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Power of attorney from Hendrick Jansen to Gillis Pietersen to look after his affairs during his absence

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I, Hendrick Jansen, hereby declare that I have empowered, as I do hereby, Gillis Pietersen[1] to do and deal in my name with my property as he shall find expedient, also placing him in my stead [ with ] full power to act in all things as if I were present, whereof he shall render account at his convenience; giving him further authority to make delivery of the house which I sold to Willem, the cooper,[2] and to demand the money according to the contract of sale. All of which [ being ] done, [ I shall hold as valid ], but he shall not be at liberty to do anything without the knowledge and consent of my wife. Done the first of April 1643, in New Netherland.

Heyndryck Yansen
Cornelis van Tienh.
Gillis Pietersen was Hendrick Jansen’s son-in-law. The power of attorney was given to him in view of Jansen’s expected departure from the colony under sentence of banishment rendered by the court on November 27, 1642, for calling Director Kieft a villain. Jansen, however, did not leave until several years later. On June 17, 1643, he was given permission to remain in the colony to settle his affairs. He sailed in the summer of 1647 in the ship Princess and is supposed to have perished in the wreck of that vessel
Willem Adriaensen; see contract of sale of November 24, 1642, N. Y. Col. MSS., 2:37b.

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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.A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.