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Franklin and Robinson Farm
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Original Grants and Farms
Property Was Used in 1660 For:
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THE FR.'^NKLIN AND ROBINSON FARM
Block Check List., West Side of Road. 704-756-751-726700-704.
Block Check List. East Side of Road. 756-808-807 754-756-752-805-800-748-752.
John Morin Scott died siezed of this farm in September,
1784. The Scott estate included all of lot 2 of the Weylandt patent; that part of lot I which was west of the road to Greenwich; all of Casper Caster's ground-brief, and all of the northerly one half of the easterly parcel of the Remsen patent. Twelve acres at the south west cornerofhis farm, bequeathed to his daughter, Mary M<:Knight, became part of the Clark estate. The rest of the farm vested in Samuel Franklin and William T. Robinson. Later known as the Franklin and Robinson farm.
Lots I and 2 of the Weylandt were allotted to AUard Anthony. Allard Anthony to Cornelius Van Bursum. Deed dated Dec. 24, i6-]S.— Liier Deeds, VI: 89 (Albany).
Conveys All my part of the right, title and interest w* I have to two parcels lying and being upon this Island Manhatans together with the meadow ground or valley adjoining called Clapboard Valley, (signed) Allard Anthony.
The date of this deed must have been much earlier tJtarn 1678; probably 1668; recorded 1678.
There is an entry in the Rec. N. Am., June 11, 167;, of a: suit brought by Johannes van Couwenhoven against Cornelis. van Borsum. The court referred it to arbitrators. — ^VI: 376., Possibly this land was the subject in dispute. At all events,. Van Borsum's lots belonged to Van Couwenhoven in 1675,, as the following extract from his will proves.
"I have made an agreement with my eldest son Jacob van Couwenhoven and have given to him one Lott In the Pasture Land for ye space of tenn current years the time is gone in A.D. 1685 in the month of May [the lot is then to fall into the residuary estate] . . . and have built thereupon a House and Bame the fence thereuppon is to remaine at the end of the timt."— Liber I'/ills, III: 195 (N. Y.).
This early fence, called in the Dutch " a clapboard," may have been the reason for the name, "The Clapboard Valley," by which the small meadow at the south-west end of lot i of the Weylandt was known.
As the clapboards were there in 1668, when the NicoIIs ipatent issued, it may be assumed that the patentees were in ^possession before that time.
Lots I and 2 of the Weylandt remained in Johannes van Couwenhoven and his descendants for many years. No deeds have been found of record from them. Before 1764, John Morin Scott owned all of lot 2, and that part of lot i west of the Greenwich road; at that time Jacob van Orden owned, that part of lot i east of the road. Recitals in the deeds on theClarke farm in 1750, mention Brandt Schuyler as in possession of lot I; probably under lease.
The Ratzer Map, 1766-7, shows the house of J. M. Scotc Esq., on an elevation west of the road. The Randel Map, 1819, shows a house on the same site, between 30th and 31st streets, abcjt 200 feet west of 8th ave. In all probability the original house was Johannes van Couwenhoven's. An entrjr in John Adams' Diary, 1774-5, quoted in Memorial Hist, of N. Y., II: 473 (note) says (in part):
"Mr. Scott has an elegant seat there, with Hudson's river just beyond his house, and a rural prospect all around him." John Morin Scott probably bought the Weylandt lots from the heirs of Van Couwenhoven. The rest of his farm, consisting of the upper half of the easterly part of the Remsen grant and nearly all of the Caspar Caster grant, he bought from Lieut. Col. John Maunsell. The source of Maunsell's title kas not been found.
John Maunsell to John Morin Scott. Deed dated Sept. 12, iy64.— Liber Deeds, XX: 388 (Albany).
John Maunsell, Esq., lieutenant colonel of his Majesty's Twenty-Seventh Regiment of Foot, and Elizabeth, his wife, of the one part, and John Morin Scott, of the City of New' York, Esq., of the other part. Cons., £1300.
