Lot
Mandeville Farm
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Original Grants and Farms
Property Was Used in 1660 For:
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THE MANDEVILLE FARM (The Burgomasters' Bouwery) Block. Check List. 716-744-771-765-712-717.
On Manatus Maps (C. Pis. 41, 42-a, Vol. II), there are two plantations numbered 14, both ascribed to Jan van Rotterdam. The lower tract became vested in Allard Anthony and Paulus Leendertsen van der Grift, in 1662. Both men were, or had been, burgomasters of New Amsterdam; hence the name of the Burgomasters' Bouwery.
Jan Cornelissen from Rotterdam may have had a groundbrief for this farm. No mention of such a grant has been found. He may have been an early settler, before patents were issued. He had land on Long Island and he was the first settler of the bouwery called Walesteyn (see Trinity's Upper Farm). Also, he had secured land around the Great Kill. An energetic man of good ancestry, he would have been an asset to the young colony if his life had been prolonged. A brief biography will be found in II: 192.
1652, March 2;. Council minute of the surrender of the late Jan van Rotterdam's farm to the Company by the curators
of his estate, they being unable to pay a debt due to the Company, and the lease of the premises to Jan Jansen Langendye, on condition to pay the above debt. — Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 125.
Apparently the lease above mentioned was for ten years. The grant was exactly ten years later.
"Jan van Rotterdam was killed [in the Indian uprising] of 1644 and the land vacated to ye Government." — Peter Golet's Report, De Lancey Papers, 1647-1804, in N. Y. Hist. Soc.
1662, Feb. 16. Council minute of a grant to Allard Anthony and Paulus Leendertsen vander Grift, of a tract of land on Manhattan Island, formerly in the possession of Jan Cornelissen of Rotterdam. — Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 234. On March 2d, a further order, modifying the grant. — Ibid., 234.
Petrus Stuyvesant, Director, etc., to Allard Anthony and Paulus Leendertsen Vander Grift. Ground-brief dated March 14, 1662. Not found of record; recited in confirmation set forth below.
Conveys same as confirmation:
The following patent, which confirms one Dutch groundbrief and expressly surrenders another, is ambiguously worded.
The parcel confirmed is the Burgomasters' Bouwery (the Mandeville farm); the parcel surrendered, "betweene 40 & jo Margen," extended north along the river to the Clapboard fly, near 29th St. It was the land between the Burgomasters' Bouwery, once the Weylandt patent, the Fitzroy Road, and the Hudson R. afterwards granted by Andros.
The confirmation describes them together. "To ye Southwest of ye Clapboards meadow or Valley. . . . to ye North of ye Land designed for ye Neighbourhood [I'Mlard Anthony's Grant of 1672: the Greenwich House farm] betweene which there is to be left a Highway a lyne being run from ye woods South East & by East it is in Length two hundred and ten rod."
The course of this line (S. E. x E.) is S. 56° 15' east; the distance 2625 ft.
If a road was laid out along the south boundary, it is never again referred to. More than a century later, Bancker surveyed the farm. The south line runs S. 59° 30' east 30 chains 88 links (2038.08) to the road. "Quantity 65 Acres & 7/10." — "Plan of a piece of Land at Greenwich Surveyed for Mr. Mandeville, August 30, 1764. G. Bancker," in Bancker Coll., N. Y. P. L.
The land patented is said to have contained about 116 acres. In a subsequent deed to David Mandeville, called 53 morgens, about 106 acres. The actual area was only 22 morgens, and the survey proves it.
The Burgomasters' Bouwery became the Mandeville farm. About 22 morgens in 1764.
Richard Nicolls, governour, etc., to Paulus Leenderts VAN DE Grift and Allard Anthony. Confirmation dated July 13, 1667. — Liber Patents, 11: 74 (Albany).
"Whereas there was a Patent or Ground breife heretofore Graunted by ye Dutch Governor Petrus Stuyvesant unto Paulus Leenderts Van de Grift and Allard Anthony for a Certaine Parcell of Land lying upon this Island Manhatans to ye South west of ye Clapboards meadow or valley to ye Northwest of ye high woods to ye East of ye North Ryver& to ye North of ye Land designed for ye Neighbourhood betweene wch there is to be left a Highway a lyne being run from ye woods South East & by East it is in Length two hundred and ten rod and Conteines in all about one hundred & sixteen Acres or ei [sic] fifty Margen & two hundred Rodd, w<i said Patent or Ground breife soe Graunted as aforesaid beares date ye 14th day of March, 1662 And there being likewise a Graunt from ye said Governor unto ye said Paulus Leenderts & Allard Anthony bearing date the 25th of Aprill, 1663, for an additionall Parcell of Land lying on ye East & North East sydes of ye former conteyning betweene forty & fifty Margen. Now, &c.
