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Peter Van Orden Farm
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Original Grants and Farms
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HE PETER VAN ORDEN FARM
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Pieter Wesselszen van Norden, the founder (see the Jacobus Van Orden farm), and Josyntje Thomas, had a second son, Johannes, baptised Nov. 22, 1676. — Baptisms in Re/. Dutch C/i., 125.
Johannes married Hendricka Ten Eyck, March 3, 1704. — Marr. in Re/. Dutch Ch., loi.
Their eldest son, Peter, baptised Jan. 19, 1707 (Baptisms in Re/. Dutch Ch., 321), married Antje Williams, Sept. 24, 1726. — Marr. in. Re/. Dutch Ch., 146.
This Peter Van Orden, born 1707, was the owner of the Peter Van Orden Farm.
Peter van Orden's farm, much smaller than that of his cousin Jacobus, consisted of a parcel of about fifteen acres east of the old Bloomingdale Road, which had been originally granted to a free negro, and a somewhat larger parcel west of the road, really part of the Common Lands of the city of New York.
The land west of the road was in possession of Jacobus van Couwenhoven in 1680 (see recitals in history of the John Home Farm). He had evidently trespassed on land that did not belong to him.
The land east of the road had been in possession of Fran-
cisco Bastiane, a negro, from an early date. If he had a Dutch ground-brief, it has not been found of record.
1684, Oct. 22. Philip Welles, surveyor, submitted a survey of land laid out for Francisco Bastiane, a negro. — Land-Papers, II: 61 (Albany).
Thomas Dongan, Governour, etc., to Francisco Bastian, a "Nagro" [sic). Patent dated Sept. 4, 1686. — Liber Patents, VI: 67 (Albany).
"... Whereas Philip Wells, Esq''., Surveyor GenU hath by my Order Surveyed and laid out for Francisco Bastian, A Negro, a piece of Land parte of which is improved and is adjoyning to the rere of the Bass bowry upon York Island Beginning att the North-easterly corner of the land of Solomon Pieters the Negro & runs as the Highway or Road North 24° Easterly, 56 r. & from thence East 18° Southerly 44 r. & then South 24°, Westerly 56 r. & then West 18° Northerly 44 r., to the first marked Tree, being Bounded on the South by the land not laid out and the West by the Highway or Road, on the North by the land not Laid out and the East by a Swamp. Containing 15 acres, 14 r., as by the Return," &c.
The measurements above are English. The same distance along the road is noted in 1773. — Liber Mtges., Ill: 11 j. The second and fourth courses run S. 72° east; N. 72° west. This surveyor runs the courses \%°/rom the north and south: a very unusual way of expressing it.
Jacob Bastian (alias francisco), of the Out Ward, free negro, and Annatie, his wife, to Garrit Onckelbago, silversmith. Deed dated July 17, 1716. — Liber Deeds, XXX: 258 (New York). Consid. £10.
Conveys same land, with this additional clause, "being bounded now on the south by the Land of Arnout Webbers, on the west by the Land of Volckert van Hoese and on the north by the Land of Wessel van Norden; on the east to the Commons of the City."
Volckert Van Husem, owning lot 3 of the Weylandt, must have trespassed upon the Commons if he bounded this land on the west.
This is the most northerly grant found to a negro.
The title from Gerrit Onckelbagg into Peter van Orden has not been found.
Onckelbagg, as noted elsewhere, bought up several of the neglected or abandoned negro grants.
There are no deeds of record from the city to Van Orden of the land in the Commons; the later history is fairly well explained in entries in the Minutes 0/ the Common Council.
The Bloomingdale Road was surveyed, widened, and straightened as far as Peter Van Orden's in 1760. — See Chronology, April I, 1760.
