tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60949570651331937632024-03-12T18:05:43.685-05:00Voices: Past and PresentA mixture of genealogy (especially colonial New York), tried and true recipes, and simple fixes, depending on which of my spirits moves me... Follow me, my trials & tribulations, while I (try) to write my first book...
Look for postings at least once a week...GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-9315888118914510082011-02-28T14:55:00.003-06:002011-02-28T14:55:01.030-06:00Monday's Mystery Ledger, part 5<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">This is a continuation of the ledger entries I started in my Monday Mystery Ledger (first posting January 31, 2011). </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>To repeat: </b>The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to try to help me figure out where this ledger came from – patterns of names connecting to families might help narrow down the possibilities. Although I don't know for sure, it probably is from somewhere near Albany in upstate New York. The first entry is 1830. My notes and running commentary are in brackets...</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I hope you find something here on your family – there are a lot of tidbits, with people mentioned as “son of”, “wife of” etc. So good luck!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Names found in the posts for previous Mondays included:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td width="33%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Becker, Mary</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Becker, David</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Becker, Peter</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Beecker, David</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Billington, James</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Billington, John (son of James)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Borgt, George</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Dusendorf, Wm</div>Flansburg, Conrad</td> <td width="33%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Fundy, Henry</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Groat, SimonHoug, Peter M</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Merenae, Abram/Abraham</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Mereness, John</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Mereness, John Jr</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Mereness, Martin</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Moak, Phillip</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Pinder, John</div>Rosenburg, Jacob</td> <td width="33%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Simonmons, [illegible]</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Sirby (Dirby?), Nicolas</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Rosenburg, Jacob</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Sommers, Abram</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Sommers, Harriett</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Vanderwarker, George </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">(above might be Vandewater?)</div>Vaness, John</td> </tr>
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Today, the ledger revisits some individuals who have already made an appearance. There are also some new names as well. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Make like Sherlock Holmes and see what clues you can find – on to the ledger entries!<br />
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>PAGE 11:</b></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal;">₤ </div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">s </span> </div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">d</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>Adam Empie</b> [Emssie or Empsie?], April 30<sup>th</sup> to sawing 2126 feet of hemlock boards at 1s 9d per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">17</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>Peter Houghteling</b>, May 2, to sawing 3295 feet of hemlock boards at 1s 9d per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">17</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 358 0f basswood plank at 3s 6d per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>John Siseby</b> to sawing</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">15</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>Abraham A Mereness</b> to sawing</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">April 23<sup>rd</sup>, <b>John Mereness junior</b> to sawing five planks for stone boat <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">[?]</span></span> at 1s per plank</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">April 30<sup>th</sup> <b>Jacob Any</b>, to 4 bushels of pease at 5s per bushel</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><div style="font-weight: normal;">May 9<sup>th</sup> <b>Simon Groat</b>, 3 bushels at 5 s per bushel</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">15</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>PAGE 12: </b> </td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">April 17<sup>th</sup> <b>Martin </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">[P or J]</span></span><b> Mereness</b> to 400 feet of hemlock boards at 50 per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">April 24<sup>th</sup> to 228 feet of basswood plank at 75 per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">71</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><span style="font-weight: normal;">May 4</span><sup><span style="font-weight: normal;">th</span></sup><span style="font-weight: normal;"> to 17 feet do</span></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">May 5<sup>th</sup> to 124 feet of hemlock boards at 50 c per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">62½ </span> </div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><div style="font-weight: normal;">To 15 slats at 1c per slat</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">15</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">May 28<sup>th</sup> <b>John Pinder</b> to 100 hemlock boards at 6 cents per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">00</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">To 123 feet of 3 inch planck at one Dollar <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">[first mention of $ - has currency changed? Seems to go back and forth so I have entered any symbols as they are in the original]</span></span> per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">23</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">May 29<sup>th</sup> <b>Simon Groat </b>to ½ bushel of corn at 62 ½ cents per bushel</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">31 </span> </div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">June 4<sup>th</sup> <b>Peter W Houghtaling</b> to 13½ lbs of side pork at 12½ cents per lb </td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">68</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>Page 13: </b> </td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><div style="font-weight: normal;">June 18<sup>th</sup> <b>Peter W Houghtaling</b> to ½ day houghing corn</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">June 21 2 days do by son <b>Absalem </b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">[Absalom?]</span></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">June 21 <b>Henry P Fundy</b> to 2½ days houghing by son Christopher</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">June 21 <b>Samuel Crawford</b> to 3 bushels of corn at 62½ C per bushel</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">$</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">87½ </span> </div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">July 3<sup>rd</sup> <b>John Pinder</b> to 56 boards at 6 pence per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">$</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">37½ </span> </div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">July [?] <b>Peter W Houghtaling</b> to one and a half days hiling of corn from <b>Henry</b></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><div style="font-weight: normal;">July 10<sup>th</sup> <b>Henry Fundy</b> to 1½ days hilling of corn by son <b>Christopher </b></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>Page 14:</b></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">August 12<sup>th</sup> <b>Peter W Houghteling</b> to 3 days in hay and barley</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">August 11<sup>th</sup> to 2¾ days in hay and barley </td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to ½ day by <b>Absolom</b> and ¾ cuting wheat</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">August 15<sup>th</sup> 2 ¾ cutting wheat</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>Simon Grout</b> August 15<sup>th</sup> to 1 ¾ day bundling wheat</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">August 18<sup>th</sup> <b>Peter W Houghtailing</b> to one paper tobaco</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">$</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 1 sythe snathe </td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">$</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">43½ </span> </div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">September 17<sup>th</sup> to cash</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">$</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">00</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">Sept 25<sup>th</sup> to 7 bushels of wheat at $1.121/2 per bushel</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">$</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">88½ </span> </div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>Abraham Mareness</b> to cash $8 Dec 5<sup>th</sup> </td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">$</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">00</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>Abraham Mareness</b> Dec 14<sup>th</sup> to sawing 200 at 3s 6d</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">00</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">To 30 feet inch boards 1s 9d</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">00</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>George Borst</b> Dec 5<sup>th</sup> to cash five dollars</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">$</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">00</span></div></td> </tr>
</tbody></table><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Notes:</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> cwt was a standardized cut length/weight for boards</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> 1 pound equaled 20 shillings and there were 12 pence to a shilling</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> the abbreviation for pence was “d” - occasionally referred to as cents</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Until next time...</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-60819011798374386982011-02-21T13:43:00.000-06:002011-02-21T13:43:00.237-06:00Monday's Mystery Ledger, part 4<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">This is a continuation of the ledger entries I started in my Monday Mystery Ledger (first posting January 31, 2011). When I first looked through this ledger, I wasn't sure how useful it was – but eventually I broke a couple of brick walls, finding people mentioned as “son of”, “wife of” etc. So good luck!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>To repeat: </b>The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to try to help me figure out where this ledger came from – patterns of names connecting to families might help narrow down the possibilities. Although I don't know for sure, it probably is from somewhere near Albany in upstate New York. The first entry is 1830. My notes and running commentary are in brackets...</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Names found in the posts for previous Mondays included:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td width="33%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Becker, Mary</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Beecker, David</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Billington, James</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Billington, John (son of James)</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Flansburg, Conrad</div>Groat, Simon</td> <td width="33%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Houg, Peter M</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Merenae, Abram</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Mereness, John</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Mereness, John Jr</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Moak, Phillip</div>Rosenburg, Jacob</td> <td width="33%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Sirby (Dirby?), Nicolas<br />
Sommers, Abram</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Sommers, Harriett</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Vanderwarker, George </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">(above might be Vandewater?)</div>Vaness, John</td> </tr>
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Today, the ledger revisits David Beecker, Simon Groat, Abraham Mereness, John Mereness and Jacob Rosenburg, with more entries for each of them. In addition, this week's entries have a number of new names as well.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The math in prior versions wasn't adding up, and occasionally it still may not due to the vagaries of penmanship & my ability to read the old text – but I did look it up and the monetary conversion at the time provided for 20 shillings per pound, and 12 pence in each shilling... that may (or may not) make things balance a bit better!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Grab your detective hats, and on to the ledger entries!<br />
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>PAGE 8:</b></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal;">₤ </div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">s </span> </div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">d</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>Jacob Rosenburg</b>, 1831, to 1 bushel of apples</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to 16 bushels of apples at 1 shilling per bushel</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">16</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 1 barrel of cider at 8 s per barrel</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">October 28 to 20 ½ lbs of sole leather at 2 s per lb</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to 1 barrel of cider do</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>Simon Groat </b>August 19<sup>th</sup> 1831, to 5 loads of hay at 8 s per load</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">00</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>Henry Fundy</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">[Fandy? First letter might be a “T”]</span> Nov 28, 1831, to 450 feet of hemlock boards at 50 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">[illegible]</span> per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">25</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>PAGE 9:</b></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>David Beeker</b> 1831, to 1 bake stove</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">17</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">00</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to 24 lbs of pipe at 12 ½ <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">[illegible]</span> per lb</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>David Becker</b> 1831 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[note: because </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">David Beeker</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> & </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">David Becker</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> are adjacent entries but clearly separated, I am assuming it is not a spelling variation, rather two different individuals with similar names]</span></span></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><span style="font-weight: normal;">to weaving 28 ells <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">[about 1 yard] </span>linen at six pence per ell</span></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">14</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to eight ells woolen at 6 pence per</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">00</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><div style="font-weight: normal;">to 14 do</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to 58 do</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 30 do</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">15</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">PAGE 10</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>Wm Dusendorf</b> , Feb 29, 1832To 496 feet of hemlock boards at 50 cents per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">March 9, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">[illegible]</span> <b>Simonmons</b> [<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">“mon” appears twice]</span></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><div style="font-weight: normal;">To 800 feet of hemlock boards at 50 cents per cwt</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>George Borgt </b>March 31, to sawing 37 logs 5409 feet <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">[no monetary entry]</span></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>John Pinder</b>, April 4, o sawing <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">[?]</span>eanlling 1881 feet at 11 shillings 9 pence per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">11</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to 586 cwt feet of plank at 4s per cwt </td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to 724 cwt of boards at 1 s 9 pence per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to sawing 2 logs 1 s per log for <b>Wm Fraats</b> April 4<sup>th</sup> </td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><div style="font-weight: normal;"><b>Peter Becker</b> April 5<sup>th</sup> to one log</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>PAGE 11</b></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>Abraham Mereness</b>, April 11<sup>th</sup> to sawing 3852 feet at 1 s 9 d per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>Martin L</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">[?]</span> <b>Mereness</b>, April 17<sup>th</sup> to 400 ft of hemlock boards at 50 cents/cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">[?]</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>John Pinder</b>, April 20<sup>th</sup>, to 2372 ft of hemlock boards at 3 s 6 d per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>John Mereness</b>, April 23<sup>rd</sup> to sawing 2110 ft of hemlock boards at 1s 9d per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">16</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 78 feet of plank at 3s 6 d per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>Martin L</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">[?]</span> <b>Mereness</b>, April 24<sup>th</sup> to 228 ft of basswood plank at 6 s per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">May 1 to 1 plank do 17 feet do</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 12 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">[?]</span> feet of hemlock boards at 4 s 50 pence per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">62 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">[?]</span></span></div></td> </tr>