"These following lynes endorsed on ye foregoing Patent:
"Whereas there was an additionallpeice of Land betweene 40 & 50 Margen Granted unto ye w^^in named Paulus Leenderts & Allard Anthony by ye late Dutch Governor Petrus Stuyvesant v'^^ hath also beene Confirmed by me Theise P'sents Certify & Declare that ye said 40 or 50 Margen so Granted & Confirmed as aforesaid shall from henceforth no more belong unto ye said Paulus Leenderts & Allard Anthony as in ye Patent bearing date ye 1st day of this instant month is more at large sett forth. Given under my hand at ffort James in New York this 8th day of August, 1668."
Johannes van Brugh and Jacob Varrevanger, attorneys for PouLLus Leenderse Vande Grift, to Jacob Leenderse van Grifft. Deed dated Aug. 24, 1671. — Book of Records of Deeds and Transfers (1665-1672), 201 in city clerk's office, New York.
Conveys "A farme or Bowry Lying & being on the Island Manhattans to the West of [by] Hudsons River att Nortwyck, together with the house, Barne, orchard, Garden, Uplands & Meadows thereunto belonging."
The transfer of Allard Anthony's one-half interest has not been found.
Jacob Leenderssen Vande Grift to Jillis Jansen, "late of fBatland in the west Riding of Yorkeshire upon Long Island, at present of Nortwyck aforementioned." Deed dated June 21, 1679. — Liber Deeds, V: 186 (Albany).
Conveys "a certaine fFarme or Bowery upon this Island Manhatans, not farre from this City, to the west of [by] Hudson's River, at a certaine place called Nortwyck . . . together with the house, barne, Orchard," etc.
Excepts a meadow in New Jersey and "the one halfe of the Wey or Pasture Ground, Sold unto Johannes Van Couwenhouen, August the 21 1677."
Julius Jansen Mandavil and Elsie, his wife, to David Mandivill. Deed dated Feb. 14, 1700. — Liber Deeds, XXVI: 474 (New York).
Recites the two preceding deeds.
Conveys a bowery at Greenwich containing 53 morgens "There being no part nor parcell hereout Excepted save what the said Deed to the said Julius Jansen Mandavil makes mention of to be excepted."
There was a house and barn on the farm in 1679. Ratzer shows no buildings, nor does the Bancker survey of Aug. 30, 1764. The house on the Manatus Maps was not far from the river, probably near Tenth Ave. and i6th St., bloc
On Manatus Maps (C. Pis. 41, 42-a, Vol. II), there are two plantations numbered 14, both ascribed to Jan van Rotterdam. The lower tract became vested in Allard Anthony and Paulus Leendertsen van der Grift, in 1662. Both men were, or had been, burgomasters of New Amsterdam; hence the name of the Burgomasters' Bouwery.
Jan Cornelissen from Rotterdam may have had a groundbrief for this farm. No mention of such a grant has been found. He may have been an early settler, before patents were issued. He had land on Long Island and he was the first settler of the bouwery called Walesteyn (see Trinity's Upper Farm). Also, he had secured land around the Great Kill. An energetic man of good ancestry, he would have been an asset to the young colony if his life had been prolonged. A brief biography will be found in II: 192.
1652, March 2;. Council minute of the surrender of the late Jan van Rotterdam's farm to the Company by the curators
of his estate, they being unable to pay a debt due to the Company, and the lease of the premises to Jan Jansen Langendye, on condition to pay the above debt. — Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 125.
Apparently the lease above mentioned was for ten years. The grant was exactly ten years later.
"Jan van Rotterdam was killed [in the Indian uprising] of 1644 and the land vacated to ye Government." — Peter Golet's Report, De Lancey Papers, 1647-1804, in N. Y. Hist. Soc.
1662, Feb. 16. Council minute of a grant to Allard Anthony and Paulus Leendertsen vander Grift, of a tract of land on Manhattan Island, formerly in the possession of Jan Cornelissen of Rotterdam. — Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 234. On March 2d, a further order, modifying the grant. — Ibid., 234.
Petrus Stuyvesant, Director, etc., to Allard Anthony and Paulus Leendertsen Vander Grift. Ground-brief dated March 14, 1662. Not found of record; recited in confirmation set forth below.
Conveys same as confirmation:
The following patent, which confirms one Dutch groundbrief and expressly surrenders another, is ambiguously worded.
The parcel confirmed is the Burgomasters' Bouwery (the Mandeville farm); the parcel surrendered, "betweene 40 & jo Margen," extended north along the river to the Clapboard fly, near 29th St. It was the land between the Burgomasters' Bouwery, once the Weylandt patent, the Fitzroy Road, and the Hudson R. afterwards granted by Andros.
