Document: Patent of Edward Marrel for land on the East river

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0123

Description

Patent. Edward Marrel; 11 morgens, 200 rods land on the East river, at the west end of Corlaer's plantation, Long Island.

Document Date

1645-10-22

Document Date (Date Type)

1645-10-22

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Eduaert Marrel a piece of land lying on the east end of Cornelis Jacobsz' and on the west end of Corlaer's plantation; stretching from the strand up through a marsh, belonging to Cornelis Jacobsz' land, N. by E. 76 rods; from Cornelis's aforesaid to the plantation of Corlaer E. by N. and E. 70 rods; along the clearings of said Corlaer to the strand of the East River S. by W. ½ N. 120 rods; containing 11 morgens 200 rods, with the express condition etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 22 October 1645.

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_0123.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.