Document: Patent of Hans Hansen for a lot on Long Island

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0205

Description

Patent. Hans Hansen; 200 morgens of land beginning at George Rapalye's kil, thence running from his house N. N. E. to Lambert Huybertsz plantation thence to Jan the Swede's kil, and Mespachte's kil (Bushwick, L. I.).

Document Date

1647-03-30

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-03-30

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Hans Hansz a piece of land located upon Long Island at Jorse Rapalye's creek; stretching from his house N. E. by E. to Lambert Huybertsz' plantation; then along Jan d'Sweet's creek following the old marks to the Kil of Mespachtes along the thicket; then it divides the land of Dirck Volckertsz, which he bought from Wilcock, and divides Herry Satly's land; containing 200 morgens, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam, 30 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_0205.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.