Deed- unsure of date- 1679 0r 1681

Hi Anne,

The document is dated 28 March 1681. It is a deed in which the married couple declares to have received 'all such papers, documents, and other goods' regarding the possessions Josina had inherited from her grandmother Josijntge Aalbregts, from Aalbert de Koningh, Cornelis vander Kevijt, and Cornelis Aalbertsz Koper, who had been the legal guardians over these possessions on Josina's behalf until then. The couple thanks the three men for their guardianship and discharges them of their tasks. 

As Josina had married Michiel Engelvaert, Josina had come of age, but also her husband would become her guardian in financial and legal matters by default.

Huyden den 28en Maert XVIC eenentagtig
compareerden voor mij Quirijn Raven,
notaris publicq, tot Leyden residerende, ende
voor de nabeschreven getuygen, d'eersame
Michiel Engelvaart ende d'eerbare
Josina van Kessel, egteluyden, wonende
binnen deser stede, mij notairs wel bekend,
dewelcke verclaarden
uut handen van Aalbert de Koningh,
Cornelis van der Kevyt ende Cornelis
Aalbertsz Koper ontfangen ende naar haar
genomen te hebben alle ende sodanige papieren,
documenten ende verdre goederen als onder
haarluyden als voogden over den
twede comparant, wegens de goederen haer van
hare grootmoeder Josintge Aalbregts haar
opgekomen, alsnog berustende hebben, 
belovende haar om tselve noyt moeyelijck
of lastig te vallen, nogte om eenige
reeckeninge, bewijs ende reliqua, mitsgaders
staet ende inventaris, direct ofte indirect,
in regten off daarbuyten in geenderely
manieren, onder verbant als nae regten,
ontslaande sij comparanten de voorsz. voogden
van hare voogdije tot nog toe geëxerceert,
haar bedanckende voor hare goede voorsorge ende
moeyten tot nog toe gehad ende genomen, alles
ter goeder trouwen, consenterende voorts hier-
van acquit in forma gelevert te werden.
Aldus gedaan ende verleden binnen Leyden ter
presentie van d'ondergeschreven getuygen.
Michiel Engel Vaert
Josyna van Kessel
Pieter Engelvaert
Jacob Vromans
Twelk ik affirmere
Quirijn Raven, notaris publicq, 1681

Hi Rene

Nice to see you on the Forum. Hope all's well with you ;-)

Thanks for the summary of this deed. It's really interesting as 1681 was the year Josina married, hence I guess why she didn't need her guardians anymore now she had a husband. She had been a true orphan since her remaining parent, her mother Jannetge had died in 1667 when Josina was 10 years old. Nice too that the couple thanked her 3 guardians for their care of Josina.

Also of note is that she received an inheritance from her grandmother Josina Aelbrechts who I presume she was named after, as unfortunately her mother's estate was bankrupt due to the large debts her husband had taken out for the purchase of the pottery factory 'The Three Gilded Ashbarrels' in 1655.

very best wishes

Anne

Geert, many thanks also for your tireless work in transcribing many of the deeds I post on the Forum, for which I'm very grateful.

warmest best wishes

Anne