Document: Deed from Jacob Jacobsen Roy to Abraham Isaacksen Planck of a house and garden on Manhattan Island

This day, date underwritten, at the office of the secretary of New Netherland and in his absence before Jacob Kip, his clerk, appeared the worthy Jacob Jacobsz Roy, who in the presence of the undersigned witnesses transfers and conveys to and for the behoof of Abram Isaacksz Planck, by virtue of the patent dated the 3d of July 1643, and the affidavit respecting the conveyance dated the 13th of August 1649, a certain house and garden standing and situated on the north side of Fort Amsterdam on the island of Manhatans, and that in true, absolute and rightful ownership, provided that he, Abram Planck, or whoever obtains his right, shall be subject to the reservations stipulated in said patent. Therefore he, Jacob Roy, relinquishes the ownership of said house and lot, conveying the same to the aforesaid Abram Isacksz Planck, or whoever obtains his right, in true ownership, without the grantor claiming any further interest therein, but surrendering the same henceforth and forever. He, Jacob Jacobsz Roy, promises to hold and to cause to be held firm, binding and inviolable this deed, binding himself thereto as by law provided. Without fraud or deceit this is signed by him and the witnesses this 13th of August 1649, New Amsterdam.

Jacob Jacobsz Roy
Claes van Elslant
Abraham Pieterszen