Document: Patent of Claes Carsten for land on the East river

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VGG_0113

Description

Patent. Claes Carsten; 29 morgens, 553 rods of land on the East river, with half the valley lying on the kill, on Long Island (col. Titus's farm, Williamsburgh, L. I.).

Document Date

1645-09-05

Document Date (Date Type)

1645-09-05

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

We, Willem Kieft, etc... have given and granted to Claes Carstensz land for a plantation, located upon the Long Island behind Jan de Sweet, stretching along the river 217 rods, beginning at the half hook inclusive and towards the woods S. S. W. 180 rods, then S. 45 rods, W. by S. 51 rods and thence to the river N. W. 100 rods; containing 29 morgens 553 rods, in addition to which one-half of the marsh on the kil is also granted to him; with the express condition and stipulation 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_0113.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.