The Huyck Bain Crandell Collection, Document BH105_Pg_11-20
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1759-1771 & 1783 - Farm Sales Account Book - Pages 11-20
This is pages 11 through 20 from a farm sales account book or ledger of 44 pages I think kept by Jacobus Huyck, son of Burger Huyck. A few blank pages are not recorded here. jhc
- Pages 1-10
- Page 11 ~ Burger Huyck Jr., debtor
- Page 12 ~ Peter Vosburg, Johannis Huyck, debtors
- Page 13 ~ Johannis Huyck, debtor
- Page 14 ~ Pieter Vosburgh, debtor
- Page 15 ~ Blank
- Page 16 ~ Willem Clauw, debtor
- Page 17 ~ Willem Clauw, debtor
- Page 18 ~ Willem Van den Berg, Willem Clauw, debtors
- Page 19 ~ Willem Clauw, debtor
- Page 20 ~ Doctr Claude Ducolon, Burger Van den Berg, Jacob Hend. Gardenier, debtors
- Pages 21-30
- Pages 31-44
See list of Persons Mentioned in the Ledger, with page links.
Page 11
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Transcription
Overgebracht van de Andere Sey — £2:3:0 1767 July 25 @ 2 Schepel Coorn @ — 0:10:6 Augus. [?] @ 2 Sche. Coorn Septem. 11 @ 2 Sch. Do — 1:1:6 Septem. 19 @ 4 Schepel Coorn @ — 0:1:0 ————— Total: 1:14:6 [large X cancellation — settled]
Translation
Carried over from the other side — £2:3:0 1767 July 25 — 2 schepels corn — 0:10:6 August [?] — 2 schepels corn; September 11 — 2 schepels corn — 1:1:6 September 19 — 4 schepels corn — 0:1:0 ————— Total: £1:14:6 [settled]
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-02 - jhc
Commentary
Notes:
- “Overgebracht van de Andere Sey” — “Carried over from the other side” — a fuller and more formal version of the carry-forward phrase we’ve been reading as “van d’Andere Sey” throughout. This confirms our interpretation conclusively.
- The account name is not visible — this is a continuation of the Burger Huyck Jr. account from page 10, now settled in 1767.
- The lower half of the page is blank — suggesting either a new account begins on page 12, or there was a pause in the book’s use.
- All entries cancelled with X — fully settled.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-02 - jhc
Page 12
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Transcription
1762 Peter Vosburgh — Dr. @ 2¾ Schep. Coorn 5/p —————————— 1763 @ 4 00 Sch. Coorn [crossed out — settled] Johannis Huyck Dr. van 3 Blade te Rug — £9:14:6 —————————— 1764 Sept. 25 @ 3 Schepel Coorn @ 4/p — 0:12:0 1765 April 4 @ ½ Schepel Blas Saet 3/6 — 0:3:6 [?] — 0:3:0 1766 April 16 @ 1 Bim Claap Gorve 3/ — 0:3:6 Do. 26 @ 1 Bim Claap Gorve 3/ — 1:0:10 July 5 @ 3 Schep. Coorn Do. [?] @ 3 Sche. Do. — 1:0:10 Augus. 15 @ 2 Sche. Coorn 5/3 — 0:10:6 Augus. 15 @ 2 Sche. Coorn 5/3 — 0:2:0 1767 April 27 @ 2 Schepel haver 2/p — 0:4:0 May 14 @ 2 Schepel haver 2/p — [?] ————— £12:13:4
Translation
1762 — Peter Vosburgh — Debtor 2¾ schepels corn at 5 shillings —————————— 1763 — 4 schepels corn [settled] Johannis Huyck — Debtor, from 3 pages back — £9:14:6 —————————— 1764 September 25 — 3 schepels corn at 4/ — 0:12:0 1765 April 4 — ½ schepel flax seed at 3s 6d — 0:3:6 [?] — 0:3:0 1766 April 16 — 1 bundle turnip barley at 3/ — 0:3:6 26th — 1 bundle turnip barley at 3/ — 1:0:10 July 5 — 3 schepels corn; [?] — 3 schepels corn — 1:0:10 August 15 — 2 schepels corn at 5s 3d — 0:10:6 August 15 — 2 schepels corn at 5s 3d — 0:2:0 1767 April 27 — 2 schepels oats at 2/ — 0:4:0 May 14 — 2 schepels oats at 2/ — [?] ————— Total: £12:13:4
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-02 - jhc
Commentary
Notes:
- Peter Vosburgh — one of the 1731 patent partners, appearing here as a debtor in Jacobus’s account book thirty years after the patent. The Vosburgh family connection to the Huycks thus spans the entire archive. His account is brief and cancelled — quickly settled.
