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Cornelius Tiebout Farm
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THE CORNELIUS TIEBOUT FARM (Roxborough) Block Check List. 848-875-872-559-848.
The Tiebout farm comprised four parcels which are here called A, B, C, and D, but which cannot be defined very accurately. Some other small pieces of land may have entered into the earliest farm. It is known that they were all part of the Stuyvesant farm.
A. Land of Jan Pietersen Slot.
B. Land of Hans Jacobsen van Bern.
C. Land of Pieter Jansen Slot (formerly of Jan Thomas-
sen).
D. Land of John Clapp.
This was originally part of the Stuyvesant lands. The early history is fragmentary; it seems to have been acquired at an early date by John Tommassen, whose heirs conveyed to Cornelius Tiebout. Four parcels may be identified.
The most northerly parcel was sold by Stuyvesant to Jan Pietersen Slot, in 1665.
The parcel adjoining Slot's land was sold by Stuyvesant to Hans Jacobson, 1665.
The parcel south of Hans Jacobson's land was owned by Jan Tomassen in 1669 — Recitals in deed to Hendrick Jansen van Beest.
The most southerly parcel was owned by John Clapp in 1697. His five acre tract was bounded on the south by three small house lots; one of John Tomassen; the next one of Antonio, the free negro, and the third belonged to Peter Lucas, a negro, who was a son of Lucas Peters, and grandson to Solomon Peters. Often called "Doctor Peters," he may have been a physician.
A. Land of Jan Pietersen Slot
Peter Stuvvesant to Jan Pietersen Slot. Deed dated April 20, 1665. Not found of record; recited in Liber Deeds, B: 155 (New York).
Conveys same as deed following.
Jan Pietersen Slot to Hans Jacobsen van Bern. Deed dated Feb. 12, 1669. — Ibid., B: 155 (New York).
Conveys lot near Bowery of Heer Stuyvesant between pasture of Stuyvesant and land of H. Jacobs. Length, E. and W. sides, 80 rods; width, 20 rods.
Recites by virtue of conveyance by Stuyvesant to party of first part dated April 20, 1665.
B. Land of Hans Jacobsen van Bern
Peter Stuyvesant to Hans Jacobsen van Bern. Deed dated April 20, 1665; not found of record; recited in ibid., B: 155 (New York).
(Note: This settler was Hans Jacobsen Harding from Bern; see biographical note in Riker, Hist, of Harlem, 407.)
Conveys land described in deed next following.
Hans Jacobsen van Bern to Hendrick Jansen van Beest. Deed dated Feb. 2, i66g. — Liber Deeds, h: 155 (New York).
Conveys land near Stuyvesant's Bowery, between land of J. Pietersen Slot on east and J. Tomassen on west; length south and north, 94 rods; breadth, middle 11 rods.
Recites by virtue of deed Stuyvesant to first party, April 20, 1665.
Hendrik Jansz van Beest to Hendry Peers. Deed dated April 30, 1673. — "Original Book of N. Y. Deeds," in N. Y. H. S. Collections (1913), 9.
"April the 30th Ao: 1673; —
"On this day Hendrik Jansz Van Beest living on this island Manhatans has conveyed and ceded to and in behalf of Hendry Peers, also living on this island Manhatans certain parcel of land situated on this aforesaid island about the farm of the Heer Petrus Stuyvesant between the land of Jan Pietersz, Eastward and Jan Thomassen, Westward. Is long. South & North ninety four rods, broad in the middle eleven rods. And such by virtue of a conveyance by Hans Jacob, dated Feb. 12, 1668/9 executed in behalf of the aforesaid Hendrik Jansz, as is more explicitly shown in the conveyance signed and sealed by the aforesaid Hendrik Jansz Van Beest in presence of the Secretary Nicolaes Bayard and Ephraim Herman."
C. Land of Pieter Jansen Slot (formerly of Jan Thomassen) Peter Jansen Slott (son of Jan Pietersen Slott) to Thomas Crundall. Deed dated April 10, 1688. — Liber Deeds, XVIII: 55 (New York). Consid. £16, 15 s.
Conveys lot at "Crommesshe," near Stuyvesant's Bouwery, bounded S. W. by John Thomassen; remainder being surrounded by land of G. Stuyvesant.
D. Land of John Clapp
There are no deeds of record into John Clapp, either in New York or Albany, for this parcel.
Friday, March 31, 1693. It was ordered "that Mr Clapp be pound Keeper of y« Bowry." — M. C. C, I: 320.
John Clapp, of the city of New York, gentleman, and Dorothy, his wife, to John Hutchins, of the city afsd., Esq. Deed dated July 27, 1697. — Liber Deeds, IX: 450 (Albany). Consid., £30 (Provincial).
