Lot: H5 (Taxlots)

Jan Dircksen Meyer bought this house, when it stood west of the Fort, in 1657. — Liber Deeds, k: 112. He was assessed here in 1665. — Rec. N. Am.,V : 223. At the sudden confiscation, he was bewildered, and "says he knows not whither to turn, but finally requests a lot behind The Five Houses in Bridge-street," which was granted to him, with a credit of 990 florins. — -N. Y. Col. Docs., H: 629-37.