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t This lot was conveyed by Caspar Bogert, sheriff, to Casparus Cadmus Aug. 18, 1810. It is now owned by his son Richard.
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GARRET VAN GESEN ET AL.
along the line of the Bergen Lots * North Thirty five Degrees East Forty *36 five Chains & Twenty four links to a stake planted in the Line of a Lot of Common Land allotted in the Division of the Bergen Commons to Thomas Fredrick alias De Cuyper's Patent Marked on the Map of that Division No 232 which last mentioned Stake standeth five Chains and seventy three links from the Northermost Corner of the said Lot of Com- mon Land, thence from said Stake Running North Fifty eight Degrees and thirty minutes West about Eighty Chains to Hackensack River, thence down said River as it runs to the above said Cove thence up said Cove on a direct line to the North Corner of the last mentioned Lot laid out to Edward Earle and No 27, thence along the Line of the same South Fifty eight Degrees and thirty minutes East about Fifty two Chains to the place of Beginning, Containing about Three Hundred Acres.
And me adjudge a Certain Portion or Share of said Common Lands, to belong to Garret Van Gesen, Isaac Van Gesen and George Van Gesen equally among them as Tenants in Common.
Our Survey of which said Portion as laid down on the Map, shews, and it adjudge it to be a Tract of Land Mark- ed No 29*
* Beginning at a Stake planted for a Corner in the Line of a Lot of *37 Common Land allotted in the Division of the Bergen Commons to Tho- mas Fredrick alias De Cuyper's Patent marked on the Map of that Di- vision No 232 the said Stake is the Eastermost Corner of the above men - tioned Lot laid out to Philip Earle No 28 and from said Stake running North Fifty eight Degrees and thirty minutes west about Eighty Chains to Hackensack River, then returning to the place of Beginning and from thence running North Thirty five Degrees East five Chains and seventy three links to the Northermost Corner of the above said Lot allotted to the Patent of Thomas Fredrick alias De Cuyper, thence along the line thereof South Fifty four Degrees East Twenty six Chains and Thirty eight links to a Stake, thence North Thirty one Degrees and thirty minutes East Forty Chains and fifty links to the line of the Northermost bounds of the Township of Bergen, thence along said Line North Fifty Degrees and thirty minutes West Twenty six Chains and fifty five links to a Stake which standeth in a Course directly North Thirty one Degrees and thirty minutes East from the North Corner of the above said Lot allotted to the Patent of Thomas Fredrick alias De Cuyper, thence south thirty one Degrees and thirty minutes West Eight Chains and sixty links to a Stake, thence North Fifty eight Degrees and thirty minutes * West Sixty four *28 Chains and fifty links to the Creek that surrounds the Neck, thence down said Creek and Hackensack River, 'till it meets with the first line in this Survey Running to said River, Containing about Three Hundred and Fifty seven Acres.
And we adjudge a Certain Portion or Share of said Common Lands to belong to the Heirs or Devisees of the Revd John Ogle- vie Deceased as we adjudge the Right and Title to said Portion of Commons was legally vested in the said John Oglevie at the time of his decease.
* Isaac Van Giesen died seized of an undivided third of this lot, leaving children, Harriet, wife of Elias Earle, Thomas and Rynier I., who conveyed it to David Day June 14, 1809.
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JOHN OGILVIE-ROBERT LEAKE.
Our Survey of which said Portion as laid down on the Map, shews, and we adjudge it to be a Tract of Land Mark- ed No 30 *
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Beginning at a Stake planted in the line of the Northermost bounds of the Township of Bergen being a Corner of the last mentioned Lot laid ont to Garret, Isaac and George Van Gesen and marked No 29 which said Stake standeth in a Course directly North thirty one Degrees and Thirty minutes East from the Northermost Corner of a Lot of Land al- lotted in the Division of the Bergen Commons to the Patent of Thomas Fredrick alias De Cuyper and Numbered 232 and from said Beginning, Running south thirty one * Degrees and thirty minutes West Eight Chains and sixty links to a Stake Being another Corner of the said Van Gesens Lot, thence North Fifty eight Degrees and thirty minutes West, Sixty four Chains and fifty links to the Creek surrounding the Neck, thence up said Creek as the same Runs North Easterly, Easterly and South Easterly 'till it comes to the Line of the Northermost Bounds of the Township of Bergen, thence along said line south Fifty Degrees and thirty minutes East, to the place of Beginning, Containing about One Hundred and Thirty nine Acres.
