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2 John Verkerk, who made the maps referred to, and many others in this vicinity, was a son of Roelof (Janse) Verkerck, born in 1654, and who came to this country in 1663, and lived in a stone house torn down ahout 1880, near New Utrecht, Long Island. His son, who signed his name John Verkerk, owned and occupied his father's house on New Ut- recht lane. He was employed as a surveyor on Long Island and vicini- ty .- Register of the Early Settlers of Kings County, Long Island, N. Y., etc., hy Teunis G. Bergen, New York, 1881, 370.
3 This curious historic relic was found hy the writer in 1873 at the hottom of a harrel of waste paper, in a junk-shop in Passaic. The harrel and con- tents had been sold at the "vendue" of the effects of Richard Alyea, who lived on the Bergen county side of the Passaic river, near the Wesel hridge, and died April 20, 1873. His wife, Rachel, was a daughter of Simeon Van Riper, a descendant of the "Thomas Urison" named in the summons. The seal affixed to this instrument shows the figure of an Indian's head and arm, with a tomahawk in his uplifted hand-an appro- priate symhol in a partition suit.
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THE AGREEMENT FOR THE SUBDIVISION.
Achquegenouch yt. 7. Aprill A= 1714.
We underwritten Parlons Simon coffe, John Spier Frans Poft, Hesel Pieterfe, Thomas Juriaenfe ) are Ghofen of the Inhabitants of Achquegen ouch, to fer, every one his Land measured out, or the wing to them, except the first fots, make allo at present a begin as followeth?
Firstly
Hee order that every one fhall frand by his fecon) Lott, as it already is measured out for theme by Mb- John Verkerch, except that Lot of Jacob Freeland, for werden that there Shall be laid out a Common Road of a Chain broad, Petiteen Hendrick Gerritye , and Jacob Freeland, Jo as it before hatch been ordered of 02.
Secondly. Thirdly
That every one according to proportion of his Right Shall draw of the Land, laying on the North point of Wefell, and of MY John Verkerch is laid out in lots) his part.
The Lots which lay between New = wark and Wefels Jan don the Mountains, to know the two Divisions who ley near the Hills, and already is measured out by Me John Verkerk, We order that every one fhall draw there of, according to his Right there.
Fourthly
That Land which lay's between Herman Gentle and Wefel, we over to be laid out in 14 Lots, except that land whereon Arie Soft cometh too hot woon his fecon Lot, which He defi- reth there to have, and that then each one in General may draw thereof according to his Right.
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Fifthly
That Land which lays betwen Dinck Freeland and John Sip onder-We to be laid out in 14 Lots except that land whereom Hendrick Spier cometh too short upon his Second Jot, web He de fireth there to have, that is to fay on that hindermofr end of that piece ; for next on John Sip We order that there Shall Remain a common Road of a Chain broad and on the file of Dinck Freeland order We to be a drifth way of Two Rood's broad, to know of that end of Thomas Juriaenfen his Land till on that end of Dirck Free land's Lot, and then along the Grofs Line till upon the Road by John Sip his Fand.
Sixthly).
That Land which lays between the line of New work and John Brad berrythis Pott. to know the you from the kill of, that order We to be laid out in 14 Lots, and then each one to draw according to what Right he hath in Achquegenouch.
Seventhly
That piece of Land which lays behind Thefsel Reterfse between Dirck Free land and Trans Soft, we order to lay out in 14 Lots, and then each to draw there of to what Righthe hath therein .
Eighthly. t.
That Land which lays behind the first doubleling Lots, from the line of New? work of till that Jand of John Sip, We order that it may lay to long, till that every one hath drawn his part of all those before mentioned Sand, Incafe we Should fee that fome body may be, who now already hath but little wood in their lots, and not there with vided in drawing of his part, that the fame may be provided thereof, according as we Shall find it to be Justly Tone, and then to lay the Remainder in a equal part, forthat every one may draw for it according to his Right.
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THE FIRST LAND OWNERS IN PATERSON.
