following, to wit: the aforesaid Abraham Staets leaves to the said Jan Anderiessen, his bouwery lying in the Klaverrack, with the land, house, barn, and rick, as it at present stands, for the time of the four and a half next following years, commencing on the first of April of this year, and ending on the first of September, A. D. 1669, with which he delivers six milk cows, two horses, a mare and stallion, and six sows; for which Jan Anderiessen promises to pay rent as follows: for the first half year, he shall at the end of the lease leave in the ground, for the behoof of the lessor, three mudde, [about 12 bushels] of wheat, and a tight fence, the year following one hundred guilders, each of the three next years one hundred and fifty guilders in beavers, or grain at beavers price; and promises furthermore, to keep the buildings in good repair; likewise the increase of the aforesaid cattle shall be shared alike by the lessor and lessee, and a slaughtered hog from each of the six sows, yearly; at the end of the lease, the lessee shall be holden to deliver again the full number of beasts; as it respects the orchard, the parties shall receive each the half of the fruit, provided also that they together take care and defray the expense of the fence, but the lessee shall take all possible care that the fruit be not destroyed. Thus done in Beverwyck, in amity and friendship, and in presence of me, J. Provoost, clerk, datum ut supra. ABRAM STAETS. of JAN ANDERIESSEN, the Irishman, J. PROVOOST, Clerk. I, the undersigned, acknowledge that I am indebted to Philip Pieterse Schuyler, in the sum of 50 guilders, Holland money, for my fare, bespoken for my benefit of Skipper Pieter, because I did not pay the same in Holland; and likewise 2 beavers, one lent to me formerly, the other now, with 10 guilders, silver money, which sum I promise to pay him to his content, when I return next year from Holland. In acknowledgment of the truth of which I have subscribed with my own hand. Was signed, ANTHONY TOINEL. 60 guilders Holland money, and two beavers. of our In the name of the Lord Amen, be it known that in the year Lord Jesus Christ sixteen hundred and sixty-four, the 19th day of April, appeared before me Johannes La Montagne, in the service of, etc., the honorable Willem Teller, widower of the late Margariet Donckesen, who declares in the presence of the afternamed witnesses, that for God's honor he has contracted a future marriage with Maria Verlet, widow of the late Paulus Schrick, and before the consummation of the same, he, the subscriber, has made up and exhibited for the seven remaining children of Margariet Donckesen (the subscriber's late wife), the sum of three thousand five hundred carolus guilders in beaver's price, exclusive of all debts hitherto made, which he undertakes to pay, to be distributed as follows, to wit: to Anderies Teller aged 22 years, Helena Teller 19 years, Martjen 16 years, Elysabeth Teller 12 years, Jacob Teller 9 years, Hist. Col. iv. 44 Willem Teller 7 years, and Johannes Teller 5 years, being her matrimonial inheritance, and for the payment of the aforesaid sum, the subscriber offers all his estate personal and real, as a pledge and mortgage; to which end said subscriber appoints, as guardians, the honorable Sander Leendertse Glen and Pieter Loockermans, uncles of said children; in the meantime the subscriber shall remain holden to bring up the aforesaid children, to wit, the minors, in the fear of the Lord, to teach them to read and write; furthermore, to maintain them in food and clothing, until their majority and marriage, without any diminution of their matrimonial [maternal?] estate; all which the subscriber promises to do, without craft or guile, pledging therefor his person and estate, real and personal, present and future. Thus done in the village of Beverwyck, in the presence of the honora ble Evert Wendel and Johannes Provoost, as witnesses hereto called, of date ut supra. Evert Janse Wendel, as witness. Acknowledged before me, WILLEM TELLER. LA MONTAGNE, Commis at Fort Orange. Conditions upon which the administrators of the estate of Philip Henderickse [Brouwer] propose to sell, at public sale to the highest bidder, the house, brewery and mill house of said Philip Henderickse. Firstly, the buyer shall immediately receive the aforesaid house and brewery, together with a kettle, two tubs and a cooler, with the mill house reserving the mill, also the lot and garden of such size as it lies in fence. Payment shall be made in good whole merchantable beaver skins, in three installments, the first on the 15th of July, of this year 1664, the second one year thereafter, and the third on the 15th of July, 1666. The buyer shall be