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Dutch Committee on Publication NEW YORK HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS: DUTCH COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION RALPH L. DE GROFF: Chairman Trustee—The Holland Society of New York Trustee—The Institute on Man and Science KENNETH SCOTT: Co-editor Trustee—The New York Genealogical and Biographical Society Fellow—The American Society of Genealogists KENN STRYKER-RODDA: Co-editor President—The National Genealogical Society Fellow and Past President—The American Society of Genealogists GANO R. BAILEY: Advisor Trustee—The Louis Beach Vreeland Foundation Executive Secretary—The Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York ROBERT G. GOELET: Consultant Trustee—The Holland Society of New York President—The New York Historical Society JULIAN K. ROOSEVELT: Consultant President—The Holland Society of New York Trustee—Museum of the City of New York NEW YORK HISTORICAL MANUSCRIPTS: DUTCH Translated and Annotated By ARNOLD J. F. VAN LAER Edited with Added Indexes by KENNETH SCOTT and KENN STRYKER-RODDA Published under the Direction of The Holland Society of New York Volume II Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642-1647 GENEALOGICAL PUBLISHING CO., INC. BALTIMORE 1974 Reproduced from Original Typescripts in the Possession of the New York State Library Albany, New York Front Matter and Indexes Added Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1974 Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number 73-14890 International Standard Book Number 0-8063-0585-1 Copyright © 1974 The Holland Society of New York All rights reserved Made in the United States of America VOLUME II REGISTER OF THE PROVINCIAL SECRETARY, 1642-1647 * Bond of Govert Loockemans and Cornells Leendersen for goods brought over In the ship Conlnck David [l] [Before me, Cornells van T]ienhoven, secretary residing In New Netherland [for the Chartered] West India [Company, lr the presence of the] undersigned witnesses, [appeared] Govert Loockmans [and Cornells Leendereen and acknowledged] for them­ selves, their heirs [and successors] that they had received from the hands of Jop Arentsen, [master of the] ship Conlnck Davit. * all the goods and merchandise In good condition, except one hogshead of brandy and one ditto of mead, the damage to which Is deducted from the freight, all according to the Invoices thereof signed by Jop Arentsen, which are therefore returned to him. The above named Govert Loockmans [and Corn]ells Leendersen also acknowledge that they are well and truly indebted to the afore[said] master for freight of the goods according to the bills of lading — first, thirty Carolus guilders for account of him, Loockmans; secondly, six hundred and seventy-four guilders for Gillls Verbruggen, and again seventy-five guilders for freight of brick and tiles, so that the whole sum, added together, amounts to seven hundred and seventy-nine guilders, from which is to be deducted the leakage from the hogsheads of brandy and mead, being thirty-five guilders, so that the sum which the master is still to receive at Amsterdam from * King David. The vessel sailed from the Texel on July 30, 16^1, and arrived at Manhattan on Nov. 29, 16^1. A journal of the voyage, kept by Anthony de Hooges, is printed in Van Rensselaer Bowler MSS., pp. 58I-603. 2 Mr* Gillls Verbruggen amounts to seven hundred and forty-four guilders net. They, the appearers, promise that the same shall be paid and satisfied, free of costs and charges, by Mr. Verbruggen aforesaid, for which and the fulfilment hereof they bind their respective persons and properties, movable and immovable, sub­ mitting the same to the Provincial Court of Holland and West Friesland and to all other courts, Judges and Justices. In testimony whereof this is signed by the appearers, together with Adriaen van Tienhoven and [ ], as witnesses hereto invited, the 7th of January A°. 16^2, in Fort Amsterdam, New Netherland. Gouert Loockemans Cornells Lenders Dlrck Corssen Stam witnesses Adriaen van Tienhoven } Bond of Dlrck Corssen Stam to skipper Jop Arentsen for the payment of his board on the voyage to New Netherland [2] [I, the undersigned] Dirck Corsen, * hereby acknowledge that I am well and truly [indebted to Jop Aertsen, skipper of the] ship C[oni]nck Davit, [in the sum of ] hundred and eighty-six Carolus guilders, computed at 20 stivers [the guilder], arls[lng from] board on said ship consumed with Abraham GCrevenraet] on [the voyage] from Amsterdam to New Netherland. Therefore I, Dlrck Corsen aforesaid, do promise that the above mentioned sum shall be satisfied and paid, free of costs and * The words "and Abraham Grevenraet" are canceled and "we" is changed to "I." The same change is made wherever the name of Dirck Corsen occurs in the original. 