Document: Patent of Maryn Adriaensz for land on the west side of the North river (New Jersey)

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0217a

Description

Patent. Maryn Adriaensz; tract of land called Awiehaken, on the west side of the North river, bounded on the north by Hoboken kil, running thence north to the next kil, and on that breadth 50 morgens inland (New Jersey).

Document Date

1647-05-11

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-05-11

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, William Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Maryn Adriaensz a piece of land called Awiehaken, located on the west side of the North River, bounded on the south by the Hoboken creek and running then northwards to the next creek and towards the woods with the same breadth; altogether 50 morgens of land, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam, 11 May 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_0217a.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.