- “van 3 Blade te Rug” — “from 3 pages back” — another variation of the carry-forward notation, consistent with “van d’Andere Sey” and “Overgebracht” seen elsewhere. Here specifying three pages back rather than just “the other side.”
- Johannis Huyck’s account continues from pages 4-5, now carrying a balance of £9:14:6 forward — his debt to his brother Jacobus growing steadily through the 1760s, now extending to oats as a new commodity.
- The running total of £12:13:4 suggests Johannis’s debt is substantial and continuing to accumulate.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-02 - jhc
Page 13
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Transcription
Johannis Huyck Dr. van d’Andere Sey — £12:13:4 1768 Maert 25 @ 3 Schep. Coorn 5/3p — 0:15:9 ————— 13:9:1 1768 Maert 29 Dan met Johannis Huyck Afgesu- kent En Camp Gomacht van het Begin der Werelt tot desr dag —————————— 1768 May 2 Johannis Huyck Op Nu — Dr. @ 1 Spint Honnip Saet @ [?] @ 1½ Maand Een meer in de Wey gehad & Hay Gesneden met Ons Paard 4/p — 0:10:0 Novem. 15 @ 200 Rauwe Steen 2/p — 0:16:0
Translation
Johannis Huyck Debtor from the other side — £12:13:4 1768 March 25 — 3 schepels corn at 5s 3d — 0:15:9 ————— Total: 13:9:1 1768, March 29 — Then with Johannis Huyck settled and made even from the beginning of the world until this day. —————————— 1768, May 2 — Johannis Huyck — New account — Debtor 1 pint hemp seed at [?] 1½ months @ cow kept in the pasture & hay cut with our horse at 4/ — 0:10:0 November 15 — 200 rough stones at 2/ — 0:16:0
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-02 - jhc
Commentary
Notes:
- “van het Begin der Werelt tot desr dag” — “from the beginning of the world until this day” — the same sweeping settlement formula we saw in the 1730 John Fitzgerald general release, and again in the 1732 Matteus Van Alstyn settlement. A family phrase, apparently, used across generations for comprehensive account closures.
- £13:9:1 — the final balance before settlement, Johannis’s debt to Jacobus accumulated over nearly a decade.
- Immediately a new account opens May 2, 1768 — just five weeks after settlement, Johannis is already running up a new debt. A pattern consistent with what we’ve seen throughout.
- New commodities — hemp seed (honnip saet), pasture rental for a cow (een meer in de wey gehad), hay cutting with a horse, and most intriguingly 200 rough stones (rauwe steen) — suggesting construction or wall-building activity.
- “Ons Paard” — “our horse” — Jacobus referring to a shared or farm horse used for hay cutting, a nice domestic detail.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-02 - jhc
Page 14
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Transcription
1765 Pieter Vosburgh — Dr. @ 703 Schepel Coorn [crossed out — settled] —————————— 1766 Op Nu — Dr. @ 375 Schepel Coorn [crossed out — settled] 1767 Febr 3 @ 1 Exhooft Syter @ Do 8 @ 1 Barrel Do [crossed out — settled] —————————— 1768 Pieter Vosburgh — Dr. @ 275 Schepel Coorn 4/9¾/p [crossed out — settled] —————————— 1769 Pieter Vosburgh — Dr. @ 225 Schepel Coorn [crossed out — settled]
Translation
1765 — Pieter Vosburgh — Debtor 703 schepels corn [settled] —————————— 1766 — New account — Debtor 375 schepels corn [settled] 1767 Feb 3 at 1 hogshead cider Same 8 at 1 barrel Same [settled] —————————— 1768 — Pieter Vosburgh — Debtor 275 schepels corn at 4/9¾/d [settled] —————————— 1769 — Pieter Vosburgh — Debtor 225 schepels corn [settled]
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-02 - jhc
Commentary
Notes:
- 703 schepels of corn in 1765 — if this reading is correct it would be an enormous quantity, roughly 527 bushels. This seems implausibly large for a neighbor transaction. If Peter Vosburgh was buying 703, 375, 275, and 225 schepels of corn in successive years, we are not looking at a neighbor buying grain for household use. These are commercial quantities — 703 schepels being roughly 527 bushels, enough to feed a large number of livestock or to mill and sell commercially. This reframes Jacobus — and by extension the Huyck farm operation — as a significant commercial grain producer rather than a modest subsistence farmer supplementing income with small sales. A clear annual sequence of large corn sales to Vosburgh, declining somewhat over the five years from 703 to 225 schepels. The decline could reflect various factors including the approach of the Revolutionary period — by 1769 political and economic disruptions were beginning to affect commerce throughout the Hudson Valley
- Peter Vosburgh — one of the 1731 patent partners, now appearing in multiple short annual accounts with Jacobus, consistently buying large quantities of corn and always settling promptly — a very different pattern from the chronic debtor Johannis.