The committee on encroachments, appointed May 10, 1758, reported, Jan. 9, 1760: "The Next Encroachment is . . . Between the proper Southeast Boundry of the Two Southwestwardmost lotts of the Weylandt Patent and the Bloomandale Road, this piece is Possessed by Peter Van Orden whose only Right Consists of a Small Patent of Between Fifteen and Sixteen Acres which if Properly located must lie Entirely to the Southeastward of and at some distance from Bloomandal Road and Consequently tho he has a Small piece in Possession Adjoining the East side of Road: Yet none of the Land Possessed by him lies within his patent; Besides which he is possessed of a much greater Quantity of Land than he Ought to have."— M. C. C, VI: 199.
The city authorities were wrong in assuming that none of his land was within his patent. The part east of the road was entirely within the grant to Francisco.
When called before the committee, Peter van Orden oflfered to compromise with the corporation; no further record of the terms noted.
In November 1760, he was threatened with eviction. — Ibid., VI: 236. Probably this hastened a settlement.
In May, 1765, Peter van Orden sold his homestead plot of five acres to David H. Mellows. — Liber Deeds, XXXVIII: 307 (New York). His house, often mentioned in the records, stood on the west side of the old Bloomingdale Road, at or near the south-west corner of 31st St. and Broadway.
Peter Van Orden, of the Out Ward, farmer, made his will, Jan. 7, 1768. It was proved Feb. 23, 1769. — Liber fVills, XXVI: 512 (New York).
He left his real estate to his four sons, Wessel, John, William, and Samuel, equally.
The personal estate was divided equally between the four sons and four daughters Helena, wife of John Duyckman; Jacomyntje, wife of Evert Kip; Annatje, wife of John Pero; and Maria, daughter of his deceased son, CorneUus van Orden. The devises to be after the death of his widow, or her remarriage.
This section of the town was known as "Sclavonia" in early times. Riker says that Vincent Montanye lived "at Sclavonia, in Bowery Division of Out Ward," where he was constable in 1695. — Hist, of Harlem, 579.
Montanye lived some distance east of the old Bloomingdale Road, on lands of the city, east of Van Orden's land. — Liber Mtges., Ill: 115 (New York). See Chronology, May 3, 1709.
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Pieter Wesselszen van Norden, the founder (see the Jacobus Van Orden farm), and Josyntje Thomas, had a second son, Johannes, baptised Nov. 22, 1676. — Baptisms in Re/. Dutch C/i., 125.
Johannes married Hendricka Ten Eyck, March 3, 1704. — Marr. in Re/. Dutch Ch., loi.
Their eldest son, Peter, baptised Jan. 19, 1707 (Baptisms in Re/. Dutch Ch., 321), married Antje Williams, Sept. 24, 1726. — Marr. in. Re/. Dutch Ch., 146.
This Peter Van Orden, born 1707, was the owner of the Peter Van Orden Farm.
Peter van Orden's farm, much smaller than that of his cousin Jacobus, consisted of a parcel of about fifteen acres east of the old Bloomingdale Road, which had been originally granted to a free negro, and a somewhat larger parcel west of the road, really part of the Common Lands of the city of New York.
The land west of the road was in possession of Jacobus van Couwenhoven in 1680 (see recitals in history of the John Home Farm). He had evidently trespassed on land that did not belong to him.
The land east of the road had been in possession of Fran-
cisco Bastiane, a negro, from an early date. If he had a Dutch ground-brief, it has not been found of record.
1684, Oct. 22. Philip Welles, surveyor, submitted a survey of land laid out for Francisco Bastiane, a negro. — Land-Papers, II: 61 (Albany).
Thomas Dongan, Governour, etc., to Francisco Bastian, a "Nagro" [sic). Patent dated Sept. 4, 1686. — Liber Patents, VI: 67 (Albany).
