The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH089

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1774-03-23 1774-03-23 Memorandum, Inventory and Distribution of Andries Burger Huyck's Estate

Image: BH089 obv

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Transcription

Obverse

1774 Maart 23 Memorandum In de Kist van Andries Hu[yck] Gevonden Een Band van Joseph Woodsbridge en Rychaert Hu[yck] waer van De Ballans So als pp Reckoning gedateert Febru 4: 1773 Noch blyft £43:0:8 Gelaten in de Kist Een Noot van Hugh Ames van £1:12 gedateert April 6: 1772 So Noot als Band Gelate in de Kist in Een Pakket Boek Als ook De Band van Andries L. Huyck De Prinsepaal £12 Gedatel[ert] Novemb 11: 1767 —————————— @ 3 Bever hoede de Een verkocht Aen Johannis Huyck voor £2: met Behankzels @ 2 hooge En Slaapbank @ 4 beere Bedde en 4 Stroo Bedde 3 Peulen 12 kussens Drie groene Rogge 4 Cambaerse 3-3/4 El Root Laaken 9 El Wol Dobbel Steen 2 Groote harte belle 6 Rokken 4 kamme Sools En een Broek 3 Eygemaekte Cambaerse 2 Roos Cambaerse 2 Spreye 6 Stoele met hooge Leunigs Een Spiegel Een Tafel met Blaade En Een Thee Tasel Een Thee keetel van Andries Een Heer Boets Een Touwerhil Roer En hollands Roer 2 Muyschelle Een Groote Bybel Een Preedecatie Boek over het Categismus door Een gebede boek van Mel 2 tinne kanne Een tinne Bool 17 Platte En 6 Diepe Borden 6 Schootels Een Schuympan Een Kopere Leypel Een oude thee keetel 2 oude keetels Een Eysen handelaer Een oude Blaaker @ Drie klyne Spinne wielen het Een verkocht Aen Michiel Goes voor Een Pondt @ Een Sael 5 tafel messen 5 Do Vorken @ Twee kisten En Een koffer Met Goedt

Bottom

En Behangsel En Een Spry heeft Maycke weggenomen

Reverse

1774 Maart 23 Memorandum van het Juys Goet Dat Michiel Goes Genomen heeft om te Gebruyken @ 6 Gemeene Stoele Beslekten Een Groote Pot Synde gescheur Een Pot van ontrent twee Emmers Een goede kaan 4 Melk tobbetjes nog Reedelyk Goet Drie oude Emmers twee Jaer Brand Yzers En lang Schop En twee heugels Een tafel En Stend van Maycke 5 Thee Leepeltjes Een Goedt Sael En Bidt 6 half gesleete Sacke Een Lantarn Dit Bovenstaende Behen ich onfangen te hebbe Om weeder te bergoeden Als de tyd van de huur verloopenis Geluygc Michiel R. Goes merkt Burger Huyck Jr John Huyck

Translation

Obverse

1774, March 23 — Memorandum found in the chest of Andries Huyck: A bond from Joseph Woodsbridge and Rychaert Huyck for the balance as per account, dated February 4, 1773 Still remaining £43:0:8 left in the chest A note from Hugh Ames of £1:12, dated April 6, 1772 Both note and bond left in the chest in a packet/pocket book Also the bond of Andries L. Huyck, principal £12, dated November 11, 1767 —————————— 3 beaver hats, one sold to Johannis Huyck for £2 with trimmings 2 high beds and a sleeping bench 4 feather beds and 4 straw beds; 3 bolsters; 12 cushions 3 green rug 4 camlet; 3- 3/4 ells red cloth; 9 ells woollen double sleens 2 large deerskin hides; 6 skirts/coats; 4 waistcoats and a pair of trousers 3 homemade camlet; 2 rose camlet; 2 spreads/coverlets; 6 chairs with high backs; 1 mirror; 1 table with leaves and a tea table 1 tea kettle belonging to Andries; 1 pair boots and a tow/hemp rifle and a Dutch rifle; 2 mousetraps 1 large Bible; 1 sermon book on the Catechism by ——gen; 1 prayer book of Mel[chior?] 2 tin cans; 1 tin bowl; 17 flat and 6 deep plates 6 saucers; 1 skimming pan; 1 copper ladle; 1 old tea kettle; 2 old kettles; 1 iron dealer/trader; 1 old blanket 3 small spinning wheels, one sold to Michiel Goes for one pound 1 saddle; 5 table knives; 5 same forks 2 chests and a trunk with goods

