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John Montanye, often called Delamontagne, was born, 1655, in Am- sterdam, became a "master cooper" in New York, married, September 4. 1678, Annetie, daughter of Joseph Waldron. He married secondly, Sep- tember 8, 1701, a widow, Elizabeth, daughter of Frederick A. Bloom; see page 129. Mr. Montanye lived on Broadway, where he had bought, May 10, 1688, as on page 692. From his 22d year a church member, he was long the sexton, both in the fort and in Garden Street; and as an elder, was named in the charter granted the Colonial Dutch Church, May 11, 1696 .* He died July 12, 1730, in his 75th year. His children sold his residence, May 31, 1748. These were Annetie, born 1679, married Fred- erick Bloom and John Peterse; Johannes, 1681; Peternella, 1683, married Jacob Brower; Joseph, 1684; Jesse. 1687; Abraham, 1688; Rachel, 1691, married Patrick Smith; Jacobus, 1693, and Marritie, 1695, who married Adrian Bogert. Smith, an innkeeper, died December 6, 1755; his widow, who survived but two years, having no children, gave her property to her Montanye kindred. Of John 'Montanye's sons, Abraham removed to Foster's Meadow, Long Island, carly as 1715; subscribed that year for building a Dutch church at Jamaica. His son, John, born 1723, farmer, received as church member at Success, in 1766, died without issue during the Revolution; his widow, Mercy, in 1784. Jesse Montanye, born 1688, married Charity Yates, May 29, 1714, and died in New York April 25, 1745; the city granted his widow, February 12, 1751, the water lot No. 4, in
* Bolton, History Westchester. ii., 332. wresting this charter to his purpose, makes John Montagne minister at Fordham, and Henry Selyns an elder; whereas Selyns was minister at New York, and Montanye an elder! This error is copied in Corwin's Manual, last edition.
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Montgomery Ward. She died March 28, 1762; issue, John, born 1715; Ann, 1716; Joseph, 1718; Charity, 1720, died April 18, 1751; Jesse, 1722; Mary, 1725, married William Van Sise; and Sarah, 1727, who married Robert Finley. Jesse died January 6, 1756; Ann, named in Rachel Smith's will of September 17, 1757, died May 4, 1758; of the others, nothing cer- tain known; Joseph, freeman 1740, probably married Maria Bragaw, of Newtown, and went to New Jersey. Joseph, born 1684, married Margaret Roll, March 2, 1728; his son Joseph, born 1732, lived at Stroudsburgh, Pennsylvania, and married Mary Brodhead. Their son Abraham, born 1772, died 1825, married Elizabeth Buffum, and was father of the estima- ble Joseph D. L. Montanye, of Towanda, Pennsylvania, born November 12, 1802, died May 18, 1880.
Johannes Montanye, born 1681, married Sarah Parcell, January 27, 1706, was admitted a freeman 1716, succeeded his father as sexton, and died very aged. His will, made in health December 12, 1770, was proved October 17, 1774. Judge Benson, "in his earliest youth," saw and con- versed with Montanye, when, "approaching to four-score," he went his round to collect the dominie's salary. See Benson's Memoir. His chil- dren, all living 1770, were, Sarah, born 1708; John, 1710; Ann, 1716, mar- ried Captain John Tomkins; Joseph, 1719, and Abraham, 1722. The sons, all made freemen 1743, became tradesmen. Abraham, born August 25, 1722, carpenter by trade, married, 1749, Tanneke Lewis; she and infant John died next year. He then married Sarah Christeen, of English Neighborhood, New Jersey, where he took up his residence on a farm, and served as an elder. His father left him his own dwelling in New York, and on March 26, 1775, he and his brothers bought a house in Cort- landt Street, formerly of their aunt Rachel Smith. He died February 7, 1801, and was buried on his farm, now in possession of Mr. Samuel Edsall. Under his will, dated October 30, 1789, his executor sold his property corner of Cedar and Lumber Streets, May 14, 1801. Joseph, in 1770, occu- pied a house in Cortlandt Street, given him by his father. He married Phebe Barnes; issue, Sarah, born 1756; Rachel, 1757; John, 1759; Phebe, 1762; Anna, 1765, and Joseph, 1770. On June 2, 1796, John J. Montanye, blacksmith, and wife Martha, and Simon Kiersted, blockmaker, and wife Sarah (Montanye), sell to John Moore, mason, their two-thirds interest in said house, "formerly the property of Joseph Montanye, deceased." John J. removed the same year to Haverstraw. By his wife Martha Strachen, he had Phebe, born 1785; Sarah Christeen, 1787; Nancy, 1790; Joseph, 1791, and John, 1792.