Conveys "All that a cert, parcell of land s. 1. & b. upon this New York Island. In the Bowery ward of the said City Neare unto a cert, piece or Riseing Hillock Called Cromessice and is butted & bounded as followeth, viz.: To the West by the Kings common Highway Leading to Harlem, to the E. by the Land of Cap. Nicholas Stuyvesant; to the S. by three Lotts of Land vizt. that of John Thomason alias John Aikces and that of Antonio the free negro and also the lott of Peter Lucas, free negro, and to the N. also of the Land of the said Captaine Stuyvesant, which land Contains about 5 Acres more or less, English measure, with all the fencing about the said land . . . premises & appurtenances."
How and when Jan Thomasz became the owner of the entire farm has not been discovered, though considerable research has been made. In the ancient abstract quoted the source of his early title does not appear.
Thomas de la Montagne, of the city of New York, cartman; John Eckerson, of Schohary, in Albany County, blacksmith; Abraham Paulding, of the city of New York, cartman; Elizabeth Potter, of the city of New York, widow; John van Rernan (Rommen); Cornelius van Veghten, of said city, cordwainer, to Cornelius Tiebout, of the city of New York, merchant. Deed dated Sept. 12, 1748. Not found of record; see below.
Conveys All that certain piece of land "in the neighborhood of Crommessie" bounded north by lands of John Watts, west by the King's Highway; south (south and east) by lands of Gerard Stuyvesant, containing 3234" acres.
The foregoing deed, on parchment, was in possession of Mr. Cornelius Tiebout Williams. It was not proved or recorded. In 1836, it was produced before Frederick De Peyster, master in chancery, in the suit of Hearn vs. Williams. — Statement in an ancient abstract in possession of the author. The grantors were the heirs of one Jan Thomaszen (who assumed the surname of Eckerson about 1692).
For a biographical sketch of this settler, see Purple, Ancient Families 0/ N. Y., p. 23.
Cornelius Tiebout devised his estate called Roxborough to his wife, Mary Magdalene Tiebout. Will dated Feb. 14, ijS^.— Liber IFills, XXXVllh 178 (New York). She married Edward Williams in 1787. Their son was Cornelius Tiebout Williams.
In August, 1780, Roxborough was tenanted by Gen. Sir Henry Clinton. The farm is erroneously attributed to John Bebout, on the list of farms of absentees made by Gerard Bancker. See this list in Chronology, under Aug. 23, 1780. See Bulletin of N. Y. Hist. Soc, April, 1917.
The house, which is shown on the Ratzer Map and on the Randel Map, stood diagonally across the south-east corner of iSth St. and Fourth Ave.
The Tiebout farm comprised four parcels which are here called A, B, C, and D, but which cannot be defined very accurately. Some other small pieces of land may have entered into the earliest farm. It is known that they were all part of the Stuyvesant farm.
A. Land of Jan Pietersen Slot.
B. Land of Hans Jacobsen van Bern.
C. Land of Pieter Jansen Slot (formerly of Jan Thomas-
sen).
D. Land of John Clapp.
This was originally part of the Stuyvesant lands. The early history is fragmentary; it seems to have been acquired at an early date by John Tommassen, whose heirs conveyed to Cornelius Tiebout. Four parcels may be identified.
The most northerly parcel was sold by Stuyvesant to Jan Pietersen Slot, in 1665.
The parcel adjoining Slot's land was sold by Stuyvesant to Hans Jacobson, 1665.
The parcel south of Hans Jacobson's land was owned by Jan Tomassen in 1669 — Recitals in deed to Hendrick Jansen van Beest.
The most southerly parcel was owned by John Clapp in 1697. His five acre tract was bounded on the south by three small house lots; one of John Tomassen; the next one of Antonio, the free negro, and the third belonged to Peter Lucas, a negro, who was a son of Lucas Peters, and grandson to Solomon Peters. Often called "Doctor Peters," he may have been a physician.
A. Land of Jan Pietersen Slot
Peter Stuvvesant to Jan Pietersen Slot. Deed dated April 20, 1665. Not found of record; recited in Liber Deeds, B: 155 (New York).
Conveys same as deed following.
Jan Pietersen Slot to Hans Jacobsen van Bern. Deed dated Feb. 12, 1669. — Ibid., B: 155 (New York).
Conveys lot near Bowery of Heer Stuyvesant between pasture of Stuyvesant and land of H. Jacobs. Length, E. and W. sides, 80 rods; width, 20 rods.
Recites by virtue of conveyance by Stuyvesant to party of first part dated April 20, 1665.
B. Land of Hans Jacobsen van Bern
Peter Stuyvesant to Hans Jacobsen van Bern. Deed dated April 20, 1665; not found of record; recited in ibid., B: 155 (New York).
(Note: This settler was Hans Jacobsen Harding from Bern; see biographical note in Riker, Hist, of Harlem, 407.)
Conveys land described in deed next following.
