Document: Patent of Nicasius de Sille for land on Long Island

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0049

Description

Patent. Nicasius de Sille; 126 morgens of land, in Mespat, Long Island, adjoining Francis Douthy's land or kil, together with a little island on the west side of the newly begun village of Aernhem and the valley thereunto belonging (Bushwick).

Document Date

1656-03-27

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-03-27

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Nicasius de Sille a parcel of land lying on Long Island in Mespat, beginning at the boundary of Franscoys Douthey's land or a little creek, and running west southwest along Hans Hansen's land and marsh its breadth is 280 rods; to a small swamp; from there into the woods south by east its length is 270 rods; making together 126 morgens; together with a small island lying in the newly settled town of Aernhem which is 100 rods in length, also the marshes adjoining thereto, with the express conditions, etc...

Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 27 March 1656.

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_0049.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.