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The Patent of Philip Carteret to Hendrick Van Ostrum, dated the tenth Day of November One thousand six hundred and seventy seven for a parcel of Upland & a parcel of Mea-
sold the W. half =8 47-100 acres to Casparus Prior, Sept. 1, 1784. Of this half Prior died seized, and by will devised it to the children of his son Nicholas, viz. : Hannah, wife of David L. Van Horne, Michael, and Jasper. Among these it was partitioned by commissioners ; report confirmed March Term, 1845. Prior's interest in this lot fell to Michael, who sold all that fell to him in the annexed sketch to Jacob M. Merselis. Vide Note to Gerritse's Patent. p 41.
The E. half of Lot 128 Stuyvesant, by will dated Nov. 20, 1821, proved Jan. 9, 1822, gave to his children Peter and Mary (wife of Peter Kip) who, with their mother Lenah, conveyed the same to Cornelius Van Horne ; May 7, 1833, who conveyed to Moses B. Bramhall, March 31, 1851, who conveyed to Samuel Bostwick, April 1, 1851, two aeres on the N. end. This portion Bostwiek mapped (map filed July 7, 1861). Fide Note to Lot 359, p. 215.
Lot No. 127 was owned by several parties in 1764. Vide New Field Book.
Lot No. 168 was in doubtful ownership in 1764. Fide Lot 257, p 218, Garret Van Rypen sold it and Lot 257, Oct. 1. 1785, to Jacob Everson, who sold to Peter Sip, July 6, 1791, in exchange for the "Peach Orehard," which was afterwards owned by Dennison and then by Wm. Wright and Samuel Wescott. Lots 168 and 257 were owned by Richard Sip, son of Peter, at the time of his death in 1865,
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CLAAS JANSEN VAN PURMERANT.
dow lying eastward of the Town of Bergen. Which Upland & Meadow as adjoining together we have comprehended in one Survey, mark'd on the Map No. 131 .* * Our Suruey whereof shews and we adjudge it to be a Tract *65 Beginning at a Stake standing South fifty Degrees East one Chain from a Red Cedar Tree mark'd K. C. C. (which Tree is the Westerly Corner of Claas Jansen Van Purmerant's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 132) And from said Stake runs South fifty Degrees East forty four Chains to Horsimus Creek, Then returning to said Stake the Place of Begin- ning ; And from thence runs South forty Degrees west fifteen Chains and fourteen Links to a Stake, Thence fifty Degrees East thirty nine Chains and seventy eight Links to said Horsimus Creek, Then up along the said Creek as it runs 'til it meets the first mentioned Line.
The Patent of Philip Carteret, to Claas Jansen Van Pur- merant dated the thirty first Day of March One thousand six hundred and sixty eight for a Parcel of upland, and a Parcel of Meadow lying eastward of the Town of Bergen. Which Upland and Meadow as adjoining together we have comprehended in one Survey, mark'd on the Map No. 132.t
Our Survey whereof shews and we adjudge it to be a Tract Beginning at a Red Cedar Tree mark'd K C C and from thence runs South fifty Degrees East forty four Chains to Horsimus Creek, Then returning to said Tree the Place of Beginning and from thence runs North forty Degrees East eighteen Chains to a Stake, Thence South fifty Degrees East twenty four Chains and fifty three Links to a Stake by the Edge of the Meadow, thence South thirty five Degrees and fifteen Minutes West one Chain to a Stake, Thence South sixty three Degrees East two Chains and eighty Links, Then East six Chains and eighty Links along the Northerly Branch of Horsimus Creek, Then South twenty five Degrees East five Chains and forty tour Links along said Branch, Then North eighty eight Degrees West five Chains and thirty Links along said Branch, Then South nineteen Degrees East three Chains and forty Links along said Branch to the Main Creek of Horsimus, Then down along said Creek as it runs the several Courses thereof 'til it comes to the first mentioned Line.
