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Myndert Garrabrant 2nd sold the balance of his property to his son Myndert 3d (generally known as Myndert 2nd), Aug. 20, 1805. Myndert 3rd sold in trust for his son Myndert 4th (known as Myndert 3d), all his property, including his share ot the tract in question, and a lot at Slonga to his father-in-law, John Van Honten, and brother-in-law Helmigh Van Houten, Aug. 10, 1807. This deed was set aside in Chancery, Sept. 9, 1803, and another executed in accordance with the Decree, March 15, 1809. On Aug. 14, 1835, Myndert 4th sold to Merselis J. Merselis 15 or 16 acres in the N. end of the patent, lying in the meadow S. of the N. J. R. R. near the Point of Rocks. He conveyed all his lands and meadow at "Swane Punt " to John G. and Mindert Van Horne, Feb. 9, 1837. (I think this conveyance was in trust.) The same was partitioned between Effie Van Buskirk and Mary Elizabeth, afterwards wife of Charles G. Sisson ; report confirmed June Term, 1845. Myndert 2d died Sept. 20, 1814. Myndert 3d died Sept. 3, 1846. Myndert 4th died May 1, 1837, leaving two children, Effie, wife of James Van Buskirk, and Mary Elizabeth, wife of Charles G. Sis- Mine cd .. Canal 4 Micha.L Freeland son. To these two John Van Hon- ten, et al. conveyed, May 17, 1852, Minedert Yan Horn according to the provisions of the Minedert Van Horn trust deed of March 15, 1809. H .. r$ of They partitioned, June 25, 1853. Hindert Garrabrank Van Buskirk et ux. sold to Keeney and Halliday, April 29, 1856, and this purchase with the land bought of the heirs of Garret Van Horne was laid out into lots in 1856, and Corn! Garfa brant the map entitled "Map of Lafay- John Garruaçant Bay ette." The most of the land which Abraham! fell to Mrs. Sisson lay at Swane Post Punt, and was sold by Jacob Weart, her trustee, in 1870. She died in 1871. Pide Price vs. Sis- Vous son, 2 Beasley, 168.
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NICHOLAS JANSEN BAKER.
Road North thirty seven Degrees West twenty seven Chains and seventy three Links, Then along said Road North thirty nine Degrees and forty Minutes West Seventeen Chains to a stake standing on the Easterly side of a Br. ok, Thence North forty two Degrees and fifteen Minutes East, twenty four Chains to a Stake set in a small Creek and near the Head thereof, Then down along the said small Creek as it runs (leaving a small Island of Meadow to the Northeastward ) till it comes into Horsimus Creek (which Horsimus Creek divides Horsimus from Comunipan) Then down said Horsimus Creek as it runs to Hudson's River or York Bay, Then along said River or Bay Southwesterly to the Place of Beginning.
The Patent of Philip Carteret to Nicholas Jansen Baker dated the twelfth Day of May One thousand six hundred and sixty eight for two Parcels of Land lying at Comunipan.
Our Survey whereof shews and we adjudge them to be two Tracts, First a Tract ( which on the Map is mark'd No. 12) .*
Beginning at a Stake standing on the Easterly side of a Brook (which Stake is the Westerly Corner of the immediate preceeding Patent of Class Pieterson Cors) thence running North forty nine Degrees and forty five Minutes West thirty nine Chains to a Stake (standing in the Line of the Lot of Jacob Luby mark'd on the Map No. 56) and from the said Stake runs north forty one Degrees and forty five Minutes East twenty five Chains to a Stake, Thence South forty nine Degrees and forty five Minutes East thirty nine Chains and forty eight Links to a
* This patentee lived in Pearl Street, N. Y., but never in this county. He was a baker by trade, henee his name-Claes Jansen de Backer. He married Annetje, the sister of Fitje Hartmans named in the next Patent.
Lot No. 12 was npland, extending from the junction of Communipaw Ave. and the Bergen Point Plank Road, N. E. 120x200 Dutch rods=40 morgens. For this he received a Patent Nov. 27, 1654. Land Papers (Albany) H. H. 26.
Lot No. 13 was 30x140 Dutch rods=7 morgens, lying behind Swane Punt, and along the foot of the hill N. of Hudson Ave.
