Document: Patent of Jan Snediger for a lot on Manhattan Island

Holding Institution

New York State Archives

Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0115

Description

Patent. Jan Snediger; lot on Manhattan Island, west of William Bredenbent.

Document Date

1645-09-05

Document Date (Date Type)

1645-09-05

Document Type

Patent

Dutch Grant Lot(s)

grant_lot_C6

Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Jan Snediger a lot for a house and garden bounded on the west by the lot of Willem Bredenbent with a northern point bounding on the lot of Hendrick Jansz; it extends next to the canal on the south end of the lot 8 rods, 8 feet, 6 inches; on the east side along the lot of Willem Bredenbent 5 rods, 8 feet and 4 inches; on the north side next to the lot of Aert Willemsz and Hendrick Jansz Smit 7 rods, 8 feet, 3 inches; on the west side 6 rods, 6 feet, 4 inches; amounting in all to 55 rods, one foot, 3 inches, with the express conditions etc. . .

Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 5 September 1645.

References

From the collections of the New York State Archives, Albany, New York. https://www.archives.nysed.gov/

Translation link see: http://iarchives.nysed.gov/xtf/view?docId=tei/A1880/NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0115.xml

Published bound volume is also available: Translation: Gehring, C. trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vols. GG, HH & II, Land Papers, 1630-1664 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1980).

Copyright to the published bound volume is held by the Holland Society of New York.
A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.