And we adjudge a Certain Portion or Share of said Com- mon Lands to belong to the Heirs or Devisees of Robert Leake late of New York deceased or to such as may Legally Claim the same under him as we adjudge the Right and Title to said Portion of Commons was Legally Vested in the said Robert Leake at the time of his Decease
Our Survey of which said Portion as laid down on the Map, shews, and we adjudge it to be a Tract of Land Marked No 31 +
* 40 * Beginning at a Stake standing in the line of Northermost bounds of the Township of Bergen being the Eastermost Corner of a Lot of Land laid out to Garret, Isaac and George Van Gesons Numbered 29 and from said Stake running South Thirty one Degrees and thirty minutes West Forty Chains and Fifty links to a Lot laid out in the Division of the Commons of Bergen and Numbered in said Division 232, thence along the line thereof South Fifty four Degrees East Eleven Chains and sixty two links to the Eastermost Corner of said Lot, thence South Thirty five Degrees West, six Chains and ten links to a Stake being the North- erly Corner of a Lot of Land formerly laid out and Numbered 253,
Ogilvie's widow, Margaret, George Ogilvie, and Mary, wife of Barent Ogilvie, devisees of Rev. John Ogilvie, D.D., conveyed this lot to Richard and John Earle July 1, 1786. Ogilvie was Assistant Minister of Trinity Church, New York, and died on Saturday, Nov. 26, 1774 He was stricken with apoplexy, Nov. 18th, while in the pulpit, having just given out his text, Ps. xcii. 15. Robert Grunti owned the lot in 1793.
t Leake's interest in Secaucus probably came through a deed to him from Andrew Teed. dated March 7, 1762. Vide Note to Farlet's Patent, p. 62. A tract which seems to answer to this lot was sold by John George Leake to Aaron Devoe, by two deeds dated July 7, 1789, and Nov. 15, 1794. Leake also conveyed to John Stevens, March 10, 1795, four hundred and twenty five acres in the Secaucus Commons, but where this tract lies I have not ascertained.
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ROBERT LEAKE.
thence along the line thereof South Fifty four Degrees East Twenty seven Chains and forty links to a Stake being the Easterly Corner of said Lot No 253, thence North Thirty five Degrees East Twenty four Chains and Eighty five Links to a Stake in a Swamp being the Northermost Corner of a Lot of Land formerly laid out and Numbered 219, thence South Fifty four Degrees East Nineteen Chains and ninety Links to Mordainis Meadow, thence along the edge of said Meadow, where the same joins the upland till it comes to bear South Fifty Degrees and thirty minutes East from a Chesnut Tree standing upon a point of a narrow ridge of Land projecting towards the meadow which * Tree is the Place of Be- "41 ginning of the General Bounds of the Township of Bergen, thence North Fifty Degrees and thirty minutes West Thirty five links to said Chesnut Tree, thence Continuing the same Course along the Line of the Northern Bounds of the Township of Bergen until it comes to the first mentioned Stake, the place of Beginning, Containing about One Hundred and Eighty nine Acres.
Leaving gone through the Division of the Common Land allotted to the Patent of Secaucus we think it proper as a greater Certainty to the Courses mentioned in the several surveys to give this information that the Magnetical Course with which all the lines are laid down and Run Varies from the true Course Three Degrees and forty minutes to the left Hand, so that a Meridian line North would be North Three Degrees and forty minutes East as the Magnet now Points.
