Document: Patent of Burger Jorissen for land on Long Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0072

Description

Patent. Burger Jorissen; 29 morgens, 566 rods of land at Mespaechtes kil L. I.

Document Date

1643-07-02

Document Date (Date Type)

1643-07-02

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Burger Jorisz a certain piece of land located at Mespachtes Kil on the east side; extending along Tymen Jansz' land 165 rods; along the marsh 85 rods, with a point of land near the marsh of 20 rods and along the marsh 100 rods, with a point of land extending eastwardly 65 rods, and thence to the head of the marsh, which bounds this land 78 rods; the width fronting the marsh is 85 rods; containing 29 morgens 566 rods, under the express condition and stipulation etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 3 July 1643.

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_0072.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.