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' The property of Pieter Cornelissen vander Veen. One of the few ground-briefs granted to a woman was that for the plot granted to Maritje Jansen, widow of Dirck Cornelissen vander Veen, May 17, 1648. At that time, it was on the corner of Pearl Street and the shore road. Later, the block was extended eastwardly, so that the grants of De Sille and Verlett intervened between her land and the water-side. Elsje Tymens, Maritje's daughter by her first husband, Tymen Jansen, married Pieter Cornelissen vander Veen, probably a kinsman of her late stepfather, on January 7, 1652. Her mother conveyed this house to Elsie's husband by a deed recorded October 15, 1653. — Liber HH: 51 (Albany). It may have been part of her marriage portion. The house is not imposing, as shown on the Plan, yet Pieter Cornelissen vander Veen alleged (March 15, 1657) that "he has incurred great expence on his dwelling house at the corner oi Pearl Street, and is about to make greater improvements as an ornament thereunto," and asks "that a Square may remain and be made by resolution there." — Rec. N. Am., VII: 147. Next court day, he was informed that "his Hon^ [Stuyvesant] says the aforesaid Square was disposed of, long before the distribution of the lots was granted to the Burgomasters, and therefore does not belong to their Worships. The Burgomasters, therefore, refer the petition, if dissatisfied, to the Hon''''' Director General and Council." — Ibid., 148-9.
Vander Veen, probably, felt that no appeal would lie against this decision, which was not strictly truthful, according to the records. He abandoned his intention of further ornamenting his residence, and sold it to Pieter Wolphertsen van Couwenhoven, October 6, 1660. — Liber Deeds, A: 218.
Vander Veen died before September 27, 1661 {Rec. N. Am.,\\\: 361), leaving his widow with three small children, Cornelis, Tymen, and Grietje. — Min. of Orph. Court, 1: i()^-6. She married Jacob Leisler, March i8, 1663. — Marriages in Ref. Dutch Ch., 28.
The Leisler home was not on this corner, as has been often stated. Elsie and her children lived in a house which was on the rear of her grant, and is not shown on the Plan. Verlett's house (No. 2) may hide it. In May, 1669, Jacob Leisler bought from Nicolaes Verlet (see No. 2). He then had a house "on the Strand," as Selyns's List attests. — See recitals in Liber Deeds, A: 266; ibid., B: 45.
Pieter Cornelissen vander Veen led a quiet, useful, life. He was one of the schepens in 1656-7-8. — Rec. N. Avi., II: 28, 285, 321. He was granted the great burgherright in January, 1658 {ibid., II: 315), and was made churchwarden in February of the same year. — Ibid.,\\: 336.
On February 10, 1661, Michiel Jansen and others petitioned the provincial council "that a proper road may be laid out in front of their lots on the strand." — Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 221. The Plan seems to have anticipated this improvement; although, perhaps, the actual roadway was out of repair, and was rebuilt at this time. Although he prospered, and bought other land in the city (see Block M, Nos. 17 and 20), Jansen's heart was in Pavonia. On September 5, 1661, when the first civic government in that colony was established, he was a member of it. He became one of the first schepens of the village of Bergen. — Laws i^ Ord., N. Neth., 403-4. His name is included among those carved on the base of the Stuyvesant statue which was unveiled in Bergen Square, October 18, 1913, on the occasion of the celebration of Bergen's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary.
Michiel Jansen Vreeland's descendants are numerous in North Jersey. He died between December 28, 1662, and June 18, 1663. — N. Y. Col. Docs., XHI: 234, 252.
His widow, Fytje Harmens, was living at Communipaw when the Labadists visited her, on Friday, October 27, 1679. They "could discover that there was something of the Lord in her, but very much covered up and defiled." However, they continue: "We dined there, and spoke to her of what we deemed necessary for her condition." — Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, ed. by James and Jameson, 82.
The building at No. 12 State Street exactly covers the site of Michiel Jansen Vreeland's tavern.
Vander Veen, probably, felt that no appeal would lie against this decision, which was not strictly truthful, according to the records. He abandoned his intention of further ornamenting his residence, and sold it to Pieter Wolphertsen van Couwenhoven, October 6, 1660. — Liber Deeds, A: 218.
Vander Veen died before September 27, 1661 {Rec. N. Am.,\\\: 361), leaving his widow with three small children, Cornelis, Tymen, and Grietje. — Min. of Orph. Court, 1: i()^-6. She married Jacob Leisler, March i8, 1663. — Marriages in Ref. Dutch Ch., 28.
The Leisler home was not on this corner, as has been often stated. Elsie and her children lived in a house which was on the rear of her grant, and is not shown on the Plan. Verlett's house (No. 2) may hide it. In May, 1669, Jacob Leisler bought from Nicolaes Verlet (see No. 2). He then had a house "on the Strand," as Selyns's List attests. — See recitals in Liber Deeds, A: 266; ibid., B: 45.
Pieter Cornelissen vander Veen led a quiet, useful, life. He was one of the schepens in 1656-7-8. — Rec. N. Avi., II: 28, 285, 321. He was granted the great burgherright in January, 1658 {ibid., II: 315), and was made churchwarden in February of the same year. — Ibid.,\\: 336.
On February 10, 1661, Michiel Jansen and others petitioned the provincial council "that a proper road may be laid out in front of their lots on the strand." — Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 221. The Plan seems to have anticipated this improvement; although, perhaps, the actual roadway was out of repair, and was rebuilt at this time. Although he prospered, and bought other land in the city (see Block M, Nos. 17 and 20), Jansen's heart was in Pavonia. On September 5, 1661, when the first civic government in that colony was established, he was a member of it. He became one of the first schepens of the village of Bergen. — Laws i^ Ord., N. Neth., 403-4. His name is included among those carved on the base of the Stuyvesant statue which was unveiled in Bergen Square, October 18, 1913, on the occasion of the celebration of Bergen's two hundred and fiftieth anniversary.
Michiel Jansen Vreeland's descendants are numerous in North Jersey. He died between December 28, 1662, and June 18, 1663. — N. Y. Col. Docs., XHI: 234, 252.
His widow, Fytje Harmens, was living at Communipaw when the Labadists visited her, on Friday, October 27, 1679. They "could discover that there was something of the Lord in her, but very much covered up and defiled." However, they continue: "We dined there, and spoke to her of what we deemed necessary for her condition." — Journal of Jasper Danckaerts, ed. by James and Jameson, 82.
The building at No. 12 State Street exactly covers the site of Michiel Jansen Vreeland's tavern.