That since the time the Common Land of Bergen was Divided we find a Variation of the Compass of one Degree and Thirty minutes which will account for the Difference of the Courses now given along the former Lines from what the surveys of the former Division mention.
* We think it proper also to remark that an attraction of the Needle
42 is found more or less in every part of the Commons of Secaucus except on the Meadow at a distance from the upland which will render Lines run by the Compass on the upland very uncertain. Our lines are mostly run by Courses taken on the Meadow and Parallels thereto made on the upland.
En Witness that this is one of the Field Books of the Division of the Common Lands allotted to the Patent of Secaucus made pursuant to a Law of the State of New Jersey hereinbefore recited, We together with the Surveyor have hereunto set our Hands this fifteenth day of June in the Year of our Lord One Thousand seven Hundred and Eighty five.
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NEW FIELD BOOK.
IT is with great pleasure that I submit to the public what I have named the NEW FIELD BOOK, and the MAPS accompanying the same. They are six years younger than the old Field Book, and yet, I do not doubt, have been for years wholly unknown. Controversies concerning certain lands lying in the vicinity of Newark avenue between Mill Creek and the old Bergen road seem to have arisen, and the parties in the dispute submitted all questions of title and boundary to the award of Johannis Demarest, Albert Zabrowsky, of Hackensack, and John Haring of " Orange Town." The submission I have not seen ; the Survey and Maps (containing the award) were found in the possession of Dr John M. Cornelison. They are originals, in a good state of preservation, exact copies of which are here inserted. It may, I think, be taken for granted that they are the only ones in existence, and are now for the first time given to the inspection of the curious. They came to the present owner among the papers of Henry D. Van Winkle, owner of a portion of the land therein referred to. They throw much light on the title to the lands between the Five Corners and Mill Creek, and to Lots Nos. 355 and 389, the owners of which the Commissioners of Common Lands did not declare.
It is a matter of some curiosity to know how this Book and these Maps came into the possession of the Van Winkle family. In a deed, dated Dec. 20, 1774, given by the Van Idersteins (de- scendants of Tades Michielse) for some of the land included in the NEW FIELD BOOK, there is a reference to the same, and it is spoken of as " lodged in the hands of the Town Clerk." There is no mark upon either Book or Maps to show that they ever were filed. This recital, I presume, is conclusive that but one copy was made, and that it was considered public property. It is probable that Daniel Van Winkle, or some one of the family, was Town-clerk, and so came to the possession of the Book and Maps.
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ABRAHAM SICKELS.
To All Christian People to whom these Presents shall come Greeting :
Whereas there is a Reference to us John Demarest, Albert Sabriskea and John Haring, by a certain written Instrument or Articles of Agree- ment, bearing Date the ninth Day of April last, of certain Controversies and Disputes between certain Freeholders and Inhabitants of the Cor- poration of Bergen in the County of Bergen and Province of New Jersey, touching and concerning the Rights and Titles to, and Division of cer- tain Lands and Meadows lying in the Corporation of Bergen aforesaid, as by the said Written Instrument or Articles of Agreement doth more at large Appear, Reference being thereunto had, We therefore the Arbitra- tors named and appointed as aforesaid, having examined the Titles and heard the Proofs and Alligations of the Parties, do in pursuance of the said Written Instrument or Articles of Agreement and Power thereby given us, Award, Order and Adjudge as followeth.
