Ordinary Session Held in Fort Orange
March 20, 1657
President, J. La MontagneRutger JacobsenAnderies HerbertsenJacob SchermerhoornPhilip Pietersenmagistrates
Jan Lambertsen, plaintiff, against Jan Gaeuw, defendant.Default. The defendant failing to appear, default is entered against him.
Jochim de Backer, plaintiff, against Mr. van Hamel, secretary of the colony of Rencelaerswijck, defendant.The plaintiff complains that the defendant put more in the contract of sale than had been agreed upon by the parties, to wit, that the oven must be repaired by the purchaser and be used as it then was.The defendant produces the Hon. Gerrit Swardt, schout of Rencelaerswijck, and Johannes van Twillert as witnesses, who declare that it was stipulated that the plaintiff and grantor would deliver to the purchaser the bake oven fit to be used by plastering it on the outside, but was not to put any new bricks in it.The parties having been heard, the court orders that the contract of sale shall take effect.
Baefie Pietersen, plaintiff, against
The defendants failing to appear for the second time, default is entered against them.
The officer, plaintiff, against
The plaintiff says that Jan Daniel, the deputy schout, reported to him that on the 7th of March, being the day of prayer ordered by the honorable director general of New Netherland and proclaimed here, the defendants played hockey on the ice, demanding therefore that the said defendants be condemned to pay the fine indicated in the ordinance.The defendants, appearing, maintain that they did not play hockey and promise to prove it.The parties having been heard, the court orders the defendants to produce their evidence on the next court day.
The officer, plaintiff, against
The plaintiff says that it has been reported to him by Johan Daniel, deputy schout, that the defendants after the ringing of the bell were found drinking in the tavern of Albert de Timmerman.The defendants being unable to deny it, the court condemns them to pay the fine mentioned in the ordinance, to wit, each person ƒ3:- and Albert Gerritsen Timmerman, innkeeper, the sum of ƒ12:-
Appeared in court the Reverend Domine Gidion Schaets, who complained that Comelis Teunissen Bosch had slandered him and injured him in his reputation and calling by claiming that he had seen the minister drunk at times.And about Marretie, the wife of the aforesaid Cornelis Teunissen, for saying, “Those who are willing to feast and gorge themselves with the Domine are his friends and because I do not want to do it, I am a child of the devil. If I only could sit in church with a book before me, like the hypocritical devils, I would be a child of God, but because I refuse to do it, I am a child of the devil; but let me be a child of the devil.”Appeared before the court, Claes Hendericksen van Uytrecht, Claes van Rotterdam and Comelis Janssen, who at the request of Domine Gidion Schaets jointly declared that being at the house of Rutger Jacobsen, on the 19th of February last, they heard Marretie, Comelis Teunissen’s wife, being drunk, say, “Those who are willing to revel and feast with the Domine are his friends and because I do not want to do it, I am a child of the devil. But if I could sit in church with a book before me, as the hypocritical devils do, I would be a child of God, and because I refuse to do it, I am a child of the devil. But let me be a child of the devil.”
The curators of the estate of Jacob Luyersen, deceased, plaintiffs, against Willem Janssen Stoll, defendant.The plaintiffs demand payment of the sum of ƒ101:-, in which the defendant is found to be indebted on the books of Jacob Lyersen, deceased.The defendant claims that he paid of this amount to Pieter Bronck, for the widow of Jacob Luyersen, deceased, the sum of eighty guilders.The court, having heard the parties, orders the defendant to bring proof of his payment on the next court day.
The curators of the estate of Jacob Luyersen, deceased, plaintiffs, against Huybert Janssen, defendant.The plaintiffs demand payment of the sum of ƒ10:11.The defendant admits the debt.The court orders the defendant to pay the acknowledged debt within the space of ten days.
