Document: Deed of Claes Carstensen to Burghart Jorissen of land on Long Island

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Document ID

NYSA_A1882-78_VHHpt1_0040

Description

Deed. Claes Carstensen to Burghart Jorissen; 29 morgens, 553 rods of land on Long Island, on the river side in the rear of Jan the Swede (Newtown).

Document Date

1653-07-28

Document Date (Date Type)

1653-07-28

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Translation

Appeared...before us, ... Claes Carstensen, inhabitant of this city; and declared to have conveyed to Burghart Joryssen, also an inhabitant of this city, a piece of land located on Long Island behind Jan de Sweet; extending along the river 217 rods; beginning from the half point inclusive and into the woods south southwest 180 rods; further south 45 rods west by south 51 rods; and further to the river northwest 100 rods; containing in all 29 morgens, 553 rods; to which he is also granted half of the marsh running along the creek; and that by virtue of a patent given to the grantor by the director-general and council of New Netherland, dated 5 September 1645 etc.

Done at New Amsterdam, 28 July 1653. This is the mark of X Claes Caersten; La Montagne, Brian Newton.

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York. https://www.archives.nysed.gov/

Translation link see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1882/NYSA_A1882-78_VHHpt1_0040.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Gehring, C. trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vols. GG, HH & II, Land Papers, 1630-1664 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1980).

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.