</tbody></table><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Notes:</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> cwt was a standardized cut length/weight for boards</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> 1 pound equaled 20 shillings and there were 12 pence to a shilling<br />
abbreviation for pence was “d”</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Until next time...</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-35389410395990058722011-02-14T00:42:00.000-06:002011-02-14T00:42:00.126-06:00Monday's Mystery Ledger, part 3<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">This is a continuation of the ledger entries I started in my Monday Mystery Ledger (posted January 31, 2011). </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>To repeat:</b> The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to try to help me figure out where this ledger (earliest date 1830) came from – patterns of names connecting to families might help narrow down the possibilities. Although I don't know for sure, it probably is from somewhere near Albany in upstate New York. The first entry is 1830. My notes and running commentary are in brackets...</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">When I first looked through this ledger, I wasn't sure how useful it was – but eventually I broke a couple of brick walls, finding people mentioned as “son of”, “wife of” etc. So good luck! </div><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Names found in the posts for previous Mondays include:</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><table border="1" bordercolor="#000000" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"><col width="85*"></col> <col width="85*"></col> <col width="85*"></col> <tbody>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td width="33%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Becker, Mary</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Beecker, David</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Billington, James</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Flansburg, Conrad</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Groat, Simon</div>Houg, Peter M</td> <td width="33%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Merenae, Abram</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Mereness, John</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Mereness, John Jr</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Moak, Phillip</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Rosenburg, Jacob</div>Sirby (Dirby?), Nicolas</td> <td width="33%"><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Sommers, Abram</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Sommers, Harriett</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Vanderwarker, George </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">(above might be Vandewater?)</div>Vaness, John</td> </tr>
</tbody></table><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div>Today, James Billington and his son, John, take up the entire entry...<br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">One very odd entry (near the end) is “ faling one mill sane” - and one entry for “pickling cockle” (a cockle is a small salt water clam). But don't think cockles would have kept fresh to be brought from the seashore for pickling inland – any ideas?</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">On to the ledger entries!</div><a name='more'></a><br />
<table border="1" bordercolor="#000000" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0"><col width="201*"></col> <col width="17*"></col> <col width="23*"></col> <col width="15*"></col> <tbody>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>PAGE 7:</b></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal;">₤ </div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">s </span> </div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER" style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">d</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">James Bellington, March 26, 1831</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to 6 pounds side pork at 1 schilling per pound</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">12 pounds one shoulder of pork at 9 per</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">11</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">June 4 to 1 shoulder of pork do 11 lbs do</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">June 5 to one cow at pasture</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">June 29 to 6 bushels of rye at 5 s per bushel</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to 1 bushel of pease at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[illegible]</span> s per bushel</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to ½ do</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to ½ do</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">Sept 26 to 2 bushels of wheat at 9 s per bushel</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to 1 load of hay</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to 2 bushels of rye at 5 s per</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><br />
<br />
</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">February 15 1832 settled and found due me</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">00</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to 1 bushel of oats at 2 s per</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Feb 17 to 1 bushel of wheat at 8 s per</span></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to 1 bushel of rye at 4 s per bush</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><div style="font-weight: normal;">June 20 to 1 bushel corn</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">June 29 to 1 bushel corn</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>PAGE 8:</b></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><b>James Bellington</b> Cr by <b>Son John</b></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to ¾ day planting corn</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to 2 ½ do pickling cockle [??] at 2 shillings per day</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to two days laying log fence at 4 shillings per day</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><div style="font-weight: normal;">August 10 to 1 ½ days mowing grass at 5 shillings per day</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to 3 ¾ day work at bark at 4 shillings per day</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">15</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to 3 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">⅝ </span>day work at pease at 5 shillings per day</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">18</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to 45 lbs sowing flax at 3 pence per lbs</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">11</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><br />
<br />
</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">9 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[?]</span></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">February 15, 1832 settled in full above bill</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">to faling one mill sane<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"> [makes no sense, but reasonably sure correct]</span></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">June 16 to 4 days work</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%"><div style="font-weight: normal;">July 2 to 4 days work loading dung</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">July 7 to ½ day spreading dung</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" sdval="0" width="79%">July 19 to [illegible] day hilling</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Until next time...</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-3001577463559740902011-02-09T00:37:00.003-06:002011-02-09T10:12:00.218-06:00(my) Writing Wednesday #5<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I am continuing to “spiff up” each family's chapter in the family history. My chapter on <b>Hans Dreper </b>and <b>Maritie Pieters</b> is “cooked” at least to medium well – the chapter weighs in at forty some pages (single spaced, but Verdana font). I will take it out of the oven when I get the figures, tables, maps and illustrations incorporated... But it is lookin' good! After I think it is all done, I will read it aloud for flow, then circulate for other eyes to peruse... </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Meanwhile, I have begun the spiffing up process on the chapter on <b>Jan Janszen Schepmoes</b> and his wife, <b>Sara Pieterse van Naerden</b>. <b>Jan Janszen Schepmoes</b>, <b>Sara</b> and their two children<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http:/#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc">[1]</a></sup> immigrated to New Amsterdam aboard the fluiten (small ship), Dolphijn (Dolphin). The Dolphijn left Texel on September 7, 1637 and arrived in New Amsterdam March 28, 1638 <sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http:/#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc">[2]</a> </sup>(six months!). Plagued by bad weather, a questionably unsafe ship, substandard services, and even moldy food, the trip undoubtedly was unpleasant. It may have been a small miracle that the family arrived intact after such a voyage. </div><a name='more'></a><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Passengers of the voyage let their disgruntlement with their treatment be known in Court shortly after their arrival. Testimony was heard over several days in April of 1638 - less than a full month after their arrival. The crew of the Dolphin provided evidence to the court not only of a stormy passage and subsequent damages to the West India Company’s cargo, but also of the unsafe conditions which were known before the ship left port.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Captain <b>Jacob Teunesen </b>stated that he had reported not once, but twice, before leaving Texel that the ship wasn't safe. It leaked, among other things, and before leaving, he wanted time to repair it.<sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http:/#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc">[3]</a> </sup>His crew provided additional detail, summarizing: “...that it is true and truthful that they, the deponents sailed from the Texel ...with the above named yacht to New Netherland and on the voyage encountered divers storms by which the ship, both above and below became very leaky and took in much water, so that a considerable part of the cargo ..was ruined." </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">In addition to the crew’s testimony, on April 23, 1638, the passengers’ voices were added, with a declaration stating: “They the deponents, sailing in the yacht Dolphin... Were not provided by him [the captain] with twenty-three meals, notwithstanding the weather was favorable for cooking; also, that the above named skipper has not supplied them during the voyage according to the Company's schedule of rations. In the second place that they, the deponents, for three successive weeks did not receive any ration of bread.” <a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http:/#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc"><sup>[4]</sup></a></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div id="sdfootnote1"><div class="sdfootnote"><br />
</div></div>Given their treatment and dissatisfaction, perhaps it is not surprising that the passengers refused to pay for their passage. But it often is the case that in days of old, the little guy rarely won. Ultimately, the passengers were ordered to pay up by <b>Cornelis Van Tienhoven</b>, then Secretary in New Netherland. However, our <b>Jan</b> evidently did not let the matter drop, as the issue of the ship and voyage was a continuing saga. Still ongoing seven years later, on January 12, 1645, a declaration was taken from “<b>Leendert Arenden</b> [a fellow passenger], respecting the treatment of <b>Jan Jansen Schepmoes</b> and family, passengers in the Dolphin in 1638.” <sup><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http:/#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc">[5]</a></sup><br />
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</div></div> Instead of a recipe tied in with my “story” for today, I am feeling rather pensive. I recently lost someone to whom I was very close. She died of cancer after a long, drawn out battle over the 11 months or so since she got her diagnosis. She didn't go the chemo/radiation route – and although I tell myself I would not have made the same choice, she did do it her way, with great dignity. It is now 3 months since she died, yet I am finding it hard to bounce back, at least in part because I never quite understood why she didn't fight.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Then today I heard a “quote” - a character on TV no less! I think the quote captures some of the wanderings of my (somewhat) tortured, but still pensive thoughts today, and highlights how her approach - and what I think my approach would have been - can be so different, but in their own way, each different pathway is equally the right one. I thought I would share the quote (from such a venerable source) as it touches on the internal battle I have had over the last year, watching her slowly waste away. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">As someone who "does battle" in the face of adversity, I thought the quotation captured the essence of why we were such great friends – truly heart sisters. It was our differences – and the complementarities that those differences created – that helped to forge an iron bond... so here is the quote and here is to my wonderful heart sister as well.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i>"We all react to life’s challenges in different ways. </i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i>Some fight death; and some embrace its solace. </i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i>Some recognize their fate; and, others do whatever is necessary to alter it. </i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i>Sometimes we defy others’ expectations; and occasionally we rise to meet them. </i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i>But the constant is being true to ourselves. </i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i>We do what we have to when we have to. </i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i>We react, as ourselves, for better or worse."</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"><i>It is who we are...</i></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6094957065133193763#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">New York Historical Mss: Dutch, vol I Register of the Provincial Secretary (1638-1642), by A.J.F. van Laer, page 7</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http:/#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Fall/winter voyages tended to be longer than those in the spring/summer – about double the time.</span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 10px;"></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http:/#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Register of Provincial Secretary 19, 23, 28 April 1638 in E. B. O'Callaghan's Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State, Albany NY.</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http:/#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">New York Historical Mss: Dutch, vol I Register of the Provincial Secretary (1638-1642), by A.J.F. van Laer, page 7</span></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"></span></div><div style="font: 10.0px Helvetica; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http:/#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Calendar of Historical Manuscripts in the Office of the Secretary of State. New York (State), Secretary of State, New York , E.B. Callahan, Part I, 1863, page 31.</span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-67854770639763118492011-02-08T01:00:00.379-06:002011-02-10T17:40:32.528-06:00321st Anniversary of the Schenectady Massacre, 8th February 1690<div style="text-align: center;"><i>“ … As to the causes of this bloody war, which they pretend originated with us, jealousy arising from the trading of our people...seems to be the principal one, for the Indians, that is to say, the Five Nations, were very friendly disposed toward us. The French begrudged us this and therefore made every effort to make them hostile to us …”</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(Robert Livingston's contemporary account of the Schenectady Massacre</span><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http:/#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[1]</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">)</span></div><br />
<a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http:/#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym"></a>On Februrary 8, 1690, the Iroquois and French attacked Schenectady in the dark of night. And the results were devastating. Burke, in his book, compares the Schenectady Massacre to other raids by the French and the Iroquois during the five year period from 1689 – 1704. During this time period, the Schenectady Massacre was by far the worst massacre in terms of fatalities (with 60 killed – the next highest was Deerfield, MA with 38 fatalities)<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http:/#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc">[2]</a> with 27 hostages taken (and a number of people died in the cold, driven out in their bedclothes). To put things in perspective, over 50% of the community died.<br />
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<b>Willem Abrahamse</b> (<b>Tietsoort</b>), <a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http:/#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc">[3]</a> a Schenectady settler, was severely wounded in the massacre, but fled with his family to Esopus (Kingston), where they had friends.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http:/#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc">[4]</a><br />
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<sup></sup><b>Willem</b> and his wife, <b>Neeltje Swart</b>, had thirteen children, all of whom except Geertruy, Helena, Adrientjen, Marytje and Neeltjen were referenced in <b>Willem</b>'s will (so may not have survived him). Of his children, Isaac, Helena, Adrientje, Marytje and Neeltjen would not have been born yet. Aaghe (Eytie), Elizabeth, Abraham, Sephanus, Jacob, Geertruy, Rebecca and Ariaantje would have been affected by the massacre.<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http:/#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc">[5]</a><br />
