of refusal the unwilling to constrain to payment according to law; all terms of courts as well substantial as accidental to keep; to look after all suits against all persons with power of substitution in common form; in courts to conclude suits; submitting to composition and agreement; sentence and determination to follow up; if beneficial to yield, or put to execution or in case of loss of suit to appeal; and do in the aforesaid matters all that his judgment shall find good, as he, the principal, if present, might or could do, if so be that any precept more especial than above written demands; promising to hold as good and true all that shall be done and transacted by the attorney or his substitute; under a pledge of his person and estate, present and future, without exception, submitting the same to all courts and judges, provided that the attorney shall be held to act properly with the receipts, and proper accountings of the remainder to exhibit, under a like pledge as above mentioned. Done in said Fort Orange in New Netherland, in the presence of Johannes Provoost, Lambert Van Valkenburgh, and Jan Clute, as witnesses thereto called. The mark of DERICK BENSICK. The mark of L. Van Valkenburgh. Johannes Provoost. Acknowledged before me, LA MONTAGNE, Deputy at Fort Orange. On the 25th of October, A. D. 1656, appeared before me Johannes La Montagne, etc., Claes Henderickse [Van Schoonhoven], who declared that he had granted, as, by these presents, he does grant and convey, in real and actual possession, for the behoof of Harmen Jacobsen [Bambus?], and Dirck Bensick, burgesses and inhabitants of the village of Beverwyck, for their heirs and successors, a certain house and lot situate in the village of Beverwyck, as it lies in fence, and as it at present is occupied by Jan Tomassen, except thirty wood feet on the north side of the same in front and rear, together with the buildings, which stand upon said lot of thirty feet; for the number of two hundred and fifty-one whole merchantable beavers, which said number, said buyers shall pay, without delay in the month of July, A. D. 1657, to wit, the half of said number; and the other half in the month of July, A. D. 1658, the following year, under a pledge of their persons and estates, fast and movable, present and future, subject to all courts and judges, the seller promising to set said house and lot free from all demands, seizures or other claims, which may be upon said house and lot, renouncing under the above mentioned pledge, all exceptions, laws, and customs, which might be prejudicial to the same, which freeing of said house and lot [from incumbrances] the seller stands obligated to accomplish by May next, A. D. 1657. 1 Johannes Provoost was town clerk and notary public at Albany from 1656 to 1675. 8th Sept., 1693, he was lately deceased. He had three wives, of whom the second was Sarah Webber, widow of L. Vander Spiegle, married 26th June, 1685, and deceased Dec. 23, 1685; and the third was Anna, widow of Dr. Van Nieuwenhuysen, married 18th July, 1687. The only child baptized in Albany was Isaac, son of his first wife, baptized 23d Sept., 1683. There were two kinds of foot used by the Dutch in this province. The hout or wood foot, equal to 11.15 inches English, was commonly employed for all short measurements, and where simply the word foot is found in writings this kind is intended. The Rhynland foot, equal to 12.36 in. English, was used in long measurements such as land. When the rod was used it was always the Rhynland rod, consisting of 12 Rhynland feet. Done at the above date in the village of Beverwyck, in the presence of Henderick Jochemsen and Frans Barentsen [Pastoor], witnesses for that purpose called. CLAES HENDRYCKSEN. HARMEN JACOBSE. This is the mark of DIRCK BENSINCK. Hendreck Jochemsen,1 as witness. Frans Barentse Pastoor, as witness. Acknowledged before me, LA MONTAGNE, Deputy at Fort Orange. And at the same time and before me, the aforesaid deputy, appeared Rem Janssen [Smit], and Henderick Andriese Van Doesborch, citizens of the village of Beverwyck, and constituted themselves sureties and principals (burgen en principalen), for the above mentioned number of two hundred and fifty-one whole merchantable beavers, for the full payment of the same, under a pledge of their persons and estates, fast and movable, present and future, subject to all laws and judges. Present, Henderick Jochemse and Frans Barentse [Pastoor]. REM JANSSEN. As witness, Hendrick Jochemse. Frans Barentse Pastoor, as witness. Acknowledged before me, HENDRYCK AENDRYESSEN.2 LA