We inhabitants and soldiers, who have been out with the Sergeant and with Jacob Jansen Stoll, desire to declare and attest, at the request of our Ensign, that the Ensign did give us no order to fight or to beat, of which we will bear witness and testimony, especially Jacob Jansen Stoutenborgh, Tomes Higgens, Gisebert Philipsen, Evert Pels, Jan Artsen, Berent Hermenssen, all inhabitants and also the following soldiers, Marten Hofman, Gillis de Necker, Abel Dircksen, Dirck Hendricksen, Michael Vreeg, Jooris Metser who have all been with the Sergeant and Jacob

the mark of JAN ARTSEN SMIT
the mark of JACOB JANSEN STOUTENBORG
the mark of TOMES HIGGENS
GYSBERT PHILLIPSEN VAN VELTHUYSEN
the mark of BERENT HERMENSEN
the mark of GILLIS DE NECKER
ABEL DIRCKS
MARGES HERMENS
the mark of JORES METSER
MARTEN HOFFMAN
MACHGIEL FERCH
the mark of DIRCK HENDRICKSEN.

Source:

Brodhead, John Romeyn, Documents Relating to the Colonial History of the State of New York, Vol. XIII, Albany, Weed, Parsons & Co., Printers, 1881, p. 117.