oldenburg-l - Nachricht 2007-10 00077

[Werner Honkomp <werner(a)honkomp.de>]

Hallo Listteilnehmer,

hat jemand Informationen über den nachstehenden Gerrit Jansen aus Oldenburg?
Dieser hat zusammen mit Volkert Evertsen (Eversten?) 1639 einen Mietvertrag in "New Netherland" (später New York) abgeschlossen.
Wie kommt ein Oldenburger um diese Zeit nach Amerika?

(Ein später Nachfahre hat in Baltimore einen Buschmann aus Lohne geheiratet)

Gruß, Werner Honkomp

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Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 21:24:05 EDT From: <WayneLII(a)aol.com> To: Dutch-Colonies-L(a)rootsweb.com
Subject: Gerrit Jansen from Oldenborch, Germany, wife was Clara Mattys

Does anyone know anything about this couple.
Was Clara a sister to Cornelis Mattys, who married Aeltje Brinckerhoff?
Wayne

>From New York Historical Manuscripts, Dutch, by Van Laer,

page 164: A lease from Barent Dirckszen to Gerrit Jansen and Volckert Evertsen of the farm called Walensteyn.
Gerrit Jansen was from Oldenborch, Germany.
(in July 1632 he was foreman for Kiliaen Van Rensselaer on farm #2 in Manhatten) dated 18 May 1639.

page 194 Bond of Gerrit Jansen from Oldenburg to Jonas Bronck. This day, date
underwritten, before me, Cornelis van Tienhoven, secretary of New Netherland
for the Chartered West India Company, appeared in presence of the undersigned
witnesses Gerrit Jansen van Oldenborch, who acknowledged that he was well and
truly indebted to Mr. Jonas Bronck in the sum of one hundred Carolus
guilders, reckoned at 20 stivers the guilder, arising from a certain
agreement which the said Mr. Bronck made with Clara Mattys (1) at the city of
Amsterdam. (Gerrit Jansen) hereby promises to tender and pay the aforesaid
money free of costs and charges, without any gainsay, in two instalments, to
wit: between this date and the first of May 1640, fifty Carolus guilders, and
before the first of May 1641, Gerrit Jansen meanwhile to incur the risk of
death or other mishap thereof. For all of which he, the appearer, binds his
person and property, movable and immovable, present and future, without any
exception, submitting the same to all lords, courts and judges within the
jurisdiction of the Provincial Court of Holland and to all other lords,
courts, judges and justices; all in good faith. Without guile or deceit, this
is signed by Gerrit Jansen above named. Don this 21st July 1639, in Fort
Amsterdam in New Netherland.<

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