Document: Patent of Herry Piers for land on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0214a

Description

Patent. Herry Piers; tract of land called Gregory's plantation, on the East river, between Peter Linde's plantation and the kil where the water ripples over the stones, and abutting on Schepmoes' plantation, Manhattan Island.

Document Date

1647-04-15

Document Date (Date Type)

1647-04-15

Document Type

Patent

Dutch Grant Lot(s)

grant_lot_E14

Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Herry Piers a certain piece of land for a plantation located on the island of Manhattan known by the name of Gregorius's plantation, extending between Pieter Linde's plantation and the shore where the water runs over the stones; its breadth on the East River is 75 rods; it extends along the aforesaid north east and south west, and into the woods north west and south east until the division line of what is called Schepmoes's plantation; its length until the creek is 187 rods; the length between Pieter Linde's and Gregorius's is 190 rods; behind in the woods the breadth is 75 rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam, 15 April 1647.

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_0214a.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.