Document: Deed from Leunis Jorissen van der Veere to Gysbert Arentsen and Lowies Papeljou of a plantation on Long Island

Before me, Jacob Kip, appointed clerk here, appeared Leunis Jorisen vander Veere, husband and guardian of Aeltin Douwesen, former widow of Jan Jansen from Ditmersen, who, in the presence of the hereinafter named witnesses, declared that he conveyed and granted, as he does hereby, to Gysbert Arentsen from Bullick and Lowies Papeljou, in company, a certain plantation situated on Long Island, to the south of Pieter Schoorsteenveger,[1] as large and as small as appears from the patent granted under date of March 23, 1647, by the honorable Director Kieft for the behoof of Jan Jansen from Ditmersen; and this in true, free, lawful ownership, under renunciation of all right, title and interest which [ the grantor ] had therein, [ the said grantor ] acknowledging that he has been satisfied and paid in full the money stipulated therefor according to the contract of sale and therefore putting the aforesaid Gysbert Arensen and Lowies Papeljou in his stead, real and actual possession and promising to free the same from all challenge and claim which any one in the world might make thereto, reserving only the acknowledgment of the honorable patroons mentioned in the patent. The grantor, therefore, promises to keep this his conveyance firm, binding and irrevocable and to observe and fulfil the same, binding himself thereto according to law. In testimony whereof this is signed by the appearer as grantor, together with the witnesses, this 11th of July Ao. 1651, at New Amsterdam.

Leunis Jorisen
Tomas Fredricksz
Andrias Hopffa
Jacob Kip
La Montagne
H: van Dyck