MONTAGNE, Deputy at Fort Orange. Appeared before me Johannes La Montagne, in the service of the Privileged West India Company, deputy at Fort Orange, and the appendances of the same, Rem Janssen [Smit], citizen of the village of Beverwyck in New Netherland, and in the presence of Messrs. Ruth Jacobsen [Van Schoenderwoert], and Andries Herbertsen [Constapel, Van der Blaas], commissaries of the same jurisdiction, declared that he had granted and conveyed, as, by these presents, he does grant and convey, in real and actual possession, for the behoof of Hendrick Gerritse' [Van Wie, or Verwey, his heirs or assigns (die van hem reght hebben sullen); a certain lot for a house, lying in the village of Beverwyck, bounded south by Adrian Janssen De Vries, north by Hage Bruyns, west and east by the wagon road; breadth five rods, length, seven rods and a half, in a square; according to the patent to the grantor, given by the Honorable Director General and Council of New Netherland, on the 25th of Oct., 1653, which lot the aforesaid grantor, to the aforesaid Henderick 1 Hendrik Jochemse was lieutenant of the Burger Company in 1658.- Dutch Manuscripts. 2 Hendrik Andriese Van Doesburgh was in Beverwyck as early as 1653, but was deceased in 1664. His wife was Maritie Damens, widow of Dirk Van Eps; by her he had one daughter, Jannetie, who married Martinus Cregier, son of Capt. Martinus C. of New Amsterdam, and settled at Niskayuna, where their descendants may still be found. After Hendrik Andriese's death, his widow married in 1664 Cornelis Van Nes. Frans Barentse Pastoor had been a magistrate in Beverwyck at least two years previous to 1657. His house lot was on Broadway next north of Bleecker Hall. He left no descendants here. 4 Hendrik Gerritse Van Wye, or Verwey, was a volunteer in the expedition against Canada in 1691, and was desperately wounded at La Praire; on his return he was cared for at the house of widow Jacob Tyssen Vander Heyden. It is presumed that he did not long survive. In 1691 he made his will; about this time Pieter Schuyler petitioned the governor and council for his relief. He left three sons, Gerrit, Jan, and Hendrik. The Rhynland rod consisted of 12 feet Rhynland, or 12.36 feet English. Gerritse, has conveyed, promising said lot to free from all demands and claims that may be made against the same; by these presents, renouncing all laws, statutes and customs repugnant to this conveyance; under a pledge of his person and estate, fast and movable, present and future, submitting the same to all laws and judges, for the maintenance of this present conveyance. Done in Fort Orange the 16th Octob., A. D. 1656. Present Johannes Provoost and Daniel Verveelen,1 witnesses. REM JANSSEN [SMIT]. Daniel Verveelen, Johannes Provoost, witness. Acknowledged before me, LA MONTAGNE, Deputy at Fort Orange. On this 28th of October, A. D. 1656, appeared before me Johannes La Montagne, in the service of the Privileged West India Company, etc, the Honorable Adriaen Janssen Van Ulpendam, burgess and citizen of said village, and in the presence of Messrs. Ruth Jacobsen and Andries Herbertsen, commissaries, etc., declared that he had granted and conveyed, and, by these presents, does grant and convey, in actual and real possession, for the behoof of Adriaen Gerritsen [Papendorp], fellow burgess and citizen of the same village, his heirs or assigns, a certain house and lot in said village of Beverwyck, bounded on the south side by the public road, on the north by Pieter Loockermans, on the west by Gerrit Janssen, on the east by Ruth Arentsen [Schoemaecker], according to patent to said Adriaen Van Ulpendam, granted by the Director General and Council of New Netherland, the 25th of October, A. D. 1653 (excepting from said lot a parcel of about three feet on the street, being a corner (hoecke) on the east side of said house, which corner the said Adriaen Van Ulpendam, heretofore, has conveyed to Rem Janssen [Smit]; for the sum of eighteen hundred Carolus guilders, which the grantor acknowledges he has received, and is content and satisfied; together with a certain garden entitled number five in said patent, for which garden said Adriaen Van Ulpendam, acknowledges he has received satisfaction, acquitting said Adriaen Gerritse of said sum: which house, lot, and garden the grantor promises to set free from all demands and claims, renouncing all laws, statutes and customs repugnant to the same, under a pledge of his person and estate, fast and movable, present and future, submitting the same to all laws and judges for the perfecting of his promises. Done in Fort Orange, at the above date. Rutger Jacobsen. Andries Herbertsen. Acknowledged before me, ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM. LA MONTAGNE, Deputy at Fort Orange. 