This lot was included in the gift of the Dutch West India Company to Jan Evertse Bout, and in his deed to Michael Jansen. Vide Note to Hartman's 1st Patent, p. 11. Jansen's widow, Fitje Hartmans, sold it to de Backer, Dec. 20, 1667. In this deed was a clause that the grantee should not alienate without giving the grantor the preference of repurchasing. De Backer sold the whole traet to Hendrick George, May 30, 1677. My opinion is that the grantee was none other than Hendrick Joris (anglicé George) Van Blinkerhoef. He conveyed it to his son Cornelius, Feb. 24, 1708, who by will dated Sept. 22, 1755, proved Oet. 25, 1770, gave to his son Hendrick these lots and a farm at ," Pembrepog," also all his lands in the township.
Hendrick was a bachelor. By will dated Sept. 22, 1792, he gave to Hendrick, son of his brother Hartman, the lots in question ; also a wood lot at Slonga, the Cedar Swamp and meadow at Secaucus ; land and meadow near Brown's Ferry; a lot of woodland at Bergen Point, and the woodland and meadow adjudged to him for the Patent of Secaucus, at a place called the Maize Land. This devisee had one son, Hartman, who died betore his father, leaving three sons, Henry, Cornelius, and John. By IFendrick's will, dated Feb. 12, 1834, proved March 28, 1838, he gave to his grandson Henry the farm at Communipaw (in Hartman's first Patent) and a strip through this lot adjoining E. side of Monticello Ave., and to his grandsons Cornelius and John he gave the remainder of the tract in question.
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FITJE HARTMAN.
Stake standing near a small Creek (which Stake on a Course North forty two Degrees and fifteen Minutes East is One Chain distant from where the Line of said Claas Pieterson Cors meets the said Creek near the Head thereof) ; And from said Stake South forty two Degrees and fifteen Minutes West twenty five Chains to the Place of Beginning
Second a Tract (which on the Map is mark'd No. 13.)
Beginning at the Northeasterly Corner of the foregoing first Tract, Thence running along the Line of the said first Tract North forty nine Degrees and forty five Minutes West seven Chains and fifty Links to a Stake planted on the Upland near the Foot of the Hill, Thence North forty Degrees and fifteen Minutes * East twenty Six Chains and twenty five *II Links to a Stake in the Meadow, Thence South forty nine Degrees and forty five Minutes East Seven Chains to a Stake by a small Creek, Then down the same as it runs South Sixteen Degrees West Six Chains and thirty Links on a streight Line to where it empties into a Creek which is the Northwesterly Bounds of Claas Pieterson Cors afore- said, then up the last mentioned Creek as it runs to the Place of Begin- ning.
The first Patent of Phillip Carterett to Fytje Hartman dated the twelfth Day of May One thousand Six hundred and sixty Eight, for a Tract of Land lying at Comunipan.
Our Survey whereof shews and we adjudge it to be a Tract (which on the Map is mark'd No. 14.)*
This diagram will show the divi- G N Priet Waltst VrulandNewkerk Wood sion and what was sold of Lots No. 12 and 13. Henry sold his share of Henry Brinkerkef the " bush lot" to David B. Wake- san man May 1, 1852. The division Brinkerhoff among the brothers being imperfect, a decree in chancery was obtained in 1852, confirming the same. Aaron Road Tuers owned a honse lot in the S. side of Cornelius' share. Cornelius C Brinker off died seized and intestate June 13, 1851. His executors sold 6 92-100 acres out of the N. side of his share W. of Palisade Ave. (marked A) to Bernhard Vetterlein. This sale was confirmed by the Orphan's Conrt, Oct. Term, 1857. The residue was divided between his two children Cornelius and Eleanor C. (now wife of Wm. H. Speer). Cornelius took Nos. 2, 3, 6, 8, 9. Eleanor C. took Nos. 1, 4, 5, 7, 11.
This partition was made in 1857, by commissioners, report confirmed Oct. Term, 1857.
Out of the N. W. corner of the tract adjoining the school lot Henry Brinkerhoff sold to Casparus Prior, June 29, 1829, 4 32-100 acres. This on a partition of his estate fell to his grandson Michael, who sold to Jacob M. Merselis. Vide Note to Varlet's Patent, p. 62. About the same date he sold the front along Bergen Ave. to other parties. These sales included all the land between Bergen and Monticello Aves.
* This lot was a part of the farm sold by Jan Evertse Bout to the patentee's hus- band, Michael Jansen, for 8,000 Florins, and for which a deed was given Sept. 9, 1656.
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FITJE HARTMAN.
