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On August 31, 1734, in Amsterdam, Manuel de Lima wrote a legal document. He was unable to support himself and had been maintained by his son Joseph de Lima Borgas, a merchant from Amsterdam, for over 11 years. His son-in-law Jacob de Leon, who was married to his daughter Rachel de Leon (also known as de Lima Borgas), had promised to give him 100 Dutch Guilders yearly for support.
Manuel de Lima transferred his rights as heir to his late wife Francisca de Lima (also known as Borgas) to his son-in-law Jacob de Leon, his daughter Rachel, and his son Joseph. These rights came from an estate left by Louis Fernandes de Paramo of Brussels, who had inherited from his mother Catalina Lopez Fernandes.
The document confirms that Jacob de Leon, Rachel, and Joseph, being Manuel's only children and heirs, can receive and manage the inheritance. In return, they must pay him the yearly sum of 100 Guilders each.
The document was witnessed by:
This document contains records of 3 marriages that took place in Amsterdam in 1883:
Several deaths were recorded in Amsterdam during May 1816:
On June 19, 1787, Simon Cornelis Knappert, a public notary approved by the court of Holland and working in Schiedam, recorded that Daniel Francois Pichot, a council member and alderman of the city, representing his trading company Hoogerwaard and Company, appointed Laurens Strick, a cashier in Amsterdam, as his legal representative.
Strick was specifically authorized to appear at the Chamber of Commissioners of Insolvent Estates in Amsterdam to receive money owed to Pichot's company as a concurrent creditor of Joseph Petersen in Amsterdam. He could issue receipts and provide necessary guarantees.
Additionally, Strick was given general authority to:
The document was witnessed by Jan Bakker, Daniel Francois Pichot, Jan Bakker Sr., C. Knapper, and Jacob Hoogendam in 1781.
On June 16, 1863, a legal document was created in Haarlem by notary P. Mabé Jr. The document concerned property ownership between several parties. Margaretha Dorothea François, wife of nobleman Giesbert Cornelis Fontein Verschuir, living in Heilo, appointed Doctor Adriaan van der Willigen Pieterszoon, a practicing physician from Haarlem, to act on her behalf.
The document dealt with an inheritance from Sijtske Wigeri, widow of Jan, and involved a capital sum of 29,200 guilders in Dutch national debt certificates, earning 2.5% interest. This was registered in the Great Book of Debt, Part 31, number 9231. The inheritance was to be managed by Adriaan van der Willigen Pyn from Haarlem, with lifetime rights of use going to Johanna Catharina Wigeri, widow of Cornelis Joseph François.
The document was signed in Alkmaar at the residence of the lady involved, with witnesses Pieter van Leeuwen, a candidate notary, and Hendrik Johannes de Jong, a workman, both from Alkmaar.
On July 21, 1863, a military service substitution contract was signed in Haarlem. Willemina Rosbeek, widow of Johannes Maas, acted as verbal representative for Abraham Johannes Fricke, who had drawn number 2750 in the fifth class of the National Militia in Amsterdam.
Nicolaas Assenbroek, born in Amsterdam on May 27, 1842, agreed to serve as Fricke's substitute in the National Militia. Assenbroek was a candlemaker, son of the late Jan Hendrik Assenbroek and Adriana van Werkhoven of Amsterdam.
The contract was signed before notary Pieter Mabé Junior in Haarlem, North Holland. Physical description of the substitute included:
On December 1, 1891, the Minister of Colonies submitted a report about
On July 27, 1904, four marriage ceremonies took place at the city hall in Amsterdam:
On July 27, 1904, four marriage ceremonies took place at the city hall of Amsterdam:
On June 16, 1915, two marriages were registered at the civil registry office in Amsterdam:
The first marriage was between Hendrik Onnes, a trainee engineer aged 29, and Cornelia Gerrits, aged 35. Hendrik was the son of Onno Onnes (62) and Alida Lieneman (61), both retired and living in Amsterdam. Cornelia was born in Beuningen and was the daughter of the late Hendrikus Gerrits and Johanna Maria Jansen. The witnesses were Gerrit Voorhaar, a porter aged 58, and Gerrit Hendrik Witteveen, a diamond cutter aged 44, both from Amsterdam.