Hans Jacobsen van Bern to Hendrick Jansen van Beest. Deed dated Feb. 2, i66g. — Liber Deeds, h: 155 (New York).
Conveys land near Stuyvesant's Bowery, between land of J. Pietersen Slot on east and J. Tomassen on west; length south and north, 94 rods; breadth, middle 11 rods.
Recites by virtue of deed Stuyvesant to first party, April 20, 1665.
Hendrik Jansz van Beest to Hendry Peers. Deed dated April 30, 1673. — "Original Book of N. Y. Deeds," in N. Y. H. S. Collections (1913), 9.
"April the 30th Ao: 1673; —
"On this day Hendrik Jansz Van Beest living on this island Manhatans has conveyed and ceded to and in behalf of Hendry Peers, also living on this island Manhatans certain parcel of land situated on this aforesaid island about the farm of the Heer Petrus Stuyvesant between the land of Jan Pietersz, Eastward and Jan Thomassen, Westward. Is long. South & North ninety four rods, broad in the middle eleven rods. And such by virtue of a conveyance by Hans Jacob, dated Feb. 12, 1668/9 executed in behalf of the aforesaid Hendrik Jansz, as is more explicitly shown in the conveyance signed and sealed by the aforesaid Hendrik Jansz Van Beest in presence of the Secretary Nicolaes Bayard and Ephraim Herman."
C. Land of Pieter Jansen Slot (formerly of Jan Thomassen) Peter Jansen Slott (son of Jan Pietersen Slott) to Thomas Crundall. Deed dated April 10, 1688. — Liber Deeds, XVIII: 55 (New York). Consid. £16, 15 s.
Conveys lot at "Crommesshe," near Stuyvesant's Bouwery, bounded S. W. by John Thomassen; remainder being surrounded by land of G. Stuyvesant.
D. Land of John Clapp
There are no deeds of record into John Clapp, either in New York or Albany, for this parcel.
Friday, March 31, 1693. It was ordered "that Mr Clapp be pound Keeper of y« Bowry." — M. C. C, I: 320.
John Clapp, of the city of New York, gentleman, and Dorothy, his wife, to John Hutchins, of the city afsd., Esq. Deed dated July 27, 1697. — Liber Deeds, IX: 450 (Albany). Consid., £30 (Provincial).
Conveys "All that a cert, parcell of land s. 1. & b. upon this New York Island. In the Bowery ward of the said City Neare unto a cert, piece or Riseing Hillock Called Cromessice and is butted & bounded as followeth, viz.: To the West by the Kings common Highway Leading to Harlem, to the E. by the Land of Cap. Nicholas Stuyvesant; to the S. by three Lotts of Land vizt. that of John Thomason alias John Aikces and that of Antonio the free negro and also the lott of Peter Lucas, free negro, and to the N. also of the Land of the said Captaine Stuyvesant, which land Contains about 5 Acres more or less, English measure, with all the fencing about the said land . . . premises & appurtenances."
How and when Jan Thomasz became the owner of the entire farm has not been discovered, though considerable research has been made. In the ancient abstract quoted the source of his early title does not appear.
Thomas de la Montagne, of the city of New York, cartman; John Eckerson, of Schohary, in Albany County, blacksmith; Abraham Paulding, of the city of New York, cartman; Elizabeth Potter, of the city of New York, widow; John van Rernan (Rommen); Cornelius van Veghten, of said city, cordwainer, to Cornelius Tiebout, of the city of New York, merchant. Deed dated Sept. 12, 1748. Not found of record; see below.
Conveys All that certain piece of land "in the neighborhood of Crommessie" bounded north by lands of John Watts, west by the King's Highway; south (south and east) by lands of Gerard Stuyvesant, containing 3234" acres.
The foregoing deed, on parchment, was in possession of Mr. Cornelius Tiebout Williams. It was not proved or recorded. In 1836, it was produced before Frederick De Peyster, master in chancery, in the suit of Hearn vs. Williams. — Statement in an ancient abstract in possession of the author. The grantors were the heirs of one Jan Thomaszen (who assumed the surname of Eckerson about 1692).
For a biographical sketch of this settler, see Purple, Ancient Families 0/ N. Y., p. 23.
Cornelius Tiebout devised his estate called Roxborough to his wife, Mary Magdalene Tiebout. Will dated Feb. 14, ijS^.— Liber IFills, XXXVllh 178 (New York). She married Edward Williams in 1787. Their son was Cornelius Tiebout Williams.
In August, 1780, Roxborough was tenanted by Gen. Sir Henry Clinton. The farm is erroneously attributed to John Bebout, on the list of farms of absentees made by Gerard Bancker. See this list in Chronology, under Aug. 23, 1780. See Bulletin of N. Y. Hist. Soc, April, 1917.
The house, which is shown on the Ratzer Map and on the Randel Map, stood diagonally across the south-east corner of iSth St. and Fourth Ave.
