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Receipt of Jacob Stofflesen for various pieces of plate left in his care by Jan Jansen of St Obyn

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I, Jacob Stoffelsen, of Ziericksee,[1] acknowledge [ that I have received ] from Jan Jansen, of St. Tobyn,[2] one silver beaker, one silver pitcher,[3] one gold hat band, one silver spoon, the value of the whole amounting to about one hundred and ten pieces of eight. In case Jan Jansen should happen to die on the voyage, the aforesaid Jacob Stoffelsz shall transmit said silverware to his father, named Jan Wansaer, residing at Casant,[4] binding therefor his person and property, movable and immovable, submitting the same to the control of all courts. Done the 17th of November 1644, in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland.

Jacob Stoffelsz
Cornelis van Tienh.
Zierikzee, a city in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands; not “Lake Zurich,” as stated in a note in Doc. Rel. Col. Hist. N.Y., 14:18.
Elsewhere written “St Obyn” and intended for “Saint-Aubin.” See Early Records of Albany, 1:245, where under date of April 13, 1657, mention is made of skipper Jan Van St. Aubln as sailing from Fort Orange.
Lampet.
Cadsant, or Kadzant, a village in the province of Zeeland, Netherlands.

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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.