Lot
John Somarindyck Farm
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Original Grants and Farms
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THE JOHN SOMARINDYCK FARM Block Check List. 1181-1111-1272-1106-1181.
Lots 3, 4, and 5, of the ten lots into which the 1,000 acres was divided.
Lots Nos. 3 and 4
Thomas Hall received these two lots as his share of the thousand acres.
Subsequently, Theunis Cornelissen Stille purchased them from "Thomas Hall or his heirs and assigns." — Recitals in Liber Deeds, XXXI: 271 (New York).
Lot No. 5
Johannes van Brugh's one-fifth share of the 1,000 acres consisted of lots 5 and 6.
He conveyed lot 5 to Tunis Cornelissen Stille as follows:
Johannes van Brugh and Catharine, his wife, to Tunis Cornelis Stille. Deed, dated , 1696. — Liber
Deeds, X'HWni: 116 (New York). Consid., £75.
Conveys "all that a certain parcel of land situate, lying and being to the north of the Great Kill aforesaid, to the south of the land of Adrian Van Schaick. Beginning at a certain marked beech tree which stands upon the first creek or fall, stretching from the said tree by the side of the North River almost southwest. Containing in breadth 60 English rods, and in length backwards into the woods 250 rods, more or less, as by a patent from Governor Nicolls, bearing date the 3d day of October, 1667, at large will appear."
The original deed is in the author's collection.
Tunis Cornelis Stille mortgaged the three lots to John Harpendinck by the old form, which was in effect a deed: The property to revert to the mortgagor when the mortgage was paid; to vest in the mortgagee in default of payment.
Tunis Cornelis Stille, yeoman, and Anneke, his wife, to John Harpendinck. Mortgage dated June 24, 1720. — Ibid., XXXI: 271 (New York). To secure £300.
Recites the foregoing deed from Johannes van Brugh and wife, to Stille. Further recites "And the said Tunis Cornelissen Stille, By Vertue of mean [sic] Conveyance in the Law from Thomas Hall or his Heirs or Assigns [has acquired] certain land . . . fronting to Hudsons River [at a place] Commonly called the Great Kills lying next Land of Jacobus Cortland on the South & Cornelius Williamse on the North, Bounded on the Commons on the East side & Contains two hundred acres or thereabouts.
"This indenture of Bargain & Sale to be Void and of none
effect" if the mortgagor pays £318 to John Harpendinck on or before Sept. i, next.
This mortgage was not executed by Stille and his wife until July I, 1729, which was the day that it was recorded at the request of Mr. John Harpendinck.
Although no house is recited in this instrument, there probably was a farm house there. Peter Lecquier, who was constable of the Bowery Division in 1718, lived there in 1722, according to a recital in a lease of land on the north side; see the Harsen farm.
John Harpendinck probably sold the farm to Stephen De Lancey soon after having had the foregoing instrument recorded. No deed has been found.
This was Stephen De Lancey's lower farm, called "Little Bloomingdale."
Last Will and Testament of Stephen Delancey. Dated March 4, 1735; proved Nov. 24, ly^i.— Liber Wills, XIV: 91 (New York).
Devises his estate to his children, after the death of the widow. The children mentioifed are James, Peter, Stephen, John, and Oliver, sons; and Susannah and Anne, daughters.
Stephen De Lancey, the younger, and his brother, John, never married. John died before his father. Stephen remained "in the tenure and occupation" of Little Bloomingdale until his death, which occurred Sept. 17, 1745. "A Very noted young Gentleman, of a fair character," his obituary notice read. — Chronology.
His will, made the day before his death, left his entire estate to his brothers and sisters "share and share alike."
Last Will AND Testament OF Stephen Delancey, Second. Dated Sept. 16, 1745; proved Sept. 20, 1746. — Liber Wills, XVI: 15 (New York).
Devises his estate to his brothers and sisters, James Delancey, Peter Delancey, Oliver Delancey, Susannah Warren, and Anne Watts, share and share alike.
James, Peter, and Oliver De Lancey, Susannah Warren, and Ann Watts partitioned the estates of their father and brother in 1747.
The "Farm or Tract of Land . . . called Little Bloomingdall . . . about three hundred acres of land," together with the house and all the farming implements and stock, a negro slave named Jupiter, and another one called Tom, was valued at £1617 10 s. The farm was worth £1,500, the slaves, £117 10 s.
This tract fell to the share of James De Lancey, by the following deed.
James de Lancey, Peter de Lancey, Oliver de Lancey, Peter Warren and Susannah, his wife; John Watts and Anne, his wife. Deed, dated April 10, 1747. — Liber Deeds, XIV: 258 (Albany).
Recites all the parties have lately partitioned, etc.
James DeLancey is to have as his part and portion:
"All that Farm or Tract of Land situate, lying and being in the City and County of New York, called & known by the name of Little Bloomendall and the Lott or Lotts of Salt Meadow therewith on the West side of Hudsons River . . . as the same w.as lately in the tenure and occupation of Stephen De Lancey the Younger, Deceased. Containing about 300 acres."
