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wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 05-23-2010 05:51 PM I was talking in another thread about my little ramble among the silversmiths and that project's structure. One of the things I find most enjoyable is discovering the unexpected crosses and connections. Here is one I ran across today, which started with an advertisement in the 1 October 1733 edition of the New-York Gazette: “Stole at Flatbush on Long-Island, One Silver Tankerd, a piece of Money in the Led of King Charles II, and the Led all engraved, a Coat of Arms, before (in it Man on a Waggon with two Horses) mark’d on the Handle, L P A. One Silver Tankerd plain, with a Piece of Money in the Led, mark’d on the Handle A P or A L. One Cup with two twisted Ears chas’d with Skutchens, marked L P A. One Tumbler marked L P A. One Dutch Beker weighs about 28 Ounces, Engraved all around, marked L P A. All the above were made by Mr. Jacob Boele, Stamp’d IB. Ditto, One large Cup with two cast Ears, with Heads upon them and a Coat of Arms, Engraved thereon. One Cup with two Ears, a small hole in the Bottom . . . Whoever can inform Peter Lefferts of Flatbush on Long-Island, or Abraham Lefferts in New-York, so that it may be had again, shall have Fifteen Pounds Reward and no Question asked.” Lefferts sounded familiar and a quick check in the file added a nice layer of color, enriching the story. Wonder what happened to the loot. . ? IP: Logged
swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 Registered: May 2003	posted 05-23-2010 07:09 PM Let me see if I have unravelled this correctly: the two Lefferts boys are brothers-in-law to to the brother of Jacob Boelen's daughter-in-law, which makes them her nephews and Jacob's grand-nephews? And LPA would be (how do you interpret their father's name?)? IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 05-23-2010 07:26 PM Apparently, the father, Leffert Pietersen Van Haughwout, took the name Pieter Leffert after he came to America in 1660 (aboard the De Bonte Koe or The Spotted Cow), so the initials would be for Peter and Abigail Leffert. Abraham and Peter would be Jacob Boelen's son's wife's brother's wife's brothers. IP: Logged
swarter Moderator Posts: 2920 Registered: May 2003	posted 05-23-2010 07:44 PM quote: Originally posted by wev: Abraham and Peter would be Jacob Boelen's son's wife's brother's wife's brothers. So they would be her brothers-in-law. My computer froze up on this site along with my brain, and I couldn't get back to correct it until now. IP: Logged
wev Moderator Posts: 4121 Registered: Apr 99	posted 05-23-2010 07:59 PM The crime took place at 563 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, the site of the Leffert mansion, in the district now called Prospect Lefferts Gardens. The house, partially burned by the British and re-built, was considered the finest example of Dutch domestic architecture in America until it was torn down and replaced with an apartment building around 1900. IP: Logged
Polly Posts: 1970 Registered: Nov 2004	posted 05-23-2010 11:42 PM Is the house in question the same Lefferts Historic House that was moved to Prospect Park in the early 20th century and is open to the public? I used to enjoy visiting when I lived nearby. Lefferts Historic House Museum IP: Logged
argentum1 Posts: 602 Registered: Apr 2004	posted 05-24-2010 10:14 AM The original house was burned by the British in 1776 in the battle of Brooklyn. He had another house built on the foundation in 1783 and that is the one you see now. This is taken from the video which can be viewed on the website you mention. IP: Logged

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