This then althus agreed and Resolved to be, amongft us
above named Perfons
at the House of Simon Jacoble van .( the 7! Day of April Anno 17.4. On Him whereof we have interch ... . . geable put our hands hereunto.
A true Cappy Translated from the Dutch Original.
Simon Van Winchell the Mark Jan 3 Spier of Thomas Jurianfen Frans Soft Hefsel. Peterfsc®
Province of } New-Jersey §
Essex : ss: Anne by the Grace of God Queen of Great Brittain, France & Ireland Defender of the faith &c: To our Sheriff of our sd. County of Essex Greeting, Wee Comand you that if Jobn Bradburry, John Hendrick Spire, Cornelius De Rimer, Hendrick Spire, Adrian Post, Garrett Post, and Hendrick. Garretson, all of sd County Yeomen shall secure you tbeir suit to prosecute that then you Sum- monds Jobn Courter John Sip, Christopher Stymers, Harmanus Garret- son, Hassell Peterson, Michiell Freeland, Jacob Freeland, Clause Freeland, Direck Freeland, Direck Freeland Jun., Rineer Cornelius- on Vanbood, Thomas Urison, Rooliff Cornelison Vanbood, Symond Jacobs, Cornelius Lubbers, Frances Post, and Peter Paulson all of sd County of Essex yeomen that they & Every of them be & Appear before our Justices of our Court of Common Pleas to be held at Newark for sd County Immediately after our Court of Generall Quarter Sessions of ye Peace which begins on ye second tuesday In August next Doth End & Terminate, To shew why Whereas the sd John Bradburry, John Hendrick Spire, Cornelius De Rimer, Hendrick Spire, Adrian Post, Gar- ret Post, Hendrick Garretson, and John Courter, John Sip, Christopher Stynmets, Hermanus Garretson, Hassell Piterson, Michiell Freeland, Jacob Freeland, Claus Freeland, Direck Freeland, Direck Freeland, Jun., Rineer Corneliuson Vanhood, Thomas Urison, Rooliff Cornelison Vanhood, Symond Jacobs, Cornelis Lubbers, Frances Post, and Peter Paulson Togetber and for Individed Do hold A Certaine Tract of Land with the Appurtenances on Pissaik River In the sd County of Essex Called Achquickenunck, They ye sd Defendants partition thereof between them ye sd Defendants and ye Aforesd Plaintiffs According to Law and ye Custom of Great Brittain to be made Do Contradict and that to be done they do not permitt, lest Justly as is said, and have you then & there this Writt, witness Isaac Whitehead Esqr : our Judge of our sd Court at Newark aforesd the nineteenth day of May In the thir- teentb year of our Reigne.
Gordon1
He. Norris2 Clerk
1 The attorney of the plaintiffs. Tbe summons is in bis handwriting.
2 Henry Norris was a resident of Elizabethtown, then in Essex county. He was clerk of the county for many years, and until his death in 1719.
The records of the Essex Common Pleas covering this era are missing, so that nothing has been learned of the suit beyond what the summons reveals.
The most important division made in 1714 was of the territory now comprising the greater part of the city of Pat- erson, being all that was left of the original patent, lying north of Wesel and south and west of the Passaic river. This great tract was divided into two nearly equal portions, separated by York avenue, now East Eighteenth street, which was therefore called the Dwars lijn, the cross-line or di- vision line. So late as 1892 there was still standing, just east of the Paterson Iron Works, a fence which was the last visible sign of this ancient and historic division. The tract lying east of East Eighteenth street, and extending to the Pas- saic river, was sub-divided into fifteen parcels, the division lines of which were parallel with what is now Park avenue. In the same manner, the tract west of East Eighteenth street, or the Dwars Lijn, was sub-divided into thirteen parcels, Broadway being in the line between two of these farms, and the other dividing lines running parallel with Broadway. The northernmost of these farms west of the Dwars Lijn ran west to the river ; those south of the present line of Broadway ran to the "steep rocks " of Garret moun- tain. Each of these farms, on both sides of the Dwars Lijn, was estimated to contain seventy-four acres ; but it is evid- ent that these acres must have been of the Dutch sort, or morgens, equivalent to two English acres. This apportion- ment or sub-division was called by the old people the "Bogt Patent," or the Patent in the Bend-of the river, alluding to the fact that the river swept around on two sides of it. As already explained, it was not a patent, but merely
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a sub-division of the remainder of the lands lying in com- mon of the great Acquackanonk patent. In time, the name "De Bogt" came to be applied mainly to the land lying di- rectly in the bend of the river, now known as Riverside. The only map of the sub-division of this territory known to exist at the present time is a somewhat crude one, appar- ently copied from the original about 1745, showing the owners of the several farms about that time, instead of as they were in 1714. As this is the oldest known map of any part of the present city of Paterson it has been thought desirable to reproduce it, and it is given on the next page.
