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of Rensselaerswyck at the house of the appearers, who with the Honorable Jan Verbeeck and the Honorable Mr Cornelis van Dyck (called as witnesses hereto ) in presence of me, the notary, have sub- scribed this with their own hands, the year, month, and day aforesaid.
PIETER WINNE
This is the mark + of TANNETIE ADAMS, made with her own hand
As witnesses : Jan Verbeeck Cornelis van Dyck
Quod attestor ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Puh.
Contract between the director of the colony of Rensselaerswyck and Robert Livingston whereby the latter agrees to do the secretarial work of the colony
[14 blank ; 15] This day, the 2d of August 1677, appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany), and before the subscribing witnesses, Domine Nicolaes van Rensselaer, director of the colony of Rensselaerswyck, of the first part, and the Honorable Secretary Robbert Livinston, of the second part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Said secretary agrees to perform all the ordinary duties of his office (respecting the colony of Rensselaerswyck) for the sum of two hundred guilders in good, merchantable seawan, to wit, strung sea- wan, or forty skipples of good winter wheat, yearly, which time began on the twenty-fourth day of August in the year one thous- and six hundred and seventy-five, so that the twenty-fourth day of this present month of August the aforesaid director shall be holden to pay to the aforenamed secretary or to his order for his services rendered the sum of four hundred guilders in good, strung seawan, or eighty skipples of good winter wheat, with the reservation that all extraordinary services must be separately paid for, by arbitration of the honorable court.
Hereto the said contracting parties bind their persons and estates, personal and real, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness whereof they have sub-
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scribed this with their own hands in presence of Johannes Wendel and Abraham de Pey [ster], called as witnesses hereto. In New Albany, dated as above.
NICOLAUS VAN RENSSELAI.R Colonie Pastor et Director ROBt. LIVINGSTON. Secretary
.As witnesses: Johannes HJendel A D: Peyster
Quod attestor ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.
Contract for the exchange of land between Jacob Caspersen and Jan Albertsen Brat
[16 blank : 17] On this 14th day of September 1677 appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and before the undersigned witnesses, Jacob Caspertsz 1 of the one part and Jan Albertsz Brat of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Jacob Caspersz acknowl- edges that he has bought of Jan Albertsz Brat his title to land on the Noormans kill, as he bought the same of Jan Heyndriesz van Baelen 2 on the 21st of December 1674, in payment for which the said buyer surrenders his title to the island of Jan Bruyn," just as he bought the same of Wouter Aertsz Rademaecker,4 and Jacob Caspersz promises to make the last three payments to Jan van Balen or his attorney according to the contract of sale of the aforesaid land of Jan van Balen ; and they mutually make immedi- ate delivery, delivering the said lands to each other now on the conditions aforesaid, free and unincumbered, saving the lord's right. Hereto the said contracting parties bind their persons and estates, personal and real, nothing excepted, subjecting the same to
1 Jacob Caspersen Halenbeck?
2 Jan Hendrickson van Bael. He was commissioned ensign in Capt. Philip Pietersen Schuyler's company of foot on November 1, 1067, and on August 21. 1672, received a patent for a square piece of land on both sides of the Normans kill which for many years was the subject of litigation with the V'an Rensselaers.
3 It is not clear which island is here intended. Jan Hendricksen Bruyn, besides various lots in Albany, owned land at Kinderhock and at Catskill. Wouter Aertsen van Nienkerek, wheelwright; see Early Records of Albany 1 :281 and 184, where the variant form Raemmaker is misinterpreted " Stbmaker."
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all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In confirmation of which they have subscribed this with their own hands in Albany, on the date above written.
JACOB KASPERSEN JAN ALBERTSEN BRAT
As witnesses :
Jacob Theysen vander Heyden This is the mark H W of Heyndrick Willemss van Barnevelt, made with his own hand
Quod attestor ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.