3 charges, by Mr, Hendrlc Grevenraet, merchant at Amsterdam,- when­ ever the above named skipper or the lawful bearer shall present this [bond] to Mr. Hendrlc Grevenraet; for which and as further security I, Dlrck Corsen, bind my person and property, movable and Immovable, present and future, without any exception, sub­ mitting the same to all courts, Judges and Justices, all without fraud, and In testimony of the truth this Is signed by me and the witnesses hereto. Done In Port Amsterdam, the 7th of January 1642, New Netherland. Dlrck Corssen Stam Houert Loockemans witnesses Adriaen van Tlenhoven Will of Jan Bartram, formerly lieutenant commander at Curacao [3] [I*1 the year after the birth] of our Lord and Savior [Jesus Christ, six]teen hundred [and forty-]two, [the sixth]* day of January, [before me,] Cornells van Tlenhoven, [secretary] residing in New Netherland [for the] Chartered West India Company, in the presence of, and before the undersigned witnesses, [appeared] Jan Bartram, born at 's-Gravenhage, lying abed sick at the house of Barent Dircksen, baker, residing on the island of Manhattan, but in full possession of his memory and under­ standing as It seemed evident to us, who declared that he, * See power of attorney from Pieter Jurgens to Ellas de Baet, dated July 4, 1642. 4 reflecting on the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the hour thereof, and wishing to anticipate all such uncertainty by certain testamentary disposition, of his own free will, with full knowledge and after due deliberation^ without Inducement, persuasion or misleading on the part of any person, has made and concluded, as he hereby does make and conclude, his testament and disposition of last will in the form and manner herein after written: First, after expressly revoking all and every testament and other disposition which he, before the date hereof, has in any­ wise made, executed or granted, he first commends his soul, always and whenever it shall leave his body, to the infinite mercy of Almighty God, and his body to a Christian burial, in the hope of a glorious resurrection at the last day. And here­ with coming to the disposition of all his possessions, means and effects, together with wages and earned monthly pay, all other profits and earnings and all such houses and lands as he, the testator, has lying at Lutjenburch In the duchy of Holstein, the testator has bequeathed, made over and left, as he hereby bequeaths, makes over and leaves the same, to Catrlna Lysinck from Coetsvelt, ^ his, the testator's, present wife, and that C 3* [ 3 shown [ ] 23 2 Lfltjenburg, a small city, a few miles east of Kiel, In Holstein. 3 Koesfeld, In Westphalia. ** Manuscript destroyed. 5 out of all [ 3 Barent [ 3 Dlrcksen [ 3 Sergeant Eodolff [ 3 requesting and requiring [that every one shall acknowledge3 this to be his last [will and testament and] requesting that this may [take effect and] after his death be observed and [fulfilled] before all courts, judges and [justices]. Furthermore, that she, Catrina Lysine, after the testator’s death shall be left in undisputed possession of all that shall belong to her under this will, without being obliged to render any statement or accounting thereof to any of the testator's relatives or friends. 5 In token and testimony of the honest truth this signed with his own hand and by the witnesses hereto invited, the day and year above written. Done as above. Jan Bartram 1642 Slbet Clasen ^ This is the X mark of y witnesses Hendric Pietersen from Wesel J Acknowledged before me, Cornells van Tienhoven, Secretary 5 5 Vrlenden oft bekenden; literally, friends or acquaintances, but probably intended for "relatives or friends," the word vrlenden being used in the sense of bloedvr1enden« or blood relations. 6 Adoption by Pieter Wolphertsen van Couwenhoven of Aeltje Pieters as his child and heir [4a] [I, the undersigned, Pieter] Wolphersen, [hereby] acknowledge for myself, [my heirs and] successors, that this day, date underwritten, I have adopted, as I do hereby adopt, Aeltje Pieters, my own daughter, * whom I have begotten and procreated by Marla de Truy, therefore promising from this date to do by the above named my daughter as a God-fearing father Is bound and ought to do by his own and legitimate daughter. There­ fore, I hereby discharge and release Cornells Volckersen, 21 husband and guardian of the above named Marla de Truy, from all charges and responsibilities Incidental to the bringing up of a child till she becomes of age, I, Pieter Wolphersen, promising to look after the child, to let her learn to read and to bring her up according to my means. Furthermore, If I do not beget any children by my present wife, the above named child shall be my rightful heir and Inheritrix as If she were duly begotten In lawful wedlock; and If It happen that children be begotten by me and my wife, the above named Aeltjen Pieters shall receive like the legitimate children on my side a Just child's portion of all such goods, means and effects as the Lord God Almighty shall be pleased to bestow upon me.
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