto.

First. Whereas Sweer Teunise and Maritie his wife, mother of

aid contracting parties, were shockingly murdered at

Shinnechtady when the French and Indians destroyed -aid place

and have left diverse land-, and movable effects, therefore it is fully

ed ami determined by the aforesaid parties that all the 1
including lands, real and personal property, claims and credits, and
all that the -aid deceased in their lifetime owned and possessed,
shall be equall) divided into three portions, i" wit: A just third
part of the ul e | 547 | for the behoof of Diever, widi

the late Mynderl Wemp and her children ; a third pari of the whole
for the behoof of ('apt. Sander Glen, husband ami guardian
of his wife Antic Janse; and a third part for the behoof of !
Janse, son of Marine Myndertse afo I; without ai

laying claim by right of birth or otherwise to the lands and other
estate, but all to be equally divided as aforesaid, following tl

1 contracl between said Sweer Teunise van Velsen and

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 59/

Maritie Myndertse, made and executed on die 12th of June 1664,
widi reference to said children.

Second. The said three parties (Capt. Wendel undertaking for
his sister) shall take out letters of administration and jointly take
possession of the estate, real and personal, and jointly give security
for the faithful administration thereof.

Third. All debts against said estate shall be paid out of the com-
mon property or by the said three parties.

[548] Fourth. The real estate as well as the personal property
shall at the first opportunity be equally divided as the three parties
shall agree among themselves and failing of agreement or in case of
any difference, each party shall choose an umpire, who with Arnout
Cornelise, chosen guardian, shall, fully determine and settle the
matter at issue.

Fifth. In case any of the aforesaid parties (Capt. Wendel under-
taking and binding himself for his sister and the children left by
Mynd*. Wemp, deceased) shall do or cause to be done anything
contrary hereto, either in or out of court, inasmuch as this is done
without craft or guile and after mature deliberation, for divers
good reasons the parties thereto moving, then said party or he who
shall have undertaken for him shall be firmly bound and obligated
to pay to the other two parties, or to their heirs, administrators,
or successors the sum of five hundred pounds current money of
this province, the person who breaks this contract or agreement or
who opposes or resists such payment to be cited in an action for
private debt to be tried in any of their Majesties' courts. Thus
done under our hands and seals, in Albany, on the twenty-sixth
day of February and in the first year of their Majesties' reign,

Ao r^sil
.1 . 1U, „.

Die Wemp (L. S.)

Johannes Wendel. (L. S.)

Sander Glen (L. S.)

Barent B I W Wemp his mark

(L. S.)
Arnout Co[rnelisz] (L. S.)

Signed and sealed and by the parties promised to be kept invio-
late, though written in the Dutch language, in presence of :
Jan Jansz Bleecker

Justus of de peace
Abraham Cuyler
[549] [Indorsed:]
Feb. 26, 16 »» Contract of the heirs of Marite Wemp, deceased

EARLY RECORDS OB V.LBANY

Contract of sale between Abraham Isaacksen and Johannes van
Zant of a quarter interest in a sawmill
[550] On this 7th day of March A . i68| at New Albany, Abra-
ham Isaacks acknowledges thai he has sold to his brother Johannes
ten Santen 1 his just half of the half of the sawmill 2 and all its
appurtenances belonging to him in company with Gert Wynantsz
and boughl of Wynant Gertsz van der Poel under dale of August
-. 11 85, e the lumber sleigh and a horse, with all of which

t he aforesaid Johannes ten Santen declared himself fully satisfied,
lie also acknowledged that the same had already been delivered to
: and promised to pay therefor to Abram [saackse eight hundred
inch pine boards, in two instalments, the first instalment of live
hundred boards next summer of this year and the second instal-
ment hi" three hundred boards in the summer of the following year,
when the payment shall he complete and the delivery shall be made
mentioned in the .aforesaid bill of sale. The parties being fully
atislied with the foregoing conditions, they hind for the true
Formance thereof their persons and estates, subject to the juris-
diction of the courts as by law provided. In witness of the truth
li reof the) have signed and sealed this without craft or guile, or
the date afon ieing in the fifth year of the reign of our

ivereign King of ('neat Britain, James the Second.

This is the mark A I of Abram
[s \.\< kz (L. S.)

Joh[a]nnus VAN Zant (L. S.)

ned, sealed and delivered in our
present 1
/. Becker
Johani . junier

Will of Arent Schuyler and Jannetie Teller, his wife
[551 blank; 552] In the name of the Lord, \meii. In the
ol our Lord and Savior A", sixteen hundred and eight) five, the
twent) fourth day of the month of March, aboul -even o'clock in
the morning, at New Albany in America, appeared before me, fan
er, notar) public admitted b) the Right Honorable Thomas
Dongan, Esq., governor general on behalf of His Royal Higl
fames, [Duke of York], over all his territories in America, resid-

fol van Zant; see signature. Hi- wife was M der Poel

Abraham Isaacksen.
I the Wynants kill.

: ' March

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 5' i< t

ing in New York, the worthy Mr Arent Schuyler and Janneke
Tellers, 1 man and wife, residing here in New Albany, both sound
and hearty of body, able to stand and walk, having full possession
and the right use of their senses, memories and speech as
outwardly appears, who, considering the certainty of death and
the uncertainty of the time and hour thereof, and being moved
thereto by the particular love and affection which they bear toward
each other, without persuasion or inducement of anyone, have
caused this their last will and testament to be drawn as follows :
In the first place they commend their souls to the hands of Almighty
God and their bodies to a Christian burial, revoking, annulling and
canceling all testamentary dispositions and bequests heretofore
made by them either jointly or separately, [553] willing that the
survivor of both of them shall remain in possession of and inherit
all the effects, common property and entire estate, house, lot, real
and personal, movable and immovable property, jewels, gold, silver
coined and uncoined, linen, woolens, merchandise, household fur-
niture, no thing or things excepted ; to inherit, possess and hold
the whole forever, whether he or she marry again or not, without
turning over the least stiver's worth thereof to any parent or
parents, relatives, or any person whomsoever, much less delivering
any inventory, or statement, or furnishing any security, since the
survivor is to remain the absolute heir, curator and executor of the
whole estate, just as they jointly were when alive ; with the under-
standing that if after the death of either of them there be found
any child or children lawfully procreated by them, the survivor
shall be holden, in case of a second marriage (but not before) to
set aside for such child or children a half of the whole estate, as
the survivor in conscience and justice shall then think proper,
without being subject to any further demands whatsoever, with the
express understanding that one child, whether male or female,
shall not receive more than another, that is to say, that they shall
all share alike, [554] and that neither the honorable magistrates,
constable or constables, nor the honorable orphan masters, nor any
iustice or court, nor any other authority or authorities, whether
high or low, of whatsoever nature or character, or who or where-
soever they may be (saving their entire respect) shall have the
right to interfere therewith, since the testators, jointly and severally,
shut out and exclude them all and fully entrust the matter the one

1 Janneke Teller, the daughter of Willem Teller, senior, an ahstract of
whose will, dated March iq, ifo8, proved May 23, 1701, is in New York
Historical Society, Collections, 1892, 25:102-3.

600 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

to the other, and notwithstanding that some law or laws, custom
or customs, here or elsewhere, may otherwise direct, desiring that
the same in this case may become inoperative and cease to have
effect. And if so be that the survivor of them both happen to die
unmarried, not having entered into wedlock a second time, and
any children hereafter to be born of them in wedlock remain ali
then they shall all inherit alike, without reference to sex. This the
aforesaid testators declare to he their last will and testament, which
they desire to have full force ami effect, from tin- least to the most
weight) article thereof, whether as will, codicil, donation, gift in
anticipation of death or among the living, or any other bequest
however ii may be named, notwithstanding that certain laws
customs may otherwise direct, desiring the most favorable con-
struction thereof for the maintenance of the aforesaid will. This
being thus advisedly written at the desire of the testators, the) 1
signed it with their own hands in presence of Air Jan Verbeeck and
Jacob Abramz, as witnesses, to me, the notary, well known: datum
ut supra. And they have requested me. the notary, to make two
copies hereof of the same tenor, one to remain with the ti
and the other with me, tin- notary, and they have mutually sub-
scribe* ame. \ l; huyleh

Yenke Teller
As witne-

Jan I 'erbeeck

Jtu ahamsen

In my presence,

J: Becker, Notary Public

Antenuptial articles of Johannes Oothout and Aeltie Evers,
widow of the late Gert Lubbertsen

[555 blank; 556] Coin-
In the name of the Lord, \mm. Know all men that on the 23d
day of April 1689, before me, I . public residing

in New Alba ■ 1 Johannes Oothout, young man, and Veltie

Evers, widow of Gerl Lubbertz, by whom she has a child

vet livi ed Rebecca, which 1

of the Lord intend to mai - 'her and to enter

into the state of m ti imon) \ bi fore the

emnization thereof they have thought it advisabl ripe

tion and careful 'vis-

able to have ibis their marriage contract drawn up in manner fol-
lowing 1 ation by said bride that she has made a lawful

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 601

exhibit of said child's or daughter's paternal inheritance before the
court of this city).

First, the parties mutually promise to hold all things in common,
debts and credits on either side to be likewise in common. In dis-
charge of the aforesaid child's claims on her father's estate, they
shall bring her up honorably according to their station .and means
and do by her as honest parents in conscience ought to do. In addi-
tion the bridegroom promises that in case he comes to outlive this
his bride and future wife, to treat said child in every way as if
they were both living; and moreover when [557] the aforesaid
child comes to maturity to give and bestow upon her a good milch
cow ; and said bridegroom likewise promises that said child shall
be his sole and universal heir, in case, his bride dying, he happen to
die her widower, without having any other lawful child or children
then living born of his bride; but if there be a living child or
children by them procreated, then shall they share alike in the
inheritance, the one no more than the other, the aforesaid child
by the first husband as much as the others; and if they have a son
or sons, they shall also not participate in the inheritance to any
greater extent than the aforesaid child or the other daughters
whom they may together procreate. If it happen that the bride-
groom die before his bride, then he wills and desires that she shall
remain in possession of the estate (if she please) and manage it
for the common profit and loss, even as he might do if living,
without rendering any accounting or inventory thereof, much less
furnishing any security or surety to blood relations, constables,
orphan masters or their representatives, the court of this city, or any
person whomsoever, whether child or children, mature or immature,
since he rejects and excludes them, during the time of her widow-
hood ; but if she come to marry again then he wills that she put
aside from the whole estate and effects the just half, [558] which
just half shall be for the behoof of the aforesaid child, but if a
child or children procreated by them be living, then shall the afore-
said child participate with them and if there be a son or sons, they
shall not participate further than the daughter or daughters as
aforesaid; and if there then be no child or children living then
shall his blood relations inherit one-half of the inheritance and the
aforesaid bride the other half. This the aforesaid bridegroom and
bride declare to be their contract, will and desire, which they wish
to have full force and effect from the most to the least important
article thereof and in token of the truth, without any reservation

602 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

or equivocation, they have subscribed and sealed this with their
own hands this 23d day of April 1689, at New Albany aforesaid.
Was signed: Johanni- Oothout. This is the 4- mark of Aeltie
Evertz, made with her own hand. In the margin was written :
ed and delivered in our presence, Albert Ryckman,
Justes of Peace. Johannis Becker Junyor. Lower was written:
In my presence, J: Becker, Notary Public.

After collation this was found to with the original

remaining in the ham he contracting pari

Which 1 attest.

I Becker, Notary Public

Will of Jan Luycassen Wyngaerd

[559 blank; 560 J In the name of God, Amen. Know all men
whom it may concern that on the 23d day of July at New Albany,
sixteen hundred and ninety, being in the second year of the reign
of William and Mary, King and Queen of Great Britain, Jan
Lucasse, 1 having fled from his lands lying at Schanechtede and at
presenl maintaining himself in the aforesaid city, intending to go
■ against the French nation and their Indians in ' being

ound and hearty of body, able to walk and stand and in the full
exercise and possession of his senses, understanding and -
as outwardly appears, considering the frailty of human life, the
unknown hour of death ami nol wishing to depart hence without
having first disposed of ln~ temporal effects granted him by '""1

\lmightv. and that nut through persuasion, inducement or mis-
leading of anyone, Inn of his own free will ami motion, first cum
mending In- soul into the hand- of < iod and his body to a 1 Christian
burial, nominates, institutes and appoints, as he hereby does, his
ted wife Catharyna the sole and universal heir to all his
personal and real 1 I ite, lands, money, claims and credil . tog
with all that has come to him (through her) from her deceased
father'- estate and effects, nothing whatever reserved or exci
to do therewith after his death as she may judge best, whether to
sell, alienate, dispose of, part with, or spend the same, and further
to do with the whole and entire estate- as the testator while
living might do. [561] willing that neither relatives (or those who
may pretend to he such) nor am constable or constables, nor the

' Jan Lucassen Wj

I'ali ■»/. p.

NOTARIAL PArERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 603

orphan masters, nor the court of this county or city, nor any high
or inferior court or judge of this province, nor any person whoever
shall compel her to deliver an inventory or accounting [of the
estate], much less to furnish any bond or security, inasmuch as he
rejects and excludes them one and all, notwithstanding some cus-
tom or customs, law or laws may otherwise direct, which he desires
to be inoperative and without effect in this matter, and therefore
making her administratrix and executrix of the whole estate and
effects and also sole heir as aforesaid; also giving her power to
help settle her father's estate and her portion thereof to receive
and use in any manner which to her may seem proper, the like
power being granted to his wife by the testator during his absence
in Canada. All that is hereinbefore written the testator declares
to be his last will and testament, which he desires to have full force
and effect from the least to the weightiest article thereof, whether
as will, codicil, gift in anticipation of death or among the living,
or any other bequest however named, notwithstanding that all
legal formalities may not have been fully observed herein, request-
ing the most favorable construction for the maintenance of what
is hereinbefore written. In witness of the truth of which he
has signed and sealed this with his own hand, datum ut supra.

This is the mark X of Jan Luycasse (L. S.)

Signed and sealed in our presence, as witnesses :
Johaenies Becker, junior
J Becker

[Endorsed on page 563 (page 562 being blank)] Testamentary-
disposition of Jan Luycasse July 23, Albany 1690.

Will of Pieter Vosburgh 1

[564] In the name of God, Amen. Know all men whom it may
concern that at Albany on the 24th of June sixteen hundred and
ninety, in the second year of the reign of William and Mary, King
and Queen of Great Britain, Pieter Vosburgh, residing at the
Kinderhoek, firm and sound of body, able to stand and go about,
and in full possession of his mind, senses, memory and speech as
far as outwardly appears, who, considering the frailty of life and
the unknown hour of death, has of his own motion and inclination,

1 Another translation of this will is printed in The New Netherlands
Register, v. 1, no. 8, p. 120-21, in connection with an article by R. W.
Vosburgh on "The Vosburgh Family."

604 EARLY REC ALBANY

without persuasion, inducement or misleading of anyone whomso-
ever, deemed it advisable not to leave this world without fj
ing disposed of his temporal estate granted him by the Almighty.
Commending his soul to the hands of God and his body to a Chris-
tian burial, he nominates and appoints, as he does hereby, his wife
Jannetie his sole and universal heir to all his estate and effi
nothing in the world excepted, whether land-, houses, ground or
grounds, household goods, cattle, money coined or uncoined, claims
and credits, or whatever else they may be called, with power to
pos . alienati of the same, both real and per-

sonal estate, in the same and like manner [565] as the testator

lid do during his life, not willing that his brothers or sisters, or
in case of their death their child or children, or during the minority
of the same their guardians or blood relations, or any person who-
soever, shall trouble her to deliver an inventory or exhibit of the

iperty, much ' 1 furnish bond or security, but willing and

desiring that she shall be administratrix and executrix of the whole
estate and effects; upon the express condition and it being the
testator's will and desire that his aforesaid wife, after his death,
shall give to his brothers all the linen and woolen clothing that
belongs to his body; also to the -ante fifty beavers or the just value
thereof; also to his brother Isaak the half of the land 1 r arm

at the Kinderhoek lying root stuck (large tract), provided

he pay half of what is yet to be paid on the farm; also to his afore-
said wife's sister Adriaantie two cows; and she shall pay out no
more to any one whomsoever exci 1 said. But as it may

happen that the testator and his wife may come to die without
tble to know for certain which of the two died first,
therefore it i- his express will and desire that the estate left behind
shall he divided into two equal parts by the nearest relatives and
lawful heir- of both sides, to wit, a just half for the testator's
side and the other ju>l half for his aforesaid wife's side.
All thai is hereinbefore written the testator dt
tan- position and last will, which he desires to ha.

from the least to the weightiest article thereof, whether as will,
codicil, donation in anticipation of death. 1 ng the living,

other bequest under whatsoever name. [ 566 ] notwithstanding
that all E the law of this government may not he

observed herein, desiring that the utm t of the law ma)

obtained for the maintenance of the saute; and in witness of the

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 1660-1696 605

truth thereof he has subscribed and sealed this with his own hand
on this 24th of June 1690, at New Albany as aforesaid.

Pieter Vosburgh (and seal)
Signed and sealed in our presence
Arnout Cornelisz J'icle
Jphannis Becker Junyor .

In my presence,

J. Becker

The principal [instrument] hereof was handed to him in the
presence of the above witnesses.

[567] [Indorsed] Will of Pieter Vosburgh, June 24, Albany,
1690.

