Document: Patent of Jan van Aecken for a lot at Beverwyck (Albany)

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0119

Description

Patent. Jan van Aecken; lot at Beverwyck (Albany).

Document Date

1661-03-07

Document Date (Date Type)

1661-03-07

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Jan van Aecken a lot for a house and garden located at Fort Orange in the village of Beverwyck; to the south of Jochim Ketelheyn 8 rods, 6 feet and 3 inches in length; at the hill 2 rods, 10 feet in breadth; to the north of Wynant Gerritsz 6 rods, 11 feet in length; in the rear 3 rods, 10 feet in breadth, with the express conditions, etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 7 March 1661.

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_0119.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.