Mary Botlaar

Citations

1. [S1345] Berthold Fernow, editor, The Minutes of the Orphanmasters of New Amsterdam 1655 to 1663 (New York: Francis P. Harper, 1902), 214–215.
   Thursday, April 27, 1662, at the City Hall present Messrs. Marten Cregier, Cornells Steenwyek, and Pieter van Coiizvenhoven.
   Before the Board appeared Caspar Steimits and Joris Wolsy in relation to the administration upon some property, inherited by and belonging to Mary Botlaar, who having married and being present with her husband requests the Board to inquire for the property. Being questioned about it said Caspar shows a contract, made with Joris Wolsy and Tomas Baxter and written by Notary David Provoost October 31, 1661, by which he binds himself to pay to said Mary Botlaar, being the daughter of Dorathe Astens, his late wife, the sum of 600 fl. in six years each year 100 fl., of which he has already paid to the daughter as per account : Joris Wolsy produces a statement of what he has delivered to said Mary, which the Orphanmasters find to be as follows:
   [there follows a statement of accounts]
   Having received the accounts of Joris Wolsy and Caspar Steymits, concerning the administration of the property, inherited by Mary Botlaar, the Orphanmasters of the City of Amsterdam in N. N. have found, that Joris Wolsy still owes Mary a balance of 36 fl. 13 st., besides an account and return of three cows with information of where they are and what increase
   they have had from the year 1654 to date; and as to the account of Caspar Steymits it is found, that he still owes said Mary Botlaar 89 fl. 12½ st. and they are both ordered to pay their debts as soon as possible. Done etc.
2. [S1344] Howard S. F. Randolph, "Tryntje Jacobs and Her Four Husbands", The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record 56:3 (Jul 1925): p. 256. "Mary. There seems to be only one reference to this daughter, and it is possible that she was not a daughter of Steynmets, but of his first wife by a previous marriage."
3. [S1344] Howard S. F. Randolph, "Tryntje Jacobs and Her Four Husbands", p. 256-257. "There seems to be only one reference to this daughter, and it is possible that she was not a daughter of Steynmets, but of his first wife by a previous marriage. She was married to a man named “Bottlaar” (Butler) prior to April 27, 1662, when she appeared before the Orphanmasters and requested an accounting from Steynmets for property she had inherited from her mother Dorothea Aestens." See Court citation.
4. [S1345] Berthold Fernow, Minutes of the Orphanmasters, 214–215.
   Thursday, April 27, 1662, at the City Hall present Messrs. Marten Cregier, Cornelis Steenwyek, and Pieter van Couwenhoven.
   Before the Board appeared Caspar Steimits and Joris Wolsy in relation to the administration upon some property, inherited by and belonging to Mary Botlaar, who having married and being present with her husband requests the Board to inquire for the property. Being questioned about it said Caspar shows a contract, made with Joris Wolsy and Tomas Baxter and written by Notary David Provoost October 31, 1661, by which he binds himself to pay to said Mary Botlaar, being the daughter of Dorathe Astens, his late wife, the sum of 600 fl. in six years each year 100 fl., of which he has already paid to the daughter as per account : Joris Wolsy produces a statement of what he has delivered to said Mary, which the Orphanmasters find to be as follows:
   [there follows a statement of accounts]
   Having received the accounts of Joris Wolsy and Caspar Steymits, concerning the administration of the property, inherited by Mary Botlaar, the Orphanmasters of the City of Amsterdam in N. N. have found, that Joris Wolsy still owes Mary a balance of 36 fl. 13 st., besides an account and return of three cows with information of where they are and what increase they have had from the year 1654 to date; and as to the account of Caspar Steymits it is found, that he still owes said Mary Botlaar 89 fl. 12½ st. and they are both ordered to pay their debts as soon as possible. Done etc.