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Thus done and executed at Paepsackane at the house of the testa- tors, who in presence of the worthy Capt. Volckert Jansz Douw and the worthy Jan Andriesz, trustworthy witnesses hereto called, have subscribed this with their own hands at Paepsackane, on the date above written.
JAN THOMAESZ
This is the mark X of GEERTRUYT ANDRIES's daughter, made with her own hand
As witnesses : Volckart Janss Douwe Jan Andriesen
Quod attestor ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM. Not. Pub.
Indenture of apprenticeship of Lambrecht Sickels to Meyndert Fredericksen to learn the smith's trade
[106 blank : 107] On this 9th day of February 16 ;? appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public ( residing in New Albany) and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Meyndert Fredericsz of the one part and Sacharias Sickels of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Sacharias Sickels acknowledges that he has hired out his son named Lambrecht Sickels ( now about 14 years of age) to said Meyndert Fredericsz for the term of six con- secutive years commencing on the Ist of December 1679 and end- ing on the Ist of December 1685. And said master promises to provide said boy during the aforesaid term with proper food and linen and woolen clothing. etc .; also to teach him the smith's trade as well as he shall be able and to send him to the evening school for three winters, namely. two months each winter, and pay the school tuition ; and at the end of said term said master promises to give him a suitable Sunday and workaday suit of clothing, six shirts, a pair of new shoes, a new hat. a pair of new stockings and a chest, but the aforesaid father promises to have said boy's wash- ing done. provided he, Meyndert Fredericsz, shall now furnish a cask of soap to wash with during the six years. And said father promises that the said boy during the said term shall (with God's help) serve said master with all diligence and obedience and faith- fulness, as well in the smith's trade as in all other proper work, and the aforesaid youngster promises to do the same (as aforesaid ).
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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 (in presence of Stoffel Jansz Abeel and Hans Dreeper, called as witnesses hereto) subscribed this with their own hands in New Albany, the date above written.
ZACHARIAS SECKELSZ
This is the mark # of MEYNDERT FREDERICSZ, made by himself
As witnesses : Stoffel Janss Abeel Hans Dreeper
Quod attestor ADRINEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.
Lease of a parcel of land, with house, barn and farm implements from Sweer Teunissen van Velsen to Maerten Jansen, skipper
[ 108 blank : 109] On this 24th day of February 16,4 appeared before me, Adriaen van Upendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and before the underwritten witnesses, Sweer Teunisz van Velsen of the one part and Maerten Jansz. skipper, of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that they have agreed and con tracted in manner following, to wit: Said Sweer Teunisz van Vel- sen acknowledges that he has let and said Maerten Jansz that he has hired a certain parcel of land and all the rights and privileges belonging thereto, with house and barn, a good plow and a harrow with iron teeth, all of which heretofore Jacob levick has had pos session of, for the time of the next six following years, but the lessor as well as the lessee may cancel the lease as soon as the first three years have expired and the lessor expressly stipulates that in case Jacob Hevick happens to die before the first of May 1680, this contract shall at once be annulled. Furthermore, said lease shall begin on the first day of May 1680; for which the lessee promises to pay to the lessor yearly as rent ten whole, salable beaver skins or the value thereof in good, salable wares, all at market price, and moreover six skipples of summer apples yearly and at the end of the lease the lessee is holden to deliver up said house and barn again roof tight and fences in proper condition, the plow and harrow also in good and serviceable condition. The said contracting parties
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hereto bind their persons and cstates, 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 Jan van Loon and Barent Meyndersz, called as witnesses hereto) in New Albany, the date above written.
SWEER THIOONUSSEN VAN VELSEN MAERTEN JANSEN
As witnesses : Jan van Loon Barent Meynderss
Quod attestor ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.
Bond of Harmen van Gansevoort and Dirck Teunissen van Vechten to Jan Tyssen Goes
[110-12 blank; 113] On this sixteenth day of March 1638 appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, Harman van Gansevoort and Dirck Teunisz van Vechten, who hereby acknowledge that they have absolutely under- taken to pay to Jan Tysz Goes the sum of thirty-three and a half good, whole, salable beavers, growing out of an obligation of Cor- nelis Teunisz van Vechten executed the 18th of April 1677, which said sum the aforesaid appearers promise to pay, each binding him- self for the whole and as principal, to said Jan Tysz Goes, or to his order, on the first of August 1680, without longer delay ; whereto said contracting parties bind their persons and estates, real and personal, present and future, 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 surgeon Cornelis van Dyck and Claes Jacobsz, called as witnesses hereto, in New Albany, dated as above.