Lieut. Gov. James Delancey died in 1760, leaving six children, of whom the eldest was James Delancey. He inherited this farm.
Under the act of 1779, the estates of the said James Delancey were confiscated by the state of New York, owing to his proBritish .activities during the Revolution. — Laws oj X. Y., 1779, chap. 25.
Evert Bancker surveyed the farm in October, 1780. A copy 01 this survey is in the Bancker Coll., in the MSS. Div., N. Y. P. L.
"Octo the 9 Survayed Little Bloomingdale for Geo. Stanton & John Somerendyke, but did not do it with that exactness that I could wish on account of Bushes Briars and Swamps made a map of 310 acres." — Evert Bancker's MSS. Survey Book, in N. Y. H. S.
Isaac Stoutenburgh and Philip van Courtlandt, commissioners of forfeiture, to John Somerindike. Certificate of sale dated July 27, 1785. — Book of Sales of Forfeited Estates, 78. Consid., £2,500.
Conveys to John Somerindike "all that certain tract, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being to the north of the Great Kills, on New York Island, and to the south of lands late belonging to Adrian Van Schaick, beginning where a certain beech tree stood upon a certain neck or fall stretching from the said tree by the side of the North River almost southwest, containing in breadth 68 rods, and in length backwards into the woods 250 rods, more or less. And also all that certain lot of land situate and being on the west side of New York Island, fronting Hudson's River on the west, lying next to the land late of Jacobus Van Cortlandt on the south, and the above lot, formerly of Cornelius Williams, on the north, and bounded on the east by the Commons, containing 200 acres, more or less, which said lands became forfeited to and vested in the People of the said State by the attainder of James De Lancey, Esq."
The said John Somarindyck died seized of the tract, Oct. 11,
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William Bridges made a map of the farm in November, 1808, for the Somarindyck heirs. A copy is annexed to Liber Deeds, LXXXV: 298 (New York). On this map the house, which is large, stands in the bed of Tenth Ave. between 6lst and 62nd Sts. The barn is in the block east of the avenue. A winding road leads from the house in a southeasterly direction until it meets the Bloomingdale Road near 60th St. Another copy of the same map, in Ibid., DCCLXVIII: 161, places the house a little further west, so that it is partly in the block west of Tenth Ave. Probably a careless copy of the first copy. Randel does not show the house.
Although it would have been an old house in 1808, it is reasonable to believe that it was the Stephen De Lancey house at "Little Bloomingdale."
Lots 3, 4, and 5, of the ten lots into which the 1,000 acres was divided.
Lots Nos. 3 and 4
Thomas Hall received these two lots as his share of the thousand acres.
Subsequently, Theunis Cornelissen Stille purchased them from "Thomas Hall or his heirs and assigns." — Recitals in Liber Deeds, XXXI: 271 (New York).
Lot No. 5
Johannes van Brugh's one-fifth share of the 1,000 acres consisted of lots 5 and 6.
He conveyed lot 5 to Tunis Cornelissen Stille as follows:
Johannes van Brugh and Catharine, his wife, to Tunis Cornelis Stille. Deed, dated , 1696. — Liber
Deeds, X'HWni: 116 (New York). Consid., £75.
Conveys "all that a certain parcel of land situate, lying and being to the north of the Great Kill aforesaid, to the south of the land of Adrian Van Schaick. Beginning at a certain marked beech tree which stands upon the first creek or fall, stretching from the said tree by the side of the North River almost southwest. Containing in breadth 60 English rods, and in length backwards into the woods 250 rods, more or less, as by a patent from Governor Nicolls, bearing date the 3d day of October, 1667, at large will appear."
The original deed is in the author's collection.
Tunis Cornelis Stille mortgaged the three lots to John Harpendinck by the old form, which was in effect a deed: The property to revert to the mortgagor when the mortgage was paid; to vest in the mortgagee in default of payment.
Tunis Cornelis Stille, yeoman, and Anneke, his wife, to John Harpendinck. Mortgage dated June 24, 1720. — Ibid., XXXI: 271 (New York). To secure £300.
Recites the foregoing deed from Johannes van Brugh and wife, to Stille. Further recites "And the said Tunis Cornelissen Stille, By Vertue of mean [sic] Conveyance in the Law from Thomas Hall or his Heirs or Assigns [has acquired] certain land . . . fronting to Hudsons River [at a place] Commonly called the Great Kills lying next Land of Jacobus Cortland on the South & Cornelius Williamse on the North, Bounded on the Commons on the East side & Contains two hundred acres or thereabouts.
"This indenture of Bargain & Sale to be Void and of none
effect" if the mortgagor pays £318 to John Harpendinck on or before Sept. i, next.
This mortgage was not executed by Stille and his wife until July I, 1729, which was the day that it was recorded at the request of Mr. John Harpendinck.
