Document: Patent of Cornelis van Nes for land on Long Island

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0107b

Description

Patent. Cornelis van Nes; 50 morgens of land near the village of Amesfoort, Long Island, adjoining Wolphert Gerritsen (van Couwenhoven) (Flatlands).

Document Date

1659-05-23

Document Date (Date Type)

1659-05-23

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Cornelis van Nes a piece of land located on Long Island near the village of Amesfoort; beginning at the boundary of Wolphert Gerritsz, which is marked on an oak tree; running along the flats, it extends east southeast and west northwest in breadth 80 rods; behind in the woods it is 80 rods in breadth; running into the woods south by west on both sides 375 rods in length; making altogether 50 morgens.

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 23 May 1659.

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_0107b.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.