RegisterofPSVol2

Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642 – 1647 ׀ 313
me. Wherefore I convey and transfer the said land and house to the said Wolsey and his
successors, [to have and to hold the same] in true and lawful ownership. In token of the truth this
is signed by Tomas Robbersen in presence of Jan Damen as witness, the 16th of August anno
1647, in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland.
J. Vinje, witness
This is the mark TR of Tomas Robbersen, made by himself
[Bond of Catalyn van Straseele, widow of Jan Jansen
van Ilpendam, in favor of Jan Snediger]
[167b] Before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of New Netherland, appeared Catalyntje van
Straessel, who in the presence of the undersigned witnesses acknowledged that during the lifetime of
her husband, Jan Jansen Ilpendam, deceased, she had duly received from Jan Snediger in goods and
cash the sum of seven hundred and seventy guilders, fifteen stivers, which said sum she, Catalyntje
van Strassel, declares and promises shall be tendered and paid, free of costs and charges, by her or
her heirs, out of her, the appearer’s, property and the estate of the late Jansen Ilpendam, her deceased
husband, or out of all such goods and effects as may accrue to her or her deceased husband elsewhere
by inheritance, descent or will. For greater security the above named Catalyntje Strassel binds and
specially mortgages all her property and the estate of her deceased husband, together with all such
goods and effects as are due to her or her deceased husband anywhere by will, inheritance or
descent. Thus done in the presence of Mr. Adriaen de Keyser, commissary, Piter Antony and Isaac
de Foreest, witnesses hereto invited, the 19th of August 1647, in Fort Amsterdam in New
Netherland.
A. Keyser
Pieter Anthony
Isack de Forest
By me, Kally 376 van Straseells
Acknowledged before me,
C. van Tienh., secretary
376 Intended for Kalijne, a Flemish form of Catalyn, or Catharina.
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