Document: Patent of Dirck Ziecken for a piece of land near Getnoenepae (New Jersey)

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0010

Description

Patent. Dirck Ziecken; piece of land about Getnoenepae (New Jersey).

Document Date

1654-06-16

Document Date (Date Type)

1654-06-16

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Dirck Ziecken a piece of land lying across the North River near Gemoenepaen, beginning at the division of Claes de Noorman's land at a creek which comes out of the woods and runs to the Company's land from which it is also divided by a creek which comes but of the woods; extending along the marsh northeast by east and southwest by south in breadth along the said marsh 300 rods; in the rear in the woods its breadth is 300 rods; extending into the woods northwest and southeast in length 100 rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 16 June 1654.

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_0010.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.