Document: Patent of Thomas Broen for a plantation on the South river, below Fort Casimir (New Castle, Delaware)

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0050

Description

Patent. Thomas Broen; plantation on the South river, below Fort Casimir containing 2,046 rods (New Castle, Del.).

Document Date

1656-04-12

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-04-12

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Tomas Broen a plantation lying below Fort Casamier on the South River of New Netherland; extending on the east side to Cornelis Teunissen's land; on the southerly side towards the east it is 18 rods in breadth; on the east side along Simon Leem's land approximately north- northwest it is 132 rods; along the land of Cornelis Teunissen approximately south southeast it is 132 rods; making together 2046 rods, with the express conditions, etc...

Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 12 April 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_0050.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.