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Tragically, <b>Willem</b> and <b>Neeltje</b>'s nine year old daughter, Gertruy, permanently lost the use of her legs due to exposure from the extreme cold during their escape, and never walked again (see petition of 1707 where Willem asks for help because of his daughter's permanent injury).<a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http:/#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc">[6]</a><br />
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</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>YE PEOPLE KILD AND DESTROYED BY YE FRENCH OF CANIDA & THERE INDIANS AT SKINNECHTADY TWENTY MILES TO YE WESTWARD OF ALBANY BETWEEN SATURDAY AND SUNDAY YE 9TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 1689/1690</b> <a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http:/#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc">[7]</a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aertse, Jorls [Vander Baast] shott and burnt</div><div style="text-align: center;">Alexander, Robt souldr [soldier] of Capt. Bulls shott</div><div style="text-align: center;">Alolff, Mary, wife of Cornelis Viele Junr Shott</div><div style="text-align: center;">Andries, Daniel & George 2 souldiers of Capt Bull</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bratt, Ands Arentse shott & Burnt & also his childn</div><div style="text-align: center;">Christoffelse, David & his wife with 4 Children all burnt in there house</div><div style="text-align: center;">Church, Serjt [Sargent] of Capt Bull's Compy</div><div style="text-align: center;">de Goyer, Jan Roeloffse burnt in ye house</div><div style="text-align: center;">Gerritse, Sander ye sonne of Gysbert Gerritse [van Brakel] kild & burnt</div><div style="text-align: center;">Grant, Ralph a souldler in ye fort shott</div><div style="text-align: center;">Harmense, Frans [van de Bogart] kild</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hessellng, Robt shott</div><div style="text-align: center;">Jansse, Barent [van Ditmarrs] Killd & Burnd his sonne kild</div><div style="text-align: center;">Janz, Antje doughter of Jan Spoor kild & burnt</div><div style="text-align: center;">Marcellis, Gerritt and his Wife & childe kiled</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pleterse, Wm kild</div><div style="text-align: center;">Potman, Joh: kild his wife kild & her scalp taken off</div><div style="text-align: center;">Schaets, Reynier and his sonne kild</div><div style="text-align: center;">Skermerhoorn, Johannes ye sonne of Symon</div><div style="text-align: center;">3 negroes of Symon Skernerhoorn</div><div style="text-align: center;">Talmidge, Enos Leift [Lieutenant] of Capt Bull kild & burnt</div><div style="text-align: center;">Tassemaker, Dome Petrus ye Minister kild & burnt In his house</div><div style="text-align: center;">Teunise, Sweer [van Velsen] shott & burnt his wife kild & burmt</div><div style="text-align: center;">4 negroes of ye said Sweer Teunise ye same death</div><div style="text-align: center;">Van Eps, Jan and his sonne & 2 of his children kild</div><div style="text-align: center;">a negro of dito Van Eps</div><div style="text-align: center;">Viele, Mary, wife of Dowe Aukes & her 2 children killd</div><div style="text-align: center;">and his negro Woman Francyn</div><div style="text-align: center;">Vroman, Engel [Blom] the wife of Adam Vroman shot & burnt her child the brains dashed out against ye wall</div><div style="text-align: center;">Vrooman, Hind Meese & Bartholomeus kild & burnt</div><div style="text-align: center;">2 negroes of Hind Meese ye same death</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wemp, Myndert killd</div><div style="text-align: center;">a french girl Prisoner among ye</div><div style="text-align: center;">Mohogs kild</div><div style="text-align: center;">a Maquase Indian kild</div><div style="text-align: center;">In all 60</div><div style="text-align: center;">(over 50% of the community)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>LYST OF YE PERSONS WHICH YE FRENCH AND THERE INDIANS HAVE TAKEN PRISONERS ATT SKINNECHTADY AND CARIED TO CANIDA YE 9TH DAY OF FEBRUARY 1689/90</b><a class="sdfootnoteanc" href="http:/#sdfootnote1sym" name="sdfootnote1anc">[8]</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[note: the return of the captive, where available, is given in parentheses]</span></div><div style="text-align: center;">Baptist, Jan sonne of Jan Van Epps(ret'd1693)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Bonts, Stephen adopted sonne of Geertje Bonts (ret'd – no information)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Burt, David belonging to Capt Bull's Compe (ret'd ?)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Gerritse, Stephen ye sonne of Gysbert Gerritse [Van Brakel] (ret'd – no information)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Groot, Symon (ret'd 1691), Abraham, Philip, Dyrck & Claas; (ret'd estimated at 1691) all 5 sonnes of Symon Groot</div><div style="text-align: center;">Fransen, Claes (ret'd?) sonne of Franse Harmense [Van de Bogart]</div><div style="text-align: center;">Janse, Arnout sonne of Paulyn Janse (ret'd – no information)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Marks, Joseph of ye Capt Bull's Compe (ret'd 1691)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Van der Volgen, Lawrence Claes (ret'd 1699) sohne of Claes Lawrence Purmurent [Vander Volgen]</div><div style="text-align: center;">Switts, Isaak Connellse(ret'd ?) & his eldest Sonne (ret'd 1690)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Teller, Johannes (ret'd 1692) and his negro</div><div style="text-align: center;">Vedder, Albert & Johannes sonnes of harme Vedder (ret'd?)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Viele, Arnout ye sonne of Arnout Corn Viele ye Interpr (ret'd 1693)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Vroman, Barent ye sonne of Adam Vroman (ret'd 1697) & ye neger</div><div style="text-align: center;">Webb, John a souldier Belonging to Capt Bull (ret'd ?)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Wemp, John sonne of Myndt Wemp (ret'd?) & 2 negroes</div><div style="text-align: center;">a negro of Barent Janse [van Ditmars]</div><div style="text-align: center;">In all 27</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div>For inquiring minds, more information on the Schenectady Massacre can be found:<br />
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<ul><li><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1438427069?ie=UTF8&tag=voipasandpre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1438427069">Mohawk Frontier: The Dutch Community of Schenectady, New York, 1661-1710 (Excelsior Editions) </a>This book is a good general resource on the Schenectady area and has genealogical tidbits here and there for the period 1661 – 1710</li>
<li>Robert Livingston's comments and contemporary description of the massacre found in his personal journal (The Schenectady Massacre, Robert Livingston, 1690), available online [last accessed October 2010].</li>
<li>History of the Schenectady Patent (based on Jonathan Pearson's book cited here and elsewhere in my blog), found online [last accessed January 2011]</li>
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<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[</span><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6094957065133193763&postID=6785477063976311849#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">] </span><a href="http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/documents/documents_p2.cfm?doc=238"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The Schenectady Massacre , 1689/90, by Robert Livingston, available online</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> (last accessed January 2010)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[</span><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http:/#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">] Mohawk Frontier: The Dutch Community of Schenectady, New York, 1661 – 1710, by Thomas E. Burke, Jr. (2nd Edition, Excelsior Edition of State of New York Press), page 107.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[</span><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http:/#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">] See the story of Willem and the bear in my post for 14th January 2011.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div id="sdfootnote1"><div class="sdfootnote" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[</span><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http:/#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">] History of Orange County, by EM Ruttenber and LH Clark (1881), pages 14 & 15.</span></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><div id="sdfootnote1"><div id="sdfootnote1"><div class="sdfootnote" style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[</span><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http:/#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">] Baptisms, Reformed Dutch Church Records for Schenectary and Kingston.</span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[</span><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http:/#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">] H<a href="http://www.pa-roots.com/pike/history/chapter6.html">istory of Pike County, Chapter VI, Westfall Township, PA, Chapter 6, online</a> (last accessed January 2011)</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[</span><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http:/#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">7</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">] A History of the Schenectady Patent in Dutch & English Times: being contributions toward a History of the Lower Mohawk Valley (1883), by Jonathan Pearson [victims listed alphabetically – Pearson does not], page 261 et seq </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[</span><a class="sdfootnotesym" href="http:/#sdfootnote1anc" name="sdfootnote1sym"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">] A History of the Schenectady Patent in Dutch & English Times: being contributions toward a History of the Lower Mohawk Valley (1883), by Jonathan Pearson [victims listed alphabetically – Pearson does not], page 264 et seq. Information on the captives' returns/found derived by Thomas E. Burke Jr, presented in his book, </span><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1438427069?ie=UTF8&tag=voipasandpre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=1438427069"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Mohawk Frontier: The Dutch Community of Schenectady, New York, 1661-1710 (Excelsior Editions)</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">, page 202.</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-17990627613161869142011-02-07T06:01:00.000-06:002011-02-07T06:01:00.237-06:00Monday's Mystery Ledger, part 2<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">This is a continuation of the ledger entries I started in my Monday Mystery Ledger (posted January 31, 2011). </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The challenge, should you choose to accept it, is to try to help me figure out where this ledger came from – patterns of names connecting to families might help narrow down the possibilities. Although I don't know for sure, it probably is from somewhere near Albany, Schoharie counties, etc. in upstate New York. The first entry is 1830. My notes and running commentary are in brackets...</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
When I first looked through this ledger, I wasn't sure how useful it was – but eventually I broke a couple of brick walls, finding people mentioned as “son of”, “wife of” etc. So good luck! <br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Note that in the ledger, you will see “cwt” in entries related to sawing planks. I think it might mean “cut weight” and the unit would be in 100 lb. equivalents? Anyone have a better idea?</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">So on to the ledger entries!<br />
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>PAGE 4:</b></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER">₤ </div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">s </span></span> </div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">d</span></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>James Billington</b>, September 1, 1830</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to one sheep</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">25</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">September 19 to 25 lbs of wheat flower at 3 cents per lb</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">75</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">Cr to fileing 1 saw</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to swingling 15 pounds of flax <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[swingling is a real word – means separating the coarse & fine parts of the flax]</span></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>John P Mereness</b>, Feb 1831 </td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 1 stack of hay</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[illegible]</span></span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">Credit to two days work at 37 ½ / day</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[illegible]</span></span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>Phillip Moak</b>, March 18, 1831</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 50 lbs of beef at 3 pence per lb</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[illegible]</span></span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>Peter M Houg</b>, March 9, 1831</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">Tailing dr to 105 ½ of beef at 3 pence per lb</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">Abram Merenae <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[last name hard to read]</span> Junior March 16, 1831</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 1090 feet hemlock boards at 3S 6 pence per cwt cwt 4</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">16</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>John Mereness Junior</b><span style="font-weight: normal;">, March 31</span></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to sawing 990 feet of boards at 1s gd per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">11</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>PAGE 5:</b></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 272 feet 2 ½ inch plank 3S 6c per bwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>Jacob Rosenburg</b> April 6 1831</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to sawing 2722 feet hemlock boards at 1.59 d per cwt </td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">5</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 1267 basswood d 1 ¼ inch plank at 34 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[“4” is somewhat illegible]</span> d per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 1596 feet do scantling <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[a scantling is a thickness according to Shakespear...] </span>1s 6d per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><div style="font-weight: normal;">to 220 feet do 2 2/1 inch plank at 3s 6d per cwt</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">7</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to sawing one maple log 14 cuts at 1s per cut</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">14</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>James Bellington</b>, March 26</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 6 pounds sidr <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[side?]</span> pork at 1s per pound</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 1 shoulder do 9d per pound, 15 pounds</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">11</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>John Flansburg</b>, April 4</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to cash 2<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">₤</span></span> 16s</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">16</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 12 ½ pounds of pork at 10 d per pound</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>PAGE 6</b></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">To 15 pounds ham pork at 9d per pound</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">37½ </span> </div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">To 1 ½ bushels of rye at 62 ½ cents per bushel</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">93¾ </span> </div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>Simon Groat</b>, May 18, 1831</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">To 2 bushels of pease at 6 shillings per bushel</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>John Vaness</b>, 1831</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">To 2 bushels of rye at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[illegible]</span> cents per bushel</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">90</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">To 4 bushels do</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">18</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">To 1 bushel of oats at 2 shillings and six pence per <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[illegible]</span></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>Nicholas Sirby </b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[the spelling of the last name is legible, but makes no sense to me...]</span></span></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
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<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">To sawing 14 cwt 97 feet of hemlock boards <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[illegible</span>] per cwt</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="7%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="9%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td> </tr>
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Until next time...</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-53668593509660612482011-02-05T01:04:00.009-06:002011-02-05T08:18:31.688-06:00Tulip ManiaOne has to doubt un-"sourced" information about ancestors (much of which is myth, or a kernel of truth combined with wishful thinking, and some of may be an educated guess). So take a big dose of skepticism medicine here, as I am about to embark on a journey that likely is a few cups of myth, a gallon or so of wishful thinking, a pinch of an educated guess, and a few grains of truth.<br />
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One of the homes that can be identified on the <b>Castello Map</b> of 1660 is that of <b>Pieter Stoutenburgh</b>.(<a class="sdendnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6094957065133193763&postID=5366859350966061248#sdendnote1sym" name="sdendnote1anc">i</a>) And therein lies the hero of our possible myth. In the 1800s, there was a flurry of small-run family history books published (what we might today refer to as vanity press). In early history books, as well as these family histories, we find a tale about Pieter. It seems that he has widely been credited with being the first person to bring tulips to the new world - in his pockets no less! I don't know about you, but those trips across the pond could run from 34 days (the <i>Vergulde Vever</i> in 1658) to well over a year (the <i>Rensselaerswijck</i> in 1636/37) (<a class="sdendnoteanc" href="http:/#sdendnote1sym" name="sdendnote1anc">ii</a>) <b>on the high seas!</b> I probably would have had a whole lot of things on my mind other than pretty flowers. And while there are a number of sources that say the story is true, none of them provide any support for the assertion. So if you are inclined to be gullible, it is time for an anti-gullibility inoculation.<br />
