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Title	Bill of sale, July 7, 1787
Creator	Louw, Christian
Date.Original	1787-07-07
Description	Settlement from the Estate of Cornelius T. Jansen to the Estate of Thomas Jansen, dated July 7, 1787. The document lists two enslaved Africans, Rose and Frink (Frank). The two were separated and sold to different individuals, Rose to Johannis Robenson and Frank to Abr. Foot.
Notes	Cornelius and Christina Louw were the administrators of this settlement of the estate of the late Cornelius T. Jansen of Shawangunk. It is dated April 15th, 1814, some 16 years, 4 months and 15 days after Cornelius' estate was first settled. His wife, Christina, had been named the executrix of his estate in an earlier document (Nov. 1796). Christina later married her neighbor, the widowed Cornelius Louw, who had lost his wife, Maritje in 1789. She along with Maritje are buried in the Shawangunk Reformed Dutch Church Grounds at Bruynswick, Ulster County. Cornelius and Christina Jansen had five children: Thomas C. (b.1787), John Morris (b. 1788), Jacob (b. 1780), Jacob (b. 1791) and Morris (b. 1793). Surname spellings and their variants: Jansen, Janson, Johnson
Subject.LCSH	African American boys African American children African American slaveholders African American women African Americans dead death Huguenots Slavery Slaveholders Slave bills of sale Slave records
Subject.TGM	Slavery Slaves African Americans Money Death
Subject.Local	Jansen family Louw family
Personal Name	Jansen, Cornelius T (1747/48-1796) Jansen, Thomas Rose Frank Louw, Cornelius
Location	New Paltz - Ulster County - New York Shawangunk - Ulster County - New York
HRVH Topic	African Americans People
Language	eng
Format.Original	ink on paper; 4.66 x 8.1 in. (11.84 x 20.57 cm.)
Resource Type	text
Relation	http://www.hrvh.org/u?/hhs,830, settlement of Cornelius T. Jansen; http://www.hrvh.org/u?/hhs,481, Inventory of Cornelius Jansen; http://www.hrvh.org/u?/senatehouse,129, Inventory and appraisal of personal property of Cornelius Jansen
Source	Cornelius T. Jansen collection
Donor	Kniffen, Elaine
Resource Identifier	christianlouw.jpg
Publisher.Digital	Historic Huguenot Street
Date.Digital	02-01-2011
Format.Digital	image/jpeg
Exhibit Homepage	http://www.hrvh.org/exhibit/aa07/; http://www.hrvh.org/exhibit//hhscolmanuscript/
Digital.Collection	African American Presence in the Hudson Valley Early New Paltz Manuscripts, 1672-1750
Holding.Institution	Historic Huguenot Street
Contact.Information	Library 88 Huguenot Street New Paltz, NY 12561 845.255.1660 http://www.huguenotstreet.org
Rights	This digital image may be used for educational or scholarly purposes without restriction. Commercial uses of the item may be subject to fees and restrictions. Please contact the holding institution for information.
Technical.Data	Archival TIFF - MicroTEK 9800XL; Adobe Photoshop Elements 2.0; 24 bit color; 600 ppi; RGB; 15,878,352 bytes: 2978x1776 pixels; no compression
Compound objects	corneliustjansen_1787
Metadata Creator	Hurlburt, Ashley

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