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Several reasons may be assigned for the dissipation of this large property.
Inasmuch as the pew rents covered but a small part of the current expenses of the church, this deficiency was supplied from time to time by the sales of the patent lands, which were held of little account except for pasturage and timber, and were sold, therefore, at a low figure. Moreover, if tradition be correct, large portions also of this fair domain were frittered away in gifts to the relatives and friends of influential members of the congregation, under cover of conveyances with a mere nominal considera- tion.
Only a brief description can be given here of the chief pieces of real estate that have been owned by this church.
CHURCH SITES.
The first in order of time, was the old site at the junction of Church and State streets. It must have been reserved for this purpose from the first laying out of the village, before the year 1664. Its dimensions north and south were 56 feet,- east and west 46 feet, Amsterdam measure, together with a strip fifteen feet wide upon the west side for a burying ground. Subsequently it was extended south 84 feet towards the creek,- the rear line being 44} feet .*
* About fifty years after the village was laid out, the church first received a formal conveyance of their house of worship and lot from the Patentees of Schenectady. This
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After having been used for various public purposes, the consistory resolved in 1785, to build their new academy upon it ;- afterwards to erect a dwelling house upon it,- and finally to convey it to Arent S. Vedder, for the same purpose. But all these projects failed because it was manifestly unsuitable for a building site, and especially that portion which had been used for more than fifty years as a village burial ground.
The present church site was acquired from Daniel Janse Van Antwerp in 1715-as seen in deed of which a fac-simile is here inserted.
A strip along the east side was added by purchase as noted under head of Van Vorst.
DE ARME WEY OR POOR PASTURE.
Of all the ample domains of the church, De Arme wey was the longest held and the last sold. The title deeds of this property are lost if any ever existed; even tradition is at fault and the donor's true name has nearly perished from the remembrance of those who have been benefited by it.
The story has been told that Jan Rinckhout gave this property to the church, reserving simply "a small spot on which he erected a hut partly under ground," and there lived a hermit's life.
Rinckhout was a baker in Albany, but about 1670, removed to Schenec- tady having leased his house and bakery to Antony Lespinard " with privi- lege of baking for Christians and Savages." He was living in Schenectady as late as 1704, when his son Jurriaen dying made provision in his will that his wife, six children and father, Jan, should be maintained out of his real and personal estate here and in New York. It is certain that the church owned De Arme Wey seventeen years prior to this date. These facts there- fore render it quite improbable that Jan Rinckhout was the donor.
Discarding tradition and romance, the evidence is clear that the true bene- factor of "the poor of Schenectady " was Hans Janse Eenkluys, an ancient servant and soldier of the Dutch West India Company. He early came to
is dated 3d October, 1715, and on the back is this endorsement, made doubtless at an earlier date:
" Wood measure" [11 inches to the foot]
"The front is 60 [feet]
"behind 4412
"Deph 140."
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New Netherland and was sent by Governor Van Twiller in 1632 to erect the arms of the States General at a spot called Kievits Hoek [Saybrook] at the mouth of the Connecticut river.
On the occasion of Governor Stuyvesant's visit to Rensselaerswyck in 1648, he was employed to clean the Heer Patroon's cannons and to fire the salutes. As early as 1668 he was an inhabitant of Schenectady, where he continued to reside until his death in 1683, after which event the deacons of the church, Johannes Pootman and Sweer Teunise Van Velsen, petitioned the court of Albany for authority to administer upon his estate, saying that on the 7th day of March, 167$, he [Hans Janse Eenkluys] had made over to the poor of Schenectady his plantation upon condition that he should be maintained in his old age and weakness, and that on the 2d of May, 1680, he had made the deacons of the church administrators of his whole estate.
They aver also that thirteen years ago [1670] he began to be very weak, that they had given him support while living and had paid the expenses of his funeral.
This Plantasie is first mentioned in the church books in 1687, when it was leased to Symen Groot, Barent Wemp and Gysbert Gerritse Van Brakel for 82 guilders ($32.80), per annum. The rent was paid chiefly in wheat at five skipples the beaver, or 80 cents a bushel.
