1643 Aug 30; Cleyn Anthony van Angola (adding persons to fill out the citation)

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1/17/2015 at 1:38 PM

I found the following research to fill out the baptism cited above:

It establishes that the child's name (the one baptized is Anthony)

I'll add Anthony and the witness Dorothy as follows.
The citation also names a godmother (Dorothy)... so, she goes on the record too.

1643 Aug 30; Cleyn Anthony van Angola; [Antonio D'Angola '''Anthony''']; Dorothea D'Angola

" ‘WiLLEM Kieft, Director, etc., to Cleyn Antonio, a free
negro. Ground-brief dated Dec. 30, 1644. Not found of
record: recited below in confirmation made to Cleyn Antonio, his son.

This negro has been identified as Anthony from Angola.

May 5, 1641, Anthony van Angola, the patentee, who was
then the widower of Catalina van Angola, married Lucie
D'Angola, widow of Laurens D'Angola. — Marr. in Re/. Dutch Church, 10.

On August 30, 1643, Dorothy D'Angola stood God-mother
for their little son, Anthony.

Anthony and Lucie died soon after, and the child was immediately adopted by Dorothy.

Feb. 2, 1653, Dorothy D'Angola, then the widow of Paulo
D'Angola, married Emanuel Pietersen. — Ibid., 18.

March (?), 1661, Emanuel and Dorothy petitioned that the child should be declared free born, which was granted. La Chair's Register, in Year Book of the Holland Society, 1900, 131. See Chronology.

Richard Nicolls, Governour, etc., to Cleyn Antonio,
son of Cleyn Antonio. Confirmation dated Oct. 19, 1667. —
Liber Patents, \1: 130 (Albany)—

"a piece of land stretching along by the land of Pieter
Santomee, southwest somewhat more westerly, it contains
56 rods; so along by the land of Symon Congo, to the land then belonging to old Jan, west-southwest, 30 rods; then along by the said Old Jan's Land, south-southeast, 27 rods; further, east-by-north and a little more northerly, 23 rods; then further on east-and-by-north and east-northeast, 6j rods; and to the first descent, north-and-by-west, somewhat more northerly, 43 rods; in all amounting to about 6 acres or 3 morgen, 549 rods."

Lands of Clyn Manuel and Anthony Portuguese. No grants
found of record to these two negroes. Descriptions of adjacent grants recite them here in 1644.”

1/18/2015 at 5:22 AM

That's great, Michael! Especially as I see the specific mention of "free negro". When we get to those, we get more documentary evidence that may be traced to living descendants (but it's obviously veyr hard work! :-) )

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