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

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I 2 North, and in returning his ship went on a rock in Helle. gat near the shore of the Barents island. Pet1t1oner's tobacco was spoiled on account of the inrushing water. l Avers that he is not responsible for the freight fpart of the petition missingj. No date. Petition. - Nicolaes Boot says that owing to loss of his ship and merchandise he is in no condition to answer before the Court the summons and accusations of the fiscal. The repairs of his ship necessitate heavy expenses, Requests his case to be adjourned till December, next, and to permit petitioner once more to sail and rnake' good his losses, before appearing before the Court.jN1co1aes Boot owed La Chair 3 guilders for writing above petition. 4 1662. Oct. ro. Pieter Jansen Van Werkendam grants Hendrick Hendricks Van Doesburgh, house and lot in the Slycksteegh, to the East lot and garden of joahnus Wit- hart, to the North Daniel Verveelen's, to the West Engelbert, the tailor, Slycksteeghn to the South. Said lot is the just half of the lot formerly bought by said Engelbert of D? joan- nes Megapolensis. Witnesses, Christoffel Hoogland and Gerrit Jansen Roos. , 1662. Oct. ro. Richard Hincksman, of Boston, owes La Chair I4 guilders for bill of sale to Bonne, and other trans- actions. r662.- Oct. rr., Nicolaes Boot and Eduard Leake have settled their contention regarding freight and loss of tobacco, through the mediation of the arbitrators, Salomon LaChair and Warnar Wessels. Leak owes Boot rzo guilders for freight. Boot owes Leak r5o guilders for loss of his tobacco and skins. Each is to bear one-half of the expenses. No Date. Fragment. Nicolaes' Boot, about to depart for Virginia confers powers of attorney upon his son-in-law Cris- toffel Van Laer, shoemaker, at New Amsterdam, more especially regarding supervision over Bootfs houses, renting of same, re- ceiving rents, and also his claim against Willem Schyven of Amsterdam, when Nicolaes De Meyer shall return from there. II-Iere the register ends. Some pages missingj. WALEWYN VAN DER VEEN'S RECORD. TAKEN FROM A TRANSLATION BY DR. E. B. O,CALLAGHAN. No year.. zoth . . . Christoffel Hooglant becomes surety for Nathaniel Green, English merchant at Boston, for zooo guilders 1n tobacco. Benjamin Gilliam is to send an agent for the purpose of settling with jeems Mils. Witnesses, Louwer- ens Van de Spiegel, jacobus Van de Water. Nathiel . . . of Boston, names as his attorneys Daniel Van Donck and Chris- iislfgpl Hoogland to represent him in his suit against Jeems 1 s.

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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

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153 1662. May. Egbert Leninck, of New Amsterdam declares he owes Dirck Jansen Van Oldenburch 420 guilders ,for mer- chandise received. Witnesses, Cornelis Van Langlievelde J Van de Water. ' ' . . . 20 . . . Francoys Gay, a soldier of the West India Company confers power 'of attorney upon Jaques De Payeur for the purpose of receiving for him in Holland such moneys as are due him. Witnesses, Jaques Hugues, Bernardug Stardeu and Jan De Ruyter. ' 1662. June 15. Cornelis Van Langevelde declares to have sold to Jan Arcer a lot of land, and to have bought one-half share in a yacht, the other half of which belongs to Albert Albertsen, for A15 st. New England money. Witnesses, Ger- ret Gerrets, Jacobus Van de Water. No Date. David Machoro, a Jew, declares, at request of , , . Bentfield, that said Bentiield ordered of William Louw- rens, Schout of Flushing, a quantity of liquors, and upon his question about the excise, William Louwrens answered, You need .not trouble yourself about that, I shall make that all right. Witnesses, Tomas Lambertsen, Pieter Van de Water. 1662. Aug. 21. Juriaen Blanck and wife Tryntie Klaessen make joint will. The survivor is to have everything. She had a son, Simon Barentsen, by a former marriage with Barent Symonsen, decd. Witnesses, Pieter Jacobs Marius and Jacobus Van de Water. . I662. Aug. 23. Johannes Van Brugh and wife, Catharina Roelofs, make joint will. Survivor sole heir. She was with child, and had two children by a former marriage, with Lucas Rodenburch, which children were named Elizabeth and Lucre- tia Rodenburgh. Witnesses, Johannes De Peyster and Jaco- bus Van de Water. . 1662. Sept. 2. Anthony Van Aelst, merchant, about to leave for Holland, had received power of attorney of William Har- toch, merchant at Amsterdam in Holland, May ro, 1662, to administer affairs of Harmanus Hertoch, deceased, brother of the above William Hartoch. Said attorney now transfers his above powers of attorney to' Thomas Lambertsen, burgher of New Amsterdam. Witnesses, Sybrant Janse and Jacobus Van de Water. , I662. Sept. 4. Cornelis Van Langevelde, as husband .and legal guardian of his wife, Maritie Jansen, daughter and heiress of Jan Cornelissen decd, of Rotterdam, alias Joncker, who had been 'murdered by the Indians in I643, appoints as attorney Andries Jeremiassen Spieringh, merchant, about to depart for Holland. In said capacity said Spieringh will demand and col- lect whatever is due to deceased's estate from Cornelis PICJLCIS Willemsen,'residing in the village of Goudriaan, near Thien- hoven, in the Alblasserwaert, brother-in-law.of the aforesald Jan Cornelisen of Rotterdam, and from Grietje Adrlaensen, widow of Adriaen Cornelissen Joncker, widow of the brother