The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection

Huyck Farm Commerce Documents

Account books, receipts, notes, inventories, etc, documenting commercial transactions relating to the Huyck farm operations through several generations.

Agricultural History ~ crop yields; field names; milling records; livestock inventories
Farm Construction ~ Barn and house building accounts; stone work; carpentry.
Commerce ~ receipts; account books; promissory notes; bonds; bills of exchange
- Account Book of Jacobus Huyck (1759-1783)
- Account Book of Elizabeth Van Dyck Huyck (1769-1775)
- Farm Sales ~ grain; butter; pork; cider; potatoes; flax; tobacco
- Clothing and Textiles ~ cloth sales; weaving; leather trade; wool carding; tailoring
- Currency ~ guilders; pounds/shillings/pence; dollars/cents; gold and paper money
Enslaved People ~ purchase of Quash, 1739; labor references throughout; inventory, 1774; sale, 1807

Agricultural History

Crop yields; field names; milling records; livestock inventories.

BH074 ~ 1753 & 1754 Invoice, Fraens Pruyn to Burger Huyck for Blacksmithing
BH095 ~ 1755 & 1756 Invoice, Fraens Pruijn to Burger Huyck for Blacksmithing
BH105_Pg_1-10 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 1-10
BH105_Pg_11-20 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 11-20
BH105_Pg_21-30 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 21-30
BH105_Pg_31-44 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 31-44
BH024 ~ 1769-1775, Account Book of Elizabeth Huyck, 30 Pages
BH086 ~ 1770? Inventory of the Personal & Household Effects of Andries Huyck, Deceased
BH068 ~ 1772(?) Note, Labor Drawing Stone etc.
BH046 ~ 1772(?) Note, Account & Labor Calculations etc
BH077 ~ 1771 & 1772 Memorandum, Crop Yields and Corn Milled
BH085 ~ 1773-02-27 Memorandum, Record of Wheat, Peas and Rye Sent to Robert Van Deusen's Mill
BH102 ~ 1774-03-22 Memorandum, Farm Inventory and Transactions, Elizabeth Huyck Transferring Farm Management to Michael Goes
BH011 ~ 1774-03-24 Inventory of Part of Personal Estate of the Late Andries Huyck and Jacobus Huyck
BH031 ~ 1796-06 Account, Potatoes & Pork to Jacobus McNeil
BH056 ~ 1799-03-06 Receipt, Benj. Welles to Christina Huyck, Paying 4 Bushels Rye to Settle all Accounts
BH088 ~ 1805-09-18 Receipt, Widow Huyck's Carding Account Paid

Farm Construction

Barn and house building accounts; stone work; carpentry.

BH060 ~ 1769-01-09 Invoice, Andries Burger Huyck for Hewing Timber for the Barn
BH084 ~ 1772(?) Note, Barn Costs Summary by Elizabeth Huyck
BH075 ~ 1772(?) Invoice, Stephen Van Allen to Dirck Huyck for Lumber & Labor
BH021 ~ 1772(?) Memo, Reckoning what Cornelis Van den Burgh Earned on the Masonry
BH054 ~ 1772(?) Memo of Account, Johannis Huyck & Johannis Van Valkenburgh Lending Nails
BH104 ~ 1772(?) Note, Nails Lent by Johannis Van Valkenburgh & Andries Huyck, and Scratch Sums
BH063 ~ 1788-05-26 Note, 5 Loads of Stone

Commerce

Receipts; account books; promissory notes; bonds; bills of exchange.