Lease of a house from Wynant Gerritsen van der Poel to John Gilbert
[18 blank; 19] On this 19th day of November 1677 appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany), and before the afternamed witnesses, Wynant Gerritsz vander Poel, of the one part, and Jan Gilbaertsz,1 of the other part, who acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have hereby agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit : Wynant Gerritsz acknowledges that he has let and said Jan Gil- bertsz that he has hired a certain house and lot standing and lying here in New Albany, next the house and lot of Dirck Wesselsz, over against the house of Maerten Crygier, for the time of one whole year beginning on the first of June 1678 and ending on the first of June 1679, but the lessor promises to provide a proper shed behind said house before said lease begins, with a suitable chimney in said shed and if the lessee makes a bakeoven therein, the lessor may take over the same if he please at the end of the lease at an appraisal; for which said lessee promises to pay as said year's rent the sum of twelve good, whole, salable beaver skins or the value thereof in good winter wheat or in strung sea- wan, all as the market goes, to be paid every quarter year, to wit, three beavers every time; for which said entire rent Arent vanden Bergh binds himself as surety and principal (the same to pay in case of failure of the lessee). Said contracting parties mutually promise to execute and perform the aforesaid conditions, binding thereto their persons and estates, personal and real, nothing
1 John Gilbert.
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excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness whereof they have subscribed this with their own hands, in New Albany, dated as aforesaid.
WYVANDT GERREYDTSZ V D' POELL JOHN GILBERTT This is the mark AB of ARENT VAN- DEN BERGH, made with his own hand
As witnesses : John Conel Elias van Rauesteyn
Quod attestor ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Vot. Pub
Will of Hendrick Willemsen, second husband of Gysseltie Alberts Brat
[20 blank; 21] On this 28th day of November 1677 appeared before me, Adriaen van Upendam, notary public residing in New Albany ( appointed by the right honorable governor general of the parts of America, Edmont Andros), Heyndrick Willemsz, who at present lying sick in bed, but nevertheless possessing his under- standing, reason and memory, according to all outward appearance, says and declares hereby that it is his last will and desire that if it please God Almighty to take him to His kingdom before the children of the late Jan van Esckelen, procreated by Gysseltie Alberts shall reach their majority, the money due them from their late father's estate, to wit, twenty whole, salable beaver skins, must be paid immediately after this appearer's death out of the first and most available moneys or furniture of the estate left behind to the guardians of said children, to wit, Albert Andriesz Brat and Storm vander Zee, before any other debts against the estate (except funeral expenses ) ; furthermore, he hereby releases abso- lutely (in manner aforesaid , the sureties and principals, to wit, Jan Albertsz Brat and Heyndrick Hantsingh, who on the 2d of July 10744 became sureties for the appearer for the aforenamed sum of twenty whole beavers In confirmation of which the appearer hereby binds his person and estate, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges, and has sub- scribed this with his own hand in presence of Jan Andriesz Douw
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and Jacob Caspersz (called as witnesses hereto). In Albany on the date above written, at the house of Teunis Slingerlandt.
This is the mark H W of HEYNDRICK WILLEMSZ, made with his own hand
As witnesses : Jan Andriesen Dou Jacob Kaspersc
Quod attestor ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.
Indenture of apprenticeship of James Parker to Hendrick Bries, shoemaker
[22-24 blank; 25] On this 13th day of December 1677 appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany ), Williaem Parcker. court messenger of this place of Albany, of the one part, and Heyndrick Bries, master shoemaker, of the other part, who acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Said Williaem Parcker acknowledges that he has hired his son named James Percker (now about 17 years old) for the time of two following years, which time began on the 5th of November of this year 1677 and is to end two years after said date, and said young man shall be holden to serve his aforesaid master both in shoemaking and at the tanning pits - and in all other proper work with all diligence and faithfulness; and said master promises to teach him the shoemaking trade as well as he can and furnish him with proper food and shoes free, provided the aforesaid father shall provide him with clothes and free washing; but it is expressly stipulated that said servant may each year go to work three or four weeks in the harvest for his own profit, provided he serve so much longer afterwards. Said contracting parties hereto bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness of which they have subscribed this with their own hands in presence of Claes van Elslant and Jacob Loockermans (called as witnesses hereto) in New Albany dated as above.
As witnesses : Clacs van Elslant Jacob Lokermans
HENDRICK BRIES WM. PARKER
This is the mark I P of JAMES PARCKER, made with his own hand
Quod attestor ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.
