Document: Patent of Lieve Jansen for land on Long Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0001

Description

Patent. Lieve Jansen; 25 morgens land beyond Hellgate on Long Island (Newtown).

Document Date

1654-02-26

Document Date (Date Type)

1654-02-26

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on the behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Lieven Jansen a piece of land lying on Long Island, beyond Hellgate; extending on the east side of Symon Joosten's land, and on the west side against Juriaen Fradel's land; it extends along the creek or marsh west northwest and east southeast in breadth 50 rods; going into the woods west southwest to the great swamp in length on both sides 300 rods; in the rear in breadth along the said swamp 50 rods; with the express conditions etc...

Done this 26th day of February 1654 in Fort Amsterdam.

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_0001.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.