Document: Appointment of Peter Tonneman to be kerck master of the church at New Amsterdam

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0470

Description

Appointment. Peter Tonneman to be kerck master of the church at New Amsterdam vice de Sille.

Document Date

1657-03-06

Document Date (Date Type)

1657-03-06

Document Type

Appointment

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Appointment

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Translation

The director general and councilors of New Netherland having received the nomination made and submitted by the burgomasters of this city with the request that the director general and councilors select from those nominated be pleased to select a church master (to replace the one church master who is leaving); therefore, the director general and councilors have selected from those nominated for the coming year as church master the honorable Pieter Tonneman to replace the honorable lord Nicasius de Sille and for the present Sr. Govert Loockermans is continued. Dated as above.

[several lines lost] the lords councilors Pieter Tonneman

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_V08_0470.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.