Beginning at a Stone (on the Northwest side of York Bay or Hud- son's River which is also the Place of Beginning of Claas Pietersen Cors's Patent); which Stone stands in the Middle of a Road and is ninety seven Links from the south Corner of Myndert Garabrants's
Bont's title eame by the following Patent. I give a translation ; the original is in the possession of John C. Van. Horne :
" We William Kieft, Governor General and Couneil under the High and Mighty Lords, States General of the United Netherlands, His Highness of Orange and the Houble. the Directors of the authorized West India Company, residing in New Netherlands, make known and deelare that on this day here underwritten, we have given and granted Jan. Everse Bout, a piece of land lying on the North River west- ward from Fort Amsterdam, before these, pastured and tilled by Jan Everse, named Gamoenepaen and Jan de Lacher's Houek, with the meadows as the same lay within the post and rail fence, containing eighty-four morgens.
In testimony whereof is these by us signed and with our Seal confirmed in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherlands, the which land Jan Everse took possession of in Anno 1638, and began then to plow and sow it.
[L. S.]
WILLEM KIEFT, By Order of the Honble. Gov'r Gent and Council of New Netherland.
CORNELIS VAN TIENHOVEN, See'y."
No date appears in the deed, but it must have been given about 1641. It was a free gift to him from the Company. Jansen bought about 1647, and paid for his pur- chase in installments. He and Bout agreed concerning the balance due, June 9, 1655, and it was not until the whole consideration was paid that he received his deed. The traet lay S. of Communipaw Ave. and extended to the creek which yet empties into the bay on the S. side of the Abattoir. The Patent called for 107 acres. The patentee died seized Oet. 17, 1697.
By will she left all ofher lands to her children, Elias, Enoch. Johannis, Hartman, Cornelis, Jannetje, and Pryntje. These partitioned, June 26, 1701, but owing to the uncertainties of the boundaries it is impossible to give the location of the several allotments.
Enoch Vreeland, son of the above-named Enoch, sold, May 7; 1710, to Rutgert Van Horne, then living at Pembrepogh, a lot at Communipaw, but where located, or of what size, is not stated. But it seems to have been the allotment of Enoch in the general partition, and by him sold to his son. The consideration in the deed of Enoch to Van Horne was one pepper corn, when demanded by his father Enoch Michielse of Pembrepogh. Jannetje married Dirck Teunissen Van Vechten. Her son Michael sold to Rutgert Van Horne (then living at Communipaw) April 14, 1715, the portion which in the division fell to his mother. It is described as " extending up to the Brook commonly called the Off-fall, then through the meadow along said Brook to Grawss Point." This I take to be the tract on which John G. Van Horne re- cently lived.
Elias died seized of his lot obtained in the general partition. The children, Michael, Jacob, Fitje, wife of John Thomas, of Elizabethtown, and Rachel, sold the same, together with a house lot and other lands, to Lawrence Van Galen, June 24, 1707. The deed limited the fee to the grantee, his wife, and the heirs of their bodies. He sold the same to Rutgert Van Horne, March 24, 1710. His children, Catherine wife of - Loofborrow, and Margaret wife of Thomas Hadden, quit-claimed their in- terest therein to George Ross, of Elizabethtown, and Isaac Ogden, of Newark, Feb.
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FITJE HARTMAN.
House on a Course South fifteen Degrees and thirty Minutes East ; And is ninety six Links from the East Corner of Cornelius Brinkerhooff's House on a Course South forty nine Degrees and thirty Minutes East ; And from said Stone runs along the Road or Highway North thirty one
27, 1764. On the 22d day of May following, Ebenezer Foster and Catherine Loof- borrow sold the same to John Van Horne.
Pryntje married Andries Claesen, and had three sons, Michael, Abraham, and Claas, who inherited their mother's share in the partition. Michael and Abraham sold their interest therein to Claas, who sold to Rutgert Van Horne, Aug. 29, 1721, the " House, home lot and garden on the W. side of the road," also land and meadow, " beginning at the road on the N. W. bounds of Cornelis Michielse, and so along said bounds to the great Creek, then along said Creek to stones laid by said Claas and Cornelius Hendricksen Van Blinkerhoff, so along said Stones to the road, then along said road to the Beginning."
