Document: Patent of Tonis Nysen for a lot on Manhattan Island

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0208

Description

Patent. Tonis Nysen; plantation formerly occupied by Jan Celes, adjoining rev. Everardus Bogardus's land, and the negroes' plantation, Manhattan Island.

Document Date

1647-04-03

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-04-03

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Tonis Nysen a certain plantation located on the island of Manhattan formerly cultivated by Jan Celes, deceased; extending on the south side of the land and marsh belonging to Everhardus Bogardus, minister; and on the north side of Cornelis Maersen; and further along the Negroes' plantation until the marsh of the aforesaid Bogardus; extending in breadth along the strand 50 rods; from the strand along the thicket south east by east 150 rods; along the thicket until the Negroes' land; extending east by south 45 rods; along the Negroes' plantation upwards north north west 60 rods; downwards to the strand north west by west 37 rods; along the thicket of Cornelis Maersen, extending north west by north 27 rods; along the aforesaid thicket until the strand westerly 40 rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 3 April 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_0208.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.