CITTY OF N. YORKE: INDENTURES OF APPRENTICESHIP. begun February ye 19th 1694 and ends January ye Page Horsewell, William. 151 Phillips, Samuell . . Jackson, William Ratier, Jacob Page 81 47, 66, 136 Roberts, Thomas 102, 116 Rolland, John 48 Splinter, Abraham 24, 140 61, 94 33 58 86, 105, 150 74 Schuyler, Brandt Stephens, John 144 to 148 Swift, Henry 2 6 Trevett, John 29 31 Viele, Cornelius 52 Van Dam, Rip Penny, William &c. . 54 Waldron, Rutgert 100, 120 This Indenture Wittnesseth, that Nicolas Auger Son of Nicolas Auger of ye Citty of New Yorke Joyner Aged tenn years or thereabouts with the Consent of his Parents & also of his own Free & Voluntary Will in the Presence of Charles Lodwick Esqre Mayor of ye said Citty hath put himselfe Apprentice unto Wessell Evertson of ye Same Citty Cooper & ye Said Science or Trade of a Cooper which he the Said Wessell Evertson now Useth to be taught & with him after ye manner of An Apprentice to Dwell and Live from the day of the Date hereof unto the full End and Terme of Nine Years from thence next Ensuing by all which Terme of Nine Years the said Apprenticeship the S Nicolas Auger well and truely shall Serve the Comandments of his Master Lawfull & honest Everywhere he shall Gladly doe no hurte to his Said Master he Shall not doe or Suffer to be done The Goods of his Said Master he Shall not Purloyn waste or Destroy nor them to any body lend att Dice or any other unlawfull Game he Shall not play whereby his Master may Incurr any hurte, Matrimony he Shall not Contract, Taverns he Shall not frequent, from ye Service of his Said Master day or Night he shall not absent himselfe, but in all things as a good & faithfull Apprentice shall bear and behave himselfe, towards his Said Master and all his dureing the Terme aforesaid. And ye Said Wessell Evertson to Said Apprentice the Science [page 2] or Trade of a Cooper which he now useth Shall teach & Informe or Cause to be Taught & Informed the best way y' he may or Can & also Shall finde to his Said Apprentice Apparell meate drinke & bedding & all other Nessessaries meet and Convenient for an Apprentice during the Terme Aforesaid & att ye Expiration of ye Said Terme to finde & Supply his Said Apprentice with two good & Sufficient Suits of wearing Apparell from head to foot. In Wittness whereof the Parties to these Present Indentures have Interchangeably Sett their hands |