Document: Declaration of Claes van Elslandt and others that they saw the woman residing on Old Jan's plantation drive the Company's cattle into the swamp

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A0270-78_V2_090a
Description

Declaration. Claes van Elslant and Cosyn Gerritsen that they saw a herd of cattle which were driven into the swamp near Old John's plantation on the Manhattans, sink over their backs in the marsh. [1643]

Document Date
1643-11-01
Document Date (Date Type)
1643-11-01
Document Type
Declaration

Translation
Translation

[ Before me ], Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary [ of New ] Netherland, [ appeared ] Claes van Elslandt, aged 44 years, Cosyn Gerritsen, aged 36 years, and Gerrit Jacobsen, aged 19 years, who at the request of the honorable fiscal, Van [ der ] Hoykens, attest, testify and declare, in place and with promise of a solemn oath if necessary and required, that it is true and truthful that they, the deponents, having been sent by the honorable director to find the cattle belonging to the Company and others, came to the plantation of Old Jan by the swamp, where they saw the woman residing on Old Jan’s plantation drive the cattle with a stick into the said swamp, so that the cattle were in it up to their backs, but as the cattle were strong and well in flesh, they finally got through the swamp. All of which the deponents declare to be true and truthful. Done the [blank] of November anno 1643, in Fort Amsterdam, New Netherland.

Claes van Elslant
Cosyn Gerritsen
Gerrit Jacobsen

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York.  https://www.archives.nysed.gov/  

Translation link see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A0270/NYSA_A0270-78_V2_090a.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 2, Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642-1647 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.

Property Type
Property Type
House and Lot
To Party 1
To Party 1 Text Unlinked
Old Jan
From Party 1
From Party 1 Text Unlinked
Claes van Elslandt
From Party 2
From Party 2 Text Unlinked
[others]
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Provincial Secretary register of the Provincial Secretary (Series A0270 _ 1642-1660)
Item
090a
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/11059