Document: Deed of Gerrit Jansen to Thomas Hall for a bouwery on Manhattan Island

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NYSA_A1882-78_VHHpt1_0035a

Description

Deed. Gerrit Jansen from Oldenburgh to Thomas Hall; 45 1/2 morgens 125 rods land with valley, called Pannebacker's bouwery or bouwery No. 5, on Manhattan Island (see Book G. G., p. 134).

Document Date

1653-06-18

Document Date (Date Type)

1653-06-18

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Translation

Appeared...before us, ... Gerritt Jansen van Oldenborgh, citizen and inhabitant of New Netherland; and declared to have conveyed to Thomas Hall a certain piece of land according to the patent thereof dated 17 February 1646; containing in all 25½ morgens and 125 rods; together with a marsh which has always been used by the farm called the Pannebackers, or farm No. 5 etc.

Done at New Amsterdam, 18 June 1653. This is the mark X of Gerret Jansen van Oldenborgh; 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_0035a.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.