" This consisted of two lots : Upland 19x19 rods, extending from his meadow on the E. to a highway on the W = 22 acres ; Meadow 19 chains long, 15 chains wide on the N. end and 11 chains on the S. end = 15 acres, lying between Hoboken and Harsimus. These two lots were sold by the patentee to Annetje, the widow of Claas Jansen Van Purmerent June 3, 1691. By her and her eldest son Cornelius it was sold to her son, Hendricus Kuyper, June 12, 1714. Kuyper sold this lot to John Dey. Vide Note to Van Purmerent's Patent, p 7.
t This tract was at one time owned by Jan Everson Carsebom ; by him conveyed to Nicholas Varlet, and by him to the patentee. The upland is described as bounded E. by Hendrick Jansen Van Ostrum, W. by the Great Fall (i.e. the Showhank brook passing down the hill a little S. of Rommelt and Leicht's brewery), in size 60x120 rods == 20 morgens. The meadow thereto annexed extended from Harsimus Creek back to the hill = 22 acres. The patentee died seized and intestate, and his property was in- herited by his eldest son, Cornelius, who sold to his brother Hendrick, June 12, 1714. Fide Note to Van Purmerent's Patent, p. 7.
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JAN VINGE-CORNELIUS RUYVEN ET AL.
The Patent of Petrus Stuyvesant to Jan Vinge, dated the fourth Day of June One thousand six hundred and sixty three for a Piece of Meadow lying easterly of the Town of Bergen. Our Surven whereof shews, and we adjudge it to be a Tract (mark'd on the Map No. 143)*
Beginning at a Stake standing by the Edge of the Upland (which Stake is the westermost Corner of the Patent of Hoboken mark'd on the Map No. 2) and from said Stake runs Southwesterly along the Edge of the Upland to a Stake (which Stake is the easterly Corner of Claas Jan- sen Van Purmerant's Patent mark'd on the Map No. 132) and from said Stake runs South thirty five Degrees and fifteen Minutes West One Chain to a Stake, Then South sixty three Degrees East two Chains and eighty Links, Then East six Chains and eighty Links along the Northerly Branch of Horsimus Creek, Then South twenty five Degrees East two Chains & sixty four Links along said Branch to a Stake, Thence North sixty nine Degrees and ten Minutes East thirty four Chains and fifty two Links to Hoboken Creek, Then up along the said Creek the several Courses there- of as it runs to the Place of Beginning.
The Patent of Petrus Stuyvesant to Cornelius Ruyven, Paulus Lindertz, Allerd Anthony and Johannis Ver Bruggen, dated the twenty first Day of November One thousand six hundred and sixty three for a Meadow (of old call'd Jacob Slaughis Meadow) lying upon the West side of Hudson's River.
Our Survey whereof shews and we adjudge it to be a Tract (mark'd on the Map 145).t
* Vinge was an heir of Jan Jansen Damen ; Schepen in 1655, '56, '61; admitted to the rights of a Great Burgher, April 14, 1657 ; was twice married, the last time to Wieshe Haytes, Feb. 15, 1682. He died without issue in 1691.
This lot belonged to the devisees of Sir Peter Warren in 1764. Vide Lot No. 218, p.219. 18 acres in the N.E. corner of this Patent were conveyed by Charles, Lord Southamp- ton and Henry Seymour Conway to Coll McGregor, May 25, 1795, and by him to John Stevens, April 6, 1797. It consisted of meadow lying S.W. of Hoboken Creek, be- ginning on the N. side of Van Purmerent's land, then up along the great ereek to the small ereek under the hill = 9 morgens.
Sir Peter Warren married the eldest daughter of Stephen De Lancey, of New York, and it is probable that the above-named grantors were his executors.
t The Slaugh here named was the enterprising individual who attempted to take the life of Kieft. For this exploit he was shot and his head stuck on a post.
Van Ruyren was the old secretary under Stuyvesant. with whom he came here in 1647, being then a young bachelor. He married Hillegond, daughter of Domine Johannes Megapolensis, June 24, 1654 ; was engaged in the dry goods and general store business ; was Alderman in N. Y. in 1665, '70, '72, '73.
Lindertz, known also as Leenders, Leendertzen, Van der Grist, Van den Grift, Van der Grift and Van die Grift, was one of the early settlers. He left Holland in command of the ship Great Gerrit, Dec. 25, 1646, and arrived at Manhattan May 11, 1647, with Stuyvesant, by whom he was appointed naval agent. He was one of the Select Men ; a lientenant in the Burgher corps of New Amsterdam in 1653 ; a sehe p- en in 1653, '54 ; and burgomaster in 1657, '58, '61, '64. After the surrender he took the oath of allegiance to the English, and remained in the country until 1671, then
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NICHOLAS VARLET AND NICHOLAS BAYARD.
Beginning at a Heap of Stones by the Southerly End of said Mead- ow & near the River, And from thence runs North four Degrees West five Chains and ninety Links along the Edge of the Upland, Then North twelve Degrees East Ten Chains and twelve Links along said Upland, Then South sixty seven Degrees & thirty Minutes West four Chains and twelve Links along said Upland, Then North twenty eight Degrees and thirty Minutes East eight Chains, Then North forty four Degrees East two Chains and thirty Links along said Upland, Then North thirty nine Degrees and thirty Minutes East fifteen Chains along said Upland, Then North twenty seven Degrees East twelve Chains and sixty Links along said Upland, Then North seventy four Degrees East Eleven Chains and six Links along said Upland, Then North sixty two Degrees East six- teen Chains to said Hudson's River, Then down along said River as it runs to the Place of Beginning.
The Patent of Petrus Stuyvesant to Nicholas Varlet and Nicholas Bayard dated the tenth Day of December, One
returned to Europe, leaving his property in the hands of agents. He resided on the W. side of Broadway, near the present Trinity Church. He came near being a vic- tim of the Indian raid on New Amsterdam in 1655. Col. Hist. of N. Y., ii, 43; Val. Hist. of N. Y., 61.
Anthony was a prosperous merchant in New Amsterdam ; schepen in 1653; burgo- master from 1655 to 1661; schout from 1662 to 1665, and sheriff from 1666 to 1673. As an official he was unpopular, and among the lower classes went by the name of " the hangman." He died in 1685.
Ver Bruggen, sometimes called Van Brugh, came hither at an early date, and set- tled in Rensselaerswyck. He afterwards came to New Amsterdam; was a corporal in the Burgher corps in 1653; schepen in 1655, '56, '61 ; made a great burgher April 12, 1657 ; orphan master in 1663; burgomaster in 1673, '74, '75; captain of the militia, in New Orange, in 1637 ; member of the common council in 1683; alderman in 1677; took the oath of allegiance in 1664, and was assessed at 14,000 florins in 1674.
This patent was confirmed by Gov. Carteret, March 31, 1668. It included two pieces of meadow.
1st-Meadow, as well the salt as the reed meadow, about half a Dutch league N. of Wihaken, "Antiently known by the name of Jacob Slaugh's Meadow."
2d - Meadow, about a Dutch league further up, called by the name of Moertien Danidts valley, or meadow. In the corruption of this latter name may be found the present Mordanis meadow.
Anthony sold to Cornelius Van Borsum, June 28, 1678, his interest in the above tracts, "known by the names of Jacob Slaugh and Moertje Daniels.
A small part of this meadow was sold by John Somerindyke, executor of Richard Somerindyke, to Arthur McCarter, Aug. 1829. McC'arter sold to Robert Annett, June 8, 1835 ; Annett to Michael Carling, Jan. 26, 1848; Carling to Henry A. W. Barclay and William R. Townsend 32 6-100 acres, and the right to the shore front, 2 52-100 acres ; Barclay and Townsend to Dudley S. Gregory, Dec. 6, 1849; Grego- ry to Nathaniel Dole, March 1, 1864. The title to the meadow is in great obscurity. It seems to have passed. by descent, among non-residents. There is not any recorded paper title. The rapid increase in the value of this property will, without a doubt, soon bring about a legal settlement of the ownership, which has been an uncertainty for more than a century. Fide Note to Lot No. 219, p. 77.
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NICHOLAS VARLET AND NICHOLAS BAYARD.
thousand six hundred and sixty three. Confirm'd by Patent from Philip Carteret to said Varlet and Bayard, dated the thirtyeth Day of October One thousand six hundred and sixty seven for a certain Plantation or Parcel of Land and Meadow call'd Sekakus, lying in the Kill Van Cul.
Our Survey whereof shews and we adjudge it to be a Tract (mark'd on the Map No. 146) .*
" Secaucus, Sikakes, an Indian word, signifying the place where the snake hides.