HERMAN GANSEUORT DIRCK TEUNISZ :
As witnesses : Corn. van Dyck Claes Jacobse
Which I witness,
ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.
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Contract of sale between Adriaen Jansen Appel and Jan Andriessen Douw of one-half of a house and lot in Albany
[270]: On thi- 24th day of February 163' appeared before me, Vrier van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and before the undersigned witnesses. Adriaen Appel of the first par and Jan Andriesy Dout of the second part, who hereby acknow !- eder that in all love and friendship they have agreed and contracted n nanner following, to wit: Said Adriaen Appel acknowledge- that he has sold to Jan Andriesz Dany the just half of his ahole lot and all that is thereon fact by earth and nail, "there said Appe nos d ' el-, standing on the north side of his house, the half of the breadth as well on the cast as on the great side, and delivers the same to the buyer no :.
For which said seller hereby acknowledge that he is fully sati -- fed, and the buyer acknowledge that he has already received the afore-aid half lot. The aforesaid contracting parne, hereto bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lord -. courts, tribunals and judges. In witness of which they have (in presence of Jan Jan-2 Noonan and Rock Claesz, called a- mit nesse- hereto, subscribed li- with their own hand , dated a- : foresaid
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Quod attestor
ADRIVE VAN ILPERD .M. Not Put
Lease of a farm at Catskill from John Conell to Anna Willems, wife of Jochem Ketelhuyn
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part and Anna Willems, wife of Joachim Ketelhuyn,1 of the other part. who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have agreed and contracted in form and manner following, to wit : Said Jan Corneel acknowledges that he has let a farm lying at Katskil ( which he bought heretofore of Harman Gansevoort) with house, barn and rick and all the rights thereto, to said Anna Wil- lems, wife and attorney of said Jochem Ketelhuyn, for the time of six following years, which time began on the first of May this year IOSO and shall end on the first of May 1080; but on the express con- dition that the lessor must be bound for the said six years, whereas the lessee can (if it no longer pleases her) be freed therefrom any year, provided she give the lessor three months' previous notice : for which the lessee promises to pay to the lessor or his order as yearly rent the sum of twenty good, whole, salable beavers, which may be paid in good winter wheat as the market shall then go, and the said lessor may dwell in the house of said lessee here in Nen Albany until the first of May 168t free and without making any payment therefor.
The lessor delivers therewith now five head of horses, to wit. three stallions, a gelding and a mare, of which mare the lessor shall have the half of the increase together with the half of the increase of any other mares which he may deliver there or which the geld- ing or any of the stallions may be exchanged for.
The lessor delivers therewith also four milch cows, to wit, three which are sound and without hurt, but the fourth has one leg some- what injured : if the same shall happen to die thereof then the loss shall be the lessor's only; the lessee shall be holden at the end of the lease to return the number of cattle and horses delivered to him, and divide the increase to each [273] a half, and in addition be holden to pay to the lessor yearly for the cows fifty pounds of butter, except the first year ; the young cattle which are there now belong to the lessor only and he keeps the same at his own risk as likewise the young horses. The hogs which now belong to the lessor shall be his own and remain there if he wishes till the antumn of 168t, provided that he furnish all the food for them next winter and provided also that all the pigs that shall come after this date shall belong to the lessee. As regards the farm implements which the lessee shall there receive, she shall be holden to return
1 Joachim. or Jochem. Ketelhuyn sailed from Amsterdam for Rensselaers- wyck in 1042, on the ship Houttuyn. According to O'Callaghan, History of Vere Netherland, 1:451, he came from Cremyn, which is doubtless intended for Kremmin, near Stettin, in Pomerania. Ilis name is also written " Ketelheym," and " Kettelheun," the latter form of which would seem to be the proper spelling. "Ketelhuyn" being the Dutch equivalent in sound.
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them again at the end of the lease in as good condition as when she received them.
