Document: Patent of Catelina, widow of Jochim Antony, for land on the island of Manhattan

Holding Institution

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0081

Description

Patent. Catelina, widow of Jochim Antony, negro; 4 morgens and 91 rods of land on the island of Manhattan, next the above, a common double wagon road remaining between both.

Document Date

1643-07-13

Document Date (Date Type)

1643-07-13

Document Type

Patent

Original Farm or Grant

original_grants_and_farms_Catalina Antony - 1643-07-13

Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Catelina, widow of Jochem Antony, Negro, a piece of land located on the island of Manhattan north of the wagon road; extending along the aforesaid wagon road south west 66 rods until the land of Domingo Antony, reserving between both a common wagon road along the aforesaid Domingo's land until the land of Thomas Sandersz Smit north west by west 60 rods; and further to the aforesaid wagon road, being the place of beginning along the land of the aforesaid Sandersz' land; amounting to 4 morgens and 91 rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 13 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_0081.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.