Will of Cornells van der Hoeven

[568] In the name of God, Amen. In the year of our Lord and
Savior sixteen hundred and eighty-five, on the fifth day of Sep-
tember, in Albany in America, in the first year of the reign .of our
Sovereign King James, the second of that name, appeared before
me, Jan Becker, notary public residing in the aforesaid town,
admitted by the Right Honorable Thomas Dongan, Esq. governor
general on behalf of his Majesty aforesaid in all his territories in
America, residing at New York, Cornelis vander Hoeve, inhabit-
ant of this town, who lying sick in bed but having the perfect use
and possession of his understanding, memory, senses and speech,
as is quite evident, considering the frailty of this life, and the
unknown hour of death, and therefore wishing to dispose of his
temporal effects granted him by the Almighty, declares that he has
made no testamentary disposition before this date. Committing his
soul into the gracious hands of God and his body to a Christian
burial, he nominates, declares, and institutes hereby his present
wife Metie Beeckmans his sole, universal and general heir of all
his estate and effects, standing and lying, real and personal prop-
erty, all claims and credits, without exception, and of whatever
name, provided she be holden to do her maternal duty in all
respects by the children which God has granted them together,
as an honorable and faithful mother [569] should do. without
being bound to render any account, deliver any exhibit or inventory,
much less to give security or surety, to the honorable orphan
masters, constables, court, or any person whomsoever (saving their
respect) ; as the testator, (rusting his wife fully, puts the full admin-
istration and executorship in her hands to dispose of all things

6o6 EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

and in all ways as he while living might do, during the time of her
widowhood; but if she marrj a second time, then shall the effects
that arc found be divided into two parts, a just half for his wife
and the other just half for the children, to be divided equally
among them (at their majorit) I, to each child a like share, with-
out regard to sex, and the oldest son shall not participate more
largely therein, but the oldesl son, before any division be made,
shall first receive twenty shillings current money here. All which
aforesaid conditions this testator declares, without the persuasion
or misleading of anyone whomsoever, to be his testamentary dis-
position and last will, which he wills t i have full effect from the
least to the weightiest article, whether as testament, codicil, gift
in anticipation of death or among the living, [570] or any other
1 whatsoever nature, notwithstanding that all the formali-
ties of the law may not be observed herein, desiring the fullest
benefit therefrom for the maintenance of the same. In witness of
the truth whereof, he has subscribed and sealed this with his own
hand, at his house at about five o'clock in the afternoon, dated a
aforesaid; present, Ba-renl Meyndersz and Paulus Maart/. called
as trustworthy witnesses hereto.

Kneles ua[n |de 1 Ioi \ 1 1 L. S.)
By the testator signed and sealed
in presence of us,

Potllijn Marten. 1 ;

Barent Meyndersz

In my presence.

J. Becker, Notary Public
N. B. The testator was buried on the mth of January [68$

Will of Michiel Calier of Kinderhook

[571 blank: 572] In the nami ol God, Vmen. Know all men
il cerns thai in the year sixteen hundred and eighty-
nine, on the sixth da) of November, in the evening about eight
o'clock, at New Albany, being the first year of the reign of their
blessed Majesties of Great Britain, Willeam and Mary. Michiel
Calier, residing al the Kinderhoek, heretofore marriei geltie,

er ol Dirck de Sweed (the Swede), who 1>
daughter named Magdalena, now about two and a half years
old, by them law fully procreated, to whom he made a bbcr.il allow
for her mother's estate according to his means and condition.

NOTARIAL PAPERS I AND 2, 166O-1696 607

and now for the second time married to Tretie, daughter of Jeurian
van Hoesem ; [which Michiel Calier], in contemplation of death
and the unforseeable hour thereof, has thought it advisable to
dispose of his temporal effects granted him by the Almighty and
therefore, without persuasion or inducement by anyone whomso-
ever, but of his own motion and will, being sound of body and
having the perfect use of his understanding, faculties, memory and
speech as evidently appears, has caused his testamentary disposi-
tion and last will to be drawn in manner following, but before
entering thereon he commits his soul to the gracious compassion
of God and his body to a Christian burial. He wills and desires that
this his wife, after his death, shall remain in possession of the
common estate and effects, to manage the same for common profit
and loss, as this testator might do while living, and to [573] this
end appoints her administratrix and executrix, willing that she
shall not be obliged to deliver an exhibit or inventory, much less
to give security or surety, for child or children, or in case of the
death or minority of the same to their blood relations, to the hon-
orable orphan masters, the court, or any authority or authorities,
or any high or inferior court or judge, or to any person whomso-
ever, all and every one of them individually he excludes and bars
during the term of her widowhood, but in case she marry again,
then he wills that the personal estate and effects shall be divided
into two equal parts, except that she shall first receive and take out
the linen and woolen goods that belong to her body, one-half of
said personal estate to be for his wife and the other half for his
aforesaid daughter by his wife's first husband and the child or
children procreated by his wife who are then living, the same to be
distributed among them equally and one child to have no more than
another, it being well understood that each minor child's portion
shall remain in her hands subject to proper security until said
child reaches legal age, but those who reach their majority may
demand their portion without having to wait for the others to
reach their majority. Furthermore the testator's wife shall be
holden honorably to bring up and train the child or children till
their majority in all ways and manner according to her means and
station as a faithful and honorable mother ought to do, it being
well understood that this testator's aforesaid step-daughter is
included with them. But as regards the real estate and property,
his wife shall not have power [574] to sell, alienate, or part with
the same, but shall receive the rents and profits thereof during the

608 EARI/Y RECORDS OF ALBANY

term of her life, whether she remain a widow or many again;
which aforesaid real estate after her death shall be sold or divided
as may be found best into two equal portions, one just half to
belong to this testator's wife's nearest heirs and blood relations and
the other half to the testator's aforesaid step-daughter and the
child or children then living pi ! by his wife, share and share

alike as above stated, but the eldest son (if there be one) shall
before any partition is made receive twenty shillings in money of
this country. And in order that everything may proceed in orderly
fashion the testator appoints as guardian of his child or children
Jeurian Van Hoesem and Frenck Herdick properly to carry out
the provisions of this will and to look after everything. All that is
hereinbefore written the testator declares to be his last will and
testamentary disposition, which he desires to have full effect from
the weightiest to the- tide thereof, whether a- will, codicil.

gift in anticipation of death or among the living, or any other
bequest, as may he most practicable, notwithstanding all legal
malities may not have been observed herein, desiring the most
favorable construction for the maintenance hereof. Thus done at
Albany, this 6th of November i' aid and in witness of

the truth he has igned and sealed this.

This is the mark MK of MiCHiEL

Kalier i I.. S.i
Signed and sealed in our presence,
Jochcm Lammersen
Willem Hoffmeyer

In my presence,

I. Becker

Agreement between Johannes Ouderkerk and the administrators
of the estate of the late Hendrick Gardenier, whose widow he
is about to marry

[575 blank; 576] On this seventh day of April 1695 appeared
before me, Rob 1 . I ivingston Jim 1 ., in the absence of Roberl 1
1 . I, of the citj and count) of Albany, Johanm s Oud<
k, future bridegroom, of the one part, and Andries Gardenier
and I omelis Claese, administrators of the estate of Hendrik Gar-
half of the childn n id ] U nd ; 1 lardenier,
d C( , if the oiber part, who declared thai in love and friend-
ship they had agreed and contracted in form and manner following.

NOTARIAL PAPERS 1 AND J, 1660-1696 609

to wit: It is fully agreed and concluded by the aforesaid parties
that the entire estate, including lands, real estate, movable and
immovable property, claims and credits and everything else that
the said decedent in his lifetime possessed and owned shall after
the payment of the debts be divided equally, to wit, into two parts,
one just half for Neeltie Claese, widow of the aforesaid Hend:
Gardenier, deceased, and the other just half for the behoof of the
[577] decedent's four children, named Claes, Andries, Josina and
Hendrik Hendrikse Gardenier, who remain in the aforesaid Johan-
nes Ouderkerk's charge, and when the aforesaid children attain
their majority, the said Joh : Ouderkerk may pay them their just
half in money, to be divided equally, and none of them shall make
any extra claim by right of primogeniture or otherwise. However,
the aforesaid Johannes is holden to bring up and support the afore-
said children out of the estate aforesaid; and apart from all obli-
gations said Johannes promises, when the children come to mature
age and leave him. to fit out each of them with a new suit of
clothes according to his means. Done in Albany, the seventh day
of April, in the seventh year of his Majesty's reign Anno 1695,
and given under my hand and seal.

his
Johannes -f- Ouder[kerk] (L. S.)
mark
his
Cornelis C K Claese (L. S.)
mark
his
Andries X Gardeners (L. S.)
mark

Signed and sealed in presence of
Jan Ovdckcrck
Rob 1 . Livingston Jun v

[END OF SECOND VOLUME OF " NOTARIAL PAPERS "]
20

INDEX

Abeel, Hillctie, 464

Abecl, Stoffcl Jansen, bond of Maes-
sen to, 249; wife, 270, 397; house
and lot, 397, 398, 400; will referred
to, 397; mentioned, 311, 426, 464;
witness, 151, 196, 241, 270, 309, 374,
469, 486

Abelsen, Hendrick, sec Rcddenhasen,
Hendrick Abelsen

Abrahamsen, Jacob, see Km per,
Jacob Abrahamsen

Abrahamsen, Matheus, see Van
Deusen, Matheus Abrahamsen

Abrahamsen, Melchert, 504

Adams, Tannetie, will, 439

Adriaens, Marie, 22

Adriaensen, Dirck, 89

Adriaensen, Hendrick, see Van den
Burchgraeff, Hendrick Adriaensen

Adriaensen, Jacob, 35

Adriaensen, Pieter, see Van Wog-
gelum, Pieter Adriaensen

Adriaensen, Reyndcrt, 406

Aepjes island, 50

Aerts, Aeltie, 480

Aerts, Gebbecke, 480

Aertsen, Aleff, 480

Aertsen, Lambert, 480

Aertsen, Luycas, 225, 227, 230, 234,
236, 237, 238, 240

Aertsen, Wouter, witness, 271

Ahuys, Jan, 480

Albany, village of Beverwyck called,
299 ; order to inhabitants to pro-
vide themselves with arms and
ammunition, 322; order of council
of war, 324

Albars (Albertsz), Jan, see Van
Steenwyck, Jan Albertsen

Alberts, Engeltie, sec Bratt, Engel-
tie Alberts

Alberts, Geisseltie, see Bratt, Gissel-
tie Alberts

[6l

Albertsen, Andries, 218

Albertsen, Barent, see Bratt, Barent

Albertsen
Albertsen, Harry, 112
Albertsen, Jan, see Van Steenwyck,

Jan Albertsen
Albertsen, Lambert, see Van Xeck,

Lambert Albertsen
Albertsen, Reyer, see Elbertsen,

Reyer
Albertsen, Storm, see Van der Zee,

Storm Albertsen
Albertsen, Wouter, see Van den

Uythoff, Wouter Albertsen
Albrechts (Aelbrechts'en), Fem-

metje, 60
Allin, Samuel, 66
Amersfort (Flatlands), 45
Andrews, John, see Andriessen, Jan
Andries, Catalina, see Bratt, Cata-

lina Andries
Andries, Geertruyt, see Van Does-

burch, Geertruyt Andries
Andriessen, Albert, sec Bratt, Al-
bert Andriessen
Andriessen, Barent, 226
Andriessen, Claes, 36
Andriessen, Hendrick, 43, 44; special

attorney, 99
Andriessen, Jan (Andrews, John?),

from Dublin, sale of farm, 142;

agreement with Van Slichtenhorst,

169
Andriessen, Jan, Kuyper, see Kuyper,

Jan Andriessen
Andriessen, Lucas, 96, 136
Andriessen, Meyndert, power of at-
torney to, 38 ; deceased, 160 ;

widow, 159
Andros, Governor Edmund, 16
Anthonissen, Cornelis, see Van

Slyck, Cornelis Anthonissen
Anthony, Allard, 162, 224, 228, 229

I]

6 1 2

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

Appel, Adriaen Janscn, account of,
56; debts of Femmetje Albrechts

to, 60; bonds, 113; Van Antwerpen
bound to, 122; lease of house, 183;
special attorney, 290; sells bouse
and lot, 488; mentioned, 119, 590;
witness. 40, 41, 55, 56, 58, 76, 81,
83, 103, 105, 119, 127, 145, 165,
169, 170, 171, 173, 186, 187, 193
I, Johannes. 21, 5110; house and
lot, 540

Indentures

Arcnts, Ariaentje, see Bratt, Ariaen-
tje Arents

Arentsen, Comelis, 506

Arentsen (Arentsz, Arenst) Hend-
rick, deposition of, 44, 45; farm
hand. 188; witn< ss, 39

Arentsen, Rutger (Van Seyl), ac-
count of, 196

Arentsen. Rutger, (shoemaker) house
and lot, 105; indenture of Winn.
122; will, 479

Arentsen, Rutger, (tailor), 470

Athens, 358, 465, 57(1

\ukes, C, witness. 515

Aukes, Douwe, house and lot, 505:
sells hoi: ol to Reformed

church, 595; mentioned, 590, 501.

Bachter, Capt. Jan. an Esopus In-
dian. 540

. I.u) Cla Van Oos-

: Ian ( Jaessen
Backer, Jan Harmensen, wife, 320;
witness, |

...

Jochem

, Bent, 366; lease of I
313, 343; witness. 367

lacker), Captain John, 404
Mai, Barenl Jansen, widow, 96

Bamboes, Ilaninn Jacobsen, 112

iancki rt. Bank-

ert), Gerrit, house and lot, 102,

517; bond of I lull. man (o, 237;

of farm. 242; brewery, 517:

mentioned, 122, 195, 589: wi

160, 174, 503, 575
Barents, Annetie, 161.
Barents, < latalyntje, 315
Barents, Elsie, will, 324
I '.arcnis. ( [eertruyt, 338
Barents, Geesie, cousin of Barent

Andriessen Bratt, 226
Barents, Geesie, grandmother 01

Barent Andriessen Bratt, 226
1 Hue, 271

Barents, Raechel, -J*

Balthazar, 590; wi

543
Barent sen, Barent, see Van Enst,

Barent Barentsen
Barentsen, Gysbert, witness, 278
Barentsen ( Bare) menls

an, 192; account of, 192 ;
attorney from, 193
in (Barentsz), Jan, see
\\ emp, Jan Barenl

, account, 113; wit
ness, 54
Barheit (Barheyd), Andries Han-
sen, land 577 ; mentioned,
3.-0. 590, 501 ; witness, 534
Bastiaensen, Harmen, see Visscher,
llarnun Bastiaensen

Tan, see Van Gut
hoven, Jan Bastiaensen
Bayard, Balthazar, 413
Bayards ( Baj at 413. 421

Beavoise, Si > I >e Bi a
Beck, Johani Beei kman, Jo-

ham
Packer, Jan (Johannes), 21, 591, 592
Becker, Jan Claesen, witness, 75

. Jan Juriacnsen, notary, 3, 21 ;
r, 18 2j . records of,
inventorj of papers, 589; notarial
minutes, 503; men. •. 592;

witness, 567, 571. 596, 598, '•
Becker, Jeuriaen, 22

ohannes, wife, 109

I acker, Johannes, junior, witness,

605
Becker, Maria, 109

INDEX

613

Becker, Martina, 22
Bedloe, Isaack, witness, 232
Beeckman, Hendrick Martcnsen, 406
Beeckman (Beck), Johannes Marten-
sen, house and lot, 539; indenture

of Sickels to, 585
Beeckman, Marten Hendricksen, 124,

128
Beeckman, Wilhelmus, 18, 19, 477;

attorney for Madam Van Curler,

409
Beeckmans, Metie, 605
Beek, Elizabeth, 591
Beever, Claes, contract for building

mill, 361 ; sale of hops, 501
Bensingh, Catarina, 217
Bensingh (Bensem), Dirck, jr,

parents, 217; declaration of, 329;

house, 346; buys land, 426; sells

interest in farm, 551 ; witness, 333,

386
Bensingh (Bensem), Dirck, sr,

widow, 79, 217, 235, 254
Bensingh (Bensem), Johannes, par-
ents, 217; buys land, 426; contract

for part of farm, 551
Bensingh, Maria Dircxs, 217
Bensingh, Sampson, 217
Berck, Hendrick, 79, 235
Berck, Sampson, 69
Berck, Willem, 235
Bercks (Bercx), Catalyntje, 69, 79,

216, 235, 254 ; witness, 69
Bethlehem, 41, 157, 383, 393, 406, 435,

436, 519
Bettcklaer, Daniel, 70
Bever, Claes, remarks about, 41, 42,

44. 45 : witness, 52
Beverwyck, village of, now called

Albany, 299
Bierdrager, Tennis Jacobsen, see

Jacobsen, Teunis
Bierkaker, Marten, see Hendricksen,

Marten
Biermans, Hendrick, 112
Billau (Billou), Pierre, order of,

186; account of, 187
Bisschop, Everet Evertsen, 462

Bisschop, Gregoris, 56

Black Eagle (sloop), 133

Blanck (Blank), Jurriaen, 123; wit

ness, 78
Bleecker (Bleycker, Blycker), Jan

Jansen, attorney, 430; buys house.

344; sells house and lot, 531, 547;

mentioned, 431, 453, 589; witness,

130, 191, 430, 461, 478, 560,

589, 597
Blom, Domine Harmanus, 192
Blycker, Jan Jansen, see Bleecker,

Jan Jansen
Boeckhooven, Barent, 409
Boer, Cornelis Cornelissen, witness,

141
Bogaert (Bogardus), Cornelis Cor-
nelissen, 56 ; house and lot, 64, 84 ;

quitclaim from brother, 106 ;

promissory note, 233 ; mentioned,

205, 212, 283; witness, 200, 266,

290
Bogaert, Cornelis Theunisen, 106
Bogaert, Gysbert Cornelissen, 106,

333
Bogaert (Bogardus), Jacob Corne-
lissen, witness, 530, 541
Bogaert (Bogardus), Pieter, 205;

settlement of Maritie Mingael's

estate, 308; witness, 496
Bogardus, Anneke Jans, 210, 262;

bonds, 112; will, 204
Bogardus, Cornelis, see Bogaert,

Cornelis Cornelissen
Bogardus, Domine Everhardus,

widow, 204
Bogardus, Jonas, 205, 423
Bogardus, Sytge, 205
Bogardus, Willem, 205, 312
Boon, Frangois, special attorney,

109: magistrate of Fort Orange,

161; wife, 166, 206, 260; witness,

92, 150, 162
Boot, Nicolaes, 290
Booth, Dr Cornelis, 119, 121
Bord, Maria, 362, 437
Bordingh, Claes, special attorney, 78 ;

attorney of Gerrit Suyck, 231

6) i

EARLY RECORDS OF ALBANY

1 3, Burgher), Johan-
437 ; sale of house, .145;
widow, 345; deposition of, 363;
wife, 363

nathan, 66
"in. Pietei I. 1 ibsen, 305;
declaration of, 303; witness, 302
Bos, Cornelis Teunissen, see Van
Westbroeck, Cornelis Teun

Bos, Weyntie Cornelis, 308

Bosie, Pieter, 521, 576; land .it Clav-

erack, 464
Bout, Jan 1 en, 9

Bout (Bont, Bouwt), Willem Fred-

ericksen, horse mill, 46. 197, [98;

contract for log r bonds, ill,

113; sawmill, 373; buys lot, 504;

mentioned, 87, 92, 123, 258, 397,

5, 43

I '...Hi 5, Geertie, 305
Boutsen (Bontsi . wit-

ness, 82
Brants, Gerritie, ce Peelen, Gerritie

Brants
1 'ram -1 11. 1 ..1 nelis, see Van Nil u-

kcrck, Cornelis Brantsen
Bratt, Vdi ia> ntie, 299
Bratt, Albert Andriessen, buys land,
126; agreement with children, [61
powei "i attorney from, 173; saw-
mill, 377; mentioned, 36, 55, 84, 92,
161, 228, 444. 538; witness, 165
Bratt, Amli ies Vlbertsi n, sawmill,
i

Andries Arentsen,
Bratt, Anthi mj Bai 1 nt 31 n, 538

Vrenl Andriessen, order on

\\. ni]. in pay, 280 ; -1 ttlemenl of

, 299, 304

Bratt, Arcnl Arentsen, daughter, 4;?

