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The Second (mark'd on the Map No. 45)
Begins at a Stake (which Stake is the southerly Corner of a Lot in Guert Garritse's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 44) and from said Stake runs North fifty six Degrees and forty Minutes West twenty eight Chains
* In the Patent he is named Thomas Fredrick Cooper.
Lot No. 62, 33x27 chains, bounded S. E. by a highway = 9} acres.
Lot No. 45, 2}x27 chains = 6} acres, bounded N. W. by the road leading to Berger Point.
Lot No. 141, 8x16 chains = 13 acres, bounded N. W. by Pinhorne's Creek.
Lot No. 42. = 1} acres, bounded S. E. and N. E. by a highway. Fide Note to Stoffelsen's Patent, p. 9, and Note to Harmensen's Patent, p. 50.
Johannis Tomasen (whom I take to be a son of the patentee), a weaver, sold this land to Mattys De Mott, blacksmith, June 25, 1714.
The Patent calls for 10 acres of meadow, which I do not find in the text, This, with the other lots, makes 40} acres.
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and eighty Links to a Road. Then South thirty six Degrees and twenty Minutes West two Chains & fifty eight Links along said Road to a Stake, Thence south fifty six Degrees and forty Minutes East twenty nine Chains to a Stake, Thence North thirty Degrees East two Chains and Sixty one Links to the Place of Beginning.
The Third (being a Tract of Meadow mark'd on the Map No. 141).
Begins at a Stake standing by Pinhorne's Creek (which Stake is the Westerly Corner of a Lot of Meadow in Fredrick Philipse's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 142) And from said Stake runs south forty two Degrees East fourteen Chains and twenty nine Links to a Stake at the End of a very small Creek or Worm, Then South two degrees and fifteen Minutes West five Chains and ninety one Links along said Worm to a Stake, Thence South fifty eight Degrees and forty minutes West three Chains and ninety eight Links along said Worm to the Easterly Corner of a Lot of Meadow in Jacob Luby's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 140), Thence North forty Degrees and forty five Minutes West Eighteen Chains and seventy eight Links to said Pinhorne's Creek, Then up along said Creek the several Courses thereof as it runs to the Place of Beginning.
The Fourth (being an Out-Garden-Plott mark'd on the Map No. 42.)
Begins at a Stake by the Street (which Stake is the Easterly Corner of a Garden Plott in Fredrick Philipse's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 41) And from said Stake runs south forty one Degrees and forty five Minutes East two Chains and Eighty five Links along the Street to the Northerly Corner of the Church Yard, Then South forty Degrees and twenty Minutes West four Chains and fifty one Links to a Stake being the Easterly Corner of a Lot in Guert Garritse's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 44), Thence North fifty six Degrees and forty Minutes West two Chains and fifty six * Links to a Stake, Thence North thirty Degrees East two Chains and ninety Links to a Stake, Thence North forty eight Degrees East two Chains and forty four Links to the Place of Beginning.
The Patent of Petrus Stuyvesant to Harman Edward, dated the fourteenth Day of September, One thousand Six hundred and sixty two, For sundry Parcels of Land lying in and about the Town of Bergen.
Our Survey whereof shews and we adjudge them to be six Tracts.
The First whereof (mark'd on the Map No. 43)*
* This patentee was one of the Commissioners to fortify Bergen in 1663. He and Joost Van der Linden, Hendrick Janse Spier and Hendrick de Backer, June 15, 1674, petitioned the government for land on Staten Island at the mouth of the Kill Van Koll. Col. Hist. of N. Y. ii. 721.
Lot No. 43, in the old maize land, was No. 28 in the original allotment, 14x150 rods=3} morgens.
Lot No. 50, a wood lot, 19x150 rods=42 morgens.
Lot No. 69, a wood lot between Captain Varlet and Samuel Edsall, 19x150 rods with the meadow=9 morgens.
Lot No. 153, 7}x12} rods.
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Begins at a Stake (Which Stake is the Westerly Corner of a Lot in Thomas Fredrick alias De Cuyper's Patent mark'd on the Map No 42) And from said Stake runs North fifty six Degrees and forty Minutes West twenty five Chains and ninety five Links to a Stake by a Road, Thence North thirty six Degrees and twenty Minutes East two Chains and eighty two Links along said Road to a Stake standing in the Turn of said Road, Thence South fifty six Degrees and forty Minutes East twenty six Chains along said Road in Part and Part along the Line of Fredrick Philipse's Garden Plot mark'd on the Map No. 41, to a Stake, Thence South thirty nine Degrees West two Chains and ninety Links to the Place of Begin- ning.
The Second (mark'd on the Map No. 50)
Begins at a Stake (which Stake is the Southerly Corner of a Lot in Dirck Garritse's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 49) And from said Stake runs North fifty four Degrees and fifty Minutes West thirty Chains and sixty Links to a Stake by a Road, Thence South thirty three Degrees West three Chains and seventy six Links along said Road to a Stake, Thence South fifty-five Degrees East thirty Chains and ninety Links to a Stake, Thence North forty one Degrees and forty five Minutes East fifty Links, Then North thirty Degrees East three Chains and thirty two Links to the Place of Beginning.
The Third (being a Tract of Upland and Meadow mark'd on the Map No. 69)
Begins at a Stake by a Road (which Stake is the Southerly Corner of a Lot in John Berry's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 70) and from said Stake runs North fifty four Degrees and ten Minutes West eighty one Chains and forty nine Links to Hackinsack River and then returning to said Stake the Place of Beginning, and from thence runs South thirty *37 three Degrees West three Chains and fifty six Links * along said Road to a Stake, Thence North fifty four Degrees and ten Minutes West eighty one Chains and forty nine Links to said Hackinsack River, Then up along said River 'til it meets the first mentioned Line.
The Fourth (being a Lot in the Town of Bergen mark'd on the Map No. 153)
Begins at a Stake standing on the Northwest side of a Street (which Stake is the Southerly Corner of a Town Lot in Caspar Stymat's second Patent mark'd on the Map No. 116) And from said Stake runs North forty two Degrees West two Chains and forty five Links to a Stake, Thence South forty eight Degrees West One Chain and forty one Links to a Stake, Thence South forty two Degrees East two Chains and forty five Links to said Street, Then North forty eight Degrees East one Chain and forty one Links along said Street to the Place of Beginning.
The Fifth being an out Garden Plot (mark'd on the Map No. III)
Begins at a Stake standing by the Road that leads from the Town to Bergen Point (which Stake is the Westerly Corner of a Garden Plot in Hans Dedrick's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 110) And from said
Lot No. 111, extended from the highway to the swamp, 12 rods wide.
Lot No. 118, was No. 2 in the original allotment, 40 rods wide from the woods to the river. The whole=69 acres. Vide Teunise's Patent, p. 54.
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GUERT GARRITSE.
Stake runs South forty Degrees East nine Chains and sixty Links to a Stake, Thence South forty four Degrees West two Chains and sixty Links to a Stake, Thence North forty Degrees West eight Chains and six Links to a Stake by said Road, Thence North nineteen Degrees East one Chain and fifty-three Links along said Road, Then North fourteen Degrees and twenty Minutes East one Chain and sixty Links along said Road to the Place of Beginning.
The Sixth being a Piece of Meadow on Hackinsack River (mark'd on the Map No. 118)
Begins at a Stake standing by the Edge of the Upland (which Stake is the Southerly Corner of a Piece of Meadow in Adrian Post's Patent mark'd on the Map 117) And from said Stake runs North fifty four Degrees and Ten Minutes West Eleven Chains and fifty Links to Hackinsack River ; and Then returning to said Stake the Place of Be- ginning and from thence runs South thirty Degrees West seven Chains and fifty five Links along the Edge of the Upland to a Stake, Thence North fifty four Degrees and Ten Minutes West nine Chains and fifty Links to said Hackinsack River, Then up along the said River 'till it meets the first mentioned Line.
The Patent of Philip Carteret to Guert Garritse, dated the twenty second Day of July One thousand Six hundred and seventy for sundry Parcels of Land lying in and about the Town of Bergen.
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Our Survey whereof shews and we adjudge them to be six Tracts.
