Translation
Will of Jonas Jonassen, formerly in the service of the West India Company in Brazil
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Jonas Jonasz, of Utrecht, who came out in the ship Aroh, of Amsterdam, desires that after his death Dorete Jonas, his sister, to be inquired for outside the Weert gate[1] at Utrecht, shall inherit his wages and earnings gained by him in the service of the West India Company, an account whereof is at present kept at Brazil or Marion. Done the 22nd of October 1644.
Jonas Jonasz
Willem de Key
Probably
referring to Marañon, or Maranhão, a maritime province in the north of
Brazil.
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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