- “Exhooft” — likely oxhoofd or hogshead, a large barrel measure — suggesting a liquid commodity, possibly cider or spirits.
- The accounts are all brief, all cancelled — Vosburgh was a reliable and prompt payer, in contrast to Johannis Huyck. The 1766 and 1767 were cancelled as a block rather than separately as the others were.
- Five separate account blocks on one page spanning 1765-1769 — the regularity suggests an annual grain supply arrangement.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-02 - jhc
Page 15
Page 15 is blank and omitted here. jhc
Page 16
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Transcription
Willem Clauw Dr. van 4 Blade te Rug — £3:9:6 1766 April 15 @ 1 Bim Claap Gorve — 0:3:0 May 26 @ 1 Gallon Eek 1/ — 0:1:0 June 6 @ 1 Gallon Eek 1/ Do. 26 @ 1½ Do. — 0:2:6 July 15 @ ½ Gallon Eek 6 — 0:0:6 Augus. 7 @ 1 Schaapen Bout 3/ — 0:3:0 Septe. 15 @ 1 Gallon Eek 1/ — 0:1:0 Decem. 18 @ 2 Schepel Coorn @ — 0:8:4 1767 @ 1 vim Claap Gorve — 0:3:0 April 19 @ 2 Schepel Coorn — 0:8:4 Do. 23 @ 1 Boer Hoop @ July 15 @ 2 Schepel Coorn Sept. 4 @ 2 Sch. Do — 1:1:0 ————— 4:1:2
Translation
Willem Clauw Debtor from 4 pages back — £3:9:6 1766 April 15 — 1 bundle turnip barley — 0:3:0 May 26 — 1 gallon vinegar at 1/ — 0:1:0 June 6 — 1 gallon vinegar at 1/; 26th — 1½ gallons vinegar — 0:2:6 July 15 — ½ gallon vinegar at 6d — 0:0:6 August 7 — 1 leg of mutton at 3/ — 0:3:0 September 15 — 1 gallon vinegar at 1/ — 0:1:0 December 18 — 2 schepels corn — 0:8:4 1767 — 1 bundle turnip barley — 0:3:0 April 19 — 2 schepels corn — 0:8:4 23rd — 1 [farmer’s hoop/barrel?] July 15 — 2 schepels corn; September 4 — 2 schepels corn — 1:1:0 ————— Total: £4:1:2
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-02 - jhc
Commentary
Notes:
- “Gallon Eek” — azijn or vinegar, sold by the gallon throughout summer 1766 — a new commodity not previously seen in the account book. Vinegar was essential for food preservation and household use.
- “Schaapen Bout” — leg of mutton/sheep, consistent with the sheep farming suggested by the wool entries earlier.
- “van 4 Blade te Rug” — “from 4 pages back” — another variation of the carry-forward notation, here specifying four pages.
- “Boer Hoop” — possibly a farmer’s barrel hoop or cooperage item — suggesting Jacobus also dealt in small wooden goods or cooperage materials.
- The vinegar sales are particularly interesting — sold repeatedly through the summer months suggesting either home production or a regular supply source.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-02 - jhc
Page 17
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Transcription
Willem Clauw Dr. van de Andre — £4:1:2 Septem. 16 @ 2 Schepel Corn @ 5/3 — 0:10:6 ————— [subtotal] £4:11:8 [debit] 0:16:0 ————— [balance] £5:7:8 [large X cancellation] —————————— 1767 Novem. 14 Willem Clauw Op Nu — Dr. 1768 @ 2 Schopel Coorn Do. 5/3 — £0:10:6 Janua. 11 @ 2 Schep. Coorn 5/3 — 0:10:6 Maert 5 @ 2 Schepel Coorn 4/ @ 1 Bim Claap 3/ — 0:12:6 Do. 28 @ 2 Sch. Coorn April 6 @ 2 Sch. Corn 3/9 — 0:19:0 April 26 @ 2 Sch. Coorn 4/9 — 0:9:6 ————— 3:2:0 [line crossed out] Siet op d’Andre Sey
Translation
Willem Clauw Debtor from the other side — £4:1:2 September 16 — 2 schepels corn at 5s 3d — 0:10:6 ————— [subtotal £4:11:8] [debit 0:16:0] ————— [balance £5:7:8] [settled] —————————— 1767, November 14 — Willem Clauw New Account — Debtor 1768 — 2 schepels corn at 5s 3d — £0:10:6 January 11 — 2 schepels corn at 5s 3d — 0:10:6 March 5 — 2 schepels corn at 4/; 1 bundle turnip barley at 3/ — 0:12:6 28th — 2 schepels corn; April 6 — 2 schepels corn at 3s 9d — 0:19:0 April 26 — 2 schepels corn at 4s 9d — 0:9:6 ————— Total: 3:2:0 [line crossed out] See on the other side
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-02 - jhc
Commentary
Notes:
- Corn prices fluctuating — 5s 3d in late 1767/early 1768, dropping to 3s 9d by April 1768, then back up to 4s 9d — reflecting real market price variation, possibly related to harvest quality or seasonal supply.
