Document: Dutch colonial council minutes, 27 March - 1 April 1642

Holding Institution
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NYSA_A1809-78_V04_p118
Description

Court proceedings. Andries Hudde vs. Dirck Corsen Stam; plaintiff again in default; judgment for defendant, who is authorized to proceed on his voyage to Virginia. Fiscal vs. John Celes; defendant acknowledges having shot one hog that was not his; case continued. Fiscal vs. Hendrick Jansen, late gunner, &c., for being insolent to that officer; defendant condemned to serve the company one month; to pay a fine of 10 guilders, with costs, Fiscal vs. Philip Geraerdy, a soldier, for having been absent from the guard without leave; sentence, to ride the Wooden horse during parade, with a pitcher in one hand and a drawn sword in the other. Abraham Rycken vs. Jacques Bentyn, slander. Maryn Adriaensen vs. Thomas Hall, respecting the delivery of a plantation sold by the plaintiff to the defendant; settled. (cont'd) [1642];Declaration. David Provoost that Hendrick de Forest's widow and Dirck Corsen (Stam), have a lawsuit at Amsterdam, with interrogatories on which said Corsen is examined. [1642]

Document Date
1642-03-27 to 1642-04-01
Document Date (Date Type)
1642-03-27
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Document Type Unlinked
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Translation
Translation

On the 27th of March anno 1642

Maryn Adriaensen, plaintiff, vs. Tomas Hal, defendant, about the delivery of a certain plantation which the plaintiff sold to the defendant for fl. 1000, to be paid one-third New Year anno 1643, one-third New Year 1644 and one-third New Year anno 1645. Parties have settled in court.

Cornelio vander Hoykens, fiscal, plaintiff, vs. Hendrick Jansz, tailor, defendant. Default.

On the 1st of April, being Tuesday

Davit Provoost declares in court that it is known to him that the widow of the late Hendrick de Foreest and Dirck Corsen sued each other at Amsterdam, but that he does not know for what cause.

Interrogatory upon which Dirck Corsen was examined in court

The original record was signed: Dirck Corsen Stam.

Translation Superscripts
[1]: Dirck Corsen Stam was supercargo, Jan Tiepkens, skipper, and Hendrick de Forest, mate, of the ship Rensselaerswyck, which sailed from Amsterdam on Sept. 25, 1636. See Van Rensselaer Bowier MSS., pp. 345, 355-89.
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_V04_p118.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.

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