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- Tunis Cray from Venlo in the Province of Limburg, Netherlands. "New Netherlands and Her People", John H. Innes.
Teunis Cray, Contractor fo George Borlemgen to serve Teunis Cray for 1 year, for 70 Holland guilders at 20 stivers the builder, to do all work and obey Thonis Cray, his master. Done at Fort Amsterdam, June 6, 1639.
John Obbsen (Hohn Hobsen, appeared and in the presence of the undersigned witness, transferred and conveyed to Tonis Cray all such title as he claims to the maize land near Fort Hope on the Frsh River which land he has cultivated with Tonis Cray, acknowledging he has been paid by Teunis Cray for his share. September 22, 1639.
June 20, 1640, Fort Amsterdam. Lease to Tonis Cray of 2 cows belonging to the West India Company. Teunis Cray from Venlo appeared and acknowledged he has hired and received 2 cows sent to New Netherland by the Director of the West India Co. in the ship "Fire of Troy". Lease to begin on August 1, 1639, ends August 1645, during which time Tonis Cray shall annually pay to the honorable director or to the company as rent for the cows, 50# of good butter, provided that the rist of death shall be in common, on half (to be borne) by the company and the other half at the risk and peril of the lessee. At experiation the company agent shall take away 2 cows, as good as these now are, and the remainder which by God's blessing will be bred from him shall be shared and divided equally by the Honorable Company and the lessee. New York Historical Documents - Dutch - Vol. 1, Register of the Provincial Secretary 1638-1842, transcribed by Arnold J. F. Van Laer, 1979.
Patent to Peter Vander Linden, August 2, 1640, tobacco Planter, land located on the island of Manhattan by Tonis Cray's land adjoins, adjoiining Tonis Crays land beginnint at a stream called "Old Wreck" until Claes Sybrantsen de Verlingh, extending to East River, etc. NY Hist. Doc. - Dutch.
October 25, 1653. Teunis Cray bought a tract of land about 60 acres of wood land "near Hellegat" on Long Island. (Teunis "Geurtzen" Craey, least Long Island lands from Teunis Craey.)"
1655. New Amsterdam authorities questioned the sale of the house of Teuis Cray to a Jew. (First Jews arrived in New Amsterdam 1654.)
February 26, 1658, Conveyance, Tonis Cray, for a lot and garden, on which he built a house, along the Common Canal, north of Michiel Picet's land, etc., April 15, 1647, whereas Teunis Kraay has sold the certain lot, aforesaid patent with the house standing on it to Solomon Le Chair, the lot had been fenced but by survey it was found it did not belong to him completely, but to the Company. In consideration of his being an old citizen and inhabitant, it was granted to him that he would have power to convey the property he sold. "New York Historical Manuscripts - Dutch", translated and edited by Charles T. Gehring, pub. under dir. of the HS of NY, 1980.
January 3, 1661. Teunis Cray, father-in-law of Jan Gerritsen de Vries, posted bail for his son-in-klaw who had been charged with theft. Officer Pieter Tonneman, pltf. vs Jan Gerritsen de Vries, defendant and prisoner. Pltf. concluded that the deft. shall be condemned for his perpetrated theft, to be fixed to a stake at the place of justice and there scourged and further banished for the term of four consecutive years by this City's jurisdiction, moreover, for his blow, in fine of one hundred guilders as the blood followed; all with costs , producing certain declartion taken to that effect. The deft. denied stealing the meat.
November 3, 1661. Appeared before the board, Teunis Cray who produced a bill against the widow of Hendrick Pietersen van Hassellt for board and attendance given to her during the time the said widow was living with him. In December 1661, Tryntje van Campen said that thre were due her from the widow of Hendrick Pietersen van Hasselt, 27 fl., etc. "Colonial History of New York", 1853. "Hasselt is in Limburg, Belgium, near Liege."
Tryntje Van Campen witnessed the baptism of a child born to Jan Corsse and Metje Theunis Cray May 10, 1676.
In 1662 Jen Letelier gave three guilders towards the ransom of Teunis Cray's son, Jacob, held in captivity by the Turks. "Revised History of Harlem", James Riker, 1904.`
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