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    [202] At the request of Cornelis Wynkoop, nephew of Gysbert Philipsen, murdered by the Indians in the Esopus, whose estate in these troublous times has not yet been inventoried, the Honorable Dirrick Smit, commander in the Esopus, is hereby requested and authorized for the preservation of the said estate to appoint two curators from among the most competent persons in the Esopus to take charge of the said estate, and after a proper inventory shall have been made to sell the property to the best advantage and to deposit the proceeds with the court here, in order to pay therewith the creditors of the said Gysbert Philipsen pro rata and turn over the surplus or the remainder to the heirs. Actum in Fort Orange, this 25th of November Anno 1659.

Source:

Van Laer, A. J. F., (translated and edited by), Minutes of the Court of Fort Orange and Beverwyck 1657-1660, Volume II, Albany, University of the State of New York, 1923, pp. 229-231.