Translation
Order to the magistrates of Seatalcot to allow the wife of Daniel Lane half of his estate
The Governor-General of New Netherland having read and considered the petition of
Catrina Lane, wife of Daniel Lane, with the recommendations in her favor from the
Magistrates of Seatalcot, on Long Island, that something maybe allowed her and her
children out of the attached estate of her husband, it is resolved and ordered that
the Petitioner apply to the Magistrates of the town of Seatalcot aforesaid; who are
hereby authorized to examine whether the Petitioner has been in any wise guilty of,
or accessory to, the abominable action whereof her husband stands accused, and if
found innocent, to allow her to receive the just half of the entire estate as it now
will be found to exist, the remaining half to be employed by the appointed curators
in the payment of the debts of the Petitioner's husband, among which the costs
incurred in his apprehension must have the preference, after the account thereof
shall be taxed by said Magistrates according to equity and the circumstances of the
case.
Done Fort Willem Hendrick, this 14 December, 1673.