USA > New Jersey > Passaic County > Paterson > History of Paterson and its environs (the silk city); historical- genealogical - biographical > Part 14
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46
No. 7-Simeon Van Winkle, eldest son of Symon Jacobs, one of the patentees. This farm extended from Park avenue on the south to Thirteenth avenue on the north, and from East Eighteenth street on the west to the river on the east.
No. 8-Magiel ( Michael) Vreeland : from Thirteenth avenue to Twelfth avenue. This farm remained in the family until about 1870.
No. 9-Simeon Van Winkle, eldest son of Symon Jacobs, one of the patentees. This farm extended from Twelfth avenue to Eleventh avenue, and from East Eighteenth street to the river.
No. 10-Abraham Van Riper.
No. 11-Henderic (Henry) Spier.
No. 12-Michael Vreeland.
104
PATERSON AND ITS ENVIRONS
i loroki's well En de koers vande
26-75. 11 -35
252
10-63 10 -1-7 15-19
12-21
92:52
c
27-75
80 atherse magiel veland
¿2d Avę.
C
leyes unelasst
200 ft. S. of Clay St.
Near atst Ave.
Elias wieland a
kobus post
hessel pieterse ennes van lagene
Essex St.
Janvan blanches:
13-75 1-75
Janvan blerchung
Willis Gt
Willis Gt
fireion van winckel. 7
12-2 Jerome Thomafft
13th Ave.
CHagiel veland
13
Kunderne
12th Ave.
finition bau wenthet
14
derric van heute
100 ft. N. of Godwin St.
11th Ave.
Abramborype of
toth Ave.
heideric fraier.
c derrickout 19
Lyon St.
2
Bet. 7th and 8th Aves.
23+3
soft
obraebben.
2
18-35-37
Cornelis
Near 3d Ave
hen ic garrette
maglet
11:55 10.60 10.2.7 10-19 11
henderic woost
Bood St.
200 ft. S. of Oak St.
Areyouget
10-15 10.53 10-25 10-20 10
too ft. N. of Fulton St.
660 ft. N. of toth Ave.
magiel Brelan
-
12
adrieam
Near 5th Ave
97-50 92-52 04 45
22 gratien, noorselyck
Ttoche loste werde gerekent gs 7 4 ackers
S. of a3d Ave. * Hafel Son
Gram 3
Broad way.
105
THE EARLY WHITE SETTLERS
Nc. 13-John Bradberry.
No. 14-Henderic Garretse (Henry Garrison) : at Riverside.
No. 15-Michael Vreeland.
The owners of the farms laid out west of East Eighteenth street, and extending to the steep rocks, or to the river, were:
No. I-Michael Vreeland : in the neighborhood of the Passaic Rolling Mills. From the shape this was called the Drie Hoek, or Triangular Lot. It remained in the family until the middle of this century.
No. 2-Elias Vreeland.
No. 3-Henry Post.
No. 4-Jacobus (James) Post, a son of Frans Post, above mentioned. No. 5-Hessel Pieterse and Gerrit Van Wagenen.
No. 6-John Van Blarcom ; his northerly line was about three hundred feet north of Park avenue. It would about pass through the corner of Market and Union streets.