The second marriage was between Joseph Blog, a warehouse worker aged 48, and Vietje Schweiger, aged 40. Joseph was the son of the late Abraham Isaac Blog and Duitje Rijxman, who was retired and living in Amsterdam. Vietje was born in Groenlo and was the widow of Simon Deen. She was the daughter of the late Levie Schweiger and Mina Totsdammer, who lived in Dinxperlo. The witnesses were Mozes Tach, a diamond cutter aged 36 and brother-in-law of the groom, and Eduard Schweiger, an office clerk aged 31 and brother of the bride, who lived in Sloten, North Holland.
This document details various rental agreements in Heemstede and Zuid-schalkwijk starting from December 25, 1885. Several tenants rented land and properties:
In Heemstede, several people paid rent for land sections in 1885:
The property included land between the Zand and Wippervaarten and the Spaarne, land east of the Binnenweg, property along the road to Zandvoort known as Stegerhoek, land in the Eenpolder, and a garden behind the church.
There was also a tithe right for corn, flax, hemp, and other crops in Heemstede east of the Haagsche Straatweg. Properties belonging to Jonkheer Meester Dirk Jacob Carel van Lennep were exempt. Some tithe rights were bought off according to a purchase agreement dated January 25, 1862, registered in Haarlem.
On January 22, 1665, notary Adriaen Lock documented a meeting in Amsterdam. The meeting was requested by Dirck Grijp, who was appointed by city officials as guardian of the children of Bento de Britto Ozorio (also known as Baronch Abendana).
Present at the meeting were:
They were questioned about several matters:
Most witnesses had limited knowledge of these matters, though Isaack Aboab Ozorio confirmed hearing about some of them from various people. The document was witnessed by Jacobus Snel and Cornelis van Meurs.
On September 19, 1644, Jan de Mas received approval for transferring money. On March 6, 1663, he transferred obligations to Diego Mendes de Britto in front of a notary and witnesses. Another transfer of 4,000 guilders bank money was dated May 4, 1645, and approved on June 27, 1645. This was also transferred to Diego Mendes de Britto on January 16 of that year.
The total amount of these three transfers was 16,000 guilders capital. An additional 730 guilders remained in possession of the accountant, to be invested as Diego Mendes de Britto saw fit. The accountant would keep the obligations until the case was decided by final verdict. If Diego Mendes de Britto lost the case, the money would be used to pay what he was ordered to pay, for which the accountant and Fernando Dias de Britto stood as guarantors.
If Diego Mendes de Britto won the case (which was expected), the accountant promised to return all obligations and interest to him or his heirs. The document was signed in Amsterdam in the presence of witnesses Jacobus Snel and Dirck vander Groe, and notary A. Lock.
On February 21, 1659, several merchants and insurers appeared before notary Adriaen Lock in Amsterdam. The group included Andries Pels, Fernandes Dias de Brito, Selomon Salom, Manuel Rimenes, Francisco Vaer Isidero, Abraham Parent, and Denijs Jennes.
They appointed three fellow insurers - Jaques Thierij, Jeronimo de Haes, and Volckwein Momma - to represent them in a legal dispute against Diego Barraza, Andre Nunes, and Christoffel Nunes.
The representatives were given full legal powers to:
The document was witnessed by Jacobus Snel, Adriaen Kinneman, and Van der Groe, and officially recorded by notary Adriaen Lock.
On September 12, 1651, Hercules Troonenburgh, a 32-year-old merchant in Amsterdam, testified before notary Pieter Van Buytend. He gave evidence at the request of merchant Samuel Santin about a business transaction involving Fernando Dias de Britto, a Portuguese merchant, and his son Barnch Abandam de Britto.
