Document: Deed of Cornelis Claessen Swits to William Beeckman for a bouwery on Manhattan Island

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Document ID

NYSA_A1882-78_VHHpt1_0023

Description

Deed. Cornelis Claessen Swits to William Beeckman; bouwery No. 5 on the north end of bouwery No. 6, adjoining Pannebacker's bouwery, Manhattan Island, containing 25 morgens 6 rods (see Book G. G., p. 129).

Document Date

1653-03-22

Document Date (Date Type)

1653-03-22

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Translation

Appeared...before us, ... Cornelis Claessen Swits; and declared to have conveyed to Willem Beeckman a piece of land called Farm No. 5 located on the north end of Cornelis Jacobsen's land or Farm No. 6; extending along the aforesaid land east by south 242 rods; then north by east 68 rods to the farm called the Pannebacker's Farm [ Pantile-maker's Farm ]; along the aforesaid farm west and west by north 230 rods; then south southwest to the wagon road 60 rods; containing in all 25 morgens and 296 rods; and that by virtue of a patent granted to him, Cornelis Claessen, by the director-general and council, dated 13 December 1645 etc.

Done at Fort New Amsterdam in New Netherland, 22 March 1653. Cornelis Clasen Swits, Brian Newton, La Montagne.

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_0023.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.