An deed dated 10 April 1657 (notary Claes Pietersz Keetman 503) mentioned that merchant Cornelis Boes commandeur of the Greenland company hired from merchant Adriaen Bras of Hoorn the ship d’Oude Tobias with as dimensions 123.5 x 24.5 x 11 (hold) Amsterdam feet for ƒ 2.345 to be used as a Greenland whaler. Intended commandeur on board was Dirck Cornelisz Fraij of Oosthuijsen, Netherlands.
Source
Index archives notaries at Edam, Netherlands especially made for genealogy family Pont inventory numbers 481-670 (Waterlands Archief number 0717).
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