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Power of attorney from Poulus Cornelissen to Jacob Tyssen van der Heyden
[26-28 blank; 29| On this third day of April 1678 appeared before me, Adriaen van Upendam, notary public ( residing in New Albany, and before the subscribing witnesses, Poulus Cornelisz, who, proposing at the first opportunity ( with God's help) to depart hence, acknowledges hereby that he has constituted and appointed. as hereby he does, Jacob Tysz vander Heyden his attorney, in his absence to demand and receive from all his debtors, as well here in New Albany as in the colony of Rensselaerswyck. Schanechtade and Canestagioene, such monies as are coming to him from the same, according to accounts and vouchers thereof placed in the hand- of him, the attorney; having received the same, acquittance to grant and in case of refusal the unwilling to constrain to pay by legal process and rigor of justice, and furthermore all things to do, transact and perform which may be needful and may seem to him proper, with power one or more persons to substitute, pro- vided the attorney be holden when required, a proper accounting, return and statement of his administration to make. The sub- scriber promises to hold as true and valid whatever in the matter afore-aid shall be performed and executed by his attorney or his substitute, binding thereto his person and estate, nothing excepted. subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness whereof he has subscribed this with his own hand in presence of Jan van Loon and Albert Jansz Ryckman (called as witnesses hereto ), in New Albany, the third of April 1678.
As witnesses : Jan L'an I.oon . Ilbert Ryckman
POULES CORNELISEN
Quod attestor ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.
Bill of sale of a negro from Capt. Johannes Clute to Sweer Teu- nissen van Velsen
30 blank ; 31] On this 3d day of April 1678 appeared before me, Adriaen van Upendam, notary public (residing in New Albany ), and before the subscribing witnesses, Captain Johannes Clute of the one part, and Sweer Teunisz of the other part, who acknowledge that they have hereby agreed and contracted in all love and friendship in manner following, to wit : Captain Johannes Clute acknowledges that he has sold to Sweer Tennisz a certain
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negro named Jacob, aged about twenty-four years, and promises to deliver the same hearty and sound on the first of June of this year 1678, for which the buyer promises to pay the seller or his order one hundred good, whole, salable beaver skins at eight guilders each, the same to be paid in three following instalments, of a just third part of said sum each, to wit, the first instalment on the first of June 1678, on the delivery of said negro; the second instalment, next winter; and the third or last instalment the follow- ing winter; but the buyer can pay said sum of beavers in good winter wheat as the market shall then be. The said contracting parties therefor bind their persons and estates, as well having as to have, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In confirmation of which they with Storm Albertsz vander Zee and Aernout Cornelisz Vielen (called as witnesses hereto ) have subscribed this with their own hands in New Albany, this 3d of April 1678.
As witnesses :
JOHANNS CLUTE SWEER THIOONUSSEN
Storm vander Zee Arnout Cor : Viele
Quod attestor ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.
Receipt of Poulus Cornelissen for payment of freight of goods shipped by Jan Thomassen and Volckert Jansen Douw
[32 blank ; 33] On this 4th day of April 1678 appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany), Poulus Cornelisz, who hereby acknowledges that in the year 1663 he earned from Jan Thomasz and Volckert Jansz Douw, for freight of horses and boards and other articles shipped by them both in company to the Esopus or from the Esopus to New Albany, the sum of one hundred guilders in seawan, and that said one hundred guilders in seawan were received by said Poulus Cornelisz from or that he was satisfied therefor by Sweer Teunisz in the year 1665, as will appear by the brewery book of Volckert Jansz and Jan Thomasz. In witness whereof Poulus Cornelisz and Storm vander Zee and Dirck Albertsz Brat (called as witnesses hereto) have subscribed this with their own hands, in New Albany, this 4th of April 1678.
POULUS CORNELISEN As witnesses :
Storm vander Zee Dirck Albertsen Brat
In my presence, ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Può.