The confirmation describes them together. "To ye Southwest of ye Clapboards meadow or Valley. . . . to ye North of ye Land designed for ye Neighbourhood [I'Mlard Anthony's Grant of 1672: the Greenwich House farm] betweene which there is to be left a Highway a lyne being run from ye woods South East & by East it is in Length two hundred and ten rod."
The course of this line (S. E. x E.) is S. 56° 15' east; the distance 2625 ft.
If a road was laid out along the south boundary, it is never again referred to. More than a century later, Bancker surveyed the farm. The south line runs S. 59° 30' east 30 chains 88 links (2038.08) to the road. "Quantity 65 Acres & 7/10." — "Plan of a piece of Land at Greenwich Surveyed for Mr. Mandeville, August 30, 1764. G. Bancker," in Bancker Coll., N. Y. P. L.
The land patented is said to have contained about 116 acres. In a subsequent deed to David Mandeville, called 53 morgens, about 106 acres. The actual area was only 22 morgens, and the survey proves it.
The Burgomasters' Bouwery became the Mandeville farm. About 22 morgens in 1764.
Richard Nicolls, governour, etc., to Paulus Leenderts VAN DE Grift and Allard Anthony. Confirmation dated July 13, 1667. — Liber Patents, 11: 74 (Albany).
"Whereas there was a Patent or Ground breife heretofore Graunted by ye Dutch Governor Petrus Stuyvesant unto Paulus Leenderts Van de Grift and Allard Anthony for a Certaine Parcell of Land lying upon this Island Manhatans to ye South west of ye Clapboards meadow or valley to ye Northwest of ye high woods to ye East of ye North Ryver& to ye North of ye Land designed for ye Neighbourhood betweene wch there is to be left a Highway a lyne being run from ye woods South East & by East it is in Length two hundred and ten rod and Conteines in all about one hundred & sixteen Acres or ei [sic] fifty Margen & two hundred Rodd, w<i said Patent or Ground breife soe Graunted as aforesaid beares date ye 14th day of March, 1662 And there being likewise a Graunt from ye said Governor unto ye said Paulus Leenderts & Allard Anthony bearing date the 25th of Aprill, 1663, for an additionall Parcell of Land lying on ye East & North East sydes of ye former conteyning betweene forty & fifty Margen. Now, &c.
"These following lynes endorsed on ye foregoing Patent:
"Whereas there was an additionallpeice of Land betweene 40 & 50 Margen Granted unto ye w^^in named Paulus Leenderts & Allard Anthony by ye late Dutch Governor Petrus Stuyvesant v'^^ hath also beene Confirmed by me Theise P'sents Certify & Declare that ye said 40 or 50 Margen so Granted & Confirmed as aforesaid shall from henceforth no more belong unto ye said Paulus Leenderts & Allard Anthony as in ye Patent bearing date ye 1st day of this instant month is more at large sett forth. Given under my hand at ffort James in New York this 8th day of August, 1668."
Johannes van Brugh and Jacob Varrevanger, attorneys for PouLLus Leenderse Vande Grift, to Jacob Leenderse van Grifft. Deed dated Aug. 24, 1671. — Book of Records of Deeds and Transfers (1665-1672), 201 in city clerk's office, New York.
Conveys "A farme or Bowry Lying & being on the Island Manhattans to the West of [by] Hudsons River att Nortwyck, together with the house, Barne, orchard, Garden, Uplands & Meadows thereunto belonging."
The transfer of Allard Anthony's one-half interest has not been found.
Jacob Leenderssen Vande Grift to Jillis Jansen, "late of fBatland in the west Riding of Yorkeshire upon Long Island, at present of Nortwyck aforementioned." Deed dated June 21, 1679. — Liber Deeds, V: 186 (Albany).
Conveys "a certaine fFarme or Bowery upon this Island Manhatans, not farre from this City, to the west of [by] Hudson's River, at a certaine place called Nortwyck . . . together with the house, barne, Orchard," etc.
Excepts a meadow in New Jersey and "the one halfe of the Wey or Pasture Ground, Sold unto Johannes Van Couwenhouen, August the 21 1677."
Julius Jansen Mandavil and Elsie, his wife, to David Mandivill. Deed dated Feb. 14, 1700. — Liber Deeds, XXVI: 474 (New York).
Recites the two preceding deeds.
Conveys a bowery at Greenwich containing 53 morgens "There being no part nor parcell hereout Excepted save what the said Deed to the said Julius Jansen Mandavil makes mention of to be excepted."
There was a house and barn on the farm in 1679. Ratzer shows no buildings, nor does the Bancker survey of Aug. 30, 1764. The house on the Manatus Maps was not far from the river, probably near Tenth Ave. and i6th St., bloc