John Montanye, born 1710, was a carpenter ; perhaps constable of Dock Ward, 1734. He married March 14, 1741, Mary, daughter of Philip Daly, and later set up a bakery. He in turn became sexton, serving "till the dispersion of the congregation on the invasion of the city in 1776." Re- turning, he died at 24 Pine Street in 1794, having had issue, Sarah, born 1743, who married John Barrea; John, 1744; Philip, 1746; Cornelia, 1751, married - Demarest; Catharine, 1753, married Philip Minthorn; Mary, 1755, married William Ash; and Abraham, 1759. Of these, John. then a baker, married, 1767, Abigail Wilsey, and died soon after his father. apparently without leaving issue. Abraham was a brass-founder, named 1786 to 1796, died at 38 Cedar Street, near Nassau, where his widow, Ruth Decker, lived in 1798; issue, John, born March 13, 1794
Jacobus Montanye, born 1693, married, July 6, 1717, Adriana, daugh- ter of John Devoor, and widow of Conrad Vanderbeck. She died Jan- uary 5, 1758; he on December 5, 1761. Their children were John, born 1718; Ann, 1722, married Benjamin Paine; William, 1725, died 1737; Maria, 1728, married John Tomkins, and Adriana and Elizabeth, twins, 1730, who married, the first, 1750, to Stephen Callow; the last, 1751, to George Giffing. Callow, upholsterer, left sons in the city, and was god-father of Mr. William Stackhouse, of Columbus, Ohio. Giffing died 1771; was father
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of the Giffings, formerly of 40 Chapel Street, now College Place. Rachel Smith's will names Jacobus' four daughters; omits his son John. Per- haps he was the feltmaker, or hatter, long at 187 Broadway. The latter probably married twice. He lost a child August 17, 1770; on April 30, 1773, bought his place in Broadway, then known as Pelt's Ropewalk, and sold the rear part May 3 ensuing, naming no wife. His daughter Mary, by his wife Mary Lowry, was born March 29, 1774. He died prior to 1798. On May 10, 1800, Mary and Elizabeth Montanye, spinsters; James Anderson, gunsmith, and Ann his wife, sold three-fourths of the lot on Broadway, and on August 19, 1801, John Montanye, bookbinder, "one of the heirs" of John, hatter, conveyed his one-fourth of said lot. He lived at 20 Christie Street in 1822.
Vincent Montanye, born 1657, married, March 5, 1684, Adriana, daugh- ter of Jan Thomasz Aken (see page 168) ; first lived in New Street, being church member; afterward "at Sclavonia, in Bowery Division of Out Ward"; Vincent, then a brickmaker, constable there in 1695. Here, four- teen years later, his domestic peace was interrupted by the wiles of one Cordaz, a neighbor brickmaker, who, found guilty, was fined by the Court of Sessions. Vincent left the city, perhaps temporarily; was living 1713. His children, save two which died young, were John, born 1689; Thomas, 1691 ; Apollonia, 1694; Jesse, 1696; Petrus, 1698; Peternella, 1701, who married Godfricus Bennoe; Annetie, 1703, who married Henry Dyer ; Vincent, 1705, and Rachel, 1707. John, we suspect, was he who died in Great Britain, leaving a son Henry, for whom George Harrison, of New York, was allowed to administer, October 24, 1743. Vincent, born 1705, married, 1737, Elizabeth Murray; issue, Vincent, born 1738. Petrus mar- ried Jannetie Dyer, April 17, 1723, was constable of Montgomery Ward in 1734, and died June 1, 1751: issue Maria, born 1724; Adriana, 1728; Vincent, 1731; Rebecca, 1732; Thomas, 1735; of whom Rebecca married Captain Richard Martin and Captain Richard Richards. Was this the Thomas, cabinet-maker, who died in the Island of Grenada, administration on his estate being granted Philip Pelton, at New York, December 9, 1774?
