Document: Patent of Gerrit Jansz for land on Manhattan Island

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0134

Description

Patent. Gerrit Jansz from Oldenborch; 45 1/2 morgens 5 rods land formerly called the Pannebacker's bouwery, or bouwery No. 5, extending along the wagon road to Hans Kierstede's plantation, thence right through the woods up to the three corners of the inner wagon road, Manhattan Island.

Document Date

1646-02-17

Document Date (Date Type)

1646-02-17

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Gerrit Jansz van Oldenborch a certain piece of land formerly known by the name of Pannebacker's or Bouwery No. 5; extending next to the land of Cornelis Claesz Swits along the wagon road until Hans Kiersteeden's plantation; and further on straight through the woods to the boundary line of Leendert Aerden at the point where the three roads of the inner wagon road meet; amounting in all to 45½ morgens, 125 rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam, 17 February 1646.

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_0134.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.