Lot
Johannes Hardenbrook Farm
Lot Group
Original Grants and Farms
Property Was Used in 1660 For:
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THE JOHANNES HARDENBROOK FARM
Block Check List. 1422-1477-1475-1419-1422.
The Johannes Hardenbrook farm comprised the lower thirty acres of the land granted to Cornelius Mattysen, together with a parcel of land between the end of that patent and the old Post Road. The northerly one half of the Mattysen patent became part of the John Jones farm, where the patent is printed.
This southerly part of the patent was abandoned. It reverted to the crown, and became part of the common lands of the city of New York by virtue of the Dongan Charter of April 27, 1686.
John Bass was in possession here as a lessee of the corporation as early as 1720. How much earlier has not been ascertained. As late as 1 73 1, he still held the land under leasehold. Eventually he must have bought it from the city, although nothing has been found to indicate when the title passed to him. That he had a deed is evidenced by the fact that he remained in possession until his death and devised the farm by his will. The early history is only known by entries in the Minutes of the common council.
Feb. 9, 1720/21. At a meeting of the common council it w.as ordered that a committee be appointed to examine the petition of John Bass and others for "Leases of several Tracts of Land lying in the Bowry Division of the Out Ward of this City on the south side of the Kings Highway near the saw Kill. That they Cause the said Lands to be surveyed & Report upon what Terms the same Ought to be Leased . . . unto the Next Common Council." — M. C. C, III: 252.
Sept. 29, 1722. John Bass was appointed surveyor of highways: later constable, and collector for the Bowry division. — Jiid., Ill: 294, 479; IV: 4, 196.
Aug. 26, 1731, At a meeting of the common council it was ordered "that all such Persons as lately held lands of this Corporation by Vertue of Any Lease or Leases which are Expired. . . . Show Cause if any they have why they shall not be Ejected and Removed off the same and put out of Possession thereof." — Hid., IV: 66.
Sept. 2, 1731, Jan Bass (and others) "severally Refusing to Accept Leases for the Lands of the Corporation in their several Occupations on the Terms proposed to them, this Court will further Consider thereof . . ." — Hid., IV: 68.
Oct. 4, 1737. John Bass cited as a creditor of the city m the sum of £7: 10. — Ibid.,\\: 410.
January, 1757, he still owed the city £7: 10. — Ibid., VI: 79-
The will of John Bass, dated April 17, 1767, was proved Jan, 12, iy6S.— Liber mils, XXVL i;o (New York).
He left all his estate in New York to his daughter, Annetje, wife of Johannes Hardenbrook, subject to a hfe estate to his widow, Maritjie.
John Hardenbrook's will, dated April 15, 1788, left his entire estate to his wife, Ann Hardenbrook. It was proved Sept. 9, iSo2.~Liber mils, XLIV: 423 (New York).
Ann Hardenbrook lived on the northerly part of this farm until her death, c. 1 8 17. There is a house on the Randel Map just north of 67th St., about 100 ft. east of Third Ave., which may have been the old farm house.
The southerly part of the tract had been sold to Peter Praa Van Zandt. For the later history of these two parcels, see H. C. Tuttle, /Abstracts of Farm Titles, I: 250, 271.
Block Check List. 1422-1477-1475-1419-1422.
The Johannes Hardenbrook farm comprised the lower thirty acres of the land granted to Cornelius Mattysen, together with a parcel of land between the end of that patent and the old Post Road. The northerly one half of the Mattysen patent became part of the John Jones farm, where the patent is printed.
This southerly part of the patent was abandoned. It reverted to the crown, and became part of the common lands of the city of New York by virtue of the Dongan Charter of April 27, 1686.
John Bass was in possession here as a lessee of the corporation as early as 1720. How much earlier has not been ascertained. As late as 1 73 1, he still held the land under leasehold. Eventually he must have bought it from the city, although nothing has been found to indicate when the title passed to him. That he had a deed is evidenced by the fact that he remained in possession until his death and devised the farm by his will. The early history is only known by entries in the Minutes of the common council.
Feb. 9, 1720/21. At a meeting of the common council it w.as ordered that a committee be appointed to examine the petition of John Bass and others for "Leases of several Tracts of Land lying in the Bowry Division of the Out Ward of this City on the south side of the Kings Highway near the saw Kill. That they Cause the said Lands to be surveyed & Report upon what Terms the same Ought to be Leased . . . unto the Next Common Council." — M. C. C, III: 252.
Sept. 29, 1722. John Bass was appointed surveyor of highways: later constable, and collector for the Bowry division. — Jiid., Ill: 294, 479; IV: 4, 196.
Aug. 26, 1731, At a meeting of the common council it was ordered "that all such Persons as lately held lands of this Corporation by Vertue of Any Lease or Leases which are Expired. . . . Show Cause if any they have why they shall not be Ejected and Removed off the same and put out of Possession thereof." — Hid., IV: 66.
Sept. 2, 1731, Jan Bass (and others) "severally Refusing to Accept Leases for the Lands of the Corporation in their several Occupations on the Terms proposed to them, this Court will further Consider thereof . . ." — Hid., IV: 68.
Oct. 4, 1737. John Bass cited as a creditor of the city m the sum of £7: 10. — Ibid.,\\: 410.
January, 1757, he still owed the city £7: 10. — Ibid., VI: 79-
The will of John Bass, dated April 17, 1767, was proved Jan, 12, iy6S.— Liber mils, XXVL i;o (New York).
He left all his estate in New York to his daughter, Annetje, wife of Johannes Hardenbrook, subject to a hfe estate to his widow, Maritjie.
John Hardenbrook's will, dated April 15, 1788, left his entire estate to his wife, Ann Hardenbrook. It was proved Sept. 9, iSo2.~Liber mils, XLIV: 423 (New York).
Ann Hardenbrook lived on the northerly part of this farm until her death, c. 1 8 17. There is a house on the Randel Map just north of 67th St., about 100 ft. east of Third Ave., which may have been the old farm house.
The southerly part of the tract had been sold to Peter Praa Van Zandt. For the later history of these two parcels, see H. C. Tuttle, /Abstracts of Farm Titles, I: 250, 271.