Thomas Montanye, born 1691, married November 25, 1718, Rebecca Bruyn, was ultimately a shopkeeper, but died October 12, 1761, his widow not till September 15, 1775. His dwelling-house, in Prince Street, sold by his son Peter, as executor, May 15, 1784. Of fifteen children there reached maturity, Vincent, born 1721; Peter, 1723; Adriana, 1724, mar- ried Abraham Lefoy; Martha, 1726, married Abraham Allener; Thomas, 1731, died unmarried June 19, 1758; Rebecca, 1735; Hannah, 1737, mar- ried Morris Earl; Jane, 1739, married John Wright; Appollonia (called Prudence), 1741, married Elbert Amerman; John, 1743; Benjamin, 1745, and Peternella (called Nelly), 1747, who married Isaac Vredenburgh. Of these, John T., as called, married Mary Blain, lived in New York when the Revolution opened, and the brothers Peter, Isaac, and Jacob Mon- tanye, who early removed to Central New York, are believed to have been his sons; a conclusion arrived at after careful inquiry; still an intelligent descendant says they were sons of Jesse, and from Morris County, New Jersey. Isaac, who died 1825, aged 45 years, was father of Joseph B. Mintonye, now of Conquest, and of the late John, of Lysander; Peter, born 1775, died 1850, at Sempronius, was father of John, late of West- field, Pennsylvania; Elijah, who removed to Ohio, and William, father of William J. Mantanye, lawyer, Marathon, New York. Vincent, shop- keeper, married, May 8, 1743, Catharine Harte, who died August 29, 1760; married April 12, 1761, Gertrude Vonck, who died September 15, 1766; married, July 6, 1767, Mary Brundige, who survived him. He died May 26, 1773, aged 52 years. Dr. O'Callaghan (Hist. N. N.), misled by those who confounded the two Vincents, makes the latter 116 years old! the "connecting link between Stuyvesant and Washington." We regret to spoil this pretty fiction, which we see is copied in our N. Y. B. & G. Rec.,
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vii, 119. Vincent had children (with four that died young), Thomas, born 1745; John, 1747; Isaac, 1751; Rebecca, 1752; Peter, 1757, and Mary, 1768, who died unmarried August 14, 1814. Rebecca married Peter Truman, godfather of the late James A. Cosse, known for his per- sistent but ineffectual efforts to recover the Montanye lands at Harlem. Thomas last named married, May 4, 1766, Catharine Smith, who died September 20, 1770, and by whom he had two sons, viz., Vincent, born 1767, who, with the father, was deceased in 1789; and Henry, born 1769, who removed to Tappan, and married, in 1802, Rebecca Nagel ; issue, John, born April 1, 1805; David, December 12, 1808, etc .* Peter, born 1757, son of Vincent, was a tailor, removed to Orange County, and had sons George, Isaac, and Abraham; Isaac, born 1783, died 1840, being father of the late John, father of William D. I .. Montanye, M. D., of Rondout. Isaac, born 1751, grocer in New York, 1786; his descendants, if any, not traced. John, born 1747, tailor, married Mary Briggs, and lived at Tappan before and during the Revolution; then returning to New York, lived from 1810 in Elm Street, where he owned property, and died September 24, 1829. His wife died March 29, 1825, aged 70 years. He left daughters, Mary, widow of James Brown, merchant; Elizabeth, widow of James Lorton, and Gertrude, wife of Charles Denison. Another daughter, Catharine, married Elijah Fountain. His eldest son .was Isaac, born March 4, 1774 The late John Delamontanye, tailor, born February 16, 1778, was another son; issue, Matilda, Stanley, Mary A., Vincent. Another was Vincent, born March 8, 1784, who at his death, December 8, 1827, kept the Cold Spring Garden, corner of Greenwich and Leroy Streets. His daughter, Sarah Ann, married Aris Bogart, and was the mother of Mr. Vincent D. L. M. Bogart. His other children were Mary, who married Richard D. Blauvelt; Susan, married William Cary; and George Fowler Delamon- tanye, who died March 12, 1857, in his 42d year; issue, Vincent, Sophia, George A., Mary J., Charles H., Maria L., and Clarence.