holden to furnish two sufficient sureties, one for all and each, as principals, immediately, to the content of the seller. If the buyer can not furnish said sureties in said time, then said house, brewery, mill house, lot and garden, shall be again offered for sale at his cost and charge, and whatever less it comes to be worth, he shall be holden to make good, and whatever more it becomes worth he shall receive no profit therefrom. The auction fees become a charge to the buyer payable as above. After publishing the above conditions, Jan Dirckse Van Eps, remained the last bidder of the brewery, for the sum of one thousand one hundred and fifty guilders, for the payment of which, Cornelis Van Nes and Pieter Van Alen, stood as sureties and principals. Thus done in the village of Beverwyck, on the 29th of April, A.D. 1664. JAN DIERCKSE VAN EPS. PIETER VAN ALEN. LA MONTAGNE, Commis at Fort Orange. 1S. L. Glen married Catalyn Doncassen or Dongan, sister of William Teller's first wife. 2 Jan Dirkse Van E., was the son of Dirk Van E. and Maritie Damens. He married Elizabeth Janse, and was one of the original proprietors of Schenectady. In the massacre at Schenectady Feb. 9, 1690, he was killed with his two children. From his surviving sons Jan Baptist and Evert, have sprung the families of this name in Schenectady and vicinity. On this 29th day of April, A. D. 1664, appeared before me, Johannes Provoost, clerk, etc., Hester Douwese [Fonda], assisted by her son, Douwe Gillis [Fonda], and her daughter, Geertien Gillis, on the one side, and Jan Costersen Van Aken of the other side, who declare that they have made a purchase, as follows, to wit: Hester Douwese sells, by these presents, to the aforesaid Jan Van Aken, two distiller's kettles, to be delivered in May, else interest for the money shall be given, which Jan Aken accepts, and promises, in the month of May next, to pay therefor, the sum of four hundred guilders in good strung seewant, which purchase the parties promise to hold fast. Thus done, without craft or guile. Done in Beverwyck, in presence of Jan Schekel, datum ut supra. HESTER DOUWES. DOUWE GELLISE. JAN KOSTER. Jan Scheckel. JOHANNES PROVOOST, Clerk. Conditions on which the administrators of the estate of Philip Hen derickse [Brouwer] propose to sell at public sale to the highest bidder, the bouwery, house, lot, and garden of Philip Henderickse Brouwer aforesaid of Schenhechtade, consisting of a lot of about twenty-five morgens, or so much as shall be allotted to each of the other inhabitants. Firstly, the buyer shall receive the aforesaid bouwery, or lot, immediately, and of such size as is above recited, all being broken up land, a part sowed with nine and a half schepels of winter wheat and two and a half schepels of summer wheat; furthermore, the house lot is two hundred feet square, and the garden as it lies in fence, on which is a barn thirty by twentyfour feet, besides the gangway, two ricks, the one of four and the other of five rods [square], a passable cart, a stretcher (span-touwen), and an after plough (achter ploegh). The payment shall be made in good whole merchantable beaver skins, in three installments, the first on the 15th of July of this year, 1664, the second on the 15th of July, A. D. 1665, and the third or last installment on the 15th of July, 1666. The buyer shall be holden to furnish two sufficient sureties, one for all and each as principals, immediately, to the content of the seller, but if the buyer cannot furnish said sureties in said time, then it shall be offered for sale again at his cost and charge, and whatever less it comes to be worth, he shall be holden to make good, and whatever more it becomes worth, he shall receive no benefit therefrom. The auction fees shall be a charge on the buyer, payable as above. Having offered it for sale, Cornelis Van Nes remained the last bidder for the bouwery, for the sum of one thousand two hundred and eighty seven guilders, according to the above standing conditions, for which sum Volkert Janse [Douw] and Jan Dirckse Van Eps stood as sureties and principals, according to the aforesaid conditions. Done in the village of Beverwyck on the 29th of April, A. D. 1664. CORNELIS VAN NES.' Acknowledged before me. Cornelis Van Nes's first wife was a daughter of Jan Oothout, by whom he had three sons, Hendrick, Jan and Gerrit. His second wife was Maritie Damens, the mother of Jan Dirkse Van Eps, who afterwards possessed the property described above. む Conditions on which the administrators of the estate of Anderies Herbertsen, together with Cornelis Van Nes, husband and guardian of Maritie Damens, each owning a half, propose to sell at public sale to the highest bidder, a house and lot