Ariaentjc Vrents, 435; will,

•154

nt \lb. 1 isi n, w ife, 3-7;
lion , 535 ; --aw mill

mentioned, [61, 305, 503; witness,

Bratt, Catalina Andricscn, 300

Bratt, Cornelia, 115, 123, 299

liratt, Dirck Albertsen, house and lot,

(99 6 mi nt I, 161, 591 :

witness, 390, 447. 44S, 549
Bratt, Dirck Vrents n, 299
Bratt, Dirck Barentsen, 538
Bratt, Engeltii Vlberts, 161, 226, 229
Bratt, Eva Alberts, 161, 228
Bratt, Gi seltie Alberts, 55, r6i,

second husband, 444
Bratt, Jan Albertsen, exchange of
land with Caspersen, 442; men-
tioned. 161, 444. 558; witness, 4 11.
558.
Bratt, Jeffie, 299
1 iratt, Samuel, 299
Bratt, Storm Albertsen, see Van der

Zee, Storm Albertsen

Brazil, 246

Bredius, Dr \

Breuckelen, see Brooklyn

Bricker, Jan, witness, 78

llries, Hendrick, apprenticeship of
\ an Schelluyne to, 14. 287; ai
of, _>43 '■ apprenticeship of Parker
i". 445; witness, 243, 249 412. 417,

4,17. 493, 52S
Bronck, Hilleke (Tyssinck), 49. 91

. Jan, 591
Bronck, Jan Pietersen, buys land,

357 ; sawmill, 377
Brom k, Pieter, br< »n\ , 40; di

tion by. 4 rnmetje M

brechts to, 60; power of at

from, 82, 153 : wife, 91.; b

11, i . nee of property, 170

Brons, Jonatan, I , Jonathan

Brooklyn (Breuckelen), 17.45, [64
Brouwer, Adriaen Jan sen, 277
Brouwer, Philip I lendrii ' 1

1 1. mli icksi n, Philip
Brouwer, Willem, bonds, 8i, 113;

Van Oort binds himseli

leas, ,,1 house, 1 ■-. . br< wery, 278;

mention! d, 305, 332 : witni ss, 1 2 1

131. - l"
Brusy, 1 |8i

Bruyn, Jan Hend

lot, 141, . 1 rr :

INDEX

615

dissolution of partnership with

Yiele, 283; Indians at house, 315;

deed from Indians to, 358, 464;

bond of Ryckman to, 384; dis-
charge of bond, 385 ; accounts, 433 ;

bond of Cornelissen to, 434; land

owned by, 442; mentioned, 513,
553, 562; witness, 309

Bruynsen, Pieter, 301

Bui, Cornells Stoffelsen, 254; wife,

79
Burger, Jan, see Borger, Jan
Burgersen, Harmanus, 479
Byvanck, Jan, deposition of, 362;

buys lot, 367 ; buys house and lot,

431 ; witness, 209, 345

Calier, see Collier
Canastigiones, see Niskayuna
Capachick, an Indian, 51
Carelsen, Hans, see Toll, Hans Car-

elsen
Carstens, Lysbeth, 478
Carstensen, Carsten, 376
Carstensen, Carsten, see also Chris-

tiaensen, Christiaen
Carstensen, Roeloff, 340
Carstensen, Teunis, 477
Casimir, Fort, 18
Caspers, Angenietje, 67
Caspersen, Jacob, see Halenbeck,

Jacob Caspersen
Caspersen, Jan, see Halenbeck, Jan

Caspersen
Castle island, 55
Catskill, 142, 144. 156, 351, 442, 488,

508
Catskill Indians, deposition of, 315
Chambers (Chambur, Clabbort),

Thomas, 37, 397; bonds, 112;

special attorney, 265
Christiaensen, Christiaen, 321
Christoffels, Joris, witness, 315
Cickhekawick, 30
Clabbort, Thomas, sec Chambers,

Thomas
Claerbout (Claereboudt), Pieter.

house and lot, 102, 195 ; patent, 103

Claerhout, Walraven, witness, 71, 90

Claes (Claessen), Abba, 113

Claes, Elisabeth, 345, 363

Claes, Hilletie, 560

Claes, Jillissie, 268

Claes, Neeltie, 591, 609

Claes (Claasen), Tryntje, 243

Claessen, Arien, 175

Claessen, Carsten, 144

Claessen, Cornelis, 608

Claessen, Frederick, quitclaim, 357;
will, 560

Claessen, Gerrit, see Van Xieukerck,
Gerrit Claessen

Claessen, Jan, see Backer, Jan Clae-
sen

Claessen, Pieter, wife, 275

Claessen, Ryck, 591

Claessen, Sibout, 15, 462

Claessen, Tierck, see De Witt,
Tjerck Claessen

Claessen, Willcm, witness, 353

Clauw (Clau, Klauw), Frans Pieter-
sen, deposition, 54 ; buys house,
158; contract for delivery of logs,
163 ; mentioned, 36, 40S, 414, 501 ;
witness, 43, 152

Claverack (Kleverack), 29, 30, 346,
357, 358, 368, 406, 426, 433, 464,
52/. 551

Cleyn, Jan Cornelissen, 36; power
of attorney from, 45

Cleyn, Ulderick, see Klein, Ulderick

Clock, Pelgrom, 12

Clockluyer, Pieter Jacobsen, see
Jacobsen, Pieter

Clute (Cloete, Knoet), Johannes,
house and lot, 131 ; sublets house,
132 ; farm, 142 ; power of attorney
from, 176; site of house, 323; sells
land, 357, 464; deed from Indians
to, 358; land on Murderer's kill,
368, 576; sale of negro, 446; in-
denture of Vigor to, 530; lease of
a negress, 545 ; mentioned, 254,
324, 4:i 1. 5/8; witness, 239, 257, 346,
4i.?. 463

6i6

1 ALBANY

Clute, Johannes, junior, lease oi
house, 568

Ludovicus, bonds, 112; power
of attorney from, 240; special
attorney, 251, 390; abusive lan-
guage used by, 315, 316; report of
ref< 1 horsi trade, 350 :

debts. 409; witness, 70, 105, 403
Coenra an Neuren-

burch, Hans Coenraetsen
Coenraetscn, Hendrick, see Van

1 lendrii I u tsen

Coenraetsen, Mathys, 332
:ians (Cooyma

bond of, 119;
bond of Ban 1
sisti

on dispute with Cobes, 323; lease

of Madam Van Curler's island to,

accounts with Van der Po 1,

I 1 : saw mill, 499 ; u itness, 402

nans (Cooymans), Luca

;i. bonds, [12, t28; sawmill,

420; w i 1 1 it- s - .
Cohoes, 503

Collation of the manuscript, 24-28
Collier (Calier), Engeltie, 606

1 r (Calier), Juriaen, 342, 534
Collier (Calier), Magdalena,
Collier ( l 'alier, Kalier 1, M

590; will, 6c6; witness, 528
Conell (Comely), John, affray with

Jansen, 331: house and lot, 403,
in sell liiiuor to Indians, 411 ;

lease of house, 424; barn,
, buys boa:

Roodi 1.1 work for, 496 : «

444. 500
Coninck ( 1 oning 1, Stei en Jansi n,

and wife, si'i in. n

tioned, 37, 3"5. 590; witness, 471

Conini Thomas, 37, 87,

253

Connelly, John see ' onell, John

I [erbertsen, Andries

435, 436

Conyn, Leendert Phillipsen, wife. 61;
mortgage, 113; bond of, 129, 131,
141. 185; mentioned, 49, 582; wit-
ii' ss, 130, 131, 250. 255, 273
562

Cook (Couck), William, 412

Cool, Tennis, « 1

Cooper, Timothy, house of, sold to
1 ,. rrit Hardenbergh, 505

A illemsen, 472

Cornells, Beelitie, 106
Cornelis, Maeycke, .<,?•*

'is, Neeltie, 43
Cornelissen, Adria n, 277
Cornelissen, ^rnout, set \ iele, Am-

out Cornelissen
Cornelissen, Claes, see Van den

Berch, Claes ( |om< li
Cornelissen, Cornelis. see under
: Yiele : Van der I lo
Van Voorhoul ; Nan Sterrenvelt
Cornelissen, Gysbert, 11 <len

■
Isaack, see Sw it<.
irnelissen

i Tan, sec ( leyn : Vander
Heyden; Van der Hoeven
Cornelissen, Jacques, sec Van Slyck,
Jacques Conn !

,- Van
Maes Cornelissen

, Marten. >■, ,- Van
Ma :i Cornelissen ; and
Van Bui en,
Cornelissen, Paulus; special attorney,
265 : petit 1
1.1 \\ ■

281 ; I le_\

• 1 ; in-
denture I". 386i

nej from, 4.(0 : rccei|
hi, 447; receipt fur wheat,
1 i 46, 74

Can Mun-
nickendam, Picter Cornelissen
i Cornelissen, Rocloff, 275

INDEX

617

Cornelissen, Seger, see Van Voor-
hout, Seger Cornelissen

Cornelissen, Steven, 590

Cornelissen, Tennis, 37

Cornelissen, Teunis, report of ref-
erees on dispute with Cobes, 323

Cornelissen, Teunis, see also Van
Rossum ; Van Vechten

Coster, Hendrick, contract for loan
of money, 1/3 ; house and lot, 352,
403; wife, 503; witness, 354

Council of war, order of, 324

Coxsackie, 332, 553

Coyen, Araham, special attorney, 245

Craven, Thomas, indenture of Fonda
to, 524 ; house and lot, 535 ; bond
of, 536 ; witness, 502

Cregier (Crygier), Marten, house,
443: witness, 352, 464, 492, 524, 531

Creiger, Marten, Junior, special at-
torney, 500; lease of land, 507, 578;
mentioned, 511, 575

Creleman, Sacharias Jansen, 181

Croesvelt, Bay, see Krusfelt, Bay

Croon, Adriaen Jansen, 29

Croon, Dirck Jansen, accounts, 31 ; a
carpenter, 31 ; administrator of
property, 251

Croon, Neeltie Jans, 270

Cruyff, Cornelis Gerbertsen, 104

Cruyff (Cruif), Eldert Gerbertsen,
quarrel with Meyer, 67 ; quarrel
with Jochemsen, S2 ; >bonds, 97,
in; power of attorney from, 104;
barn, 144; horse, 196; will, 219;
wife, 320; partnership with Ganse-
voort and Root, 320 ; sawmill, 383,
393, 407 I debts, 384 ; power of at-
torney from, 385 ; mentioned, 36,
83, 156, 314. 321, 35i: witness, 44,
45, 288

Cruytdorp, Barent. wife of, 185

Crynen, Teunis, 39

Cuyler, Abraham, witness, 597

Cuyler (Coyler), Hendrick, house
and lot, 266, 395; deposition of,
323 ; power of attorney from, 429 ;
witness, 203, 419, 426, 497

Cuyler, Johannes, house and lot, 502 ;

lease of house, 572; mentioned,

589, 590, 59^
Cuyler, Reinier, 429
Cuyper (Cuyler), Gerrit Jansen. see

Jansen, Gerrit

Damen (Daemen), Maritie, 14; set-
tlement by, 271; husbands, 272:
antenuptial contract, 273; site of
house, 323 ; daughter Elizabeth, 323

Dammas, Aeffie, 334

Danckaerts, Jasper, 112

Dareth (Daret), Jan, bond of, 101,
114; power of attorney from, 118;
wife. 118; mentioned, 102, 121, 283;
witness, 139, 170, 257

Dareth, Joost, 119

Davidts, Christoffel, 114; lease of
farm, 29; sale of land, 156

De Beauvois (Beavoise), Jacobus, 17

De Beeltsnvder, Anthony, a soldier.
183

De Bock, Jan, .tor Helmsen, Jan

De Boer, Jan Pietersen, see Pieter-
sen, Jan

De Boer, Pieter Jansen, see Van
Hoorn, Pieter Jansen

De Boer, Thomas Jans, see Mingael,
Thomas Jansen

De Brouwer, Philip, see Hendrick-
sen, Philip

De Deckere, Johan, 149. 271

De Forest (Foreest), Isaac, 105

De Forest, Philip, 540; witness, 540

De Goyer, Evert Evertsen, see Everl-
sen, Evert

De Goyer, Jan, 321

De Goyer, Thys Evertsen, see Evert-
sen, Thys

De Haen, Isaacq, 91, 131, 258

De Haen (sloop). 413, 497; bill of
sale. 421

De Haert, Ballhasar, 330

De Haes, Andries, 40, 84

De Haes, Gabriel, 252

De Hinsse, Surgeon Jacob, certificate
to Van Dyck, 74; witness, 31, 32,
59, 136, 197, 221, 280

6i8

1 \|;I.S Rl i ORDS OF ALBANY

I >e I tonncur, Elisabeth ' i< •

474 5-7
Di Honneur, Symon Jansen, 474.

5-7

De I longe?. Anthony, 75. 121

De Hooges (Hooghes), Maria, 24.;

De Hultcr, Johan, children, 75 ;
widow. 176

ulter, Johanna, see I 'c Laet,
Johanna

I >c Jongh, Jan Janssen, 17.!

De Laet (De Hulter, Ebbingh),
Johanna, 16; children, 75; pr<
sory note 10, 75

I le ] ,aet, Johannes, 15, 75

De la Grange, Jellis, 544

De La Grange (De la Gransie),
< Imy, buys loop, 497; son's appren-
ticeship, 544; farm. 550; men-
tioned, 590, 591; witness, 456, 552

Delavall, Captain Thomas, account
of, 321 ; house and lot, 476;
of attorney from, 500

I le Looper, rat obus, sei Quick, Jacob
issen

di Maeckere, Pi< ter, [81

Di Maerschalck, Willem, lease of
house to, [83; indenture of Dyck-
m.'iii to, 211; special attorney, 247;
bond of Van der Zee to, 248; bond
of Nack to, J40: witness, 236, 250

De Meyer, Nicholaes, quarrel with
Cruyf, 67; special attorney, 82,
293; bond of Slingerlant to, 83;
bond of Catrina Sanders to, 86;

bond of. Goes to, 438

1 )c Norman, Carsten, 477

Sara, 41
De ] ' , witness, 438, 442

wyck, 172, 215,

1 >e Sill., Fisi al Nicasius, [8; [1
De Vos, Vndries, signature, 97; spe-
cial -
Bratl estate, -'99, 300
I lc Vos, ' .11. ilma \ii'li !. ssen, 299
I le Vos, Matheus, attorney, 1

I lc Vries, 449

De Vries, Adriaen Dircksen, 89;

bonds, 113
De Vries, Pieter Rudolphus, 194
1' Vroome, Huybert Jansen, see

Jansen, Huybert
De Wael, < lacs, see Mulle, Claes
1 le Waelsman, Evert, 186
I )e Wandelaer, Johannes, 17; house

and lot, 3 6, 403; lease of house,

410; lease of shed, 410: witness,

419, 430, 433. 544
I le \\ 1 1 ei . si e Martensen, Jan
De Winter, Bastiaen, lease of farm.

391 . will, 45-'
De Winter. Jacob. 252

De Witt (With), Emmerentje, 61
De Witt, Tjerck Gaessen, lease of
horses, 61, 62; account of, 61;
power of attorney from. <*y, bond
of, 71 ; action against, 261

De Wolff, Abel, 237

mans, Adam, 183: will, 563
1 lircks, Maritie, will. 326
Dircks, 1 Irsseltie, 177
Dircksen, Vdriaen, 89
Dircksen, Jan, see Van Bremen, Jan

Dircksen
Dircl en, Myndert, 178
Dircksen. Taeckel. see I Iec m-traat.

Takel Dircksen
Dircksen, Theunis, see Van Vechten,

Theunis Dircksen
Donckes, Jannetie, property, 380;

sale of land, 444

n, ' iovernor Thomas, 21
Douw, Dorite, 588
Douw, Jan Andriessen, 548; house

1 lot, 488; witness. 428. 445
1 louw, Ji 'ii. is \ ok ki hm n, lease of

farm, 508; Van Kulenburg's

traci 512

Douw, Volckerl Jansen. patei

lea-e of horses, 6i, 117: tobai

farm, 66 ; house and lots, 102. 154.

208, ,574 i bonds, 1 14, 1 1'' . ai 1 ounl

with Symensen, 130; lease of farm.

