Catrina Andriesse

Citations

1. [S1345] Berthold Fernow, editor, The Minutes of the Orphanmasters of New Amsterdam 1655 to 1663 (New York: Francis P. Harper, 1902), p. 136. At City Hall, 7 May 1660, before Paulus Leenderzen van der Grift and Olof Stevenzen Cortlant. "Before us, the underwritten Orphanmasters of the City of Amsterdam in N. N., appeared Geertje Hendricks, widow of Andrees Hoppe dec'd., who stated, that she would give to her children, Catrina, Wilhelmus, Hendrick, Matthys and Adolf Hoppe, as their share of their father's estate the sum of 1000 fl. or 200 fl. to each child at once and not more, when they came of age or married, according to the agreement, made with the chosen guardians Cornelis Aarssen and Lambert Huybersen Mol and executed before Notary Mattheus de Vos and witnesses March 6, 1659. As security for the payment of this sum she gives a special mortgage on her house and lot on the Eastside of the Heeren Straat (Broadway), bounded . . . (not finished in the original)."