The wording of Carteret's Patent is as follows: "Doe hereby Give, Grant and Confirme unto Nicholas Ver Lett Esqr. of the Towne of Bergen and Nicholas Bayard of New Yorke a Sartain Plantation or P'reel of Land lying and being in the Kill van Cole known in the Indian Language by the Name of Sickakus which was lawfully pur- chased from the Indians and Paid for as may appcare by the Bill of Sale made by the Indyans the 30th day of January in the Year of Our Lord 1658 Stila Nova, Which said Parcell of Land together with all the Land and Meadows round about it and an- nexed Thereunto with the Creek and Creeks, Ponds, Ponles, Swamps and Isletts as far as it Reaches to the Fine Land, Fishing, Fowling, Hunting, with all and Singular the Appurtenances " &c. " as of the Manner of East Greenwich in free and Common Socage, Yielding and Paying to the said Lord PrPrietors" &c "One half Penny of Lawfull Money of England for every Acre." "The said Plantation or Parcell of land is Estecmed and Valued according to the Survey and Agreement made to Contain, both of Upland and Meadow the Sum of two thousand Acres English Measure."
In 1674 the Indians raised a question as to the Dutch title to the Island. They contended that the deed to Stuyvesant included only "Espatingh and its dependen- cies." But the Dutch Council at Fort Willem Hendrick, having examined the deed and heard arguments, decided that the land was included in the sale. The Indians replied that they did not know this, and thought "they ought to have a present of an anker of rum." To extinguish their title this was given, Col. Hist. of N. Y. ii, 707, and the simple ones were satisfied. While in possession of the patentees Varlet died, and Samuel Edsall and Peter Stoutenburgh were appointed his administrators. They joined Bayard in selling the tract, April 24, 1676, to Edward Earle, Jr., of Maryland. Earl sold to Judge William Pinhorne, March 26, 1679, for £500, one undivided half of the tract, also one half of all the stock, " Christian and negro servants." The fol- lowing schedule was annexed to the deed: "One dwelling house, containing two lower rooms and a lean-to below staires, and a loft above, Five tobacco houses, one hors, one mare and two Coults, eight oxen, ten Cows, one bull, foure yearlings, and seven Calves, between thirty and forty hoggs, foure negro men, five christian servants." Not long after this, Scott in his " Model of the government of East Jersey," calls the place "a brave plantation."
Pinhorne and Earle held in common until April 15, 1682, when a division was made. Earle took the upper, and Pinhorne the lower portion of the Island. On the E. boundary of Pinhorne's land was a creek, which took its name from the Judge and to this day is known as Pinhorne's Creek. On the S. end of the Island is a bluff, known at different times as "Slangen Bergh," and " Snake Hill." "Mount Pinhorne" was the high land, a little N. E. of Snake Hill. It was for some time questioned whether or not this tract was within the old township of Bergen. To settle this question, the Proprietors directed a survey, Oct. 30, 1686; which was made by George Keith, and it was found to be within the township. Pinhorne claimed that his deed included the swamp E. of the creek and resisted the claim of the Freeholders that it was Com- mon Land. In 1694 he sued Caspar Steinmets in trespass for cutting timber in the
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NICHOLAS VARLET AND NICHOLAS BAYARD.
Beginning at the Mouth of Pinhorne's Creek (on the Northeasterly side of Hackinsack River) And thence runs up along said Pinhorne's Creek the several Courses thereof as it runs to a Creek or Ditch (which communicates or joins said Pinhorne's Creek with another Creek call'd Crom, a-Kill) Then along said Creek or Ditch as it runs to said Crom, a- Kill Creek, Then down along said Crom, a-Kill Creek the several Courses thereof as it runs to said Hackinsack River, Then down along the said Hackinsack River the several Courses thereof as it runs to the Mouth of said Pinhorne's Creek the Place of Beginning.
* Besides the several Patented Tracts foregoing 61
swamp, but I do not know that the case was ever brought to trial. On May 10, 1717, he executed a deed for his land to John Barclay, of Perth Amboy, in trust for the grantor and his wife, and after their death to his children. But having some mis- givings about it he destroyed this deed. After his death his widow and children filed a bill in Chancery to prohibit the Freeholders of Bergen cutting timber in the swamp E. of the creek The trustees filed an answer. The result I do not know, but there can be no doubt that these pretentions were groundless, and the Field Book properly places the tract W. of the Creek.
