Document: Patent of Jan Haes for a lot on Long Island

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0206

Description

Patent. Jan Haes, husband of Edward Fiscock's widow; 38 morgens, 485 rods of land at the East river, on the west hook of Rechkewich, adjoining Frerick Lubbertsen's land, Long Island.

Document Date

1647-04-02

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-04-02

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Jan Haes, who has married the widow of Eduwaert Fiscock deceased, a piece of land lying on the western hook of Rechkewick on the East River; stretching from the land of Frerick Lubbertsz E. S. E. and S. E. by E. to the marsh 80 rods; and along the marsh N. E. 126 rods with some indentations; further N. by E. 45 rods, W. N. W. 30 rods, W. by N. 80 rods, W. and W. by S. 67 rods; along the land of Frerick Lubbertsz S. and S. by E. 134 rods; containing 38 morgens 485 rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam, 2 April 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_0206.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.