Document: Patent of Reyer Lambertsz for land at Marechawick (Brooklyn)

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NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0140

Description

Patent. Reyer Lambertsz; 57 morgens, 339 rods land at the east hook of the bight of Marechkawick, on the shore of the east river (Brooklyn).

Document Date

1646-03-23

Document Date (Date Type)

1646-03-23

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Reyer Lambertsz a piece of land lying on the east point of the bay of Marechkawick and stretching along the shore of the East River N. N. E. a little E. 135 rods, then into the woods S. E. by E. 100 rods N. E. by N. 50 rods and 150 rods S. E. by S., with a width back in the woods S. 80 rods; again to the beach at the place of beginning N. W. by W. a little W. 316 rods; containing 57 morgens 339 rods, with the express condition etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam, 23 March 1646.

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_0140.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.