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ABSTRACTS
OF
FARM TITLES
IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK,
BETWEEN 39TH AND 75TH STREETS, EAST OF THE COMMON LANDS.
WITH MAPS.
BY
H. CROSWELL TUTTLE, Counsellor-at-Law.
New york : THE SPECTATOR COMPANY, PRINTERS, 16 DEY ST. 1877.
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Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1877, by H. CROSWELL TUTTLE, In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C.
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PREFACE.
THE frequency with which lawyers are called upon to examine titles in the same tract, and often without an abstract, has taught convey- ancers the expediency of preserving full memoranda of such examina- tions. In order to avoid going over the same ground again and again it is necessary that such memoranda contain, if not verbatim copies, at least, full abstracts of the descriptions in the different deeds. These descriptions, especially in the earlier records, are so long and verbose as to render the copying of them a tedious and protracted labor. S'ill, as those tracts contain rarely less than three hundred, and often more than a thousand city lots, the probability of having other titles in that tract makes this considerable outlay of time and trouble at the outset profit- able in the end. By printing the abstracts once for all this tedious necessity of copying and re-copying would be done away with. The author, finding in his possession, as the accummulation of many years, a large collection of such full notes on the different farm titles as might easily be elaborated for publication, believed that the saving of labor thus effected would create a sufficient demand to pay the expenses of printing. The many attractive advantages of a printed book. over manuscript and loose lead pencil memoranda would also be secured. The frequent and wearisome operation of " digging out " the title would be thus rendered unnecessary. Such a work, too, by arranging the ab- stracts consecutively in the order of the situation of the respective tracts would greatly assist in locating the descriptions used in the early deeds. The almost invariable practice in these early descriptions, of bounding the tract conveyed by the land of the adjacent owners; ren- ders necessary a knowledge of their title also in order to pass intelli- gently on the location and boundaries of the premises in question. The " Blue Book," which is at present the best available means of locating descriptions, shows the names of the different owners and the shapes of the farms as divided in the year 1815. At different dates the dimen- sions of these tracts, and the names of their then owners, must, of course, vary. Thus a description in an earlier deed might describe the lines of the tract under examination as running along the land of "An- dries Anderson." Whether Anderson's land was the same as that marked "James Beekman " in the Blue Book, and if not, how it differed is a problem that can be solved only by having an abstract of James Beekman's title with full descriptions. A proper investigation of B's title also in like manner involves a knowledge of the names of his
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neighboring owners from time to time, and of the boundaries given in their deeds. This bringing together of the descriptions of adjoining tracts in a convenient form should shed much light on ques- tions of disputed boundaries. The general removal of the farm fences and other ancient landmarks has subjected the boundaries of these tracts to peculiar uncertainty. The carelessness and encroachments of two centuries must, of course, have moved many of the fences from their true original line. When these farms were subsequently con- veyed, instead of having a new survey made and the property conveyed according to the changed boundaries, the descriptions in the old deeds were generally retained verbatim. The fences being now removed, it is difficult to find satisfactory evidence of where they stood, and whether they stood in the same place long enough to give a title by adverse possession or to constitute a practical location. The memories of wit- nesses as to the position of old fences are generally contradictory and unreliable, so that the various maps in the Register's, Tax and Comp- troller's offices are about the only available evidence. These, unfor- tunately, vary. Grave questions also arise as to how far these maps prove where the fences actually stood, and in what cases they would be admissible to contradict the written deed. Since the obliteration of the lines of the farm fences these descriptions become, if not in all cases a controlling, yet always a very important element in the prob- lem of boundaries. It has been a special aim of this work to give the descriptions in the deeds verbatim and to continue the titles back as far as possible in the records either here or at Albany. All the patents are given in full and are easy of certain location, except in the case of the Turtle Bay Farm. Copies of nearly all the more important maps in the Register's office have been added. Diagrams have been care- fully made of each tract, according to the descriptions in the deeds, and the differences between these and the recorded maps noted.
