Petition. Ariaentje Cornelissen, widow of Cornelis Claessen Swits, and now married to Albert Leenderts, praying that as her farm had been cut up into lots and distributed among the settlers in Harlem, she may be released from a debt due the company by her late husband, who had been murdered by the Indians in 1655; granted.

Identifier
NYSA_A1809-78_V10_pt3_0037

Date Original
February 7 1664

Language
Dutch

Source
New York State Archives. New Netherland. Council. Dutch colonial council minutes, 1638-1665. Series A1809. Volume 10.

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