The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH008

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1770-11-05 Receipt, Dirck Huyck to Elizabeth Huyck for One Third of Bequeathed House & Barn

"Rec'd From Elizabeth Huyck The Sum of Twoo{sic} Hundred pounds Current money of New York including there{sic} own Labor which is in Full for one third part of A House and Barn Built on homestead Lot for my son Burger as Bequeated{sic} to him in my Brother Andries B. Huyck Last will and Testament ... Dirck Huyck"

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Transcription

Kinderhook November 5th 1770

Rec'd From Elizabeth Huyck The Sum of Twoo{sic} Hundred pounds Current money of New York including there{sic} own Labor which is in Full for one third part of A House and Barn Built on homestead Lot for my son Burger as Bequeated{sic} to him in my Brother Andries B. Huyck Last will and Testament where in the above Said Elizabeth Huycks two Sons Arent & Burger are Bound to help to Build Burger the Son of me Dirck Huyck and to Bair{sic} the Charges of one third part thereof as will appear By the Said will of Andries B. Huyck Dated the Sixth Day of February in the year of our Lord 1770

Witness — — — — — — — — his Peter Vosburgh — — — Dirck D H Huyck Mathew Goes Junr — — — — mark

Commentary

Notes:

£200 — an enormous sum, by far the largest single payment in the entire archive. This represents one third of the total cost of building a house and barn, meaning the complete project cost £600 — a major construction undertaking.

“Including their own labor” — Arent and Burger Huyck contributed not just cash but their own physical labor toward the construction, which was valued and included in the £200 total. Given that Arent was only 9 and Burger perhaps 7 in November 1770, this labor was almost certainly performed by Elizabeth and farm workers on their behalf.

Dirck signing with his mark — confirming what we saw in the 1768 estate document — Dirck was illiterate, signing with D H as his mark.

Peter Vosburgh as witness — consistent with his role as co-executor throughout.

Mathew Goes Junior as second witness — another Goes family member, consistent with the Huyck-Goes family connections through Maycke Goes Huyck.

The will date confirmed — February 6, 1770, consistent with what the unsigned bond told us.

The timeline now complete: • February 6, 1770 — Andries makes his will • Sometime between February 6 and March 13, 1770 — Andries dies • March 13, 1770 — Ezechiel Thomas presents medical bills • April 14, 1770 — Elizabeth settles Van Schaack account • October 8, 1770 — Elizabeth sends £52:19:0 in gold and paper to Peter Vosburgh • November 5, 1770 — Elizabeth pays £200 to Dirck for the house and barn

The financial burden on Elizabeth was therefore enormous in 1770 alone — £200 for the building obligation, £52:19:0 in estate payments, medical bills, school fees, and daily farm expenses. This explains why she was so actively managing every commercial opportunity documented in the second account book.

“Homestead Lot” — the specific parcel where Burger son of Dirck’s house was built, adjacent to the new barn that Andries had been constructing before his death.

This document closes the circle on Andries’s estate beautifully — his will’s most ambitious provision, the building of a house and barn for his nephew Burger son of Dirck, fulfilled within nine months of his death despite the legal complications, the minority of the heirs, and the enormous financial burden it placed on Elizabeth.

— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-04 - jhc

Metadata

Document: BH008

Date: 1770-11-05

Language: English

Type: Receipt

Subject: Estate Administration, Land Records, Construction

Principals: Dirck Huyck, Elizabeth Huyck, Burger Huyck, son of Dirck, Andries B. Huyck, Arent Huyck, son of Elizabeth, Burger Huyck, son of Elizabeth

Other Persons Mentioned: Peter Vosburgh, Mathew Goes Junr

Places Mentioned: Kinderhook

— page revised 2026-05-24 - jhc

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