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widdow and Mr Ephraim Herman (as one of the overseers of the Children of Martin Rosemond deceased) Conserning a small Lott of Land in the Towne for wch hur husband had a Pattent & possess ye same for ye space of neare fourtheen years, she cannot be ejected out of her husbands Right therein by any pretence of former Tytle or Latter Pattent but by due Course of Lawe. This being all I : have to Recommend to you I : Rest : Gent :
Yor verry humble seryt
New Yorke
November 4th 1678,
subscrybed MATHIAS NICOLLS
(The supperscription was) for the Justices of the Court at New Castle in Delowar These
In Delawar.
The Cort having perused ye said Letter and The sd widdow Jean Erskin desiering to bee admitted as administratricx of the Estate of hur deceased husband John Erskin : The Cort doe thinke fitt to admitt the said widdow to administr accord- ing to Lawe shee Giving security accordingly.
John Ogle & Thomas Syry appearing before the Court, did Joyntly & Seuerally . .. & put themselves Security for the true & effectuall prforance of ye administracon of the sd widdow according to Lawe, and to bee Responsable for hur so far forth as assets & ye Estate shall come to.
Justice John Moll desiering of ye Court a Coppy of ye sd Letter for as mutch as itt Concerned him, and that the pro- ceedings might bee stopt till hee could make his honor ac- quainted wth ye buisnesse : The same was granted.
Ephraim Herman and Johannes De haes Executors of and overseers of ye Estate of Marten Roosemond deceased haueing heard ye Contents of ye aforestanding Letter for as mutch as itt Conserned ym did proffer and agree to and wth ye widdow Erskin in open Court, to Joyne Issue and stand tryall about the Lotts att ye next Court day :
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Upon the Request of Anthony Bryant desiering that hee might hold ye Land by him bought of George oldfield belong- ing unto Capt" John Carr Lying on ye South syde of the Creeke Called degroote kill whereon the Peticon" now lives : Its ordered that ye aforesaid Anthony Bryant haue one quarter part of ye Land of Capt" Carr, wch Lyeth betweene the Great Creeke and Mr Toms Creeke ; hee paying proportionable to what ye other three parts shall bee sould for.
Upon the Peticon of Ralph hutchinson desiering that ye Court would bee pleased to order wch way hee should Receive ye sume of 411 gilders due unto him out of ye publicq wch was heretofore allowed him by this Cort: Ordered that tlie high Sherrife pay the Peticon" out of the monny due to ye publicq yett in his hands.
Wybregh Janse the widdow of Jan Siericks deceased of oppoquenemen, this day appearing in Court, did produce a Certaine matrimoniall Contract made by way of a will be- tweene hur the said Wybregh and hur sd deceased husband Jan Siericksen bearing date the 19th of october 1676 : desiering that the Court would allow thereof, and admitt the sd Wybregh to administer upon hur said husbands Estate accordingly.
The Court haueing seen and Examined the Premisses did thinke fitt to admitt hur the sd Wybregh as administrat" to administer upon the Estate of hur deceased husband Jan Siericksen, according to Lawe and the Contents of the sd pro- duced matrimoniall Contract : wch the Cort doe order to bee Recorded, and that shee the said Wybregh Jansen give security according to Lawe : Justice Gerrett otto declared in Cort and putt himselfe security for ye prformance and due administra- tion of Wybregh Jansen of the p"misses.
Followeth the abovesd matrimoniall Contract.