The First whereof (mark'd on the Map No. 44)*
Begins at a Stake standing by a Road (which Stake is the Westerly Corner of a Lot in Harman Edward's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 43) and from said Stake runs South fifty six Degrees and forty Minutes East twenty eight Chains and fifty Links to a. Stake standing at the southerly Corner of an Out-Garden Plot in Thomas Fredrick alias De Cuyper's Patent mark'd on the No. 42 and from thence runs South thirty Degrees West two Chains and sixty seven Links to a Stake, Then North fifty six Degrees and forty Minutes West twenty eight Chains
* Lot No. 44, upland in the old maize land, 14x150 rods=3} morgens ; owned by Cornelius and Garret Sip in 1764. Fide Fan Forst's Patent, p. 60.
Lot No. 51, two wood lots, 38x150 rods=9} morgens. It was sold by the patentee to Hendrick Janse Ostrum, and by him to Beelitje Dircks, daughter of Dirck Janse Van Osten, March 17, 1668; and it was owned by her son Hans, or Johannis Van Rypen in 1764. He died seized Aug. 24, 1776. It was probably sold by Hans to Cornelius G. Van Rypen.
Lot No. 102 extended from the road to the river, and, with the meadow No. 6 in the original allotment=22 morgens. John DeBow sold to Jacob Van Wagenen, May 18, 1767, a lot of upland and meadow in this Patent, which from the description I think is part of this lot.
Lot No. 133 was over the Creek == 18 morgens.
Lot No. 107, between Hendrick de Backer and Jacob Sergeant, 8x20 rods.
Lot No. 154, between the same parties, 7}x12} rods. The whole=100 acres. The W. part of Lot 102 was in doubtful ownership in 1764. Vide Lot 325, p 180.
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and eighty Links to the said Road, Then North thirty six Degrees and twenty Minutes East two Chains and sixty seven Links along said Road to the Place of Beginning.
The Second Tract (being comprehensive of two Lots of Land lying together under one Boundary in the Patent) mark'd on the Map No. 51
Begins at a Stake (which Stake is the Southerly Corner of a Lot in Harman Edward's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 50) and from said Stake runs North fifty five Degrees West thirty Chains and ninety Links to a Stake by a Road, Thence South thirty three Degrees West seven Chains and thirty four Links along said Road to a Stake, Thence South fifty five Degrees East, twenty nine Chains and eighty Links to a Stake, Thence North forty one Degrees and forty five Minutes East, seven Chains and forty two Links to the Place of Beginning.
The Third being a Tract of Upland and Meadow (mark'd on the Map No. 102)
Begins at a Stake standing by a Road (which Stake is the Southerly Corner of a Lot in Caspar Stymat's Second Patent mark'd on the Map No. 101) and from said Stake runs North fifty Degrees and Ten Minutes West twenty three Chains and sixty five Links to a Stake, Thence North fifty four Degrees and Ten Minutes West sixty four Chains and sixty Links to Hackinsack River; and then returning to the first mentioned Stake the Place of Beginning ; And from thence runs South forty three Degrees and thirty Minutes West nine Chains along said Road to a Stake, Thence North fifty Degrees and ten Minutes West twenty three Chains and sixty five Links* to a Stake, Then North fifty four Degrees and ten Minutes West fifty three Chains to said Hackinsack River, Then up along said River 'til it meets the first mentioned Line that comes to the River.
The Fourth (being a Tract of Meadow mark'd on the Map No. 136)
Begins at a Stake (which Stake is the Southerly Corner of a Lot of Meadow in Caspar Stymat's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 137) and from said Stake runs South forty eight Degrees East nineteen Chains and twenty Links to a Stake standing by the Westerly side of Bridge Creek opposite to the Westerly Corner ot a Lot in Jacob Luby's first Patent mark'd on the Map No. 87) and then returning to the first mentioned Stake at the Place of Beginning; And from thence runs North thirty Eight Degrees and twenty Minutes East eight Chains and ten Links to a Stake, Thence South fifty one Degrees and fifty Minutes East seventeen Chains & eighty Links to said Bridge Creek, Then down along the said Creek the several Courses thereof 'til it comes to the first mentioned Line.