Although no house is recited in this instrument, there probably was a farm house there. Peter Lecquier, who was constable of the Bowery Division in 1718, lived there in 1722, according to a recital in a lease of land on the north side; see the Harsen farm.
John Harpendinck probably sold the farm to Stephen De Lancey soon after having had the foregoing instrument recorded. No deed has been found.
This was Stephen De Lancey's lower farm, called "Little Bloomingdale."
Last Will and Testament of Stephen Delancey. Dated March 4, 1735; proved Nov. 24, ly^i.— Liber Wills, XIV: 91 (New York).
Devises his estate to his children, after the death of the widow. The children mentioifed are James, Peter, Stephen, John, and Oliver, sons; and Susannah and Anne, daughters.
Stephen De Lancey, the younger, and his brother, John, never married. John died before his father. Stephen remained "in the tenure and occupation" of Little Bloomingdale until his death, which occurred Sept. 17, 1745. "A Very noted young Gentleman, of a fair character," his obituary notice read. — Chronology.
His will, made the day before his death, left his entire estate to his brothers and sisters "share and share alike."
Last Will AND Testament OF Stephen Delancey, Second. Dated Sept. 16, 1745; proved Sept. 20, 1746. — Liber Wills, XVI: 15 (New York).
Devises his estate to his brothers and sisters, James Delancey, Peter Delancey, Oliver Delancey, Susannah Warren, and Anne Watts, share and share alike.
James, Peter, and Oliver De Lancey, Susannah Warren, and Ann Watts partitioned the estates of their father and brother in 1747.
The "Farm or Tract of Land . . . called Little Bloomingdall . . . about three hundred acres of land," together with the house and all the farming implements and stock, a negro slave named Jupiter, and another one called Tom, was valued at £1617 10 s. The farm was worth £1,500, the slaves, £117 10 s.
This tract fell to the share of James De Lancey, by the following deed.
James de Lancey, Peter de Lancey, Oliver de Lancey, Peter Warren and Susannah, his wife; John Watts and Anne, his wife. Deed, dated April 10, 1747. — Liber Deeds, XIV: 258 (Albany).
Recites all the parties have lately partitioned, etc.
James DeLancey is to have as his part and portion:
"All that Farm or Tract of Land situate, lying and being in the City and County of New York, called & known by the name of Little Bloomendall and the Lott or Lotts of Salt Meadow therewith on the West side of Hudsons River . . . as the same w.as lately in the tenure and occupation of Stephen De Lancey the Younger, Deceased. Containing about 300 acres."
Lieut. Gov. James Delancey died in 1760, leaving six children, of whom the eldest was James Delancey. He inherited this farm.
Under the act of 1779, the estates of the said James Delancey were confiscated by the state of New York, owing to his proBritish .activities during the Revolution. — Laws oj X. Y., 1779, chap. 25.
Evert Bancker surveyed the farm in October, 1780. A copy 01 this survey is in the Bancker Coll., in the MSS. Div., N. Y. P. L.
"Octo the 9 Survayed Little Bloomingdale for Geo. Stanton & John Somerendyke, but did not do it with that exactness that I could wish on account of Bushes Briars and Swamps made a map of 310 acres." — Evert Bancker's MSS. Survey Book, in N. Y. H. S.
Isaac Stoutenburgh and Philip van Courtlandt, commissioners of forfeiture, to John Somerindike. Certificate of sale dated July 27, 1785. — Book of Sales of Forfeited Estates, 78. Consid., £2,500.
Conveys to John Somerindike "all that certain tract, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being to the north of the Great Kills, on New York Island, and to the south of lands late belonging to Adrian Van Schaick, beginning where a certain beech tree stood upon a certain neck or fall stretching from the said tree by the side of the North River almost southwest, containing in breadth 68 rods, and in length backwards into the woods 250 rods, more or less. And also all that certain lot of land situate and being on the west side of New York Island, fronting Hudson's River on the west, lying next to the land late of Jacobus Van Cortlandt on the south, and the above lot, formerly of Cornelius Williams, on the north, and bounded on the east by the Commons, containing 200 acres, more or less, which said lands became forfeited to and vested in the People of the said State by the attainder of James De Lancey, Esq."
The said John Somarindyck died seized of the tract, Oct. 11,
179°; ,
William Bridges made a map of the farm in November, 1808, for the Somarindyck heirs. A copy is annexed to Liber Deeds, LXXXV: 298 (New York). On this map the house, which is large, stands in the bed of Tenth Ave. between 6lst and 62nd Sts. The barn is in the block east of the avenue. A winding road leads from the house in a southeasterly direction until it meets the Bloomingdale Road near 60th St. Another copy of the same map, in Ibid., DCCLXVIII: 161, places the house a little further west, so that it is partly in the block west of Tenth Ave. Probably a careless copy of the first copy. Randel does not show the house.
Although it would have been an old house in 1808, it is reasonable to believe that it was the Stephen De Lancey house at "Little Bloomingdale."
