Dear Helen, I hope Chris replies. I have heard nothing further :-(. Dorothy >To Dorothy Koenig and Chris Brooks, > >Back in August 2009 you were posting about a document dated 1652 for Thomas >Swartwoudt. You were going to translate it. Has it been translated yet? >If so, what does it say? Can you tell me more about this document? > >My husband descends from Thomas Swartwoudt. > >Helen Graves >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Dorothy Koenig" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:50 AM >Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Thomas Swartwoudt > > >> Chris, Whenever your translation is ready, of course I would like to >> publish it and the Dutch version as well in NNC. Dorothy >> >>>Hello list >>> >>>This is for all researchers of Thomas Swartwoudt. I was doing some >>>research >>>in the Amsterdam Notary records and I happened to stumble across a notary >>>record dated 1652 for Thomas Swartwoudt. I happened across it by accident >>>and I don't think it appears in either Noord Amerika Chronologie, >>>Hoffman's >>>list of Dutch settlers of Pim Niewenhuis abstract of Amsterdam Notary >>>records that appeared in New Netherland Connection. I haven't transcribed >>>it >>>but it calls him a 'vrij koopman' or free merchant and Nieuw Nederlandt so >>>I >>>don't know if he was emigrating or had made a visit back to Amsterdam. The >>>witnesses were Jan pitersen italian & Hendrick borckman. It's a one page >>>document, very good quality and contains Thomas signature. Was he in New >>>Netherland by this date? >>> >>>I can send copies to interested persons but I may transcribe it and try to >>>translate it and publish it in NNC or some other publication. >>> >>>Take care >>> >>>Chris >>> >>> >>>-- >>>Chris Brooks >>>Kansas City, Missouri >>>816-363-1831 >>> >>>------------------------------- > > > >------------------------------- >To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >[email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' >without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message