No. 7-Abram Thomasse ; his northerly line was Broadway. He was a grandson of Urian Thomassen, one of the patentees, from whom he acquired the property. His brothers released to him ; he died intestate, leav- ing two daughters, Jannetje and Elizabeth; the former married Halmagh Van Houten, and the latter John R. Van Houten. After the death of her husband, Jannetje and her oldest son Cornelius, released to Abraham Van Houten ( a younger son of Jannetje), by deed dated July 27, 1773, a tract of 24 acres out of this Lot, probably lying next west of No. 92 Broadway, and running to the river at the end of Broadway. By deed July 1, 1782, Cor- nelius H. Van Houten, as the oldest son and heir-at-law of Helmagh Van Houten and Yannatie his wife, both then deceased, released to his brother Abraham a half interest in all the real estate whereof their parents had died seized. Abraham sold a quarter of an acre (2.26x2.26 chains, or 150 feet) out of the northeast corner of his land to Abraham Godwin, who kept tavern there for some years-the plot of late years known as the "Baptist church block," including Lots 82, 84, 86, 88 and 90 Broadway, and 40 feet more taken for the opening of Washington street about 1869, with a depth of 150 feet. This plot was sold to the Society for Establishing Useful Manufac- tures, November 5, 1792, by Jabez Johnson, administrator of Abraham God- win, deceased, for £90 New Jersey money, equivalent to about $200. Abra- ham Van Houten, Cornelius Van Houten and John R. Van Houten, and their respective wives, deeded to the society, July 3, 1792, a tract of 45.29 acres of this Lot. The tract extended westerly to the river, and from a line 140 feet south of Van Houten street to the northern boundary of the whole Lot. At the western end it ran to and across Broadway, down to the river west of Mulberry street. John R. Van Houten and wife, by deed July 3, 1792, con- veyed to the society a tract of 12.57 acres out of this Lot, immediately east of the last mentioned parcel, and extending nearly to Summer street.
When between seventy and eighty years of age, Van Houten married, :11 1820, his second wife, Rachel, widow of Adrian J. Post, who at one time kept the "Peace and Plenty" tavern, at the northwest corner of Willis street
106
PATERSON AND ITS ENVIRONS
and York avenue (now Park avenue and Eighteenth street). By will dated February 16, 1825, he devised his real estate to his son Abraham, then three months old. He died May 15, 1825. His son, Abraham, died in 1849, hav- ing devised his real estate to his mother, Rachel Van Houten. She died February 22, 1863, leaving her property (by will dated October 20, 1857) to her children and grandchildren-Adrian and Elizabeth, children of John Post (born 1803), George Post (born 1805) and Caty (born 1813), wife of John R. Van Houten. In 1881 the Chancellor appointed John Reynolds and Thomas M. Moore trustees of the estate, who proceeded to sell the land. Prior to this, no deed had been given for this land, outside of the family owning it, in two centuries. Van Houten owned twenty-seven acres at the east end of Lot No. 7, beginning about 300 feet west of Carroll street. It was enclosed with a post and rail fence until 1881, and cultivated as a corn- field. Covered as it now is with elegant residences, that "farm" is worth several million dollars. Van Houten also owned a piece of this same lot, from about Washington street westerly to within eighteen feet of Prospect street, which he laid out about 1810 in lots 30x100 feet. In 1813 he sold lots on Van Houten street near Main at $200 each. In 1795 he occupied a stone house on the south side of Broadway nearly opposite Mulberry street. In 1818 he bought and thereafter occupied a stone house on the north side of Broadway, where he had a garden patch of seven acres.
No. 8-Henderic Spier ; immediately north of Broadway, which formed its southern boundary. Hendrick Spier was a son of the patentee, and this lot had been awarded to him at the allotment of 1714, although in all proba- bility it was no longer his when this copy was made. The tract extended from Broadway northerly to half way between Godwin and Tyler streets. In 1792 it belonged for the most part to Simeon Van Winkle, who was a son of Jacob Van Winkle. Simeon Van Winkle conveyed to the society, April 30, 1793, a tract of 15 acres on Broadway just east of Bridge street, running along the old brook ; also a tract of 20 acres on Broadway, somewhat east of Carroll street. Jacob S. Van Winkle, a son of Simeon, owned a plot of twelve acres, fronting on Broadway and running back nearly to Division street, and from Lake street westerly to the Dickerson property. This plot he mapped out in building lots, April 1, 1794. Simeon conveyed to his son Edo, January 1, 1801, Lot No. 2, containing 9.56 acres, apparently west of Main street, near Bank street ; on July 9, 1802, he sold him his store property, on the northeast corner of Broadway and Main street, about 150 feet square, for $750, say $100 per city lot. On August 31, 1805, he conveyed to Cor- nelius S. Van Winkle and John S. Van Winkle, seven acres near Main and Bank streets ; to Edo, four acres near Lake street ; and to Jacob S., 12 acres probably north of Division street ; and on March 5, 1805, to Edo, 15 acres immediately west of East Eighteenth street. Abraham Van Houten owned seven acres near the Erie Railway. Cornelius (Walling) Van Winkle owned several acres near Mulberry street, and Abraham Godwin still owned a plot of several acres about the Passaic Hotel.
