134 HISTORY OF BROOKLYN.
court messenger, is hereby ordered and commanded, on sight and receipt hereof, to repair to the under-mentioned and named persons, and to notify each of their assessment and tax; and that each for himself in particular shall be bound, within eight days from now, to bring in and to deliver into the bands of Mr. A. Cornelissen, in Breuckelen, the half of his assessment either in wampum or country produce, such as corn, wheat, peas, maize, etc., that then all shall be credited and correctly entered on each one's account and assessment at the current price: the remaining half must be promptly paid next May of the present year, Anno 1657, in order to be able at that time to satisfy and give contentment to the said Polhemus. Thus done and enacted at the court held in Breuckelen, with previous approbation of the Director and Supreme Council in New Netherland, on Wednesday, the 7 February, Ao. 1657.
Persons and inhabitants of Breuckelen, and unto the Ferry:
| Albert Cornelissen hath promised for this year |
fl. 12
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| Joris Dircksen, in like manner |
12
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| Jan Eversen's farmer, named Bartel Clasen, taxed at |
10
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| Theunis Jansen, on Frederick Lubbertsen's land, taxed at |
10
|
| Baerent Jansen |
6
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| Jan Daeme(n) |
6
|
| Johannes Nevins, at the Ferry, is taxed at |
15
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| Cornelis Dircksen, late ferryman |
10
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| Adryaen Huybertsen |
6
|
| Claes de Mentelaer |
6
|
| Gerrit the Wheelwright |
8
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| Outie, house carpenter |
6
|
| Jan Martyn |
6
|
| Egbert Van Borstelen (or Van Borsum) |
10
|
| Louis; lives at present at the
Poor’s Bowery (or Poor Farm, at intends to Newtown), but return |
10
|
| Michael Tater |
10
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| Pieter Cornelissen |
6
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| Elbert Elbertsen, in the Bay |
10
|
| The Smith |
6
|
| Black Hans’s land . |
6
|
| Total fl. |
171
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