Lot
J6
Lot Group
Grant Lots
Grant Lot Document(s)
Date Start
1647-04-15
Date End
1667-06-10
To Party 1
To Party 1 (text)
Jeurj-aen Blanck
From Party (Text)
DWIC
Grant Description
Gr-br. to Jeurj-aen Blanck. (GG: 213.) A cert, lot Apl. 15 for a ho. and garden, on the Island of Manhattan. S. of Fort Amsterdam betwixt the lots of Jan Jansen Schep- moes and Gillis Pietersen; its br. in front on the street is 2 r. and 4-' 4 ft.; on the S. side in the rear its br. is 2 r., 2 ft. On the lot of Schepmoes, the length is 8 r., 4W ft.; on the E. side, 8 r., %]A ft.
Document Source(s)
GG: 213
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)
1647
Gr-br. to Jeurj-aen Blanck. (GG: 213.) A cert, lot Apl. 15
for a ho. and garden, on the Island of Manhattan. S. of
Fort Amsterdam betwixt the lots of Jan Jansen Schep-
moes and Gillis Pietersen; its br. in front on the street
is 2 r. and 4-' 4 ft.; on the S. side in the rear its br. is
2 r., 2 ft. On the lot of Schepmoes, the length is 8 r.,
4W ft.; on the E. side, 8 r., %]A ft.
Note: This grant to Blanck was clearly a mistake.
The lot had previously been granted to Teunis Jansen
Zeylmaker (Sailmaker), July 4, 1645. Gillis Pietersen
claimed it by purchase from Jansen and it was awarded
to him bv decision of the Court and confirmed to him.
390
THE ICONOGRAPHY OF MANHATTAN ISLAND
Apl. IS {Rec.N. Am.,V\: 73; Pats. Alb., II: 45.) Bianck never
appears here later, either as owner or neighbour.
1667
June 10 Conf. Governor NicoUs to Gillis Pietersen. (Pats.
Alb., II: 45.) Recites gr-br. to Teunis Jansen Zeyl-
maker, July 4, 1645; transport of same to Pietersen and
lately, 8th inst., by a verdict of the Mayor's Court, v^as
adjudged to belong to him. Desc: S. of the Fort on the
Pearle Street to the W. of Gillis Pietersen's and to the
E. of Jan Jansen Schepmoes; cont'g in br. before towards
the street, on the N. side, 2 r., S ft-; behind on the S.
side, 2 r., 4 ft., 5 ins.; in length on the W. side, 8 r., 8 ft.,
6 ins. next to the said Schepmoes; amtg. in all to 21 r.,
9 ft.
Gr-br. to Jeurj-aen Blanck. (GG: 213.) A cert, lot Apl. 15
for a ho. and garden, on the Island of Manhattan. S. of
Fort Amsterdam betwixt the lots of Jan Jansen Schep-
moes and Gillis Pietersen; its br. in front on the street
is 2 r. and 4-' 4 ft.; on the S. side in the rear its br. is
2 r., 2 ft. On the lot of Schepmoes, the length is 8 r.,
4W ft.; on the E. side, 8 r., %]A ft.
Note: This grant to Blanck was clearly a mistake.
The lot had previously been granted to Teunis Jansen
Zeylmaker (Sailmaker), July 4, 1645. Gillis Pietersen
claimed it by purchase from Jansen and it was awarded
to him bv decision of the Court and confirmed to him.
390
THE ICONOGRAPHY OF MANHATTAN ISLAND
Apl. IS {Rec.N. Am.,V\: 73; Pats. Alb., II: 45.) Bianck never
appears here later, either as owner or neighbour.
1667
June 10 Conf. Governor NicoUs to Gillis Pietersen. (Pats.
Alb., II: 45.) Recites gr-br. to Teunis Jansen Zeyl-
maker, July 4, 1645; transport of same to Pietersen and
lately, 8th inst., by a verdict of the Mayor's Court, v^as
adjudged to belong to him. Desc: S. of the Fort on the
Pearle Street to the W. of Gillis Pietersen's and to the
E. of Jan Jansen Schepmoes; cont'g in br. before towards
the street, on the N. side, 2 r., S ft-; behind on the S.
side, 2 r., 4 ft., 5 ins.; in length on the W. side, 8 r., 8 ft.,
6 ins. next to the said Schepmoes; amtg. in all to 21 r.,
9 ft.