These several deeds seem to me to vest in Rutgert Van Horne title to all the land S. of Communipaw Ave., from Brinkerhoff's line on the E., to the Off-fall brook on the W. By Van Horne's will, dated June 6, 1740, proved June 8, 1741, be gave to his only son John all his lands at Communipaw. John, by his will dated Dec. 6, 1757, proved Dee. 29, 1757, gave to his son John the same lands. This devisee, by will dated Sept. 22, 1786. proved Jan. 23,1787, gave the same to his two sons, John and Gar- ret, except the dwelling-house which he gave to his son John. Garret died seized April 7, 1808, leaving his property to his two children, John G. and Myndert. These two and their uncle John partitioned Dec. 13, 1827, they taking the land lying adjoining the Off-fall, and he the land lying between their traet and Washington Ave., and what lay in the rear of Brinkerhoff's land. In a partition between John G. and Myndert, April 14, 1838, John G. received most of the land left to them by their father lying in this Patent adjoining Communipaw Ave., and Myndert a lot S. of John G. John (the uncle) died Aug. 29, 1843. By will dated Aug. 12, 1843, he gave his property to his son John, and grandchildren, Agnes wife of Garret Van Horne, and Jane wife of Peter V. B. Vreeland, children of his son Peter. John took the land lying east of John G. Van Horne, and extending from Communipaw Ave. S. Jane took what lay S. of John and W. of Washington Ave. Agnes took what lay S. of Brinkerhoff and E. of Washington Ave. Jane died seized in 1871. Agnes sold to James Stevens, William W. Edwards, and Andrew MeKnight.
Lawrence Van Galen sold to Cornelius Blinekerhofe, May 22, 1710, a honse lot on the S. W. corner of Communipaw Ave. and the Bay. It remained in the family until Jan. 5, 1831, when Henry sold it to Nicholas J. Prior. The Brinkerhoff lot was bought at an early date. It was sold by Hendrick to his son Cornelius, Feb. 24, 1708, and was then bounded N. by the "wagon or cartway of Gemonipa, E. and W. by Fitje Hartmans, and S. by the creek " behind the Swan's Point." Cornelius, by his will dated Sept. 22, 1755, gave this lot to his son Hendrick, who devised it to his nephew Hendrick, who devised it to his grandson Henry, who died seized, leaving one son, Garret. Fide Note to De Backer's Patent, p. 10.
Paul Douwesse sold to Rutgert Van Horne, May 18, 1702, a lot on the shore= 15 morgens, S. W. of Cornelius Vreeland. Michael Vreeland, of Stony Point, sold to Johannis Vreeland, of Communipaw, July 1, 1771, in exchange for land on "Rack- pogas," the land in the rear of the house lots from the avenue down to the creek, as per deed of June 26, 1701. Of this Johannis died seized and intestate. It was inherited by his only child Antje, wife of Johannis Van Wagenen, of Teaneck, who sold 12§ acres to John Van Horne, Dec. 7, 1790. Fide Note to Lot 303, p. 133. This I take to be the
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FITJE HARTMAN.
Degrees and ten Minutes West Seventeen Chains, then along said Road North thirty seven Degrees West twenty seven Chains and seventy three Links, Thence along said Road North thirty nine Degrees and forty Minutes West Seventeen Chains to a Stake standing on the Easterly side of a Brook (which Stake is the West Corner of Claas Pietersen Cors's Patent) thence down the said Brook or Creek as it runs to a Ditch cut out of the same to the Eastward opposite to the Southermost Corner of a Piece of Meadow (patented to Henderick Tunisse which on the Map is mark'd No. 73) Then Easterly along said Ditch 'till it comes into a small Creek (which small Creek is the Northeast Boundary of Dirck Claasen's Patent mark'd on the map No. 16) Then Southeasterly along the last mentioned Creek as it runs to the Mouth thereof on Hudson's River, or York Bay ; then up the said Bay or River Northeasterly to the Place of Beginning.
The second Patent of Phillip Carteret to Fytje Hartman, dated the twelfth Day of May, One thousand Six hundred and sixty Eight, for a Tract of Land lying behind Communipan. Outr Survey whereof shews and we adjudge it to be a Tract (which on the Map is mark'd No. 15.)*
land bought by the New Jersey Stock Yard and Market Company of Jacob Van Horne in 1866. Abraham Sickles (who married an Ontwater) sold to Peter Garrabrants, May 1, 1811, 3 4-100 acres in the rear of the Communipaw lots, being one-half of what was allotted to the heirs of Guilliam Outwater. The heirs of Lozier sold to John Van Horne 6 35-100 acres W. of Brinkerhoff's lot, E. of Outwater, and S. of Communipaw Ave., April 28, 1817, and to Garret M. Vreeland 5} acres and 28 perches of meadow S. W. of Van Horne and Brinkerhoff, April 2, 1817.
