Document: Patent of William Beeckman for a lot on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0055a

Description

Patent. William Beeckman, schepen; lot beyond the Fresh water, where his house now stands, Manhattan Island.

Document Date

1656-06-20

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-06-20

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Willem Beeckman, schepen of this city, a lot lying beyond the freshwater, where his house now stands; its breadth on the road or south side is 32½ rods; adjoining Augustinius Hermans's land its breadth on the north side is 44 rods; on the east side, adjoining Thomas Hal's land its length is 27 rods, 7 feet; on the west side adjoining Paulus Schrick its length is 42 rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 20 June 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_0055a.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.