RegisterofPSVol2

Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642 – 1647 ׀ 238
the request of Dirck Holgersen declare before the fiscal that they, the deponents, built for Dirck
Holgersen a house on Long Island, to which house they made four projecting eaves. 301 This the
deponents offer to confirm. Done the 6th of December 1646, in New Amsterdam.
Acknowledged before me,
Jan Wylmsen Bos
This is the X mark of Abraham Martensen, made by himself
Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary
[Bill of sale of a yacht from Thomas Hall and Jan Pietersen
to Hendrick Jansen and Jan Martensen]
[154c] This day, date underwritten, before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of New
Netherland, appeared Tomas Hal and Jan Pitersen, both inhabitants here, who in the presence of the
undersigned witnesses declared that of their own free will and after mature deliberation they
transferred and conveyed in true and real ownership their yacht De Hoop, at present lying before
Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, with her standing and running rigging and further as they, the
appearers, convey and deliver the same to Hendric Jansen and Jan Martensen, which persons may
take possession of and use the said yacht as they might do with other, their own and lawfully
acquired goods. They, the appearers, promise to deliver the said yacht, as they do hereby, free from
all claims which might be made or set up thereto by any one in the world. In witness and proof of
the truth this is put in writing and signed in the record by the appearers in the presence of Aryaen
van Tienhoven and Jacob H. Kip, requested to be witnesses hereto, the 11th of December anno
1646, in Amsterdam in New Netherland.
The payment for the yacht must be made immediately in two pieces of duffel at four guilders the
yard and the rest in sewant.
Adriaen van Tienh[oven] }
} witnesses
Jacob H. Kip }
This is the X mark of Jan Pitersz, made by himself
Thomas Hall
301 Swepen. The meaning of this word is uncertain. The house may have been built in Norwegian style with wide
projecting eaves, or with galleries.
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