107
THE EARLY WHITE SETTLERS
No. 9 and No. 10-Derrick (Richard) Van Houten. By deed dated April 22, 1696, Abraham Bockee conveyed to Peter Powelse, "late of the town of Bergen," and presumably then of Acquackanonk, a half interest in the patent of Acquackanonk. These two lots were doubtless allotted to Powelse in the new division. His son, Paulus Peterse, of Acquackanonk, yeoman, by deed of bargain and sale, dated July 1, 1741, conveyed them to Derrick Van Houten, for the consideration of £ 150, proclamation money of New Jersey. The conveyance includes "all and singular the Erections and Buildings houses Outhouses Barns Stables fences," etc., from which it is to be inferred that the property had been built upon and occupied previous to this conveyance. No. 9 extended from half way between Godwin and Tyler streets northerly to about half way between Fulton and Lawrence streets ; No. 10 extended still further northerly to Lyon street.
No. II and No. 12-Adrian Post. He was a son of Frans Post, who was a brother of the patentee. The two lots extended from Lyon street northerly about to Seventh avenue, a distance of just half a mile-forty chains.
No. 13-Cornelis Gerritse (Cornelius Garrison) ; part of the Riverside tract.
An attempt has been made to indicate, by notes on the margin of the map, the boundary lines between the several farms. In many cases these are merely approximations ; in a general way they are correct. When we con- sider that John Verkerk lacked the advantages of modern scientific instru- ments ; that he was plotting more than 4,000 acres into twenty-eight farms of equal size, in a new country, through which he had to cut his way as through a wilderness, over hills, through valleys and swamps, it is a marvel- ous tribute to his accuracy to find that the most recent measurements differ very little from the distances and courses indicated on this ancient map of Paterson.
In 1712 the surviving patentees of Acquackanonk released to each other the farms then actually in their possession. But one of these deeds is on record-that to Cornelius Machielsen (Vreeland). The only one of the original deeds known to exist was found about twenty years ago by Judge Simmons, of Passaic, in overhauling the roof of the old Van Wagoner house near the draw-bridge at Passaic. It was tucked carefully away, as if for concealment, under the ridge pole of the house, and looks as if it had been there for a century or more. It is handsomely engrossed on a sheet of parch- ment twenty-seven and a half inches wide and twenty-three inches from top to bottom. The two surveys annexed are on sheets of parchment each twelve and a half by ten inches; the diagrams are as clear and distinct as when made. The deed and the surveys have been rotted away at the middle fold, so that many words are missing. In the following copy the missing words are conjecturally supplied in brackets :
THIS INDENTURE made the Twelfth Day of March in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of Our Soveraign Lady Anne by the Grace of God of Great Brittain France and Ireland Queen Defender of the Faith &c Annoq. Domini
108
PATERSON AND ITS ENVIRONS
One thousand Seven hundred and Twelve BETWEEN Johannes Machielson of Comunapong in the County of Bergen in the Province of New Jersey Yeo- man, Cornelius Machielson of Comunapong aforesaid Yeoman, John Hend- rick Spier of Achquechenoungh in the County of Essex in the Province aforesaid Yeoman, and Cornelius Lubbers of Communapong aforesaid, Yeo- man, of the One Part And Symon Jacobson van Winkel of Achquechenoung a foresaid Yeoman of the other part WITNESSETH WHEREAS By Indenture of Bargain and Sale bearing Date the Sixteenth Day of March Anno Domini One thousand six hundred and Eighty four and in the Seven and thirtieth Year of the Reign of the late King Charles the Second over England &c. made or mentioned to be made Between the Lords Proprietors of the Prov- ince of East New Jersey of the One Part, and Hans Diederick, Garret Gar- retson, Willing Jacobs, Elias Machielson, Hartman Machielson, Johannes Machielson, Cornelius Machielson, Adrian Post, Urian Thomason, Cornelius Roelofson, Symon Jacobs, John Hendrick Spier, Cornelius Lubbers, and Abraham Bouquee of the other part, They the said Lords Proprietors for the Considerations therein mentioned, Did Alien Grant Bargain and Sell unto the said Hans Diedericks, Garret