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

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0117

Description

Patent. Jan Martin; lot at the Ferry, on the east side of the East river, Long Island (Brooklyn).

Document Date

1660-10-19

Document Date (Date Type)

1660-10-19

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Jan Martyn a lot located on Long Island at the ferry on the east side of the East River, on the west side of the land of the aforesaid Jan Martyn and on the north side of Joris; being on the north side 15 rods, 7 feet; on the east side 18 rods, 4 feet; on the west side 12 rods, 3 feet; and on the south side 18 rods, 7 feet, with the express conditions, etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 19 October 1660.

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_VHHpt2_0117.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.