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While it could just be active imaginations that have given <b>Pieter Stoutenburgh</b> the role of “first to tulip” on these shores, it is plausible - there might be just a wee pinch of educated guess in there, and maybe a grain of partial truth. The Tulip Craze hit Holland in the 1630s, with everyone speculating left and right in the beautiful flowers. At the peak of the craze, in February of 1937, the price of a single tulip bulb could be driven to as much as 10 times the income of a skilled craftsman. (<a class="sdendnoteanc" href="http:/#sdendnote1sym" name="sdendnote1anc">iii,</a> <a class="sdendnoteanc" href="http:/#sdendnote1sym" name="sdendnote1anc">iv</a>)<br />
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As a result, owning tulips was a mark of status. With the tulip craze contemporaneous with the early settlement of New Amsterdam, the timing is right for <b>Pieter</b> to have had an interest in tulips. Further, as a member of a wealthy family, <b>Peter</b> would have had the wherewithal, and perhaps enough admiration for the tulip, to bring it along in his pockets. Even if he should not be credited with bringing the tulip “across the pond”, <b>Pieter's</b> garden, located "above the gate," was one of the most extensive in the city. First to tulip? True - we really don't know. But plausible? Perhaps.<br />
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</tbody></table><b>Which brings me to today's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Unrecipes.</span></b><br />
UN because I have given just the most bare bones outline - the point here isn't the food, per se (though it will be when you serve it) but the use of tulips in the recipes. Note that in using tulips for eating (yes, they are edible - at least the petals - don't know about the rest), all the usual caveats apply, such as no pesticides, herbicides, chemicals of any types or other cides, no sprays, etc. etc. etc.<br />
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<b>Tulip Chicken Salad <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Unrecipe</span>:</b><br />
Take your favorite recipe for chicken salad (I like to use apples in mine). Then julianne just the petals of a tulip that is in a color that will complement the rest of your ingredients. Toss part of the julienne gently with the chicken salad immediately before serving, then "sprinkle" the rest of the julienne on top like confetti.<br />
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<b>Chocolate Mousse Tulip Cups UNrecipe:</b>Soooooo beautiful - the brown of the chocolate and the pink of a spring tulip. You have probably heard of batter fried squash blossoms, stuffed with some type of cheese mixture. The idea here is the same - take the bloom and CAREFULLY scoop your favorite chocolate mousse recipe in it immediately before you serve it. If you do it a long time in advance, the ingredients of the mousse can "stain" the tulip petals just like too much oil on a salad. Then arrange on a plate and voila - really impressive and romantic dessert (did you notice that Valentines day is coming up soon?)<br />
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Meanwhile, I can just see <b>Pieter</b> walking home on a soft spring day, with a big bouquet of his precious tulips in his hand to give to his wife, <b>Aefje van Tienhoven</b>...<br />
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<a class="sdendnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6094957065133193763&postID=5366859350966061248#sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1sym">i</a> <i>Stokes Iconography of the City of New York</i> - see section w/ legend of Castello Map<br />
<a class="sdendnotesym" href="http:/#sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1sym">ii</a> <a href="http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/nn/mm_4.shtml">Olive Tree Genealogy</a> [last accessed January 2011]<br />
<a class="sdendnotesym" href="http:/#sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1sym">iii</a> Tulip mania generally is considered the first recorded speculative bubble (or economic bubble). Of course, as with all speculative crazes, eventually the tulip bubble burst.<br />
<a class="sdendnotesym" href="http:/#sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1sym">iv</a> <i>Tulipomania: The Story of the World's most Coveted Flower & the Extraordinary Passions it Aroused</i>, by Mike Dash (2001)<br />
<a class="sdendnotesym" href="http:/#sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1sym">v</a> <i>Irrational Exhuberance</i>, by Robert Schiller (2005, 2nd Edition, Princeton University Press).<div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-53010495697325215992011-02-03T01:24:00.001-06:002011-02-03T14:16:27.071-06:00(my) Writing Wednesdays #4: In their own words...<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I am wallowing a bit in my writing... the downed power lines in the recent storm have not helped my productivity one bit, thank you very much! And it is COLD!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">However, continuing in the context vein from last week, one thing that I have begun to do as I finalize a given chapter of the family history is to include contemporary quotes either to begin the chapter or in a side bar strategically placed within the chapter. These quotes – by contemporaries of the family members – reflect day to day issues as well as the grander issues associated with the wars and hostilities of life on the frontier. Of course, what I like about the accounts of the contemporaries of the settlers is that these accounts are written the the voices of the people who observed these events as they unfolded. As a result, they provide a perspective that we might otherwise ignore or misunderstand. Sometimes, our “modern” eyes views things quite differently – for example, in last Wednesday's post, I used the example of attitudes towards divorce – then – and now. These accounts help put a family member in their own time period. Knowing how they may have experienced something “then” is, in my mind, an important part of coming to know “who” they are and in identifying with them, enriching the family history.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Today I am briefly sketching out a few of my my favorite context providers on life in colonial New Netherland. So I have selected some contemporary quote sources (with exemplar quotations) – that might provide some of that very personal view by hearing about the area, the community, the historic events – in the “voice” of someone contemporary to my family member. Of course, better yet is to hear something in their own words, but we do not always have that luxury (unless, of course, our family lines included not only pack rat genes, but also the knowledge for preserving those 300+ year old documents!)</div><a name='more'></a><br />
<div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Some of the sources I am using include these contemporary voices:</div><ul><li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">In 1665, <b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_305061295">Adriaen van der Donck</a></b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_305061295"> wrote his </a><b><a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003NHS8MO?ie=UTF8&tag=voipasandpre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=B003NHS8MO%22%3EA%20Description%20of%20New%20Netherland%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=voipasandpre-20&l=as2&o=1&a=B003NHS8MO%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E">Description of New Netherland</a></b> (which has since been translated into English) – it is a wonderful account of New Netherland and surrounds by one of the very earliest settlers, and includes rich descriptions of flora and fauna as well as his indigenous new neighbors, the Native Americans. In one passage he describes the birds, including, <i>“...The woodpeckers fine multicolored plumage and a big crest. People call them </i><i><b>boompikkers</b></i><i>, because that is what they do, and with such force that from afar in the woods it seems as though someone were knocking on the trees with a wooden mallet...”</i></div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Maria (Cortlandt) van Rensselaer</b> was, perhaps, one of the “she-merchants.” Upon the death of her husband, she became the defacto patroon of Rensslaerswyck – a patroonship which was still rendering rents into the early 20<sup>th</sup> century, in part because of her creative approach to the rents owed the patroon. Maria overcame many obstacles and defied the odds, succeeding where many of her brethren failed. The <b>Correspondence of Maria van Rensslaer 1669 – 1689</b> details the letters written to and from this remarkable woman as she managed the vast holdings of the patroonship. The translated collection includes her mundane as well as the not-so-mundane experiences and observations. In November of 1679, Maria wrote to her brother, Stephen, <i>“...Friday, toward noon, cries were heard that the farm of the Hooge Berg was on fire, so that many people at once rand toward it and found it to be true. Before any one could get there, everything was burned, the house, bart, two barracks full of grain, yes, even the pig sty...”</i></div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-style: normal;">If the observations of the voyage of Henry Hudson tickle your fancy, then the journal of his first mate, </span><span style="font-style: normal;"><b>Robert Juet</b></span><span style="font-style: normal;">, just might fill the bill. It provides not only the mundane details of the trip up the Hudson (weather, speed) but also impressions of the land and the Native Americans they met along the way: </span><i>“...in the morning, was faire weather, and our master sent John Colman, with foure other men in our boate...The lands, they told us, were as pleasant with grasse and flowers and goodly trees as ever they had seene, and very sweet smells came from them...” </i> </div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">The <b>Van Rensselaer Bowier manuscripts, being the letters of Kiliaen Van Rensselaer, 1630-1643 (<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=0FIOAAAAIAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=Van+Rensselaer+Bowier+manuscripts,+being+the+letters+of+Kiliaen+Van+Rensselaer,+1630-1643&source=bl&ots=g6b8vGAr5C&sig=yHRB2TgcgoXWzMvLYiDXETWPt8s&hl=en&ei=PFZKTeneH4P78Ab2mPniDg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&sqi=2&ved=0CBMQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false">online in Google Books</a>)</b> include the letters written to and by the original patroon himself. These manuscripts are a wealth of information, with leases, lists of livestock, ships manifests and passenger lists, as well as letters back and forth between the colony and the Netherlands. In one latter, Wm Kieft complained about the difficulty in getting the livestock sent for the colony by van Rensselaer “up river” to the Patroon's lands: <i>“...I have had a shallop loaded and it has gone up the river with the people; the horses are still here in the charge of a man and a boy; all the bricks, coal and iron are also here yet but will be sent by the next shallop. I am troubled about how to get the horses up the iver, as we have no vessel in which they can be sent... it is not possible to transport them in the scow, so that I shall send them up in an open lighter, which however will hardly hold two and oblige us to make many trips...”</i> </div></li>
<li><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">If you want to understand the workings of the colony of New Netherland from the horses mouth, then the two volumes (one covers <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0815627920?ie=UTF8&tag=voipasandpre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0815627920%22%3ECorrespondence,%201647-1653%20(New%20Netherland%20Documents)%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=voipasandpre-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0815627920%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E"><b>1647 – 1653</b></a> and the other <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0815629591?ie=UTF8&tag=voipasandpre-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0815629591%22%3ECorrespondence%201654-1658%20(New%20Netherland%20Documents%20Series,%20Volume%2012)%3C/a%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=voipasandpre-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0815629591%22%20width=%221%22%20height=%221%22%20border=%220%22%20alt=%22%22%20style=%22border:none%20!important;%20margin:0px%20!important;%22%20/%3E"><b>1654 to 1658</b></a>) of <b>Petrus Stuyvesant's</b> surviving <b>correspondence</b> (including both what he wrote and received). His correspondence provides many of the details of the operation of the colony, with inventories, quarrels with neighboring settlements, and day to day concerns about the colony by the company in Amsterdam and Petrus in New Netherland. Always concerned both with the profitability of the colony to the West India Company as well as the safety of the colonists (physical & spiritual), in one letter Stuyvesant stated that, <i>“...Certaine reportes comeing to my eares that, some of my countriemen and otheres using to trade with the natives of your partes, doe indirectlie sell unto the said natives powder, gunnes and lead, and that in aprticular one Govert Lockoman had done it, and withall had indeavoured to instigate the Indians there agains the English, I could doe noe lesse then in discharge of my duty to God and my neighbour, but seriouslie to enquire into it...” </i> [Correspondence 1647 – 1653]</div></li>
</ul><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Enjoy – more progress next week (I hope) after my fingers have unfrozen a bit... we are expecting below zero temperatures tomorrow morning... something not seen in these parts since the 1990s (OK, I know you Minnesotans thing “big whoop” but I am used to thinking the powers that be have shat upon me when it falls below 30 degrees!)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-83105738655859415492011-01-31T16:55:00.007-06:002011-02-01T16:49:54.443-06:00Monday's Mystery Ledger, part 1I came across a very old ledger – but nowhere am I told who it belonged to... I probably could figure it out if I knew where it was from, so I am hoping for some help. If we put our collective eyes and genealogical detective skills together, we might just come up with some answers.<br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">There is a lot of information between these pages, cover to cover. Sometimes it is confusing as things don't necessarily go from page to page in chronological order... if space was found between old lines, new entries were squeezed in... </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I would like some help solving a mystery, and along the way, someone might find out something about a relative... lots of names and dates in here, even if they are not in any consistent order or format. I also find it interesting what people paid for what...<br />
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When I first looked through this ledger, I wasn't sure how useful it was – but eventually I broke a couple of brick walls, finding people mentioned as “son of”, “wife of” etc. So good luck!</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">What I know – its a ledger – upstate New York – probably Albany, Rensslaersville, Coeymans, Greenville, Westerlo – in the general area of Albany, Schoharie County, etc... Maybe someone will notice a pattern of names that can help identify the exact community. </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">It appears to be a combination of employment records and things sold, and lots of other stuff tossed in for good measure, including sawing occasional planks and a recipe here and there...</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">I will transcribe and post a few ledger pages on Mondays and hope for the best. I will do the transcription in page order, which means the dates will jump around a bit. Maybe our collective noggins can solve the mystery of where it was (names should help) and who it might have belonged to... So here we go! My notes and running commentary are in brackets...</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[The ledger is “hard bound” although coming loose a bit – remarkable condition for almost 200 years. Inside front cover, there is a glued on stamp about the size of a business card, that is affixed to the upper left corner.]</span><br />
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</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>INSIDE FRONT COVER:</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">B. D. Packard & Company</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">71 State Street</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">One door west of the State Bank</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Continue to carry on the business of painting, binding, and bookselling, where they will at all times give prompt attention to all who may favour them with their patronage.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">N.B. Particular attention is paid to BLANK BOOKS, FANCY BINDING and BOOK and JOB PRINTING.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;">Albany, 1830</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[it appears that the owner of the ledger either purchased the book (apparently in Albany) or received it as part of a promotion – however, it is a good sized ledger, and not the small “pocket” ones, making me think it was purchased]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>PAGE:</b></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">Taxes paid on our Michigan land at different periods</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">1838 $10.30</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">1843 $11.34</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">1844 $ 9.95</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">1848 $ 5.69</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;">1848 $18.59</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> to boards sawed of <b>Jacob Rosenburg</b> 1848 $18.03 </div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[unclear by position if date & $ are part of the tax summary or if Jacob's – if the latter, then next entry on the logs sold has no name associated with it]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> logs July 2<sup>nd</sup> sold</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Harriett Sommers</b> Dr <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[could be DO]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> June 5<sup>th</sup> to cash, fifty cents</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>David Beecker</b>, December 9 borrowed 1838 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[year or amount?]</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> to 145 feet if pine inch boards</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> to 201 ½ inch planks</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><b>Harriett Sommers</b> commenced labor May 4 1852 at $8 per week</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Lost time May 4 week, 1 day sickening and home making days</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> June 10, 11 and 12 2 ¼ days sick</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> Left off June 10 at tea time</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> $4.79</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> <u> .50</u></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"> $4.29</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
