Document: Patent of Jacob Wolphertsen van Couwenhoven for land in New Amsterdam

Holding Institution

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0130

Description

Patent. Jacob Wolphersen (van Couwenhoven); lot in the rear of the city tavern, for a dwelling, brewery and garden, (New Amsterdam).

Document Date

1645-12-12

Document Date (Date Type)

1645-12-12

Document Type

Patent

Dutch Grant Lot(s)

grant_lot_N6

Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Jacob Wolphertsz a certain lot for a dwelling house, brewery and garden located behind the public inn between the lots of Wessel Evertsz and Pieter Schoorsteenveger; its breadth in front is 5 rods, 4 feet 6 inches; on the west side its length is 8 rods, 5 feet; amounting in all to 47 rods, 3 feet, one inch, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 12 December 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_0130.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.