Document: Patent of Hendrick Jansen for a lot on the island of Manhattan

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0089

Description

Patent. Hendrick Jansen, tailor; lot on the island of Manhattan, near the fort on the East river.

Document Date

1644-01-20

Document Date (Date Type)

1644-01-20

Document Type

Patent

Dutch Grant Lot(s)

grant_lot_M8

Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Hendrick Jansen Snyder a lot located on the island of Manhattan for 2 houses; extending in front 10 rods, 6 feet and one grain; behind in breadth 14 rods, one foot and 4 inches; on the east side in length 9 rods, one foot, 4 inches; on the west side in length 15 rods, 2 feet; located east of the fort on the east end of Tymen Jansz' lot on the East River; amounting to 156 rods, 3 feet, 7 inches and 5 grains, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 20 January 1644.

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_0089.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.