The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH102

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1774-03-22 Memorandum, Farm Inventory and Transactions, Elizabeth Huyck Transferring Farm Management to Michael Goes

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Transcription

Obverse

Memorandum 2 Maart 22: 1774 Van Goederen in handen Gelaten van Michiel Goes 3 Ruyne } De Paerde al te Samen 2 Meere } By Burger Huyck Jr. 2 Meerebane 2 Jaer } de Present op £62:10 10 Melk hoeje van vier tot 9 Jaer Oudt 2 Werk Osse van 5 Jaer en 2 van 3 Jaer Oudt 20 Schapen 5 barkens van 2 Jaren oudt & D° van 10 Maenten oudt 3 Do van Een Jaer t Een Duytfche Ploeg met Syn toe behooring De Schaar en houlter ontrent £1:10 waerdigh t Een Eg met Ysere tanden t Een Dreg met 13 Ysere tanden t Een Engelsche Ploeg de Schaar ontrent half Sleeten Een Ysere wagen Sonder Leere ontrent 2 Jaar gegaent En Do haest ver leeten t En 2 Span Hamen halshouten Gadt hamen & ontrent half Sleeten & 2 Goede houdt met Phejlgen Slees met Yzer beslaagen de eene de Ysers naer Dunne Ysere kettings t 3 Tjap Dijsels nog goedt 2 Goede bylsteeen Do Breedt en 3 oude Byle t Een timmer Dijsel 3 Syne ontrent half Sleete 5 goede Sichten werver en 2 nathahen 1 takke layn Een Goede Jak Slee de Ysers duer & Een Wint Meulon voor kore Schoon te maken

Reverse

Upper Section

1774 Maart 22 Memorandum van het over Gebleve bee 7 barkens van 10 maente oudt @ 2 Melk hoeje Ene met Een Seer oog 1 beers van 3 twee van 2 Jaer. 3 ofjes oudt van 2 Jaer 2 Groote Ofse 2 Ruyne Een van 6 En van 4 Jaer 2 Meere nog Een van ontrent Een Jaer Do 23 Dit Een Jarige berkocht Aen Hendrick van Schaak Els voor £3 Memorandum van wat verkocht is By Michiel Goes Een meer Aen Matthys Em- merig voor £10: Per Recomedatie van Jacob Smit. als pr Noot Een Aen Rubin Monrou pr Recomedatie van Abraham J van Bleck als pr Noot £9: Een veulen Aen Jurje Adam Smit voor £2:8 By Hendrick A. van Dyck 2 Ofsen voor £21 Een veulen Aen Michiel Goes voor £1:10

Lower Section

Memorandum Een van de Paerden gelaten in handen van Michiel Goes gewardeert op £10 Belangde Aen Andries nog En Do genaemt de Geel Gebleve om te berkoopen Een Meer ver -kocht Aen Emmerig voor £10 Alle de Andere Belangende Aen de Stock van Jacobbus

Translation

Obverse

Memorandum 2, March 22, 1774 Of goods left in the hands of Michiel Goes Livestock: 3 geldings } The horses all together 2 mares } with Burger Huyck Jr. 2 two-year-old fillies } currently valued at £62:10 10 milk cows from four to nine years old 2 work oxen of 5 years and 2 of 3 years old 20 sheep; 5 pigs of 2 years old & same of 10 months old; 3 same of one year Farm Equipment: 1 German plough with its fittings the share and coulter worth about £1:10 1 harrow with iron teeth 1 drag with 13 iron teeth 1 English plough, the share about half worn 1 iron wagon without leather about 2 years old and same nearly worn out 1 & 2 span of hames, collars, gad hames about half worn & 2 good wooden [wheels?] with felloes Sleighs with iron fittings, one with the irons toward thin; iron chains 3 tongue/shaft pieces still good 2 good whetstones, same broad, and 3 old axes 1 carpenter’s adze; 3 small ones about half worn 5 good scythes with handles and 2 [?] 1 tack line; 1 good jack sleigh, the irons worn 1 winnowing machine for cleaning corn

Reverse

Upper Section

1774, March 22 — Memorandum of the remaining livestock: 7 pigs of 10 months old 2 milk cows, one with a sore eye 1 boar of 3 years; two of 2 years 3 heifers of 2 years; 2 large oxen 2 geldings, one of 6 and one of 4 years 2 mares; another of about one year Same — 23rd: this one-year-old sold to Hendrick Van Schaack Els for £3 Memorandum of what has been sold: By Michiel Goes — one mare to Mattys Emmerig for £10 — per recommendation of Jacob Smit — as per note One to Rubin Monrou per recommendation of Abraham J. Van Vleck — as per note — £9 One foal to Jurje Adam Smit for £2:8 By Hendrick A. Van Dyck — 2 oxen for £21 One foal to Michiel Goes for £1:10

Lower Section

Memorandum — one of the horses left in the hands of Michiel Goes valued at £10 belonging to Andries; another same named the Yellow [horse] kept to be sold; one mare sold to Emmerig for £10 All the others belonging to the stock of Jacobus

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

Commentary

The handwriting looks familiar but I don't think it is in Elizabeth HUyck's hand.