435; sdls half of island, 435, 4.<o ;

■hi shipped by, 447; payments
to Cornelissen, 41 t 01,

I Mil X

619

483; widow, 58S; mentioned, 109,
136, 195, 233, 241, 322, 324; wit-
ness, 33, 130, 190, 214, 259, 485

Douwes (Doowes), Hester, see
Fonda, Hester

Douwes, Tamme, witness, 313

Dreper, Hans, 398; wife, 316; wit-
ness, 312, 366, 376, 405, 40;, 432,
474, 486, 521, 557

Drinckvelt, Elisabeth, 1S2; bakery,
366

Dullcman, Beertie Jansen, 227, 230,
234. 236, 237, 238, 240

Dulleman, Jan Barentsen, sale of
bakery, 179; deposition of, 186;
bonds of, 225, 227, 230, 234, 236,
2 37, 238, 239; power of attorney
from, 241 ; witness, 122

Du Mont, Walran, 312

Du Plessis, Denis, witness, 547

Dutch church at Albany, declaration
of consistory and former elders,
347; purchase of land, 588; pur-
chase of house and lot from
Douwe Aukes, 595

Du Trieux, Jacob, witness, 203

Dyckman, Cornelis, indenture, 211;
indenture of brother, 339; lease of
land, 459; lease of farm to, 507;
witness, 459

Dyckman, Johannes, indenture of
service, 339

Dyckman (Dyckmans), Maria, bond,
114, 300; tavern, 184; indenture of
son, 211; mentioned, 184, 304, 317

East Greenbush, 458, 516

Ebbingh (Ebbinck), Jeronimus, wife,
16, 75 ; children, 75 ; bond of Mour-
itsen to, 172; bond of Van Gotten-
burch to, 215; mentioned, 175

Ebbingh (Ebbinck), Johanna, see De
Laet, Johanna

Eendracht (sloop), inventory, 135;
bill of- sale, 136

Eets, Hendrick, see Eyed, Hendrick

Elbertsen (Eldertsen), Reyer, 173,
271

Eldertsen (Eldersen), Lucas, lease

of house, 96; accounts, 37, 113;

lease of garden, 199; account of,

199; widow, 199
Eldertsen, Ysbrant, bonds, 29, 113
Emilius, Pieter Jansen, 78
Engelen, Jacob, 82
Esopus, 50, 51, 54, 154, 158, 189, 193,

208, 306, 476
Evening schools, 422, 485, 524, 530,

53A 544, 547, 561
Evers, Aeltie, 600
Evertsen, Evert, 287
Evertsen, Jan, 319; witness, 137, 273,

288, 318, 320, 3/6
Evertsen, Thys, 37, 288; bonds, 113;

power of attorney from, 287
Eyed (Eets), Henrick, 29

Fabricius, Rev. Jacobus, house and
lots, 375 ; account of, 376

Fairs held in Albany and Amster-
dam, 458

Fernow, Berthold, 23

Fiele, Cornelis Cornelisz, see Vielc,
Cornelis Cornelissen

Flatbush (Midwout), 45

Flatlands (Amersfort), 45

Flodder, see Gardenier, Jacob Jansen

Focken (Foocke), Gerrit, 154, 208

Folckertsen, Pieter, 76, 95

Fonda, Douwe Jellissen, 124, 524 ;
to sell liquor to Indians, 411

Fonda, Hester, 153

Fonda, Jan Douwesen, 524

Franckfort, Abraham, 538

Franssen, Jan, see Van Hoesen, Jan
Franssen

Frazier, Richard, witness, 400

Fredericks (Freedricks), Neeltie, 51

Fredericksen, Claes, see Van Petten,
Claes Fredericksen

Fredericksen (Fredricxsz), Hen-
drick, 37

Fredericksen (Frericksen), Jacob,
359

Fredericksen, Karsten, bond of, 232;
witness, 178

620

I ARLY KIX'ORDS OF ALBANY

Fredericksen, Myndert, bonds, oo,

iu; lease of land, 36S ; farm, 404;
indenture of Sickles to, 485; men
tioned, .54", 358, 4''?; witness, 5S 2 .
562

Reynier, 232
Fredericksen, Willem, see Bout, Wil-
lem Frederick

Johan, 590; witness,
397

1 >7

Gaergoet, Gerrit Claesscn, 428
Gansevoert, Harmen, see Van Ganse-

rt, I [armen
Gardi 563

ni< r, \iiih ies, 608, 609
Gardenier, Vndries Jacobsen, 449
Gardenier, Claes, 609
Gardenier, Hendrick, agreement of
( (uderkerk with admini
estate, 608 : « men-

tioned
Gardenier, Hendrik Hendriksen, 600,
Gardenier Jacob

Jansen, bonds, 112; sloop, 136;
sawmill, i nlure of Turck

to, 307 ; wife, 41 5 : sells land
mentioned, 1,54, [35; witness, 127,
157

Jan, 591
nier, Jan Jacobsen, 586
Gardenier, Josina, 609

tsen, Elbert, sec Cruyff, El-
bert Gerbertsen
Gerrits, Annette, 279
Gerrits, Barentic, 320
Gerrits, Jannetie, 560
Gerritsen, Adriaen, see Van Papen-
1 itsen
I 36
1 li n itsen, B b >nd of, 81, [24 ;

. [52; widow, 15,1

1
Gerritsen, Hendrick, tee Van d< 1

Mi uli n. Hi ndrick 1 rerritsen
Gerrits n, rai ob, see Van I a< r,

fai ob 1 i< rritsen

Gerritsen. Jan, see Van I.aer; Van

Marc ken ; Van Oldenburg
Gerritsen, Lucas. 539; purchase of

lot, 367; witness, 344, 400, ;
Gerritsen, Marten, bond of Volckje
-•09; farm, 332, 435, 508;
mentioned, m ; >. 407, .
Gerritsen, Reyer, 173

ritsen, Roeloff, 503, 591

sen, Wynant, see Van dcr
, Wynant Gerritsen
k, Jacob, see Hevick, Jacob
Gilbert, John, lease of house. 44.?:
house and lot, 475, 482, -.< 2,

. 506 : mentioned, 506, 566, 591

Gilded Horn (sloop), 175

Glen, Jacob Sander- 1, 324;

attorney, 430; mentioned, 426, 4:,":

witni -.<>[,- [oi, 102,

in. 1 i 17ft 505

Glen, Capt. Sander.
Glen, Sander I.ecndertsen, pov.

rney from, 33; wife, 86; bonds,
Hi; sale of house, 148; lease of
JS ; power of attorney
im, -'21 ; mentioned, 210, 267
. Jan Tyssen, 438. 487
Goetwater, Rev. [oannes En

376
Goewey, Jacob Salomonsen, house

am 28

Goewey, Jan Salomonsen, indenture

ti to, 585
Goossens, Aert, see Van Twiller,

Veil

Maria. 138, 250, 263

Goris, Catarina,

1 lortin, 1 telmar, n, 1 [1 liner

s, 420
< iouw, Jan sen, see \ ) vi

laer, Jai 1 a

1 mor's island, 4112
Graef, Claes Vndriessen, witness.

54S

i lornclis 1 ierritsen, 1 17
Graven. I I

bush, 198, 373, 504
nendyck, Delia,

IXDJ X

0_'i

Groenendyck, Johannes, 22, 592
Groenwout, Jurriacn Jansen, see Van

Groenwout, Jurriaen Jansen
Groesbeek (Van Rotterdam), Claes
Jacobsen, 146 ; contract for repair
of house, 146; contract to bnild
barn, 462; witness, 29, 230, 231,

363, 397, 437, 487
Groesbeek, Willcm Claessen, 570 ;

witness, 522
Groot, Symon Symonsen, 191, 242
Gryp, Mr, secretary of orphan

chamber at Amsterdam, 235
Guldewaghen, Dammas, letters from

Van Ilpendam to, 333, 334, 493,

494; mentioned, 16, 337, 583
Gysbertsen. Albert, 55
Gysbertsen, Cornells, 511, 591
Gysbertsen, Fredrick, see Van den

Berch, Fredrick Gysbertsen
Gysbertsen, Gerrit, 560; sale of

clothes to, 262
Gysbertsen, Willem, 512: witness. 545

Halenbeck (Hohenbek), Casper

Jacobsen, 36, 408
Halenbeck (Hollenbeck), Jacob Cas-

persen, exchange of land with

Bratt, 442; farm, 545; boat, 548;

mentioned, 591 ; witness, 445
Halenbeck, Jan Caspersen, 550; lease

of farm, 520
Half Moon, 538
Hans, Claes, see Jansen, Claes
Hans, Johanna, 415
Hansen, Andries, see Scherp, And-

ries Hansen; Barheit. Andries

Hans
Hansen, Jacob, 349
Hansen family, 349
Hardenbergh (Hardenberch, Hert-

tenberch), Gerrit Jansen, purchases

lot, 367 ; house and lot, 430, 431,

478, 504 ; will, 466 ; witness, 238,

287, 454
Hardenbroeck, Abel, 374
Hardenbroeck, Margariet, see Van

Hardenbroeck, Margarita

Harmons, Dirckje, payment to Sy-
mensen, 130; bond of, 216; men-
tioned, 104, 215, 321

Harmens, Wer.deltie, 80

Harmens, W'yntje, 465

Harmensen, Barent, conveyance of
property to, 189; wife and child
taken prisoners, 189; sale of one-
half of boat 548; witness, 541

Harmensen, Bastian, 591

Harmensen, Francois, 269

Harmensen, Harmen, see Ganse-
voort, Harmen Harmensen

Harmensen, Jan, lease of part of
house to, 91 ; Teunissen's bond to,
137; witness, 271

Harmensen, Mathys, 225, 227, 230,
-7,4, 236, 237, 238, 240

Harmensen, Meyndert, sec Van den
Bogaert, Meyndert Harmensen

Harmensen (Hermesen), Nanning,
467 ; purchases sloop, 573, 577

Harmensen, Tierck, see Visscher,
Tierck Harmensen

Harpertsen, Harmen, 89

Hartgers, Jannetie, 204, 205

Hartgers (Hartgerts), Pieter, 60;
lease of house, 120, 212, 213 ; at-
torney for. 174; wife, 204; sells
house and lot, 266

Hartgers, Rachael, 204, 205

Heathcote, Joris, 462

Heemstraat, Takel Dircksen, 512;
lease of land, 578

Heere, Jacob, settlement of debt, 51

Hegeman, Adriaen, power of attor-
ney to, 45

Helbrantsen, Pieter, see Hillebrant-
sen, Pieter

Helmensen, Tan (alias Jan de Bock),
36; bonds, 113; farm, 404

Hendricks, Cuiertje, 175

Hendricks, Elisabeth, will, 450

Hendricks (Hendricxsz), Jannetie,
56, 113

Hendricks, Judickie, see Van Hars-
tenhorst, Judickie Hendricks

Hendricks, Maeyken, sec Van den
Burchgraeff, Maeyken Hendricks

622

1 \kI.Y Rl CORDS OF ALBANY

1 [endricksen, Adam, tee Vro
Adam Hendricksen

Hendricksen, Andries, 506; will, 505

Hendricksen, Clacs, sec Van Schoon-
hoven, Claes Hendricksen

Hendricksen, Dirck, 215, 449. 5 '4

Hendricksen, Evert, 284

Hendricksi Irick, 150

Hendricksen (Hendrycksen), 1
deposition of, 82; lease of 1
120; mentioned, 344, 503

Hendricksen, Capt. Hans, Jacob
Ilans'ii bound 1", 349; account of,
349; lease of farm, 381, 5X7; bond
(.! Ryckman to, 384; discharge of

1 1. 385; house and lot, 411, 47' i

bond of Cornelissen to, 434; men-
tioned, 386; witness, 370, 436, 463

Hendricksen, Hendrick, witness, 80

Hendricksen, Jacob, see Varrevan
gi i , Jacob Hendricksen

1 [endricksen, Jan, 191

Hendricksen, Jan, see i'ls>> Van Bael;
Van Solsberghen; Vrooman

Hendricksen, Marten, 68, 304; bonds,

113

Hendricksen (Hcnricksen de Brou-
wei I, Philip, debts of Femmetje
Ubrechts to, 60; bonds, 93. 1 u.
14:;; apprenticeship of Pootman to,
115, [23; agreement not to prose-
cute, 207 ; wife, 268; mentii
117, 200
1 lenypot, Symon Jansen, powi 1 "t
attorney from, 218; account of,
all -1 land .1' Manhattan, 126
rtscn, Andries, bonds of, 119,
1 12; lease of mare, 147 ;
not 10 prosecute, 165 ; wife, [66 ;
mentioned, 53, 117. 1 P -' I 1 : wit-
ness, 53, 8l, 93, 122, 145. 14''. 147
Hi rdick, Frenck, 608
Herttenberch, Gerrit, tee H
li, t ierrit

lingh, I 'nek, sale of farm,
387; witness, 305. 4°9, 43i> I
Hevick (Hevic, Hevingh, Gi

ib, conveyance of propi rty,

170; lease of house and brewery,
255; wife, 338; mentioned, 37, 40,
486

Hillebrantsen (Helbrantsen), P
real estate, 193 ; lease of lot, 306

Hillebrantsen, Teunis, 46

Hoffman, Marten, 61 ; payments
from Barentsen to, 192; account
of, 192; special attorney, 193

Hoffmeyer, Willem, witness, 551.
608

Holie (Holye, Holljie), Willem, 105;
witness, 537, 539

Hollenbeck, Jacob Caspersen, see
Halenbeck, Jacob Caspersen

Holman, Samuel, 432

Hondecoutre, Daniel, power of at-
torney from, 247; bond of Van der
/• e to, 248; bond of Xack to, 249;
witness, 91, 227

I loochlant, Christoffel, 70

Hoochtelingh, Mathys, 34-'

Hoogeboom, Cornelis, 304

Hoogcl in. I ■ irnelis Pietersen. 266

Hoogeboom ( HoRtboom), Cornelis
Teunissen, bond of, 53, 250; Sti
ensen bound to, 138; contract with
\ an Slichtenhorst, 266

Hoogeboom, Metis Pietersen, bond

of, 64; sells half interest in sloop,

467; reconveyance of, 468; sell*

sloop, 573; mentioned, 37, 112, 129,

577; witness, 63, 402, 526. 527

Hoogen, Willem, 22, 589, 591

Hooglant, Francois, agent of I
Suyck, jj.<„ 231 ; special attorney,
224, 229; witness, 226

Hubertsen, Johannes, see Huyberl
sen, Jan

Huetingh, Wilhelmus, [ig

Huisen, Hendrick, witness, 176

Hun, Harmen Thomassen, wi
254; power of at t in, 79,

23.S, 254; bond of, 80; special at-
torney, i7<">; will, 2ii'. lea
land, 368; daughter, 4''?; witness,

lH,, Si, I4n, 241

Hun, Wyntje, 368
Hurley, 154, 306

INDEX

6-'3

Huybertsen (Hubertsen), Jan, in-
denture of, 379, 585

Huybertsen, Lambert, 158

Huyen, Hendrick, 176

Huys, Hendrick Jansen, witness, 566

Huys (Hues), Willem Martensen,
330; witness, 253

Indentures of apprenticeship, 103,
US, 122, 138, 143, 188, 201, 211, 287,
307, 339, 349, 372, 379. 386, 399, 401,
415, 422, 423, 445. 474, 477, 485, 524,
527, 529, 530, 532, 544, 546, 560, 562,
585

Isaackc, John, witness, 396

Isaacksen, Abraham, 591, sawmill,
598

Jacobs, Agnita, 70

Jacobs, Brechie, 166, 207, 259

Jacobs, Grietie, 83

Jacobs, Maritie, 340, 342

Jacobsen, Aert, see Van Achtien-

hoven, Aert Jacobsen
Jacobsen, Claes, see Groesbceck,

Claes Jacobsen
Jacobsen, Cornells, see Van Oos-

sanen, Cornells Jacobsen
Jacobsen, Frans, 112
Jacobsen, Jan, see Van Noortstrant,

Jan Jacobsen
Jacobsen, Pieter, 113, 227
Jacobsen Rutger, see Van Schoon-

derwoert, Rutger Jacobsen
Jacobsen, Tennis, see Van Schoen-

derwoert, Teunis Jacobsen
Jacobsen, Wybrecht, will, 58
Jans, Aechie, 440
Jans, Aeltie, 379
Jans, Anneke, see Bogardus, Anneke

Jans
Jans, Annetje, of Laeckervelt, 275,

276
Jans, Annetje, widow of Lucas EL

dertsen, 199
Jans, Elsie, 270
Jans, Grietie, 288
Jans, Jannetie, 89
Jans, Maritie, 326

Jans, Metie, 319

Jans, Neeltie, 270

Jans, Sophie, marriage bans, 173

Jans, Styntje, 542

Jans, Tryntie, deposition of, 320;

special attorney, 385 ; mentioned,

168, 219, 384
Jans, Volckje ( Volckertie), 209, 402,

562
Jansen, Abraham, 416
Jansen, Adriaen, see Van Duyn-

kercken, Adriaen Jansen
Jansen, Aert, 222 ; bill of exchange

to, 177
Jansen, Anthony, see Westbroeck,

Anthony Jansen
Jansen, Arent, contract to build barn,

144; return to Holland, 144; affi-
davit, 246 ; witness, 253
Jansen, Broer, farm, 552
Jansen (Hans), Claes, carpenter

from Baarn, contract to build

house, 346, 471
Jansen, Claes, see also Van Bock-

hoven ; Van Nyckerk ; Van Rot-
terdam
Jansen, Cornells, see Van Oossanen,

Cornells Jansen
Jansen, Daniel, see Van Antwerpen,

Daniel Jansen
Jansen, Evert, witness, 407, 456
Jansen, Folckert, see Douw, Volckert

Jansen
Jansen, Frans, 129, 212
Jansen, Gerrit, 226, 230, 272
Jansen, Gysbert, witness, 296
Jansen, Hans, see Van Rotterdam,

Hans
Jansen, Harmen, affray with Comely,

331; lease of land, 460; mentioned,

344; witness, 459, 460
Jansen, Hendrick, see Van Xaerden ;

Van Veurden
Jansen (De Vroome), Huybert, 57,

365; wife, 379
Jansen, Jacob, see Van Noortstrant,

Jacob Jansen
Jansen, Jan, Noorman, will, 326 ;

witness, 488

624

I ARL\ Rl CORDS OF ALBANY

Jansen, Jan, see also Van Sols-

berghen, Jan Jansen
Jansen, Jurriaen, see Van Groen-

wout : \ an I toesen

, Lammert. witness, no
Jansen, Laurens, [99

leasi o land, 486;

settlement of accounts, 567; bond

of.
Jansen, Ma ecial attorney to,

56, 240; house, 145; repair oi

Dulleman to, 238; wife,

279; mentioned, .305, 317: wi

86, 386, 40.;, 482
Jansen, Mathys, hoi
1 "»
Jansen, Paulyn (Paulus, Poulyn),

called a thief, 321 ; wife Weyntie,

321 : patent, 321 ; mentioned, 305,

390; v\ itness, 164
Jansen, Pieter, see Van l

Pieter Jai

Rem, 102, 103
Jansen, Roelof, deposition by, 330;

contract of Bogardus with, jj.>, :

house. 432; witni 1 6 425
Jansen, Roelof, see also Van Master-
land, Roeloff Jan
Jansen, Stevei I oninck, Steven

Jai
Jansen, Stoffel, see Abeel, Stoffel

Jan
Jan-en, S> mi in, see De Honncur,

Symon Jansen
Jansen, Tomas, 37

. Volckert, ... 1 louw,

crt Jansen

, \\ illi m, see Sly< k iten, Wil-
kin Jan
i.ri 11 i Geei truy, 552

Jeurians, Eva,
Jillissen ( Jellisen 1, I ■ ■ 1 ments

by, 47; witness, 175
Jochen itryna, lease

of house, 109; ind< of ] lyck

mai: [ubert-

1", 37 1 '