This map, blotched with ink, and corroded with time, is evidently a rough copy of the original. The centre line, running north and south, represents the Dwars Lijn, or cross-line, now East Eighteenth street. A note on the map says "the course of the lots is west 22 degrees northerly." The course now is about sixteen degrees from due east and west. A few notes as to the owners will make the map more intelligible to the reader of to-day. On the east side of the Dwars Lijn, or between East Eighteenth street and the Passaic river on the east, the owners were :
No. I-Frans (Francis) Post; south of People's Park. This lot afterwards was in the possession of John F. Post. By deed Oct. 26, 1789, for £27, Powles Powlesse conveyed a triangular piece of 83 acres in the west end of the whole tract to Peter Marselis.
No. 2-Hessel Pieterse. Walling Jacobs, one of the patentees, by deed dated October 14, 1702, conveyed to Hermanus Gerritse a twenty-eighth part of the undivided lands of Acquackanonk ; Hermanus Gerritse by will devised the same to his son Gerrit, who by deed dated March 19, 1747, released to Hessel Pieterse this lot, and other lands.
No. 3-Abram Van Riper. Abraham Van Houten re- ceived a half interest in this Lot, and other property, July I, 1782, from his brother Cornelius, heir-at-law of his moth- er, Jannetje Van Houten, widow of Helmagh D. Van Hou- ten, and daughter of Abram Thomasse Van Riper. John R. Van Houten, of Totowa, with his wife Elizabeth, conveyed an equal half part of the Lot, June I, 1791, for £212 ($530) to Peter Merselis, "bounded east on land of Hartman Jn. Vreeland, westerly on the division line, north and south on Edo Merselis."
No. 4-Elias Vreeland.
No. 5-Arie (Adrian) Post. 1
No. 6-John Van Blarcom ; his northerly line was the present Willis street. He was a descendant of Cornelius Lubbers, one of the patentees.
No. 7-Simeon Van Winkle, eldest son of Symon Jacobs, one of the patentees. This farm extended from Willis street on the south to Thirteenth avenue on the north, and from East Eighteenth street on the west to the river on the east. Simeon appears to have died intestate, leaving a large number of heirs, children and grandchildren. There- upon, Thomas Smith, Henry Gerritse and John El. Vree- land were appointed commissioners to lay out his lands in
small lots, which they proceeded to do, by a map and re- port dated May 16, 1782, still in existence.1 The map was the work of Hessel Pieterse. According to this map and report, Lot No. 7 was divided into eleven farms, each being the full width of the whole Lot, or 10.27 chains. The small lot next to the river, containing 7.33 acres, with the old homestead, was allotted to Albert Ackerman and Rachel his wife; No. 2, next west, 6.87 chains on Willis street, con- taining 7 acres, was allotted to Jacob Van Winkle; No. 3 to No. Io, both inclusive, each had a frontage of 8.79 chains, and contained 8.96 acres. They were allotted as follows : No. 3, to Philip Berry and Catherine his wife; (No. 4, to Sophia Van Dyke; ) No. 5, to Gerrit Van Giesen and Helena his wife; No. 6, to Adrian Van Houten and Mary his wife ; No. 7, to Jacobus Post ; No. 8, to Jacob H. Vreeland and Getty his wife; No. 9, to Abraham Cadmus ; No. Io, to Peter Mead and Jane his wife. No. II, next to East Eighteenth street, had a frontage on Willis street of 8.24 chains, and an area of 7.97 acres. It was allotted to Simeon S. Van Winkle.
