The Holland Society of New York - Yearbook (New York, NY)

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. 149 1 ing to Daniel Coppens. Witnesses, P' 1 A ' iiiiclnClaes Van Elslant, Jr.. le er ndnesen 1662, Sept. I. Imrnetle Dirx, widow of Frans Claesen deCd,1g,te Shoemaker at New Amsterdam, confers powers of' attorney upon her son Claes Fransen, about to depart' for H01- land, and to her brother-in-law Hendrick Jansen at Amster- dam, Holland, to demand of Jan Jansen, retail merchant in cheese and butter, what has been received by him by virtue of a power of' attorney conferred by principal's husband on March 12, 1655, of the estate of Aefjen Jans. Witnesses, Nicolaes Boot and Jacob Vis. 1662.. Sept. 2. Nicolaes Boot, merchant and burgher at New Amsterdam, confers power of attorney upon Nicolaes DeMeyer who is about to depart for Amsterdam, and also upon Abra: ham Grevenraet, merchant at Amsterdam, to demand of Willem Schyven, merchant at Amsterdam, payment for Virginia to- bacco, shipped to-day to said Willem Schyven, by the James and John, master John Warnar, with destination-to Edam, Holland. Witnesses, Hendrick Obe and Dirck Keyser. Copy of receipt dated May 24, 166 1, by Willem Schyven, to Nicolaes Boodt, for settlement of debts. - Copy of receipt dated June 4, 1661, by Willem Schyven, to N. Boodt, for 2I hogsheads of tobacco and 41 oxskins. Copy. Syvert Dircksen and Cornelis Dey or Bey were wit- nesses to a contract dated June 9, 166 1, between Willem Schyven and Nicolaes Boot. , Copy of bill of lading, dated June 5, 1661, signed by John Warnar, master of the James and John, for tobacco shipped by Nicholas'Boatt of Virginia, to Edam in Holland. 1662. Sept. 1. Wolfert Webber owes 2 guilders, for going with him to Michiel Tades' regarding the difference between said Webber and Ysbrant Dircx Goethart. I ,1662. Sept. 2. La Chair went with Jacob Vis to Eghbert Van Borsem's for purpose of receiving a declaration. . 1662. Sept. 2. La Chair wrote for Asser Levy four letters to Holland, each containing two pages, for which Levy owed I2 guilders. 1662. Sept. 4. Jacob Jansen Moesman, as guardian. of the minor children of decd Frans Claesen, during his lifetime schoolmaster at New Amsterdam, confirms Immet Dirx as attorney. - , . No date. Inventory of papers to be produced by J21C0b VIS in his suit against Pelgrom Clocq. V I662. Sept. 4. Hans Dreper, burgher of' New Amsterdam, for himself and for Barent Erndop, confers powers. of attorney upon Tobias De Koningh, Jr., at present commercial agent on the ship De Trou about to sail to Holland. Said attorney 1S to receive 151 guilders 3 stivers of Adriaen Campen, sall- maker at Hoorn fin another place named Arent Van Campenzl. Witnesses, Willem Bogardus and Geleyn Verp12.11CkC-

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151 ' 1662. Sept. 20. M. Spicer, Sam. S iser and ' under arrest at the city hall, owe La Clliair 1 guilciielrahyo sltiiftejrlsi for translations. J h T1 ' . I662. Sept. 20. o n 1 ton owes La Chair 2 ' ' translating for him the iiscal's demand. gullders for 1662. Sept. 20. John Eouwen owes 3 guilders for trans- lating the sentence of the hlgh council. ' 1662. Sept. 20. Mary Tilton owes 2 guilders for translating her reply. . Q 1662. Sept. zo. Sam. Spicer owes 1 guilder IO stivers for translating his answer. 1662. Sept. zo. Michael Spicer owes 1 guilder for trans- lating his appendix. 1 1662. Sept. 22. Geertie Ians, widow of Reynier Stoffelsen, decd makes will, names as heir or heirs, child or children of her daughter, Tryntie Reyniers, wife of Meyndert Barents Kuyper. Said Tryntie to have usufruct until said child or child- ren shall be of age. In case of demise without heirs the estate to go to the deaconry of New Amsterdam. Witnesses, Everdt Duyckinck and Hendrick Obe. 1662. Oct. 2. Cornelis Steenwyck indebted to LaChair to amount of 3 guilders I4 stivers for an English conveyance, for the bark fberckj of Fred. Lubbers. 1662. Oct. 4. Volckertie Jans, wife of jan Jansen Van Hoesem, living at Fort Orange, declares that Geertie Broeders said -that 140 guilders worth of her white seewan was missing. Some time after when the former was in the act of selling her black seewan to Pieter Van Hael which Barentie Izno nameil had removed from a string of black seewan, she Iidoes not specify clearly whoil took up the black string and said it be- longed to her. Witnesses, Henderick Obe and Nicolaes Boot. I662. Oct. 4. Ryck Hendricx, woodsawyer, grants to Dirck Claesen, pastrybaker, a lot East of the Princegraft bounded on the North by the lot of Hendrik Van der Walle, East and South by the lot of Fiscal De Sille, West by the aforesaid graft Ijcanalj. Witnesses, Huygh Barentse De Kleyn and Paulus Van der Beeck. The docfument was also subscribed to' by Weyntie. Roelofs, .in the absence of her husband fDirck Claeszzl who subscribed to it afterward. 1662. Oct. 7. Eduart Leake owes 2 uilders ro stivers for translating his agreement with Gemoel - t Fredrick Gysberts owes 2 guilders IO stivers for making out power of attorney to Jan Gilles. 0 No Date. Petition by Edwart Leake, English merchant at New Amsterdam to Director-General and Lords Councillors of .New Netherland. In this petition he says that on May'23, 1662, he made a contract with Nicolaes Boot, who at the t1me was staying in Virginia, by which the latter agreed to send to Leake a cargo of zo hogsheads of tobacco. Said Boot only d1scharged,8 hogsheads of petitioner's tobacco. Then. went