Many, many thanks...I learned more than I EVER wanted to know about BULLs... Many MORE thanks to you, Howard for grasping what I was too dimwitted to convey!!! And, I really should have had the good sense to check the Archives first. I'm just getting forgetful. Barb, the original (Jurassic Era) old bat Howard Swain wrote: >Hi Barbara, > >From: "Barbara Terhune" <batcave@695online.com> >Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 8:59 AM >Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] New Question re: "age" and "polls" > > > > >>Greetings D-C Listers, >> >>Albert Albertse Terhune, the immigrant, is found in Amesfoort tax list >>records, i.e. >> >> 1675 Aug 24 Albert Albertsen TerHeunen >> At Amesfoort: Assessed 183.10 pounds for >> 2 polls*, 3 horses, 2 ditto of 3 yrs. 6 cows 3 ditto of 2. >> 29 morgens of land and valley >> [DHNY Vol IV] >> >> >>His son, Albert Albertse Terhune, Jr. is listed separately in this >>list, having married in 1675; >>I am assuming that the "2 polls" refers to Albert Sr and another adult >>male...his younger son, Jan perhaps?? >> >>MY QUESTION: At what age was a poll charge added to a young man living >>at home? 16? 18? 21??? >> >>This answere would go a loooooooong way to provide an approx birth year >>for Jan Albertse Terhune. >> >> > >I found the answer to this back in 2001. It is 16. See: >http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/read/dutch-colonies/2001-10/1002421408 > > >Also, let me also correct something I wrote on 3/10. When I said age to be >taxed was 16, that was under the English (as the linked message above shows). >I do not know the age to be taxed by the Dutch. Nor do I know that they >had a "head" tax. Most of the tax lists in New Amsterdam seem to be >taxing property, not people. > >Regards, >Howard >hswain@ix.netcom.com > > > >