1 achimsen 1, Andrics,
317; wife Celitie, 317

Jochemsen, Hendrick, payments to,
73; quarrel with 1 ruyff, 82; house
and lot, 85, 87; boml-. ri2; special
aiini mi, -''15 : agn emi nl n
ing 1 Iran estate, 300; mentioned,
299; wil .71

:;. Jacob, see Van
ib Joosten

Q, Jan, account of, 96; sloop
bought by, 136, 481; witness, 96

Joriensen, Luycks, u i

Jurcksen (Jurricsen), Poulus, wit-
ness, 406

Jurriaens, Annetie, 166

Jurriaens, Folckje (Folckertje), pur-
wheat, 41 : agreement with
relatives of Van Voorhout, 165

Jurriaensen, Jan, 288

Jurriaensi n, Paulus, 170

Jurriaensen, Wichman, witness, 84

Kadliman, Isaak, 591

Michiel

1 Kayen 1, Pieter C lacssen,

power of attorney from, no; wit-

.110

Ketelhuyn (Ketelheira, Ketelheun,

Ketlehera, Ketel, Kettelheym),

Jochem, 36; sells lot, j<u: pur-

chases mare, 379; wife, 48S; ac-

1 mint hi, 4S-1 ; farm

558; mentioned, 304; witness, i ; 7
Ketelhuyn ( Ketelheyn, Ketelhuyse);
Willem, 511, 560, 590; witness 538,
558, 569

\ilriaen, [5
Kierstedi , Vnnetie, 205
Kierstede, Hans, wife, - .
Kiel loff, 205

Kikeln I, Thomas I lavidtsen, 518
Kinderhook, 354. 380, 414, 4-'4. 44-.
448, 505, 513. 514. 521. 604, 606;
cil of war, 32 1
fCinderhook creek, 361

lues, \\ idow, 96
Kip, Jacob, contrail for delivi

I'm ; spei ial attoi ney, 186 :
witness, 1 |
Kip, Johannes,

INDEX

625

Klaerhout, Walraven, widow, 175
Klein, Ulderick, bonds of, 93, 112
Kleverack, sec Claverack
Kleyn, Pieter Gerrilsen, 391
Klinckenbergh, 404. 552, 553, 576, 581
Koenraetsen, Hans, sec Coenraetsen,

I [ans
Koningh, Thomas, see Coninck,

Thomas
Kosler, Heyndrick, sec Cosier, Hen-

drick
Kouper, Mr. see Cooper, Timothy
Krusfelt (Croesvclt), Bay, 552
Kuyper, Jacob ASrahamsen, 316, 596;
power of attorney from, 377; pur-
chases lot, 408 ; witness, 368, 379,

475, 525, 53i, 600

Kuyper, Jan Andriessen, sale of
mare, 379: deposition of, 315; wit-
ness, 357, 378, 485

Kyckebul, Thomas, see Kikebel,
Thomas Davidtsen

Labatie, Jan, contract with Wan
Yoorhout, 55 ; bond of Van Ster-
renvelt to, 64; bond of Van Voor-
hout to, 65 ; bonds, 1 12; house, 148;
power of attorney from, 251 ; wife,
269; mentioned, 37, 310, 311, 268,
545 ; witness, 34. 63, 1 16, 139

Lachair, Salomon, notary, 3, 254

Laers, Rev. Carolus Laurentius, 233

Lagrange, Omie, see De la Grange,
Omy

Lammersen (Lambertsen), Jochem,
land at Kinderhook, 513, 514; wit-
ness, 608

La Montague, Johannes, 49, 135 ;
power of attorney from, 105

La Montague, William, special attor-
ney, 105

Lansing, Aeltie, 451

Lansing (Lansinck), Gerrit, lease of
house, 213; parents, 451; house and
lot, 461 ; witness, 561

Lansing, Gysbertie, 451

Lansing, Hendrick, 367, 444, 451, 591 ;
witness, 432, 4g6, 540

Lansing, Hilleiie. 451 ; will, 469

Lansing (Lansinck, Lansingh), Jo-
hannes, payments by Geertruyt
Barents to, 338; wife, 503; men-
tioned, 451, 590; witness, 349

Lassen (Lassing. Lassingh, Laszen),
Pieter Pietersen, purchase of prop-
el' 1 .''. 387; brewery, 390; sale of
brewery, house and lot, 517; quit-
claim from Indian to, 556; men-
tioned, 320; witness, 396

Laurens, Styntie, 185

Leendertsen, Sander, see Glen.
Sander Leendertsen

Leisler, Jacob, 347, 348

Lenrsen, Sander, see Glen, Sander
Leendertsen

Le Roy, Augustin, 546

Le Roy, Simon, 546

Lespinard, Abeltie, 593

Lespinard, Anthoine, bakery, 366;
sale of boat, 490; will, 593; men-
tioned, 587, 590; witness, 547, 582

Lespinard, Cornelia, 593

Lespinard, Johannes, 593

Lespinard, Margarita, 593

Levy, Asser, 240; witness, 375, 518

Lewis, (Leuis) John, 375

Lievens, Annetje, 503, 589

Lie\ ens, Maritie, 89

Lievensen. Harmen. lease of lot, 306;
farm, 503

Liquor, sale to Indians, 411

Livingston. Secretary Robert, 15, 17,
22; dispute with Rooseboom, 329;
to do secretarial work of the
colony of Rensselaerwyck, 441;
documents executed before, 588:
signature, 592

Livingston, Robert, junior, witness.
609

Lock, Claes Hendricksen, power of
attorney from, 175: account of.
175 : witness, 422, 463

Lodesteyn, Sophia, 17

Lodewycksen ( Lodwickzon), Thomas,
'.1. 1S3

Loockermans, Govert, 35, 134; spe-
cial attorney, 221 ; daughter, 413

626

EARLY RE< ORDS OF ALBANY

Loockermans, Jacob, wife, 243;
sloop, 416, 452, 481 ; house and lot,
531 ; mentioned, 36, 24.?, 591 ; wit-
266, 290, 357, 445, 502, 541

Loockermans, Johannes, witness, 586

Loockermans, Maria Pieters, ante-
nuptial contract, 355

Loockermans, Maritie Lambi
5-7

Loockermans, Pieter, 37, 113

Loockermans, Pieter Jacobsen, 398

Loockermans Pieter Jansen, declara-
tion, 321); witness, 31, 50, 81, 83,
246, 247. 361, 37". 379, 572

Loockermans family, 2411

Looman, Hendrick Jansen, bill of
sale to, 168; witness, 88, 132

Loonenburgh, 358, 465, 576; contract
of sale of land. ^77; lease of farm,
581

1 ooper, Jacobu . ' Mick, Jacob

Teunissen

Lorme, Anthony, 17S

ain I ludly, 321

Lovelai e, Govi rm >r I rancis, 14, (6,
21

Loveridge (Lofferys), William. 4:4:
witness, 41S. 1

1 ubberts, Rebecca, 600

I ubbertsen, Frederick, farm, [I 1

Lubbertsen, < iert, widow of, 6

Lucas, Maria, 5111

Luca en I 1 , 332 ; wife Jan
332

I in assi n, < lerrit, witness, 577

Luycassen, Jan. ce Wynga 1 d, Jan
Luj cassen

Machlels, Grietie, 59
Machielscn, Jan. see Michielsen, Jan
elis, X.',- Van Buren,

Cornel M;
' ; !• k Cornelisst n

of, 249
Magdalen island. 549
Mamanic liia. k 1 Indian ), 315
Mangelsen, Jan. see Roll, Jan

gel

Manhattan island, 32, 33, 126

Maniere. Nicollas, witness, 563

Marcelis (Martcelyssen), Gysb rt,
house and lot. 41,17, 505; witness,
452. 536

Marchal 1 Marichael), Xicolai
witness, 52

Marchal, \\ illem, see I >e M
chalck, Willem

Marius, Pieter Jacobsen, 337; attor-
ney, of (ierrit Suyck, 231

\1 u en, Black, see Van Yssi !
Manni < lorneli

Mai I' n's inland, 188

risen, Hendrick. sawmill, 519

Mai i' nsi i; 1 Mai lacob, wit-

ness, 507

Martensen, Jan. 184

Mai '1 risen, Jan, the wea
bond hi, 1117. 112, 321

Martensen, Jan, of Kinderhook, 380
381 ; bam, 424

Martensen, Johannes, see Beeckman,
Johannes Martensen

Martensen, Poulus Van Ben-

thuysi n, I '1 'iilus Martensen

Maryns, Brechie, children's inherit-
ance, 206

Massany (Indian), quitclaim from,
556

Maurits, Marten, see Van Slyck,
Marten ( lornelissen

ick Dircksen, 327

M.tur, Sussanna Dircx, 327

Mn sin, Jacob, see Vrooman, Jacob
Meesi n

Melgei s, rryntje, 31''

Melyn, Con n ; daughter, 43

Mi tmihtiemach (Indian). 315

I, Willem. account, I 13
M 5ii, 1 aptain Claudio, 247

II. Pieti 1. te( \ rooman, Pieter
Meussen

I I. Ildl irk Irllisscit. llOUSe

and Int. 41 1

, lillis Pielerscn, 31
witness, 153, 214. 378

INDEX

627

Meynderts (Meyndcrs), Maritie, con-
tract with Van Nieukerck, 222;
power of attorney from, 265; lease
of land, 280; sale of scow, 281,
282; settlement of husband's estate.
283 ; marriage contract, 285

Meyndertsen, Barent, buys house and
lot, 202; deposition of, 331; wit-
ness, 141, 350, 383, 412, 433, 472,
487, 529. 54i, 560, 595, 606

Meyndertsen (Myndertsen), Douwe.
168

Meyndertsen, Harmen, see Van den
Bogaert, Harmen Meyndertsen

Meyndertsen, Jan, 317

Michielsen (Mychielsen), Cornelis,
quitclaim from, 358; sells farm,
576, 577; mentioned, 536, 553

Michielsen (Machielsz), Jan, 36, 305

Michielsen, Pieter Symonsen, see
Van Oossanen, Pieter Symonsen
Michiels

Midwout (Flatbush), 45

Milborne, Jacob, controversy with
Domine Van Rensselaer, 347, 348

Miljer, Claas, see Mulle, Claes

Mill creek, 458, 516

Mingael, Johannes Thomassen, wit-
ness, 350, 588

Mingael, Maritie Thomas, settlement
of estate, 308

Mingael, Pieter, witness, 579

Mingael, Thomas Jansen, 68, g5;
bonds, 112

Minnissingh, 556

Momma, Guiljam, 113

Moor, Willem, 389

Moree, Pieter, 449

Mouritsen, Marten, see Van Slyck,
Marten Cornelissen

Mulder (Muller), Cornelis Steven-
sen, 357, 527

Mulder, Jan Pietersen, 36

Mulle, Claes, 56, 57, 186 ; account,

"3
Murderer's kill, 576, 578
Myndertsen, see Meyndertsen

Nachonan, (Indian), 51

Nack, Jan, accounts, 31 ; member of
common council, 31 ; house leased
to, 183 ; indenture of Dyckman to,
211 ; bond of, 249; buys house, 352;
house and lot, 419; lease of shed,
419; wife, 528; witness, 136, 236,
243, 248, 252, 265, 297, 431

Nannings, Geertje, 590

Nanoseck island, 50

Nassau-Siegen, Johan Maurits, count
of, governor of Brazil, 246

Nevius, Joannes, 12, 173, 290

■New Amstel, 18

New Amsterdam, 20, 77, 83

New York, 374, 411

Xiclaes, Abraham, indenture of serv-
ice, 386

Nicolls, Governor Richard, 14, 21

Niskayuna, 14, 323, 393, 402, 446, 507,
578

Xolden (Xoldingh), Evert, assign-
ment of debts by, 35 ; a school-
master, 15, 36, 56; bonds, 112;
deposition by, 183; account of, 184;
witness, 152, 175

Noorman, Albert Andriessen, see
Bratt, Albert Andriessen

Noorman, Hans Carelsen, see Toll,
Hans Carelsen

Normans kill, 383, 407, 538, 545, 550

Notarial records, extent and value
of, 8

Notarial system, origin and develop-
ment of, 4-8

Notarius, functions of, 4

Nottingham, William, bond of, 417 ;
witness, 326

Noxon, Thomas, 591

Nutten Hook, 349, 381, 386, 587

Ooen, Johannes, see Owen John

Oostrom, Hendrick, 590

Oothout (Outhout), Fob Jansen, 221

Oothout (Oothoet), Jan Jansen,
house, 125; wife, 275; brewery,
278; declaration, 278, 30S; lot, 528;
witness, 49, 126

Oothout, Johannes, antenuptial ar-
ticles, 600

628

1 AKI.Y KKCORDS OK ALBANY

Orcliard, Robert, property, 380
Ordinance regulating fees of no-
taries and clerks, 12
Orri, Johan, 118

Ottcn (Gortin), Ilelmer, bond of
Van Alen to, 66; power of attor-
ney from, 78; widow, 455; wi
232, 290, 405

kerk, Jan Jansen, house and
lot, 478, 526; agreement with ad-
ministrators of Gardenier •

. mentioned, $<>o, 591, 592; wit-
609
Owen (Ooen), lohn farm,

Papscanee islam
r, James, 445

Maria, 4.^7
Parker, William, apprenticeship of
son, 445; house and lot, 463, 4^2;
witness, 362, 462, 4(15. 524

:. Sergeant William, wife, 437
Pastoor, Frans Barentsen, special at-
y, 153 ; u itness, 64
>7'
his creek, 499
Paul, Thomas, se< Powell, Thomas
Pauws, Barentje Gerrits, 320
Pears 1 Pearce, Peirce), Nehemiah,

, 4,?.' : a< 1 ounl of, 4,?-'
Pearson, Jonathan,

I, 556
,591
, Maria, 103

Jan, witness, 423
11, Brant, 269, 503
. Gerrilie Brants, 269, 503;
appraisal of clothing, 270
269
i vert, land at Esopus, 54; bond
ment with Wessels,
123 ; mcntion< d, 36, 4S, 1 12
Peters, \nnetji . 'ieters, Vnnetje

Phenicx, Jacob, 552
1 'hilip I ndert, see ■

Phillip w ife, 104, ~.V

fitters (Peters), Annetje, 96; lease

of house, 96
I'ieters, Bacfie, 262
1'ieters, Geertruyt, sec Yosburgh,

rtruy Pieters
Fitters, Maritie, 316
Pieters, Volckertjc (Voclkye), 418,

Pietersen, Barent, see Coeymans,

1 latent Pietersen
Pietersen, Christiaen, 349; wi

339, 350, 398
Pietersen (Peyterzen), Claes, wit-

. 209
Pietersen, Frans. see Clauw, Frans

Pieli
Pietersen (de Boer), Jan, 168

en, Jan, see Mulder, Jan
Pietersen; Van Woggelum, Jan
Pieters< n

sen, Jillis, see Meyer, J ill is
Pieti
Pietersen, Lucas, see Coeymans,

Lucas Pietersen
Pieter-.cn, Nathaniel, soldier, see Van
Leyden, Nathaniel Pietersen

Schuyler. Philip

■ rsen

La-sen : Rode ;
\ an Woggelum
Pietersen, Reyndert, 40: com

property, 17". lease of house
and brewery, 255 ; power of attor-
ney from, 312; accounts, .517; load
wood, 318; will, 318

laet Joosten, 319
1 eunis, legacy, 59; house
I ' ; receipt, 541 ;
farm, 552

Pietei si n, \\ illem, 321

I 'oest, Marreki \\ emp, Maritie

Myii

Pootman, Johannes, indenture of,
US; ntract

with Brouwcr, 12,?; witness, Ii6,
n;

Post, Lodewyck, special atl

Pooghkepesingh), 556

INDEX

629

Powell (Paul, Poulusen), Thomas,
bonds, 101, 112; Thompson bound
10, 143; affidavit, 246; widow, 380,
414; witness, 34

Pretty, Elisabeth, 415

Pretty, Richard, indenture of Jo-
hanna Hans to, 415; witness, 418,

483

Princess (sloop), 481

Provoost, Johannes, special attorney.

250, 416; mentioned, 347, 348, 358;

witness, 184, 229, 312, 380, 457, 481,

S28, 554, 567

Pruyn (Pruyen, Proum), Frans Tan-
sen, house and lot, 85 ; witness,
472, 51S

Putnam, see Pootman

Quackenbos, Pieter, 304, 501
Quackenbosch, Wouter Pietersen,

561
Quick (Looper), Jacob Teunissen,
deposition by, 42, 49 ; dispute with
Symensen, 88; judgment against,
128 ; agreement with Van Vechten,
140; horse, 196; power of attor-
ney from, 196; sale of stone, 454;
mentioned, 36, 43, 304 ; witness,
513, 536, 585

Rail (Ral, Raal), see Roll family
Reddenhasen ( Riddenhaas), Hend-

rick Abelsen, buys sloop, 467, 573;

sells sloop, 577 ; house and lot, 528 ;

contract to build boat, 534
Reeckman, Albert Jansen, see Ryck-

man, Albert Jansen
Rees, Willem Andriessen, 591 ; con-
tract to saw in mill, 393
Rengersen, Renger, 177
Rensselaerswyck, order to inhabitants

to provide themselves with arms

and ammunition, 322; order of

council of war, 324
Reur, Hendcnck sec Roer, Hendrick

Jansen
Reyersen, Arien, son of Reyer El-

bertsen, 271

Reyersen, Gerrit, contract for loan
of money, 173; account of, 173;
son of Reyer Elbertsen, 271 ; buys
sloop, 421 ; witness, 152, 307

Reyndersen, Barent, 402; land, 393;
witness, a: sells. 228

Reyniersen, Arent, 196

Rinckhout, Aertman, 182

Rinckhout (Rinchout, Ringhautt),
Daniel, 311 ; assignment of Fem-
metje Albrechts to, 60; release of
legacy, 180; will. 181

Rinckhout (Rinchout, Ringhout),
Jan (brother of Daniel), legacy to,
182; account of, 182; lease of
house, 313 ; wife, 366

Rinckhout (Rinchout, Ringhout),
Jan (uncle of Daniel), release by
Daniel Rinckhout of legacy from,
180

Rinckhout, Jurrian, 182

Ripsen, Claes, see Van Dam, Claes
Ripsen

Riverding, Pieter, see Ryverdingh,
Pieter

Roberts (Robbcrtsen), Benjamin.
477

Rode, Pieter Pietersen, 401

Roelantsen, Adam, 184

Roeloffs, Catrina, 204

Roeloff sen, Jan, deposition of, 82 ;
bonds, 112: witness, 262; surveyor,
397 ; mentioned, 36, 65, 205

Roeloffs, Sara, 204

Roeloffs, Sytge, 204

Roemers, Catharina, 249

Roer (Reur), Hendrick Jansen,
bonds, 112: account of, 124. 279;
house and lot, 131; lease of house,
279; witness, 124

Roll, Jan Mangelsen, house, 132; ac-
count of, 132; purchase of land,
402; wife, 402'; witness, 530

Roll, Mangel Jansen, 132

Roll (Rol, Rail, Ral, Raal) family,
132, 402

Romeyh, Symon Jansen, accounts,
134; special attorney, 173; marriage
bans, 173; witness, 313

630

I Akl.Y Kl ( ORDS 0] ALBANY

Rondoul creek, 51

■ 1 lissen, .114 :

load of wood, 318; partnership with
(my ft, 320; contract to work a^
carp nter, 496

R R Johannes, lea

woodland, 45.7; house and lot, 407 :
appointed guardian, 564; witness,
460

bo< 111, 1 it rrit, house and lot, 560,

Rooseboom (Roosenhoom), Hend-
drick Jansen, bonds, 112; dispute
with Livingston, 329; lease of
workroom, ,55.5; house and lot, 504.
indenture of s ( ,n Hendrick,
532; father of (ieint, 569; men-
tioned, 87, 269; witness, -mi, 245,
344. 425, 5"i

Rooseboom, Hendrick, jr, indenture
of, 5.3-'

Rooseboom, Johannes, purchase of
merchandise, 554; base of house,
568 ; mentioned, 569, 590

Root, Pieter I'ietcrscn, 113
Jan, 500. 591,

Royal Lock (Royal Oak, sloop), 1 7
468, 5,-Vi. 577

Rudolphus, Pieter, widow, 104

Kltst, Claes, witness. 39 '. 1 !0

Rutgers, Harmen, 311, 391, 589; sale
of property, 387; witness, 65, 375,
554
Rutgers family, 41
Rutten kill, ;i 1, 589
Ruytingh, ( ierril Jansen, 574
itm . 188
Ryckman, Albert Jansen, parents,
220; attornej for Cruyff, 383, 385,
i I ;.i bond of, 38 1 ; d< ■>• on
of Reformed church, 588, 5'/>; wit
, 333, 355. p6, ii'-. 450, 451,
476, 4'"). 502, 568, 572, 573, 5'
Ryckman, Harmen Jansen, b

112; \\ itness, 220

man, Jan Janssen, _»-'o

dingh ( Ki\ ei dingh I, Pieter,

b ind - i". -<•■ 121, [68 . 1 ourl mes-
witness, 56, 57, M't,
119. 328

Saffin, John, 417; bond of Yolckertje

Pii ers to, 418
Salamandei 1 sloop I, sale of, 416
Salisbury-, Captain Sylvester, 32J,

3->4 : witness, 477
Salomonsen, Jacob, sec Goawey,

Ja< ob Salomon
Salomonsen, Jan. 51]
Sampsons, Catelyntie, see Bercks

1 Ben ■■. 1 1 ati lyntje
Sanders, Annetie Robberts, 323
Sanders, Catrina, 86
Sanders, Elizabeth Robberts, 323
Sanders (Sandi ' ■ 400;

ili aeon of Reformed church, 588
Sanders, Marytie Robberts, 325
Sanders, Robert, deposition by, 42;

will, 324 : -i lis house and lot, 352 .

lease of farm, 370; indenture of

Van Ravensteyn to, 399; language

used by, 437; bond of Craven to,

536; mentioned, 362, 363, 437, 590;

witness, 57. 358, 377, 429, 55°, 5«7
iertic Robberts, 325
Sandertsi 1 83

Sehaett, He.virick, 231; notary
Schaets, Anneiie, lease of house, 318
Schaets (Schaats), Rev. Gideon,

bonds, n.t; signature, 348; men

tioned, 47, 329 ; witness, 59, 167
Si haets, Reynier, witness. 1
Scheckel, Jan, witness. 17S. 185, 232,

-'57
Schellinger, Jai ob, 43

Schenectady, 200, -'-'-», _'4_', 285, 313,
,587. 44(1, 47-'. 545; order to inhabi-
tants to provide themselves with
arms and ammunition, 322; order
of council of war, ,U'4

Schepmoes, Jaepje, will, 1 i

Sehcpmoes, Jan Jansen, account of.
412; widow . 412

Si In i mei hoorn, faci ib Jansen,
cial attorney, 243, 288, 296, 305;
wife, 206, 260; mentioned, 14:, too,
267, 430, 455. witness, 269, 307

Si In 1 merhoorn, Reyer [ai

[32 : will. 454 ; account of, .Jss

INDEX

6 3 ,

Schermerhoorn, Symon, 500; witness,

S44

Schermcrhorn, Richard, jr, 455

Scherp, Andries Hansen, 381 ; land
sold to, 414; boat for, 534

Schilt, Heyndrick Jurriaensen, 480

Schlick, see Van Slyck

Schodack, 50

Scholten, Jan, 480

Schoolmasters, one-third of income
of former church property in Hol-
land devoted to maintenance, 118

Schools, evening, 422, 485, 524, 530,
532, 544, 547, 561

Schoon, Jan, 85

Schoon, Jan Willemsz, witness, 40

Schut, Willem Jansen, debt to Wit-
hart, 233

Schuyler, Aeltje Goossens, attorney
for, 159

Schuyler, Arent, house and lot, 571 ;
will, 598; wife, 598; mentioned,
590

Schuyler, David Pietersen, 348, 531 ;
sale of house, 210; witness, 328,

517
Schuyler, Gerrit, 252
Schuyler, Johannes, 22, 156, 592
Schuyler, Margarita, house and lot,

571

Schuyler, Philip Pietersen, power of
attorney from, 38, 261 ; deposition
by, 47; bond of De Witt to, 71;
attorney for Aeltje Schuyler, 159;
special attorney, 175 ; conveyance
of property, 189; bond of Jansen
to, 200; examination of accounts
of Withart, 233; attorney of Gerrit
Schuyler, 252; bond of Willett to,
256; bond of, 291; captain of bur-
gesses, 322, 324, 442; farm, loca-
tion, 409, 580; widow, 571; men-
tioned, 37, 135, 136, 370; witness,
42, 61, 120, 127, 188, 199, 207, 237,
292, 293, 553, 572

Schuyler, Pieter, 17, 548; buys lot,
525; deacon of Reformed church,
588

Segersen Cornells, see Van Egmont,
i ornelis Segersen; Van Yoorhout,
Cornells Segersen
Shaw, William, witness, 477
Shutte, John, English schoolmaster

at Albany, 233
Sickels (Seckelsen), Lambrccht, in-
denture of, 485
Sickels (Seckels), Zacharias, bonds,
112; indenture of son, 485, 585;
agreement to herd cattle, 510; wit-
ness, 105
Slachboom, Anthonia, see Van Cur-
ler, Anthonia Slachboom
Slecht, Hendrick Cornelisen, wit-
ness, 44
Slichtenhorst, Gerrit, see Van Slich-

tenhorst, Gerrit
Slingerlant, Albert, 590
Slingerlant, Arent, 590
Slingerlant, Cornells Teunissen, 223
Slingerlant (Slyengherlant), Teunis
Cornelissen, 161; bonds, S3, 113;
wife, 226; power of attorney from,
229; house and lot, 389, 523; sells
lot, 557; mentioned, 445, 590; wit-
ness, 374
Slyckoten, Willem Jansen, 51
Smeedes, Jan, 556

Smit (Smith, Smyt), Dirck Jansen,
sale of sloop, 133; bond of, 134,
171 ; witness, 134
Smits, Valey, 33

Soogemackelyck, Jacob Adriaense,
see Van Woggelum, Jacob Adri-
aensen
Soogemackelyck, Pieter Adriaensen,
see Van Woggelum, Pieter Adri-
aensen
Soestbergen, Reyer Cornelissen, 46
Speck (Indian), 556
Spitsenberg, Teunis Cornelissen,
see Van der Poel, Teunis Corne-
lissen
Spycker, Cornelis, 245
Staets (Staas), Abraham, lease of
farm, 29; patent, 30; attorney for
Hartgers, 174, 212, 213; sells house
and lot, 266, 555; captain major,

>*-

i RE( ORDS OF AI

322, 324; wife, 109, 339, 379; men-
tioned, [35, 311, .55;. 358, 395, 433,

Jacob, 45.< ; v 191, 492

Starrevelt, Cornelis Cornelissen, see
Van Sterrenvi
lissen

Stava ind lot,

Stavast, Cerrii Jansen, widow, 418;
witness, 39 1, y 1

\ n 1. I [ans, special :
ney, 185; account of, 185
Steenbergh, Matthj 5, « it
Steenwyck, Cornelis, 313, 179; power
■ 1 r_\ to, .1-' ; « itness, 3 1

Jan, bound to I
[38

n, Pieter, 532
Stol, Jacob Jai
54: killed in fii is War. 54

widow, 08, 99, 1 12 : ordi
Weinp, 280
Stol, Jan Jacobsen,

Willem fa
Stone \' abia, 370
Stone hook, 392

Pati 1 'i

boat, 490

Dircksen, 276, 277
Stratsmans (Straetskerks, Straets-

mans I, Barentie, .^4. 415
Stri ; (Struddli ibrlcl

mpson, di ; ;

himself, 143; lease of h
leasi 1 ' 1

floui menti :d, 32 ..

win 537

Facob, ■ m , 175
Stuyvesant, Peter, 9, to, n, [2, 15,

18, of, 413

Suyck, Gi

229, 231
Swart (Swardt, S- Gerard,

[61 ; bonds, 11 1 : will, 138; wife,
138; attorney for Hartgers, 171

212, 213; bond of Dirckje Harmens
heriff, 184 ; special attor-
ney, 194. 218; lease of garden, 109;
house and lot, 266; executor
of Pietersen's estate, 319; signa-
ture, 32.?; deposition of, 331,
house, 424, 476 ; witi 47, 54,

■ 17, 14 s . 15
t88, 201, 207, 215, 23

J(>2. 2' q. 276, 279, 280, 285, 29
356, 389, 4'5. 451, 571, 575. 57''
Swart, Pieter, IS

A rent (sloop), [33

Swartwout, Roeloff, mortgage, n.r
wife, [6) ; mentioned, 151. 223
jjS, 318; witness, 318

Suit-, Adriaentie Cornelis, 268, 269

Swits, Claes Cornelissen, head farm-
el 200; aco 'i" t of, 2 1; r< latives
agree nol to prosecute Philip Hen-
dricksen for manslaughter, 21
sen, 200,

Swits, Isaack Corneliss n, 268
ai farm, 285

Swits, Jillisji 1 la<

Irick, 583

Sybingh, Mrs Jan, 16 t 1 583
h, Jan Hendricxsen, mei
in Amsterdam, 249; special attor-
ney, 333, 428: Utter- from Van
[lpendam to, 335. 337; ment

335

Syme, an Indian. 51

1 -m (Symensen), V
(Arien, Aryan), at
pute with de Looper, 88 : |„,nd of
Vyselaer to, 9

man to, 124. power of atlo
front, 127; obligations and ac-
counts, 12S; obliga Cooy-
inaii iunt with Philip-
sen, [29 ; bond of.

mands
,m Philipsen, [31 ; hi l>. .

i.!.?: accounts, 134; mentioned, 42,
I 1, 89, 1 [ft 14<) : «

Symonscn, Pieter, a-,v Van Oossancn
1 r Symoi

INDEX

633

Tabellio, functions of. 4

Tack, Aert Piertersen, assignment of
part of estate, 39; bond of, 72;
promissory note, 72; power of at-
torney from, 73 : buys horses, 107 ;
mentioned, 265 ; account of, 265

Tack, Cornells Pictersen, 39

Tappen, Jurriaen Teunissen, glazier,
58; will, 58; bonds, 137, 257, 303;
house and lot, 140, 476: buys bak-
ery, 179 ; contract for wheat, 187;
tobacco sold to, 258; account of,
358; patent, 464; lease of farm,
520; buys land, 549; wife, 556;
buys farm, 576; mentioned, 330,
388, 591 ; witness, 42, 53 132, 137,
267, 296, 468, 469, 474, 496, 501

Teffenichki (Indian), 315

Teller, Andries, bond of, 235 ; attor-
ney for Marytie Van Alen, 426;
house and lot, 463, 482, 566, 569 ;
mentioned, 554, 590, 591 ; witness,
2^2, 239, 242, 413, 481, 501, 531, 535,
580

Teller, Jannetie, will, 590, 598; ac-
count of, 599

Teller, Lysbeth, 95

Teller (Tailler), Willem, bonds, 113,
295; farm, 200, 2S5, 472; lieutenant,
324; house and lot, 396, 404;
daughter, 599; mentioned, 221, 268;
witness, 222, 594

Ten Broeck, Dirck Wessels, special
attorney, 179; buys house, 262;
deposition of, 338; house and lot,
443; land at Kinderhook, 513, 514;
witness, 66, 395, 504, 505. 51°, 5 T 7>
523, 54S. 556, 587, 596

Ten Eyck, Jacob, witness, 508, 532,
543, 568

Tery, Jacob Hendricksen, 250

Teunissen, Claes, from Gorkum,
lease of farm, 294 ; contract of
sale of house, 294. See also Uylen-
spiegel, Claes Teunisser

Teunissen, Cornells, see Hooge-
bocm ; Van Slyck ; Van Vechten ;
Van Westbroeck

Teunissen, Dirck, see Van Vechten,

Dirck Teunissen
Teunissen, Egbert, 582
Teunissen. Gerrit. see Van Vechten,

Gerrit Teunissen
Teunissen, Jacob, see Quick, Jacob

Teunissen
Teunissen, Jan, 83
Teunissen (Tunsen), Juriaen, sec

Tappan, Juriaen Teunissen
Teunissen, Michael, 83
Teunissen, Pieter, 169
Teunissen, Sweer, see Van Velsen,

Sweer Teunissen
Theysen, Jacob, see Van der Hey-

den, Jacob Thej 51 11
Thomassen, Gabriel, see Stridles,

Gabriel Thompson
Thomassen, Harman, see Hun, Har-

men Thomassen
Thomassen, Jan, see Witbeck, Jan

Thomassen
Thompson, Gabriel, see Stridles,

Gabriel Thompson
Thuyssen, Jacob, see Van der Hey-

den, Jacob Thyssen
Timmel, Jan, 172
Timmer, Jan Ysbrantsen, witness,

172
Timmerman, Abraham Jansen, see
■ Jansen, Abraham
Tjarcks, Elsie, 268
Toinel (Thonnell), Anthony. 75;

promissory note, 79; wife, 79, 121 ;

bond of, 121 : witness, 54
Toll, Hans Carelsen, 152, 166; bonds,

112; sells house, 202; wife, 260;

sells lot, 407
Truax, Jacob, see Du Trieux, Jacob
Tunsen, Jureyan, see Tappen, Jur-
iaen Teunissen
Turck, Poulus, witness, 496
Turek, Symon Claessen, identure,

307
Turck, Symon Jansen, see Henny-

pot, Symon Jansen
Tymensen, Jan, 36
Tyssen, Claes, 150; witness, 314
Tyssen, Evert, 288

634

EARLV RECORDS OF ALBANY

n, Jacob, see Van der 1 1.
b Thyssen

facques, ii2, ig8. See also
Van der Heyden, Jacob Thyss< n
Tyssen, Jan, 124 ; agreement regard-
ing property of Van Voorhout,
1 of farm, 406
■ n, l.\ sbet, 206
Tyssinck (Ttesynck), Hilletji
I [illeke ( Tj ssinck )

Uylensp : egel, Claes Tcunissen, 376;
children of Carsten Carstensen to

■ 4/7

Van Abcoude, Paulus Cornelissen,

see Cornelissen, Paulus
Van Achtienhoven, Aert Jacobsen,
.1 \ .hi \ 1 1 hten to, 203
eel 'I. .in i lostcr, bond from
Philipsen to, 185; guardian of
1 atalina Bercx's children, 218:
bond of Willett to, 239; wifi

ney, 289; power of

irney from, 293; attorne) for,

138; mentioned, 103, [41, [95, 396,

i 1 w itness, 91, 181, 183, 270

Van Alen, Lourens, bouse and lot,

92, 1 71 j. 531 : bond of I lulleman to,

230; attorney for Marytie van

Uen, 426; leasi of land, 354, 448;

mentioned, 330, 344 ; witness, 75,

95, [80, 242, 287, 321, 381, 401, 5.1?

\ .in \]< n, M.n 11 ie, 423

Mi'ii, Pieter, bond of, 66; pow ei
oi attorney from, 170: bond of
I lulleman to, jj.=; : widow . 355 1

1 and lot, 400, 420 ; witiu -s.

