New York Oaths of Allegiance, Gravesend, Kings County, 1687

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The Roll off those who have taken the Oath off Allegiance in the Kings County in the Province of New Yorke the 26: 27: 28: 28: and 30th day off September in the third yeare of His Maytsh Raigne Annoque Domine 1687.

Renier Van Siegelen native
Stoffel Janse Romeyn 34 Jeare
Johannis Machielse native
John boisbilland 2 Jeare (had Letters off Denisatie)
barent Juriaense 29 Jeare
Jan barense Van Zutphen 30 Jeare
Marten Pieterse native
Jochem gulick 34 Jeare
Cornelis buys native
Jan Willemsen Van borcklo native
Rem gerritse native
Adam Machielse Messcher 40 Jeare
Willem Willemse 30 Jeare
Jan Carstense native
Johannis brouwer native

O’Callaghan, E. B., The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. 1, (Albany: Weed, Parsons & Co., Public Printers, 1850) pp. 659-661.

More information about colonial New York can be found in the books:

Merchants & Empire: Trading in Colonial New York
and:
Dutch & English on the Hudson: A Chronicle of Colonial New York
and:
Dutch Emigration To North America, 1624-1860
and:
The Dutch Gentry, 1500-1650

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