With respect to a certain Tract of Land laid down on Map A, Be- ginning at the Northerly Corner of a Tract of Land belonging to Altie Van Winkel and from thence Running South fifty four Degrees and forty seven Minutes East Eleven Chains and thirty three Links to Hendrick Kuypers Line, Thence along said Kuypers Line North thirty four De- grees East twenty six Chains and eighty nine Links to the Southermost Corner of a certain Tract of Land belonging to Abraham Sickels, Thence North fifty seven Degrees and fifty Minutes West twenty six Chains and twenty five Links to the Eastermost Corner of a small Lot of Land be- longing to Michael and George Demoet, Thence South thirty two Degrees West one Chain and seventy five Links to the Southermost Corner of said small Lot, Thence North fifty eight Degrees and thirty Minutes West to the Kings High Road, Then along the several Courses of said Road until it comes to the aforesaid Tract of the above Named Altie Van Winkel, Thence North thirty three Degrees East two Chains and seventeen Links to the place of Beginning Containing about sixty three Acres.
Tufft Adjudge that Certain Part or Portion (of the before mentioned Tract of Land) marked No I on Map A aforesaid, to belong to Abraham Sickels The said Part or Portion, Beginning at a Stake being the Easter- most Corner of the above said Tract of Land, and from thence Running North fifty seven Degrees and fifty minutes West twenty six Chains and twenty five Links to the Eastermost Corner of the aforesaid small Lot of Land belonging to Michael and George Demoet, Thence South thirty two Degrees West two Chains and thirteen Links, to a Stake, Thence South fifty seven Degrees and fifty Minutes East to said Kuypers Line, Thence along said Kuypers Line two Chains and thirteen Links to the Place of Beginning Containing five Acres, two Roods and fourteen Perches .*
TWEE adjudge that Certain Part or Portion (of the before mentioned Tract of Land,) marked No 2 on Map A aforesaid to belong to Michael and George Demoet, The said Part or Portion No 2 Beginning at a Stake being the Southermost Corner of Portion No I aforesaid, and from thence Running South thirty four Degrees West four Chains and sixteen Links
° Vide Note to Lot No. 317, p. 176, and Lot No. 358, p. 179.
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DOUWE TALLMA ET AL.
to a Stake in the before described Kuypers Line, and from thence Runs North fifty seven Degrees and fifty Minutes West to the said Kings Road, Thence along said Road to a Stake in the Line of the aforesaid small Lot belonging to Michael and George Demoet, Thence along said small Lot to Portion No I, Thence to the Westermost Corner of said Portion No I, and thence to the Place of Beginning Containing twelve Acres three Roods and twelve Perches .*
Tutt Adjudge that certain Part or Portion (of the before mentioned Tract of Land, ) marked No 3 on Map A aforesaid, to belong to Douwe Tallma The said Part or Portion No 3 Beginning at a Stake being the Southermost Corner of Portion No 2 aforesaid, and from Thence Running South thirty four Degrees West four Chains and five Links to a Stake in the before mentioned Kuypers Line, Thence North fifty seven De- grees and fifty Minutes West to the aforesaid Kings Road Thence Northerly along said Road to the Southwest Corner of Portion Number 2 aforesaid, thence along said Portion No 2 to the Place of Beginning, Containing eleven Acres eighteen Perches.t
Wants Adjudge that Certain Part or Portion (of the before mentioned tract of Land) marked No 4 on Map A to be the full Proportion and Dividend for the Purchase Money paid by Geurt Coerten, The said Part or Portion Beginning at a Stake being the Southermost Corner of Portion No 3 aforesaid, and from thence Runs South thirty four Degrees West four Chains and fifty three Links to a Stake in the before mentioned Kuypers Line, thence North fifty seven Degrees and fifty Minutes West to the aforesaid Kings Road, thence Northerly along said Road to the Southwest Corner of the aforesaid Portion No 3 thence along said Portion No 3 to the Place of Beginning, Containing eleven Acres, two Roods and five Perches.į
UNE Adjudge that Certain Part or Portion (of the before mentioned Tract of Land) marked No 5 on Map A to be in part of the Proportion and Dividend for the Purchase Money paid by Jurian Thomason, The said Part or Portion Beginning at a Stake being the Southermost Corner of Portion No. 4 aforesaid, and from thence Runs South thirty four Degrees
Vide Note to Stoffelsen's Patent, p. 9. Michael De Mott sold this lot to Albert and John V. H. Zabriskie April 10, 1841. John quit-claimed to Albert Oct. 21, 1844. Albert sold this with other lands to Edmund C. Bramhall April 1, 1865. This and Lot No. 3 were united in the De Motts. Fide Note to Hurmensen's Patent, p. 50. It is probable that the above sales took only the south portion of Lot No. 2. He sold to Ann Collerd May 5, 1840, and to James Kerrigan Dec. 24, 1840.
t Fide Note to Harmensen's Patent. p. 50.
