Document: Patent of Gerrit Wolphertsen van Couwenhoven for land on Long Island

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0172

Description

Patent. Gerrit Wolphertsen (van Couwenhoven); 19 morgens, 341 rods of land at Rechkeweck, both maize and woodland, to the valley of the Gouwanis kil, between Jacob Stoffelsen and Frerick Lubbertsen's lands, Long Island.

Document Date

1647-03-11

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-03-11

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Gerritt Wolphertsz a piece of land at Rechkeweck, maize as well as woodland near the marsh of the Gouwanisse kil between the lands of Jacob Stoffelsz and Frerick Lubbersz; stretching from the aforesaid marsh to and into the woods along said Frerick's land to the land of Andries Hudden N. E. by N. a little N. 148 rods; then through the woods to the land of said Jacob Stoffelsz S. E. by E. 80 rods; along said Jacob's land to the said marsh S. W. a little W. 165 rods, along the marsh to the place of beginning 60 rods, with a small point of land; containing altogether 19 morgens 341 rods, with express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam, 11 March 1647.

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_0172.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.