Bottom:

A wall hanging and a spread taken by Maycke

Reverse

1774, March 23 — Memorandum of the household goods that Michiel Goes has taken to use: 6 common chairs with covers; 1 large pot being cracked 1 pot of about two buckets [capacity]; 1 good can; 4 milk tubs still reasonably good; 3 old buckets; 2 years’ worth of fire irons 1 long spade and two hooks; 1 table and stand of Maycke 5 tea spoons; 1 good saddle and bridle; 6 half-worn sacks 1 lantern The above I acknowledge to have received to be returned when the period of the lease has expired

Michiel R. Goes — his mark

Witness: Burger Huyck Jr. John Huyck

— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-05 - jhc

Commentary

This is one of two memorandums, same date, referring to the contents of Andries Burger Huyck's chest and other estate items.

Notes on the Obverse:

Joseph Woodsbridge and Rychaert Huyck — new names in the archive. Rychaert Huyck — Richard Huyck — son of Lambert, a family member not previously seen. The bond dated February 4, 1773 matches exactly the bond interest calculation we saw earlier — £43:0:8 remaining — confirming that document was indeed related to this bond.

Hugh Ames — another new name, owing £1:12 on a note.

The Andries L. Huyck bond reappears — listed here as still in the chest despite the other memorandum this day saying it was returned to Johannis Huyck and Hendrick A. Van Dyck. The two memoranda were written on the same day and possibly the bond was distributed after this inventory was taken.

The household goods paint a vivid picture of Andries’s domestic life:

3 beaver hats — expensive items, one sold to Johannis Huyck for £2

4 feather beds, 4 straw beds — a substantial household, suggesting Andries had farm workers or family living with him

6 chairs with high backs, mirror, tea table — a comfortable, even refined domestic interior

Large Bible, sermon book, prayer book — confirming his devout character

3 small spinning wheels — textile production in the household

Dutch rifle and tow/hemp rifle — two firearms, the Dutch rifle already noted in the previous memorandum as taken by Hendrick A. Van Dyck
2 mousetraps — a charming domestic detail

“Een Deer Boets” — a pair of riding boots, consistent with the saddle and horseback riding equipment.

“Maycke weggenomen” — Maycke took a wall hanging and a spread — this is almost certainly Maycke Huyck, Jacobus’s daughter and Elizabeth’s child, now old enough to be receiving household goods from her great-uncle’s estate. Maycke was born in 1758 so she would be about 16 in 1774 — young to be receiving estate goods independently, suggesting Elizabeth authorized it.

“Een Touwerhil Roer” — a tow/hemp rifle, possibly a flintlock with a tow/hemp touch hole cover — an unusual item worth noting.

The combination of fine household goods — beaver hats, feather beds, high-backed chairs, mirror, tea table — with practical farm items confirms Andries living comfortably on the Kinderhook patent lands.

Notes on the Reverse:

A loan receipt — Michiel Goes acknowledging receipt of household goods to use during his tenancy, to be returned when the lease expires.

“Michiel R. Goes” — his full name now confirmed as Michiel R. Goes, signing with his mark — illiterate, consistent with many of the farmers in this archive.

Burger Huyck Jr. — signing as witness, confirming his continued presence on the farm property.

“John Huyck” — a new signature — John Huyck, possibly a Johannis Huyck using an anglicized first name. (It could be any of several Johannis Huycks in the family at this time. jhc)

The goods listed are modest household items — cracked pots, old buckets, half-worn sacks — the practical everyday equipment of a working farm rather than the finer items inventoried on the obverse. These were the working goods Michiel Goes needed to run the farm during his tenancy.

“2 Jaar Brand Yzers” — two years’ worth of fire irons — an unusual quantification, possibly meaning enough fire irons to last two years, or fire irons that had been in use for two years.

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

Metadata

Document: BH089

Date: 1774-03-23

Language: Dutch

Type: Memorandum

Subject: Estate administration

Principals: Andries Burger Huyck, Michiel Goes

Other Persons Mentioned: Joseph Woodbridge, Rychaert {Richard} Huyck, Andries L Huyck, Johannis Huyck, Hugh Ames, Maycke Huyck, Burger Huyck Jun'r, John Huyck

Places Mentioned: None

— page revised 2026-06-13 - jhc

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