Conveys "all those two certain peices or parcels of Land, situate, lying and being in the Outward of the City of New York, being seperated the one from the other by the road leading to the Great Kills that is to say one of the said Tracts lying on the westerly side and the other on the easterly side of the said road ..." &c.
The description in this deed is long and complicated. Reference may be made to the original.
John Morin Scott became indebted to General Maunsell in a considerable sum. The estate was sold under a judgment, as follows:
Robert Boyd, Esq., Sheriff of the City and County of New York, to Lewis Allaire Scott, Esq. Sheriff's Deed dated July 30, 1790. — Liber Beeds, XXIII: 67 (Albany).
Recites whereas John Morin Scott, Esq., died seized of "A certain Farm or Tract of Land situate in the Outward of the City of New York about three Miles from the said City and adjoining to Hudsons River, lying on each side of the road leading from Greenwich to John Leake's and between lands now or late the property of or in the occupancy of the Widow Clarke on the southerly side And Lands now or late the property of Thomas Warner on the northerly side thereof, Containing by estimation, 123 Acres, be the same more or less."
Recites will of John Morin Scott, dated 2d of September, 1784, proved Sept. 28, 1784 {Liber Wills, XXXVII: 236, New York), leaving above lands in certain proportions to Lewis Allaire Scott, his son, and Mary MacKnight, wife of Charles MacKnight, his daughter.
Whereas John Maunsell, Major General in the Armies of his Brittanic Majesty, did obtain a judgment in the Supreme Court, April, 1789, against Lewis Allaire Scott and Mary McKnight, et al., for £2206 &c.
The Sheriff sold for the account of Lewis Allaire Scott, Mary McKnight, and Helena Meyer, formerly Helena Scott.
Lewis Allaire Scott and Julianna, his wife, to Samuel Franklin and William T. Robinson, merchants. Deed dated Dec. 7, 1792. — Liber Deeds, XXVII: 60 (Albany). Consid., £1000.
Conveys three parcels of land, in all 11 1.78 acres; all of the original farm except 12 acres, sold to Mary Clarke {q. v.).
Block Check List., West Side of Road. 704-756-751-726700-704.
Block Check List. East Side of Road. 756-808-807 754-756-752-805-800-748-752.
John Morin Scott died siezed of this farm in September,
1784. The Scott estate included all of lot 2 of the Weylandt patent; that part of lot I which was west of the road to Greenwich; all of Casper Caster's ground-brief, and all of the northerly one half of the easterly parcel of the Remsen patent. Twelve acres at the south west cornerofhis farm, bequeathed to his daughter, Mary M<:Knight, became part of the Clark estate. The rest of the farm vested in Samuel Franklin and William T. Robinson. Later known as the Franklin and Robinson farm.
Lots I and 2 of the Weylandt were allotted to AUard Anthony. Allard Anthony to Cornelius Van Bursum. Deed dated Dec. 24, i6-]S.— Liier Deeds, VI: 89 (Albany).
Conveys All my part of the right, title and interest w* I have to two parcels lying and being upon this Island Manhatans together with the meadow ground or valley adjoining called Clapboard Valley, (signed) Allard Anthony.
The date of this deed must have been much earlier tJtarn 1678; probably 1668; recorded 1678.
There is an entry in the Rec. N. Am., June 11, 167;, of a: suit brought by Johannes van Couwenhoven against Cornelis. van Borsum. The court referred it to arbitrators. — ^VI: 376., Possibly this land was the subject in dispute. At all events,. Van Borsum's lots belonged to Van Couwenhoven in 1675,, as the following extract from his will proves.
"I have made an agreement with my eldest son Jacob van Couwenhoven and have given to him one Lott In the Pasture Land for ye space of tenn current years the time is gone in A.D. 1685 in the month of May [the lot is then to fall into the residuary estate] . . . and have built thereupon a House and Bame the fence thereuppon is to remaine at the end of the timt."— Liber I'/ills, III: 195 (N. Y.).
