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Power of attorney from Jacobus van Curler and his wife to Mattheus de Vos to convey to Eduard van Dompseler and his wife their one-sixth interest in an estate in the province of Gelderland

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We, the director general and council of New Netherland, make known and acknowledge that before us appeared the worthy Jacobus van Curler and his wife Madam Elisabeth van Hoochvelt, assisted herein by her husband as her legal guardian, who have appointed and empowered, as they hereby do appoint and empower in the best form possible according to law, the worthy Matteus de Vos, their friend, in order in the principals' name and on their part to convey, cede and transfer for them and their heirs forever and as a heritable estate to the Hon. Eduardt van Domseller and Madam Isabella van Gistel, husband and wife, residing at Harderwyck, and their heirs, their inherited just one-sixth portion of the estate and property called The Quickborne, situated in the district of Epe, in the elue,[1] including the house, homestead, arable land and woodland, as large or small as Jacobus van Curler has inherited the same from his uncle Hendrick van Dompseler, together with the appurtenances and dependencies thereof, nothing excepted, as is required by Velue law and custom for the final disposal thereof; in the principals' name either to seal the same himself, or to request another co-property owner in the Veluwen to seal the same and in general to do whatever the principals in connection with this conveyance might or could do in any way if they were personally present; give them a discharge and thank them for the payment from the first penny to the last, all cum ratificatione actionem et clausula indemnitates, Done this 4th of December sixteen hundred and fifty-three, at New Amsterdam in New Netherland. Was signed: P. Stuyvesant, Nicasius de Sille, La Montagne. Below was written: By order of the same, (signed) Cor. van Ruyven, Secretary. Beside it the seal in red wax was affixed thereto.

Cornelis van Ruyven

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Veluwe; the name of the northwestern part of the province

of Gelderland, Netherlands.

References

Translation: Scott, K., & Stryker-Rodda, K. (Ed.). New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vol. 3, Register of the Provincial Secretary, 1648-1660 (A. Van Laer, Trans.). Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1974.A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.