About this time it began to be called De Wey, Hans Janse's wey, and De Arme Wey .*
In its original condition it consisted of eighteen morgens (about 36 acres) of the finest Mohawk flats, and was bounded by the river on the north,- the river road (a continuation of Front street) on the south, -the " Fonda place," on the west and the " Hansen kil " (now College brook) on the east, by which it was separated from the Boght.
This latter parcel of land consisting of 16 acres was purchased of Har- manus Van Slyck in 1806 for $1,750.
Several attempts were formerly made by the church to dispose of this property but without success.
* A memorandum made by D° Van Santvoord makes mention of the conveyance of The Pasture by Gov. Lovelace (Grondbrief van de weide by Gov. Lovelace), as among the important papers of the church. This was probably the Governor's patent to Eenkluys and must have been dated about 1670. It is no longer among the church papers.
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In 1795, the consistory " Resolved to sell the Arme wey for not less than £800" ($2,000), at which price no purchaser was found; but in 1863, it was disposed of, including the Boght, at auction for about $11,000, and the avails were mingled with the general funds of the church.
Thus passed away Eenkluy's gift "to the poor of Schenectady " after having been in the possession of the church nearly 190 years. Long ago the old soldier's name was forgotten, but the results of his benefaction are perpetuated to this day, not indeed in the direction which he had indicated, but in that beautiful structure lately dedicated as a house of worship.
Among the honored names there emblazoned that of HANSE JANSE EENKLUYS, is entitled to special consideration.
CHURCH MILL AND MILL PASTURE.
This fine property,-the bequest of Sweer Teunise Van Velsen (alias Van Westbrook), the town miller, consisted of six acres of land bounded northerly by State street, southerly by the Sand kil (laterly called Mill creek), easterly by Dock street and westerly by the lot of Douwe Aukes Defreeze, which latter lot 140 feet front on State street (Amsterdam measure), was on corner of Mill lane and State street.
Defreeze was an innkeeper and next east of his lot probably stood Van Velsen's house, his grist-mill being in the rear on the creek. Both houses were burned in the massacre of 1690 by the French and Indians, at which time Sweer Teunise with his wife Maritie Mynderse perished in the flames. As he left no heirs here, his property passed to children of his wife by her first husband, Jan Barentse Wemp.
It was understood however before his death that he had made a will de- vising the half or third of his estate to the church; but no such instrument was ever found. Nevertheless his step-children to carry out his wishes re- leased to the church the mill and six acres of land above described.
The church took possession of this property soon after Van Velsen's death and within about thirty years disposed of the entire front upon State street for building lots.
That portion between Ferry and Dock streets was divided into ten parcels varying in width from 45 to 53 feet (Amsterdam measure). The lowland in the rear called the Church pasture was retained until early in this century.
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The Church mill stood upon, or near the site of the old brick mill now standing in Mill lane. It was usually leased for about £50 New York cur- rency. After holding it for 120 years, the church sold it in 1800 to David Burt and John J. Peck for $2,570. In 1813 it was turned into a cotton mill by Dr. Archibald Craig who built the present brick building.
THE SIXTH FLAT.
On the 20th May, 1714, Ryer Schermerhorn, the only surviving patentee of Schenectady, conveyed to the Dutch church, " A lot of land on the north side of the Mohawk river about 7 miles above Schenectady, called the Sixth flat, containing about seven morgens or fourteen acres;"-" Also 10 morgens, or 20 acres of Woodland behind said Sixth flat and so going up to a creek called by the Indians Toggutchero,-in English named 'Color creek, [in Dutch Verfkil], at the east end of the 'Seventh flat,' and so on north behind the said flat into the woods as far as the bounds of the said town."
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From a petition presented to the trustees of the town, on the 16th Jan., 1716, by Jacobus Van Dyck, in behalf of the consistory, it appears that these parcels of land had been purchased, but on account of pressing debts and urgent need they are asked to remit the purchase money. How long the church retained this farm and how or when they disposed of it is not known .*
On the 25th Jan., 171}, the trustees of Schenectady conveyed to the Dutch church a piece of woodland, "in the East end of the town, bounded north by the highway [river road to the Aqueduct]-south by the common woods, West by the woodland of heirs of Hendrick Brouwer, and East by the land of Claas and Tjerk Fransen " [Van de Bogart]. This land lay opposite to and this side of the. lower (late Freeman's) bridge on the river road and was still in possession of the church in 1734.