"... Whereas Philip Wells, Esq''., Surveyor GenU hath by my Order Surveyed and laid out for Francisco Bastian, A Negro, a piece of Land parte of which is improved and is adjoyning to the rere of the Bass bowry upon York Island Beginning att the North-easterly corner of the land of Solomon Pieters the Negro & runs as the Highway or Road North 24° Easterly, 56 r. & from thence East 18° Southerly 44 r. & then South 24°, Westerly 56 r. & then West 18° Northerly 44 r., to the first marked Tree, being Bounded on the South by the land not laid out and the West by the Highway or Road, on the North by the land not Laid out and the East by a Swamp. Containing 15 acres, 14 r., as by the Return," &c.
The measurements above are English. The same distance along the road is noted in 1773. — Liber Mtges., Ill: 11 j. The second and fourth courses run S. 72° east; N. 72° west. This surveyor runs the courses \%°/rom the north and south: a very unusual way of expressing it.
Jacob Bastian (alias francisco), of the Out Ward, free negro, and Annatie, his wife, to Garrit Onckelbago, silversmith. Deed dated July 17, 1716. — Liber Deeds, XXX: 258 (New York). Consid. £10.
Conveys same land, with this additional clause, "being bounded now on the south by the Land of Arnout Webbers, on the west by the Land of Volckert van Hoese and on the north by the Land of Wessel van Norden; on the east to the Commons of the City."
Volckert Van Husem, owning lot 3 of the Weylandt, must have trespassed upon the Commons if he bounded this land on the west.
This is the most northerly grant found to a negro.
The title from Gerrit Onckelbagg into Peter van Orden has not been found.
Onckelbagg, as noted elsewhere, bought up several of the neglected or abandoned negro grants.
There are no deeds of record from the city to Van Orden of the land in the Commons; the later history is fairly well explained in entries in the Minutes 0/ the Common Council.
The Bloomingdale Road was surveyed, widened, and straightened as far as Peter Van Orden's in 1760. — See Chronology, April I, 1760.
The committee on encroachments, appointed May 10, 1758, reported, Jan. 9, 1760: "The Next Encroachment is . . . Between the proper Southeast Boundry of the Two Southwestwardmost lotts of the Weylandt Patent and the Bloomandale Road, this piece is Possessed by Peter Van Orden whose only Right Consists of a Small Patent of Between Fifteen and Sixteen Acres which if Properly located must lie Entirely to the Southeastward of and at some distance from Bloomandal Road and Consequently tho he has a Small piece in Possession Adjoining the East side of Road: Yet none of the Land Possessed by him lies within his patent; Besides which he is possessed of a much greater Quantity of Land than he Ought to have."— M. C. C, VI: 199.
The city authorities were wrong in assuming that none of his land was within his patent. The part east of the road was entirely within the grant to Francisco.
When called before the committee, Peter van Orden oflfered to compromise with the corporation; no further record of the terms noted.
In November 1760, he was threatened with eviction. — Ibid., VI: 236. Probably this hastened a settlement.
In May, 1765, Peter van Orden sold his homestead plot of five acres to David H. Mellows. — Liber Deeds, XXXVIII: 307 (New York). His house, often mentioned in the records, stood on the west side of the old Bloomingdale Road, at or near the south-west corner of 31st St. and Broadway.
Peter Van Orden, of the Out Ward, farmer, made his will, Jan. 7, 1768. It was proved Feb. 23, 1769. — Liber fVills, XXVI: 512 (New York).
He left his real estate to his four sons, Wessel, John, William, and Samuel, equally.
The personal estate was divided equally between the four sons and four daughters Helena, wife of John Duyckman; Jacomyntje, wife of Evert Kip; Annatje, wife of John Pero; and Maria, daughter of his deceased son, CorneUus van Orden. The devises to be after the death of his widow, or her remarriage.
This section of the town was known as "Sclavonia" in early times. Riker says that Vincent Montanye lived "at Sclavonia, in Bowery Division of Out Ward," where he was constable in 1695. — Hist, of Harlem, 579.
Montanye lived some distance east of the old Bloomingdale Road, on lands of the city, east of Van Orden's land. — Liber Mtges., Ill: 115 (New York). See Chronology, May 3, 1709.
