1662 Przechówko Tax Register

The earliest tax register we know of for Przechówko village.

Here we have only 3 farms, occupied by 6 families.  This is during the immediate aftermath of the Swedish Deluge (1655-1660) which would have contributed heavily to the de-population of the countryside.

We have family surnames that are familiar in Mennonite circles: Ratzlaff, Wedel, Isaak, Unrau, Kopper, and Voth.

The only person here who we can positively identify is Jan Raclaw (Hans Ratzlaff, GMA #36103, PRZ #23).  He was born around 1630 and was a son to the original Mennonite Ratzlaff, the soldier with the Swedish military who deserted to the Mennonites in the very late 1620s.  Hans is listed here with wife Anna, servants Jakub and Sara, sister Elisabeth, and Elisabeth's maid Regina.  These servants could have been local Polish youths (certainly we can recognize some Polish Catholic names).  Children are not listed on this register since they did not factor into tax calculations.

Based on information from GRanDMA, Ratzlaff wife Anna could be Hans' second wife.  Ratzlaff children Berent (32092, born 1660) and Hans (36105, born 1661) should have been very young boys at the time of this listing.

It's interesting to note that we find multiple families in these houses, especially in the Raclaw (Ratzlaff) house we have 3 families.  The houses these Hollanders built were probably fairly large in order to accommodate so many people.

Thank you to Michał Targowski for initial translation of the document.  The original document can be found here:

https://www.szukajwarchiwach.gov.pl/skan/-/skan/f79a1d68eaad52266fca1186465e990733ecaa3813017ed3d9cb7db75cb1903b