Hello All, When you are looking for the Will of Abraham Ver Plank & Maria Vigne, you should be looking for Maria in 1672. She is supposed to have died in Albany in 1671. Abraham did not die until 1691. The family lived in Albany. Richard

Hi all, From: "Richard Hayes" <RAHayes@chartermi.net> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 4:56 AM Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Will of Abraham Ver Plank & Maria Vigne > Hello All, > > When you are looking for the Will of Abraham Ver Plank & Maria Vigne, you should be looking for Maria in 1672. She is supposed to have died in Albany in 1671. Abraham did not die until 1691. The family lived in Albany. This is getting interesting. I'm curious what the evidence is that Abraham ver Planck and Maria Vigne lived in Albany. David Riker's Directory shows they baptized many children in the 1650's in New Amsterdam. As I mentioned, he is on the 1665 tax list in Smith's Valley (just north of Wall St.) He is also on the 1674 tax list (1896 HSYB p. 167) as living in Smith's Valley. And on the 1676 New York tax list (MCC I:29) If Maria did died in Albany, maybe she was just visiting one of her children who might have been there then. The Deacons' Accounts 1652-1674 First Dutch Reformed Church of Beverwyck / Albany, New York have recently been published by Picton Press. One of the things they contain is fees collected for use of the burial pall. One could check to see if a relative of Maria Vigne was so charged at the appropriate time period. I thought it might help to see where "Notary Dirck van Schelluyne" lived, especially in 1670 when the will was made. He was initially at New Amsterdam. There is an interesting article about him by De Boer in NYGBR 59:61-65. As stated there, he came to NN in 1650 on the ship Fortuyn. (Along with Melyn, the Verlets, etc.) In the 1650's he was a notary based in New Amsterdam. But in 1660 he moved to Rensselaerswyck and after the English takeover was clerk of the court at Albany. In Dec 1668 he was again sworn in as a notary in Albany. The last De Boer could find of him was in 1669. In 1670 the last details re. lands formerly owned by him were settled. And the family (except eldest son Cornelis) moved back to The Netherlands. De Boer thinks Dirck died in Albany at the end of 1669 or early 1670. However, we now know that he made a will for VerPlanck in Aug. 1670. And, I also found that he was sued in the Mayor's Court in New York in Sept. 1670. It appears to me he was present at the third session dealing with this case on 18 Oct 1670. [RNA 6:254, 257, 264] Here's my hypothesis: What if Dirck did not die in Albany, but came down the river with his family in mid 1670 to New York? While there he does the will for VerPlanck and gets sued in the fall of 1670. Then later that year catches the ship with his family back to The Netherlands. I was wrong earlier when I said that his notarial papers have not survived. Notarial Papers of Dirck van Schelluyne 1660-1665 have been printed in the The Dutch Settlers Society of Albany Yearbook, vol 16 beginning on p. 2. But this apparently would not have a 1670 will. I still think it unlikely the will was made in Albany. But if one wanted to search there, see here under Albany County: http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=82 Thus, in Pearson's Early Records of Albany vol. 3 is notarial records and vol 4 is wills. The article says all these wills were abstracted by Fernow; but one might want to check Pearson anyway. Also, several issues of DSSA have wills: http://www.newyorkfamilyhistory.org/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=41 I don't know if these are the same as in Pearson or not. Regards, Howard hswain@ix.netcom.com