By Pinhorne's will, dated May 10, 1719, proved April 12, 1720, he gave his lands to his wife for life ; then to be divided between his grandson John Pinborne, Col. Edmund Kingsland, who married his daughter Mary ; his daughter Martha, widow of Chief Justice Mompesson (she afterwards mirriel Richard Warman), and Elizabeth who married Timothy Bagley, each one quarter. In the summer of 1729, Col. Kings- land advertised " Mount Pinhorne" for sale -" 600 acres of timber. 200 acres of cleared land, 1000 acres of meadow, with a new house and barn, two orchards of about 1200 bearing apple trees." The heirs of Pinhorne sold part of this tract to Thomas Alsop, of Long Island, Dec. 15, 1730. In this purchase John Bard afterwards became inter- ested. By Col. Kingsland's will, dated July 29, 1741, proved July 26, 1742, he left his interest in this tract to his children William Edmund, Roger, Isaac, Edmund, Mary, Anna, Hester, Catharine, and Elizabeth, wife of George Leslie. By will dated May 20, 1728 (1748?), proved Sept. 18, 1751, Leslie gave the property received from Kings- land to his children George W., John, Edmund, James, and Margaret.
Earle's will, dated May 16, 1709, proved May 8, 1717, gave his lands to his wife for her life, then to his son Edward for his life, then to his grandson Edward in fee. This grandson's will was dated Oct. 18, 1750, proved May 12, 1755. His children were Edward, John, Philip, Anthebe, Robert, Elizabeth, Hester, and Mary, wife of John Nelson. Among these children he divided up his lands, but in what proportion I can- not say. Edward (4th), by will dated Nov. 2, 1787, proved Jan. 25, 1788, gave to his sons Richard and John all his Secaucus lands. His children were Richard, John, Ed- ward, Cecelia, wife of Rodman Fields, and Mary. The poor-house farm is on the S. part of the Pinhorne tract. Job Smith sold it to Albert A. Westervelt, 200 acres, March 15, 1820; Westervelt to Abel I. Smith, April 28, 1820 ; Abel to " The Trustees of the Freeholder's Inhabitants of the Township of Bergen," April 29, 1820. The trustees, &c., sold the same to the " Overseers of the Poor of the Township of Bergen," May 3, 1833, who sold to the Board of chosen Freeholders of Hudson County.
Andrew Tead et ux. owned a large tract at Secaucus. They sold to Robert Leake, of N. Y., 400 acres, March 27, 1762. Leake died seized, and his property was inherited by his eldest son Robert William, who empowered John George Leake, July 7, 1774, to sell. He sold this tract to John Stevens. March 10, 1795.
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WEST INDIA COMPANY'S FARM.
Wie found a Tratt now in the possession of Captain Archibald Kennedy at Horsimus. The State of The Title to which (being neither Patent nor Grant) we found to be very intricate.
It appears, that, the States of Holland granted New Netherland to The West Indie Company of Amsterdam. That, the said West Indie Company by their Governors in New Netherland purchas'd from Time to Time large Tracts from the Indians, and patented out the same in sev- eralty to Dutch Subjects. This Tract at Horsimus (in possession of Ken- nedy) appears to be a Part remaining unpatented of a Large Tract of Land, now the Township of Bergen, purchas'd of the Indians by Govern- or Petrus Stuyvesant for the Use of said West Indie Company.
It appears probable that this Tract at Horsimus was peculiarly reserv'd for said West Indie Company having been always call'd The adest Endie Company's Farm.
It's presum'd, that, this Tract stood thus circumstanc'd at the Time of the Surrender of this Country by the Dutch in the Year One thousand six hundred and sixty four; And, that, it remain'd secured to the said West Indie Company by the first Article of that Surrender ; And as it was in their Possession by their Tenant at the Time of granting the Charter of Bergen ; We conceive, it did not pass, by that Charter, And therefore is no part of the Common Lands of the Township of Bergen.
Then as to the Bounds, We find, That, Horsimus is a Tract nearly circumscrib'd by a natural Boundary. But as there has been laid before us several Patents hereafter men- tion'd for sundry Parcels of Land lying within that Boundary, and which we have run out, and ascertain'd there ; Thence we are of Opinion, That, (The West Indie Company's Farm or) The Tract now in Possession of Captain Kennedy is limited by that natural Boundary of Horsimus, Excepting and reserving those Lands granted by and mention'd in the said several Patents.
