Document: Patent of Christoffel Davids for 36 morgens of land at the Esopus

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0068

Description

Patent. Christoffel Davids; 36 morgens land at the Esopus, about a (Dutch) mile inland from the North river, on the west side of the Great kill opposite Thomas Chambers's land, and running S. W. to a little binnewater (pond) on the border of a valley which divides this land from that of Johan de Hulter, dec'd (Kingston).

Document Date

1656-09-25

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-09-25

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Christoffel Davids a parcel of land containing 36 morgens located about one mile from the North River at Esopus on the west side of the large creek opposite the land of Thomas Chambers; running southwest and northeast to the middle of a small inner waterway on the side of the marsh, which is the division between this parcel of land and the land of Johan de Hulter, deceased; with as much marshland as shall be parcelled out pro rata to the other farms, with the express conditions, etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 25 September 1656

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/A1880/NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0068.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.