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Account of the fines received and expenses incurred at Fort Orange from 4th October, 1656, to 28th March, 1658

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Account of the fines that, according to the court record, have been imposed from the 4th of October Anno 1656 until the last of December Anno 1657.[1]

Receipts

Page 2  Henderick Hendericksen Backer is fined  ƒ68:- 
Page 4  Egbertjen Egberts is fined  300:- 
Page 6  Willem Hoffmeyer is fined  500:- 
Page 8  Dirckjen Harmens is fined  300:- 
Page 23  Tomas Chambert is fined  150:- 
Page 63  Hans de Vosch is fined  300:- 
Page 70  Pieter Bronck is fined  100:- 
Page 77  Frans Barentsen is fined  100:- 
Page 102  Jacob Loockermans is fined  300:- 
ƒ2,118:- 
Of the above fines, by order of the hon. director general, half is appropriated to the honorable magistrates of Fort Orange and the village of Beverwijck, amounting to  ƒ1,059:- 

Expenditures

Magistrate Rutger Jacobsz has received from Henderick Hendericksz Backer   ƒ68:- 
The magistrates have agreed to advance payment of the fine of Egbertjen Egbers because her husband worked on the church  ƒ300:- 
1656 October 21 
Paid by order of the magistrates to Tomas Janssen Mingael and Willem Bout  50:- 
1657 April 7 and 17 
Paid by Jochim Wesselsen for Willem Hoffmeyer to Jan Roelofsen and Stoffel Janssen for wages earned on the church  150:- 
August 10 
Paid by Dirck Bensick to Francoys Boon for freight of the pulpit and the bell  32:- ] [2]  
August 15 
To Philip Pietersen Schuyler by Willem Fredricksz Bout for an Indian the sum of ƒ60:-, so that the magistrates are bound to pay  30:- 
October 6 
Paid by Pieter Bronck on account of the fine of Hans Vosch and Pieter Meesen for wages earned on the church  100:- 
December 27 
Paid by Philip Hendericksz to Stoffel Janssen on account of the fine of Hans de Vos  100:- 
Total  ƒ830:- 

Receipts

Carried forward from the preceding page which is due to the honorable magistrates to wit, half of the fines aforesaid.  ƒ1,059:- 
Also paid to their honors, due to me by balance of accounts  ƒ112: 18:- 
Total  ƒ1,171: 18- 

Expenditures

Carried forward from the preceding page  ƒ830:-:- 
1657 August 18 
Paid to Willem Fredricksz Bout for tavern expenses when the magistrates made an agreement with Mayndert and Carsten Fredricksz about the place where the house of Jan van Aecken stood  75:-:- 
November 15 
Paid to Symon Janssen Romeyn for nails for the church  7:10:- 
1658 January 18 
Paid to Jan van Aecken on the order of the magistrates for the sum of ƒ209 earned at the church, which order is signed N.I., the sum of  80:-:- 
ditto 
To the same by the wife of Jacobus Loockermans on account of the fine imposed on her husband  68:-:- 
ditto 
To the said Jan van Aecken by cash in payment in full of the sum of ƒ209:- earned by him at the church  11:8:- 
Frans Barentsen has given the magistrates a note payable out of his honorarium for the amount of the fine due by him  50:-:- 
Pieter Bronck still owes the court on account of his fine  50:-:- 
Total  ƒ1,171:-18:- 

Account of the Fines

Debit

1656 October 14 
By order of the honorable director general and council of New Netherland granted to the deaconry one-sixth part of the said fines, amounting to the sum of  ƒ353:- 

Account of the Fines

Credit

1657 February 15 
To the deaconry paid by Jan Michielsz  ƒ80:-:- 
1658 March 2 
To ditto by Jacob Loockermans  52:-:- 
ditto 6 
To ditto by ditto Loockermans  68:-:- 
ditto 28 
To ditto by Dirck Bensingh  100:-:- 
To ditto by Jan Martensz  24:-:- 
To ditto by Pieter Bronck  16:-:- 
ƒ340:-:- 
There remains due by balance of accounts  13:-:- 
ƒ353:-:- 

Notes

Page 123 is blank.

The amount, which is in a damaged portion of the page, has been reconstructed from the

total.

References

Translation: Gehring, C., trans./ed., New Netherland Documents Series: Vol. 16, part 2, Fort Orange Court Minutes, 1652-1660 (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press: 1990).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.