156

Vmersfort, 1 [armen I lion
1 Inn, I [armen Thomassen
Van Antwerpen, Dante] Jansen, in-
denturi to Vppel, 122; witness,

1 7,i 243
Van Aurich, Jan Harmensen, sec

I larmensen, Jan
\ .hi Baarn (Barcn, Bacren), Claes

Jansen, ?i l.m en I laes

Van Bael (Balen), Jan Hendricksen,
payment 10 Tack, 39; hound out
Pootman, 115: power of attorney
from, 14;; debt of Ja-robsen to,
[16; .ii > ount w nil Philips n, [29;
bond "i Willemsen to, 215; bond
of I lulleman to, 236 I 324 ;

house and lot, 403, 430; account of,
44-'; mentioned, 131; witness, 225,
-'' 17

Van Barm el I lendrick Willemsen
witness, 445

Van Benthuysen, Paulus Martensen.
wife, 315 . house, 544. 53> ; pur-
chasi . 305 ; witness,

192, 521, 606

Van Bergen, Marten Gen
Gerri . Marten

Van B< 1 gi 11 op Zoom, Jan \
361

Van I 1 khoovc n),

1 laes Jansen, contract to build
barn. 144: lease of lot to, 140; buys
land, 393 : sells land, 402, 561; in-
denture of Van v - en to,
562; wife, 562; mentioned, 132,
283, 409; witness, 408

Van Bommel, Marcelis Janssen, see
Jansen, Marcel

Van Bon, 1 [endrick O ( ", ac-

. ount, 113; w itness, 47

Van Borsum, Cornells, >ale of
negress, 456; sale of negro, 493;
contrai 1 F01 flour, 405

\ .in B01 sum, Egbert, w idow, 412

Van Borsum, Harmanus, 417; lease
of -loop, 452

Van Bremen, Jan Dircksen, 43, 351 ;
contract for deliverj ol logs,
witness, 54

Van Bremen, Pieter Bruynsen, see
Bruynsen, Pieter

Van Breuckelen, Cornelis Theunis-
sec Van Sly< k, I ornelis An-
thonissen

Van Breuckelen, Gysberl Cornelis-
sen, see Van den Berch, < i

I ..rnrli-.Mil

\ an Bronkhoi st, Wilhelmina, 118

INDEX

63;

Van Brugh (Van Bruch), Annetie,

205

\"an Brugh, Johannes, wife, 204; wit-
ness, 76

Van Buren, Cornelia, 14

Van Buren, Cornelis Maessen, 41,

434. 4"4

Van Buren, Jan, 1 1

Van Buren, Maes Cornelissen, 564 :
bond of, 434; witness, 423, 464,
483. 5-'5, 553. 576

Van Buren, Martin Cornelissen, 41

Van Coppernol. Claes Willemsen, 350

Van Cortlandt, Oloff Stevensen, spe-
cial attorney, 228, 291, 348

Van Cortlandt, Stephanus, 357 ; saw-
mill, 383 ; witness, 572

Van Couwenhoven, Jacob, 9, 11

Van Couwenhoven (Couhoven).
Pietcr, 150

Van Covelens, Jacob Joosten, 311,
481

Van Curler, Anthonia Slachboom,
power of attorney from, 388; lease
of island, 409

Van Curler (Corler, Corlaer, Curlar,
Curlaer), Arent, lease of horse
mill, 46; tobacco on farm of, 65;
bonds, 113; sells horse, 135; sells
house, 176; sells mill, 197; special
attorney, 303; debts to be collected
by, 3 C 4; widow, 388, 409; men-
tioned, 14, 36, 161, 199, 280, 305 ;
witness, 37, 49, 71, 162, 19S, 199,
221, 222, 264, 285, 298

Van Curler, Benonie, 590

Van Curler, Joachim, 177

Van Dam, Claes Ripsen, 88; bonds,
113; charges against, 362, 363, 437;
wife, 362, 437 ; mentioned, 438 ;
witness. 124, 326, 353, 354, 372, 374,
429, 498, 514, 515. 53-2, 568

Van den Berch (Bergh), Arent, 36;
contract of Bogardus with, 423;
surety, 444; sells house and lot,
463 ; daughter, 506
Van den Berch, Claes Cornelissen,
45 ; witness, 48

Van den Berch, Fredrick Gysbert-
sen, 77, 160, 186

Van den Berch (Berg, Bergh), Gys-
bert Cornelissen, house, 157; agree-
ment with Coninck, 253 ; farm, 458

Van den Bogaert, Surgeon Harmen
Meyndertsen, 269

Van den Bogaert, Meyndert Har-
mensen, 269, 395, 457, 548, 590;
witness, 253. 349, 4<?4

Van den Bongaard, Anna, 1 18

Van den Bongaard, Beernt, lord of
the manor of Nieuwenroode, 118

Van den Broeck, Xicolaus, widow,
181

Van den Burchgraeff, Adriaen Hcn-
driexsen, 276

Van den Burchgraeff, Hendrick
Adriacnssen, 273, 275, 276, 278

Van den Burchgraeff, Maeyken Hen-
dricx, 273, 274, 275, 276; postnup-
tial settlement, 278

Van den Uythoff, Wouter Albertsen,
house, 210, 213; will, 450; witness,
261, 557

Van der Burgh, Cornelis Willemsen,

372

Van der Donck, Adriaen, 9, 10
Van der Grist, Marritie, 95
Van der Grist, Nicolaes, 497
Van der Heyden, Jacob Thysen,
attorney for Romeyn, 134 ; deposi-
tion of, 314; special attorney, 446;
house and lot, 475 ; sells lot, 525 ;
mentioned, 17, 281, 283; witness,
46, 134, 143, 355, 368, 372, 384. 415,
443, 482, 490, 491, 523, 529, 563, 565,
566, 583, 58S
Van der Heyden, Jan Cornelissen,
special attorney, 115; Van Schel-
luyne, clerk for, 201 ; bond of Jan-
sen and Cornelissen to, 212; will,
244; purchase of scow, 281; con-
tract with Cornelissen, 282; lease
of house, 292; power of attorney
from, 296 ; mentioned, 123, 265.
284; witness, 117, 123, 127, 12S, 137,
223, 248, 256, 281

6 3 6

■ . RE( ORDS OF ALBANY

Van der I ! irnelis-

for, 534; will. 590
wife, 605

der Hoeven, Jan Cornelissen,
1, ase of house, 518; witness, 343, 573
Van der Lip, 1 -47

Van der Meulen, Hendrick Gerrit-
hous . 151 ; brew-
I l'.t, 407;
win 380

Van der Poel, Elizabeth, 590, 591
Van der Poel 91

Van der Pod, 598

I
383: witni ss, 550
Van der Poel, I eu
bond ol Jai obsen to, 52 ; lease oi
farm, 4^5 ; accounts with I
mans, 498 : mentii . 499;

witi 116

Van der Poel, Wynant 'lerritsen.
wife, 47, 316; bond of Gysbertsen
iond of, 70; sawmill, 213,
258; power of attornej

, 443, 572; sale of

454 : house and lot, 475 ;
1
Van der Stichel (£ [hi len I, Sixt,

135;
Van 'It Veen, Walewyn, 3,
Van der Zee, Gerrit,
Van der Zee, Storm Mbertsen, spe-
cial attorney, . attor-
ney from, 224, -v*: bond of, 223,
sells lot, 31 1 ; deposition of,
350; will, 469; mentioned, ^4. [61,
361, 4)j: witness, 90, 249, 4' 8 421,
417. 44*

dei Zee, Wouter, 59]
Van 1 >'tis. 11, Malheus Abrahamsen,

1 [3, 4_7, 590; win
Van dc Water, Hendrick,

attorney, 228 ; win
Van de Well, Lauris ( ornelisz, 33

Lubbertu
Van Dockum, Pieter Boutsi n
Van Doesburch, Geertruyl Vndries,

tornej
will, 483

Van Doesburch, Hendrick And

sen. house and lot, 269; widow, 271
Van Doesburch, Jannetie Hendricks,

-'7i
Van I 1 aniel, 136

I »orp, Jan, 254
Van Duynkercken, Adriaen Jan-en,

49
Van Dyck, Cornelis, apprenticeship
in, 74 ; buys lot, 31 1

nature, 348; sel 04; lease of

farm, 507; mentioned, 347

witness, 74. 44'. 457. 4*7, 5»3, 543.

54*. 556,
Van Dyck, Hendrick, daughter, 67;

son, 74; sellout-fiscal, 118; servant,

1S4 ; mentioned, 591
Van Dyck, Lydia, 67
Van Dyck, Ryckje, n8
Van Dyck, Willi. il attorney,

1 18; account of, 1 18
Van Eckele (Eeckele), Jan Jansen,

wife, [61, 226, 444: « ;
Van Egmond (Van Egmont), Count

Lamoral, 166
\'an Egmont, Cornelis Segerscn, 165
Van Elpendam, sec Van Ilpendam
Van Elslant, Catalyntie, .577
Van Elslant 1 161, 378; « il

445- 531
Van Knst, Ban 227,

237, -'.**
1 >irck. 272
Van Eps, Jan,

ps, Lj sbet I »it
Van Es, Cornelis, 1 1-'
\ an Hi nsburg, Paulus 1 omeliswn,

see I 'ornelissen, Paulus
\ ..11 1 ulpei 1 1 . 590

rmen-

remarks about I lai ■ I

41. 4-', 44. 45 : bom 8, 487 :

partnership w 1 ' 320; buj -

farm, 351: contract annulled, 352;

brewery, 4m : bu) -

laud, 5 i'i: mentioned, 305, l' 1

witness, 384, 428, 526, 534

Maximiliacn, 100

INDEX

637

Van Gordingh, Lieve Fredericksen,

178

\"aa Gorkum (G'orinchem), Claes
Theunissen, sec Teunissen, Claes,
and Uyl en spiegel, Claes Teunissen

Van Goltenburch, Dirck Hendrick-
sen, see Hendricksen, Dirck

Van Groenwout, Jurriaen Jansen,
lease of house. 1^5: settlement of
Maritie Mingaels estate, 308; house
and lot, 375; witness, 151, 388, 450

Van Gutsenhoven, Jan Bastiacnsen,
assignment of debts to, 35; account
of, 36; bond of Pels to, 60; agent
of Messrs Momma, 60; special
attorney, 89; bond of Hendricksen
to, 93; bond of Klein to, 93; bond
of Cruyff to, 97; bond of Van
Voorhout to, 98; bond of Geer-
tryt Andriessen to, 98; bond of
Fredericksen to, 99; bond of
Jacobsen to, 100; bond of Powell
to, 101 ; bond of Dareth to, 101 ;
bond of Martsen to, 107; power
of attorney from, no, 291; li
bonds, in ; witness, 90, 93. 100

Van Haerlem, Tan Joosten, 96

Van Haerlem, Tryntje Jans, 96

Van Hamel, Diederick, bonds. 113;
widow, 121

Van Hamel, Dirck, 13; bond of, 121 ;
account of, 75, 121

Van Hardenbroeck (Hardenbrock),
Margarita, power of attorney
from, 194; bond of Van Jeveren
to, 232

Van HarstenhoiM, Hendrick Hen-
dricksen, 338

Van Harstenhorst, Judickie Hen-
dricks, 338

Van Heerden, Roelof Willemsen,
farm, 164; bond of, 215

Van Hennekelaer (Hennekela, Peel,
222, 297

Van Hoeck, Arent Isaacksen, lease
of house. 212; witness. 140

Van Hoesen (Hoesem). Jan Frans-
sen, 131, 166; wife of, 41, 209:
bonds, 112

Van Hoesen (Hoesem), Juriaen Jan-
sen, deposition by, 57; lease of
house, 343 ; daughter, 607 ; guar-
dian of Michiel Calier's children,
608; mentioned, 58, 555, 591 ; wit-
ness, 421, 555
Van Hoesen (Hoesem), Tretie, 607
Van Hoesen, Volckert, 591
Van Hoesen, Volkje, 41, 209, 591
Van Hoorn, Pieter Jansen, bonds of,

69, 76, 94, 168
Van Ilpendam, Adriaeu Jansen (Van
Ilpendam, Adrian Johnson), no-
tary, 3, 17, 20, 21 ; career of, 15-
18; records of, 24, 26-28; school-
master. 56; guardian of Catalina
Bercx's children, 218; executor of
Pietersen's estate, 319; appoint-
ment as provost of Albany, Rens-
selaerswyck and Schenectady. 321 ;
clerk of the Council of War, 322;
deposition of, 329; letters to Gul-
dewaghen, 333, 334, 493, 494: let-
ters to Sybinck, 335, 337; letter to
Mrs Sybingh, 583; committed sui-
cide. 588; mentioned. 241, 308, 472;
witness, 137, 202, 220
Van Ilpendam, David Jansen, 334
Van Ilpendam, Jan Jansen, 15
Van Imbroch (Imborch), Surgeon
Gysbert, bond of Tack to, 72: at-
torney, 90; house, 108; witness, 95
Van Kulenburgh, Gerrit Jansen, 512
Van Laer, Adriaen, of New Amster-
dam, attorney of Harmen Thoma>-
sen Hun, 79, 235 ; Hun's bond to,
So; bond of Willem Erouwer, 81;
mother, 254; brother, 574; men-
tioned, 233, 374
Van Laer, Albertie Gerrits, 574
Van Laer, Annetie Gerrits, 574
Van Laer, Baeyken Adriaens, 254'
Van Laer, Egbert Gerrits, 574
Van Laer, Geertie Gerrits, 574
Van Laer, Grietie Gerrits, 574
Van Laer, Jacob Gerritsen, from
Ruinen, will, 573; witness, 202,
314. 383, 4.!' 1

6 3 8

I.AKI.Y KKCftKDS OF ALBANY

Van Laer, Jan < lerritsen, 574
Van Laer, Juditie Gerrits, 574
Van Laer, Roelof, lord of Ruinen,

574

Van Laer, Roelofie Gerrits, 574

Van Laer, Stoffel Gerritsen, brother
of Adriaen van Laer. 374

Van Langesont, Hans Carelsen, see
Toll, Han 1

\ .,11 I mm! ii. Simon, 121

Van Leyden (Lyden), Nathaniel
Pietersen, 7.1

Van Loode 1 j n, racob, .5.54

Van Loon, Jan. quitclaim from
Michielsen to, 358; land at Clave-
rack. 464; account of, 465; land at
Loonenburgh, 5/6. 581 1 men-
tioned, 17, 591 : witness, 44 s . 47''.
487, v»'. 491, 499, 520, 522, 523, 527,
537. 5.1'). 549, 55o, 565, 576, 578

Van 1. oosi in , In. I. u nli. notarj , [81

Van Marcken, Jan Gerritsen, con
F01 di li 1 b» r, 150, 160;

notary public and magistrate, 150;
deposition by, 183; farmer of the
excise, [83; power of atti

1. [86; appraisal of tobacco.
258; theft of his pothook, 331;
mentioned, 186; witness, 124, [68,
211, 227, 343

Van Marie, Barent, house and lot,
84, 92; power hi attorney front,
90
Van Masterlant, Roeloff Jansen, _>6j ;

wid. 1 i

Van Merwen, Jacob Fransen, 334
Van Munnickendam, Pieter Cornelis-

\'an Muyden 1 277

Van Naerden, Hendrick Jansen. 104

Van Neck, Lambert Albertsen, a<

count of, [90 : witness, 172, [8 1,

100,
Van Nes, Hendricksen, to

marry Maria Damen, 271, 272;

antenuptial contract, 273;

men) regarding property, -74: "ill

..I mothi r of first post

nuptial settlement. 278; brewery,
278; mentioned. 308; witness, 126,

185

\ an Ni G ril 1 lornelissen, 275 ;

■ml. nuptial contract, 355
Van Nes, Gerritie Cornells, 275
Van Nes. Grietie Cornells, 275
Van Nes, Hendrick Cornelissen, 275
Van Nes, Hendrickie Cornelis, 275
Van Xes. Jan Cornelissen, 275, 503;

price of farm, 330
Van Neurenburch, Han- Coenraet-

sen, power oi attorney from, 34,

245; house, -'40; daughter, 415;

wife, 415 : witness. 50
Van Nieukerck, Cornelis Brantsen,

bond of, 298, 301; witness 301, 302
Van Nieukerck, Gerrit 1 laessen

tract as farm hand. 2Z2 ; witness,

[92. '93
\'an Nieukerck, Wouter Aertsen, 44-'
Van Noorstrant, Jacob Jansen, 591;

bonds, 1 13 ; hi mse and lot, 59s ; wit

ness, 225, 471. 518
Van Noortstrant, Jan Jacobsen, 503
Van Norden, Joost Theunisen, 77
Van Nykerck, ( laes Jansen, 144
\ an 1 >M< nburg, Jan Gi rritsen, lease

in lot, 154. 208
Van Olinda, Pieter Daniels, witness,

Van Oort (Van Noort, \';moort),

' n, 103

Van Oossanen, Cornelis Jacobsen,

118
Van 1 lossam n Cot m li I

wife, 69

■ lossanen (Backer), Jan.Claes-

sen, J37: bond of Teller to, 295;
er of attoi n< j from, 296 : bond

of Dulleman to, 227; witness, 293
Van Oossanen, Pieter Claessen, 227,

234
\ ,,n ( lossanen, Pieter Symonsi n
Michiels, to plant toba

r of attorney from, 109, 243,
. witness, no, 235

Van < lostenvelt, fan I homasscn, see
Thomassen, fan

INDEX

639

Van Oothout, see Oothout

Van Papendorp, Adriaen Gcrritsen,
house, 15, 72, 108, 208; account of,
106; administrator of property of
Dirck Jansen Croon, 251 ; member
of consistory, 348; executor of the
will of Rutger Arentsen, 480; wit-
ness, 106, 108, 196, 352, 398, 399,
401, 518, 546

Van Petten, Claes Frederickscn, lease
of farm, 285; buys sloop, 467; sells
interest in sloop, 468; account of,
516; negro sold to, 537

Van Ravesteyn, Elias, lease of work-
room, 353; indenture, 399; sublets
house, 432; witness, 377, 444

Van Rechter, Tryntie Tans, 79, 254

Van Rensselaer, Jan Baptist, lease
of lot, 149; ordered to pay Jur-
riaensen, 288

Van Rensselaer, Jeremias, tobacco on
farm of, 66; special attorney, 110;
list of bonds, III; attorney for his
brother, 149; contract for wheat,
187; horse mill, 198; attorney for
heirs of Reur, 279; order of, 288;
captain of the horse, 324; rent of
Van Vechten's farm, 340 ; widow,
351, 35": farm of, 373 ; land at
Claverrack sold by, 427 ; men-
tioned, 14, 85, 136, 163, 409; wit-
ness, 32, 155

Van Rensselaer, Kiliaen, 75

Van Rensselaer, Maria, sale of
farm, 351; land at Claverrack
bought of, 357; widow of Jeremias
Van Rensselaer, 520

Van Rensselaer, Domine Nicolaus,
controversy with Leisler, 347;
power of attorney from, 348 ; sale
of farm, 351; sawmill, 383; con-
tract with Robert Livingston, 441 ;
mentioned, 357 ; witness, 438

Van Rensselaer, Richard, bond of
Teunissen to, 303 ; witness, 299, 3C9

Van Rossum, Teunis Cornelisscn,
162

Van Rotterdam, Claas, bonds, 112*

Van Rotterdam, Claes Jacobsen, see
( iroesbeek, Claes Jacobsen

Van Rotterdam, Claes Jansen, 144
397

Van Rotterdam, Hans Jansen, wit-
ness, 164

Van Rynsburch, Paulus Martenscn,
see Van Benthuysen, Paulus Mar-
tensen

Van Rynsburch, Pieter Jacobsen, 226

Van Rys, Gerrit Hendricksen, bond
of Van Twiller to, 221, 297 ; bond
of Van Gansevoort to, 298; bond
of Van Nieukerck to, 298, 301 ;
bond of Maria Dyckman to, 300;
bond of Jansen to, 302; power of
attorney from, 303 ; debts to be col-
lected for, 304; mentioned, 305

Van Ryswyck, Anthonia. will, 138

Van Salzbergen, see Van Sols-
berghen

Van Santen, Johannes, 591

Van Schaick, Annetje, 503

Van Schaick (Schayk), Anthony,
buys farm, 503 ; parents, 503 ; men-
tioned, 590, 591 ; witness, 474

Van Schaick (Schaeyck), Geertie,
269, 462, 503

Van Schaick, Gerrit 503

Van Schaick (Schayck), Goossen
Gcrritsen, attorney for Jansen,
141 ; contract for loan of money,
173: lease of lots, 193, 306; bond
of Willett and Teller to, 235;
daughter, 263 ; conveyance of prop-
erty to daughter, 269; account of,
269; wife, 270, 503, 589; lease of
farm, 294; sells house, 294; lieu-
tenant, 324; signature, 387; brew-
ery, 390

Van Schaick, Livinus, 590; witness,

514, 515, 589

Van Schaick, Sybrant, parents, 503 :
sale of brewery, house and lot, 517,
555; sale of land, 580; account of,
580; mentioned, 335, 391, 591; wit-
ness, 559

Van Schaick island, 503

640

1- \KI.Y Rl CORDS OF ALBANY

Van Schelluyne, Cornells, parents,
14: indenture as clerk in Van der
Heyden's store, 201; apprentice-
ship to Bi house and lot,
523; quitclaim from Bastiaensen
43; indenture of De la Orange
to, ^44; witness, 150, 153, 169, 176,
248, 250, 252,

Van Schelluyne, Din .3, 15,

16; 1 1 records of, 18.

