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A3
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1643-05-16
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This was both a house and a tavern. The original structure burned to the ground and Marten rebuilt it and was operating a tavern by 1647. Stokes.
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Martin Cregier's house, on the site of No. 3 Broadway, was erected between February 25, 1656, when he petitioned for leave to build on the lot {Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 161), and September 15, 1659, when "the newly built house and lot of the Worsh" Burgomaster Marten Cregier" are referred to by his neighbour, Jacobus Backer. — Liber Deeds, A: 177. On January 3, 1664, his negro servant, Lysbet Antonis, or Antonisse, set fire to the house. — Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 258-9. How badly it was burned, the records do not reveal, but, from the fact that on the 26th of the same month he surrendered his grant of 1643 and accepted a modified "new patent for a house and garden," it is to be inferred that he had to rebuild. — Liber HH (2): 135 (Albany).
At one time or another, Martin Cregier served New Amsterdam in almost every civic capacity. A tavern-keeper here as early as 1647 {Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 39), he was appointed one of the first fire-wardens of the town in January, 1648. — Rec. N. Am., I: 5. He was one of the first burgomasters when the city acquired a municipal government, in 1653 {ibid., 49), orphan-master in 1658 {Min. of Orph. Court, I: 56) and in 1662 {Rec. N. Am.,W: 115), treasurer of the city in 1661 {ibid.. Ill: 394), and burgomaster in 1663. — Ibid., IV: 195.
In 1663, he was appointed captain-lieutenant of the West India Company, and was commander in the expedition against the Esopus Indians. — Ibid., IV: 268.
Cregier had obtained the great burgherright in 1657. — Ibid., VII: 150. He was still living in New York in 1685, when he sold this property to Peter Bayard, acknowledging the deed as Martin Cregier, Senior. — Liber Deeds, XIII: 183.
North River "in front of and near the Beavers' path" was the only one on the west side of the city where, by ordinance of August ii, 1656, ships were permitted to anchor {Laws is Ord., N. Neth., 237), and the Fort also was close by. Sailors and soldiers were, doubtless, then, as they are now, profitable customers.
In 1662, Pos sold the south-westerly corner of his land to Claes Jansen Ruyter, who, shortly before July 10, 1663, built there a house valued at 1,000 florins in beaver (Van der Veen's Records, in Min.of Orph. Court, II: 55-6), which, on June 16, 1663, was sold by the city under an execution. This deed contains the earliest covenant found in New York real estate records: "in the said house, on the east side, there is a permanent privilege for a three light window." — Liber Deeds, B: 113; cf. Book of Records of Deeds l^ Transfers (etc.), 1665-1672 (translated), 73-8, in City Clerk's Library.
At one time or another, Martin Cregier served New Amsterdam in almost every civic capacity. A tavern-keeper here as early as 1647 {Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 39), he was appointed one of the first fire-wardens of the town in January, 1648. — Rec. N. Am., I: 5. He was one of the first burgomasters when the city acquired a municipal government, in 1653 {ibid., 49), orphan-master in 1658 {Min. of Orph. Court, I: 56) and in 1662 {Rec. N. Am.,W: 115), treasurer of the city in 1661 {ibid.. Ill: 394), and burgomaster in 1663. — Ibid., IV: 195.
In 1663, he was appointed captain-lieutenant of the West India Company, and was commander in the expedition against the Esopus Indians. — Ibid., IV: 268.
Cregier had obtained the great burgherright in 1657. — Ibid., VII: 150. He was still living in New York in 1685, when he sold this property to Peter Bayard, acknowledging the deed as Martin Cregier, Senior. — Liber Deeds, XIII: 183.
North River "in front of and near the Beavers' path" was the only one on the west side of the city where, by ordinance of August ii, 1656, ships were permitted to anchor {Laws is Ord., N. Neth., 237), and the Fort also was close by. Sailors and soldiers were, doubtless, then, as they are now, profitable customers.
In 1662, Pos sold the south-westerly corner of his land to Claes Jansen Ruyter, who, shortly before July 10, 1663, built there a house valued at 1,000 florins in beaver (Van der Veen's Records, in Min.of Orph. Court, II: 55-6), which, on June 16, 1663, was sold by the city under an execution. This deed contains the earliest covenant found in New York real estate records: "in the said house, on the east side, there is a permanent privilege for a three light window." — Liber Deeds, B: 113; cf. Book of Records of Deeds l^ Transfers (etc.), 1665-1672 (translated), 73-8, in City Clerk's Library.