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Inventory of the goods and effects left by Aeltjen Jans, deceased, as found at the house of Cornelis Cornelisz, the 2nd of November 1646:

3 milch cows
1 yearling heifer
1 yearling bull
1 half-year old steer
4 hogs of one year
2 shoats of half a year1 old cow, slaughtered
2 barrow hogs in the sty1 old feather bed
2 coverlets, half worn2 old curtains
Some old clothes for the children which they take with them
1 black cloth skirt, half worn
1 little black silk mantle with a pair of sleeves1 old petticoat of changeable silk
1 pair of old sleeves1 old silk apron
1 brocade jacket (caffa borst)1 cambric ruff
Some old linen, consisting of diapers, etc., given to the children2 chests
3 old chairs
2 copper kettles
1 pewter bowl
2 large pewter platters2 small ones
7 wooden dinner plates
2 copper pans1 iron ladle
6 pewter spoons
1 skimmer
1 pewter mug
2 copper candlesticks
1 green earthen colander1 water pall
1 small brass kettle without handle1 gridiron, with an old pot hanger1 pothook with chain
2 small milk tubs
1 buttermilk tub and a churn, which belong to Cornelis1 egg basket
1 old plow and plowshare, with a coulter
1 wagon
1 stallion, about 4 years old, left to compensate for the loss of cattle which she had on the farm1 cupboard
1 baking trough
1 English axe2 old dry casks2 old bags
2 branding irons^[1]
1 old broken iron pan1 old looking-glass
1 pair of wooden scales
2 old cushion covers and one lamp

All of which we, the undersigned, have thus found at the house on the day above mentioned. In witness whereof this signed:

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.