BH001 ~ 1710/1-03-13 Receipt, Rob't Livingston Jun'r, Intermediary, to Burger Huyck
BH093 ~ 1721/2-03-19 Receipt, Coenraet Borghghardt to Burger Huyck
BH071 ~ 1729-09-29 Receipt from Jacob Schermerhoorn to Arent Van Dyck for the Account of Burger Huyck in Full
BH092 ~ 1730-06 Receipt, John FitzGerald to Burger Huyck, of All Things Fully Reckoned
BH041 ~ 1730-09-15 Receipt in Full on Account of Burger Huyck
BH018 ~ 1732-09-04 Receipt, Mattius Van Alstyn to Burger Huyck, in Full of Everything
BH003 ~ 1733/4-01-14 Receipt, Cornelis Van Michaels to Burger Huyck
BH057 ~ 1738-10-15 Receipt, C. Ducolon to Burger Huyck for the Final Demand of All Account
BH015 ~ 1739-06-20 Bill of Sale of Negro Boy, Quash, by Johannis Beeckman Jr. to Burger Huyck
BH096 ~ 1740/1-03-10 Receipt, Debora Beeckman to Burger Huyck to the Balance of His Account
BH053 ~ 1740/1-03-10 Receipt, Ja Stevenson to Burger Huyck, 30 Shillings for Acct of Gilbert Livingston
BH062 ~ 1742-04-01 Promissory Note, Lambert to Burger Huyck for the Sum of Three Pound Five Shillings
BH037 ~ 1743-08-29 Receipt, David Van Dyck to Burger Huyck for the Full Sum of One Pound Sixteen Shillings
BH072 ~ 1744-08-19 Receipt, Eghbert Ebberse, Blacksmith, to Burger Huyck on Account of Widow Margareta Gardenier
BH038 ~ 1753-12 Receipt, Willem Klaen to Burger Huyck to Settle Account
BH074 ~ 1753 & 1754 Invoice, Fraens Pruyn to Burger Huyck for Blacksmithing
BH091 ~ 1754-06-01 Receipt, Hendrick H Gardenier to Burger Huyck, Settling His Deceased Father's Account
BH095 ~ 1755 & 1756 Invoice, Fraens Pruijn to Burger Huyck for Blacksmithing
BH073 ~ 1756-05-26 Receipt, C. Ducolon to Burger Huyck & Son Jacobus, in Full of All Accounts
BH105_Pg_1-10 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 1-10
BH105_Pg_11-20 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 11-20
BH105_Pg_21-30 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 21-30
BH105_Pg_31-44 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 31-44
BH002 ~ 1759-09-07 Receipt for 26 Pounds, Johannis Van Allstyn to Andries Burger Huyck
BH052 ~ 1764-08-01 Receipt, John Smith to Cobas Huyck, in Full of All Demands
BH065 ~ 1768-04-03 Receipt, John Quithol to Elizabeth Huyck, It Being in Full of All Accounts
BH060 ~ 1769-01-09 Invoice, Andries Burger Huyck for Hewing Timber for the Barn
BH076 ~ 1769-10-19 Receipt - Andries J. Huyck to Andries B. Huyck & Co.for £10:14s
BH094 ~ 1769 & 1770 Account, Hendrick Gardenier's Labor for Andries Huyck
BH024 ~ 1769-1775, Account Book of Elizabeth Huyck, 30 Pages
BH079 ~ 1770(?) Letter, Bearer Note re Two Bushel Corn
BH070 ~ 1770-11-06 Receipt, Andrew Jo Huyck to Elizabeth Huyck as Payment in Full
BH023 ~ 1771-01-16 Receipt, Andries Jo Huyck to Elizabeth Huyck, Two Pound Five Shillings in Full Paid
BH006 ~ 1772-04 & 07 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH067 ~ 1772-11-27 Receipt, John Williams to Elizabeth Huyck, 1 Pound, 11 Shillings in Full of All Accounts
BH100 ~ 1772 & 1773 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH103 ~ 1772 & 1773 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH068 ~ 1772(?) Note, Labor Drawing Stone etc.
BH046 ~ 1772(?) Note, Account & Labor Calculations etc
BH051 ~ 1772(?) Invoice, David Grommon to Mr Huyck for Dressing Cloth
BH075 ~ 1772(?) Invoice, Stephen Van Allen to Dirck Huyck for Lumber & Labor
BH021 ~ 1772(?) Memo, Reckoning what Cornelis Van den Burgh Earned on the Masonry
BH054 ~ 1772(?) Memo of Account, Johannis Huyck & Johannis Van Valkenburgh Lending Nails
BH104 ~ 1772(?) Note, Nails Lent by Johannis Van Valkenburgh & Andries Huyck, and Scratch Sums
BH077 ~ 1771 & 1772 Memorandum, Crop Yields and Corn Milled
BH101 ~ 1772 & 1773 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH085 ~ 1773-02-27 Memorandum, Record of Wheat, Peas and Rye Sent to Robert Van Deusen's Mill
BH102 ~ 1774-03-22 Memorandum, Farm Inventory and Transactions, Elizabeth Huyck Transferring Farm Management to Michael Goes
BH090 ~ 1775-03-09 Note, the Account of Elizabeth Huyck, Debtor, to Frans Pruyn
BH063 ~ 1788-05-26 Note, 5 Loads of Stone
BH020 ~ 1794-08-29 Order, Exchange Funds for Value Received Between Derick Van Slyck & Benjamin Van Lown
BH059 ~ 1796-01-04 Demand Note, Abraham Paterson to Francis Beyar for £1:12:0
BH017 ~ 1796-01-06 Note, C.V. Schaack to Mr. Samuel Van Slyck re Purchase of Waffle Iron
BH031 ~ 1796-06 Account, Potatoes & Pork to Jacobus McNeil
BH056 ~ 1799-03-06 Receipt, Benj. Welles to Christina Huyck, Paying 4 Bushels Rye to Settle all Accounts
BH088 ~ 1805-09-18 Receipt, Widow Huyck's Carding Account Paid
BH009 ~ 1807-08-31 Letter from Peter W. Yates to Dirck Gardenier re Note Due on Negro Girl Sold by Elizabeth Huyck
BH106 ~ 1821 Ledger, Christina Huyck's Sole Leather Sales, and Penmanship Practice Sheet of Aaron Bain

