sonmans peter john vail david (1 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Letterpress and manuscript document, Signed (including three wax seals). Bifolium (7 ¾" x 13"). 2pp. Modest toning, old horizontal folds, small closed tear, very good. An unusual, early colonial era document, setting forth the terms whereby Peter Sonmans, Esq. of Perth Amboy together with two yeomen are bound to a New York City merchant. An unusual document on account of the importance of the Sonmans family of Perth Amboy. Peter Sonmans (1667-1734), was a Chief Proprietor of East New Jersey. He married twice and had a son Peter, a practicing physician. It is possible that either "Peter Sonmans, Esq." the father or son, is the signatory on this document if he was acting as guarantor to the yeomen Vail and DeMerest. The terms of the agreement are stipulated thus: We "Peter Sonmans of the City of Perth Amboy in the County of Middlesex & Province of East New Jersey Esq. John Vail of the township of Woodbridge . Yeoman & David DeMerest of the County of Bergen . Yeoman are" Held and Firmly Bound unto "Abraham Issacs of the City of New York, Merchant" in the just and full sum of "Eight hundred pounds." In addition to the three signatures of Sonmans, Vail, and DeMerest (each with a wax seal), the document is witnessed and signed by John Nevill, a resident of Perth Amboy who held various offices under the Provincial Government, and on the back page by James Alexander, Esq., who was associated with the elder Peter Sonmans. Also on the back is a manuscript emendation to the bond signed and dated in December, 1765. A well-preserved document important to the early colonial history of Perth Amboy, New Jersey, deserving further research.