One of the problems on the Delaware was a lack of peoiople who knew how to make bricks. One of the Albany brickmakers moved down there to get things started. I believe this can be found in one of the volumes of Delaware Papers translated and edited by Charles Gehring. ----- Original Message ----- From: "E Johnson" <iris.gates@gmail.com> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2007 11:52 PM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Augustine HERMAN and his farmer Harmen Teunissen > How interesting! Augustine Herman was involved in so many activities. > > Wonder who was making bricks for whom, and where this operation was > taking place. I remember seeing letters of one or the other Directors > of the Delaware settlements, complaining of the lack of brick for > building. Don't remember right offhand who that had been, maybe > Alrichs in a letter to NY. > > Thank you very much for finding this, Regina! > > Best regards, > Liz J > > On 3/8/07, Regina Haring <rmharing@att.net> wrote: >> Liz and all - >> >> Found the reference to Harman Teunissen working for Augustine Hermann in >> Fernow, Volume III, page 43: >> >> "Tuesday, the 9th Sept 1659. In the City Hall. Present the Heeren Olof >> Stevenszen Cortlandt, Marten Kregier, Pieter Wolfersen van Couwenhoven, >> Joannes Pieterzen van Brugh, Hendrick Janzen Vander Vin, Jacob Kip. >> >> On the petition of Augustyn Heermans, wherein he requests revision of the >> judgment dated 19. August between him and the brick makers, and that >> adverse >> party be ordered to use the wood for brickmaking on petitioner's land or >> by >> removal of what is cut and no more, that his farmer HARMEN TEUNISSEN may >> draw it and they enter security for the brick already agreed on and pay >> immediately before carting the wood and in addition for the said wood, >> because it then by removal comes within the nature of a sale and not a >> leasing, and the petitioner is not disposed at present to sell to them, >> but >> in time he intends to erect a brick kiln himself and to pay what >> arbitrators >> shall value which he considers fair. Marginal order: - The Court persist >> by >> their previous judgment." >> >> This was 1659 - Harmen Teunissen had died before the spring of 1662 when >> his >> widow, Grietje Cosyns, married Jan Pieterse Haring. >> >> Regina Haring > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUTCH-COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >