Lot
Edward Marill - 1645-10-22
Lot Group
Original Grants and Farms
Date Start
1645-10-22
To Party 1
To Party 1 (text)
Edward Marill
From Party
From Party (Text)
Kieft
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F. Marill's Grant
Edward Marill, who received the following grant, may have been English. As Edward Marrel he received a grant, Nov. 3, 1645, for a house and garden on the west side of De Prince's Graft (Broad St.), Lot 18, Block C, II: 373. He is not noticed later in the records.
Willem Kieft, Director, etc., to Edward Marill. Groundbrief dated Oct. 22, 1645. — Not found of record; recited in Liber Patents, IV: 176 (Albany).
Conveys premises set forth in confirmation.
Edward Marill to Hendrick Pieters. Deed not found of record; recited in Liber Patents, IV: 176 (Albany).
Conveys premises described in confirmation.
Hendrick Pieters to Cornelys .Aartsen. Deed not found of record; recited in Liber Patents, IV: 176 (Albany).
Conveys premises described in confirmation.
Francis Lovelace, Governour, etc. to the children and heirs of Cornelys Aartsen. Confirmation dated Sept. 16, 1669. — Liber Patents, IV: 176 (Albany).
"Francis Lovelace Esq' &c Whereas there was a Pattent or Groundbreife heretofore Graunted by ye Dutch Governor William Kieft unto Edward Marill for a certaine peice of Land upon this Island Manhatans lying & being on ye East End of Cornelys Jacobs & on ye West end of Curlers Plantation it Strikes from ye Strand through a peice of Meadowe Ground weh reaches to ye aforenamed Cornelys Jacobs Land North & by East Seaventy six Rod, from ye said Cornelys Land to Curlers Plantation East & by North on ye East Seaventy Rod next to ye Lymitts of ye said Curlers Land to ye Strand of ye East Ryver [and along the strand] South & by West a halfe stroke Northerly one hundred & Twenty Rod in all amounting to about Two & Twenty A or Eleaven Margen & two hundred Rod w^^li said Pattent or Groundbrife bearing date ye 22';h day of Octobr 1645 w^s transported by ye said E Marill unto Hendrick Pieters & by him to Cornelys Aartsen."
Ariaen Cornelissen, Hendrick Cornelissen and Lysbeth Cornelissen, lawful heirs of Cornelis Aartsen, deceased, to John Berry. Deed dated Jan. 8, 1669/9. — ^""^ 0/ Deeds & Transfers (June 1665-Dec. 1672), 165.
Conveys same land.
There is no deed from Captain John Berry, of record. He seems to have immediately conveyed to Steenwyck and Van Cortlandt, for Wolphert Webber had leased the land before his death, which occurred earlier than June 18, 1670. Adriaen Cornelissen (who had charge of the farm until Steenwyck's death) brought suit for the rent. — Rec. N. Am., VII: 26.
In 1 67 1, Webber's own land, adjoining, was added to the Dominie's farm completing its acreage. See the Van Elslandt parcel.
The devolution of the title from the heirs of Mrs. Selyns into James De Lancey Senior, is set forth in the Plow and Harrow parcel.
Lieut. Gov. De Lancey died July 30, 1760. No will was filed in New York.
This farm and other property in New York descended to his eldest son, James De Lancey.
Jones, Hist, of N. Y. during Rev. War, II: 541, says that in the latter part of April, 1775, "Mr. de Lancey sailed for England on one of the summer visits he had for some years been accustomed to make, leaving his family at home and his affairs in the hands of his agent as usual. As affairs grew darker he eventually sent for his family and never returned to America."
William Smith says: "James de Lancey who had fled to England . . . and there joined the Whig opposition to the Tory administration, writes to his friends in New York urging the adoption by the continental congress of Burke's "Bill for a Reconcilliation." — Chronolog)'.
The De Lancey family suffered heavily by the Act of Confiscation. Under Chapter 25, Laws of 1779, the entire estate was sold by Isaac Stoutenburgh and Philip van Cortlandt, commissioners of forfeiture of the Southern District of New York.
De Lancey tried to sell part of the property before the act went into effect. He sold the Plow and Harrow land to Pell. An advertisement reads: "To be sold at private sale . . . that elegant and well built mansion house being the property of the said James De Lancey, with 32 or 64 lots of ground." — N. Y. Gaz. and Weekly Mercury, March 11, 1782.
In the Manuscript Division of the N. Y. P. L. there is a map and a list of papers copied from originals in the Audit Office, Vol. 88, London.
"List of the papers in the case of James Delancey Esq. in respect of his property, situated in the Out Ward of the City of New York called the Bowery."
"The papers I [J. Anstey] have thought material to be obtained in the case are sent herewith and consist of: —
1. A schedule of the amount ot Sales, from the Commissioners of Forfeiture of the Southern District.
2. A Map of the Howry Estate made prior to the war, which I drew with my own hands from the original lent me for that purpose by the Commissioners of Forfeiture.
3. A state of the Title to part of the estate in the Bowry, and of the subsisting dispute between the Family of De Reimer and the people of this State, with which I was favoured by the ."Attorney General.
4. An estimate or appraisement of the Value by sworn Appraisers made in the year 1781.
(The total estimate is given as £94145. Judge Jones computed the returns from the sale of the lands at £93639.10, New York currency, in dollars — ^234,198.75.)
5. An affidavit of George Stanton, Carpenter, sometime Agent for James Delancey respecting the Bowery Estate, with two small papers annexed, one of which is in his own handwriting.
6. An account of the several Title Deeds transmitted by George Stanton to James Delancey soon after the evacuation.
7. A certificate from the Treasury of the State negative of Debts due upon the Estate.
8. A certificate from the Secretary of the State negative ot Incumbrances."
The map with these papers is one copied for the library in 1898, by B. F. Stevens. Said to be a copy of an original in the Audit Office in London.
It differs materially from the map shown in Lamb, HUt. City of N. Y., I: 617, which is also reproduced in Jones, Hist. of N. Y. in the Rev., \\: 558.
"The subsisting dispute between the Family of De Reimer and the people of this State" would no doubt be interesting reading. The De Reimers had sold all their interest in the property in 1741.
Undoubtedly a map was made for the State, at the request of Isaac Stoutenburgh, one of the commissioners of forfeiture.
The history of this map is contained in Bancker's Manuscript notes, in N. Y. Hist. Soc.
The.se notes show that the plan by which the commissioners of forfeiture sold the estate was made between July 27, 1782, and February 17, 1784. Delancey 's Square has disappeared from this map. Orchard St. is continued north to Stuyvesant's land. Two additional streets, not named but now known as
Allen and Ludlow Sts., are shown. Bancker's notes explain it very clearly.
"1782 July 27, 28, 29. Spent most part of these 3 days in make[ing] two sketches of Mr. De Lanceys ground to send to him to have his aprobation the one in part the old plan by Ratzers map the other a new plan that is to say to make every cross street from the Bowery except the first to be 200 feet apart and 50 feet wide, which will make 2 more streets than there is at present, made remarks on a separate sheet of paper to go with the plans to England."
1783 July 7. Bancker's field notes of the Survey of James De Lancey 's Land.
Courses and land marks given but no acreage mentioned.
Also notes of survey of the northernmost meadow, containing 16 acres: and of several others, one called "the North Cove Meadow," &c.
"Feb'y 17, 1784. Finished (a .Plan of James De Lanceys land on 6 sheets of the largest & best paper, on a scale of 100 feet to an inch) for the State at the Request of Mr. Isaac Stoutenburgh it contains upward of 20 square feet."
Among the Steenwyck papers relating to the Dominie's farm is the following.
"Memorandum, by means of Grontbrieven, Deeds, Leases, and Morgen Number, drawn from the Patents of the Hon. Stuyvesant and NicoUs, Governors of this Province, dated April 7th, 1660, March 15th, 1666, and August loth, 1667.
"By measurements made April 5th, 1689, by Mr. John Holwel, {sic') sworn surveyor, in presence of the neighbors and best known persons, there was found to be of clear land, woodland, fresh and salt meadow, as appers by the draft made and attested by the same, the total of 269 acres, 3 rods, and 38 feet, or reckoning 15 acres as 7 morgens of land, it would amount in quantity to about 125 morgens, 304 rods.
"Remains the amount of 8 m: 308 rods. Together 134 morgens, 12 rods."
This memo, annotated: "Morgen Number of my Bouwery on the fresh water. There remains to us according to patents the quantity of 8 morgens, 308 rods."
Howell measured the Dominie's farm; called it a little more than 269 acres. The Mansion House plot called 18 acres. Total 2S7 acres. The Bancker surveys do not give any acreage. Edwin Smith thought the farm contained about 339 acres. These conflicting figures cannot be reconciled.
The Howell Map of April 5, 1689, is not with the Steenwyck papers. No copy of it has been found. Bancker usually copied any map that he thought important. No such copy has been found, indicating that the map disappeared very early.
Edward Marill, who received the following grant, may have been English. As Edward Marrel he received a grant, Nov. 3, 1645, for a house and garden on the west side of De Prince's Graft (Broad St.), Lot 18, Block C, II: 373. He is not noticed later in the records.
Willem Kieft, Director, etc., to Edward Marill. Groundbrief dated Oct. 22, 1645. — Not found of record; recited in Liber Patents, IV: 176 (Albany).
Conveys premises set forth in confirmation.
Edward Marill to Hendrick Pieters. Deed not found of record; recited in Liber Patents, IV: 176 (Albany).
Conveys premises described in confirmation.
Hendrick Pieters to Cornelys .Aartsen. Deed not found of record; recited in Liber Patents, IV: 176 (Albany).
Conveys premises described in confirmation.
Francis Lovelace, Governour, etc. to the children and heirs of Cornelys Aartsen. Confirmation dated Sept. 16, 1669. — Liber Patents, IV: 176 (Albany).
"Francis Lovelace Esq' &c Whereas there was a Pattent or Groundbreife heretofore Graunted by ye Dutch Governor William Kieft unto Edward Marill for a certaine peice of Land upon this Island Manhatans lying & being on ye East End of Cornelys Jacobs & on ye West end of Curlers Plantation it Strikes from ye Strand through a peice of Meadowe Ground weh reaches to ye aforenamed Cornelys Jacobs Land North & by East Seaventy six Rod, from ye said Cornelys Land to Curlers Plantation East & by North on ye East Seaventy Rod next to ye Lymitts of ye said Curlers Land to ye Strand of ye East Ryver [and along the strand] South & by West a halfe stroke Northerly one hundred & Twenty Rod in all amounting to about Two & Twenty A or Eleaven Margen & two hundred Rod w^^li said Pattent or Groundbrife bearing date ye 22';h day of Octobr 1645 w^s transported by ye said E Marill unto Hendrick Pieters & by him to Cornelys Aartsen."
Ariaen Cornelissen, Hendrick Cornelissen and Lysbeth Cornelissen, lawful heirs of Cornelis Aartsen, deceased, to John Berry. Deed dated Jan. 8, 1669/9. — ^""^ 0/ Deeds & Transfers (June 1665-Dec. 1672), 165.
Conveys same land.
There is no deed from Captain John Berry, of record. He seems to have immediately conveyed to Steenwyck and Van Cortlandt, for Wolphert Webber had leased the land before his death, which occurred earlier than June 18, 1670. Adriaen Cornelissen (who had charge of the farm until Steenwyck's death) brought suit for the rent. — Rec. N. Am., VII: 26.
In 1 67 1, Webber's own land, adjoining, was added to the Dominie's farm completing its acreage. See the Van Elslandt parcel.
The devolution of the title from the heirs of Mrs. Selyns into James De Lancey Senior, is set forth in the Plow and Harrow parcel.
Lieut. Gov. De Lancey died July 30, 1760. No will was filed in New York.
This farm and other property in New York descended to his eldest son, James De Lancey.
Jones, Hist, of N. Y. during Rev. War, II: 541, says that in the latter part of April, 1775, "Mr. de Lancey sailed for England on one of the summer visits he had for some years been accustomed to make, leaving his family at home and his affairs in the hands of his agent as usual. As affairs grew darker he eventually sent for his family and never returned to America."
William Smith says: "James de Lancey who had fled to England . . . and there joined the Whig opposition to the Tory administration, writes to his friends in New York urging the adoption by the continental congress of Burke's "Bill for a Reconcilliation." — Chronolog)'.
The De Lancey family suffered heavily by the Act of Confiscation. Under Chapter 25, Laws of 1779, the entire estate was sold by Isaac Stoutenburgh and Philip van Cortlandt, commissioners of forfeiture of the Southern District of New York.
De Lancey tried to sell part of the property before the act went into effect. He sold the Plow and Harrow land to Pell. An advertisement reads: "To be sold at private sale . . . that elegant and well built mansion house being the property of the said James De Lancey, with 32 or 64 lots of ground." — N. Y. Gaz. and Weekly Mercury, March 11, 1782.
In the Manuscript Division of the N. Y. P. L. there is a map and a list of papers copied from originals in the Audit Office, Vol. 88, London.
"List of the papers in the case of James Delancey Esq. in respect of his property, situated in the Out Ward of the City of New York called the Bowery."
"The papers I [J. Anstey] have thought material to be obtained in the case are sent herewith and consist of: —
1. A schedule of the amount ot Sales, from the Commissioners of Forfeiture of the Southern District.
2. A Map of the Howry Estate made prior to the war, which I drew with my own hands from the original lent me for that purpose by the Commissioners of Forfeiture.
3. A state of the Title to part of the estate in the Bowry, and of the subsisting dispute between the Family of De Reimer and the people of this State, with which I was favoured by the ."Attorney General.
4. An estimate or appraisement of the Value by sworn Appraisers made in the year 1781.
(The total estimate is given as £94145. Judge Jones computed the returns from the sale of the lands at £93639.10, New York currency, in dollars — ^234,198.75.)
5. An affidavit of George Stanton, Carpenter, sometime Agent for James Delancey respecting the Bowery Estate, with two small papers annexed, one of which is in his own handwriting.
6. An account of the several Title Deeds transmitted by George Stanton to James Delancey soon after the evacuation.
7. A certificate from the Treasury of the State negative of Debts due upon the Estate.
8. A certificate from the Secretary of the State negative ot Incumbrances."
The map with these papers is one copied for the library in 1898, by B. F. Stevens. Said to be a copy of an original in the Audit Office in London.
It differs materially from the map shown in Lamb, HUt. City of N. Y., I: 617, which is also reproduced in Jones, Hist. of N. Y. in the Rev., \\: 558.
"The subsisting dispute between the Family of De Reimer and the people of this State" would no doubt be interesting reading. The De Reimers had sold all their interest in the property in 1741.
Undoubtedly a map was made for the State, at the request of Isaac Stoutenburgh, one of the commissioners of forfeiture.
The history of this map is contained in Bancker's Manuscript notes, in N. Y. Hist. Soc.
The.se notes show that the plan by which the commissioners of forfeiture sold the estate was made between July 27, 1782, and February 17, 1784. Delancey 's Square has disappeared from this map. Orchard St. is continued north to Stuyvesant's land. Two additional streets, not named but now known as
Allen and Ludlow Sts., are shown. Bancker's notes explain it very clearly.
"1782 July 27, 28, 29. Spent most part of these 3 days in make[ing] two sketches of Mr. De Lanceys ground to send to him to have his aprobation the one in part the old plan by Ratzers map the other a new plan that is to say to make every cross street from the Bowery except the first to be 200 feet apart and 50 feet wide, which will make 2 more streets than there is at present, made remarks on a separate sheet of paper to go with the plans to England."
1783 July 7. Bancker's field notes of the Survey of James De Lancey 's Land.
Courses and land marks given but no acreage mentioned.
Also notes of survey of the northernmost meadow, containing 16 acres: and of several others, one called "the North Cove Meadow," &c.
"Feb'y 17, 1784. Finished (a .Plan of James De Lanceys land on 6 sheets of the largest & best paper, on a scale of 100 feet to an inch) for the State at the Request of Mr. Isaac Stoutenburgh it contains upward of 20 square feet."
Among the Steenwyck papers relating to the Dominie's farm is the following.
"Memorandum, by means of Grontbrieven, Deeds, Leases, and Morgen Number, drawn from the Patents of the Hon. Stuyvesant and NicoUs, Governors of this Province, dated April 7th, 1660, March 15th, 1666, and August loth, 1667.
"By measurements made April 5th, 1689, by Mr. John Holwel, {sic') sworn surveyor, in presence of the neighbors and best known persons, there was found to be of clear land, woodland, fresh and salt meadow, as appers by the draft made and attested by the same, the total of 269 acres, 3 rods, and 38 feet, or reckoning 15 acres as 7 morgens of land, it would amount in quantity to about 125 morgens, 304 rods.
"Remains the amount of 8 m: 308 rods. Together 134 morgens, 12 rods."
This memo, annotated: "Morgen Number of my Bouwery on the fresh water. There remains to us according to patents the quantity of 8 morgens, 308 rods."
Howell measured the Dominie's farm; called it a little more than 269 acres. The Mansion House plot called 18 acres. Total 2S7 acres. The Bancker surveys do not give any acreage. Edwin Smith thought the farm contained about 339 acres. These conflicting figures cannot be reconciled.
The Howell Map of April 5, 1689, is not with the Steenwyck papers. No copy of it has been found. Bancker usually copied any map that he thought important. No such copy has been found, indicating that the map disappeared very early.
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