How or when it was disposed of is not known.
THE BURIAL LOT.
As has been before stated the earliest burial place used by the founders of Schenectady was on the west side of the old church at the junction of State and Church streets.
Some were buried under the church, especially such as could afford to pay for this privilege.
* See Church Papers.
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The first mention made of the burying ground between Front and Green streets is in the deed of this plat given by the patentees of the town to the church, dated Aug. 1, 1721.
THE NISKAYUNA PATENT.
This tract lay to the east and south of the Schenectady patent and ex- tended from the Ael-plaats south to the north line of the manor of Renssel- aerswyck.
On the 5th of August, 1738, a patent was obtained for this land by Arent Bradt and Jacob Glen in trust for the Reformed Protestant Dutch church of Schenectady, it was then estimated to contain 2500 acres, but owing to an error in measurement rectified in 1788, fell considerably short of that amount.
The west line of this church patent was the east line of the Schenectady patent, the starting point for which line at the Ael-plaats had been fixed by the citizens at the mouth of Jan de Laggers kilt The consistory claimed and rightly too, that this point should be at the mouth of the Ael-plaats kil, thus claiming a strip of land from the east bounds of the town, of more than 1200 acres. This controversy was finally determined in favor of the church and Arent Bratt, only surveying patentee of the town on Feb. 5th, 1754, gave them a deed of conveyance of the property.
The whole number of acres conveyed to the church by these conveyances was 3621.
FINANCES.
In early times the Dutch churches often acted as guardians of widows and orphans ; they provided for the poor and kindly looked after the aged and infirm, who had no natural protectors : and it was not unusual for the latter to place their property in the hands of the consistory from whom they received from time to time such support as their wants required. The con- sistory were the almoners of the church ; every Lord's day a collection was
* Jan De Laggers kil is a small brook or rill emptying into the Mohawk river from the north side near the Aqueduct and many rods easterly from the Ael-plaats kil; by assuming this as the starting point of the south-easterly line of the town patent, the area of the towu lands was increased at the expense of the church, whose lands adjoined them on the south-east.
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taken of the free will offerings of the people for this and certain other pur- poses, and this duty was not omitted even though there were no present objects upon whom their bounty might be bestowed.
In the outset, the little community of Schenectady seems to have had few or no poor people, with the exception of a " shirt for a captive Frenchman," it does not appear from the accounts that the deacons gave a stiver to any person during the years 1687-9. As the funds accumulated they were loaned on bond at 6% interest to citizens. Thus in the audit of 1689, obligations to the amount of nearly 3000 guilders were included in the assets of the church. Moreover the consistory traded with another portion of these funds, buying and selling brass kettles, nails, linen, thread, baize, coverlets, etc. This seeming perversion of the funds given for a more sacred purpose was simply a temporary necessity of the times and ceased altogether when private enterprise provided for the wants of the people.
Among the permanent sources of income, were de wey or " Poor Pasture," originally given by Hans Janse Eenkluys " for the poor of Schenectady;"- the church mill and mill pasture given by Sweer Teunise Van Velsen ;- leases received from the trustees of the town ;- seat rents and burial fees.
Besides the payment of the domine's salary and the Voorlezer's and Klokluyer's stipends, out of these funds the bread and wine and sacred utensils for the Lord's Supper were purchased; the church was cleaned, and incidental repairs to the parsonage were made, such as glass for windows, posts, nails, &c., for the fence. The following from the church account books are illustrations:
" 1735, By een predication Boek, £1-4-0."
1777, Dec., the church paid " Voor een gifte aan afgebrande menschen van dese plaats."
"13 Sept., 1794. Bey cassa voor een groten Engelsen Beybel."
5 Sept., 1815. The consistory resolve to refund to the deacons enough to buy 4 silver mugs and one metal flaggon, which is still used in the church at communion service.
A knowledge of the domestic habits and church customs of a people is most difficult to be learned after a lapse of two centuries ;- even uncommon events were seldom recorded, how much less likely then that social manners and every day occurrences should become matters of history.
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Particularly unfortunate has it been for Schenectady that the flames of 1690, spared almost nothing of her early records ;- with the exception of a few leaves of the deacons' account book, all is blank.
