Lot: H4 (Taxlots)

Paulus Heymans, of Lej^den, built a house on his grant west of the Fort, in 1653. On November ist, he sued Nicolas Croon, who had agreed to deliver ten common panes of glass for the house, but failed to do it, "whereby plft. sufi^ers great cold and inconvenience." — Rec. N. Am., I: 176. The suit dragged on until the first of the following April, and still the windows were not glazed. — Ibid., 179. It would seem that the family must, indeed, have suffered "great cold and inconvenience." Paulus, at this time, was overseer of the Company's negroes, an office from which he gained his discharge in March, 1654. — Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 136. His wife, Tryntje Barents, whom he had married February 12, 1645 {Marriages in Ref. Dutch Ch., 13), was confined in the city prison, for some fault not stated, and there were two children at home. — Min. of Orph. Court, 1 : 226. Paulus obtained her release, on condition that he confine her in his own house. — Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 150. Tryntje died before December 9, 1662, when Heymans procured a license to wed Claesje Philips, of Muyden. — Marriages in Ref. Dutch Ch., 28. He seems to have been unfortunate. In March, 1663, he requests, when sued, "that his creditors may have patience until the money come into Court for his house and furniture, sold, when every one shall be paid." — • Rec. N. Jvu,lW: 213-4. The purchaser was one Bartholameus van der Schel, one of the masons sent from Holland to complete the stone wall around Fort Amsterdam {Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 192), but, even as late as July 11, 1665, Vander Schel complained "that to this time he could receive neither conveyance nor deed of the house." — Rec. N. Am., V:

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Pieter de Rymer (Riemer) must have taken over Vander Schel's house, though neither

conveyance nor deed is of record. However, he was assessed here, in October, 1665 {ibid.,

V: 223), and his property confiscated in 1673. He remarked, good naturedly, that he was

"willing to remove his house, but requests Muyen's lot or one at the Water side instead."

On payment of 360 florins, he was awarded the house of Pieter Jacobsen Buys, in the Winckel

Straet (Block E, No. 4).— iV. Y. Col. Docs., H: 629-37.