Document: Order to Hendrick van Dyck to vacate the company's house which he occupies

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Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V05_0078

Description

Order. Hendrick van Dyck, to vacate the company's house which he occupies, by the 1st November next, as it is required for the rev. Samuel Drisius, who has recently arrived.

Document Date

1652-10-15

Document Date (Date Type)

1652-10-15

Document Type

Order

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

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Translation

[ First several lines are lost. ]

. . . Bryan Newton [ ] .

Wybee Jacobs is condemned [ ] crime to pay a fine of 20 guilders [ ] , 20 guilders for the poor, 20 guilders for the fiscal [ ] to pay for glasses which he broke.

Concerning Ariaen Pietersen's accident, he is condemned to pay a fine of f150: 1/3 for the church, 1/3 for the poor and 1/3 for the fiscal.

Mr. van Dyck,[1] Three weeks ago you were asked by our court messenger, Claes van Elslant, to vacate the Company's house by this November first; all the more now that we have made the newly constructed house inhabitable, and because we urgently need your rooms for the newly arrived minister, Domine Samuel Driesieo.[2] However, because there is still a little work to be done, [ ] again that you please make room for the aforesaid Samuel Driesio before the appointed time.

Translation Superscripts

[1]: Hendrick van Dyck, a former schout in New Amsterdam who was removed from office.
[2]: Samuel Drisius served as domine in New Netherland from 1652 until his death in 1673.

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/A1809/NYSA_A1809-78_V05_0078.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 4, Council Minutes, 1638-1649 (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.