As something however may be learned, even from such unpromising ma- terials as these, both in respect to the customs and finances of the church, the following extracts are subjoined.
During the year 1689, the church accounts were kept by Deacon Johannes Sanderse Glen and are quite legible.
1686
1686
den 20 oktb. Jan brouwer debet.
20 Oct. Jan Brouwer
Dr
aen 14 el linnen a 7 el. pr bever* gl. 16 .-
to 14 ells of linnen a 7 ells the beaver 16 gl.
Maria Clyn
debet
Maria Klein Dr
ditto
aen 6 el linnen a 7 el. pr bever,
fl. 6-18
to 6 ells of linnen a 7 ells the beaver 6- 8
aen een kombaers & f. 10
10-
to a coverlet a 10 guild g1. 10- 0 to 6 ells baize 8 .-
aen 4 lbs spykers
2.
to 4 lbs. nails 2.
aen 7 el. linnen a 7 el. pr. bev. 8.
to 7 ells linnen a 7 ells the beav. 8.
aen 2 strenge garen
0.
5
to 2 skeins thread
0-5
Johannes potman
Credet 15th Septem. Johannes Potman Cr
den 15 Septem. aen de kerck gewerekt
11 dagen a f. 7 des dagen. 25
11 days work on the church a 7 guilders a day 25
ditto. Isack de Trou [Truax] aen 6 lbs spykers
3-
ditto Isaac de Trieux [Truax] to 6 lbs nails
3 .-
den 20 Novem. Adam Vroman
debet
20 Nov. Adam Vrooman
Dr
aen 9 lb spykers, sewant 14
f.4 .- to 9 lbs nails sewant 14 4,
aen 2 lb spykers, bever
1. to 2 lbs nails beaver 1.
ditto Sander Glen
debet ditto Sander Glen
Dr
aen 9 lbs spykers 1686
fl. 4
to 9 lbs nails 1686
4.
den 30 Septe. Johannes Glen,
debet.
30 Sept. Johannes Glen
Dr
aen 42 lbs spykers a 20 1b. pr. bev. 17.
to 42 lbs nails a 20 lbs pr beaver
17-
aen 34 lb. spykers a 20 1b. pr. bev.
13-15
to 34 lbs nails a 20 lbs pr. beaver to skiples of wheat 1689
13-15
aen 2 sgepel taru
1689
30 oktober
Credit 30 Oct.
Cr
2 bevers aen silv. gelt
fl. 16.
2 beavers in silver money
16 .-
aen bever
8 one beaver 8. 6-15
noch by reckeninge
6-15 also by settlement -
* The guilder or florin beaver was worth about 38 or 40 cts .- the guilder seewant, or wampum, was equal to one shilling N. Y. currency or one-third of the former ;- the beaver skin being considered the specie of the Province.
These accounts are kept in guilders and stivers, partly seewant and partly beaver.
[Translation.]
ditto
aen 6 el. bay
8 .-
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den 8 ockto. domenie tassemaker, aen 14 el. linnen a 7 el. pr bever
Credet Wouter Vrooman Voor plaes voor sin vroouw 36 gul
debet 8 Oct. Domine Thesschenmaecker Dr
16-
to 14 ells of linnen a 7 ells pr beaver 16 .-
Cr. Walter Vrooman for a place [seat] for his wife* 36-
ditto
Barant Wemp aen 14 el. a 7 el. pr bev. 1689 Ockt. 2 bevers aen zilvr
ditto
· debet Barent Wemp Dr
16 .-
to 14 ells of linnen a 7 ells pr beaver 16 .-
1689, Oct.
Cr.
Credit
2 beavers in silver 16 .-
16 .-
ditto Sweer tunisse debet. ditto. Sweer Teunisse [Van Velsen]t Dr
aen 14 el. linnen a 7 el. pr bev. fl. 16.
to 14 ells linnen a 7 ells pr beav. 16 .-
aen 7 el linnen door syn myt Jannetje gehaelt fl. 8.
to 7 ells linnen fetched by his maid Jaunetie 8.
den 1 novem. aen sulver tot fl. 26 bevers
Credit.
Nov. 1
Cr.