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</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER">₤ </div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER">s </div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">d</span></span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>Conrad Flansburg</b>, Oct 21 1830 – to 1 bushel of wheat at 8 shillings per bushel</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">Dec 18 1861 to one bushel of rye @ 2 shillings 6 pence per</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">March 8 to 2 bushels, do <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[ditto?]</span></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">9</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">March 24 to 40 pounds of beef at 3 pence per pound</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[illegible]</span> 1830 to 32 pounds of beef at 3 pence per pound</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[illegible]</span> hemlock boards at<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;"> [illegible]</span> pence per board</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>George B Vandewarker</b> Dr Feb 19 1832 – to cash</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">00</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">cash</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">00</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">12<sup>th</sup> cash</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">00</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">23<sup>rd</sup> cash</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">00</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">1 ½ pounds tobacco at 25 c per pound</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">7 1/9</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to leather for one pair of shoes</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">12 ½ </span> </div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">July 31<sup>st</sup> to cash do</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">00</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">Aug 31<sup>st</sup> to cash do</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">00</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>PAGE 2</b></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">Oct 18 1830<br />
Settled with <b>Conrad Flansburg</b> there remains due th sd Conrad six shillings</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">6</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">Feb 18 1831 to Sivingling 13 ½ lbs of fas <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[sas? flax?]</span> @ 3 pence per lb</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">June 18 to two days hoighing corn</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">8</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">July 22 to 1 day hiling corn by son Henry</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">4</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">August 12 to 3 days work in hay at 5s per day</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">15</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>Mary F Becker</b> commenced work <br />
July 16 1852 worked five days</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>Abram Sommers</b><br />
to 4 bushels of oats<br />
to 4 bushels do</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>PAGE 3</b></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>John Mereness</b> commenced labour March 25 1833</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">time lost to ¾ of day</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">¾ </span> </div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">time lost to ½ of day</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">½ </span> </div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">time lost to 2 of day</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">time lost to ¾ of day</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">¾ </span> </div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">time lost to ¼ of day</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">¼ </span> </div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">time lost to ¼ of day</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">¼ </span> </div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">time lost to 1 of day</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">time lost to ¼ of day</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">¼ </span> </div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">August 27</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">¼</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">September 6</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">¼</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">September 13</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">¼</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">September 14</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">¼</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">horse to pasture May 18<sup>th</sup> </td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">cow to pasture June 1<sup>st</sup> </td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%"><b>George B Vandewater</b> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #660000;">[Vandewarker?]</span> commenced labour Feb 24 1834</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">0</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">½ </span> </div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">time lost March 4</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 1 day do</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">1</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to 2 days do</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">2</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">to ½ day do</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">½ </span> </div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">July 8<sup>th</sup> to 3 ½ </td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">3</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">½ </span> </div></td> </tr>
<tr valign="TOP"> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="79%">July 23<sup>rd</sup> to 10 days</td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="8%"><div align="CENTER"><span style="font-size: x-small;">10</span></div></td> <td sdnum="1033;0;@" width="6%"><div align="CENTER"><br />
</div></td> </tr>
</tbody></table><br />
That is it for today... same time, same place - enjoy!<div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-52273746583156149452011-01-25T19:58:00.007-06:002011-01-25T20:46:14.669-06:00My Writing Wednesdays #3: Something Fishy...A cold and blustery weekend, with ice (and 12" of snow last Thursday & Friday), made for a good "indoors" weekend... so I returned to one of my favorite families, <b>Hans Dreper</b> and <b>Maritie Pieters</b>. <b>Maritie</b> had a reputation for "petty quarreling." <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="sdendnoteanc" href="http:/#sdendnote1sym" name="sdendnote1anc">[1]</a> </span>She also said what was on her mind, and apparently didn't candy coat her opinions either - a tendency that occasionally placed her in a courtroom. So pigs weren't the only thing that gave <b>Hans</b> and <b>Maritie</b> headaches... on at least one occasion, fish did too!<br />
<br />
<b>Maritie</b> evidently had been shopping for herring on a warm spring day (plankton eaters, herrings tend to be plentiful in the cool northern waters from May through August, a time when they are high in fat yet before mating season... the herring were caught in nets and and salt bine-cured in large barrels, sometimes with the addition of spices - the exact recipes were, of course, secret...). With different recipes for curing herring, obviously, herring purchased from one vender or another might be more or less to a given individual's liking.<br />
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<a name='more'></a><b>Maritie</b> found some herring she didn't like. As a result, she allegedly cast aspersions on the quality of herring sold by one <b>Albert Alberzen</b>. So she was hauled into court on May 21, 1661 (evidently <b>Maritie</b> refused to pay for the herrings, believing them to be substandard). <b>Maryken Gerrits</b> (wife of <b>Frans Janse Van Hooghte</b>) testified that on May 16, <b>Madhdalena Hansen</b> had come to visit at her home, as had <b>Maritie</b>. <b>Maryken Gerrits</b> stated that while there, <b>Maritie</b> had made a disparaging remark about the herring sold by <b>Albert Alberzen</b>. <b>Magdalena</b> confirmed that <b>Maritie</b> had criticized <b>Alberzen</b>'s herring. And the exchange evidently was witnessed by <b>Jan Gouwen Bergh</b> and <b>Johannes Verveelen</b> as well.<br />
<br />
Three days later, <b>Hans Dreper</b> produced two different affidavits to the effect that <b>Albert Alberzen</b> knew that the herrings he sold to <b>Maritie</b> were no good. <b>Alberzen</b> countered that he sold the herrings “indifferently as to their quality” (evidently making no warranties - let the buyer beware). Instead of passing judgement in the court proper, the Burgomasters and Schepens asked <b>Maritie</b> and <b>Alberzen</b> if they would submit their claim to them, not as judges, but as arbitrators, and the two agreed. After weighing the claims of <b>Maritie</b> and <b>Alberzen</b>, the Burgomasters and Schepens decided that <b>Hans Dreper</b> should pay <b>Albert Albersen</b> twenty-seven guilders for the herrings in question.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><a class="sdendnoteanc" href="http:/#sdendnote1sym" name="sdendnote1anc">[2]</a></span><br />
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One wonders if <b>Maritie</b>'s reputation for petty quarreling might have biased the decision or not... Which, of course, brings me to a recipe for fish (not herring). Again, this is an "un" recipe in that it is a general guideline that gives choices - and almost always turns out good!<br />
<br />
<b>UN-Recipe for Fish</b><br />
<ul><li>Take some fish steaks (thawed), salmon, tuna, shark etc - use steaks instead of filets so they are even thickness. </li>
<li>Spread generously with "goop" and roll in "sprinkles" (more about this in a minute) - press the sprinkles in so that they stick. </li>
<li>Bake in 400 degree oven for 10 minutes per inch of thickness - you can turn it over halfway - your choice. You can also use frozen fish steaks and add 10 - 15 minutes to the cooking time. </li>
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OK, the idea here is to pick something goopy you like - I use lemon or lime curd (found with jelly), pesto, salsa, whole grain mustard, honey or maple syrup (watch that it doesn't burn) - this is the glue that makes the sprinkles stick. Sprinkles can be toasted and finely chopped nuts of your choice (I really like pine nuts), toasted mustard seed, black sesame seeds, finely chopped shallots, cracked pepper corns (green and pink ones are nice), etc. The "rule" if any, is that stronger flavored fish goes with stronger flavored goop and sprinkles... be creative and enjoy!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;"><a class="sdendnotesym" href="http:/#sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1sym">[1]</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: black;"><u>Scandinavian Immigrants in New York 1630 -1674</u></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: black;">, John O. Evjen, 1916, Appendix III: Some Scandinavian Immigrants in New York in the Eighteenth Century & List of German Immigrants in New York 1630 -1674, page 408.</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;"><a class="sdendnotesym" href="http:/#sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1sym">[2]</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: black;"><u>Records of New Amsterdam from 1653-1674</u></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: black;"> and Index, by New York (N.Y.). Burgomasters and Schepens, 1658: volume III, pp 309.</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-2572543008317094222011-01-22T01:46:00.005-06:002011-01-25T20:49:03.816-06:00The Book Nook: Beverwijk, by Janny Venema<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<div style="font-family: Times; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>My Book Nook</b> includes my take on books I have found useful - if not essential - in researching the Dutch Colonial line of my family tree. From time to time, I will post and review some of my favorite books in the <b>Book Nook</b> (as well as some of those I picked up and thought were duds). Like all self-selected lists, my <b>Book Nook</b> is idiosyncratic and reflects my preferences and interests. I should also give you a fair warning - I love books and read several a week (I also don't sleep a lot). Some books I plan to review here in the <b>Book Nook</b> are very old and no longer in print, but a review may help you to determine if you want to go to the effort of finding the book on interlibrary loan. Other books may just have been released. I have amassed a vast collection over the years; some books I have found useful and some not so useful. But enough... on to the book for the edition of the <b>Book Nook</b>.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b><i>BEVERWIJK: A DUTCH VILLAGE ON THE AMERICAN FRONTIER, 1652 TO 1654</i></b><i> (by Janny Venema, State University of NY Press, Albany, 2003).</i></span></div><div style="font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px;"><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=voipasandpre-20&o=1&p=8&l=as1&asins=0791460800&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align: left; height: 240px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> I found this book to be an absolute treasure. So now that we have that out of the way, some details. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Based on her doctoral dissertation, Ms Venema presents a fascinating view of quite a cross section of the lives of the settlers of this outpost "upriver" on the Hudson. As only a dissertation can do, she looks at vast a number of aspects concerning the lives of the settlers that are hard, if not impossible, to find in a single volume. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">For example, Ms. Venema takes the reader through the building of the settlement, how the village was laid out and land distributed, how the settlers dealt with poverty amongst their neighbors, their educational system, the Orphan Masters, medical care, and slavery, to name just a few. In each area she covers, Ms Venema provides background information, as well as rich detail. She incorporates snippets of information on the various settlers - great and small - to demonstrate her points. These snippets on the settlers provide a priceless view of many of the settlers, utilizing the skills of a detailed and meticulous researcher. It is these details that may help you fill out your own family history, and possibly find someone who has been "missing".</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Many books of this type are a rather dry recounting of facts and statistics. While Ms Venema provides a strong dose of statistics and numbers, she also adds what is missing in so many other volumes: the context - the backdrop against which the settlers of Beverwijk played out their petty quarrels and experienced their triumphs. Ms. Venema also explores key professions, such as blacksmiths, bakers, brewers and tavern keepers. Rather than merely highlighting these categories of workers, you will find detailed tables telling you who did what and when, allowing you to trace your ancestors and their economic endeavors across time. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">While the book covers the most successful Burgers in considerable detail, including the Van Rensslaers, Dirck Jansz Croon, Pieter Hargers, Volckert Jansz, Philip Pietersz Schuyler and the Scott, Sander Leendertsz Glen, it also provides wonderful tidbits for the family histories for the rest of us. One of the most valuable parts of the book for me was one of the appendices. Appendix 8 lists the lots that were distributed among settlers in 1650, providing a description of most of the lots, whether the lots included a house or a garden, the people who received lots, as well as details on lots sold and bought as the settlement developed. For me, this appendix with the associated maps was worth the price of the book.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In my mind, Ms Venema's book belongs on the shelf of every serious family researcher with ties to Dutch Colonial Albany. If you have read this book, I would enjoy reading about your impressions, and whether or not it helped you through a brick wall (it did me). And if you have related books you think I should be reading, be sure to let me know about them. Happy reading...</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-16685484086120255002011-01-19T01:57:00.003-06:002011-01-19T02:02:24.774-06:00(my) Writing Wednesdays #2<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Or also known as: How I am trying to write a family history even my grandkids will want to read </span></b><br />
<div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b></b>Just what stage of my writing am I at? I hope I am beyond procrastination... and that I will move things towards fruition rather quickly this year. BUT! It wouldn't make me feel very happy if my kids and grandkids took snoozers while reading my great tome (or worse yet, quit and went to play a video game). I can't just gin out the facts or the snoozer route is a definite possibility here. My solution is to provide some context "up front." Without context, it is really hard to imagine what is going on...</span><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Imagine for a minute that I am describing a task to you that I want you to complete. I say, "</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It really is simple. First you get everything together in one place. Then you separate everything into different groups, unless there isn't much, in which case just one group will do. Although generally it is best to do fewer at a time, or you can end up making expensive mistakes. And really, the end of this task seems to never be in sight. Once the task is finished for the time being, however, you have to arrange everything into different groups again and then put them in their correct place." </span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Not a particularly clear set of instructions, is it? </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a name='more'></a>Although the task doesn't sound incredibly difficult, there are a number of questions you might have to ask in order to actually do it: </span></div><div><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What are we gathering up? </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are the things heavy (do you need to get help?) </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And how am I defining the groups? Age, smell, what criteria?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And why do groups need to be small? aren't there economies of scale involved?</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And do things go back into the same groups they were in before? in which case why can't you just keep them together to begin with?</span></li>
</ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">All of these are valid questions, but if I had provided you with some context, many of the questions would be moot. What if I had a basket of dirty laundry in my arms as I explained your task to you? Then you would know that the things in the collection were not going to be incredibly heavy; that you would first sort on the basis of color; and small is better as clothes get cleaner and less chance of a red sock making the white sheets pink; and that afterwards you would group them by where they were going to be put away – towels in the linen closet, junior's shirts in his dresser and so forth. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The laundry basket provides the context. The laundry basket makes my task description make sense. Just like doing laundry, in writing a family history, context helps my readers make sense of what I have written. Without context, my readers are operating in a vacuum. So the first advantage context gives me is that it helps my family readers understand - to put things in perspective. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The second advantage, although related, is (to me) a bit different. Reciting facts in a family history may be interesting, but the facts by themselves may not be memorable. To be memorable, you have to have?? Context! </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">If I give you a number, say 9,000,000, it is kind of interesting. OK, grant me that one... It is, at least, a big number. But if I tell you about it in the context of the organization that has coined it as a term, </span><a href="http://ninemillion.org/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">ninemillion.org</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, the number might bring a tear to your eye - the 9 million children living in refuge camps as victims of conflict and violence. Context doesn't just create understanding. It can also tug at your heartstrings and get you emotionally involved. And if you are emotionally involved, you become more interested, and you remember. It is important. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So context gives my readers understanding, a tie, and the realization that the facts are important - important to me [the author], to my family history readers and their sense of place, and to the people I am writing about, the ones who went before. Just like my family readers don't want to be forgotten and left out, neither do their ancestors. That is the first tool in my toolbox to engage my family readers and make them want to know more. I think everything is important, which is one reason it has been so difficult for me to put pen to paper – what if I miss something? What if some detail gets let out? </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I write my family history, I am also writing in context, both around the historical events, as well as by providing additional explanation in footnotes (and making sure those footnotes are page notes, rather than at the end of the entire document... more likely to get read that way). </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">By way of an example of the importance of context in my own writing, I found in my family research that </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Claas Pieterzen Cos</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> was married to </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Neeltje Engles</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, and they had two children (one of whom is my several-greats grandparent). However, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Neeltje</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> didn't live long after the birth of her second child, and </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Claas</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> remarried. On January 20, 1665/1666, a divorce was granted by the Governor to “</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Claes Pietersen Cost</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> [sic] of Gemoenepan from his wife </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grietie Maas</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.”</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In this day and age, if I told my grandkids that </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Claes</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and his second wife were granted a divorce, their reaction would probably be "big whoop." My children and their children have been raised in a time when they have seen the statistics suggesting that first marriages result in divorce 41% of the time, second marriages 60%, and third marriages fail 73% of the time (OK, some people might be slow learners). For </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Claas</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Grietje</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, the record indicates at the time of the decree, they had been married for eleven years. Divorce was quite rare, and at times, the Court would refuse divorce requests, which suggests that there was an issue that was rather compelling. However, the plot has a bit of a twist, as in the Court records in a margin note, it states that it was “Recalde and of no Effect. [signed] Jas. Bollen Secretary.” </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="sdendnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6094957065133193763&postID=1668548408612025500#sdendnote1sym" name="sdendnote1anc">[1]</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bollen's statement suggests that there </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">may have been a rapprochement – voluntary or forced</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="sdendnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6094957065133193763&postID=1668548408612025500#sdendnote1sym" name="sdendnote1anc">[2]</a> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">– between the two of them. It may be telling (or not) that there are no records that have been found indicating that the two of them had any children, and while divorce was uncommon, separations were less infrequent.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So there you have it. My argument for liberally peppering my family history with context as a backdrop against which I plan on unfolding a riveting tale, of murder and mayhem (yes, we have some of both), of marriage and divorce, of war and peace, of love and laughter and of a culture and that while similar, is so very different from what my children and grandchildren experience today. </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Where am I in my progress? Right now, I am beginning to pull together the first volume (</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Back in the Old Neighborhood: Our Family in Nieuw Amsterdam</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> - see my Writing Wednesdays #1). This particular volume currently has:</span><br />
<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Nine fairly polished chapters. These chapters are awaiting:</span></li>
<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">a final re-verification that facts given are correct & dilemmas so noted </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">verification that references are correct</span></li>
<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Are they still in the right place (the citations) - editing moves text and endnotes can become attached - romantically or otherwise - to new phrases that roll off my silver tongue...</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Make sure there are no typos in the references that could result in dead ends </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Check the family tree provided at the end of the chapter </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Generate the family's personal timeline (key events) against the historical timeline</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Final polishing</span></li>
<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Give it to a couple of people to read and then</span></li>
</ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Second final polishing</span></li>
</ul></ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Fourteen chapters that are in, well, how should I say it? A mess... thus far</span></li>
</ul></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This could take longer than I thought! We will see where I am at next Wednesday... Cheers!</span><br />
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<a class="sdendnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6094957065133193763&postID=1668548408612025500#sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1sym"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[1]</span></span></a><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New Jersey 1664 - 1703, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State</span></span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">, Volume XXI (1917), edited by William Nelson [EAST JERSEY DEEDS, ETC., LIBER NO. 3. 29].</span></span><br />
<a class="sdendnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6094957065133193763&postID=1668548408612025500#sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1sym"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">[2]</span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> Divorce and separation could be initiated by either spouse under Dutch law, but that didn't make it easy. Actual dissolutions were rare, but did happen when spouses were VERY persistent. Social pressures and other factors frequently had an affect on the couple's decision to stay in dysfunctional marriages. Perhaps sadly, with what we know today, magistrates had very little concern even when there was compelling evidence of abuse in the marriage. The magistrates often insisted on reconciliation, which may have happened in the case of Claas and Grietie, given the margin notes. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">[Michael E. Gherke Dissertation submitted to the College of Arts and Sciences at West Virginia University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History, 2001]</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">. </span></span><br />
<div><div id="sdendnote1"></div><div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-2384893845744757632011-01-16T18:48:00.002-06:002011-01-17T19:55:33.088-06:00Moving right along...It has been a bit of a busy week, but so far I am keeping with my resolution pace of at least four hours a week on the family history. I am still "detailing" the chapter on <b>Pieter Stoutenburgh</b> and <b>Aefje van Tienhoven</b>. By today's standards, they were quite the bunny rabbits (figuratively speaking) with at least nine children baptized in the Dutch Reformed Church. It appears, however, that the majority of their children did not survive childhood - perhaps that was one reason why Pieter worked for the OrphanMasters and even took in an orphan or two now and then.<br />
<ul><li><b>Enjeltje</b> [Angelica] was baptized 20th August 1651. Rachel van Tienhoven, Aeltje's sister-in-law, is listed as the baptismal sponsor. Unfortunately, Enjeltie lived only a year, dying before sometime before 1652. <a name='more'></a></li>
<li>Economizing on names (as did many), the next child who was baptized also was named <b>Enjeltie</b> [Angelica], baptized 5th January 1652/53 (no sponsors listed).</li>
<li><b>Pieter </b>was baptized 13th December, 1654 and again only survived a short time, dying in 1655 (see reference below - the RDC records only list an un-named child being baptized on this date. His name may have been inferred by later family historians from birth order as a first born son being named for his father. But I have found no "official" name or sex for this child as yet, just the baptism record without a name)</li>
<li><b>Jannetje</b> [Jane] was baptized 30th August 1656. Her baptismal sponsor was listed as Rachel Vinge (Jan Vinge was a frequent partner of Pieter in protecting the assets of orphans).</li>
<li><b>Wyntje</b> [Lavinia] was baptized 8th May 1658. Her witnesses were Fredrick Lubbertszen, Tryntje Hendricks & Belitje Cornelis. Living to only four years, Wyntje died in 1662.</li>
<li><b>Tobias</b> was baptized 18th January 1660. His batpismal sponsors was Judith [Bayard] Stuyvesant, wife of the Director General of New Netherland.</li>
<li>Another <b>Wyntje</b> [Lavinia] was baptized 15th October 1662 (no sponsors listed).</li>
<li><b>Lucas</b> was baptized 10th January 1666. His baptismal sponsors were Jan Vinge & Sara Roelofs.</li>
<li><b>Yzaak</b> (Isaac) was baptized 20th August 1668, with baptismal sponsors listed as Jacob Kip & Tryntje Roelofs. <a class="sdendnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6094957065133193763#sdendnote1sym" name="sdendnote1anc">[i]</a></li>
</ul>You will note that for the most "non-obvious" I have provided English name equivalents in brackets. As you might expect, there are a number of websites that provide these English equivalents. One of the most comprehensive can be found on <a href="http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~walkersj/Dutchnames.html">RootsWeb</a> [link last checked January 2011]. Why is this important? Aside from idle curiosity, being adept at switching between Dutch and English versions of the same name (or being able to look up) can help you break through a brick wall.<br />
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Although I am sure they didn't do it just to irritate me, my Dutch ancestors "morphed" their names with regularity, in part because there were no commonly accepted spellings. Yet if you want to track someone over time, you really need to recognize how really labile their names were. Of course, when the English took over, names tended to become Anglicized (hence the importance of the translations). But there also are some Dutch names that (I think) bear no resemblance to their English equivalents. I mean, come on now, how do you logically get from Cornelis to Kees, from Jaapje to Jane, or from Valentyn to Felte?<br />
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In addition, "officials" recorded names with their own preferred spellings. Can you imagine the permutations that would take place with an English official trying to phonetically sound out the name of an illiterate Dutch settler? No wonder it is hard to find Aunt Jacomyntje and Uncle Gijs! To make matters worse, the settlers themselves didn't spell their own names consistently. Although it probably was not really done to irritate me, it does seem that they changed their names on a whim, with people in the same family even using different last names...<br />
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The settlers themselves - as well as officials – sometimes used patronymics (based on their father's first name), matronymics (based on mother's name – used by some Native American tribes in the area), place names (where born or from), occupational names (de Bakker/the Baker), or any number of other name choices (for example, think of Edward I of England. He was very tall and hence called as Edward Longshanks).<br />
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Of course, each of these different conventions served a useful purpose. As populations grew, old Tomas wasn't the only Tomas in the area, so there had to be some type of differentiation. One can imagine that one Tomas became Tomas de Bakker (the baker) when another became Tomas de Metselaer [the mason]. But what if there were three bakers named Tomas? A different way of differentiating obviously could be used... and these folks were very creative. So, for example, Teunis Teunisen de Metselaer could be found under Teunis Teunisen (Anthony, son of Anthony), Teunis de Metselaer (Anthony the mason or bricklayer), and Teunis Teunisen de Metselaer (Anthony the mason who is the son of Anthony). All of which makes it difficult to find those ancestors hiding in the pages of what official records still exist. However, if you know your Dutch occupations, then there is a benefit to offset the frustration - last names are revealing at the time (rather than primarily "inherited" as they are today)<br />
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Add to the mix that to the unfamiliar eye, the nicknames used (e.g. Margaret/Peggy; Robert/Bob), when in Dutch, become non obvious to our non-Dutch eyes (Jaap/Jacob, Johanna/Jopie, Mannes/Harmannes; Magdaleen/Leentje). No wonder I get confused... In sum, depending on the day, the event, or even different contexts on the same day, you will find historical records reflecting the same person's name spelled in a variety of ways. This makes things a wee bit hard when trying to piece things together over a 300+ year timespan.<br />
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<b>On to today's recipe:</b> OK, I have to admit it is a bit hard to think of eating Bambie, let alone Thumper! Yet, since I claimed above that <b>Pieter</b> and <b>Aeltje</b> were rabbit-ish, it does seem that the most likely suspect for an ingredient in the recipe would be rabbit(s). So instead of rabbit, and because part of today's post includes phonetics (at least tangential), I will leave you with my favorite recipe for Welsh Rarebit instead...<br />
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<b>"No Thumper - really!" Welsh Rarebit Recipe</b> (serves 4 luncheon meals)<br />
1 tablespoon butter
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2 tablespoons shallots, finely chopped
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½ cup dry white wine<br />
½ cup whipping cream
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1½ - 2 teaspoons of truffle oil (optional but enhances taste)<br />
a good sized pinch of nutmeg<br />
1 tablespoon cornstarch
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2 ½ cups shredded black truffle cheese (can substitute white cheddar)<br />
A nice sourdough bread - four slices OR 4 English muffins<br />
1 or 2 vine ripened tomatoes, thickly sliced (4 slices for bread, 8 for muffins)<br />
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Preheat broiler & slice bread thickly. Trickle some extra truffle oil (or mild olive oil) lightly over one side. Put on foil lined baking sheet.<br />
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Drizzle tomato slices with truffle oil (or mild olive oil) & put on foil lined sheet with a "foil crumple wall" between tomatoes & bread so juices don't make bread soggy. <br />
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Broil in pre-heated broiler (but watch them both - depending on slice thickness, they could be done at different times). When first side of bread is lightly toasted, turn over for half the time. (Alternatively you can toast bread on hot grill or grill pan to get grill marks...). Remove tomatoes when done & sprinkle with some sea salt & fresh cracked pepper. Keep warm. Turn bread over and toast the other side for half the time. Set aside but keep warm.<br />