Said contracting parties hereto bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In confirmation whereof they have ( in presence of Jacob Tysz van- der Heyden and Jan van Loon, as witnesses hereto called) sub- scribed this with their own hands, in New Albany, dated as aforesaid.
JOHN CONELL This is the mark O of ANNA WILLEMS, made by herself
As witnesses :
Jacob Theysen van der Heyden
Jan van Loon
Quod attestor ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.
Bill of sale from Anthony Lespinard to John Conell of a boat formerly belonging to Robert Story
[274] On this 15th day of May 1680 appeared before me, Adriaen van Apendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and before the undersigned witnesses. Anthony Lespinard of the first part and Jan Corbeel of the second part, who acknowledge that in love and friendship they have contracted and agreed in form and manner following, to wit: Said Anthony Lespinard acknowledges that he has sold and said Jan Corneel that he has bought a certain boat at present lying here in the roadstead of New Albany ( which boat said seller heretofore bought of Robbert Story ) with all that is now in or with the same, as well what the seller bought there- with as what he has added thereto, and delivers said boat now just as she is to the buyer free and uninenmbered. the receipt whereof the buyer acknowledges : on condition that the seller may use said boat twice this summer to fetch stones therewith, without giving any pay therefor. For which the buyer promises to pay to the seller or his order forty good, whole, salable beaver skins, but can pay the same in good, merchantable maize to be delivered here free on the shore before New Albany, all at market price as Christians sell such maize to each other : and the delivery of the maize must be made next October of this year 1680. The aforesaid contract- ing parties hereto bind the'r persons and estates, real and personal. present and future, nothing excepted, subject to all courts and
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judges. In witness whereof they have ( in presence of Jacob Tysz vander Heyden and Jan van Loon, called as witnesses hereto) sub- scribed this with their own hands, in New Albany, dated as above.
ANTHOINE LESPINARD JOHN CONELL
As witnesses :
Jacob Theysen vander Heyden Jan van Loon
Quod attestor ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.
Supplementary agreement between Gerrit van Slichtenhorst and Gerrit Teunissen van Vechten regarding the payment for a negro delivered two months before the appointed time [275-77 blank : 278] Whereas Mr Gerrit van Slichtenhorst and Gerrit Teunisz van Vechten heretofore made a contract about a negro whom said Mr Slichtenhorst was to deliver to said Gerrit Teunisz next July of this year 1680, and said Gerrit Teunisz acknowledges that he has already received said negro named Dick to his satisfaction, two months before the appointed time; there- fore, the buyer promises to pay to the seller for said two months one hundred and fifty good, merchantable hickory posts, the same to be delivered here before New Albany free, the present summer, and if said negro during said two months happen to die said buyer shall be holden to pay said seller or his order for the same accord- ing to contract (heretofore made) ; and if so be that the buyer does not make the first payment at the stipulated time according to contract, then the said seller (if he wishes) may take said negro back.
Said contracting parties hereto bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In confirmation whereof they have (in presence of Mr Jacobus Staas and Jan Albertsz Brat, called as witnesses hereto) sub- scribed this with their own hands, in New Albany, the 25th of May 1680.
G. V. SLICHTENHORST
This is the mark X of GERRIT TEUNISZ VAN VECHTEN, made with his own hand
As witnesses : Jacob Staets Jan Brat
Quod attestor
ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.
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Bill of sale from Gerrit van Slichtenhorst to Gerrit Teunissen van Vechten of a negro named Harry
[279- 81 blank; 282] On this 25th day of May 1680 appeared before me, Adriaen van Hpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany ), and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Mr Gerrit van Slichtenhorst of the one part and Gerrit Teunisz van Vechten of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have contracted and agreed in form and manner following, to wit: Said Mr Gerrit van Slichtenhorst acknowledges that he has sold to said Gerrit Teunisz van Vechten a certain negro (named Herry ), which negro the aforesaid buyer acknowledges to have already received to his content ; for whom the buyer promises to pay the seller or his order the sum of two hundred and forty skipples of good, dry, merchantable maize, two loads of good hay. twenty-four whole beavers to be paid in hogs; to wit. one hundred and twenty skipples of maize next October of this year 1080, two loads of hay this summer to be delivered in the month of August here on the shore before New Albany, and twenty four beavers in hogs to be paid in May of the year 1081, with the understanding that the hogs must be over a year old and that not more than four of them must be sows, and all the remainder barrows; and if said contracting parties do not agree respecting the value of said hogs, then the same shall be appraised by impartial persons ; the remain ing one hundred and twenty skipples of maize must be delivered in October 1681, all said maize to be delivered free in the garret of said seller. The aforesaid contracting parties hereto bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges, and have (in presence of Mr Maerten Crygier and Mir Jacobus Staas, called as witnesses hereby subscribed this with their own hands in N. Albany, dated as above.