Peter Montanye, born 1723, was a blacksmith, made freeman 1746, married, June 10, 1754, Catharine Vanderhoof, and acquired property. He died June 20, 1798, at 281 Pearl Street. He had children, Ann, born 1756, married Thomas Parcells, coachmaker; Peter, 1759, not in father's will, dated June 17, 1798; Catharine, 1761, married John Van Varick, baker; Thomas, 1763, not in father's will; Benjamin, 1766; John, 1768; Isaac, 1770; Elizabeth, 1774, who married William J. Waldron, grocer. Said John, master-cooper, inspector of provisions in 1805, died a bachelor, 1823. His brother, Isaac, married Mary Foskett, and died July 1, 1805, his only child being John, of New York, cedar-cooper, born January 31. 1802, died at Hoboken, January 18, 1862. Benjamin, born 1766, in 1793 china dealer at 281 Pearl Street, died September 12, 1816, leaving by his wife, Sarah, daughter of Peter Rushton Maverick, whom he married May 10, 1792, children Charles Kearney, Benjamin Maverick, and Maria, who married Andrew D. Veitch.
Benjamin Montanye, born 1745, son of Thomas, was a blacksmith, and married Elizabeth Norris, April 14, 1768. Siding with his country at the Revolution, he left the city in 1776, as did most of the Montanyes, and retired up the Hudson, being employed as confidential messenger by the Provincial Convention. Once, sent by Washington with secret dis- patches, he was taken by the enemy, and endured a cruel imprisonment in the Old Sugar House, at New York. He resumed his trade here at the close of the war, but soon after gave himself to the Baptist ministry, and in 1791 became pastor of the Oliver Street church. He still worked at his
* This Thomas, born 1745. is named in his father's will, February 3, 1773. but not in the list of citizens. May 2, 1774; N. Y. Corp. Man., 1850. 427. Moreover, his grandmother, Rebecca, in her will of October 25. 1774, gives a tenth of her estate to her son Vincent's "five children;" whence it would follow (as the others were living) that Thomas was deceased. Most likely he was the cabinetmaker before noticed, who had lately died in the West Indies.
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forge, at 8 Prince Street. In 1794 he removed to New Vernon, Orange County, New York, where he founded a church, and preached, beloved and revered, till his death, December 25, 1825. Elder Montanye married secondly Cornelia Cooper, an excellent woman, but his children were by his first wife, being Thomas B., Benjamin, Rebecca, who married William Ustick; Nancy, who married Samuel King, and Elizabeth, who married James Thompson, father of the late Deacon Benjamin M. Thompson, of Harlem. Thomas B. Montanye, born in New York, January 29, 1769, first joined the church under the care of Rev. John Gano (see page 324), and in his 20th year, namely, on November 20, 1788, was ordained as pastor of the Baptist church at Warwick, N. Y., whence, in 1801, he re- moved to Southampton, Pa., where he ministered till his death, September 27, 1829. He wrote for his epitaph, "The chief of sinners and the least. of saints." By his wife, Ann Edmonds, whom he married, May 20, 1788, he had eleven children; four, namely, Sarah Ann, Eliza, Rebecca, and Thomas, still living. Benjamin, brother of Elder Thomas, was born in New York City in 1786, spent his life in Orange County, was a man much respected, and at one time deputy sheriff. He married Theodocia, daughter of Colonel Samuel Clark, and died at New Vernon, April 19, 1848, aged 62 years, having had thirteen children, several of whom went west, the seventh son being the Hon. Isaac V. Montanye, of Goshen, New York, editor and proprietor of the Independent Republican.