Garretson, Walling Jacobs, Elias Machiel- son, Hartman Machielson, Johannes Machielson, Cornelius Machielson, Adrian Post, Urian Tomassen, Cornelius Roelofson, Symon Jacobs, John Hendrick Spier, Cornelius Lubbers, and Abraham Bouquee, and to their heirs and Assigns, A certain Tract of Land Scituate laying and being upon Pisaick River in the County of Essex and called and known by the Name of Achquechenung, Beginning at the Northermost bounds of the Town of Newark and so running from the lowermost part to the uppermost part thereof as far as the Steep Rocks or Mountains, and from the said lower- most part along the Pisaick River to the great Falls thereof and so along the Steep Rocks and Mountains to the uppermost Part of Newark bounds afore- said, as it was more plainly demonstrated by a Chart or Draught thereof made by the then late Surveyor General, TOGETHER with all the Rivers Ponds Creeks Isles Islands ( :Hartmans Island which particularly belonged to Hart- man Machielson only Excepted :) and also all Inletts Bays Swamps Marshes Meadows Pastures ffields ffences Woods Underwoods ffisheries Hawkings Huntings ffowlings and all other Appurtenances whatsoever thereunto be- longing and appertaining ( :half part of the gold and silver mines and the Royalty of the Lords Proprietors also Excepted :) To HOLD the said Tract of Land and premises and every part and parcel of the same to Them the said Hans Diederick, Garret Garretson, Walling Jacobs, Elias Machielson, Hart- man Machielson, Johannes Machielson, Cornelius Machielson, Adrian Post, Urian Thomason, Cornelius Roelofson, Symon Jacobs, John Hendrick Spier, Cornelius Lubbers, and Abraham Bouquee, their Heirs and Assigns, AND to the uses of Them their heirs and Assigns for ever, To be holden in free and common Soccage of them the Lords Proprietors their heirs and Assigns as of the Seignory of East Greenwich YIELDING and paying therefore Yearly unto the said Lords Proprietors their Heirs or Assigns the Cheife or Quit rent of fourteen Pounds of Sterling money or the Value thereof Yearly for the said Tract of Land upon every five and twentieth Day of March for ever hereafter in liew and stead of the Half Penny per Acre mentioned in the Concessions and in lieu and stead of all other Services and Demands what- soever, As in and by the aforesaid recited Indenture, under the respective hands of Ganen Laurie the then Deputy Governor of the said Province of East Jersey, Thomas Codrington, William Sandford, Isaac Kingsland, Ben- jamin Price, Henry Lyon, the then major part of his Council, and James Emott Deputy Secretary of the said Province, and under the Common Seal of the [ Province of East New Jersey and] are Entered upon the Records of
109
THE EARLY WHITE SETTLERS
the said Province of East New Jersey the Day of the Date thereof in Liber A page (164) the relation being thereunto respectively had may more fully and at large appear AND WHEREAS [the said Johannes Machielson, Cor]- nelius Machielson, John Hendrick Spier, Cornelius Lubbers, and Symon Jacobson van Winkel, parties to these Presents are the same Johannes Machielson, Cornelius Machielson, John Hendrick Spier, Cor [nelius Lubbers and Symon Jacobson van Winkel named] in the before recited Indenture of Bargain and Sale and are now the only five surviving parties to whom the above mentioned Tract of Land and premises was Granted and Conveyed by the before [mentioned Indenture (all the other of] said Grantees therein named being since deceased:) by means whereof They the said Johannes Machielson, Cornelius Machielson, John Hendrick Spier, Cornelius Lubbers and Symon Jacobson van Winkel are [and have become seized] of or Inti- tuled unto all and singular the before mentioned Tract of Land and Premises Granted and Conveyed by the before Recited Indenture as aforesaid as Joynt Tenants by Survivorship AND WHERE[AS the said Johannes] Machielson Cornelius Machielson John Hendrick Spier Cornelius Lubbers and Symon Jacobson van Winkel being so Seized as aforesaid have severally and respec- tively taken upon them to Cultivate and Improve [several portions of] the before mentioned Tract of land and premisses which They have allotted to each other separately and respectively by mutual Agreement amongst them- selves, and particularly the said Symon Jacobson [van Winkel] has been at great Charges and Expences in Cultivating and Improving two certain pieces