In 1658, the younger de Britto had signed an insurance policy for 1,000 guilders on the ship "Santa Maria Amsterdam", captained by Pieter Jansen. The ship was sailing from Amsterdam to Genoa and Livorno in Italy. When Fernando Dias de Britto paid the sum later that year, he had to pay an 8% commission, while Christian merchants only had to pay 3%.
Troonenburgh also testified that around late 1658, he overheard a conversation between Fernando Dias de Britto and Denis Jems where one of them mentioned that if Santin would accept an 8% commission cut, they would have settled with him too.
The testimony was witnessed by Adriaen Duijm and Everardus Blocq in Amsterdam.
On October 27, 1616, Fernando Dias de Britto, a Portuguese merchant in Amsterdam aged around 60 years, made a statement in front of notary Adriaen Lock. The statement was requested by merchant Diego Mendes de Britto and concerned the following events:
At the beginning of 1653, while in Pinjorada near Bayonne in France, he received orders to arrange shipping in Amsterdam for 232 barrels of syrup to Motril. The syrup belonged to the requester and was under the management of Fernando Lopes Matos, who lived in Granada.
In April 1653, he chartered the ship "Hollandia", captained by Pieter Sasties, to sail to Malaga and then to Motril to collect the 232 barrels and bring them to Amsterdam. He gave the captain a letter for Raphael de Mesquita in Malaga, which contained another letter for Fernando Lopes Matos.
Captain Sasties loaded the 232 barrels in Motril. Upon arrival in Amsterdam, they were delivered to wine cooper Philip vander Noot. Fifteen barrels had leaked and were kept by vander Noot as payment for freight, so only 217 barrels were received.
All barrels were marked with the requester's mark, which Fernando Dias de Britto recognized from previous shipments of oil and other goods he had received from the requester.
The statement was witnessed by Grnoud Raard and Jacobus Sael in Amsterdam.
On March 19, 1659, Jacques Thierij, a merchant living in Amsterdam, declared that Fernandes Dias de Britto, also a merchant, had insured 1,900 guilders on the ship Santa Maria. The ship's captain was Ewout Jansz, and it sailed from Cadiz to the West Indies and was supposed to return to Cadiz. However, the English fleet burned the ship near the Canary Islands during its return journey.
Thierij and de Britto agreed that de Britto would pay 96 percent of the insured amount. However, Thierij had to repay this money if Henrico Schuijt and other insurers, who had insured Jan Tillij on the same ship and voyage, were cleared of paying damages by a judge. If Schuijt and the other insurers reached a settlement with Tillij, Thierij promised to repay de Britto the same percentage that Schuijt and the others would pay less than their full signed amount.
The agreement was witnessed by Jacobus Snel and Adriaen Kinneman, and recorded by notary Adriaen Lock.
In Amsterdam on April 5, 1655, several agreements were made:
Later that day, Adriaen Kock notified Sr. Fernandes Dias de Britto and Sr. Bento Osorio about a payment dispute involving Jacob Delmonte, Manuel Franco (also known as Christoffel Mendes), Michiel Dias, and Gabral Alveres regarding 12,000 guilders.
Also on that day, Jorge Fernandes de Crasto, representing several heirs of Branca Henriques, and Dona Florense Dias, widow of Fernandes Alveres Vega, reached an agreement about releasing certain arrested funds. Samuel Montesmos and Salomon Machiorro served as Portuguese-Dutch translators.
On October 15, 1664, Judica Abendana, widow of Bento de Britto de Jorio (also known as Barouch Abendana), appeared before notary Adriaen Lock in Amsterdam. She was assisted by the notary who acted as her chosen guardian. She confirmed and approved the power of attorney she had given on October 7 to her father, Franco Mendes. She extended this power to authorize her father to:
The document was witnessed by Dirck vander Groe and Cornelis van Meurs, and signed with Judica Abendana's mark.
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