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Peter Praa Van Zandt Farm
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Original Grants and Farms
Property Was Used in 1660 For:
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THE PETER PRAA VAN ZANDT FARM Block Check List. 1397-1417-1436-1434-1414-13941397This farm comprised
A. All of the south one half of the Fabricius patent west of the road.
B. A parcel of land between the centre line of the patent and the old line of the common lands of the city of New York as drawn upon the Goerck Maps.
C. A parcel of the common lands purchased from the city of New York.
A. The South Half of the Fabricius Patent West OF THE Road The history of this parcel until it vested in Johannes Van Zandt, between Nov. 19, 1745, when it was sold at public vendue by the executors of Mangel Jansen Roll, and June 7, 174S, when Van Zandt is known to have been in possession of it, is told in the story of the Thomas C. Pearsall farm.
B. Parcel in Dispute Between the Van Zandt Family and the City
This parcel of land between the median line of the Fabricius patent and the line of the common lands as surveyed in 1785, and again in 1796, by C. Th. Goerck (see A. Pis. 9a and 9b, Vol. Ill), was part of the original commons of the city. It had been granted to the corporation by the Dongan Charter, April 27, 1686.
As early as June 7, 1748, and as late as 1770, the corporation and the Van Zandt family were at odds. Johannes Van Zandt had encroached more and more upon the commons. The date of his death has not been ascertained. He was still living in September, 1763 {M. C. C, VI: 343).
March 20, 1771. At a meeting of the common council, a committee "Appointed by an Order of this Board dated the twentieth of March last [1770] report that on the twenty-fifth of the said Month of March we writ & sent circular Letters to [among others] Peter Van Zandt . . . that William Beekman and Peter Praa Van Zandt also appeared & declared their willingness to settle the disputed Lands in their possession amicably with the Corporation." — Il>id., VII: 272-3.
Evidently the title to this portion of the farm was vested in Peter Praa V.an Zandt soon after. The line drawn by Goerck on the maps of the common lands fell in the bed of the later Third Ave. Those maps bear Peter Praa Van Zandt's name.
The earlier disputes between the corporation and the elder Van Zandt are instructive, but tedious to read. They will be found in M. C. C, V, between pages 223 and 401.
C. The Parcel Purchased from the City of New York The Mayor and Commonalty of the City of New York, to Peter Praa Van Zandt. Deed dated March 30, 1801, in the office of the comptroller.
Conveys "All that certain piece of land, part of the common lands of the said city, lying between the land of Peter Praa Van Zandt and the road laid out and called the East
Road . . . bounded westerly by the said East Road [Fourth Avenue], northerly by land of W. & A. K. Beekman; southerly by land of Hugh Gaine . . . containing 13 acres, 2 roods, 12 perches." — Liier E, City Grants, 48.
The will of Peter Praa Van Zandt, dated Oct. 5, 18 10, proved Sept. 18, 1812 {Liber Wills, L: 291, New York), devised to his son, John Van Zandt, (after the death of his wife): "the old farm whereon he now lives, adjoining the property late of Hugh Gaine, and running from the old Harlaem Road to the East Road, as the same is now in fence . . . and it is my will that my said son John and his family shall have the sole and exclusive privilege of using, occupying and cultivating the said old farm and of residing in the dwelling-house and using the buildings erected thereon, during my wife's hfe. ..."
The Randel Map shows the dwelling house and a group of farm buildings west of the old road. The house stood at the north-west corner of 60th St. and Second Ave.
A. All of the south one half of the Fabricius patent west of the road.
B. A parcel of land between the centre line of the patent and the old line of the common lands of the city of New York as drawn upon the Goerck Maps.
C. A parcel of the common lands purchased from the city of New York.
A. The South Half of the Fabricius Patent West OF THE Road The history of this parcel until it vested in Johannes Van Zandt, between Nov. 19, 1745, when it was sold at public vendue by the executors of Mangel Jansen Roll, and June 7, 174S, when Van Zandt is known to have been in possession of it, is told in the story of the Thomas C. Pearsall farm.
B. Parcel in Dispute Between the Van Zandt Family and the City
This parcel of land between the median line of the Fabricius patent and the line of the common lands as surveyed in 1785, and again in 1796, by C. Th. Goerck (see A. Pis. 9a and 9b, Vol. Ill), was part of the original commons of the city. It had been granted to the corporation by the Dongan Charter, April 27, 1686.
As early as June 7, 1748, and as late as 1770, the corporation and the Van Zandt family were at odds. Johannes Van Zandt had encroached more and more upon the commons. The date of his death has not been ascertained. He was still living in September, 1763 {M. C. C, VI: 343).
March 20, 1771. At a meeting of the common council, a committee "Appointed by an Order of this Board dated the twentieth of March last [1770] report that on the twenty-fifth of the said Month of March we writ & sent circular Letters to [among others] Peter Van Zandt . . . that William Beekman and Peter Praa Van Zandt also appeared & declared their willingness to settle the disputed Lands in their possession amicably with the Corporation." — Il>id., VII: 272-3.
Evidently the title to this portion of the farm was vested in Peter Praa V.an Zandt soon after. The line drawn by Goerck on the maps of the common lands fell in the bed of the later Third Ave. Those maps bear Peter Praa Van Zandt's name.
The earlier disputes between the corporation and the elder Van Zandt are instructive, but tedious to read. They will be found in M. C. C, V, between pages 223 and 401.
C. The Parcel Purchased from the City of New York The Mayor and Commonalty of the City of New York, to Peter Praa Van Zandt. Deed dated March 30, 1801, in the office of the comptroller.
Conveys "All that certain piece of land, part of the common lands of the said city, lying between the land of Peter Praa Van Zandt and the road laid out and called the East
Road . . . bounded westerly by the said East Road [Fourth Avenue], northerly by land of W. & A. K. Beekman; southerly by land of Hugh Gaine . . . containing 13 acres, 2 roods, 12 perches." — Liier E, City Grants, 48.
The will of Peter Praa Van Zandt, dated Oct. 5, 18 10, proved Sept. 18, 1812 {Liber Wills, L: 291, New York), devised to his son, John Van Zandt, (after the death of his wife): "the old farm whereon he now lives, adjoining the property late of Hugh Gaine, and running from the old Harlaem Road to the East Road, as the same is now in fence . . . and it is my will that my said son John and his family shall have the sole and exclusive privilege of using, occupying and cultivating the said old farm and of residing in the dwelling-house and using the buildings erected thereon, during my wife's hfe. ..."
The Randel Map shows the dwelling house and a group of farm buildings west of the old road. The house stood at the north-west corner of 60th St. and Second Ave.