No. 8-Magiel (Michael) Vreeland : from Thirteenth av- enue to Twelfth avenue. This farm remained in the fam- ily until about 1870.
No. 9-Simeon Van Winkle, eldest son of Symon Jacobs, one of the patentees. This farm extended from Twelfth av- enue to Eleventh avenue, and from East Eighteenth street to the river. As stated in relation to Lot No. 7, commission- ers were appointed to lay out this farm in small lots, and they divided it into ten such lots, by the map and report re- ferred to above. Beginning on the west, at or near East Eighteenth street, they laid out a lot of 9.56 acres, having a frontage of 9.80 chains on Thirteenth avenue, and a depth, from south to north, of 10.25 chains. This was No. 12, and was allotted to Gerrit Van Giesen and Helena his wife. No. 13 to No. 19, both inclusive, had a width, from east to west, of 9.86 chains, and an area of 10.04 acres. They were allotted as follows : No. 13, to Peter Mead and Jane his wife; No. 14, to Simeon Van Winkle; No. 15, to Abraham Cadmus ; No. 16, to Jacob Van Winkle ; No. 17, to Jacob H. Vreeland and Getty his wife; No. 18, to Jaco- bus Post; No. 19, to Adrian Van Houten and Mary his wife. The rest of the farm, 18.20 chains on the south, and somewhat more on the north, was divided from east to west, into two lots, the southern, 10.21 acres, being allotted to Philip Berry and Catherine his wife, and the northern, hav- ing a depth of 7.90 chains and an area of 10.2I acres also, was allotted to Sophia Van Dyke.
No. 10-Abraham Van Riper. This Lo: was inherited by the two daughters-Jannetje and Elizabeth-of Abraham Thomasse Van Riper. Jannetje and her husband, Hel- magh Van Houten, died seized of an equal undivided half interest in this Lot and other lands. Cornelius H., their oldest son and heir-at-law, by deed of bargain and sale, July I, 1782, conveyed to his brother, Abraham, an equal half part of said real estate, in fee simple. The remaining
1 The original map and report were in the possession of the late Judge Henry H. Voorhis, of Paramus, Bergen county ; the author is indebted to William Pennington, Esq., for the use of a copy of the map.
1 These first five lots ended on the east some distance short of Vree- land avenue.
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FIRST MAP OF PATERSON.
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Heffer poistenie
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22d Ave.
Abram 15
barneyzone
Near 2Ist Ave.
200 ft. S. of Clay St.
Elias breland
13-75 11-75
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13th Ave.
Magiel veland
12th Ave.
fineion bauwensfel 6.9
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100 ft. N. of Godwin St.
IIth Ave.
Abram barneype 10
Ioth Ave.
henderic frion 10
660 ft. N. of Ioth Ave.
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kobus post
Bond St.
Ariepoft
200 ft. S. of Oak St.
hessel pieterse Servet vanlagene
Essex St.
Janvan Cleschum Vas
Willis St.
Broadway.
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100 ft. N. of Fulton St.
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half interest of Cornelius in this Lot was sold by Joseph Crane, Sheriff, to satisfy a judgment of £750 in favor of John Condict, to Albert Ackerman, by deed, July 7, 1783, for £210. By deed July 10, 1783, Abraham H. Van Houten quit-claimed to Albert Ackerman and Cornelius Van Winkle all his interest in said Lot. Ackerman caused the Lot to be partitioned between him and Elizabeth Van Hou- ten, wife of John Roelof Van Houten, dividing it into two equal tracts longitudinally, from East Eighteenth street to the river. By deed, August 3, 1784, Johannis (John R.) Van Houten and wife, conveyed their half to Albert Acker- man, of Paramus.
No. II-Henderic (Henry) Spier. In 1783 this Lot was in the possesion of Jacob Simeon Van Winkle.
