On this 9th day of February 1682/3 appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and before the hereinafter named witnesses, Jan Heyndricksz Vrooman of the one part and Omy de La Gransie of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have contracted and agreed in manner following, to wit: Said Jan Heyndricksz Vrooman acknowledges that he has sold to said Omy De La Granise all his land, house and barn and palisades and all the rights which belong to him on the Noormanskill, just as the seller bought the same of Jan Caspersz; likewise twelve skipples of winter wheat which was sowed in the ground; and the seller promises "to deliver all that is hereinbefore specified (as it is at present) in the middle of next April 1683; for which the buyer promises to pay to the seller or to his order the sum of one hundred good, deliverable, merchantable beaver skins, to wit, in the four following, payments, whereof the first payment of twenty beavers must be made in April 1683 on the delivery, the second payment of thirty beavers in March 1684, the third payment of twenty-five beavers in March 1685 and the last payment of twentyfive beavers in March 1686. Hereto the aforesaid contracting parties bind their persons and estates, nothing excepted, subject to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges, and have subscribed this with their own hands (in presence of Robbert Sandersz and Melchert Wynantsz, called as witnesses hereto). In New Albany, dated as above.
JAN HENDRICKSE VROOMAN
This is the mark X of OMY DE LA
GRANSIE, made by himself
As witnesses:
Robbert Sandersz
Melgert vander Poel
Quod attestor
ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.
Early Records of the City and County of Albany Colony of Rensselaerswyck. Volume 3 (Notarial Papers 1 and 2, 1660-1696) translated from the original Dutch by Jonathan Pearson. Page 550.