- Willem Clauw’s account now extends to at least ten pages of the book — by far the most persistent trading relationship recorded.
- “Siet op d’Andre Sey” — continuing to the next page.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-02 - jhc
Page 18
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Transcription
1767 Augus. 28 Willem Gys v. den Berg — Dr. @ 25 Schepel Coorn @ 5/3p — £6:11:3 [crossed out — settled] —————————— Willem Clauw Dr. van d’Andere Sey — £3:2:0 1768 April 3 @ 1 Brood 1/6 — 0:1:6 Do. 6 @ 2 Schepel Coorn May 6 @ 2 Sch. Do. 3/9p — 0:19:0 July 20 @ 2 Sche. Coorn Do. 26 @ 2 Sch. Do. 4/9p — 0:19:0 Octo. Do. ½ lb Wol 1/ Decem. 20 @ 6 lb Butter 1/ — 0:9:0 Decem. 30 @ 32 lb Butter 1/p Do. ½ Sche. Appels — 0:13:6 1769 Maert 20 @ 2 Bim Claap 3/p April 6 @ 1 Boer Hoop — 0:15:3 April 27 @ 2 Bim Claaps 3/p — 0:6:0 ————— Total: 4:2:6
Translation
1767 August 28 — Willem Gys v. den Berg — Debtor 25 schepels corn at 5s 3d — £6:11:3 [settled] —————————— Willem Clauw — Debtor from the other side — £3:12:0 1768 April 3 — 1 bread at 1s 6d — 0:1:6 6th — 2 schepels corn; May 6 — 2 schepels corn at 3s 9d — 0:19:0 July 20 — 2 schepels corn; 26th — 2 schepels corn at 4s 9d — 0:19:0 October — ½ pound wool at 1/; December 20 — 6 pounds butter at 1/ — 0:9:0 December 30 — 32 pounds butter at 1/; ½ schepel apples — 0:13:6 1769 March 20 — 2 bundles turnip barley at 3/; April 6 — 1 farmer’s hoop — 0:15:3 April 27 — 2 bundles turnip barley at 3/ — 0:6:0 ————— Total: £4:2:6
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-02 - jhc
Commentary
Notes:
- Willem Gys v. den Berg — a new name, and an interesting one. “v. den Berg” likely means “van den Berg” — “of/from the hill/mountain” — suggesting his full name is Willem Van den Berg or similar. A single transaction of 25 schepels corn, quickly settled.
- Apples — appels — appearing for the first time in the account book, sold by the half schepel in December, consistent with a fall harvest stored through winter.
- Butter in large quantities again — 32 pounds in a single December transaction, consistent with the pattern we’ve seen throughout the Clauw account.
- ½ pound wool — a very small quantity, possibly a sample or remnant.
- The Boer Hoop — farmer’s barrel hoop — appearing again as on page 16, suggesting a regular small trade in cooperage items.
- Willem Clauw’s account now running into its eleventh page of the book with no sign of final settlement yet.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-02 - jhc
Page 19
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Transcription
Willem Clauw Dr. van de Andre Sey — £4:2:6 1769 May 12 @ 1 Bim Claap Gorve 3/ — £0:3:0 Do. 25 @ 1 Schepel Potades 2/ — 0:2:0 June 30 @ 2 Schepel Corn July 18 @ 2 Sche. Do. 4½ — 0:17:4 1770 May 9 Dan met Willem Clauw Afgerekent En Campo Gemacht van Alles tot Dese dag
Translation
Willem Clauw Debtor from the other side — £4:2:6 1769 May 12 — 1 bundle turnip barley at 3/ — £0:3:0 25th — 1 schepel potatoes at 2/ — 0:2:0 June 30 — 2 schepels corn; July 18 — 2 schepels corn at 4½d — 0:17:4 1770 May 9 — Then with Willem Clauw settled and made even of everything until this day
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-02 - jhc
Commentary
Notes:
- Potatoes — potades — appearing for the first time in the account book, sold by the schepel. A notable addition to the commodity list, reflecting the growing importance of potatoes in Hudson Valley agriculture by the late 1760s.
- Final settlement May 9, 1770 — the Willem Clauw account ran from July 1759 to May 1770 — nearly eleven years — making it by far the longest and most complex account in the book.
- “Campo Gemacht van Alles tot Dese dag” — “made even of everything until this day” — a comprehensive final settlement, no residual balance mentioned this time, suggesting Clauw finally cleared his debt entirely.
- No X cancellation noted — the settlement language itself serves as the closure.
- The absence of a remaining balance after eleven years of chronic indebtedness suggests either a cash payment or a significant in-kind settlement that cleared everything.
- A remarkable eleven-year commercial relationship finally concluded.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-02 - jhc
Page 20
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Transcription
1767 June — Doctr Claude Ducolon — Dr. @ 10 Schepel Corn a [?] [crossed out — settled] —————————— 1768 January — Burger v. Den Bergh — Dr. @ 15 Sche. Corn June 15 @ 8 & Do. 2/p [crossed out — settled] —————————— 1768 Decem. 5 Jacob Hend. Gardenier — Dr. @ 3 Jonge meer 60/ — £3:0:0
Translation
1767 June — Doctr Claude Ducolon — Debtor 10 schepels corn at [?] [settled] —————————— 1768, January — Burger Van den Berg — Debtor 15 schepels corn June 15 — 8 pounds [butter?] at 2/ [settled] —————————— 1768, December 5 — Jacob Hend. Gardenier — Debtor 3 young cattle at 60/ — £3:0:0
— Transcribed and translated by Claude.ai on 2026-05-02 - jhc
Commentary
Notes:
- “Doctr Claude Ducolon” — @ French Huguenot name, not unusual in Columbia County where Huguenot families had settled since the late 17th century. A single transaction of 10 schepels corn, quickly settled.
- Burger Van den Berg — now we have the full name for the “Willem Gys v. den Berg” family from page 18 — confirming Van den Berg as the surname. Burger Van den Berg buying 15 schepels corn in January 1768 — a substantial winter purchase.
- Jacob Hend. Gardenier — the Gardenier family returns, now Jacob Hendrick Gardenier, likely a son or grandson of the Hendrick Gardenier whose widow Margareta appeared in the 1744 smithing receipt. The continuity of family names across generations is consistent throughout this archive.
- “3 Jonge meer 60/” — “3 young cattle at 60 shillings” — £3 total, suggesting young steers or heifers at £1 each, a reasonable price for young stock in 1768.
— Notes by Claude.ai 4.6 2026-05-02 - jhc
Metadata
Document: BH105_Pg_11-20
Date: 1762-1770
Language: Dutch
Type: Account, Ledger
Subject: Commerce, Agriculture
Principals: Burger Huyck Jr, Johannis Huyck, Peter Vosburgh, Willem Clauw, Willem Van den Berg, Doctr Claude Ducolon, Burger Van den Berg, Jacob Hend. Gardenier
Places Mentioned: None
Persons Mentioned in the Ledger, with page links
- Clauw, Burger ~ pg 30, 31
- Clauw, Hendrick ~ pg 38
- Clauw, Johannis ~ pg 32
- Clauw, Willem ~ pg 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 16, 17, 19
- de Goljor, James ~ pg 24, 25, 26
- Ducolon, Claude ~ pg 20
- Gardenier, Jacob Hend. ~ pg 21
- Goes, Michiel ~ pg 31
- Goolden, James ~ pg 24
- Huyck, Andries Johs. ~ pg 32
- Huyck, Arent ~ pg 37
- Huyck, Burger Jr. ~ pg 1, 10, 11
- Huyck, Burger, son of Jacobus ~ pg 37
- Huyck, Elizabeth ~ pg 44
- Huyck, Jacobus ~ pg 37
- Huyck, Johannis ~ pg 4, 5, 13
- Huyck, Margarette ~ pg 44
- Quackenbush, Adriaen ~ pg 22
- Rous, Johannis ~ pg 23
- Thomas, Ezechiel ~ pg 30
- Van den Berg, Willem ~ pg 18
- Valkenburgh, Johannis Johs. ~ pg 36, 37
- Vosburgh, Marten ~ pg 34, 35
- Vosburgh, Peter ~ pg 12, 14
- Wieler, Hendrick ~ pg 28, 29, 32
— page revised 2026-06-01 - jhc
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