or parcels of Land hereinafter mentioned and being the Lotts No. 4 and 13. Part of the aforesaid Tract of Land and premises, It hath [been ag]reed by and between the said parties to these Presents That the same pieces or parcels of Land so Cultivated and improved by him the said Symon Jacobson van Winkel should be layd out Surveyed and divided for him the said [Symon Jacobson] van Winkel his heirs and Assigns for ever separately as a Part of His Dividend and Share of the aforesaid Tract of Land and Premisses by Vertue of the afore recited Grant from the said Lords Proprietors [and the said] pieces or parcels of Land have accordingly been laid out Surveyed and Divided for him the said Symon Jacobson van Winkel by William Bond Sur- veyor as followeth vizt. All that Tract piece or parcel of Land Scittuate, laying and [Being in the town]ship of Achquechenung in the County of Essex in the Eastern Division of the Province of New Jersey Marked with Number Four, Beginning on the Westside of Pissaick River and runs up into the Woods North [ Ninety-five degrees] West Ninety three chains Sixty four links And is in the breadth Parallell from the ffront to the Rear Nine chains sixty-seven Links: And Contains One hundred Acres of Land or there- abouts, Bounded Southerly by the Lott of [ Aalt Jurians Nor]therly by John Spieres Lott, Easterly by the River Passaick and Westerly by Land not yet layd out : As ALso all that Tract, piece or parcel of Land Scituate, laying and being in the Township County and Province [aforesaid Marked with] Num- ber Thirteen Beginning on and running from the Westside of Pissaick River up into the Woods North Forty seven degrees West Ninety seven chains Forty six Links and is in breadth Parallell, Ten chains [ forty six Links and contains one] hundred Acres of Land or thereabouts, Bounded Southwest- erly by the Lott of John Hendrick Spier, South easterly by Pissaick River, NorthEasterly by the Lott of the Widow Post and Northwesterly by Lands [not yet surveyed as by a re]turn of said Survey and Draught or Scheme thereof under the hand of the said William Bond hereunto annexed may more fully appear. Now THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH That for the [rea- sons aforesaid and] in pursuance of the aforesaid Agreement As also for and in Consideration of the Summ of ffive shillings apiece Current Money of
110
PATERSON AND ITS ENVIRONS
New Jersey to them the said Johannes Machielson, Cornelius Machielson [John Hendrick Spier and] Cornelius Lubbers respectively in hand paid by the said Symon Jacobson van Winkel at and before the Ensealing and De- livery of these presents the Receipt whereof they Do hereby respectively ackno [wledge and themselves to be] therewith fully satisfyed and of every part and parcel thereof Do acquitt release and discharge the said Symon Jacobson van Winkel his heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns by these Presents [and for certain other] Considerations them the said Johannes Machielson Cornelius Machielson John Hendrick Spier and Cornelius Lub- bers hereunto especially moving They the said Johannes Machielson Cor- nelius Machielson [John Hendrick Spier and Corn]elius Lubbers HAVE Remised released ratifyed and confirmed And by these Presents Do for them and their respective Heirs remise release ratify and for ever quit-claim unto the said Symon Jacobs [on van Winkel now in his peace ]able possession and Seizin being and to his heirs and Assigns for ever ALL those the aforesaid two several pieces or parcels of Land or Lotts (No. 4 and 13.) so separately layd out Surveyed divided and allotted [unto the said Symon Jacobson van] Winkel as aforesaid according to the Boundaries thereof in the Said Survey hereunto annexed mentioned Containing [in the] whole about Two hundred Acres of Land English Measure be the same more or less To[gether with all the ] Rivers Ponds Pooles Creeks Inletts Bays Swamps Marshes Meadows Pastures ffields ffences ffishings Hawkings [Huntings ffowlings] and all other Privileges and Appurtenances whatsoever unto the same or to any [part or parcel thereof belonging or in any wise] appertaining AND all the Estate Right Title Interest Use Possession Reversion Remainder Claim and [Demand whatso]ever which they the said Johannes Machielson Cornelius Machielson John Hendrick Spier [and Cornelius Lubbers or any] of them [now have] or which