Document: Order of the magistrates of Middelborgh respecting the disposal of the estate of John Gray, a fugitive from justice

The magistrates of the village of Middelborch are hereby authorized to pay the common debts from the estate and effects left behind by the fugitive Jan Graay (the assignment to the children having been previously delayed by the grandfather); which having been done, the remainder is to be divided into two equal parts and the one half left to the disposal of his wife, the other half, until further orders, to be kept safely for the use of the court. Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Nether- land, ady ut supra.[1]