RegisterofPSVol2

Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642 – 1647 ׀ 124
Chartered West India Company, appeared Ritchert Rely 175 of London, who came over in the
year 1642 on the ship De Melckmeyt, who appoints and empowers, as he does hereby, Jeronimus
La Croix, junior, to demand and collect from the honorable directors of the General Chartered
West India Company, chamber of Amsterdam, the sum of seventy-eight guilders, due him by
balance and remainder of the account hereto annexed; on receipt of which moneys by Jeronimus
La Croix above mentioned, he may execute a discharge, which shall be valid; the principal
holding as valid whatever shall be done and transacted herein by the attorney. Done the 4th of
November anno 1643, in Fort Amsterdam, N. N.
Cornelio van[der] Hoykens, fiscal, witness
This is the R R mark of Ritchert Rely
[Will of Pieter Bronck]
[88a] [In the year] after [the birth] of our Lord and Savior Jesus [Christ] one thousand six
hundred and forty-three, before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary in New Netherland,
appeared Pieter Bronck, [of sound] body, up and about and in full possession of his memory and
understanding, who declared that he, reflecting on the certainty of death and the uncertainty of
the hour thereof and wishing therefore to anticipate all such uncertainty of death by testamentary
disposition, has of his own free will, true knowledge and deliberate intention, without
inducement, persuasion or misleading on the part of any one, made and confirmed, as he hereby
does make and confirm, this his testament and last will, in the manner and form hereinafter
written:
First, after revoking all and whatsoever testaments and other dispositions which he before this
date may in any wise have made or executed and then proceeding to the terms of his [present]
testament, he, Piter Bronc, bequeathes and devises to Engeltje Mans all such goods and chattels
as he shall leave behind after his death. As regards his father, mother, or other friends, they are
far from here, and if there be anything, they can not come here. Willing and requesting that this
after his decease may take effect before all courts and judges. Done the 4th of November 1643.
175 Richard Riley?
P. Bronc
New Netherland Research Center New Netherland Institute