Account Book of Jacobus Huyck (1759-1783)

Small account book, approximately 39 pages, kept by Jacobus Huyck documenting commercial transactions with neighbors and family members. Includes accounts with Willem Clauw (11 years), Peter Vosburgh, Johannis Huyck, and others. Dutch language throughout with occasional English entries. Includes 1783 memorandum re: Michiel Goes wheat debt.

BH105_Pg_1-10 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 1-10
BH105_Pg_11-20 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 11-20
BH105_Pg_21-30 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 21-30
BH105_Pg_31-44 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 31-44

Account Book of Elizabeth Van Dyck Huyck (1769-1775)

Small account book, approximately 30 pages (plus 3 loose pages), kept by Elizabeth Van Dyck Huyck documenting retail shop, horse trading, moneylending, school records, and farm management after Jacobus's death. Written in both Dutch and English. Includes school attendance records for children Maike, Arent, and Burger; accounts with Henry Casey (schoolmaster), William Jones (schoolmaster), Joseph Carnahan (schoolmaster); horse sales; and textile trade. Accounts settled by Hendrick A. Van Dyck in 1775.

BH024 ~ 1769-1775, Account Book of Elizabeth Huyck, 30 Pages
BH006 ~ 1772-04 & 07 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH100 ~ 1772 & 1773 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH103 ~ 1772 & 1773 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck

Farm Sales

Grain; butter; pork; cider; potatoes; flax; tobacco

BH105_Pg_1-10 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 1-10
BH105_Pg_11-20 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 11-20
BH105_Pg_21-30 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 21-30
BH105_Pg_31-44 ~ 1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 31-44
BH024 ~ 1769-1775, Account Book of Elizabeth Huyck, 30 Pages
BH079 ~ 1770(?) Letter, Bearer Note re Two Bushel Corn
BH006 ~ 1772-04 & 07 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH100 ~ 1772 & 1773 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH103 ~ 1772 & 1773 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH031 ~ 1796-06 Account, Potatoes & Pork to Jacobus McNeil
BH056 ~ 1799-03-06 Receipt, Benj. Welles to Christina Huyck, Paying 4 Bushels Rye to Settle all Accounts

Clothing and Textiles

Cloth sales; weaving; leather trade; wool carding; tailoring.

BH018 ~ 1732-09-04 Receipt, Mattius Van Alstyn to Burger Huyck, in Full of Everything
BH086 ~ 1770? Inventory of the Personal & Household Effects of Andries Huyck, Deceased
BH051 ~ 1772(?) Invoice, David Grommon to Mr Huyck for Dressing Cloth

Currency

Guilders; pounds/shillings/pence; dollars/cents; gold and paper money.

BH001 ~ 1710/1-03-13 Receipt, Rob't Livingston Jun'r, Intermediary, to Burger Huyck
BH003 ~ 1733/4-01-14 Receipt, Cornelis Van Michaels to Burger Huyck
BH058 ~ 1770-10? Note Reckoning Gold Pieces & Paper Money in Pounds and Dollars
BH097 ~ 1770-10-08 Memo of Funds Sent to Pieter Vosburgh With His Son Barent
BH006 ~ 1772-04 & 07 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck

Enslaved People

Evidence of enslavement by the extended Huyck family in these documents spans a 68 year period from the 1739 purchase of Quash by Burger Huyck through the 1774 inventory listing five enslaved people by name, to the 1807 sale of an enslaved girl.

BH015 ~ 1739-06-20 Bill of Sale of Negro Boy, Quash, by Johannis Beeckman Jr. to Burger Huyck
BH024 ~ 1769-1775, Account Book of Elizabeth Huyck, 30 Pages
BH087 ~ 1770-03-13 Invoice & Receipt for Medical Treatment of Andries and Dirck Huyck and a Negro by Ezechiel Thomas
BH006 ~ 1772-04 & 07 Account Book Page of Elizabeth Huyck
BH011 ~ 1774-03-24 Inventory of Part of Personal Estate of the Late Andries Huyck and Jacobus Huyck
BH017 ~ 1796-01-06 Note, C.V. Schaack to Mr. Samuel Van Slyck re Purchase of Waffle Iron
BH009 ~ 1807-08-31 Letter from Peter W. Yates to Dirck Gardenier re Note Due on Negro Girl Sold by Elizabeth Huyck

— page revised 2026-07-08 - jhc

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