C. TOWN OFFICERS, 1660 TO 1710; WITH DATE OF APPOINTMENT.
BENSON, Johannes, surveyor of highways, September 29, 1710. Samson, constable, September 29, 1700; collector, September 29, 1704; assessor, September 29, 1708.
BERTHOLF, Guiliaem, clerk and voorleser, March 6, 1690.
BOGERT, John Louwe, overseer, October 29, 1675; October 23, 1676.
BREVOORT, Hendrick, collector, September 29, 1697. John Hendrick, over- seer, October 28. 1678, December 4, 1679, December, 1682; constable, November 2, 1686, October 14. 1689; authorized man, November 29, 1691; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1697.
BUSSING, Arent Harmans, schepen, August 23, 1673; overseer, October 23. 1676, October 28, 1678, December 4, 1679; constable, November 10, 1680; commissioner of the town court, December 18, 1683: constable. 1690; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1694, September 29, 1695; authorized man. December 14, 1699; assessor, September 29, 1700.
CASIER, Philip. schepen. November 16, 1662.
CLAESSEN, Derick, schepen, November 16, 1662.
CRESSON, Jaques, constable, December 7, 1669. Pierre, schepen, August 16, 1660.
DALSEN, Teunis, constable, September 29, 1697.
DEL.AMATER. Glaude, overseer, June 12, 1666, December 7, 1669, Decem- ber 3. 1672. Isaac, commissioner of the town court, November 2, 1686; constable, September 29, 1693; surveyor of highways, November 9, 1700; overseer, September 29, 1701, September 29, 1702. John, overseer, December, 1682; commissioner of the town court, January 28, 1685; constable, October 13, 1685; commissioner of the town court, November I, 1687.
DEMAREST, David, overseer, August 6, 1667, October 2, 1668. February 7, 1671. December 3, 1672; schepen, August 23, 1673; constable, December 8, 1674. John, constable, June 1, 1670.
DYCKMAN, Cornelius, constable, September 28, 1698. Gerrit, collector,
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September 29, 1707; constable, September 29, 1710. John, schepen, Oc- tober 1, 1674; overseer, December 8, 1674; constable, October 29, 1675; overseer, October 23, 1677, October 28, 1678, November 10, 1680, De- cember 19, 1681 ; commissioner of the town court, December 18, 1683, November 2, 1686; assessor, September 29, 1691; constable, September 29, 1695; assessor, September 29, 1699; surveyor of highways, Septem- ber 29, 1708.
GERRITSEN, Lubbert, overseer, December 3, 1672.
HARMANSEN, Arent. See Bussing.
HOLMES, George, constable, September 29, 1704
JANSEN, Cornelius. See Kortright. Lawrence, overseer, November 7, 1677, October 28, 1678; commissioner of the town court, November 2, 1686, October 14, 1689; constable, March, 1691; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1694, September 29, 1695; overseer, September 29, 1699, September 29, 1700.
JOURNEAY, Meynard, overseer, October 29, 1675.
KIERSEN, John, assessor, September 29, 1695, September 29, 1696, Septem- ber 29, 1697; collector, November 9, 1700; constable, September 29, 1701 ; assessor, September 29, 1706.
