Document: Confessions of Abigail Balden and Enam Benoni to adultery

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0419a

Description

Confessions of Abigail Balden and Enam Benoni to the above adultery.

Document Date

1657-01-08

Document Date (Date Type)

1657-01-08

Document Type

Confession

Minutes

Document Type Unlinked

Confessions

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Translation

[several lines lost] Abegall [

ye[

in Adultry wth [Enom

oath that ye said Enom was [ child, and yt thar was A[

tewen them, yt then would waitt [

untill shee could be freed from her husband [husband? by law or yt hee was taken from her by [de

and then Enom and shee weare to live together as man and wief, and in wettnes of this [ shee bracke a pece [? ] of silver betwene them

Enom being Examened declareth yt the pece of silver was cutt upon ye request of Abegall

to see whether it waere silver ore baase and standeth in ye deniall of all ye rest yt is charged against him.[i]

Translation Superscripts

[i]: English document.

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/A1809/NYSA_A1809-78_V08_0419a.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 4, Council Minutes, 1638-1649 (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.