hereafter They or their Heirs or any of them can or may claime to [have in or to either of] the said two pieces or parcels of Land hereby released and confirmed as aforesaid or any part or parcel thereof with the Appurtenances so that neither they the said Johannes Machielson Cornelius Machielson John Hendrick Spier and Cornelius Lub- bers or any of them their or any of their [heirs or assigns shall or may have any] Interest Use Possession Reversion Remainder Claim or Demand to of or in the said Premisses or any part or parcel thereof at any time hereafter can or may claim challenge or require But of and from [all manner of ] Right Estate Use Interest and Demand thereunto or unto any part thereof to be had they the said Johannes Machielson Cornelius Machielson John Hendrick Spier and Cornelius Lubbers and their heirs be altogether Barred and for ever Excluded by these presents. To HAVE AND TO HOLD the aforesaid two several pieces or parcels of Land or Lotts No. 4: and 13 : so laid out Sur- veyed and divided in Severalty as aforesaid and every part and parcel thereof with all and singular the Appurtenances unto him the said Symon Jacobson van Winkel his heirs and Assigns for ever To the only proper use and behoof of him the said Symon Jacobson van Winkel his heirs and Assigns for ever. AND the said Johannes Machielson Cornelius Machielson John Hendrick Spier and Cornelius Lubbers for themselves severally and respectively and for their several and respective heirs Executors and Admin- istrators Do hereby Covenant promise and grant to and with the said Symon Jacobson van Winkel his heirs Executors Administrators and Assigns and to and with every of them by these Presents in the manner and form following That is to say That he the said Symon Jacobson van Winkel his heirs and Assigns and every of them shall and lawfully may from time to time and at all and every time and times hereafter for ever freely quietly and peaceably have hold occupy possess and enjoy the said two several pieces or parcels of
III
THE EARLY WHITE SETTLERS
Land and premises above mentioned hereby released and allotted or men- tioned or intended to be hereby released and allotted as aforesaid and every part and parcel thereof with the Appurtenances without the lawful Lett Suite Trouble Vexation Eviction Disturbance or other Hinderance or moles- tation whatsoever of them the said Johannes Machielson Cornelius Machiel- son John Hendrick Spier and Cornelius Lubbers their heirs Executors Ad- ministrators or Assigns or any of them or of any other person or persons whatsoever any thing having or lawfully claiming of in or out of the said premisses or any part or parcel thereof by from or under them or any of them AND that they the said Johannes Machielson Cornelius Machielson John Hendrick Spier and Cornelius Lubbers and every of them their and every of their heirs and Assigns and all and every other person or persons whatsoever any thing having or lawfully claiming in the said premises hereby Released and Allotted as aforesaid or any part or parcel thereof by from or under them the said Johannes Machielson Cornelius Machielson John Hendrick Spier and Cornelius Lubbers shall and will from time to time and at all times hereafter at the reasonable request Costs and Charges in the Law of the said Symon Jacobson van Winkel his heirs and Assigns well and truly make [do enter into] acknowledge Execute and suffer or to cause to be made done [entered into] acknowledged executed and suffered all and every such fur- ther and other reasonable Act and Acts, Device and Devices, Conveyances and Assurances in the Law whatsoever for the further better more perfect Assurance Surety and Sure Making releasing conveying and assuring the said two several pieces and parcels of Land and premisses above mentioned hereby released and allotted or mentioned or intended to be hereby released and allotted with the appurtenances unto the said Symon Jacobson van Winkel his heirs and Assigns for ever as by him the said Symon Jacobson van Winkel his heirs and Assigns or his or their Council learned in the Law shall be reasonably devised advised or required. IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties above named first to these present Indentures have hereunto Interchangeably Set their hands and Seales the Day and Year first above written.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.