KORTRIGHT. Cornelius Jansen, constable, December 3, 1672; overseer, De- cember 8, 1674, December 19, 1681, December, 1682; commissioner of the town court, February 2, 1686, November 1, 1687. Johannes Cornelissen, collector, September 29, 1698; constable, September 29, 1702; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1705. Lawrence Cornelissen, surveyor of highways, September 29, 1706; constable, October, 1708.
MABIE. Caspar, constable, September 29, 1696.
MATTHYSSEN, Nelis, overseer, June 12, 1666. .
MONTANYE, Abraham, constable, September 29, 1694; collector, Septem- ber 29, 1702; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1704, September 29, 1707. John, schepen, November 3, 1661 ; schout, November 16, 1662, November 17, 1663, retired June 17, 1665; clerk, 1660-1672; voorleser, 1663-1670.
MYER. Adolph, schepen, October 1. 1674; overseer, December 8, 1674. October 23, 1676, October 23, 1677, December, 1682; constable, October 13, 1684, October 14, 1687; authorized man, November 29, 1691; assist- ant alderman, September 29, 1693, September 29, 1694; surveyor of high- ways, September 29, 1696, September 29, 1697; authorized man, December 14, 1699; overseer, September 29, 1701, September 29, 1702; assessor, September 29, 1703; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1710. Johannes. collector, September 29, 1600: assessor, September 29, 1707; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1700: assessor, September 29, 1710.
NAGEL, Barent, surveyor of highways, September 29, 1705; constable, Sep- tember 29, 1709. John, constable, October 23, 1677; commissioner of the town court, December IS. 1683, February 2, 1686.
OBLENIS, Hendrick, constable, September 29, 1705; surveyor of highways, September 29. 1706, September 29, 1708. Joost, overseer, June 12, 1666, August 6, 1667, January 25, 1670, December 3, 1672; schepen, August 23, 1673, October 1, 1674; overseer, December 8, 1674, October 29, 1675, October 23, 1677, December 4, 1679, November 10, 1680; constable, De- cember 19, 1681 ; commissioner of the town court, January 28, 1685. Peter, commissioner of the town court, October 14. 1689, 1690; con- stable, September 29, 1691 ; authorized man. November 29, 1691 ; assessor, September 29, 1694; assistant alderman, September 29, 1696; overseer, September 29, 1699, September 29, 1700; collector, September 29, 1705; assessor, September 29, 1709.
ROELOFSEN. Peter, constable. October 2. 1668, February 7, 1671.
SICKELS, Zacharias, constable, September 29, 1707.
SLOT, John Pietersen, schout and schepen, August 16, 1660, November 3, 1661 ; schepen, November 17, 1663. retired June 17, 1665.
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TIBOUT, John, clerk and voorleser, January 20, 1685 to 1690, September 20, 1691 to 1697.
TIEBAUT, Marcus, collector, September 29, 1700, September 29, 1708.
TOURNEUR, Daniel, schepen, August 16, 1660, November 3, 1661, November
17, 1663; magistrate, June 17, 1665; deputy sheriff, 1665-1670; overseer, February 7, 1671. Daniel, Jr., overseer, October 23, 1676, October 23, 1677, December 4, 1679, November 10, 1680, December 19, 1681; con- stable, December 18, 1683; collector, January 22, 1684; commissioner of the town court, February 2, 1686. Jacques, constable, September 29, 1692; overseer, September 29, 1699, September 29, 1700. Thomas, assessor, September 29, 1692; alderman, September 29, 1696; assessor, September 29, 1704; collector, September 29, 1706; surveyor of high- ways, September 29, 1707; constable, September 29, 1708; collector, Sep- tember 29, 1709.
VANDERVIN, Hendrick Jansen, voorleser, 1670; clerk and voorleser, 1672 to 1684.
VERMEULE, Adrian, clerk and voorleser, September 29, 1699, to February 1, 1708.
