Document: Patent of Peter Andriesz for land on the East river

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0122

Description

Patent. Peter Andriesz; 74 morgens, 327 rods of land on the East river, opposite Hog island, east of Domine's hook (Newtown, L. I.).

Document Date

1645-10-19

Document Date (Date Type)

1645-10-19

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Pieter Andriesz a piece of land located on the East River opposite Hogs' Island (Varckens Eylant) east of Domine's Point; it extends from the river until the marsh of Jochom Pietersz next to the land of Hendrick Pietersz south east by east 165 rods; further through the woods and along the marsh until the land of Jan Platneus north east 225 rods; along the land of the aforesaid Platneus until the river west north west 213 rods; along the river 235 rods, with some protrusions and indentations, according to the measurements of the plantation sold by Jan van Haerlem to Pieter Andriesz; amounting in all to 74 morgens, 327 rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort New Amsterdam, 19 October 1645.

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_0122.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.