Lot
Mandeville Homestead
Lot Group
Original Grants and Farms
Property Was Used in 1660 For:
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THE MANDEVILLE HOMESTEAD
Block. Check List. 646-629-628-644-646.
In the early days of the village of Northwyck, David Mandeville bought the north west corner of the bouwery of Teunis Eides van Huyse. When Teunis sold his farm to Jacob Samman in 1688, David Mandeville's orchard was excepted.
Walter De La Mars, called Walter Arieson, owned and lived on the lower half of the little farm, until his death. The census of 1703 mentions Walter Lamas, a man over 60, and a female child living here.
April 17, 1704, Maria de Lamars married Hendrick de Kamp of New Utrecht, then living on Staten Island. — Marr. in Ref. Dutch Ch., loi.
The following deed gives the history of this part of the farm until it again vested in the Mandeville family in 1724. The northerly moiety had always belonged to David Mandeville.
Catherine van Huse to Maritje Mandevill. Deed dated Jan. 16, 1723/4. — Liber Deeds, XXXVI: 219 (New York). "All that Certain Tenement and lot of ground Scituate lying and Being near the City of New York at a place called Bassen Bowery aHas Greenwich butted and bounded on the
south by Land in the Possession of Jacob Sawman, on the East by the said land of the said Jacob Sawman, on the North by the Land now in the Possession of David Mandevill, and on the West by the highway, containing in all three or four acres english measure, formerly in the Possession of Waiter Arieson and by him Bequeathed unto Mary Lamass, as by his last will and Testament bearing date the 15th. of December Anno. 1702. And after her marriage conveyed Joyntly by her husband Hendrick De Camp and by the said Mary unto Isaac Vandyckof the City of New York, weaver, by a certain deed of sale bearing date the 7th. of May 1709, and by him the said Isaac Van Dyck conveyed unto me the said Catherine Van Huse as by his deed of sale to me bearing date May the 1st. 1712, more at large may appear. ..."
This deed from Catherine Van Huse to her daughter was not recorded until Oct. 5, 1762; then at the request of Mr. Yellis Mandeviel of the Out Ward, yeoman.
The original is in the De Lancey Papers in the N. Y. Hist. Soc.
In the De Lancey Papers 1647-1804, in the N. Y. Hist. Soc, there is a letter beautifully written and signed "Oliver De Lancey." It may be a copy of the original letter addressed to Yellis Mandeville. If it is the original, it evidently was never sent to Mandeville. It is interesting and quaint
"Greenwich ye 28, May 1763. Mr. Yellis Mandevil Sir
"I am sorry My speaking to you Did not Influence you to take down your Fence between your [ourj two Houses where you have encroached on the Road between your line & the Banck of the River. I wish you had and to prevent further Trouble I desire you will for from the corner of your old house to the corner of your garden the coarse of the road is South a Little about i degree westerly and by your deed you are bounded to the West by the Highway. A copy of your Boundaries I now send you. The Posts of my gate that you pulled up Last Novr are still laying down which I desire you have put up in the Manner Mr. George Stanton was placing them that I may have the use of the Passage I left between your North boundary and my Boarded fence. I have hitherto forbore Taking any other Method than good Neighborhood Prompted but you must be assured that I shall take other means which the Law gives me if you do not comply which will add to the Disagreeable situation I have sometime lived in from your unneighbourly behaviour I am Sr Your Humble Serv'
Oliver De Lancey."
Oliver De Lancey seems to have been living in "Greenwich House," at this time.
Jellis Mandeville and his descendants continued here until 1790. At the south east corner of the six acres was the Mandeville burying ground. When Hudson St. was cut through, part of the little cemetery remained east of that street, between Gansevoort and 13th St. until about 1834, when Mr. William Mandeville had the last bodies removed to his vault in the grounds of the Methodist Church on i8th Street, between 8th and 9th Aves. (Affidavit with the Title Guarantee and Trust Co.) The last trace of this burying ground is on Map No. 65 J, in the office of the register.
The Ratzer Map of 1766, the Bancker survey of 1773, the Taylor Map of 1795, all show the houses as they were when Oliver De Lancey wrote to Mandeville.
Except Greenwich House, which was not built until 1700, they dated from the time of Mr. Cornells van Ruyven's settlement of the village of Noortwijck.
The devolution of the title into James Rivington has not been found.
James Rivington, of the City of New York, bookseller, to George Clinton, Esq. Deed dated May 19, 1790. — Liber Deeds, XLVI: 149. Cons. £230.
Conveys "All that certain Messuage and parcel of land ... at Greenwich . . . beginning in the southerly line or bounds of the land of the late Sir Peter Warren at the easterly side of the Road leading along the River to the house of the said Sir Peter Warren formerly occupied by Oliver De Lancey; . . . Being lots I, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 on the Map of the Homestead of Yellis Mandeville, Dec'd."
The description follows a survey of the land which has not been found. There were ten lots on the early map.