On the 19th day of October 1676 apeared before mee Ephraim Herman Clarke of the Towne & Jurisdiction of New Castle in delowar admitted by the Right Honoble Mayo" Ed- mund Andross Governor Gener" under his Roy" Highnesse James duke of Yorke & Albany etc. of all his Territories in
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America, and before the wittnesses hereafter menconed, Jan Siericx Batchelor, borne at holsteyn and at prsent att oppo- quenemen of ye one and Wybregh Jansen Borne att ditmarsen widdow of B . . .. hendriks of the other partee, also dwelling att oppoquenemen aforesaid, whoe unanimously declared in the feare of God to haue agreed to Joyne themselves in the state of matrimony and to ye end that hereafter all differences and mistakes may bee taken away : They the sd Comparants thougt good to make & stipulate the following matrimoniall Contract : first that the children of hur the said Wybregh gotten by hur first husband Barent hendricks deceased, named Annettie, Agnietie, Poulus & Styntien Barents, bee by the said Comparant Jan Siericksen taken & held as his owne childeren, and are to bee by him brought up untill they the said Chil- deren bee come to adge (or wth Consent) to the estate of mar- riage & maryade, and after the decease of both the Compar- ants & not before, they the said Childeren shall then (allone, or wth ye childeren that by Gods blessing shall bee gotten dur- ing the tyme of this now beginning matrimony) Inherritt and Injoy each proportionable, their full shears of all the Estate, so as the same shall bee Left by the Longest Liver att his or hur decease and in case itt might happen that shee the sd Wybregh might first depart this world, and that then hee the sd Jan Siericks might Resolve to marry againe; then hee the sd Jan Siericks is & shall bee oblidged before the solemnization of the said marriadge, to give and deliver unto the above menconed Childeren together wth those & such childeren as shall off this wedlock bee procreated, the full & Just half of all his Estate & goods mooveable & Immoveable, none Ex- cepted so as the same then shall bee found in being, But in case hee the said Jan Siericksen shall first dye & depart this world, In such a Case hee the said Jan Siericksen, doth hereby make & ordayne as his only & universal heirs The childeren above menconed together & wth the children wch yett out of this Ensuing wedlock shall bee procreated, wch said children shall haue & proportionably divyde the whole Estate & goods :
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Provyded and itt is to bee understood, that shee the sd Wybregh Jansen shall Remaine in Possession of the whole Estate during hur Lyfetyme or so Long or untill shee shall happen to marry againe, then shee is obliged to pay and de- liver unto the sª Childeren the one halfe of all the Estate & goods, In the same manner as herein before of Jan Siericksen is Exprest. In Confirmation of ye Truth hereof The Compar- ants together wth ye underwritten wittnesses haue hereunto sett their hands & seales desiering that hereof might bee made & Past an Instrument in Communa forma, actum N : Castle in delowar The date abovesd.
as witnesses
This is the x arke
Ed : Cantwell of Jan Sieriks LS
The marke WB of William
Brocas.
This is the + marke of Wybregh Jansen
mee prsent Eph : Herman ClF .
Jacobus Andriess op oppoquenemen this day appeared in Court, and did produce a Certaine will and Testament of his mate & partner Jan Arentsen (alias Jan Backer) deceased, whereby itt appeared that hee the sd Jan Backer had willed and bequeathed all his Estate (excepting 40 gilders for ye poore) to him ye said Jacobus Andries ; Desiering that the Court would bee pleased to allow sd will : and to Confirme the přmises unto him etc: The Crt haueing examined ye sª will Did thinke Just to allow thereof: and doe admit the sd Jacobus Andriess to administr accordingly, hee giving security for prformance according to Law. Lucas Ebell declared him- selfe security for the sª Jacobus Andriess.
followeth ye Coppy of ye sª will.
In the name of God amen, Bee itt knowne unto all men whoe shall see or hear this Publicq will & Testament Read, that in ye yeare of or Lord & sauior Jesus Christ 1675 : the 12th of May att noone about 12 of ye Clocq, appeared before us Lucas Ebell & Barent hendriks and Jan Petersen, Jan
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Ariensen Inhabit : here att oppoquenemen, whoe wth good & perfect memory, colling to minde the frailenesse of this Trans- itorie Lyfe the Certainty of death and the uncertainty of ye houre thereof; and not willing to depart out of this world, before hee had disposed of his worldly Estate, lee hath there- fore out of Love to his mate & heir Jacobus Andries Given all his goods, house and Land, Cattle great & small, In summa all what hee the sd Jan Arensen has or what his goods can be named, Excepting the sume of 40 gilders, which hee the sd Jan Arensen gives to the Poore, But for all the rest, In case hee ye sd Jan Arensen comes to die, the sª Jacobus Andriessen shall haue & possesse the same as his owne goods and shall keepe the same soe that noe man shall haue anything to say to ye same.
as wittnesses
Lucas Ebell Barent hendriks
The marke of b JAN ARENSEN
The marke of Jan Pietersen
THOMAS HARWOOD Plt JACOB VANDER VEER Deft
This action is Continued by ye Request of Defts wyfe the Plt Lykewyse agreeing, and ordered that if ye deft doe not appeare either by himselfe or attorney judgemt to passe against him.
