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Identifier: dutchnewyork01sing (find matches)
Title: Dutch New York
Year: 1909 (1900s)
Authors: Singleton, Esther, d. 1930
Subjects: Dutch Americans -- New York (State) New York New York (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs To 1775 New York (State) -- History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
Publisher: New York : Dodd, Mead
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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complaint come to us. Arent, two years later, aggravated his evil behaviourby blasphemy, and received a final warning on painof banishment. New Amsterdam, being essentially a trading-port,it was only natural that some of the scum of the seashould float ashore. There is plenty of evidence thatbigamists were not uncommon here. Mr. Tienhoven,the Schout, himself was accused of bigamist practices.In 1664, one Anneke Adriaen prays for divorce fromA. P. Tack, who has married another woman inHolland. In November, 1658, Laurens Duyts, whohad sold his wife, Ytie Jansen, to John Parcell, anEnglishman, was sentenced to have a rope tied aroundhis neck, then to be severely flogged, to have his rightear cut off, and to be banished for fifty years. Ytiewas whipped and banished. Her successor in her hus-bands affections was Geesze Jansen, who was publiclystripped naked, conducted outside the city gates, andbanished for fifty years. On December 12. on thepetition of John Parcel and Ytie, two sorrowful
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1/3 w CO W> z D COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE 217 sinners, for pardon and leave to marry, it was or-dered that they might remain three months to settletheir affairs, but must separate from each other at once.It was the custom among the wealthier classes, afterconsent had been given, to invite all relations andfriends, to the betrothal. As soon as the contract wassigned in presence of a notary, the young people re-ceived congratulations; and then the betrothal tookplace, that is, the rings were exchanged. Sometimesthese rings were made to order and consisted of twohoops that fitted together. In addition to the rings,the betrothed gave each other the halves of a coinbroken in two. Like the Indians, they confirmedtheir marriage sometimes by drinking the blood from awound made in their arms. Sometimes the betrothedwould sign the wedding contract with their blood, andsometimes it was entirely written in blood. Suchcontracts, pact-pence, and rings were often takento the church council when one

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