This early fence, called in the Dutch " a clapboard," may have been the reason for the name, "The Clapboard Valley," by which the small meadow at the south-west end of lot i of the Weylandt was known.
As the clapboards were there in 1668, when the NicoIIs ipatent issued, it may be assumed that the patentees were in ^possession before that time.
Lots I and 2 of the Weylandt remained in Johannes van Couwenhoven and his descendants for many years. No deeds have been found of record from them. Before 1764, John Morin Scott owned all of lot 2, and that part of lot i west of the Greenwich road; at that time Jacob van Orden owned, that part of lot i east of the road. Recitals in the deeds on theClarke farm in 1750, mention Brandt Schuyler as in possession of lot I; probably under lease.
The Ratzer Map, 1766-7, shows the house of J. M. Scotc Esq., on an elevation west of the road. The Randel Map, 1819, shows a house on the same site, between 30th and 31st streets, abcjt 200 feet west of 8th ave. In all probability the original house was Johannes van Couwenhoven's. An entrjr in John Adams' Diary, 1774-5, quoted in Memorial Hist, of N. Y., II: 473 (note) says (in part):
"Mr. Scott has an elegant seat there, with Hudson's river just beyond his house, and a rural prospect all around him." John Morin Scott probably bought the Weylandt lots from the heirs of Van Couwenhoven. The rest of his farm, consisting of the upper half of the easterly part of the Remsen grant and nearly all of the Caspar Caster grant, he bought from Lieut. Col. John Maunsell. The source of Maunsell's title kas not been found.
John Maunsell to John Morin Scott. Deed dated Sept. 12, iy64.— Liber Deeds, XX: 388 (Albany).
John Maunsell, Esq., lieutenant colonel of his Majesty's Twenty-Seventh Regiment of Foot, and Elizabeth, his wife, of the one part, and John Morin Scott, of the City of New' York, Esq., of the other part. Cons., £1300.
Conveys "all those two certain peices or parcels of Land, situate, lying and being in the Outward of the City of New York, being seperated the one from the other by the road leading to the Great Kills that is to say one of the said Tracts lying on the westerly side and the other on the easterly side of the said road ..." &c.
The description in this deed is long and complicated. Reference may be made to the original.
John Morin Scott became indebted to General Maunsell in a considerable sum. The estate was sold under a judgment, as follows:
Robert Boyd, Esq., Sheriff of the City and County of New York, to Lewis Allaire Scott, Esq. Sheriff's Deed dated July 30, 1790. — Liber Beeds, XXIII: 67 (Albany).
Recites whereas John Morin Scott, Esq., died seized of "A certain Farm or Tract of Land situate in the Outward of the City of New York about three Miles from the said City and adjoining to Hudsons River, lying on each side of the road leading from Greenwich to John Leake's and between lands now or late the property of or in the occupancy of the Widow Clarke on the southerly side And Lands now or late the property of Thomas Warner on the northerly side thereof, Containing by estimation, 123 Acres, be the same more or less."
Recites will of John Morin Scott, dated 2d of September, 1784, proved Sept. 28, 1784 {Liber Wills, XXXVII: 236, New York), leaving above lands in certain proportions to Lewis Allaire Scott, his son, and Mary MacKnight, wife of Charles MacKnight, his daughter.
Whereas John Maunsell, Major General in the Armies of his Brittanic Majesty, did obtain a judgment in the Supreme Court, April, 1789, against Lewis Allaire Scott and Mary McKnight, et al., for £2206 &c.
The Sheriff sold for the account of Lewis Allaire Scott, Mary McKnight, and Helena Meyer, formerly Helena Scott.
Lewis Allaire Scott and Julianna, his wife, to Samuel Franklin and William T. Robinson, merchants. Deed dated Dec. 7, 1792. — Liber Deeds, XXVII: 60 (Albany). Consid., £1000.
Conveys three parcels of land, in all 11 1.78 acres; all of the original farm except 12 acres, sold to Mary Clarke {q. v.).
