Document: Assignment by Jacob Hendricksen to Seger Teunissen of his claim against the West India Company

Holding Institution

Document ID

NYSA_A0270-78_V2_145b

Description

Power of attorney. Jacob Hendricksen, soldier, to Seger Teunissen, skipper of the ship Union, to receive money from the W. I. Company in Amsterdam. [1645]

Document Date

1645-04-11

Document Date (Date Type)

1645-04-11

Document Type

Assignment

Document Type Unlinked

Power of Attorney | Assignment

Translation

Before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of New Netherland, appeared Jacob Hendricksz, from Benschop, a soldier of Captain Johan de Vries’ company, who in the presence of and before the undersigned witnesses assigns and makes over, as he does hereby, to Seger Teunesz, master of De Eendracht, his account [ of pay ] earned by him [ in the service ] of the honorable directors of the West India Company, chamber at Amsterdam, at Fort St. Louis de Marinhan, amounting to the sum of two hundred and twenty-one guilders, for which sum the appearer acknowledges that he has been fully satisfied and paid by Seger Teunesz aforesaid in cloth, linen and other necessaries. Wherefore he, the appearer, respectfully requests the honorable directors that their honors may be pleased to pay the said two hundred and twenty-one guilders to Seger Teunsz, who is empowered to give a discharge on receipt of the same, the appearer promising nevermore to trouble their honors for the above mentioned sum. It is further agreed, if the honorable directors aforesaid refuse to pay the said sum, Seger Teunesz shall retain a lien on the monthly pay which the appearer shall receive in New Netherland. Thus done and signed in the record by Jacob Hendricksz, together with Gysbert de Leuw, ensign, and Willem de Key, the 11th of April 1645, in Fort Amsterdam, New Netherland.

Ja[ c ]ob [ Hend ]ricksz
Gysbert de Leeu

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_145b.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.