Document: Patent of William Cornelise for land on Long Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0135

Description

Patent. William Cornelise; 25 morgens land on the bight of Marechkawick, Long Island, (Brooklyn).

Document Date

1646-02-19

Document Date (Date Type)

1646-02-19

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Willem Cornelisz a piece of land containing 25 morgens, located upon Long Island in the bay of Marechkawick with a marsh the width of the said piece, with the express condition and stipulation etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam, 19 February 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_0135.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.