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Receipt of Poulus Cornelissen for payment by Volckert Jansen Douw of one-half of the cost of 42 skipples of wheat delivered to him and Jan Thomassen
This day, the 4th of April 1678, appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany ), Poulus Cor- nelisz, who hereby acknowledges that he is paid in full to this date and satisfied by Volckert Jansz Douw, whom he thanks for good payment : likewise that he is fully satisfied respecting the half of one hundred guilders in beavers growing out of forty-two skipples of wheat which Volckert Jansz Douw and Jan Thomasz heretofore received, so that Jan Thomase at this date is still indebted for his half to said Poulus Cornelisz fifty guiklers in beavers. In witness whereof he has subscribed this with his own hand in presence of Storm vander Zee and Direk Albertsz Brat, in New Albany, this 4th of April 1678.
POULUS CORNELISEN
As witnesses : Storm vander Zee Dirck Albertsen Brat
Quod attestor ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub
Lease of a farm at Kinderhook from Lourens van Alen to Jacob Abrahamsen Vosburgh
[34 blank ; 35] On this 7th day of May 1678 appeared before me. Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Louwerens van Alen, of the one part, and Jacob Abrahamsz Vosburgh, of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Louwerens van Alen acknowledges that he has let to said Jacob Vosburgh a farm at the Kinderhoeck with a house, barn and two ricks and fence around the homestead and all the buildings thereon (which aforesaid buildings are now appraised and valued to be worth thirty -one good, whole, salable beaver skins at eight guilders apiece ) and the fence about the land that was leased to Dirck De Sweet is valued at a hundred and forty guiklers in seawan, and the remainder of the land is not valued for fence, but the lessee promises to deliver up the same again in a good, proper fence at the end of this lease, and the lessee shall be holden to pay for the deterioration according to appraisal and in case of betterments
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the lessor must satisfy the lessee for the same. The lessee and the lessor hereby acknowledge that they have agreed that the lessee shall have the aforesaid premises under lease for the time of six following years; to wit, the land that was leased to Dirck Heyn- dricksz together with half of the land that was leased to De Vries; also half of the island that Pieter Moree has had the lease of and the whole of the land that was leased to Andries Jacobsz Gardenier. Moreover, the lessor delivers therewith a stallion named Bock, worth eight beavers, for which the lessee promises to deliver again a horse also worth eight beavers; furthermore the lessor also delivers therewith two stallions, the one of two years and the other three years old, the youngest is named Block and the oldest Joncker; likewise two mares, one named Snuyt, aged twelve years, and the other named Banny, aged ten years; also three milch cows and a heifer with calf about two years old; which said horses and cattle the lessee shall receive on the farm at haives of the increase. The aforesaid lessee acknowledges that he received said land on the 10th of September 1677 in stubble [36] and promises to deliver up the same again on the 10th of September 1683 in stubble ; likewise he acknowledges that he received the house, barn, ricks and homestead, and said horses and cattle on the first of May of this year 1678, and promises to deliver up the same again or the value thereof on the first of May 1684; and it is stipulated that there shall be no apportionment of the increase of the cattle until the same shall be three years old. For which aforesaid premises the lessee promises to pay to the lessor or to his order as rent, the first year sixty skipples of good winter wheat, and the remaining five years eighty skipples of good winter wheat yearly, to be paid punctually every year, said payments to be delivered here in Albany free, and likewise twenty pounds of butter yearly for all the cattle, and moreover all the tools which are delivered by inventory to the lessee, he shall be holden at the end of the lease to deliver over again in good and working order. The aforesaid con- tracting parties hereby bind their persons and estates, personal and real, present and future, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges.
In witness whereof, they have subscribed this with their own hands in presence of Jurriaen Jansz Groenwout and Albert Jansz
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Ryckman (called as witnesses hereto) in New Albany, dated as above.
LOURES VAN ALEN This is the mark X AB of JACOB ABRAHAMSZ VOSBURGH, made with his own hand
As witnesses :
This is the mark X of Jurriden Janss
Groenwout, made with his own
hand
Albert Janss: Ryckman
Which I witness, ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.