JOHN SHACKERLY The Plt nor his attorney ap- JANNETTIE VIDETTE Deft pearing a non suit entered agst Plt with Costs
ROBBERD WILLIAMS attorn : for - Plt JOSEPH POST of Long Ysland
ARTHUR CARELTON & ELIZABETH his wyfe administratrs of ye Es- Defts
tate of JOHN MORGAN deceased -
This action is Referred till next Court and then to be . . ..
wth out a .. delay.
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JOHN OGLE Plaintf
The Estate of doctor JOHN Deft
DESJARDINS deceased
The Plt demands by acct of ye deft the sume of 4927 Ib of tobb. English . . . The Plt haueing made oath to h . . and the Cort haueing deducted the . . . . of ye acct : Did grant Judgemt a . . . . sª Estate for ye sume of three th . . hundered & twenty seven Ib of . ... waight wth ye Costs and doe allow . by ye Plt Laid upon ye defts Effects Jurisdiction of this Court.
There being a difference betweene Peter Classen .has bougt ye Intrest of moeus Poulsens ysland a hans Petersen whoe has bougt stoffel meyers I of ye said ysland) about the fly Lying before the ysland etc and both their Peticons being read, The Court did thinke fitt to referre the s" buisnesse till next Court and then morus Poulsen and Stoffel myer both to appeare in Court.
The Case of difference betweene George More and Walter Wharton Conserning the Estate of My Tho : Lane deceased, being heard, The Court haue Referred the determinacon thereof till next Court day, and thought good that there bee writt to ME Aug. herman Judge of ye Court of Cecill County and to desire him that hee will gett ye acct & all ye paepers of Mr Stauely Relating to this businesse sent heither to ye Court, whoe will Imediatly send ye same bake to M' Stauely.
M' hendrik Williams produced in Court a deed & Conveig- ance of goo : oldfield & Pieternella his wyfe for ten acres of Land of yt heretofore belonging to Capta Carr deceased : de- siering the Corts opinion whether itt was Legall & if hee the said oldfield had power to dispose thereof etc: The Cort an- swer that after ye Lands & Estate of Capt" Carr in this River was Confiscated the same was then againe given by the Gov- erno" only for ye payment of ye Creditors, and so Long as the Creditors are not paid Mr oldfield & his wyfe haue noe power to sell any of the said Land unlesse they will & doe first pay all the debts of Capt" Carr aforesd.
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IES Pit Į partees agreed &
ING Deft j ye act. withd.
NORSEN Plt withdrawne by the HERRINGTON Deft Plt.
HUTCHINSON Plt } partees agreed & ye
OGLE . Deft S act withd.
EDWARD ENGLISH Plt 1 The deft absent
JAMES CRAWFORD
Deft S Reffered this act .
EDWARD ENGLISH PIt
The deft absent.
JUSTA ANDRIES Deft
Ordered that incase Justa Andries doe . . . make appeare ye next Court that hee . . . . any part of the debt demanded to passe against him.
Upon the Peticon of Reynier Vander Coelen, The Court Granted him a Lott of 60 foott Broad & 300 foott Long next to ye Lott granted to Jan Boeyer within this Towne of New Castle, Provyded & wth Condition that hee the sd Vander Coelen fences the same and builds a dwelling house thereupon wth in the space of six months now next Ensuing the date hereof.
EDWARD ENGLISH PIt In an action of d . . . THOMAS ALLIN Deft S of 2900 b of t . . .
The Pit not haueing enterred h . . . . according to Lawe & Custome ; . . . . the motion of Capt" Cantwell yt ... granted a nonsuite agst the .
DANIELL MAKERTY PIt In an a
JEREMY HERRINGTON Deft
The deft owning his fault . Cort ordered the deft to pay . . him to Rule his toung better.
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RECORDS OF THE COURT OF NEW CASTLE.
