Document: Examination of Martin Bierkaker, witness, on a charge against Steven Jansen

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New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1876-78_V16_pt2_0066
Description

Examination. Martin Bierkaker, witness, on a charge against Steven Jansen, for drawing his knife and wounding Seger Cornelissen; judgment against Tyrck Claessen (de Wit) for price of a horse.

Document Date
1657-05-01
Document Date (Date Type)
1657-05-01
Document Type
Examination
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Translation
Translation

[ 66 ] Interrogatory of Martin Bierkaker,[1] conducted at the request of the officer of Fort Orange and the village of Beverwijck before all the magistrates.

Henderick Pietersen, plaintiff, against Tjerck Claessen, defendant.The plaintiff demands payment for a certain horse sold to him, the time of which expired more than a year ago.The defendant admits the debt.The court orders the defendant to pay the sum demanded within the space of one month and to furnish sufficient sureties for the payment to the satisfaction of the plaintiff and in addition to pay the costs of the suit, estimated at /18:—.

Translation Superscripts
[1]: Marten Hendricksen, tavern keeper, who came from Hamelwörden in Hanover, Germany.
[2]: The remainder of this name was inadvertently omitted at the end of the line.
[3]: The wife of Adriaen Jansen Appel van Leyden was Maeriecke Rijverdinxs van Dansick.
References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York.  https://www.archives.nysed.gov/  

Translation link see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1876/NYSA_A1876-78_V16_pt2_0066.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., New Netherland Documents Series: Vol. 16, part 2, Fort Orange Court Minutes, 1652-1660 (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press: 1990).

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.

Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Council Fort Orange settlement administrative records (Series A1876 _ 1656-1660)
Box
17
Volume
16 Pt. 2
Item
66
Link
https://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/54114