Documents Daniel II Luyken

15.7.1767

Henrich Hannes' will (brother of Margaretha),
in which he disinherits Daniel Luyken and his descendants.

With kind assessment by Ruth und Hans-Dieter Budelmann.

In the name of God so that after my God-complaisant passing away my timely legacy will reach those granted by my heart and therefore no dispute or scuffle might arise, so I Heinrich Hannes who signs at the end while being thank God in a healthy body and commonsense hereby arguably reasonably intending to appoint and decree. Therfore after careful consideration and on my own will I apponit my beloved only brother the garrison apothecary Herman Hannes as my only true and universal inheritor in such an extent that the same will obtain my whole inheritance whatever it consists of without exemption and

Daniel Luyken as well as his children conceived with my defunct sister Margareth Luyken, née Hannes will be intendingly and wholly excluded from my inheritance. If the case is that God's will is that my beloved brother and inheritor Herman Hannes is called by him before my time has come then his children and if also these might have died on God's will their children and inheritors shall be my univerlsal inheritors and nothing of the fortune will fall to the Luyken side. This is my earnest and well reasoned last will which if not recognized as proper ... (missing text)

to be most valid and most abiding and only this one valid everything that should contradict this and formerly said gifts I explicitly collect, abolish and annulate so that only this my last will be valid [and] I will deposit this my well reviewed and thought over last will for more security with me or at another court and have it certificated I swear this to be truth after being repeatedly well thought over and reviewed it was signed at my own will by myself and also sealed with my own seal. So happened Wesel 15th July on thousand seven hundred sixty seven

21.4.1768

Agreement between Daniel Luyken and his brother-in-law Henrich Hannes on the payment of 1200 Dutch guilders (then a significant sum) by the last to settle all mutual claims from 21^st April 1768 and with a receipt acknowledgement from 18^th May 1768.

Kindly assisted by Dr. Joachim Halbekann, city archivist in Esslingen, Germany.

Mark on the left: TWELVE G. GROSCHEN (groats)

Accordingly after some disagreement between Mr. Daniel Luyken Senior
and his brother-in-law Mr. Hendrich Hannes,
mainly having its origin therein that
Mr. Luyken wants to liquidate the attached invoice
from 24^th September 1764 for the time
during which his brother-in-law Mr. Hannes lived with him at home
amounting 70 R.¹ per year for 27 years
from Michaelis (= September 29^th) 1739 to 1766 with a total of 1890 R. and therefore
still demands 1138 R. and 56 ½ per saldo
but Mr. Hannes denies this board wages arguing that
he did not cause any board costs at Mr. Luyken's
as he helped in his business and besides that he
consumed the leasing receipts on the common goods at
Mr. Luykens household and also with the hitherto liquidations
there never was mention of board wages
and when in the year 1753 they were mentioned
up to then the interests on the credits and cash money
would work out to a considerable sum that had built up.
So in intercession between good friends this matter
is settled in mutual agreement as that

1. Mr. Hannes will and would pay Mr. Luyken once and forever
twelve hundred Dutch guilders or their value
instead of the mentioned invoice per saldo in amount
of 1138 R. 56½ :Kr. whereas
Mr. Hannes will renounce to all claims on Mr. Luyken
and on the other hand Mr. Luyken will wholly redeem his claims
on Mr. Hannes including the claims on the board wages
and therefore each one will have no claims on the other
because Mr. Hannes also claimed that several furniture pieces
were taken into Mr. Luyken's house which
were partly no longer in posession of Mr. Luyken
and partly worn out, so it is

2. agreed upon that Mr. Luyken will return to Mr. Hannes
the still available best bed with accesories,
Mr. Hannes on the contrary will resign the rest.

3. The available common documents will
further text unreadable due to missing edge in the scan

4. The income from the leases on the common goods
until then (?) ... therfore should be divided
if possible or willingly once for all right and friendly
divided.

Lastly both parties resign any evasions which
could be made against this mutual agreement as astucious,
beguilement, persuasion, not understood matter, infringement
on the half or partly, the return to the last situation
at all in genere and specie all and each as such
are or could be conceived in right, therefore
each resigns the other knowingly and conceivingly
without any concerns on behalf of the disputed posts
and on the here mentioned invoice. In manifest of
the verity of this agreement it is signed by own hand
by both parties and the mediator. So happened Wesel 21^st April 1768

Daniel Luyken senior
S. L. Hammel as mediator

That brother Mr. Hannes today has paid me
the sum of twelve hundred Dutch
guilders agreed upon in this agreement
rightly and in cash
and therefore I have no more claims on him
which I acknowldege herewith gratefully.

Wesel 18^th May 1768

Daniel Luyken
Senior

¹ Probably abbreviation for Reichsthaler and its fraction unit Kreuzer

Links Daniel II Luyken

Internal links
• Census, family bulletin 1931, page 8 (German)
• Census, family bulletin 1933, page 145 (German)