OELE SWENSEN Pit
- HENRY SALTER Deft
withdrawne by
Itt was this day by the Court Resolved and ordered that 500 or 600 acres of Land bee Layed out for Glebb Land for a minister wth in this Courts Jurisdiction wth a fitt proportion of marrish : Too bee In the most Convenient place where Land not taken up can bee found. As alsoe that a Lott 120 foot Broad & 300 foott Long bee Layed out in Towne for to build a house for ye minister on, and that another Lott of 60 foott broad bee Layed out for a Scoole as also a place appointed for the building of Church & a new Church yard in ye most fittest place as shall bee thought Convenient & best.
EET Plt In an action of slander.
RRINGTON Deft
The deft saying that hee had nothing of dishonesty to say against the Plt, and itt being prooved in Court by twoo wit- nesses that the deft hath abused this Plt in hur good name :
The Court ordered that the deft pay to the Poore a fyne of one hundered gilders and ye Costs of Court and . . .. him for the future better to Rule his Tongh.
FORD Deft
Plt - In an action of debt 800 Ib of Tob- bacco for housing ye Cropp that was at Tarkintons plantation
The debates of both partees being heard, The Court order, That sence the Plt knew that James Crawford was for seuerall reasons discharged ye Last Jeare, and that the Plt notwith- standing did neglect to Looke after ye Crop so that itt all came to nothing, that therefore ye Plt pay himselfe out of what Cropp hee saued upon ye Plantation of the sd Tarkinton.
Samuel Bercquer produc . . . . bill of Poul . . deliv- ered . . .. Billop ye debt proceeding from . Barents, desiering to haue . opinion thereupon. T . . . opinion that if the debt pro . . francis Barents deceased, that
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. Billop (according to ye Counsills . . their Lettre to this Court) has . .. . doe wth the same.
THOMAS MORS attorn : for -
JOHN UNION of New Yorke
Plt a non .
ROBBERD HUTCHINSON Deft
agst ye . .
JOHN SHACKERLY attorn : for
This ac . . . . WALTER WEBLY of New Yorke Plt the Court . .
GEORGE OLDFIELD Deft - upon ye . . . Edmund ..
EPHRAIM HERMAN Pit In an action . The Estate of DOCTOR Deft bill ye sume
JO DISJARDINS deceased
The Plt prooveing that b . wittnesses. The Court . . .
. to bee Enterred against ye sª 800 1b of tobbº according allow of ye Pits attachmt Layd
JOHN SCHACKERLY PIt
Continued as .
HENRY SALTER Deft
JAN HERMSEN Plt In an action of debt .
HEUG WILLIAMS Deft sume of 18 shills 6ª
The debt being aknowledged ordered Judgemt, ac- cording to . . .
. boddy of the deft not appearing
pIts desire the Court grant an . the Sherrife for ye same who . promised . between
The Limitts & bounds between this Court of New Castle and the Court of Upland are wth both Courts Consent, agreed to bee in the boght att oele fromsens Creeke otherwayes called the stone Creeke, and so ouer the River to the singeltree point.
CH PIt 1 In an action of debt to ye sume of Deft f 500 Ib of Tobbacco.
Capt" Cantwell the defts attorney promising to pay this
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debt, hee haueing order of ye deft for ye same, The action thereupon was taken of & withdrawne.
SPRY Plt In an action of debt by acct doct™ decd Deft - ye sume of 1836 1b of Tob- bacco.
The Plt haueing made oath in Court to the Justnesse of ye ballance of his acct, The Cort ordered Judgemt to bee En- terred against the sd Estate for ye sume of 1836 Ib of tobbº wth Costs.
LOTT PIt Deft § The Plt absent a non suit ordered.
Plt Deft S
Continued till next Court.
INSON Deft S
Plt The Plt withd : ye action in Court declaring to have agreed.
ER Plt In an action of debt to the sume of
ER Deft j 530 1b of tobbº by bill.
Seuerall prsons afirming to ye Court the Justnesse of the Case The Court thereupon ordered Judgemt to bee Enterred against the deft for ye sª 530 Ib of tobbº wth Costs.
