Document: Patent of Frerick Lubbertsen for land on Long Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0053

Description

Patent. Frerick Lubbertsen; land on Long Island about Werpos, near Merechkawickingh, to Red Hook (Brooklyn).

Document Date

1640-05-27

Document Date (Date Type)

1640-05-27

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Frerick Lubbersz a certain piece of land upon Long Island near Merechkawikingh about Werpos extending in breadth from the kil and marsh that come from Guwanes N. W. by N. and from the strand on the East River S. E. by E. 1,700 paces of three feet each and in length from the head of the aforesaid kil N. E. by E. and S. W. by W. to the Red Hook; under the express condition, that if the Indians shall voluntarily give up the corn land in the aforesaid piece, Frerick Lubbersz shall be allowed to enter upon it in the width and extent of it, without anybody preventing him; on the express condition and stipulation etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 27 May 1640.

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_0053.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.