Translation
Contract of William Robbertson to build a house for Tymen Jansen
Willem Rob[ bertsen ][ agrees to build ] and erect [ a house for Tymen Jansen ], twenty feet wide and 12 feet [ clear under the beams ],[1] of square timber, with an extension on the side of ten feet in width, and the roof to be constructed of hewn rafters and laths. Roelant [ Hackwaert ] shall assist in sawing the beams and Pieter Schoorste[ en ] [2] shall draw the heavy timber and bring it to the place of building, provided that Tymen shall furnish board for the said Willem Robbertsen as long as the work shall last; for which Tymen promises to pay fifty guilders when the work shall be completed and if it be well done, a small present. Parties hereby acknowledge that they have contracted as above, this 5th of July 1643, in Fort Amsterdam.
Probably the same person as Pieter Andriessen, Schoorsteenveger, or chimney-sweep. See Doc. Rel. Col. Hist.
N. Y., 14:49, 63, 140, 141, 142, and the Index to that volume, where he has been confused with Peter Caesar Alberto, alias Mallemocque, mentioned on pp. 34, 47, and 381.
References
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.
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