No. 12-Michael Vreeland. This Lot was bought, May II, 1786, by John Neafie, from Cornelius John Van Riper, Jury Van Riper, John Van Riper and Gerrit Van Riper. By deed April 8, 1795, for £1,600, Neafie and Trintje his wife, he being then of Franklin township, Bergen county, conveyed Lot No. 12 to John H. Van Blerkuin, of Paterson. No. 13-John Bradberry. Cornelis Gerritse, Cornelius Van Riper and Jacob Van Riper bought this lot from Abraham Berry and William Berry, the heirs of Richard Bradberry (probably a son of John Bradberry), by deed April 20, 1772. The grantees partitioned between them- selves, Gerritse taking the eastern third. Jacob C. Van Riper quit-claimed, April 15, 1778, to Simeon John Van Winkle and John H. Gerritse. In his will Cor- nelis Gerritse devised his share of Lot No. 13 to his daughter, Elizabeth, wife of Henry John Garrison. The will was lost, but the heirs agreed to carry its provis- ions into effect. Accordingly, Gerrit John Gerritsen and Margaret his wife (daughter of Cornelis), and Sim- eon John Van Winkle and Claesje his wife (another daughter of Cornelis), released an equal half part of the share of Lot No. 13 which had been owned by Cor- nelis Gerritse, by deed dated Oct. 14, 1779, to Henry John Gerritsen (his wife Elizabeth being then deceased) for life, with remainder in fee to his son John Gerrit- sen, heir-at-law of the said Elizabeth. The same day Henry John Gerritse (Henery Gerritse) and Gerrit John Gerritse and Margaret his wife released their interest to Simeon John Van Winkle and Claesje his wife. The latter joined in a conveyance, June 29, 1781, to John Van Winkle, of Bergen county ; the next day he re-conveyed it to Simeon John Van Winkle, in whom the fee was thus vested. On March 12, 1788, John H. Gerritse and Margaret his wife re- leased to Simeon John Van Winkle and Claesje his wife, and on May 15, 1801, for $45, conveyed to Simeon a plot of an acre and a half, of Lot No. 13, evidently their home-lot. The other two-thirds interest in Lot No. 13 was conveyed, May 2, 1788, by Jacob Cornelis Van Riper and Abigail his wife, to John Neafie ; the latter conveyed the same, April 8, 1795, to John H. Van Blarcom.
No. 14-Henderic Gerretse (Henry Garrison) : at River- side. Henry Garrison, Esq., of Wesel, Simeon John Van Winkle and John H. Garrison are declared (recital in a deed) to have stood "jointly possessed of certain tracts of
land in Essex county, by virtue of the last will and test- ament of Henry Garrison, "deceased, as well as by a deed of release from Garrit Stimas," dated July 23, 175I. Henry John Gerritse and Gerrit John Gerritse and Margaret his wife, by deed Oct. 14, 1779, released this Lot, with other property, to Simeon John Van Winkle and Claesje his wife. The latter released, June 29, 1781, to John Van Winkle, of Bergen county, who the next day con- veyed to Claesje, declaring that she was entitled to said lot by virtue of the will of her father, Cornelis Gerritse. John H. Garrison and Margaret his wife released March 12, 1788, and on Feb. 12, 1795, Henry Garritse released to Simeon John Van Winkle and Johu H. Garrison. It may be easier to understand these conveyances if it is borne in mind that Cornelis Gerritse (b. July 2, 1723) and Henry Garritse, sen., sometimes called Henry John Garritse (b. Aug. 17, 1727), were brothers, sons of Johannis, who was a grandson of Gerrit Gerritse, one of the fourteen patentees. Still another deed for this Lot was given, April 15, 1806, by John H. Gerritse and Margaret his wife, to John S. Van Winkle and Simeon Van Winkle. These several conveyances merged Lot No. 14 in what was afterwards known as the Riverside farm.