VERMILYE, Isaac, overseer, June 12, 1666, August 6, 1667. Johannes, court messenger, June 17, 1665; constable, August 6, 1667; overseer, December 7, 1669, February 7, 1671; constable, December 4, 1679; overseer, Decem- ber 19, 1681 ; constable, December, 1682; assessor, October 13, 1684; commissioner of the town court, January 28, 1685, November 1, 1687, October 14, 1689.
VERVEELEN, Johannes, schepen, November 17, 1663; constable, May 15, 1666; overseer, August 6, 1667, October 2, 1668.
WALDRON, Barent, court messenger, September 25, 1673; assessor, Sep- tember 29, 1698; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1702; collector, September 29, 1703. Johannes, surveyor of highways, November 9, 1700; overseer, September 29, 1701, September 29, 1702; constable, September 29, 1703; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1704; assessor, September 29, 1705; constable, September 29, 1706; surveyor of highways, Sep- tember 29, 1709. Resolved. constable, June 17, 1665; overseer, October 2, 1668, December 7, 1669, February 7, 1671 ; schout and schepen, August 23, 1673, October 1, 1674; overseer, October 29, 1675; constable, October 23, 1676, October 28, 1678. November 10, 1680; assessor, December 10, 1683, October 13, 1685. Samuel, authorized man, November 29, 1691 ; assessor, September 29, 1693; surveyor of highways, September 29, 1696, September 29, 1697; constable, September 29, 1699; authorized man, December 14, 1699; assessor, September 29, 1702.
WOLTERS, Kier, overseer, October 2, 1668, December 7, 1669.
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LETTER: DR. MONTANYE TO STUYVESANT AND COUNCIL.
Honorable, Valiant and Worthy Lords.
My Lords, I have received here a letter of the Ist July last, and read the same with sorrow, not for the reproof, which I accept with thanks, but for my accounts which to me appear astonishing: because from the extract sent me by Sieur Jacob Sam the previous year, in October, I find myself credited upon the last of December Aº 1660, for the sum of f. 96; and in the extract from the monthly pay book of the year 1661, I am debited for f. 1936:12; so that I the same cannot comprehend, since in my book of the year 1662, I find myself indebted for not more than f. 1159:5:8, whence I judge (under correction from my superiors), that a mistake must exist in the said reckoning: for of the two, either I was owing, at the end of the year 1660, more than f. 96:, or I am now not
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so much indebted as in my accounts stands. Further, in the year 1659, per balance of accounts from my book, I find. myself to be indebted f. 432:13, to which added f. 1338:13:10, of the year 1660, makes the sum f. 1771 :6:10, from which my wages deducted, to wit, f. 900, I should remain indebted for f. 871 :6:10, which yet added to f. 1159:5:8, being the whole that I for the year 1661, on my book sent off, was also indebted, makes f. 2030:12:2; now the wages of the year 166t being deducted therefrom, I remain still indebted f. 1130:12:2, and not f. 1936:12 (but I refer me to the examination of Sieur Jacob Sam) ; which same excessive sum I behold with great heart grief, not that my conscience witnesses to me that I am fallen into the same by any quis cingit ostio that I may have practiced, having (without boasting) always kept my household in victuals and clothes as temperately as a common burgher here; but the excessive dearth of all things has driven me insensibly into such need and poverity, as that never in the 68 years that I have lived, so great distress have felt, finding myself destitute of all means to provide for my daily bread, and provisions for the winter; but my hope rests in those who until now have always helped me. It were well if that considering my support one should deem it to be sufficient; but those who have knowledge of the advantages of this place can well judge, that I, spending in bread, small beer and wood f. 800, have of necessity light money of the balance left to speak of. I should to your Worthy . Honors send a request, with an obligation in the form of a Note of the Honorable Lord Director Kieft, deceased, to me given ; but the sudden departure of this yacht in haste, did not per- mit me, yet hope to do it the coming Monday with the other yacht.
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