26 to silver fl. 26-beaver 26.
den 10 Oktob Daniel Janse aen 26 el. linnen a 7 el. pr. bev. 1688 den 20 Augus. .
debet 10 Oct. Daniel Janse Van Antwerpen Dr.
29-15 to 26 ells linnen a 7 ells pr beavers 29-15
credet 1688, 20 Aug. Cr.
aen fl. 89-5 sewant
29-15
to 89-5 sewant
29-15
1686
10 Oktob. Abram Groot aen 14 el. linnen a 7 el. pr. bev. 1688
16.
to 14 ells linnen a 7 ells pr. beav.
16 .-
Credet
1688 Cr.
2 bevers door barent Janse op recken- inge van domine tassemaker 16.
two beavers by Barent Janse [Ditmars] on a reckoning of Domine Thesschen- maecker 16-
ditto. Andries Arentse aen 17g el. linnen a 7 el. pr bev. 20.
debet. ditto. Andries Arentse [Bratt]
Dr
to 174 ells linnen a 7 ells pr. beav. 20.
ditto Jan Van Rotterdam,
debet.
ditto. Jan Van Rotterdam Dr
to 12 guilders sewant in an action which he had with Hendrick Meese [Vrooman] 4 .-
6 Mar. to 12 guilders sewant in the con- test which he had with Hendrick Lammerse 4-
die hey met hendrik lammerse hat 4.
ditto hendrik lammerse aen fl. 12 sewant over qestie die hey met rotterdam had 4.
ditto
debet
Hendrick Lammerse
Dr
to 12 guilders sewant in the contest
which he had with Rotterdamt
4.
,
* It would seem from this that a single seat in the church at this time cost 36 guilders or $4.50.1
t The town miller, killed in the massacre of 1690.
# Did the Consistory act as a court of justice imposing and collecting fines, or were the fines collected by the magistrates handed over to the deacons for the poor?
aen fl. 12 sewant over een aksie die hey
met hendrik mese hat 4 .- den 6 meert, aen fl.12 sewant over questie
1686
debet 10 Oct. Abraham Groot Dr
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den 10 oktob. de Commissariss :
aen 20 1b. spykers
fl. 8.
debet The commissaries* to 20 1bs. nails fl.8.
Dr.
Content Verkoght.
10 lb. spykers
40 lb. spykers sewant 1} el. linnen
48.
40 lbs. nails sewant 48 .-
5-3 1} ells linnen
5-3
8 strenge garen
2-16
8 skeins thread
2-16
3 1b. spykers voor de kerk
4-10
3 lbs nails for the church 4-10
Uyt gift.
den 6 novem. voor het klyne doot
kleet 108 .-
voor het naye 1-6
den 5 desem. voor het naghtmaels wyn 25 .-
voor ryen van een vert spyke von de Vuyk, 4 lb. spykers 6-
voor de glasen van de kerck 1687 den 28 Maret
30-
aen ryer Jacobse, sewant
600 .-
en 47 sgepel taru a 5 sg. d bever die hy van Sweer tunesse ontfangen heeft
nogh door Symen Groot 12} sgepel taru
nog door gysbert gerretse 16 sgepel taru
nog door barent Wimp 11 sgepel taru dit alles a 5 d bever.
Den 4 sept.
nog aen wyn Voort nagt maels 30.
nog voor linnen 4 ell 7 .- 6
nog een hemt voor een gevangen Vrans- men 8.
nog 2 sgepels taru gekogt 10
nog voor wyn aen't nagtma 15.
nog f. 27 sew: aen Potman gelyck het
by syn reckening te sien is 27.
Expenditures. 6 Nov. for the little pallt fl. 108
for the sewing [same] 1- 6
5 Dec. for the wine for the Lord's supper 25 .-
for freight of a tub of nails from the Fuyckt 4 lbs. nails 6-
for glass for the church 1687 28 Mar.
30-
to Ryer Jacobse [Schermerhorn] 600- and 47 skiples of wheat a 5 skiples pr. beaver, which he has received of Sweer Teunisse [Van Velsen]
also through Simon Groot 12} skiples of wheat.
also through Gysbert Gerritse [Van Brakel] 16 skiples of wheat also through Barent Wemp 11 skiples of wheat, all a 5 skiples per beaver. 4 Sept.
also to wine for the Lord's supper 30- also for linnen 4 ells 7-6 also a shirt for a captive Frenchman
8 .-
also 2 skiples of wheat bo't 10- also for wine for the Lord's supper 15- also 27 guilders sewant to Potman as is to be seen by his settlement 27.