Sybrant Jansen being bound ouer . . .. and the Peticon of agnieta hend . . . . now read in Court as alsoe seuer Testimonyes heard, together wth of both partees, Itt appeared that . . Sybrant Jansen has had Carnall wth ye sd agnita & has gott hur . ... yett in reguard hee the sª Sybrant . . . . same, The Court doe bind b . . . . over to appeare before this Court . . they give security for ye same, th . . . . after shee the sd agnieta shall . . . and then & there to stand & abyde . . . . of this Court.
Upon the Request of Capt" Edmund . . .. The Court Granted him a Lott wth in this Towne of New Castle next to
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that granted to Jan Boeyer, hee seating & building . . same according to orders.
Upon the Request of Abram Man, The Cort Granted him a Lott wth in this towne of New Castle next to ye old forte that is to say on ye East syde thereof, hee building and fencing the same according to orders.
A nomination for Elders & Churchwardens being this day delivered in Court, The Court this day made the following Election.
Mr John Moll - Mr Jean P. Jacquet
for Elders.
John Smith
Engelbert Lott
Benjamin Gumry
for Church wardens
Samuel Bercker Will : Penton
John Bisck and Isacq Tayne desiering in behalfe of their sister the widdow of doctor Jordins deceased, that wth ye sale of the Land of ye sd Jordins might not bee proceeded, al- ledging that itt was their sd sisters Estate etc : Ordered that the sale of ye Land shall bee put of till next Court in the mean tyme the widdow may come or send an attorney whoe if they will take care to sattisfy the debts then the Land to Remaine unsould.
Henrieta the daughter of Barent Eghbertsen deceased was this day wth hur owne free & voluntary will & wth the Con- sent and approbacon of the Court as alsoe of hur father in Lawe doctor Thomas Spry & his wyfe put out unto Peter Claassen of Christiana Creeke for and during the space of foure Jears, shee to serve truely and faithfully, and Pieter Claassen and Swaentie his wyfe their heirs & assignes promissed and are Ingaged to find hur the said henrieta, sufficient meate drinke apparel washing & Lodgeing, and att the Expiracon of the 4 years, Peter Claassen is to give hur the sd henrieta a cowe and Calfe.
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The p"sons hereunder named being nott Come to worke att the highway according to former order of this Court were for their neglect & Contempt fyned as followeth vizt
Joseph holding 200 1b of tobbº
Tho : Jones
200 1b of tobbº
Robberd Tallent 200 1b of tobbº
John Street 200 1b of tobbº
William Grant & Daniel Makerty 200 Ib of tobbº for going away agst ye overseers will. John Bercker 400 1b of tobbº
The sd fynes to bee paid to the overseer & the . . . . werkt, and the sherrife ordered . . . . partees do not pay willing
Upon the Peticon of Walter Wharton . . for Susanna Garland preferred ag . Estate of Mr William Tom de- ceased . . . . the sume of 345 gilders due by bill . . . The Court doe grant Judgemt ag . the sd Estate of MY Tom for ye su . . . 345 gilders wth Costs.
Upon the Peticon of Walter W . preferred in Court against the Est . Claes Carstens deceased : for ye sum . . hundered Eighty and six gilders . . styvers př ballance of acct wh . . . . the said Walter Wharton haueing oath in Court : The Court doe .. . . Judgemt against ye sd Estate . . sume of 186 gilders 4 styvers,
Uppon the Peticon of Walter against the Estate of
gildr Mr William . . . deceased : for ye sume of 171 : 8 due unto him the sd Wharton . . . Will : Tom per ballance of ac . . . . his sd acct hee the said wha . . made oath : The Court d . . Judgemt agst ye sd Estate for ye . one hundered seuenty & one g . . Eight styvers wth ye Costs.
Upon the Peticon of Caspares herman, the Cort granted him to take up foure hundered acres of Land wth in the Limitts of this Court hee seating and Improoveing sd Land according to his honors orders and Regulacons.