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Melt butter in a heavy saucepan over low heat. Cook shallots shallots in the butter until soft. Add wine cook and stir until the sauce is reduced by half. Add whipping cream and simmer for 5 minutes, but be careful not to let it boil (or cream will curdle). Reduce heat to low and add nutmeg and truffle oil.<br />
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Mix shredded cheese with cornstarch in a baggie and shake to make sure cornstarch coats the cheese evenly. Add a bit at a time to the warm sauce, stirring constantly in a zig zag pattern until all of the cheese is melted. Again, do not let it boil or you will have a mess on your hands. <br />
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To serve, layer with toast on bottom & a little rarebit on top, then broiled tomato, then more rarebit. Garnish with "shaved" truffle cheese curls, parsley, or very finely chopped toasted pecans. Be sure to serve warm with a nice buttery chardonnay.<br />
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Enjoy!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div id="sdendnote1"><div class="sdendnote"><a class="sdendnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6094957065133193763#sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1sym">i</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;">Taken predominantly from records of the Reformed Dutch Church (New Amsterdam), and A history of Ontario County, New York and its people, by Charles F. Milliken, Volume 2, page 234. Death dates of children who did not survive childhood inferred from birth records of siblings with the same name, with the exception of Pieter, whose death date is provided in a number of undocumented family and other histories. Pieter does not appear in any further records, so it may be a plausible assumption.</span></div></div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-58103982111899374842011-01-14T16:29:00.005-06:002011-01-17T19:50:53.395-06:00It's COLD in them thar hills!<div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">It has been soooo cold! I sometimes claim that I left Minnesota after my first year on the job there it snowed eighteen inches on Halloween – and I am only half joking. I really hate being cold. Okay, that is Part 1 (stay with me on this). Part 2 is that I realized I never delivered on my I might </span><span style="color: black;"><i>“</i></span><span style="color: #262626;"><i>turn to </i></span><span style="color: #262626;"><i><b>Willem Abrahamse Tietsoort</b></i></span><span style="color: #262626;"><i><span style="font-weight: normal;"> and his battle with a bear on Manhattas (Manhattan),”</span></i></span><span style="color: #262626;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"> i</span></span><span style="color: black;">n my earlier posting (New Years Eve). So just keep those “Parts” in mind as you struggle hopelessly to find the common thread in today's post. </span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Willem & the Bear </b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">(via some background information) </span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="color: black;"><b>Abraham Willemszen</b> and <b>Aechtje Jans</b> had a son, </span><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Willem Abrahamse Tietsort</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">, who was born in 1648 and baptized 2</span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">nd</span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> August of that year in Nieuw Amsterdam.<a class="sdendnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6094957065133193763#sdendnote1sym" name="sdendnote1anc"><sup>i</sup></a> <b>Abraham</b>, who was a carpenter, was tragically killed in a duel </span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">on 12</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">th</span></span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> November 1649. He died on the 13</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><sup><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">th</span></span></sup></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">,<a class="sdendnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6094957065133193763#sdendnote2sym" name="sdendnote2anc"><sup>ii</sup></a> leaving his 18 month old son and a pregnant wife. His wife remarried the widower, </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Pieter Casparszen</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> van Naerden sometime between 1649 and 1652 (when her first child with </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><b><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">Pieter Casparszen</span></b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"> was born). Essentially our <b>Willem</b> was raised by his stepfather. One can imagine that Pieter took his new role to heart, and raised the boy as his own, teaching him the “manly” arts of hunting and fishing. </span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"></span></span></span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;"><a name='more'></a><br />
</span></span></span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Unlike Davy Crocket, we don't know whether or not <b>Willem</b> “kilt him a bar when he was only three,” under the tutelage of his stepfather. But we do know that when <b>Willem</b> was about fifteen, he had an encounter with a bear that ended up in a Court dispute (luckily, or otherwise we wouldn't know about it). </span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"></span></span></span><br />
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</span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">On 13</span><span style="color: black;"><sup>th</sup></span><span style="color: black;"> November 1663, Willem's mother sued <b>Cornelius Jansen van Hoorn</b> on behalf of her son. According to the suit, </span><span style="color: black;"><b>Willem </b></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">had been out hunting on an island and shot a bear. While he was attempting load the dead bear into his boat, </span><b>van Hoorn</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> came by and claimed that since he (van Hoorn) had been chasing the bear that </span><b>Willem</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"> shot, that he was entitled to half the meat. Not only that, but he forced </span></span><span style="color: black;"><b>Willem</b></span><span style="color: black;"> to “toss up” (something like flipping a coin?) to determine who would get the skin. </span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>van Hoorn</b> won the toss so took the skin. But fairness prevailed and the Court ruled that the </span><span style="color: black;"><b>Willem</b></span><span style="color: black;"> was entitled to the skin. We can imagine that when all the proper steps were taken (I have no idea how you prepare a bear skin), that <b>Willem</b> used that old bear skin to keep warm in front of a fire on cold winter nights, sipping a cup of hot buttered rum. </span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Which, of course, brings me to a recipe for hot buttered rum mix. I have had the recipe for this mix for over twenty-five years (o-my-gosh, that is a quarter of a century!). I got it from a friend who lived down the block (Gerry Kennedy – I have no idea where she got it), and have given it a small embellishment or two. It is really yummy, and can be made with rum flavoring for kids and other small creatures. Enjoy!</span></span></span></div></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></span></span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><b>Hot Buttered Rum Mix:</b></span></span></span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> 1 pound dark brown sugar</span></span></span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> 1 pound confectionary sugar</span></span></span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> ½ pound room temperature butter (real)</span></span></span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> 1 quart soft French vanilla ice cream (top quality)</span></span></span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> toffee chips (toffee bars that you have hit several times with a hammer)</span></span></span></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"> cinnamon, nutmeg, cloves, etc.</span></span></span></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
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<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">Mix all ingredients together and keep in freezer in a tightly covered container. Great to have on hand for the winter and holidays. </span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;">To serve, mix 2+ tablespoons of the mix with one jigger of dark rum (I like the "pre-spiced" type) and enough boiling water to fill to the top of a drinking mug, mixing to dissolve. Add a cinnamon stick stirrer and top with unsweetened whipped cream and a sprinkle of fresh grated nutmeg if desired, as well as some "toffee chips".</span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="color: black;"><br />
</span></span></span></div></div><div style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">By the way, I was unable to find in the records who it was that killed Abraham in the duel and what the duel was about. Does anyone know or have a source?</span></b></span></span></div></div><div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br />
</div><div id="sdendnote1"><div class="sdendnote"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="sdendnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6094957065133193763#sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1sym">i</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Dutch Church Records: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">2 Aug; Abrham Willemszen; Willem; Jan Willemszen Van Amsterd., Jan Dirckszen Van Amsterdam, Grietie Hermans, Mary Geeraer</span></i></span></div></div><div id="sdendnote2"><div class="sdendnote"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a class="sdendnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=6094957065133193763#sdendnote2anc" name="sdendnote2sym">ii</a> <u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">The Colony of New Netherland: a Dutch colony in seventeenth-century America</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">, by Jaap Jacobs, page 59. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"> </span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-6445380311339788882011-01-12T18:00:00.005-06:002011-01-17T19:54:53.622-06:00(my) Writing Wednesdays, #1<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Or also known as: how I am trying to write a family history even my grandkids will want to read</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I have been collecting information for about 15 - 20 years now, but the detail work on the family history just never seems quite cooked (or I may have convinced myself to believe that because the task ahead is so daunting!). However, consistent with my New Years resolution for 2011, I decided I had better start writing. Now. As in today... I <i>was</i> waiting to dot every "i" and cross every "t", but I wasn't getting any information "out there" for my kids and grandkids. Quite simply, with a few thousand names I was working on (including siblings, etc.), I was overwhelmed. And I do have a day job. So before sitting down to write, I had to figure out how to divide my task into workable "chunks" (and then recognize that I might occasionally be issuing "supplements" for family members as new information become available - let's get realistic here). </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At this point, my first step was to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>find a good organizing theme</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. Although I could start "in the beginning" and organize from greatest grandparent forward, even I find this a bit tedious and at times downright confusing to be readling and simultaneously trying to keep track of everyone. I could also start "at the end" </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a name='more'></a>with the greatest grandchild (as it now exists), but that didn't solve anything for me. Worse yet, these two organizing formats implied I would have to keep writing until everything was done, and I might not live that long! Nor did they help me "chunk" things up into workable pieces.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To resolve my dilemma, I reflected on my life (better known as a glass of wine in front of the fireplace). It came to me that the family history was a form of giving birth... and we know what <i>that</i> feels like (or at least have heard about it...). Not that I can truly identify with OctoMom, but which would <i>you</i> rather do - have eight separate pregnancies or give birth to octuplets? (ok, maybe there are economies of scale, but I would vastly prefer the former - in this day and age I should be able to decide that I was done when I wanted to be done). There had to be a better way.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After stewing on it for a while (another glass of wine), Eureka! I could more or less organize separate family histories around the intersection of geographic areas and basic time periods. I wasn't going back as far as the Pleistocene era, after all, so this seemed doable. In terms of time frames, I decided to start with, you guessed it, the first to arrive (in North America) in each geographic area. To make sure I didn't miss any gems from across the pond, I also could go "backwards" to the earliest possible ancestor in appropriate sidebars, so each chapter would be "complete." </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">With the "First immigrant" [and back] by Geographic Area structure, I figured I was pretty well set. But I also supplemented a bit with some other (in my mind) natural categories, creating some additional chapters. So at this point, my plan of attack is to create </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">different volumes in my family history <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">(still a work in progress but first volumes are on the Christmas list for next year!)</span>. I have "chunked up" these volumes as follows (alphabetically presented): </span><br />
<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>A River of Dreams: Settling along the Hudson in Beverwijk, Esopus, Rensslaerswyck, Schenectady & Beyond</i></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Back in the Old Neighborhood: Our Family in Nieuw Amsterdam</i></span></li>
<li><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><i>Gathering of the Clans: The Scottish side of the Tree</i></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><i>Holding Court: the Royals</i></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Moccasin Trails: Our First Peoples</i></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Notre Famlies Canadienne- Fran</i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Papyrus; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>çais et Arcadien (our French Canadian & Arcadian Families)</i></span></span></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Pilgrims Progress: Stepping aground at Plymouth</i></span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>Sons of Liberty (or not): Our family in the Revolutionary War</i></span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As I am currently planning, each of these <b>volumes</b> (separate books) will have the following basic structure:</span><br />
<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Front matter</b>, including dedications, acknowledgments, table of contents, etc</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What I call my "<b>context" chapter</b>, setting out the organizing theme for the volume and what will be found in it, as well as </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">some background information, and the like. At the end of this chapter, I plan to include:</span></li>
<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Who came over on what ship (if known)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A map that shows property locations of each of the families in the volume (who looked over whose fence) and any "migrations"</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Other summary details that may be volume specific</span></li>
</ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>"Family" chapters</b>: These chapters will include all of the various families that belong in a given volume. Each chapter deals with a different family (beginning with the immigrant ancestor) and then goes several generations until the volume butts up against another volume (such as <i>Sons of Liberty</i>), or the family has moved to one of the other geographic areas. At the end of each chapter will be:</span></li>
<ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the complete lineage from start to present day, coded to show where the next part of the line (who) takes up in terms of the other volumes.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">generate a "map" of this family vis a vis the other families in the volume (this is technical, and I will explain it in a later post, but the idea came from my "day job" as a researcher of things other than genealogy)</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">other summary details that may be volume specific</span></li>
</ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">"End" matter, including appendices, all my references & resources, and both a place and name index.</span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whew!</span></li>
</ul><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The first of my "tomes" will be <i>Back in the Neighborhood</i>. So check back next Wednesday for the continuing saga... </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Meanwhile, if you have any suggestions, cautionary tales, see glaring errors/omissions in my format thus far, or find any logic errors, please chime in!</span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-33992430055520697892011-01-08T13:43:00.003-06:002011-01-17T19:53:33.422-06:00Relaxed - kind of...<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Well, in the brief hiatus I spent some time in a log cabin with no TV. Yes, boys and girls, you heard me right - there was no television set. Much like our ancestors, we had to make due with a variety of parlor games. So I got to thinking, what type of parlor games did the settlers of New Amsterdam play, assuming they had the time? So I did what any red blooded 21st century person would do - I googled it! What I found really interesting is that the game of Double Dutch - which is now a competitive varsity sport in New York's public schools - (you know the one - two jump ropes) was probably played by the people who lived in New Amsterdam at the time of the Castello Map. If you don't believe me, check it out for yourself by clicking </span><a href="http://ephemeralnewyork.wordpress.com/2009/03/18/double-dutch-a-native-new-amsterdam-game/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Double Dutch</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So, meanwhile, how am I doing with my resolution? I have definitely put in my four hours worth... And to keep myself motivated, I am obviously going to use this blog. I think what I will do is <b>post once a week, probably on the weekends. Each post will include some genealogy (of course) and a few tidbits, as well as a recipe</b> (since in addition to genealogy, I am an amateur gourmet cook, if that makes any sense). Sometimes I will tie the recipe into the genealogical tidbit and sometimes not... </span><br />