G. V. SLICHTENHORST
This is the mark X of GERRIT THUNISZ VAN VECHTEN, made by himself
As witnesses:
M: Cregier Jacobus Stacts
Grad attestor ADRIAEN VAN HE PENDAM, Not. Pub
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Bill of sale from Cornelis van Borsum to Cornelis Teunissen van Vechten of a young negro
[283-85 blank ; 286] On this 26th day of May 1680 appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public ( residing in New Albany), and before the undersigned witnesses, Mr Cornelis van Borsum of the one part and Cornelis Teunisz van Vechten of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that they have contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit: Said Cornelis van Borsum acknowledges that he has sold to said Cornelis Teunisz a certain negro who is between fifteen and twenty years old and promises to deliver said negro to the buyer hale and sound within the next six weeks ; said buyer shall try said negro eight days and if said negro within said eight days' probation happen to die, the buyer must pay for him, and if the negro does not please said buyer, then the buyer may return the same to said seller at the expense of said seller; and if the negro please the buyer, then he shall keep him. For whom said buyer promises to pay to the seller the value of sixty good, whole, salable beaver skins in two payments, of which the first payment shall be made on the first of May 1681 and the second payment on the first of May 1682: and the buyer can pay said beavers in beavers of five quarter pounds' weight each, or in peas, or winter wheat at six skipples a beaver, or in salt pork at a hundred pounds a beaver, or smoked bacon at thirty pounds a beaver. The aforesaid contracting parties hereby bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness whereof said contracting parties have ( in presence of Mr Gerrit van Slichtenhorst and Heyndrick Bries, called as witnesses hereto) subscribed this with their own hands, in New Albany, dated as above.
CORNELIS VAN BORSUMI CORNELIS TEUNIS
As witnesses : G. V'. Slichtenhorst Hendrick Bries
Quod attestor ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM. Not. Pub.
Letter from Adriaen van Ilpendam to Dammas Guldewaghen [287 blank ; 288] Honorable Mr Dammas Guildewaghen: Salute ! Your honor's letter dated the 31st of May of this year 1681. together with a letter per order of Mr Jan Sybingh dated the 3d of June, have been duly received, in which Sybingh's letter was
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written that your honor had delivered to him for me sixty nine guilders and eight stivers, for which said money 1 have received goods to my satisfaction. I hope and pray God that it shall have pleased Him to restore your honor to your honor's former good health unto Salvation, Amen. And whereas Ineither know nor am acquainted with any one in Holland who could collect what is due to me, therefore I humbly and kindly pray your honor, if it may please your honor, to continue to do so as long as it may please God: for 1 and my wife are both over 63 years of age and can not earn much here and have need of the [ money], but 1 do not know where it is, nor who has possession of it, nor how I can obtain it. According to your honor's order I send inclosed an extract from my book showing how much money Sybingh (according to his advices ) has received for me. I take it that the fault is between the toth of March 1677 and the 15th of May 1679, in which two years (according to Sybingh's advices) not more than seventy- seven guilders and eighteen stivers were received for me. 1 most humbly and kindly request you again [ to collect] the interest due till the first of March ... [leaf torn and eight or ten lines wanting].
[289] Mr Jan Sybingh has received from Mr Dammas Gulde- waghen interest for Adriaen van Ilpendam as follows:
19 March 1677 Received from Haerlem and sent. ... A. 204- 8
15 May 1679 Received
6 April 1680 According to Mr Sybingh's letter re- 77-18
ceived 79-14
3 June 1681 According to the letter of Mr Sybingh's
son, but by order of his father, received.