There being some small & In . . .. quantity of goods be- longing . holland deceased, in ye hands . . .. The
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Court ordered the vendu . . . . herman to sell ye same pub- licqly . . . . ye funerall Charges & other . . as far forth as itt will R . . . . Receive what debts there
Jan Boeyer an Inhabitant of this Towne of New Castle, ap- pearing in Court Sheweing that hee had purchazed and bought of moses de Gann a small house and Slipe of ground scituate Lying and being wth in this Towne of New Castle ; at ye strande or water syde betweene the houses and Lotts be- longing unto the heirs of derrick albertsen deceased and house of Jan hermsen Carpender, Conteining, in breath before on ye watersyde . . . behinde, . . . . . foott. In Lenght . . . . foott : further desiering the worpp11 Court to grant him ye sd Jan Boeyer a Certificate of the prmises, To send to New Yorke to ye end yt hee ye said Jan Boeyer might obtayne a Pattent of Confirmacon for his said house and Lott so bought as above etc : The Court haueing examined into the buisnesse doe find the Case to bee as by the said Jan Boyer, shewed, and doe therefore order the same to bee so put upon Record.
The Cort ordered the Clarke Eph. herman to fix up att ye forte Gate, That att ye next Court to bee held in this Towne of New Castle would bee sould by publicq outcry the Lotts & Land of doctor John . . . jardins deceased, as alsoe the Lott or Land belonging to Capt" John Carr Lying . ... the south syde of this Towne of New Castle on the other syde of the Greatt Creeke, The same to bee sould in foure parts or Equall sheares.
The Court adjorned till first Teusday of ye month of Jan- nuary now next ensuing.
New Castle Dec. 3rd
Conditions whereupon by order . . . . worpp11 Court of New Castle are . . . . att a publicq outcry to ye most bid . attached goods belonging unto th .. . doctor John disjar- dins deceased . . . . The payment is to bee made here att or before ye 25th day of March . . . wth good & merchan- dable Tobbacco . wth & tarr att 8 styve pr Ib or with
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.. . . merchandable winter wheat at 5 g . . . . scipple : The purchazers . .. obliged to give Imediate good sec .
Lyking of the vendu master, and . . . to pay all ye Charges of the vendu m . . . . a Bay Gelding wth a starr in his starr . forhead bougt by Robb hutchinson . had Capt"
Cantwell for his security . 7 gelly Potts & 2 small boxes wth medsons . ... and one paper wth saffran bougt by doctor Tho : Spry for f 100: Capt Cantwell his p . . . one gray
bever hatt 1 Rayser a Case wth .. & a small silver Ear-
picker bougt by Eph herman for f 100 : . 2 pistolls tipt
wth silver bougt Eph :
. one sword wth a silver whyer
handell . . . belt wth silver Clasps bougt by . . . man, Mr Moll his security . . .. one sute of Cloath Cloase Coate and brit . ... bougt by Capt" Cantwell, Mr d'haes . Smiths
Tooles : one pr of bellowes one anvill on . one bickeren 2 hamners 3 or 4 . . . . broaken tongs a vyce Clamp . . . . bougt by Edward English for . . . . M' John Moll his secur- ity .... The goods sould amount to gild .... f 1662 :
Walter Wharton the Surveigor this day made Returne in Court of the hereafter menconed surveigs of New Lands, wch the Court ordered that should by the Clercq bee sent to New Yorke to ye secretarys office according to his honor the Governor orders :
one surveigh made for Andries & Broer Sinnexe, of a par- cell of Land of 600 acres Lying on the West syde of delowar River and the northsyde of a branch of Christina Creeke Called whyte Clayes Creeke, the sd Land being Called Claes- burg : is not yett seated or Improoved : one surveig made for Roelof Anderson of a parcell of Land Conteining 280 acres Lying on the north syde of oppoquenemen Creeke, betweene the Land of Claes kerstens and hendrik arensen, being called high hooke, is not yett seated, but the widdow of Jan Sierick- sen is going to make a beginning thereon, as Reported : one surveigh made for hendrik Walraeven of a parcell of Land Conteining about 200 acres of Land and about 25 acres of marsh Lying being on the north syde of ooppoquenemen
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Creeke, the sd Land is Called hendrikshope and hath been seated and Improoved neare the space of Twoo Jeares : one surveigh made for Jan Anderson Staalcopp, Conteining 600 acres Lying and being on the Eastsyde of Branch of Cristina Creeke Called Red Clayes kill, the said Land is Called the Southerland, and is not yett seated & Improoved.
These abovesd surveigs according to ye Courts order were sent to New Yorke to ye office by the Clerke in ye Sloope of Capt" Cregier, Kourens Sluys Master.
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