Our Survey therefore of the Land now in Possession of Cap- tain Kennedy at Horsimus Shews, and we Adjudge it (under the Exception & Reservation after * mention'd) to be a Tract mark'd on the Map No. 169 *
* Atter the purchase of Pauw's interest in Pavonia, this tract was held with great tenacity by the Dutch West India Company, and became known as their farm. By them it was regarded as the natural outlet for all the native commerce attracted to New Amsterdam from the vast country on this side of the Hudson. Its ownership was the main cause of Pauw's troubles, for the other directors were convinced that it gave him too much control of the Indian trade. Though for a long time diverted, commerce is returning to its first love, and old Ahasimus, with its surroundings, again becomes a depot for the great West and South of this country ; and, as the natural terminus of the Pacific lines of railway, of the trade of the Orient. It origin- ally included the whole of Ahasimus, but was reduced to about 383 acres by grants to Van Vorst and others. It was reserved to the Company by the first of the " Articles of Capitulation " in 1664: "We consent that the States General, or West India Company, shall freely injoy all farms and houses (except such as are in the forts)" etc. O'Cal. N. N., ii, 532 But war between England and Holland having been declared Feb. 22, 1665, Gov. Nicolls, by proclamation in N. Y., June 15, 1665,
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WEST INDIA COMPANY'S FARM
Beginning at the Mouth of Horsimus Creek on the Northwest side of Hudson's River or York Bay (which Creek seperates Horsimus from Comunipan and other Lands of Bergen) And thence running up along the said Creek the several Courses thereof as it runs to the Westerly End of a Ditch (that was formerly cut to answer the Purpose of a Fence from said Horsimus Creek to a small Creek that runs up out of the Bay or Cove betwixt Horsimus and Hoboken Creek) and then along said Ditch to the said small Creek, Then down along the said small Creek as it runs to the Mouth thereof in the said Cove betwixt Horsimus and Hoboken, Then down along said Cove to Hudson's River or York Bay, Then along said River or Bay as the same runs to the Place of Begin- ning. But specially excepting and reserving as included within the Limits and Survey above describ'd the sundry Parcels of Land following, to wit,
First. A House Lot mark'd on the Map No. 3, and a Tract of Upland and Meadow mark'd on the Map No. 6 both of which we have run out under the Patent of Philip Carteret to Ide Corneliese Van Vost dated the thirtieth Day of March One thousand six hundred and sixty eight.
" after the usual ringing of the City Hall bell three times," declared confiscated to the king the real and personal property of the Dutch W. I. Co., "in consequence of the Company's inflicting all sorts of injury on his Royal Majestie's subjects." From this time the Governors of N. Y. claimed the tract for the Duke of York, and it was known as the " Duke's Farm." By them leases were given. On March 1, 1667, Jacob Stof- felsen and wife received a lease to run from Jan. 1, 1667, for and during the life of the "longest liver." The wife survived Stoffelsen, and married Caspar Steinmets. He obtained a lease April 12, 1674, in right of his wife. Aug. 17, 1678, his wife being dead, he received a lease of the farm for life. Aug. 13, 1685, Gov. Dongan gave to John Palmer a lease for ninety-nine years of the reversion, "from the feast of St. Michael, the Archangel, next ensuing after the determination of the estate" of Stein- mets. Deeds ( Albany), vii, 170; Col. Hist. of N. Y., iii, 411. Feb. 5, 1686, John and Garret, sons of Caspar Steinmets, bought the Palmer lease, and, after the death of their father, divided the farm ; John taking the S. half, and Garret taking the N. half. Feb. 24, 1708. John conveyed his interest in the farm to his wife for her life, then to his nephew, Jacob Prior. After John's death, his widow married Peter Van Woog- lem. They and Jacob Prior assigned to David Hennion, alias David Danielson, the remainder of the term under the Palmer lease. This was about 1715. In the mean- time the freeholders of Bergen claimed the farm as common land under Carteret's grant of 1668. This the proprietors denied, and claimed it for themselves. Acting upon this claim they disposed of it, and the following is the history of the title as derived from them.
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