# This lot belonged to the Van Rypens. Tide Note to Coerten's first Patent. p. 25. Daniel Van Rypen sold seven acres of it to Helmigh Van Houten, who, by will dated Oct. 18, 1803, proved Dec. 3, 1803, gave the front half of it to his two daughters, Catherine, wife of Jacob Zabriskie, and Effie, wife of Myndert Garrabrants (afterward wife of Richard Lyon). His grandson Helmagh, gave to them a deed for the same Nov. 24, 1818. Lyon and Zabriskie partitioned (?) Nov 24, 1818. Catherine had two sons, John F. H., and Albert Zabriskie. John released to Albert his interest in the three and a half acres Oct. 24. 1844, who sold to Edmund C. Bramhall April 1, 1865. Tide Note to Lot No. 2.
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FREDERICK THOMAS ET AL.
West two Chains and thirty seven Links to a Stake in the before men- tioned Kuypers Line, thence North fifty seven Degrees and fifty minutes West to the aforesaid Kings Road, thence Northerly along said Road to the Southwest Comer of the aforesaid Portion No 4, thence along said Portion No 4 to the Place of Beginning, Containing three Acres two Rood and twenty Perches.
JUTE Adjudge that certain Part or Tortion (of the before mentioned Tract of Land) marked No 6 on Map A. to be the full Proportion and Dividend for the Purchase Money paid by Frederick Thomase, The said l'art or Portion Beginning at a Stake being the Southermost Corner of Portion No 5 aforesaid, and from thence Runs South thirty four Degrees West three Chains and fifty five Links to a Stake in the before men- tioned Kuypers Line, thence North fifty seven Degrees and fifty minutes West to the aforesaid Kings Road, thence Northerly along said Road to the Southwest Corner of the aforesaid Portion No 5 thence along said Portion No 5 to the Place of Beginning, Containing seven Acres two Rood and twenty Perches.
Jur Adjudge that certain Part or Portion (of the before mentioned Tract of Land) marked No 7 on Map A. to be the full Portion and Divi- dend for the Purchase Money paid by Adrian Post, the said Part or Por- tion Beginning at a Stake being the Southermost Corner of Portion No 6 afores'd and from thence Runs South thirty four Degrees West three Chains and five Links to a Stake in the before mentioned Kuypers Line, thence North fifty seven Degrees and fifty Minutes West to the aforesaid Kings Road thence Northerly along said Road to the Southwest Corner of the aforesaid Portion No 6 thence along said Portion No 6 to the Place of Beginning, Containing five Acres two Rood and thirty Perches.
auc Adjudge that certain Part or Portion (of the before mentioned Tract of Land) marked No 8 on Map A. to be the full Portion and Divi- dend Purchased by Belitie Dirks from Hendrick Ostrum, the said Part or Portion Beginning at a Stake being the Southermost Corner of Portion No 7 aforesaid, and from thence Runs South thirty four Degrees West two Chains and eighty two Links to a Stake in the Eastermost Corner of the before mentioned Tract of the before named Altie Van Winkel, thence North fifty four Degrees and forty seven Minutes West to a Stake being the Northermost Corner of said Altie Van Winkel's Tract, thence South thirty three Degrees West to the aforesaid Kings Road, thence Northerly along said Road to the Southwest Corner of the aforesaid Portion No 7 thence along said Portion No 7 to the Place of Beginning, Containing four Acres and twelve Perches.
