Lot: Domingo Antony - 1643-07-13 (Original Grants and Farms)

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Domingo Antony - 1643-07-13
Lot Group
Original Grants and Farms
Date Start
1643-07-13
To Party 1 (text)
Domingo Antony
From Party (Text)
Kieft
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C. The Grant to Domingo Antony

WiLLEM Kieft, Director, etc., to Domingo Antony, negro. Ground-brief dated July 13, 1643. — Liber GG: 80 (Albany).

Conveys same as confirmation set forth below.

Nicolls to Augustine Hermans. Conf., dated Aug. i, 166%.— Liber Patents, III: 74 (Albany).

"Whereas there was a Pattent or Groundbrief Graunted by ye Dutch Gouvernour William Kieft unto Domingo Antonio, Negroe, for a certain piece of land upon this Island Manhatans, lying and being behynde ye Bowery No. 5 Stretching from ye Waggon way about W. and by N. to ye ffresh Water or Swamp neare to ye Land of Thomas Sanderts, N. it is 36 r. & N. & by W., 60 r.; [should read W. N. W.J then next to ye land of said Thomas Sanders to ye Swamp, 20 r. Conteyning in all about 12 Acres or 5 Morgen, 505 r., w'^'' pattent or Groundbreife soe Graunted as aforesaid bearing date ye 13th day of July, 1643 togethi^w"! all ye Right & Interest of ye said Domingo Antony, deceased, was since purchased by Augustine Herman from Jan de Frijes (De Vries) who had Power to dispose thereof."

Capt. Johan de Vries may have owned the negroes in this settlement. He had a child by one of the women, for whom he made ample provision, as the entry in Chronology, March 8, 1651, sets forth.

Deed, dated July 8, 1672.

"Augustine Herman to Nicholas Bayard of a certaine piece of Land Lying & being uppon the Island Manhatans over the fresh water, beginning from ye corner of ye orchard of Mr. Steenwyck & Olof Stevensen & Running northly along the highway to the corner of the first orchard fence of the sd. Hermans & from je sd. corner allong ye sd. fence westerly Right downe to ye Crippel bush of the fresh water along the sd. swamp uppon a southerly line to the land of Wolphert Webber & allong the land of the sd. Webber easterly to the above corner of Mr. Steenwyck's orchard. Containing to about 5 or 6 morgen more or less." — Book of Deeds and Transfers (1665-1672), 220, in office of county clerk.

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