J. Nielsen is the Captain for entry #706 in the Waterschoutsprotokol/ Forhyringsprotokol, dated 14 O
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Hello #[JacquelineBonsee JacquelineBonsee] ,
This is really interesting. I have never heard of or seen this type of record before. With that said, keep that in mind with my answer. I did a little digging to understand this better and found a good (although short) article in the Danish version of Wikipedia.
It says: Waterschout (also seen as Vaterskout ), from Dutch, literally means "water-supervisor" was a title for a Danish official who was to keep a register of all those who from Copenhagen wanted to "travel on a merchant ship." Everyone "who wanted to sail" had to register with him and have their names, birthplace and place of residence recorded in his register. The position, which was created December 21, 1695 was a kind of overseer of shipping in Denmark. Up until 1816, Copenhagen was the only Danish city to have a waterschout, but the same year Helsingør also got one. The Waterschout office was abolished in 1871, and replaced by another office. Registers for the waterchout have been preserved from 1740 to 1871, see https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterschout.
This is what I get out of the entry:
N. 706
List (Liste written in the center above the entry) of the men enlisted (or hired) with Captain J. Nielsen contracted (with) ___? Anne Margreths of Randers decided to Rygen neble? (maybe a variation of Rügen or Rygen which is Germanys largest island in the Baltic sea, but I’m really not sure). The men (were to be) on passage ½ month wages with Tøy (modern tøj supplies or belongings?) and I’m not sure of the bottom row. It could be referring to the load that the ship was able to carry. Anyway.. then you see the table listing the captain, navigator, sailor, a young man and a cook. Their names are listed in the middle column. Their birthplaces are in the next column to the right, and then the calculated wage of ½ month in the far right column.
Hope this helps,
Geoff
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Hello @Morris Geoffrey Fröberg
Thank you for your thorough and detailed reply! Your translation helps a great deal. And I agree, these records are really interesting and so much fun to look through. If I could ask you one more thing- about 16 pages later N. 706 appears again. Is this entry for the returning of the vessel? http://https://www.sa.dk/ao-soegesider/da/billedviser?epid=19643861#257770,48045419
Thanks again for your help!
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