The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH092
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1730-06 Receipt, John FitzGerald to Burger Huyck, of All Things Fully Reckoned
"Then with Burger Huyck of all things fully reckoned, and I acknowledge to be satisfied from the beginning of the world until this present day —"
Image: BH092
Transcription
1730 Dan met Burgerhuyck van alles malles ofgerekent en ijk beken voldaen te weesen van het begin der werelt tot op dese hudegen dagh als Getekent mijn handt — John Fitz Gerald yung het Gerston 1730
Translation
1730 — Then with Burger Huyck of all things fully reckoned, and I acknowledge to be satisfied from the beginning of the world until this present day — Signed by my hand — John Fitz Gerald June at Gerston 1730
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-04-30 - jhc
Commentary
Notes:
- “van het begin der werelt tot op dese hudegen dagh” — “from the beginning of the world until this present day” — this is a particularly emphatic and almost theatrical full-discharge formula, even by colonial Dutch standards. It leaves absolutely nothing open.
- John Fitz Gerald — a strikingly Irish name in this thoroughly Dutch archive. Not uncommon in Albany by 1730, as Irish settlers were filtering into the Hudson Valley, but he stands out sharply among the Van Dycksen, Schermerhoornsen and Huyghs.
- “yuny het Gerston” — uncertain. Could be a place name — possibly a local farm name.
- This document names Burger Huyck explicitly, the full settlement with Huyck is unambiguous.
- The Irish name amid the Dutch community is the most intriguing element. Do any other documents in the group connect to Fitz Gerald? (Yes - three in 1761 - jhc)
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-04-30 - jhc
Metadata
Document: BH092
Date: 1730-06
Language: Dutch
Type: Receipt
Subject: Commerce
Principals: Burger Huyck, John Fitz Gerald
Places Mentioned: Gerston
— page revised 2026-06-16 - jhc
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