24, 25-26; binds out his son to
Hendrick Bries, 287; land at Nis-
kayuna, 394, 507; mentioned, 88

Van Schelluyne, Tielman, 15

Van Schoonderwoert, Dirck, 11

Van Schoonderwoert, Rutger Jacob-
sen, account of, 41; power oi at-
torney from, 3_'; bonds "i", 52, 100,
• 1. l>t t.. Van Bael, ti6; bill of
sale from, [68; witness, 51, 206

Van S . Teunis Jacob-

accounl of, 41 ; bonds, 113;
witness, 4:, 1;

Van Sch ihoven, Claes Hendric-

sen, widow, 51, 307: survej of lot,

397
Van Schwelm (Swellem), \*scr

Lei ser

Van 178

Van Seyl, Rut Arentsen, (96
Van Slichtenhorst, Branl Aertsen,

38,

Van Slichtenhorst (Van Slechten

horst ). 1 ierrit, power of attorney

I' 1 1-', jo 1 ;

mi nt with Andriessen, it 9 ;

raisal of tobacco, 258; contract

with I [oogeboom, 266 ; yiw :s bond

I tominie Van R elaer, 34; :
wife, 362, 437; sells lot, 408; sells
land. 426; buys land, 433; payment
for i

housi and lot, 407 . land of I laver-
ack, 551 ; witness 211, 3-'",

Van Slichtenhorst (Slechtcnhorst),
\l.ii .11 ita, 3 s

Van Slyck 1 Si hlick, Sclick, \ an

II k( In 1. ( "i nelis Anthonissen,

117; bonds of, 112, 144; son, 212;
witni ss, 29

\*an Slyck, Jacqui lissen,

lh. use and lot, 85; bond of, 212;
contract with Van Nieukerck, 222:
lease of land. 280; mentionei
592

Van Slyck (alias .Marten Maurits,
Marti n I ornelissen,
bond of, 172; indenture of Areiit-
sen to, 188

Van Slyck's island, 172, 188,280

Van Solsberghen, Jan Kendricksen,
all hi land, 433; indenture of son,
562; mentioned, 536

Van Solsberghen, Jan Jan* 11. 562

Van Steenwyck, Jan Albertsen, 61;
power of attorney i", <>); bond of
Van 1 1. nun in, 04; witness, 34

Van Sterrenvell (Starrevelt), Corne-
lls Cornelissen, 85, 129; to 1
barn, (13; bond of, 64; house, 125.
152, witness, 43. so, 298

ienhoven, Fiscal Cornelius, 12

Van Trlcht, Abraham, brothet
deposition of, 350; house, 430: wit-
ness, 356, 475. 546

\ .111 Ti ii in. Gen it, pow er of attor-
ney from, 95; account of, 95; wit-
ness, 172

beth, 95

Van Twiller (Twieler, Twyller),
Vert 1. Hi. "en*. 36; deposition by,
176 lull of ex-
change from, 177; bond oi, 221,
2.17 ; sail of clothe*.

1 wilier. Enneke Goosens, 222
\ an Twiller, Gerbertie Geurts, 222
\ .in 1 n iller, Johannes, 1 13, 301
Van I icob Adriaensen, see

Vdi .icob

Van Valckenburch, Lambert, 112.

376
Van Vechtcn, Cornells Ten:

4X7 ; witness, 438

Van Vechten, Dirck Teunisen, bond

..1. 4S7. will referred to, 22. 590,
502 ; mi ntioned, [66, 3411, 373

INDEX

64I

Van Vechten, Gerril Teunissen, en-
sign, 324 : lease of land, 457, 459,
460, 508, 515; negro sold to, 491,
492, 493; land at Kinderhook, 513,
514: patent, 516; mentioned, 340

Van Vechten, Jannetie, 166

Van Vechten, Tennis Cornelissen
(alias Jonge Poentie), 163, 19S. 304

Van Vechten, Tennis Dircksen, lease
of horses, 62; bonds, 112, 203; live
stock, 140; lease of house, 145;
contract for repair of house, 146;
deposition of, 340; mentioned, 37,
166

\ an Velsen, Sweer Teunissen, wife,
265, 596; referred to as " Van
Westbroeck," 283; marriage con-
tract, 2S5 ; lease of house, 292;
purchase of negro, 446; lease "I
land, 4S6; settlement of accounts,
567; mentioned, 31S, 447, 591

Van Veurden, Hendrick Jansen, 77

Van Meek, Tiehnan, 35

Van Voorhout, Claes Cornelissen,
children's inheritance, 20(1, 260;
wife, 206

Van Voorhout, Cornells Cornelissen,
contract for logs, 48; contract with
Labatie, 55; bonds of, 65, 98, 112;
sale of horse, 158; auction sale of
brew house, 310; signature, 207;
mentioned, 166, 206, 260

Van Voorhout, Cornells Segersen,
bonds, 113; Hendrieksen's bond to,
143; account of, 165; signature,
207; will, 259; wife, 259; men-
tioned, T,y, 206

Van Voorhout, Jacob Claessen, 206

Van Voorhout, Jannetie Cornelis,
166, 206, 260

Van Voorhout, Lysbet Cornelis, 166,
206, 260

Van Voorhout, Maryn Claessen, 200

Van Voorhout, Neeltie Cornelis, 166,
260

Van Voorhout, Seger Cornelissen,
89; purchase of wheat. 41: rela-
tives, agreement with Folckertje
Juriaensen, 165; witness, 66

Van Voorhout, Trynlie Claes, 206
Van Voorhout, Willem, 166
Wan Vorst, Jacobus Gerritsen, depo-
sition of, 340; indenture of son,
520; mentioned, 424, 591
\ an Vorst, Jellis. 529

Van Vranken, Ryck Claessen, 402;
purchase of land, 393

Van Weendorp, Jan Harmesen, see
Weendorp, Jan Harmensen

Van Werckhoven, Cornelis, 11

Van Westbroeck, Cornelis Teunissen
L'.os, 48, 88, 102, 103, 309; bonds,
112; lease of mare, 162; witness,
105, 250

Van Westbroeck, Sweer Teunisen,
see Van Velsen, Sweer Teunisen

Van Woert family, 41

Van Woggelum (Soogemackelyck),
Jacob Adriaensen, 35

Van Woggelum, Jan Pietersen, will,
542

Van Woggelum (Soogemacklyck),
Pieter Adriaensen, power of attor-
ney from, 35; account of, 35:
accounts, 113; bond of Hoogeboom
to, 53; daughter, 132; son, 542;
mentioned, 129, 305, 590, 591; wit-
ness, 58, 96, 366, 551

Van Woggelum, Pieter Pietersen.
base of farm, 532, 558; house and
lot, 556, 582 ; mentioned, 542, 543

Van Wyckersloot, Digna, 121

Van Wyckersloot (Wickersloot),
Sophia, 79, 528; promissory note,
75 ; bond of, 121

Van Ysselsteyn, Marten Cornelissen,
account of, 41 ; remarks about
Claes Bever, 41, 43, 44, 45; bond.
114: sale of house, 137: will, 359;
mentioned, 253, 427, 516

Van Zant, Johannes, 598

Van Zuylen, Rudolph, notary. 278

Varrevanger, Jacob Hendricksen, 70

Vastrick, Anthony, 89

Yedder, Harmen, farm, 242. 387 ;
land bought from Indians, 370;
sale of land, ^i)^; mentioned, 402,
590; witness, 201, 23J, 202

642

EARL'S REO IRDS 01 ALBANY

Volckertsen, 410,

545
Verachten, Johan, .'40

ei ck, Jan, deposition by, 47. 54.
123; mortgage, 113; special attor-
127; collection of accounts,
128; orphan master and guardian,
269, 271, 299; elder of Dutch
church, 348; al

for Mad, mi \ an ( urler, 388, 40 1 ;
will referred in, 590, 592; men-
tioned, 52, 88, 141, 161, i"). 339;

35, 40, 71. [28, i.i 1 i"
H>7. 183, 2l8, 241, -'74. 300, 31 9, 361,

367, 437, 44i, 474. '

bi uggi . 1 rillis, 228
\ erhagen, Josj ntje, 67
\ ermeulen, tsaac, power of attorm j

11 om, 40 ; v\ itness, N4
Verplanck, Geleyn, witness, 39, 93,

94, 99, [00, mi. [02

\ ' 1 plani k 1 \ 1 rplank, \ erplancken ).
Isaac, 93, 331 : witness, 577
chuyr, Pieter, ,5s
1 len. Daniel, 85
Arnout Cornelissen,
attorney, 95, 296; Indian inter-
ln eter, 95 : sale of property, 365 ;

lea-. "i house, 4_'4 . 1( .i-c of
1 SS, 545 ; house and lot, 547;
mentioned, 14. j, 202, 281, 283, 596;
witness, -.'45. 281, 3] 1, 401, 417, 447,
470.

1 I nil 1 . 1 iornelis 1 'ornelissen,
anoe, 57 : dissolution ol part-
nership with l'.ru\n, 283; farm,
iv witness, 201, 223

\ iel( , Maria, 570, 1

Vigo facqu

Vincent, Wilhelm, 1 18

Vinhagcn (Vinhaeghen, Vynaghen),
Jan, house and lot, 155, 410; de-
position of, 362 ; indenture ol
der Zee n 1, 60; administratoi 1
I," ob \ an I a< - 's estate, 575 : wit-
ness, 66 1 ". 432, 478

' k, G'errit, 4.u ; indenture of
en to, 474 ; witness, 134,

Visscher, Harmen Bastiacnsen, bonds,
it-'; sawmill, 373; surveyor, 397;

to build barn, 4.-4. 4'u; power of
attorney from, 42N ; account of,
462; house and lot, 526; quitclaim
from, 543; mentioned, 36, 76, 4".i,
500, 541; witness, 40, 314, 363, 437,
51 » 1

Visscher, Tierck Harmensen, sells
lot, 389 ; house and lot, 475 ; 1
bought by, 522; to build h
6 buys land, 580; witness, 359,
510

Ylas. Macrten Cornelissen. 515, 52]

Volckers, Emmetie, 330
Volckers( n, Symon, see Vei

Symon Volckertsen
Volckertsen, Jonas, tee Douw, Jonas

\ olekertsen

n. see also Folckertsen

\ "pie. Aniadoor. 5,57. 538
Vos, 1 atalx ntje. 455

' ornelis, bond. 114; witness, 82
\ os, Cornelis Dircksen, 325, .v^
Vosburgh (Vosburch), Abraham
1 rsen, accounts. 1 [3 ; v.
II'), 213, 258, 36/

gh, Geei truyt Pi< ters, 1 10 ;
sawmill, 213; house and lot, 367,

\ osburgh, Isaack, 590
Vosburgh, Jacob Abrahamsen, farm
at Kinderhook, 44S : -ells farm. 521 :
sells negro, 522
Vosburgh, Pieter, lease of land. .554 :
land al Kinderhook, 514; will, 603;
'Iriaantic, (104; wife Jan-
netie, 604; mentioned, 590, 591
Johannes de, see Friese, Johan
\ 1 ooman, \dain 1 fendricksen, 372
\ rooman, I iei 1 truyt, 570
\ rooman, I [endrick Meussen,

; indenture of son,
372; accounts, (33

\ 1 nan. Jacob Meussen, 570 ; w it

ness, 229, 231, 538
Vrooman, Jan Hendricksen, 550
\ rooman, Matthi - Pii ti rsen, will,

570; wife, 570

INDEX

643

Vrooman, Picter Meussen, sloop
bought by, 413; sale of, 421 ; men-
tioned, 65, 258, 305; witness, 197,
198. 468, 555
Vyselaer, Bastiacn Harmensen, 428
Vyselaer (alias Gou, Gouw), Jan,
Cornelissen, bond of, 94, 128; de-
position of, 129, 196; land, 580;
mentioned, 191, 420; witness, 401,
513

Waldron, Resolved, 184

Wcekstein, John, 67

Weekstein, Sarah, 67

Weekvildt, Thomas, 591

Weendorp, Jan Harmensen, lease of
house and brewery to, 255 ; bond
of Tappen to, 257 ; power of at-
torney from, 289; bond of Schuyler
to, 291; bond of Slichtenhorst to,
291 ; witness, 255

Weillemsen, Henderick, see Willem-
sen, HendnVk

Wemp, Aeltie Jans, 244, 284; special
attorney, 296

Wemp, Anna Jans, 284, 596

Wemp, Barent Janssen, 284, 596

Wemp, Grietie Janssen, 284

Wemp, Jan Barentsen, barn, 63 ;
house and lot, 64 ; Tack's note to,
72; power of attorney to, 73;
sale of horses, 107; indenture of
Arentsen to, 188; account of, 188;
widow, 222, 265, 280, 283, 285 ;
daughter, 244; order of Stol on,
280; settlement of estate, 283;
mentioned, 36, 52, 214, 262, 397

Wemp, Maritie Mynderts, referred to
as " Marreken Poest," 318; settle-
ment of estate, 596

Wemp, Myndert Jansen, 284; widow,
596

Wende!, Diever, 596

Wendel, Evert, junior, 566; witness,
507

Wendel, Evert Jansen, special attor-
ney, no; bonds, 113; deposition of
123. 33i; orphan master, 269, 271,

299; house and hit, 403; will re-
ferred to, 592; mentioned, 272;
witness, 64, 97, 98, 108, 206, 243,
274, 300

Wendel, Jeronimus, 590; house and
lot, 47K; indenture of Van Vorsl
to, 529

Wendel, Johannes, sells houses and
lot, 411, 547; buys house and lot,
425; deacon of Reformed church,
588; mentioned, 400, 500, 596; wit-
ness, 442, 504

Wesscls, Dirck, see Ten Broeck,
Dirck Wessels

Wessels (Backer), Jochim, house
and lot, 15, 141, 374. 395; agree-
ment with Pels, 123; bond of Dul-
leman to, 231); special attorney,
241 ; widow, 552 ; witness, 78

Wessels, Maria, 250

Westbroeck, Anthony Jansen, ac-
count of, 87; house and lot, 87,
140; Smith's bond to, 134; court
messenger, 140; bond of Dirch
Jansen to, 171 ; power of attorney
from, 177, 185; bond of, 200, 302;
debt, 305; mentioned, 131, 311;
witness, 148, 174, 2^3, 257

Whitbeck, see Witbeck

Willems, Anna, 488

Willems, Roelofie, 560

Willemsen, Cornells, see Van der
Burgh, Cornclis Willemsen

Willemsen (Weillemsen), Hendrick,
house and lot, 77, 317; will, 444

Willemsen, Roelef, see Van Heerden,
Roelof Willemsen

Willet, Capt. Thomas, power of at-
torney to, 32, 33; heirs of, bond of
Nottingham In, 417

Willett, John, bunds of, 235, 239, 256

Wills, 58, 138, 181, 204, 216, 219, 244,
250. 276, 318, 324, 326, 359, 439,
444, 450, 45-', 454, 466, 469, 479,
4S3, 505, 542, 560, 563, 570, 573,
593, 598, 602, 603, 605, 606

Wilschut. Captain Adam, 247

Winne, Adam, 546

EARLY Kl CORDS OF ALBANY

Winne (Wynne), Francois P
sen, indenture of apprenticeship,
4_'j ; will
Winne, Pieter, sawmill, 383, 519;
indenture of son. 4_'_> ;

lease of 1 I's island, 4.55.

will, 439
Winne, Pieter Pietersen, ji". u .

34°
\\ i|i. Segei G irnelissen, 166
Wisselpenninck (Wisselpenye), Rey-

nier, 37. 91
Witbeck, Jan Thomassen, paten
house and lot, [02; bonds, ii_':
account with Symensen, [30; lease
of lot, 1." 1 led I) .

I \~ . w In .11 delivered to, 44.^
negress, 456 : « ill, 483 : men! i
tg '■ itm ss, 37, 45, 340

Witfelt, Justus, wit;
Withart, Johannes, power of attor-
nej to, 32 : account with Phil
129; special attorney. [91; debl of
Schitt tn, 233 : mentioned, [31
Win. Tien ., De Win.

sen
Wollson, Samuel, 345
Woutersen, Cornelis, 408
Wybesen, Jan, -ale of land, 156;
mnl hi. [56; daughter Antje,
156
Wynants kill, 213,
Wynantsen, Gert, 5

Wynckoop 1. Cornelis, 158
1 atharyna, 602
-id (Wyngaart), Jan Luycas-
scn, will. 5' 10, 602

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