[Audit of the past year's accounts.]
Aº Di 1687 Den 5 Decembr in Skach- nechtade
So heeft de kercken-raed so predikant,
A. D. 1687, 5 Dec. in Schenectady. The consistory, minister, elders and dea- cons,-have received an account of
* The magistrates of the village.
t The " little pall " owned by the church was used at the funeral of children .
A name given to that part of Broadway, Albany, from State street to Steuben street, as also to Albany itself.
10 Oct.
Account of sales
4. 10 lbs. nails 4 .-
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ouderlingen als diackenen de Recker- ingh Van de Cas en alles opgenomen Van Johannes Sanders en Levert de Reckening aen Claes Lowrense pur- merent aldus voer Dat hy in zewant & silver gelt in Cas heeft g.697- 2
the cash and all other things from John Sanderse [Glen] and delivered the same to Claas Lourentse Purme- rent [alias Van der Volgen] as fol- lows :- he has in sewant [wampum] and silver money g.697- 2
en by moet ontfangen aen nystaenden schulden van linnen 423.
Purmerent heeft volgens Zyn Boek verkoegt 249} 1b. spykers
noch onbetaelt 128 lb spykers.
noch heeft Purmerent in zyn huys 149 1b. spykers
and he is to receive in outstanding debts for linnen fl.423
Purmerent has sold according to his books 2494 lb. nails
in his book yet unpaid 128 1b. «
also Purmerent has in his house
149 lbs. "
total
Petrus Thesschenmaker, Meyndert Wemp.
The accounts for 1688 were kept by deacon Claas Lourentse Purmerent [Van der Volgen].
The sales being similar to those of the year preceding but few extracts will be made.
1687
den 15 april. Symon Groot, barent Wemp ende Gysbert Gerritse [Van Brakel], syn debat voor een jaer huer van de plantasie*,-bever f.82 1688 den 15 april
Symen Groot, barent Wemp en gys- bert gerritse (Van Brakel) nog een jaer huer van dite plantasie a bever fl.82
fl.164
1687
15 ap. Simon Groot, Barent Wemp and Gysbert Gerritse (Van Brakel) are in- debted for a year's hire of the plan- tation *- guilders 82 1688 ap. 15.
Simon Groot, Barent Wemp and Gysbert Gerritse [Van Brakel] are still indebted for a year's hire of this plantation 82
fl. 164
1639 15 ар. Symen Groot, barent wemp and gys- bert gerritse (Van Brakel) deb. een jaer Huer van de plantasie f.82 1687 den 28 meert. Symen Groot credet aen 134 sgepels taru @ 5 sgepel pr
bever
1120
1689 15 ap. Simon Groot, Barent Wemp and Gys- bert Gerritse [Van Brakel] debit for a years' hire of the plantation fl82
1687 28 Mar. Simon Groot,
Cr
to 134 skiples of wheat a 5 skiples pr
bever
fl.20
* The plantasie here mentioned for the first time in these accounts, but afterwards called de wey and de Arme wey was the 18 morgens of land bequeathed "for the poor of Schenectady by Hans Janse Eenkluys. This parcel of ground was known later as the Poor Pasture.
5284
['t samen] 5284 lbs
[Signed.] Petrus Thesschenmacker Meyndert Wemp.
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Gysbert Gerritse
Credet
Gysbert Gerritse (Van Brakel) Cr.
aen 16 sgepel taru a 5 sgepel d bever
25-12
barent wemp
Credet
aen 11 sgepel taru a 5 sgepel pr bever 17-12 1688 gysbert gerritse credet
10 schepel erten a 5 schepel per bever 16 -- dirck brat 15 schepel taru 24 6 door Jan Roeloffse, credet
Credet
Dirck Bratt Cr.
15 skiples of wheat 24
by Jan Roeloffse* (De Goyer)
6
109-4
109- 4
1688
de diyacony deb.
66 1b. spykers aen de Heyninge en 39} lbs spykers Aen't huys
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