Notes on Obverse:

“Goods left in the hands of Michiel Goes” — this is a handover inventory, Elizabeth entrusting the farm’s livestock and equipment to Michiel Goes for management. The date — March 22, 1774 — is significant. Elizabeth is systematically transferring farm management to others, consistent with declining health or a planned departure from active farming.

Burger Huyck Jr. — described as having the horses “at present” — Burger, brother of Jacobus. He is apparently involved in managing the horses, possibly as a farm hand or tenant.

The livestock valuation — £62:10 — a substantial herd: 7 horses, 10 milk cows, 4 oxen, 20 sheep, and at least 8 pigs. This confirms the Huyck farm was operating at significant scale even in 1774.

Two plough types — a German plough and an English plough — reflecting the mixed cultural heritage of the farm’s equipment, the German plough likely being the traditional Dutch/German style used since the family’s earliest days, the English plough a newer acquisition reflecting anglicization.

“Een Wint Meulon voor kore Schoon te maken” — a winnowing machine for cleaning corn — a relatively sophisticated piece of agricultural equipment for 1774, suggesting the farm was investing in labor-saving technology.

The detail of wear — “about half worn,” “nearly worn out,” “the irons toward thin” — the condition of each item recorded with characteristic precision, protecting both Elizabeth and Michiel Goes from future disputes about the state of the equipment.

“Een Goede Jak Slee” — a good jack sleigh — the farm’s winter transport equipment inventoried alongside the summer implements.

This document is essentially Elizabeth preparing to step back from active farm management — transferring a substantial operation to Michiel Goes’s care in March 1774, just one year before Hendrick A. Van Dyck was settling her accounts in March 1775.

Notes on Reverse:

A systematic livestock liquidation — Elizabeth selling off the farm’s animals in March 1774, with Michiel Goes and Hendrick A. Van Dyck acting as agents for the sales. This strongly suggests Elizabeth was winding down active farming operations, consistent with the handover inventory on the obverse.

Hendrick A. Van Dyck — Elizabeth’s Van Dyck relative, now appearing as a livestock sales agent. Likely the same Hendrick A. Van Dyck who bought woollen cloth from Elizabeth’s shop in December 1770 — the Van Dyck family stepping in increasingly to help manage Elizabeth’s affairs.

New names as buyers:

Mattys Emmerig — buying a mare for £10

Rubin Monrou — possibly Reuben Monroe, buying a horse for £9

Jurje Adam Smit — George Adam Smith, buying a foal for £2:8

Hendrick Van Schaack Els — buying a yearling for £3

Jacob Smit and Abraham J. Van Vleck acting as recommenders/intermediaries

“Per Recomedatie… als pr Noot” — “per recommendation… as per note” — the sales were made on the recommendation of trusted community figures, with promissory notes rather than cash, consistent with the credit economy throughout the archive.

Ownership clarified — the lower section makes a crucial distinction:

One horse valued at £10 belonged to Andries — part of his estate still unresolved

“The Yellow” — a specific horse kept back for sale, named by its color

All others belonging to the stock of Jacobus — the main herd was Jacobus’s estate property, managed by Elizabeth as executrix

Total livestock sales visible: £10 + £9 + £2:8 + £21 + £1:10 + £3 = £47 — a substantial liquidation, supplementing the farm’s commercial income as Elizabeth prepared to step back.

“Een met Een Seer oog” — “one with a sore eye” — a lame cow carefully noted in the inventory, Elizabeth’s characteristic precision in recording the condition of assets.

This document, combined with the obverse, paints a vivid picture of March 1774 — Elizabeth methodically transferring the farm’s management to Michiel Goes, liquidating livestock through trusted agents, carefully distinguishing between Andries’s estate assets and Jacobus’s estate assets, and preparing for a transition that would culminate in Hendrick A. Van Dyck settling her accounts in March 1775.

The archive is now clearly in its final chapter — Elizabeth’s last year of active management before her death or incapacitation.

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

Metadata

Document: BH102

Date: 1774-03-22

Language: Dutch

Type: Memorandum, Inventory

Subject: Commerce, Agriculture

Principals: Elizabeth Huyck, Michiel Goes

Other Persons Mentioned: Burgher Huyck Jun'r, Hendrick Van Schaak Esq, Jacob Smit, Abraham J Van Vleck, Hendrick A. Van Dyck, Mattys Emmerig, Rubin Monroe, George Adam Smith, Andries Burger Huyck, Jacobus Huyck

Places Mentioned: None

— page revised 2026-06-12 - jhc

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