RegisterofPSVol2

Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642 – 1647 ׀ 202
[Declaration of Tryntje Hans respecting a fight between Jan the cooper
and another man who was wounded in the scuffle]
[148l] Tryntjen Hans, wife of Hans Nicolaes, aged about 36 years, at present pregnant, certifies
at the request of the fiscal, on her conscience, in place and with promise of a solemn oath if
necessary, that it is true that in the night between the 17th and the 18th of September there was
for full two hours a great uproar at the house of Hendric, the smith, 273 and that about between
twelve and one o’clock in the night Jan, the cooper, 274 sprang out of the above mentioned house
and the wounded man (whose name she does not know) came out after the cooper. The aforesaid
Jan said to the wounded one: “If you are an upright fellow, now stand by your statements.” She,
the deponent, declares she then saw the above mentioned Jan, the cooper, and the wounded man
grapple with each other and fall to the ground. The smith’s daughter, standing in the doorway,
said: “Jan, don’t draw your knife.” The cooper answered: “I have no knife.” She heard the
wounded man say: “I have enough,” and Hendric, the smith, himself pulled the cooper off the
wounded man outside the door. Afterwards Jan went into the house. About a half hour later the
wounded man came to the door and begged Hendric to let him in, saying: “I have had enough;”
which was refused. She, the deponent, not wishing to hear the wounded man’s words and
entreaties any longer, shut her door. This the deponent declares to be as true and certain as that
God will make her a happy mother. The 19th of September 1646.
This is the X mark of the wife of Hans Rodesroch
[Declaration of Remmert Jansen respecting the
wounding of a man by Jan the cooper]
[149a] Remmert Jansen, smith, aged about 30 years, testifies at the request of the fiscal that
about between twelve and one o’clock of the night between the 17th and the 18th of September
he heard moaning outside his door, Oh! my, Oh! my, without knowing who it was, and remained
in his bed. Declares that he knows no more. All of which he is prepared to confirm by oath. Done
in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, the 19th of September 1646.
273 Hendrick Jansen, smith.
274 John Brent, cooper?
Rem Yansen
New Netherland Research Center New Netherland Institute