Document: Will of Jonas Jonassen, formerly in the service of the West India Company in Brazil

Holding Institution
New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A0270-78_V2_131d
Description

Will of Jonas Jonassen, seamen on board The Raven. [1644]

Document Date
1644-10-22
Document Date (Date Type)
1644-10-22
Document Type
Will

Translation
Translation

Jonas Jonasz, of Utrecht, who came out in the ship Aroh, of Amsterdam, desires that after his death Dorete Jonas, his sister, to be inquired for outside the Weert gate[1] at Utrecht, shall inherit his wages and earnings gained by him in the service of the West India Company, an account whereof is at present kept at Brazil or Marion. Done the 22nd of October 1644.

Jonas Jonasz
Willem de Key

Translation Superscripts
[1]: Probably referring to Marañon, or Maranhão, a maritime province in the north of Brazil.
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/A0270/NYSA_A0270-78_V2_131d.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 2, Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1642-1647 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.

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.

Location
Modern Location
Brazil
From Party 1
From Party 1 Text Unlinked
Jonas Jonassen
Document Location
Document Finding Aid or Collection
New Netherland Provincial Secretary register of the Provincial Secretary (Series A0270 _ 1642-1660)
Box
2
Volume
2
Item
131d
Link
http://digitalcollections.archives.nysed.gov/index.php/Detail/objects/11153