The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH072
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1744-08-19 Receipt, Eghbert Ebberse, Blacksmith, to Burger Huyck on Account of Widow Margareta Gardenier
Johannes Huyck acting as Burger’s agent here — likely Burger’s son, conducting business on his father’s behalf.
Image: BH072.jpg
Transcription
Kinderhook Augustus de 19 1744 Dan ontvangen van Burger huick by hant van Johannes huick jner de Som van twintigh Schellinge en Ses pence in vol van alle Rekeninghs Ick Segh ontvangen By myn uyt het Smiits werck dat babent Eghberse gedaen heft by Maragrieta de wedu van Hendrick Gardenier Eghbert Ebberse
Translation
Kinderhook, August 19, 1744 I have received from Burger Huyck by the hand of Johannes Huyck [junior?] the sum of twenty shillings and six pence in full of all accounts — I say received by me, out of the smiths work that the said Eghberse has done for Margareta, the widow of Hendrick Gardenier Eghbert Ebberse
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-02 - jhc
Commentary
Notes:
- Johannes Huyck acting as Burger’s agent here — likely Burger’s son, now old enough to conduct business on his father’s behalf. This is the first generational handoff we’ve seen in the archive.
- Eghbert Ebberse — a blacksmith (smitswerck) signing his own receipt, a craftsman rather than a merchant or landowner.
- Margareta, widow of Hendrick Gardenier — the Gardenier family appears in the 1744 Kinderhook tax list we found earlier[1], with Jacob, Arie, and Dirk Gardenier all listed as neighbors. Hendrick has died by 1744, leaving Margareta as widow, and Burger Huyck is paying her smithing bills — suggesting either a neighborly or landlord relationship.
- “babent Eghberse” — “the aforesaid Eghberse” — suggesting the smith had been previously named or was well known to both parties.
- Dutch still firmly in use in Kinderhook in 1744.
- [1] The tax list (http://hausegenealogy.com/kinderhook_%201744_tax_list.htm) shows Burger Huyck assessed at 32 pounds — the highest assessment among the Huyck family entries and one of the higher assessments in the entire district, confirming his substantial landholding. The other Huyck entries are Lambert (16), Johannis (4), a second Johannis (2), and Andries Jr. (1). For the Gardeniers, the list shows Hendrick Gardenier assessed at 15 pounds — meaning he was alive in 1744-45 when the list was compiled, which would place his death sometime after that and before August 1744 when Eghbert Ebberse’s receipt mentions Margareta as his widow. A tight window worth noting.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-02 - jhc
Metadata
Document: BH072
Date: 1744-08-19
Language: Dutch
Type: Receipt
Subject: Commerce
Principals: Burger Huyck, Margareta Gardenier, Eghbert Ebberse
Other Persons Mentioned: Johannis Huyck, Hendrick Gardenier
Places Mentioned: Kinderhook
— page revised 2026-05-31 - jhc
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