The village of Commu- Morris Canal nipaw -- older than Bergen -lies within this Patent. Van Horn A number of small lots on Can C. Van Horn the shore were sold to John C' Van) Horn different persons, who John Van Horn here huddled within the stockades for protection. Among these early own- ers was Dirk Claesen, Brinkerhoff the owner of Raccocus Juin J Van Horn and Cavan Point. In the division of his prop- Làn Van Horne erty this house lot fell to YoTR his son-in-law, Hartman Michielse Vreeland, who Bay left it to his son Michael, who left it to his son Claas, who left it to his grandsons Nicholas and Garret. Garret took the S. W. half and sold to David Bush, May 15, 1820, and Nicholas took the N. E. half. and sold to Daniel Welsh, Nov. 16, 1822. Vide Note to Claasen's 1st Patent, p. 12. It was a double house, and Bush took down his part. The part owned by Welsh is yet standing and inhabited.
This lot was 80x200 Dutch rods=21} morgens. Carteret's Patent calls for 61} acres. It was bounded generally N. by Communipaw Lane, E. by the Off-fall
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FITJE HARTMAN.
Beginning at a Stake standing on the easterly Side of a Brook which * Stake is the Westerly Corner of Claas Pieterson Corss's Pat- ent, mark'd on the Map No. 11, and the Northerly Corner of Fytje Hart- man's foregoing Patent, mark'd on the Map No. 14), And from the said Stake runs North forty nine Degrees and forty five minutes West, thirty
brook, S. by Bramhall Ave., W. by lots 56, 57, and 58, a little E, of the old road leading to Bergen Point. This diagram will show its subsequent divisions. It may not be accurate, but, I trust, sufficiently so for practical purposes.
Lawrence Van Galen, who married Fitje Vreeland, grand- A B daughter of the patentee, inherited a part of the tract. His children, Catherine, wife of - Loofborrow, and Margaret, wid- C D E ow of Thomas Hadden, with one Ebenezer Foster, vide Note F to Hartman's 1st Patent, p. 11, sold to Joseph Waldron Nov. 7, ₲ 1761, a lot in the N. W. corner of the Patent, said to contain 4 192-1000 acres. Waldron owned lot A, B, C, D, and E, which L M N was more land than called for in Van Galen's deed. It is prob- able that Waldron sold A. B. to John Kelly prior to 1800. P Kelly sold A to Walter Clendenny, June 10, 1801, and B to R John Kelly, Jr., July 20, 1815. A part of this, Kelly, Jr., sold T to Benjamin F. Welsh, June 10, 1819, who sold to Stephen Garretson, Ang. 16, 1849. Waldron sold C to Cornelius Gar- rabrant, May 23,1769, who, by will dated April 16, 1814, proved July 30, 1814, gave it to his sons, Cornelius and Peter. It contained 23 acres. Peter sold to Daniel Vreeland, May 28, 1817. Cornelius did not convey, but his only child, Jane, widow of Cornelius Van Horne, released to Andrew Clerk, June 9,1851. Waldron sold D =1} acres, to Daniel Sickles, June 28, 1766 (deed unrecorded). Sickles died Oct.23,1813. By his will, dated March 6, 1798 (unproved), he gave his property to the children of his only child, Geertje, wife of Michael Vreeland, viz : Nicholas, Garret, Catherine, wife of Henry Van Horne, Ann, wife of Jacob D. Van Winkle (who sold to Daniel Vreeland, June 16, 1715), Abraham, and Cornelius (who sold to Daniel Vreeland, Jan. 1, 1851). It is probable that Waldron sold E to Capt. Thomas Brown, as it was at one time in possession of his widow, who sold to Samuel Ten Eyck Gautier, Jan. 6, 1818. A colored servant of the Captain, known as Jack (John) Brown, received it as a gift from Samuel T. Gautier, Dec. 13, 1828.
Michael Hartman Vreeland, grandson of the patentee, owned part of this tract in 1764. His will was dated March 19, 1762, proved Feb. 4, 1768. While there is not in it any particular devise of his interest in this lot to his son Claas, yet it is certain that Claas claimed and was in possession of F, O, P, Q, R, S, T. By his will dated July 23, 1801, proved May 21, 1803, he gave F to his grandson Daniel, who sold to Stephen Garretson, Oct. 22, 1844. To his grandsons Garret and Nicholas, he gave P, Q, R, S, T. They partitioned, June 1, 1332 ; Garret taking P, R, T, and Nicho- las taking Q, S.
