Document: Declaration of Tobias Tonissen and others about stolen hogs

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Document ID

NYSA_A0270-78_V2_013c

Description

Declaration. Tobias Tonisen, that Jacques Bentyn had said that certain stolen hogs had been eaten in Abraham Ryken's house. [1642]

Document Date

1642-03-27

Document Date (Date Type)

1642-03-27

Document Type

Declaration

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Translation

[ Before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven ], appointed secretary [ in New Netherland for the General Chartered ] West India [ Company ], appeared [ Tobias Tonissen, aged [blank] years], Jan Tuenesen, aged [blank] years, [ ] aged [blank] years, and Willem [ Fredricks ], aged [blank] years, who [ at the request ] of Abraham Rycken jointly testify [ and declare ], as they hereby do in [ place and with promise ] of a solemn oath if [ need ] be, that it is true and truthful that they, the deponents, heard Jaques Bentyn say in front of their house that the stolen hogs which were shot in the wood were eaten at the house of him, Abraham Rycken. All of which the deponents declare to be true and truthful, offering to confirm this by oath. Done the 27th of March anno 1642, in Fort Amsterdam.

Tobias Tonissen

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_013c.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.