Document: Patent of Peter Jansz and Huyck Aertsen for land on Manhattan Island

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0171

Description

Patent. Peter Jansz and Huyck Aertsen; 74 morgens, 106 rods of land between Montangis hay valley and Tobias's bouwery, extending to the end of a kill coming out of the North river, and thence N. E. and by N. along the high hill, &c. (Manhattan Island.)

Document Date

1647-03-11

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-03-11

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Pieter Jansz and Huych Aertsen a certain piece of land located between Montange's hay marsh and Tobias's farm; extending from the north corner of the aforesaid marsh in a south south east direction 275 rods, past a spring of water against the high land; and from there till the end of a stream coming out of the North River north east by north along the high hilly land 175 rods; from there to the stream which runs behind the island of Manhattan 120 rods south south east; 70 rods south east and 30 south south east; and along the aforesaid stream to the aforesaid corner of the marsh 200 rods; amounting in all to 74 morgens, 106 rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 11 March 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_0171.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.