With respect to a Certain Tract of Land and Meadows laid down on Map B. Beginning at a Stake being the Southerly Corner of a Lot in John Berry's Patent and from thence Runs South thirty five Degrees and fifty five Minutes East ten Chains and forty Links to a Rock, thence North seventy two Degrees East six Chains and fifty Links to a Stake thence South fourteen Degrees and thirty five Minutes East five Chains and ten Links to a Stake, thence South sixty nine Degrees twenty Minutes West ten Chains and sixty seven Links to a Stake, thence South forty seven Degrees East three Chains and six Links, thence North forty two Degrees and thirty minutes East two Chains and seventy Links, thence
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South fifty four Degrees and fifteen Minutes East one Chain and fifty Links, thence South seventy three Degrees and twenty Minutes East five Chains and ninety Links to the edge of the Meadows, thence the several Courses between said Meadows and Upland 'till it comes to where a cer- tain Run of Water (commonly known or called by the Dutch Name of Oude Boomse Val)* empties into Horsimus Creek, thence along the said Creek Northerly and Easterly 'till it comes to the Meadows of the before mentioned Kuyper, thence North fifty Degrees and five Minutes West thirty nine Chains and forty three Links to the Westermost Corner of said Kuypers Land, thence North thirty nine Degrees and thirty Minutes East seven Chains and eight Links to a Stake, thence North fifty one Degrees and forty minutes West twenty two Chains and forty Links to the Kings Road, thence Southerly along the said Road 'till it comes to the School-Lot, thence South thirty eight Degrees and forty five Minutes East twenty Chains and fifty Links to the Eastermost Corner of the said School-Lot, thence South twenty nine Degrees West five Chains and thirty Links to the Southermost Corner of said School-Lot, thence South fifty one Degrees and thirty Minutes West nine Chains and ninety three Links to a Stake, thence South fifty Degrees and fifteen Minutes West eighteen Chains and thirty seven Links to the Place of Beginning Containing about one hun- dred and seventy nine Acres
aan : Adjudge that Certain Part or Portion (of the last mentioned Tract ) marked No 9 on Map B. to be the full Portion and Dividend for the Purchase Money paid by Laurence Arentse, the said part or portion Beginning at a Stake being the Northermost Corner of said Last mentioned Tract, from thence South fifty one Degrees and forty Minutes East twenty two Chains and forty Links to a stake in said Kuypers Line, thence South thirty nine Degrees and thirty Minutes West two Chains and thirty Links to a Stake in said Kuypers Line, thence North fifty one De- grees and forty Minutes West to the said Kings Road, thence along said Road 'till it comes to the place of Beginning, Containing about four Acres two Rood and eighteen Perches.
af : Adjudge that certain Part or Portion (of the last mentioned Tract ) marked No 10 on Map B. to belong to Arent Toers, the said part or Portion Beginning at a Stake being the Southermost Corner of No 9 aforesaid, and from thence Runs South thirty nine Degrees and thirty Minutes West four Chains and seventy eight Links to the aforesaid West- ermost Corner of Kuypers Land, thence North fifty Degrees and five Minutes West to the aforesaid Kings Road, thence Northerly along said
" This creek (if such it could be called) took its rise in a spring near the Beacon Race Course, and draining the surface between that point and the brow of the hill, passed down on the north side of Newark Avenue to the Mill Creek. It took its name from the old Tree vet standing on the top of the hill south of Prospect Avenue, known among the old people as the " oude boom" or old Tree. The bridge in Newark Avenue which spanned Mill Creek before it was filled in, was known as the "onde boom bridge." As a stream the " val " long since became insignificant. As the table lands above were improved and drainage attended to, the soil refused its tribute to the old creek, until finally, in the year of grace 1871, having nothing left but its mighty name, of which the present generation had not heard, and which they could not understand, it hid away in the sewer which is here constructed in Newark Avenue.
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