Lot
A9
Lot Group
Grant Lots
Original Grants and Farms Document(s)
Grant Lot Document(s)
Date Start
1651-03-10
Date End
1656-06-23
Tax Lot Events
To Party 1 (text)
Frederic Jansen
From Party (Text)
DWIC
Grant Description
Gr-br. to Frederic Jansen. (Original in library of J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq.) Desc: Premises for a ho. and garden situated on the Island of Manhattan, on the W. side of the great Gentlemen's Road (Highway), bet. the premises of Jan Huygen and William Fredericksen, wide, along the Highway, 3 r. ; along the shore or W. side, 3 r.,4 ft.; long, both on the S. and N. sides, 9 r., 4 ft. En- dorsed: The measure of this property has been retaken and has been staked off according to this indenture, Manhattan, Apl. 4, 1659. J. Cortelyou, Sworn Sur- veyor.
Document Source(s)
Original in library of J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq
Full Grant Entry (The Iconography of Manhattan Island, Vol. 4, Ch. 4: The Dutch Grants):
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Full Stokes Entry (See images below)
1651
Mch. 10 Gr-br. to Frederic Jansen. (Original in library of J.
Pierpont Morgan, Esq.) Desc: Premises for a ho. and
garden situated on the Island of Manhattan, on the W.
side of the great Gentlemen's Road (Highway), bet. the
premises of Jan Huygen and William Fredericksen, wide,
along the Highway, 3 r. ; along the shore or W. side, 3 r.,
4 ft.; long, both on the S. and N. sides, 9 r., 4 ft. En-
dorsed: The measure of this property has been retaken
and has been staked off according to this indenture,
Manhattan, Apl. 4, 1659. J. Cortelyou, Sworn Sur-
veyor.
1656
June 23 Bill of sale. Jan Pietersen, husband and guardian of
Gretchen Jansen, wid. of Frederic Jansen to Hans Steyn.
(Original in library of J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq.) Desc:
A cert. ho. and lot situated in this city on the Broadway,
which property is bounded on the S. side by that of
Lysbet Pietersen, wid. of Jan Huygen, and on the N. side
by that of Dirck Jansen's; wide and long according to the
gr-br. dated Mch. 10, 165 1. "As it was at the beginning
of the month of April, 1655, as at that time it was fenced
and built upon and was entered upon by the purchaser."
Nov. 15 Deed. Jan Pietersen (having m. wid. of Frerick
Jansen) to Hans Steyn. (Lib. B, Deeds, N. Y. Co.: 28.)
Recites gr-br. to F. Jansen, Mch. 10, 165 1; bill of sale
June 23, 1656. Desc: Ho. and lot W. of Marckvelt;
bounded S. by ho. and lot of D. Wiggersen; N. by ho. and
lot of Director-general; according to said gr-br. is br. in
front on street, or the E. side, 3 r.; in rear, on W. side,
3 r., 4 ft.; long, both N. and S. sides, 9 r., 4 ft.
1656
June 30 Bill of sale. Hans Steyn to Lucas Dirck Van Den
Burgh. (Original injibrary of J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq.)
Desc: A cert. ho. and lot situated in this city on the
broad way which are bounded on the S. side by the
property of Lysbet Pietersen, wid. of Jan Huygen, and by
that of Dirck Jansen; on the N. side, wide and long
according to gr-br. dated Mch. 10, 165 1 ; another cert,
strip of ground according to the bill of sale dated Aug. 28,
1655, for an alley 4 ft. in general width to the end of the
length of the lot of Jan Swaen who sold the same strip to
Hans Steyn, along the S. side of the lot of Dirck Nes and
the lot of Frederick Jansen; and this by authority of gr-
br. of date of October 23, 1654.
1663
Nov. 15 Deed. Hans Steyn to Lucas Dircksen Van Der Burgh.
(Lib. B, Deeds, N. Y. Co.: 29.) Conveys s. a. preceding
instrument.
1668
Feb. 13 Conf. Governor Nicolls to Lucas Dircksen. (Pats.
Alb., II: 163.) Confirms premises s. a. preceding instru-
ment.
Mch. 10 Gr-br. to Frederic Jansen. (Original in library of J.
Pierpont Morgan, Esq.) Desc: Premises for a ho. and
garden situated on the Island of Manhattan, on the W.
side of the great Gentlemen's Road (Highway), bet. the
premises of Jan Huygen and William Fredericksen, wide,
along the Highway, 3 r. ; along the shore or W. side, 3 r.,
4 ft.; long, both on the S. and N. sides, 9 r., 4 ft. En-
dorsed: The measure of this property has been retaken
and has been staked off according to this indenture,
Manhattan, Apl. 4, 1659. J. Cortelyou, Sworn Sur-
veyor.
1656
June 23 Bill of sale. Jan Pietersen, husband and guardian of
Gretchen Jansen, wid. of Frederic Jansen to Hans Steyn.
(Original in library of J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq.) Desc:
A cert. ho. and lot situated in this city on the Broadway,
which property is bounded on the S. side by that of
Lysbet Pietersen, wid. of Jan Huygen, and on the N. side
by that of Dirck Jansen's; wide and long according to the
gr-br. dated Mch. 10, 165 1. "As it was at the beginning
of the month of April, 1655, as at that time it was fenced
and built upon and was entered upon by the purchaser."
Nov. 15 Deed. Jan Pietersen (having m. wid. of Frerick
Jansen) to Hans Steyn. (Lib. B, Deeds, N. Y. Co.: 28.)
Recites gr-br. to F. Jansen, Mch. 10, 165 1; bill of sale
June 23, 1656. Desc: Ho. and lot W. of Marckvelt;
bounded S. by ho. and lot of D. Wiggersen; N. by ho. and
lot of Director-general; according to said gr-br. is br. in
front on street, or the E. side, 3 r.; in rear, on W. side,
3 r., 4 ft.; long, both N. and S. sides, 9 r., 4 ft.
1656
June 30 Bill of sale. Hans Steyn to Lucas Dirck Van Den
Burgh. (Original injibrary of J. Pierpont Morgan, Esq.)
Desc: A cert. ho. and lot situated in this city on the
broad way which are bounded on the S. side by the
property of Lysbet Pietersen, wid. of Jan Huygen, and by
that of Dirck Jansen; on the N. side, wide and long
according to gr-br. dated Mch. 10, 165 1 ; another cert,
strip of ground according to the bill of sale dated Aug. 28,
1655, for an alley 4 ft. in general width to the end of the
length of the lot of Jan Swaen who sold the same strip to
Hans Steyn, along the S. side of the lot of Dirck Nes and
the lot of Frederick Jansen; and this by authority of gr-
br. of date of October 23, 1654.
1663
Nov. 15 Deed. Hans Steyn to Lucas Dircksen Van Der Burgh.
(Lib. B, Deeds, N. Y. Co.: 29.) Conveys s. a. preceding
instrument.
1668
Feb. 13 Conf. Governor Nicolls to Lucas Dircksen. (Pats.
Alb., II: 163.) Confirms premises s. a. preceding instru-
ment.
