Document: Patent of Touchyn Briel for land on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0124

Description

Patent. Touchyn Briel; 11 morgens, 330 rods of land on the north bank of the Fresh water, Manhattan Island.

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 Toechyn Briel a piece of land located between Tomas Sandersz and the Negroes, having on the south end the fresh water or thicket; it extends along the land of the aforesaid Sandersz north east by east 126 rods; and further on somewhat west north west 55 rods; and along the thicket its breadth is 55 rods; amounting in all to 11 morgens, 330 rods, with the express conditions etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 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_0124.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.