lying in the village of Beverwyck, bounded northerly by David Schuyler, and south by Wouter the wheelright, according to the patent thereof. Firstly, the buyer shall receive said house and lot immediately, in breadth four rods, and length eight rods, according to the patent. The payment shall be made in good whole merchantable beaver skins, or else see want at twenty guilders the beaver, in two installments, the first on the first of July of this year, 1664, and the second on the first of July, A. D. 1665. The buyer shall be holden to furnish two sufficient sureties, one for all and each as principals, immediately, to the content of the seller. If the buyer cannot furnish said sureties in said time, then the aforesaid house and lot shall be offered for sale again at his charge and cost, and whatever less it comes to be worth, he shall make good, and whatever more it becomes worth shall be no benefit to him. The auction fees become a charge to the buyer, payable as before. Having offered it for sale on the above conditions, Cornelis Van Nes remained the last bidder, for the sum of two hundred and seventy-two guilders, for which Jan Dirkse Van Eps stood surety as principal. Done in the village of Beverwyck, on the 29th of April, A. D. 1664. CORNELIS VAN NES, JAN DIERCKSE VAN EPS. Pieter Van Alen. Acknowledged before me. Conditions on which the administrators of the estate of Philip Henderickse [Brouwer] propose to sell some horses and cattle, together with a horse mill, as it stands, to be paid for on the 15th of July of this year, 1664, in good whole merchantable beaver skins. The auction fees to become a charge to the buyer, payable as above. Done the 29th of April, A. D. 1664, Beverwyck. Jan Eps, a heifer of two years,. Jacob Tyssen [Vander Heyden], a heifer of a year,.. Jan Eps, 5 sows, 112.00 f 1004.00 Cornelis Teunise Bos, the running works of a horse mill,..... I, Harmen Harmense Van Gansevoort, offer myself as surety for the person of Jacob Tyssen, for the payment of forty guilders for the purchase of a calf. HARMEN VAN GANSEVORT. (Jacob Tyssen has paid forty guilders for the calf.) 1 H. II. Van G. married Marritie Leendertse Conyn: the baptisms of five of their children are recorded in first church records, between 1683 and 1690, of whom the eldest was Leendert. In 1677, he bought the lot on the south corner of "Cow street," now Broadway, and Maiden lane, of Paulus Marteuse Van Benthuysen; here he erected a brewery.-Deeds, 1, 355. Cornelis Teunisse Bos, by these presents, declares himself surety and principal for the person of Teuwes Abrahamsen, for the payment of the sum of one hundred and eighteen guilders in beavers, for the purchase of a cow. Done in Beverwyck, the 29th of April, 1664. CORNELIS TONISSEN BOS. Likewise Mateuwes Abrahamsen offers himself as surety for Cornelis Bos, for the payment of one hundred and twelve guilders, for the purchase of a horse mill. This is the mark M of MATEUWES ABRAHAMSEN, with his own hand set. I, the undersigned Jan Dirckse Van Eps, am the bidder and buyer of three horses, a cow, a calf, a heifer of two years, and five hogs, amounting to the sum of seven hundred and thirty-four [guilders], for which we, Cornelis Van Nes and Pieter Van Alen, stand as sureties and principals for the payment of said sum, in case of the failure of the buyer. Done in Beverwyck the 29th of April, A. D. 1664. JAN DIERCKSE VAN EPS. Appeared before me Johannes Provoost, clerk, etc., Cornelis Teunisse Bos, who declares in presence of the afternamed witnesses, that he has conveyed, as by these presents he does, to Jan Dirckse Van Eps, the horse mill, which he bought at public sale, of the administrators of the estate of Philip Henderickse (and which the grantee accepts), for the same price which he paid for it, amounting to the sum of one hundred and twelve guilders in beavers, to be paid as the conditions specify, renouncing, furthermore, all claims and pretensions which he has therein. Thus done in Fort Orange, the first of May, A. D. 1664. Acknowledged before me, CORNELIS THONISSEN Bos. J. PROVOOST, Clerk. Appeared before me, Johannes Provoost, clerk, etc., and in the presence of the afternamed witnesses, Jan Martensen [Wever], who acknowledges that he is well and truly indebted to Harmen Vedder in the sum of two hundred and eighty-six guilders and eleven stuivers in beavers, and thirty-one guilders and five stuivers in seewant, for goods and merchandise to his content received, which beforementioned sum he, the subscriber, promises to pay on the first day of May, A. D. 1665, for which he pledges his person and estate, real and personal, present and future, especially seventeen hogs, which he has on his bouwery, and which, in |