1 In 1687 Daniel Verveelen petitioned for the renewal of the grant of the ferry at Spyting Devil, formerly held by his father, Johannes Verveelen.- English Manuscripts, xxxv, 135. Adrian Gerritse Papendorp served as commissary or magistrate several years; he made his will in 1688 and speaks of his wife Jannatie Croon, but not of children. 3 Adrian Janse Van Ulpendam was notary public in Albany for a time; in Jan., 1674-5, he said he was 56 years old.- Notarial Papers. In 1686 he committed suicide by hanging.Colonial Manuscripts, XXXIII, 42. Jacobus De Beavois was his uncle and heir.- Deeds, IV, 12. Appeared before me Johannes La Montagne, in the service of the Privileged West India Company, etc., Zacharias Sickels Van Weenen, dwelling at Fort Orange and in the presence of the after named witnesses, who has appointed and empowered, as, by these presents, he does appoint and empower, Adriaen Simonse, in the appointer's name and for his benefit to demand of the Honorable Directors of the West India Company of the Chamber at Amsterdam, the payment of such moneys as are due to him for services rendered by him for said company, on the island of Curaçoa, as appears by a settlement made on said island, and of date A. D. 1655, and for its receipt quittance to give in proper form; with power in case necessity requires it, to substitute one or more persons in his place, for the furthering the payment: promising to hold good all that the aforesaid attorney or his substitutes shall do in this matter (provided that the aforesaid attorney or his substitute, shall be holden to render an accounting of the money received to the principal or his attorney), under a pledge of his person and estate, fast and movable, present and future, submitting the same to all laws and judges. Done in Fort Orange this 4th day of November, A. D. 1656, in presence of Johannes Provoost and Jan Lambertse [Van Bremen]. Witness. This is the mark of + Jan Lambertsen. SACKARYST SECKELS. LA MONTAGNE, Deputy at Fort Orange. 4 Appeared before me Johannes De La Montagne, in the service of the Privileged West India Company, etc., Hendrick Gerritse [Van Wie, or Verwey], citizen of the village of Beverwyck, and in the presence of Messrs. Philip Pieterse [Schuyler], and Jacob [Janse] Schermerhooren,3 commissaries, etc., who declared that he had granted and conveyed, as he does grant and convey, by these presents, in real and actual possession, for the behoof of Pieter Janse Loockermans, his heirs or assigns, a certain house lot situate in the village of Beverwyck, bounded on the south by Adriaen Janse De Vries, north by Huge Bruynsen, east and west on the wagon road, which lot is five rods wide; in length seven and a half rods, in a square, according to the patent to Rem Janse [Smit], granted by the Honorable Director General and Council of New Netherland, on the 23d of Octob., 1653, of which lot the grantor according to said patent received a deed from said Rem Janse, on the 16th Oct. last, and said grantor promises said lot to free from all incumbrances, claims and demands, which may come against the same, under a pledge of his person and estate, movable and immovable, present and future. submitting the same to all courts or judges; acknowledging that he has received satisfaction for said 1 Zacharias Sikels was corporal in the Company's service in 1658; in 1661-2-3 he was the town's herder and contracted to perform this duty for 18 guilders each beast for the season. In 1689 he was ratel watch for the town; and in 1693 he removed to New York. 2 Col. Philip Pieterse and David Pieterse (Schuyler), brothers, early settled in Albany. The former married Margareta Slichtenhorst, 22d Dec., 1655, at the age of 22 years, and had a family of ten children. He died 9th of March, 1683-4. 3 Jacob Janse Schermerhooren was a native of Waterland, Holland; he early settled in Beverwyck as a trader, and acquired a large estate for the times, which he left to his nine children. He died in Schenectady in 1688. All the families of this name in the state of New York are believed to be descended from him. 4 Pieter Janse Lookermans was a brother of Govert L. of New Amsterdam, and in 1658 was boatswain in the West India Company's service.- Dutch Manuscripts, vIII, 835. 