The De Camp and Mandeville families are interestingly mentioned in the De Camp Genealogy, a copy of which is in the N. Y. P. L.
Block. Check List. 646-629-628-644-646.
In the early days of the village of Northwyck, David Mandeville bought the north west corner of the bouwery of Teunis Eides van Huyse. When Teunis sold his farm to Jacob Samman in 1688, David Mandeville's orchard was excepted.
Walter De La Mars, called Walter Arieson, owned and lived on the lower half of the little farm, until his death. The census of 1703 mentions Walter Lamas, a man over 60, and a female child living here.
April 17, 1704, Maria de Lamars married Hendrick de Kamp of New Utrecht, then living on Staten Island. — Marr. in Ref. Dutch Ch., loi.
The following deed gives the history of this part of the farm until it again vested in the Mandeville family in 1724. The northerly moiety had always belonged to David Mandeville.
Catherine van Huse to Maritje Mandevill. Deed dated Jan. 16, 1723/4. — Liber Deeds, XXXVI: 219 (New York). "All that Certain Tenement and lot of ground Scituate lying and Being near the City of New York at a place called Bassen Bowery aHas Greenwich butted and bounded on the
south by Land in the Possession of Jacob Sawman, on the East by the said land of the said Jacob Sawman, on the North by the Land now in the Possession of David Mandevill, and on the West by the highway, containing in all three or four acres english measure, formerly in the Possession of Waiter Arieson and by him Bequeathed unto Mary Lamass, as by his last will and Testament bearing date the 15th. of December Anno. 1702. And after her marriage conveyed Joyntly by her husband Hendrick De Camp and by the said Mary unto Isaac Vandyckof the City of New York, weaver, by a certain deed of sale bearing date the 7th. of May 1709, and by him the said Isaac Van Dyck conveyed unto me the said Catherine Van Huse as by his deed of sale to me bearing date May the 1st. 1712, more at large may appear. ..."
This deed from Catherine Van Huse to her daughter was not recorded until Oct. 5, 1762; then at the request of Mr. Yellis Mandeviel of the Out Ward, yeoman.
The original is in the De Lancey Papers in the N. Y. Hist. Soc.
In the De Lancey Papers 1647-1804, in the N. Y. Hist. Soc, there is a letter beautifully written and signed "Oliver De Lancey." It may be a copy of the original letter addressed to Yellis Mandeville. If it is the original, it evidently was never sent to Mandeville. It is interesting and quaint
"Greenwich ye 28, May 1763. Mr. Yellis Mandevil Sir
"I am sorry My speaking to you Did not Influence you to take down your Fence between your [ourj two Houses where you have encroached on the Road between your line & the Banck of the River. I wish you had and to prevent further Trouble I desire you will for from the corner of your old house to the corner of your garden the coarse of the road is South a Little about i degree westerly and by your deed you are bounded to the West by the Highway. A copy of your Boundaries I now send you. The Posts of my gate that you pulled up Last Novr are still laying down which I desire you have put up in the Manner Mr. George Stanton was placing them that I may have the use of the Passage I left between your North boundary and my Boarded fence. I have hitherto forbore Taking any other Method than good Neighborhood Prompted but you must be assured that I shall take other means which the Law gives me if you do not comply which will add to the Disagreeable situation I have sometime lived in from your unneighbourly behaviour I am Sr Your Humble Serv'
Oliver De Lancey."
Oliver De Lancey seems to have been living in "Greenwich House," at this time.
Jellis Mandeville and his descendants continued here until 1790. At the south east corner of the six acres was the Mandeville burying ground. When Hudson St. was cut through, part of the little cemetery remained east of that street, between Gansevoort and 13th St. until about 1834, when Mr. William Mandeville had the last bodies removed to his vault in the grounds of the Methodist Church on i8th Street, between 8th and 9th Aves. (Affidavit with the Title Guarantee and Trust Co.) The last trace of this burying ground is on Map No. 65 J, in the office of the register.
The Ratzer Map of 1766, the Bancker survey of 1773, the Taylor Map of 1795, all show the houses as they were when Oliver De Lancey wrote to Mandeville.
Except Greenwich House, which was not built until 1700, they dated from the time of Mr. Cornells van Ruyven's settlement of the village of Noortwijck.
The devolution of the title into James Rivington has not been found.
James Rivington, of the City of New York, bookseller, to George Clinton, Esq. Deed dated May 19, 1790. — Liber Deeds, XLVI: 149. Cons. £230.
Conveys "All that certain Messuage and parcel of land ... at Greenwich . . . beginning in the southerly line or bounds of the land of the late Sir Peter Warren at the easterly side of the Road leading along the River to the house of the said Sir Peter Warren formerly occupied by Oliver De Lancey; . . . Being lots I, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 on the Map of the Homestead of Yellis Mandeville, Dec'd."
The description follows a survey of the land which has not been found. There were ten lots on the early map.
The De Camp and Mandeville families are interestingly mentioned in the De Camp Genealogy, a copy of which is in the N. Y. P. L.
