[E.B. O'Callaghan (ed.) (1856)] We, the Sellout, Burgomaster, Schepens and Regents of the Hague, make known to each and every, that before us came and appeared Jacob Thomassen van Kessel, burgher and inhabitant here, who being duly summoned to testify the truth, on the petition of Maritjen Ommers, widow of Jan Franssen Croon, of Hoogvelt, in his lifetime basket maker within the city of Amsterdam, and he, the deponent, declares by solemn oath, duly proposed to and taken by him, that his declaration or deposition made before the Notary, Martin Beeckman, and certain witnesses on the 8"" of December, 1651, is true and truthful, as follows: This day, the S"" of December, 1C51, before me, Martin Beeckman, Public Notary, admitted by the Court of Holland and residing at the Hague, and the undernamed witnesses, appeared Jacob Thomassen van Kessel, who, on further request and requisition of Maritjen Ommers, widow of the late Jan Franssen Croon of Hoogvelt, in his lifetime basket maker within the city of Amsterdam, and agreeably to the letter of Elizabeth van Hoogvelt, written at the Manathans, in New Netherland, the abovenamed Requirant, specially mentioned therein, prays, that the deponent should be requested to testify in this matter, as he hath full cognizance thereof, who, on his veracity and conscience, instead of oath, hath certified and declared as he N. B.