I am not sure about New Amsterdam, but in Kentucky we followed the laws of Virginia. At the age of 21 a man had to pay a poll tax. If he owned anything he paid a tax on that also. Most young men had their own horse and had to pay a tax on it, even when they were living at home. We have a tax list in Ky. and it was listed as how many white males over 21 who paid tax. So, if a son was living with his father, then there were two. That is rough because we do not know the name of a young man. The DAR will accept a son if they are listed under the father, own no land, just a horse. They consider this as a male over 21 who is living at home with his father. Donna Donna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Howard Swain" <hswain@ix.netcom.com> To: <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2007 12:47 PM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] New Question re: "age" and "polls" > 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 > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > > > >