1646- 10 Oct, preliminary agreement?

It is a deed (procuratie) in which Willem Willemsz van Kittensteyn, authorised by his brother Jacob, who was at the Dutch office in the city of Ahmedabad in India (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmedabad), in turn authorised Guillaem de Graeff, notary in Amsterdam, to act on his behalf to start all necessary actions with the governors of the Amsterdam Chamber of the Dutch East Indies Company (VOC) to receive the earnings gained by Jacob during his employment with the VOC (in total 840 guilders). This was a usual way to make sure that earnings made by VOC employees came to benefit their next-of-kin in the Netherlands.

Hi Rene

Many thanks for this. So it was pure coincidence that in the ledger the deed before Aeltgen's 3 pages of goods concerned her elder brother Willem and her younger brother Jacob :-)

Jacob actually went on to become the Governor of Ceylon in 1649. He left there in September 1653, only to die after a voyage to reach Batavia on 26 December 1653. His remaining family still alive in the Netherlands eventually shared his 13,000 guilders estate. All of his brothers and 2 of his sisters had also died by then, only leaving his younger sister Maria and several nephews and nieces to inherit his estate.

very best wishes

Anne

Well, no pure coincidence: I did not check the dates of the respective deeds, but if they were the same one may assume that Willem used this visit to arrange several deeds he needed in one visit...

Op huyden den 10e October anno XVIC seven ende
veertigh compareerde voor mij Jacob
van Santen, openbaer notaris, bij den Hove van Hollandt
geadmitteert, binnen Delff residerende, mitsgaders
voor den getuygen naergenompt de Ed. heer Willem
Willemsz Kittensteyn, raidt ende veertig
binnen der voorsz. stadt, ende verclaerde
hij comprant uyt crachte van zijne schriftelijcke
procuratie hem van desselffs broeder Jacob van
Kittensteyn uyt India, leggende opt neder-
duyts comptoir in Ammedabath toegesonden, geconsti-
tueert ende machtich gemaect te hebben, sulcx
hij constitueert ende machtig maect mits
desen den Ed. Guilliaem de Graaaff, mede
notaris alhier, omme vanwegen hem constituant
hem te adrresseren aen de Ed. heeren bewinthebberen
van de Oostindische Compagnie ter caemere
binnen der stadt Amsterdam, ende aldaer
van deselve Ed. heeren bewinthebberen uyt crachte van seeckere
sijne Jacob van Kittensteyns reeckeninge
in date den 17e October 1646 ter saecke van desselffs
verdiende gagie, de somme van 84 guldens bij de voornomde Jacob van Kittensteyn 
in Ammedebath voornt. verdient, van zijnen ontfang aen hem constituant
te doen behoorlijcke reeckeninge, bewijs ende reliqua, wijders
des noot ende versocht sijnde cautie te stellen beneffens t'overleveren 
der voorsz. reeckeninge ende quitantie te beuren ende te ontfangen te ontfangen,
voorts alles te doen wes hij comparant
selffs present zijnde soude connen ende mogen
doen, al waer't schoon dat de saecke naerder
ende speciaelde last vereysschte, dan voorsz.
staet, beloovende alle t'geene bij de voornomde
geconstitueerden ende zijnen gesubstitueerden, est
noodt, uyt machte deses gedaen ende verricht
sal werden van weerden te houden ende doen houden,
onder 't verbandt als naer rechte, daertoe
is staende. Aldus gedaen, verleden ende 
gepasseert binnen Delff ten comptoire mijns notary,
ter presentie van Pieter Heyndricxsz Turcke ende
Corstyaen Heyndricxsz van Dulcken, beyde als getuygen
van geloove ten desen gerequireert.
W.L. Kittensteyn
Pieter Heindrick ten Turck
X Dit merck stelt Corstyaen Heyndricx van Dulcken
Mij present J. van Santen, notaris publicq, qnno 1647

Thanks again Rene and Geert for the transcription.

The deeds were actually about 10 days apart, it's just that they followed in order in the notary records.

Another interesting point is the notary in Delft they used- Jacob van Santen was married to Anna Willemsdr Kittensteijn, the daughter of Willem L Kittensteyn. So the family were using their brother in law in Delft to act as their notary for this and other deeds, including Aeltgen's pre nuptial contract!

very best wishes to you both.

Anne