Document: Patent of Peter Jansen for land on Long Island

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Document ID

NYSA_A1880-78_VHHpt2_0071

Description

Patent. Peter Jansen; Winckelhoeck, containing 25 morgens of land at Mespat's kil, on Long Island, between Richard Brudenell and Richard Colfax.

Document Date

1656-12-28

Document Date (Date Type)

1656-12-28

Document Type

Patent

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Translation

Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Pieter Jansen Winckelhoeck a piece of land lying on Long Island at Mespat's Creek between the land of Richard Bridnel and the division line of Richard Coolfacx; running north northeast to a marked hickory tree 50 rods; then northeast into the woods to the large fresh marsh 300 rods; then along the aforesaid 50 rods to the division line of the aforesaid Bridnel; and from there to the point of departure 300 rods; making altogether 25 morgens, with the express conditions, etc...

Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 28 December 1656.

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_VHHpt2_0071.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.