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

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0133

Description

Patent. Cornelis van Ruyven, secretary and receiver-general; 25 morgens of land; with part of the first valley being No. 16, 2 morgens; part of the eighth, being No. 7, 3 morgens; piece of flat land No. 11, 2 morgens 300 rods, all in the town of Midwout, Long Island (Flatbush).

Document Date

1664-02-26

Document Date (Date Type)

1664-02-26

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Cornelis Van Ruyven, secretary and receiver-general of New Netherland, a parcel of land located on Long Island in the village of Midwout to the north of Cornelis Jansz Bongaert, with a boundary line west a little southerly; in breadth in the rear or on the east side 50 rods; on the west side along the path 84 rods; in length along the hills 278 rods; along Cornelis Jansz Bongaert 300 rods; containing 25 morgens; a piece in the first marsh, marked No. 16; in breadth 7 rods; containing 2 morgens; a piece furthest in the rear, marked No. 7; in breadth 12 rods; containing 3 morgens extending southerly from the woods to the sea; a piece of flatland, No. 11, in breadth 15 rods; containing 2 morgens, 300 rods, with the express conditions, etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 26 February 1664.

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_0133.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.