Document: Patent of Rutger Arentsen van Seyl for a lot of land east of the Great Highway

Holding Institution
(link is external)New York State Archives
Document ID
NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0079
Description

Patent. Rutger Arentsen van Seyl; lot east of the Great Highway (New Amsterdam), containing 88 rods, 4 ft. 9 in.

Document Date
1643-07-13
Document Date (Date Type)
1643-07-13
Document Type
Dutch Grant Lot(s)

Translation
Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Rutger Arentsen van Seyl a lot for a house and garden; bounded on the east by the common highway; northward by the land of Cornelis Volckertsz; its breadth along the highway is 4 rods, 9 feet; its length along the aforesaid lot of Cornelis Volckertsz is 18 rods, 2 feet, 5 inches and 6 grains; in the rear its breadth is 4 rods and 9 feet; on the other side the length is 18 rods, 2 feet, 5 inches and 6 grains; amounting to 88 rods, 4 feet, 9 inches and 4 grains, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 13 July 1643.

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York. (link is external)  https://www.archives.nysed.gov/  

Translation link see: (link is external)http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1880/NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0079.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 (link is external)Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the
(link is external)New Netherland Institute website.

Location
Modern Location
Property Type
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Rutger Arentsen van Seyl
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