The Fifth (being an Out-Garden Plot near the Town mark'd on the Map No. 107)
Begins at a Stake (which Stake is the Westerly Corner of an Out- Garden Plot in Hendrick Teunise's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 106) and from said Stake runs South forty one Degrees East six Chains and ninety Links, to a Stake, Thence South forty eight Degrees West One Chain and forty two Links to a Stake, Thence North forty Degrees West six
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Chains and ninety Links to the Street, Thence North forty eight Degrees East One Chain fifty Links along said Street to the Place of Beginning.
The Sixth (being a Lot in the Town of Bergen mark'd on the Map No. 154)
Begins at a Stake (which Stake is the Easterly Corner of a Town Lot in Paulus Peterse's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 155) and from said Stake runs South forty two Degrees East two Chains and forty one Links to the Street, Then North forty eight Degrees East One Chain and thirty eight Links along said Street to a Stake, Thence North forty two Degrees West two Chains and forty one Links to a Stake, Thence South forty eight Degrees West One Chain and thirty eight Links to the Place of Beginning.
* The patent of Petrus Stuyvesant to Paulus Pieterse dated *40 the Seventh Day of March One thousand six hundred and sixty three and confirm'd to said Pieterse by Patent from Philip Carteret dated the twelfth Day of May, One thousand six hundred and sixty eight for sundry Parcels of Land lying in and about the Town of Bergen.
Our Survey whereof shews, and we adjudge them to be five Tracts.
The First whereof (mark'd on the Map No. 41)*
Begins at a Stake (which Stake is the Southerly Corner of a Lot in Thomas Fredrick alias De Cuyper's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 45) And from said Stake runs North fifty six Degrees and forty Minutes West
* This patentee was one of the commissioners to fortify Bergen in 1663. New Neth. Reg., 158.
Lot No. 46, 14x150 rods = 3} morgens. This lot fell to Newkirk's son, Hendrick, and on partition between his sons, to his eldest son, Garret H., who died a bachelor Oct. 21, 1860.
Lot No. 152, 39x150 rods = 9} morgens.
Lot No. 120, meadow No, 4 in the original allotment, extending from the woods to the river, 43 rods wide.
Lot No. 155, consisted of two lots : 1st, 7}x12} rods ; 2d, 5x7} rods.
Lot No. 103 was 16 rods and 4 feet wide. This lot fell to Hendrick. On partition of his property between his sons, Garret H. and George, it went to his son, Garret H., who sold it to his brother George and brother-in-law Hartman Van Wagenen, Sept. 14, 1835. It was known as the Orchard.
The whole = 37 acres, owned by Garret Newkirk in 1764. Newkirk died seized, April 23, 1785. By his will he gave all his realty to his two sons, Matheris and Hendrick, who partitioned by deed, July 7, 1795. Lots 52 and 53 were then as one lot, called the " large pasture." Hendrick took the N. E. half, and gave it to his sons, Garret H. and George. Garret H. conveyed to George, Oct. 20, 1836, who sold to William Jewett, the present owner, Oct. 20, 1836. Mathevis took the S. W. half, and gave all his realty to his two sons, Garret and Aaron. On division between them, this lot (No. 53) fell to Aaron, who gave part of it to his daughter Catherine, wife of Cornelius M. Vreeland, July 1, 1832. The deed of partition between him and his brother having been lost, the children of Garret released to Catherine, May 1, 1852. Fide Note to Philipse's Patent, p. 28, and Note to Berry's Patent, p. 51.
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twenty nine Chains and twenty Links to a Stake by a Road, 'Thence South thirty six Degrees and twenty Minutes West two Chains and eighty Links along said Road to a Stake, 'Then South fifty six Degrees and forty Minutes East twenty nine Chains & sixty Links to a Stake, Thence North thirty Degrees East, two Chains and eighty Links to the Place of Beginning.
The Second Tract (being comprehensive of a double or two Lots of Land lying together under one Boundary in the Patent) mark'd on the Map No. 52
Begins at a Stake (which Stake is the Southerly Corner of a Lot in Guert Garritse's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 51) And from said Stake runs North fifty five Degrees West twenty nine Chains and eighty Links to a Stake in a Road, Thence South thirty nine Degrees West Seven Chains and thirty three Links along said Road to a Stake, Thence South fifty five Degrees East twenty nine Chains and forty six Links to a Stake, Thence North forty one Degrees and forty five Minutes East seven Chains and thirty four Links to the Place of Beginning.