No. 15-Michael Vreeland. By deed dated Oct. 14, 1779, Henry John Gerritse and Gerrit John Gerritse and Margaret his wife released to Simeon John Van Winkle and Claesje his wife Lot No. 15, with other property. Simeon John Van Winkle and Claesje his wife released to John Van Winkle, of Bergen county, June 29, 1781, and he conveyed the next day to Simeon John Van Winkle. By deed March 12, 1788, John H. Gerritse and Margaret his wife quit-claim to Simeon John Van Winkle and Claesje his wife. Another deed for this Lot, describing it by metes and bounds, and declaring it to contain 1574 acres, was given April 15, 1806, by John H. Gerritse and Margaret his wife to John S. Van Winkle and Simeon Van Winkle. Gerritse describes it as "all that my farm and plantation whereon I now dwell." By this deed 'this Lot was also merged in the Riverside farm. The southern line of Lot No. 15 was between Fourth and Fifth avenues, or thereabout.
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 Paterson Iron Works. 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. Frans Post bought of Hans Dide- ricks, one of the patentees, a half interest in the undivided lands of Acquackanonk, by deed dated April 4, 1696 ;1 and by deed dated April 26, 1698, he bought a half interest of Cornelius Lubbers,2 another of the patentees. He was al- ready settled at Acquackanonk when he bought of Dide- ricks. By his will, dated September 8, 1724, he devised all
1 E. J. Deeds, Book F, f. 222.
2 E. J. Deeds, Book G, f. 107.
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his lands to his sons, Adrian, Jacobus, Johannes, and Hen- drick, to be equally divided between them. Adrian, Jaco- bus and Johannis, by deed dated March 14, 1731, released this lot to Hendrick, who by his will, dated May 27, 1777, de- vised to his son Henry, who conveyed a tract of forty-two acres and forty-one hundreths to the Society for Establish- ing Useful Manufactures, 1 by deed dated June 7, 1792.
No. 4-Jacobus (James) Post ; a son of Frans Post, just .. mentioned. His brothers, Adrian, Johannis and Hendrick, by deed dated May 30, 1740, released this lot to Jacobus, who by will dated October 26, 1765, devised the same or a part to his son, John F. Post.2 John I. Post and wife con- veyed 122.22 acres of this Lot and Lot No. 3, to the S. U. M., June 27, 1792. The tract so conveyed included Colt's Hill, and extended across the width of the two lots. On April 20, 1793, Post and wife conveyed to the Society 22 acres in the eastern end of these lots, and 12 acres in the vicinity of Vine street.
No. 5-Hessel Pieterse and Gerrit Van Wagenen. Wal- ling Jacobs by deed dated May 6, 1689, conveyed to Jan Harmsse Van Barkeloo a lot of land in Acquackanonk, to- gether with half his interest (one-twenty-eighth part) in the un- divided lands. Van Barkeloo and his wife, Grietje Abrams Cornelisse, by deed dated May 20, 1695, conveyed the same to Hessel Pieterse. By these conveyances, and those re- corded in the case of Lot No. 2 east of the cross-line, Pie- terse and Gerrit Van Wageningen became vested as tenants in common in an equal undivided interest in a fourteenth part of the undivided lands. By deed dated March 19, 1747, Pieterse released to Van Wageningen this lot. The latter, by his will, dated July 17, 1769, proved August I, 1770, devised to his son Hermanis, "a Lott of Land in the Bought in the Patent of Achquechnonk," the lot in question. In his will, dated August 21, 1789, proved April 8, 1794, Harremanis Van Wagenen does not mention this lot, al- though many other tracts are enumerated with great par- ticularity ; from this it is inferred that he had previously disposed of Lot No. 5.
No. 6-John Van Blarcom ; his northerly line was about three hundred feet north of Willis street. It would about pass through the corner of Market and Union streets. John Van Blarcom received this property by deed from his father Guisbert Van Blarcom, who bought it from Cor- nelis Van Houten, a son of one of the patentees. John de- vised his property to his sons Henry, Nicholas and Anthony. Henry and Nicholas released to Anthony by deed dated December 14, 1786.3 John Van Blarcom lived in a stone house at the southwest corner of Willis street and Vreeland avenue, afterwards occupied by Cornelius C. Vreeland, and now covered by Chitty's greenhouses.
No. 7-Abram Thomasse ; his northerly line was Broad- way. He was a grandson of Urian Thomassen, one of the patentees, from whom he acquired the property. His
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