Document: Deed of Herman Smeeman and Thomas Hall to Thomas Bacxter for a house and lot on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1882-78_VHHpt1_0020

Description

Deed. Herman Smeeman and Thomas Hall to Thomas Bacxter; house and lot on the East river, Manhattan Island.

Document Date

1653-03-18

Document Date (Date Type)

1653-03-18

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Translation

Appeared...before us, ... Hermen Smeeman and Thomas Hall, inhabitants of this city; and declared to have conveyed to Thomas Bacxster, also an inhabitant of this city, a house and lot located on the island of Manhattan along the East River, bounded southerly by the lot of Dirck Cornelisse; extending on the east side in breadth along the river 4 rods, 3 feet; in length 5 rods; in the rear on the west side in breadth as in the front 4 rods, 3 feet; and that by virtue of a conveyance from Egbert van Borsum, who on 22 April 1652 conveyed the same to Hermen Smeeman and Thomas Hall etc.

Done at New Amsterdam in New Netherland, 18 March 1653. Harman Schmiman, Tomas Hall, 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_0020.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.