The Third (being a piece of Meadow mark'd on the Map No. 120)
Begins at a Stake standing by the Edge of the Upland (which Stake is the Southerly Corner of a Lot of Meadow in Jan Lubertse's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 119) And from said Stake runs North fifty four Degrees and ten Minutes West twelve Chains to Hackinsack River, Then returning to the first mentioned Stake the Place of Begin- ning; And from thence runs South twenty two Degrees West nine Chains *41 and twenty five Links along the Edge of the Upland to * a Stake, Thence North fifty four Degrees and ten Minutes West eleven Chains and twenty Links to said Hackinsack River, Then up along said River 'til it meets the first mentioned Line.
The Fourth (Comprehends two Lots in the Town of Bergen mark'd on the Map No. 155 which two Lots being adjoining together are comprehended in one Survey)
Beginning at a Stake (which Stake stands North sixty nine De- grees East one Chain and thirty-four Links from the Easterly Corner of Bergen Church) and from said Stake runs South forty two Degrees East three Chains and thirty seven Links along the Street to a Stake, Thence North forty eight Degrees East one Chain and forty six Links to a Stake, Thence North forty two Degrees West three Chains and thirty seven Links to another Street, Then South forty eight Degrees West One Chain and forty six Links along said other Street to the Place of Beginning.
The Fifth (being an Out-Garden Plot near the Town mark'd on the Map No. 103)
Begins at a Stake (standing South eleven Degrees and forty Minutes West sixty nine Links from the Westerly Corner of the Lot in Town last above describ'd) And from said Stake runs South forty two Degrees East four Chains and twelve Links along a Street to a Stake being the North- erly Corner of the Old Burying Ground, Thence South thirty nine Degrecs West three Chains and two Links to a Stake, Thence North fifty three Degrees and fifty Minutes West two Chains & thirty Links to the Road leading from the Town to Bergen Point; Then North four- teen Degrees and twenty Minutes East four Chains and fifteen Links along said Road to the Place of Beginning.
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The Patent of Philip Carteret to Dirck Garretse dated the twelfth Day of May One thousand six hundred and sixty eight for sundry Parcels of Land lying in and about the Town of Bergen.
Our Survey whereof shews, and we adjudge it to be three Tracts.
The First whereof (being a Tract of Upland mark'd on the Map No. 49)*
Begins at a Stake (which Stake is the Southerly Corner of a Lot in Guert Coerten's first Patent mark'd on the Map No. 48) and from said Stake runs North fifty six Degrees and twenty Minutes West twenty nine Chains and ninety Links to a Stake * in a Road, Thence South thirty three Degrees West ten Chains and fifty Links along said Road to a Stake, Thence South fifty four Degrees and fifty Minutes East thirty Chains and sixty Links to a Stake, Thence North thirty Degrees East eleven Chains and twenty-two Links to the Place of Beginning.
The Second (being a Piece of Meadow mark'd on the Map No. 67)
Begins at a Stake standing by Hackinsack River (which Stake is the Northerly Corner of a Lot of Upland and Meadow in Caspar Sty- mat's Second Patent Mark'd on the Map No. 66) And from said Stake runs South fifty four Degrees and ten Minutes East forty three Chains and seventy five Links to a Stake by the Edge of the Upland, Thence North fifty two Degrees East three Chains and seventy Links along the Edge of the Upland to a Stake, Thence North fifty four Degrees and ten Minutes West forty four Chains and seventy five Links to said Hack- insack River, Then down along the said River to the Place of Begin- ning.
* The Dutch Patent was dated Sept. 14, 1662.
Lot No. 49, in the old maize land, 50x150 rods=25 acres.
Lot No. 67, 19 rods wide from the woods to the river=11} acres. Lot No. 156, 7}x12} rods.
Previous to his death the patentee sold to Baltus Barentsen Van Kleek. Gerritse received the money, but before the transfer was completed he died, leaving a widow and one son. The widow, Gerten Hoppe, and son. Garret Van Dien, theu living in Hackensack, carried out the sale of Gerritse, Oct. 13, 1686. Van Dien confirmed this deed by another, dated Oct. 12, 1700. Barentsen sold to Andries Preyer, a weaver, May 8, 1697. William Day seems to have been a partner of Preyer in this purchase, as appears by his affidavit, dated Oct. 15, 1737. The two partitioned, Preyer taking the orchard, and Day an equivalent strip from Preyer's land.
