RegisterofPSVol2

Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642 – 1647 ׀ 109
promising to conduct himself faithfully and diligently in his work as a blacksmith. Done the 16th
of August 1643.
Acknowledged before me,
This is the X mark of Jan Karstensen
Ren Yansen
Cornelis van Tienh., secretary
[Appointment of Benjamin Pauwely to act with Thomas Hall and Richard Lots
as administrator of the estate of Francis Lasley]
[70b] We, Willem [Kieft, director general, and the council of] New Netherland, make known:
Whereas Francis Lasle has recently departed out of this world, leaving debts and claims and
various property such as furniture, a house, a plantation, grain and tobacco, we have thought it
advisable, in order that his surviving widow, children or heirs may receive whatever shall be
found remaining, to appoint and authorize a suitable person to take care and charge of the
property of the said Françoys Lasle, deceased. Therefore, we, observing the fitness of Benjamin
Pauwely, have appointed and authorized him, together with Tomas Hal and Ritchert Lots, to take
good care of the property belonging to him Lasle and to act and proceed in the matter according
to law, provided that he, the administrator, shall be bound to render account of his
administration. Done in New Amsterdam, the 29th of August 1643, in New Netherland.
Willem Kieft
By order of the honorable director general and council of New Netherland.
Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary
[Declaration of Barent Dircksen and others that the hogs of Pieter van der Linden
have destroyed the garden of Tonis Cray]
[7la] [Barent Dir]c[ksen, ba]ker, Jan Eversen, [and Jan] Cornelissen from Rotterdam testify at
the request of Tonis Cray that the hogs of Pieter van [der] Linden have largely destroyed the
plantation of maize and garden produce, so that it is almost worthless. He, Tonis Cray has had the
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