Document: Patent of Claes Carstensz Noorman for land on the west side of the North river (New Jersey)

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0197

Description

Patent. Claes Carstensz Noorman; 50 morgens of land, formerly granted to Barent Jansen, deceased, situate on the west side of the North river, near Dirck the paver's land and kill (New Jersey).

Document Date

1647-03-25

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-03-25

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Claes Carstensz Noorman a piece of land formerly granted to Barent Jansz, deceased; located on the west side of the North River next to Dirck Stratemaker's land; the point extends north north west into the woods along a small stream; the river extends south south east along the marsh to Stratemaker's land; north east by east from Stratemaker's Creek into the woods north north west, all being well marked; containing 50 morgens, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 25 March 1647.

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_VGG_0197.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.