Lot 156 Day sold to Mattys De Mott, Dec. 2, 1708. Fide Note to Stoffelsen's Patent, p. 9. It remained in his heirs until a recent period. Daniel Van Rypen owned lot 49 in 1764. He sold 21 acres of the N. side to his son Richard, Oct. 9, 1809. His grandson Daniel (son of Richard) yet owns part of it.
Andries Prior died Nov. 16, 1698, leaving all his lands to his son Casparus, who died Feb. 26, 1755, and by will dated Nov. 22, 1753, proved March 16, 1659, gave his lands to his wife Saertje for life, then in fee to his son Nicholas. She died Aug. 25, 1774. Nicholas left him surviving, Casparus, who married Antje, daughter of Garret Van Wagnenen, of Saddle River. By will he gave all his lands to the children of his son Nicholas. Vide Note to Varlet's Patent, p. 62.
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JACOB LUBY.
The Third (being a Lot in the Town of Bergen mark'd on the Map No. 156)
Begins at a Stake standing by a Street (which Stake is the North- erly Corner of the Town Lots in Paulus Pieterse's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 155) and from said Stake runs South forty two Degrees East, two Chains and forty one Links to a Stake, Thence North forty eight Degrees East one Chain and thirty eight Links to a Stake, Thence North forty two Degrees West two Chains and forty one Links to a Stake by said Street, Thence South forty eight Degrees West One Chain and thirty eight Links along said Street to the Beginning.
The Patent of Petrus Stuyvesant to Jacob Luby dated the fourteenth Day of September, One thousand six hund ed and Sixty two for sundry Parcels of Land lying in and about the Town of Bergen.
Outr Survey whereof shews and we adjudge them to be Six Tracts.
The First whereof (mark'd on the Map No. 56)*
Begins at a Red Oak Tree mark'd D T (which Tree is the Southerly Corner of a Lot in Adrian Post's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 55) and from said Red Oak 'T'ree runs North fifty five Degrees West twenty nine Chains to a Stake by a Road, Thence South thirty seven Degrees West nine Chains and seventy five Links along said Road to a Stake, Thence South fifty one Degrees East twenty eight Chains and ninety Links to a
" Luby was a sergeant in the army of the West India Company. On his own petition he was discharged from service Feb. 15, 1656. N. Y. Col. . MSS., vi. 281. He was one of the commissioners to fortify Bergen in 1663, New Neth. Reg., 158, and died June 11, 1691.
Lot No. 56, 57x150 rods=14} morgens, owned by Arent Tuers in 1764. Fide Note to Steenhuysen's Patent, p. 32. Aaron Tuers conveyed to John Welsh the N. part of this lot, May 17, 1830, who conveyed the front part of his purchase to James W. Welsh, Sept. 17, 1336 ; James to John Mead, Jan. 20, 1852 ; Mead to Levi Decker, March 29, 1853. John Welsh conveyed the rear part of his purchase to Alexander C. Mulford, Oct. 20, 1836; who reconveyed to Welsh, April 16, 1839; who conveyed to Benjamin F. Welsh, Jr., Dec. 21, 1852; they both conveyed to Levi Decker, June 12, 1854. Decker sold part of his purchase to John S. Sutphen, March 3, 1859 ; who conveyed to George W. Helm, Sept. 24, 1866. Bentley Av. is laid about 15 feet N. of the N. line of this lot, and through lot 55. Vide Note to Post's Patent, p. 23. It ex- tended S. to about Oxford Ave.
Lot No. 140, "in the new Indian corn field or new maize land," __ 8 morgens.
Lot No. 61, was part of lot No. 1 in the original allotment == 32 morgens, sold by the patentee to John Van Giesen, March 24, 1697, and by him to Jan A. Sip, April 19, 1698. This last deed was confirmed, June 13, 1712, by Claas and Jan Arentse Toers. Fide Note to Van Forst's Patent, p. 60.
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