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Over the last week, I accomplished two "big things" for the family history. The first is I found this</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b> really cool software that makes timelines</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, so I can superimpose an historical timeline (what was going on in the New Netherland area - uprisings, the "white whale" on the Hudson River near Beverwyck, whatever) against the events in each family's life. The software is called TimeLine3D and it was created by BeeDocs. It is really easy to use, has an educational discount (handy) and fairly flexible. The </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.beedocs.com/index.php">BeeDocs website</a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> obviously sells the software, but includes lots of ideas and some specifics on making the most of the program. Warning: I am a died in the wool Mac user, so Windows users - well, I don't know if they have it for Windows, if not eat your hearts out (did you know Macs - with help from programs like Parallels - can run windows programs but not vice versa?) TimeLine also might be useful for other things as well, and I have spent quite a bit of time "capturing" the historical events of the area.</span><br />
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The second thing I accomplished was to continue to polish my </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">chapter on <b>Pieter Stoutenburgh </b>and<b> Aefje van Tienhoven</b>. Pieter worked for the Orphanmasters Court by becoming trustee of the assets of the children (he was trustee for the</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">orphans of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Cleyn Claesi</b> (aka Claes Martenszn/Claes Martenszen van Rosevelt) and <b>Jannetje Tomas</b> - the progenitors of the Roosevelts (and by the way, if you are related to <b>Stoutenburgh</b>, you also are related to the Roosevelts). One assumes he did a good job, given the wealth of that particular family.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 16px;">. <a class="sdendnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6094957065133193763&postID=3399243005552069789#sdendnote1sym" name="sdendnote1anc"><sup>i</sup></a></span><br />
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</div></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Now, back to the Orphanmasters. The Orphanmasters Court played a key role in New Amsterdam, and contains a wealth of genealogical information. And it is even available online to peruse (I'm not a techie so can't figure out why a link doesn't work on this one, but google "Orphanmasters New Amsterdam" and you will find a searchable Google Book that is the minutes of the court proceedings). According to one of those dry, academic papers (I have produced a few myself):</span><br />
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<div align="JUSTIFY" style="line-height: 100%; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0.2in; margin-right: 0.2in; orphans: 2; widows: 2;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: black;">“<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><i>The Orphan Chamber of New Amsterdam was established in 1656 to guard the welfare and the estates of children who lost parents. The institution was well known in the cities of the Netherlands. Transplanted and adapted to New World conditions, it helped make life more familiar, continuous and civil for the Dutch settlers who staked their well-being, and that of their children, on the fortunes of the West India Company’s venture on the Hudson River. It also rendered the colony more distinctively Dutch despite its multinational population. ... The need for the Orphan Chamber was manifest, and the institution’s functions extended beyond the economic care of orphans. The chamber was deeply involved in familial and philanthropic concerns; simultaneously, it played a role in the politics and commerce of New Amsterdam. In a place that had no banks or stock exchanges, the chamber provided capital for the city government, the Reformed Church and individual inhabitants who petitioned it. Serving these multiple purposes, the chamber became a locus of influence in the public affairs of the city and the colony as well as the private lives of the people.”</i> </span></span><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a class="sdendnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6094957065133193763&postID=3399243005552069789#sdendnote1sym" name="sdendnote1anc">i</a></span></sup><a class="sdendnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6094957065133193763&postID=3399243005552069789#sdendnote1sym" name="sdendnote1anc"><sup><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">i</span></sup></a></div></div><div id="sdendnote1"><div class="sdendnote"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br />
</span></span></span></span></div><div class="sdendnote"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">Even when only one parent died and the other remarried, the Orphanmasters still had a say in how the children would be protected, and </span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Pieter Stoutenburgh </b></span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;">frequently was involved. Obviously kind hearted, Pieter even was known to take an orphan if he thought the child was being abused, such as Willem, the child of Samuel Tomassen (deceased). One can imagine that Aefje might have cooked up some </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 16px;"><i>pompoen en havermout pannekoeken </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 16px;">(pumpkin pancakes - flavors "borrowed" from her new found Native American neighbors) for the poor boy to help him feel at home.</span></div><div class="sdendnote"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 16px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="sdendnote"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana; line-height: 16px;"> </span></div><div class="sdfootnote-western"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Pompoen en havermout pannekoeken or Pumpkin Cornmeal Pancakes:</b> </span></span></div><div class="sdfootnote-western"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup flour </span></span></div><div class="sdfootnote-western"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup yellow cornmeal </span></span></div><div class="sdfootnote-western"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup confectioners sugar + extra for topping </span></span></div><div class="sdfootnote-western"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">½ teaspoon dried ground ginger</span></span></div><div class="sdfootnote-western"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">½ teaspoon cinnamon </span></span></div><div class="sdfootnote-western"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2 eggs, lightly beaten </span></span></div><div class="sdfootnote-western"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 cup mashed pumpkin (or canned) </span></span></div><div class="sdfootnote-western"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 cups milk & butter for frying </span></span></div><div class="sdfootnote-western"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="sdfootnote-western"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Combine flour, cornmeal, 1 cup of the conf. sugar and the spices. Combine eggs & pumpkin & beat into flour mix. Add milk slowly to make a smooth batter. H</span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">eat 8" frying or crepe pan and pour about ½ cup of batter in, swirling to make a thin pancake. </span></span></div><div class="sdfootnote-western"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="sdfootnote-western"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;">Cook on both sides til nicely browned. Serve hot, dusted with extra sugar (maple sugar goes especially well). Makes ten 8" pancakes.<span style="font-size: x-small;"> [</span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><u>The Sensible Cook: Dutch Foodways in the Old and the New World</u></span></span></span><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">, recipes translated by Peter G. Rose]</span></span></span></div><div class="sdendnote"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><br />
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: Verdana;"><span style="font-size: small;"><div id="sdendnote1"><div class="sdendnote"><a class="sdendnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6094957065133193763&postID=3399243005552069789#sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1sym">i</a> <u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Minutes of the Orphanmasters of New Amsterdam, 1655 – 1663</span></u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">, Volume I, by Berthol Fernow (1902), page 171, 202, 212.</span><br />
<a class="sdendnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6094957065133193763&postID=3399243005552069789#sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1sym">i</a><a class="sdendnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6094957065133193763&postID=3399243005552069789#sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1sym">i</a> Zweiten, A. The Orphan Chamber of New York, in <u>William and Mary Quarterly</u>, 3rd Series, Vol. LIII, no. 2, April 1996, pp 319-321]<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At this point, I figure I have "almost done" chapters on <b>Hans Dreper</b> and <b>Marietie Peters</b>, <b>Albert Janszen</b> and <b>Elsje Jans</b> (the shortest chapter - must not have been ornery enough as there aren't many court records), <b>Claes Pietersen Cos</b> (Kos) and <b>Neeltje Engles</b>, <b>Jan Jansen Schepmoes</b> and <b>Sara Pieterse van Naerden</b>, <b>Jan Tiebout</b> and <b>Sarah vander Vlucht</b>, <b>Michiel Bastian "Cheil" van Kortryck</b> (unfortunately, his wife's name appears to have been lost to time), <b>Cornelis Van Voorst</b> and <b>Vrouwtje Ides</b>, and questionable ancestors in <b>Adrian Vincent</b> and <b>Madaleen Eloy</b> (questionable because the link between the two of them and the next generation is tenuous, but included in a number of genealogies despite the tenuous link).</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">That leaves at least another dozen plus chapters that are in various stages. Just for the families found on the 1660 Castello Map. The rest of them will form other books (or else it becomes totally overwhelming... being a wee bit of a perfectionist, I couldn't just leave it with ancestors, dates/places of birth, marriage and death with a few details thrown in, but have scoured court, land, probate, tax, baptism and any other records I could get my hot little hands on...) So when I say I have a dozen plus left to do for this first volume, that is a lot, although I have already done a first record pass and for most of them, at least they are in note form.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So what is a reasonable New Year's Resolution? Well my resolution is two fold: First to extend a "Thank You!" to all of the internet cousins who have provided their time and knowledge helping me untangle not just a few conundrums and pushing me over some of those brick walls. And second, given a full time job (plus), maybe working on genealogy four hours a week would be reasonable for a starter and then see how that goes.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Need to get ready for the New Year's weekend, after which perhaps I will dig out some more information on <b>Hans Dreper</b> & <b>Marietie Pieters</b> and their pigs.... or maybe turn to <b>Willem Abrahamse Tietsoort</b> and his battle with a bear on Manhattas (Manhattan). Will continue the saga mid next week.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-18161308454783521912010-12-31T00:33:00.005-06:002011-01-17T19:51:53.405-06:00Keep your hands off their pigs!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I am a - hmmm - what should I call it? A semi-amateur genealogist. Well, actually, I am a victim of the genealogy bug, a disease... it is addictive. I don't even want to mention how much I have spent buying out of print books that contained one obscure fact or another on my (however many greats) grandparents.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although I had a minor brush with the bug before, I really caught it when I saw a copy of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castello_Plan">Castello Map of 1660</a>. The map had identifiable houses denoted on it in New Amsterdam, what we now know as New York City. When I found that a number of these people were grandparents (with varying numbers of "greats" affixed), I became chronically infected.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of these families was <b>Hans Dreper</b> (or Dreeper) and his wife, <b>Marritie Pieters</b>, who had a house and tavern on the corner of Here Gracht and Stadt Huys Laan. These two were quite the characters, and apparently (given the records I found), were a wee bit attached to their pigs...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It seems that in 1600s New Amsterdam, it was necessary to mark your pigs, as pigs ran around town and ate the trash... an old fashioned garbage disposal if you will (and unlike municipal removal today, rarely went on strike). <b>Hans</b> and <b>Marritie</b> duly marked their pigs as even with only a few hundred families, being able to tell whose was whose could be important.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><b>Grietie Dircks</b> went to Court on 20 May 1658 stating that she bought a young pig from <b>Jacob Wolfersen</b> for six guilders, but that <b>Merritje Dreper</b> claimed ownership of the pig. <b>Merritje</b> responded that it was her pig and that she marked it. <b>Hans</b> brought two witnesses to court, with the result that the Court ordered that <b>Hans</b> was to keep the hog and that <b>Grietie Dircks</b> was to <i>“look to whomsoever she bought the hog from”</i> for restitution. As an isolated incident, this doesn't really raise any suspicions, but it seemed to be a pattern. On 20th August, there was another piggy dispute. <b>Barent Gerrisens</b> wife bought a hog from <b>Madaleen van Couwenhoven</b>. However, it seems perhaps the pig wasn't <b>Couwenhoven</b>'s to sell. Rather, the pig belonged to <b>Hans Dreper</b>, who took it back and kept it (is this sounding familiar?)... </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-size: small;">.</span></span><sup><a class="sdendnoteanc" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6094957065133193763&postID=1816130845478352191#sdendnote1sym" name="sdendnote1anc">i</a> </sup></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Although one never knows, it appears that <b>Hans</b> and <b>Marrije</b> had quite a little pig scam going on... which brings me to... my favorite pork roast recipe!</span><br />
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Pork Tenderloin with Lime & Cilantro</span></b><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 ½ pounds pork tenderloin</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">½ cup jalapeno cheese (or pepper jack)</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">½ cup pine nuts, toasted</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">4 cloves garlic</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">3 tablespoons fresh ginger, minced</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">¾ cup chopped scallions, tops included</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 bunch cilantro</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1 jalapeno pepper</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6 tablespoons fresh lime juice</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">6 tablespoons olive oil</span><br />
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Cut tenderloin in half, almost through. Put between two pieces of cooking parchment or waxed paper and pound (I use a heavy can) to make it as even a thickness as you can. Lay out in flat glass (non-reactive) dish. Marinate pork in marinate of choice – white wine, garlic and olive oil is simple – try to marinate over night.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Whiz together garlic, ginger, scallion, cilantro, jalapeno pepper, lime juice & oil. Schmear pesto inside – sprinkle with cheese and pine nuts. Roll and tie to keep in shape (this part is easier with two people). Schmear with more pesto, then cheese and nuts.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Bake in preheated 425 ° oven about 25 minutes. Let sit 20 minutes before cutting. Serves 4+ (great served a room temperature too)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small; line-height: 16px;"><a class="sdendnotesym" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=6094957065133193763&postID=1816130845478352191#sdendnote1anc" name="sdendnote1sym">i</a><span style="color: black;"><u>Records of New Amsterdam from 1653-1674</u></span><span style="color: black;">, by New York (N.Y.). Burgomasters and Schepens, 1658, page 6 - 7, 152, 338, 344, 351, 384, 391. Dreper's home & tavern location identified in Stokes Iconography (summary of properties on the Castello Map)</span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6094957065133193763.post-71344978766326826302010-12-30T21:34:00.000-06:002011-01-01T00:15:03.280-06:00In the beginning...<div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">OK, I am not really sure I am "into this" or not, but thought it might be useful, maybe fun, and possibly interesting... I am not particularly good at this, and must admit that I generally don't see any sense in blogging. Having a cup of coffee across a table seems a better way to have a conversation. But I do enjoy holding court, so maybe this is one way to do so, even if I can't smell the coffee. </span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; min-height: 19.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It may take me a while to get the hang of this - it took me an hour and a half to figure out how to post a message... I just kept hitting "edit" in the template and it wouldn't let me edit anything in the text box... then the aha! moment hit - "edit" meant to edit the </span><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">appearance</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> of the template, not the text I am going to post... I imagine every other facet of this experience will be similarly difficult...</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br />
</span></div><div style="font: 16.0px Times; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">So we will see what this turns into...</span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">© All Rights Reserved</div>GR8Damehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06633342989849102488noreply@blogger.com2