Document: Patent of John Trockmorton for land along the East river

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0078

Description

PATENT. John Trockmorton; part of Vreland, being half a league along the East river, as by the map and survey thereof may appear (Throgmorton's neck, Westchester).

Document Date

1643-07-06

Document Date (Date Type)

1643-07-06

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have conceded and granted to Jan Trockmorton a parcel of land, (which is a part of Vrelant) extending along the East River of New Netherland for one half mile beginning at the point; and bounded on one side by a small river and on the other by a great kil, which river and kil run together at high water surrounding the aforesaid parcel of land, as is shown by the map thereof, made and deposited by the surveyor, under the express condition etc...

Done at Fort Amsterdam, 6 July 1643.

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_0078.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.