Michael Cornelise Vreeland sold M to John Vreeland (son of Helmus), June 8, 1776. (He and John held a release for this from Michael Vreeland, of Aquacknonck, dated June 25, 1737). It is probable that John Vreeland sold it to James Collerd.
John Van Horne sold G, H, I, K to Joseph Waldron, Nov. 1, 1803. What in- terest Peter Stuyvesant had therein I do not know, but whatever it was he quit-claimed it to Waldron, Oct. 31, 1803. Waldron sold C to John E. Post, May 11, 1813.
James Collerd died seized, Aug. 11, 1791. By will dated Nov. 27, 1790, proved Dec. 6, 1791, he gave all his realty to his son John, who sold L to Post, April 4, 1776
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DIRCK CLAASEN.
nine Chains to a Stake (standing in the Line of the Lot of Jacob Luby mark'd on the Map No. 56) being the West Corner of a Lot in Nicholas Jansen Baker's Patent, mark'd on the Map No. 12 ; And from said Stake runs South thirty five Degrees West Sixteen Chains and fifty Links to a Stake, Then South forty nine Degrees and twenty Minutes East forty two Chains and eighty four Links to the Brook or Creek first mentioned, Then up the same as it runs to the Place of Beginning.
The first Patent of Phillip Carteret to Dick Claasen, dated the twelfth Day of May, One thousand Six hundred and sixty Eight, for a 'Tract of Upland and Meadow called Kewan.
Our Survey whereof shews and we adjudge it to be a Tract (which on the Map is mark'd No. 16.)*
Garret Vreeland sold O to Post, March 21, 1823. Post sold G, L, O, to Dr. Val- entine Mott, July 19, 1826. Waldron sold H to Mott, Aug. 7, 1327, and I, K, Feb. 3, 1830. Mott sold G, H, I, K, L, O to Sarah Munns, Feb. 6, 1835, who sold G, H, K, L, O to Robert L. Smith, Oct. 15, 1835. Muuns sold I to Mott, Jan. 1, 1850, and Mott to Jeremiah Jackson, Jan. 12, 1850. John Collerd sold M, N, to Jacob G. Out- water, April 1, 1810, who sold to Peter Van Horne, May 15, 1824, who sold to Rob- ert L. Smith, April 20, 1836. Garret Vreeland sold P to Smith, Aug. 10, 1836. Smith sold G, H, K, L, N, O, P, Q to Jacob Brinkerhoff, May 1, 1843, who sold G, H, L, M, O, P, and half of K, to Jeremiah Jackson, June 10, 1844.
* This patentee after the death of Teunisen received a lease from Kieft of Hoboken, in about 1646. He shortly after abandoned it. Col. Hist. of N. Y., i. 329. He was at one time skipper of the Sloop Union, from which he was dismissed April 20, 1658, for dis- obedience of orders. N. Y. Col. MSS., viii. 851. He was one of the commissioners to fortify "Gemoenepa " in 1663. New Neth. Reg. 159.
The first grant of this tract was from Gov. Kieft to Egbert Woutersen, a soldier in the service of the company, and the old occupant of Jan de Lacher's Houck, May 10, 1647. Land Papers ( Albany) G. G. 16. It was then known by the Indian name Apopcalyck, and " extended from Dirck the paver's Kil to Gemoenepaen or Jan Evertz Kil." It is probable that Claasen purchased it from Woutersen. In Car- teret's Patent it is called Kewan, and its boundaries begin at the mouth of Sycan's Creek, which was the probable intention in Kieft's Patent. It included all the upland and meadow S. of Communipaw Creek and E. of Sycan's Creek=141 acres. The N. part was known as Reckpokus (now Raccocus) and the S. part as Kewan (now Cavan Point).
Claasen's full name was Dirck Claasen Braecke. He had three daughters, viz : Maritje, who married Hartman Michielse Vreeland, Claesje, who married Johannis Michielse Vreeland, and Metje, who married Cornelis Michielse Vreeland. Dirck Claasen died seized, March 26, 1693. His daughters inherited his property, and with their consent the same was divided among their husbands, Sept. 1, 1696, as follows :
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