6 See page 6. lot, and acquitting said Pieter Janse Loockermans of the payment of the same. Done in Fort Orange, 16 Nov., 1656. Acknowledged before me, HENDRICK GERRITSE, JACOB SCHERMERHOOREN. LA MONTAGNE, Deputy at Fort Orange. Appeared before me Jan De La Montagne, in the service of the Privileged West India Company, Vice Director and Deputy at Fort Orange,” and village of Beverwyck, in the presence of Messrs. Rutger Jacobse and Philip Pieterse, commissaries, etc., the Honorable Frans Barentse Pastoor, burgess and citizen of said village of Beverwyck, who declared that he had granted and conveyed, as he does grant and convey, by these presents, in real and actual possession, for the behoof of Michael Jansen, citizen of the city of Amsterdam in New Netherland, a house situated at Fort Orange, the place which was granted by the Honorable Director General and Council of New Netherland, to Jacob Janse Hap [or Stoll,] of date 3d July, 1649, which house the grantor, by virtue of a conveyance to him made by the said Jacob Janse Hap, occupies according to the tenor of said conveyance; for which house said Michael Janse [Van Broechuysen] shall pay the sum of seven hundred guilders in good strong seewant (wampum), the half next May, A. D. 1657, and the other half in May, 1658, under a pledge of his person and estate, without exceptions, which house said grantor promises to free from all seizures, claims and demands, which may be made upon the same, under pledge of his person and estate, movable and immovable, present and future, submitting the same to all laws and judges. Done in Fort Orange, 20th of November, A. D. 1656. FRANS BARENTSE PASTOOR. Johannes La Montagne, a magistrate at Albany, N. Y., under the Dutch colonial government, was born in 1592; was a Huguenot physician, of varied acquirements, and came to New Netherland in 1637; in 1633 was appointed one of the council under Kieft; married, 1, Rachel Monjour; 2, Agritta Fillis, 18 Aug., 1647; 1641 was appointed by Kieft to command an expedition consisting of fifty men in two yachts to Fort Good Hope, now Hartford, on the Connecticut river, to maintain the Dutch rights there against the encroachments of the English; but the enterprise was stayed by the pressure of affairs nearer home; 1643 saved the life of Director Kieft, attacked by Maryn Adriaensen, and same year was sent to Staten island with three companies to put down the Indians, from which he returned laden with the spoils of several hundred bushels of corn; 1644 headed an expedition against the Indians of Long Island, where one hundred and twenty savages were killed; 1645 accompanied Kieft on his first voyage to Fort Orange, to secure the friendship of the Mohawks, on which occasion he conducted an analysis of the war paint of the natives, and discovered gold therein, to the great comfort of Kieft! 1647 was retained in the council by Stuyvesant; 1648 was dispatched to the South river to secure the Dutch acquisitions there, which was successfully done; 1652, it having been determined to establish a school in the city tavern, he was for the time appointed schoolmaster; 1653 he was in the enjoyment of an income of nearly four hundred dollars a month from his public offices; 1656 on the retirement of De Decker he was appointed vice director at Fort Orange, now Albany; 1660 headed a detachment of soldiers to discover and arrest forestallers (bosh-loopers, bush runners), or persons, among whom were some of the magistrates of the city, who went out to intercept the Indians on their way to Fort Orange with furs, with a view to make advantageous purchases against the regulations of trade; 1664 surrendered Fort Orange to the English, and swore allegiance to the new dynasty. His bouwery in New York was east of Eighth avenue, and extended from 93d street north to Harlem river, containing about two hundred acres, which was called Vredendael (peaceful vale).— O'Callaghan's History of New Netherland; Documents relating to the Colonial History of New York. Gov. 2 Fort Orange was situated on the river side between Denniston and Lydius streets. Stuyvesant claimed for the West India Company all lands within 600 paces or 250 Rhynland rods of the fort, and in 1652 all grants which fell within that space were annulled. Dorp Beverwyck, situated to the north of the fort, fell within the land claimed by the Van Rensselaers. 3 Michael Janse Van Broechuysen came over to Beverwyck in 1636, as a servant, with his wife and children. Having amassed a fortune in a few years in the fur trade, he removed in 1646 to Manhattan. O'Callaghan's History of New Netherland, 1, 436. 4 A guilder sewant was one-third of the guilder beaver, and was worth about 13 cents. Hist. Coll. iii. 2 |