11. 431- 8 The above fl. 431 -8 have been sent over to me in diverse goods by Mr Jan Sybingh and I acknowledge the receipt thereof to my satisfaction.
Done in Albany in America, the 4th of November 1681.
ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM
Letter from Adriaen van Ilpendam to Dammas Guldewaghen [290] Honorable Mr Dammas Guldervaghen; Salute!
Your letter dated the 21st of April of this year 1082 I received with pleasure, together with a letter from the widow of the late Jan Sybingh dated the 23d of May, likewise some goods, and in said letter was an account in which she acknowledges that she
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received from your honor for this year fl. 79-14, for which I am most highly thankful to your honor, and. my honored sir, I pray God that it shall please Him to suffer your honor longer to remain in this present life in health than myself, for I should not know how or in what manner I could receive my interest. We have no children and it is now more than 31 years ago that I married my wife and she was a widow and has a son, who now more than ten years has been married and has three sons and gets along reason- ably well. Furthermore, I now again beseech your honor to please to hand the interest which shall be due me on the first of March 1683 to the widow of the late Jan Sybingh, upon which I shall depend. We have two small houses here. Upon one, in which we dwell, we have spent more than the interest of two years amounts to; from the other we receive now not more rent than .. . [leaf torn and the rest of the letter wanting].
Contract of Gabriel Thomassen to deliver to Cornelis van Borsum twenty-six barrels of flour
[291 blank; 292] On this 2d of June 1680 appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public (residing in New Albany), and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Gabriel Thomasz of the one part and Cornelis van Borsum of the other part, who acknowledge that in friendship they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Said Gabriel Thomasz acknowledges that he has sold to said Cornelis van Borsum twenty-six barrels of flour which the seller guarantees was bolted in the middle of April. Said twenty-six barrels of flour must contain seven thou- sand and eight hundred pounds of flour, which the aforesaid seller promises to deliver immediately to the buyer or to his order; for which the buyer promises to pay to the seller a good, salable beaver weighing five quarter pounds Holland weight for every hundred pounds, to be paid on the delivery of the flour; furthermore, the said buyer promises to pay to the seller in addition for every barrel two Boston shillings or four guilders seawan; and said twenty- six barrels of flour must be weighed at the weigh house in New York and in case said flour happens to weigh less, then the seller shall be holden to the buyer to make it up, and if the said barrels happen to weigh more, then the buyer must pay the seller for the same in proportion. Said contracting parties hereby bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In witness whereof they have (in presence
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of Petrus Bogardus and Poulus Turck ) subscribed this with their own hands, in New Albany, dated as above.
GABRIELL THOMASEN CORNELIS VAN BORSUM
.As witnesses : Poulus Turyck Pieter Bogardus, as witness to this purchase Quod attestor ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.
Contract of Jan Cornelissen Roodt to work for one year as a journeyman carpenter for John Conell
[293 blank ; 294| On this 3d day of June 1680 appeared before me, Adriaen van lpendam, notary public (residing in Albany ), and before the undersigned witnesses, Jan Corneel of the one part and Jan Cornelisz Roodt of the other part, who hereby acknowl- edge that in all love and friendship they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Said Jan Cornelisz Roodt acknowl- edges that he has hired himself to said Jan Corneel for the term of one whole year, said term to commence now and to end on the 3d of June 1681, to wit, to do carpenter's work for said Jan Corneel or wherever said Jan Corneel may send him to work for others, for which said Jan Corneel shall receive the pay ; and Jan Cornelisz Roodt promises to serve out said term diligently and faithfully and if he happens to lose a day's work, he shall be holden to make it up. The employer promises to pay the hired man for said term twenty -four and a half good, whole, merchantable beaver skins, which may be paid in other commodities, as wheat, peas, cattle, or hogs, according to appraisal by impartial persons, the wheat and peas as the market shall then be. And the employer promises to furnish the hired man with board during said term and to have his shirts, handkerchiefs and neckcloths washed free and to pay said hired man promptly each half year. The contracting parties bind hereto their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges, and have in presence of Jurriaen Teunisz and Heyndrick Lantsingh, as witnesses hereto called, sub scribed this with their own hands in New Albany, on the date above written.
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