Will of Wouter van den Uythof and Elisabeth Hendricks, his wife
[37] In the name of the Lord, Amen. Know all men that on this fourth day of June, about 5 o'clock in the afternoon, in the year after the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, one thousand six hundred and seventy eight, before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany (appointed by the Right Honorable Edmond Andros, governor general over all his territories in America ), and before the hereinafter named wit- nesses, in their own persons came and appeared the worthy Wouter vanden Uythof, baker in Albany aforesaid, and the virtuous Elisabeth Ileyndriex, married people, to me, the notary, well known, the testator being sound in body and the testatrix sickly, but both able to move about and having the perfect use and com- mand of their senses, reason, memory and understanding; which testators, considering the shortness and frailty of human life, the certainty of death and the uncertainty of the hour thereof and therefore desiring to anticipate the same ( while God the Lord gives them time) by a disposition of their property to be left behind, declare that without inducement, persuasion or misleading of any persons they have made, ordained and determined this their present testament and last will in form and manner following : First and foremost commending their immortal souls when they shall be separated from their bodies to the gracious and merciful hands of God, their Creator and Savior, and their bodies to a Christian burial, and likewise revoking, annulling and canceling all and every such testamentary dispositions as they jointly or separately heretofore may have made and executed, holding the
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same as null and of no effect and making a new disposition, these appearers and testators, inasmuch as they have no child or children jointly procreated by them living (though the testatrix has six children of a former marriage named Aeltie Lansingh, Gysbertie Lansingh, Gerrit Lansingh, Heyndrick Lansingh, Johannes Lan- singh and Hilletie Lansingh) have appointed and instituted, as they mutually and reciprocally hereby do appoint and institute, the survivor of them both as [38] their sole and universal heir of all the property, personal and real, claims, credits, money, gold and silver, coined and uncoined, jewels, clothing, linen, woolens, house- hold effects, etc., which the first of them dying shall leave behind in this country (but the property which the testator may have in the fatherland is to go to his relatives), to do therewith as with his or her own and absolute property, without any opposition or objection from any persons, provided that the testator, in case he outlives the testatrix, at her death give up the linen and woolen clothing belonging to her body to her three surviving daughters aforenamed, and the youngest daughter Hilletie shall first of all receive the gold double ring of the testatrix ; and in case he marries again or dies, her six children above mentioned shall each receive the value of eight beavers and have nothing more to claim. All of which aforesaid provisions the appearers and testators recipro- cally declare to be their last will and testament, willing and desiring the same after the death of either of them to have full force and effect, whether as will, codicil, donation, gift in anticipation of death, or otherwise, as may be most practicable, notwithstanding that some formalities demanded by law and usage may not have been fully observed herein, desiring that the utmost benefit may be derived herefrom; also that one or more copies hereof in proper form may be made and delivered by me, the notary, to be used according to the necessities of the case.
Thus done and executed in New Albany at the house of Gerard Swart in presence of the Honorable Gerard Swart and Albert Ryckman who (as witnesses hereto) with the testators have sub- scribed this with their own hands, in New Albany, the year, month, day and hour aforenamed.
WOUTER VANDEN UYTHIOF ELYSABET HENDRYCKE
G: Swartt Albert Ryckman
Quod attestor
ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.
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Lease of a sloop from Jacob Loockermans and Harmanus van Borsum to Gabriel Thomassen Striddles
39] On this 18th day of June 1678 appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany ). and before the afternamed witnesses, Gabriel Thomasz, of the one part, and Jacob Loockermans and Harmanus van Borsum, of the other part, who acknowledge hereby that they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Jacob Loockermans and Harmanns van Borsum acknowledge that they have let their sloop ( named de Princes) to Gabriel Thomasz Strid les, who acknowl- edge, that he has hired the same on the following conditions from New Albany to Boston and again from Boston to New Albany, for which voyage the lessors shall receive twenty pounds or four hundred shillings Boston money, provided that the said lessee shall have eleven days free lay-days on condition that the lessee release the lessors from all customs ( concerning his cargo), namely, the customs both at New Albany and at Boston. Furthermore the said lessee promises to pay the aforesaid lessors or their order the said sum of twenty pounds Boston money, when during this voyage they shall be at Boston. Hereto the said contracting parties bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness whereof they have sub- scribed this with their own hands in presence of Jan Harmensz Backer and Gysbert Marcellisz, in New Albany on the date above written.
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