Wide margins and extra pages are given for notes and corrections ; so that, if the work falls short in any particular of that accuracy which the author has endeavored to attain, it will nevertheless be valuable to each conveyancer as a means of preserving his notes in a convenient, compact and accessible form, with the most laborious parts thereof already printed. The book, so revised and annotated by each indivi- dual lawyer from time to time as he examines the different tracts, will have a particular value to him. The author, however, would state that he has endeavored to secure accuracy by comparing every part of the work at least twice with the original records.
H. C. TUTTLE. 32 Park Place, New York, March, 1877.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGES.
The Martin Smith Tract. 3 to 14
The Turtle Bay Farm-General Title
15 " 34
.. Subdivision No. I
35 " 56
No. 2. 57 " 70
No. 3. 71 " 81
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No. 4. .
83 " 96
No. 5. 97 " 108
No. 6. 109 " II7
The James Beekman Tract I19 " 140
The Catharine Livingston Tract. I41 " 150
The George Youle Tract 151 " 162
The Thomas Buchanan Tract
163 " 172
The Brevoort and Odell Tract.
173 " 178
The Thomas C. Pearsall Tract
179 " 188
The Philip Brasher Tract
189 " 197
The Thomas Addis Emmet Tract. 199 " 208
The Adam Tredwell Tract.
209 " 225
The Abraham and William Beekman Tract.
227 “ 247
The Peter Sawyer Lot 249 " 270
The Widow Hardenbrook Tract. 27I " 286
The Louvre Farm-General Title. 287 " 300
Subdivision No. I.
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No. 2.
315 " 325
No. 3 327 " 350
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No. 4.
351 " 358
No. 5. 359 " 366
No. 6.
367 " 390
Index Maps.
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THE MARTIN SMITH TRACT.
THE accompanying map shows the boundaries of this tract as claimed about the year 1830. The boundary lines, as given in the earlier deeds, dated in 1786, differ somewhat from these, and are designated by dotted lines on said map. The " old road to Kingsbridge " does not appear to be here identical with the Eastern Post Road, as later established, but ran in a more Easterly direction by an angle of over forty degrees, the old road running North eighty-six degrees East, and the Eastern Post Road North forty-four degrees thirty minutes East, as per description in deed from the city, recorded in 244 Convey- ances, page 258.
This tract extends according to the said earlier deeds, but ten chains East of the old road, as measured along its Northerly boundary, and consequently if the line of this road ran as far West as the Eastern Post Road did in 1830, this length of ten chains would not carry the bounds of this tract as far East as the land of Captain Robert Long (Turtle Bay Farm).
An eastward deflection of the old road similar to that indi- cated in these early deeds, is shown on an old map of the city made by Lieutenant B. Ratzer, which was laid out in 1766 and 1767. The original of this map is said to have been in the possession of J. Carson Brevoort, Esq.
This tract was vested in Cornelius Vanderhoof prior to 1770, as appears from the will of Jacobus Kip, dated in that year
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MARTIN SMITH TRACT.
The said Cornelius Vanderhoof died seised of said farm, leav- ing a will as follows :
Last Will and Testament of CORNELIUS VANDERHOOF.
Dated 9th Aug., 1773. Proved 28th Sept., 1784. 37 Wills, 222.
The testator, after directing payment of all his debts and funeral expenses, and authorizing his executors to sell his estate at public or private sale, devises to his eight children, John, Abraham, Matthew, Leah, Cornelius, Henry, Catharine and Isaac, and to their heirs and assigns forever, all the remainder, rest and residue of his estate, both real and personal, as tenants in common.
It is further provided, that in case any of his children should die under age of twenty-one years, and without lawful issue, his share is to go to the survivors of all his children, their heirs and assigns as tenants in common.
Two of said children, as appears from recitals in Liber 234, conveyances page 58, died under age and without issue, thus leaving each of the survivors seised of one undivided sixth part of said tract, according to the provisions of the will.
MATHEW VANDERHOOF to
THOMAS WHITE.
LEASE FOR ONE YEAR. Dated 6th June, 1786. Proved 22d Feb., 1828. Rec. 10th March, 1828. 234 Conveyances, 48. Consideration, IOS.
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EARLY TITLE.
DEMISES : "All that certain tract of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon, situate lying and being in the out- ward of the city of New York in the Bowery division, being butted and bounded as follows, viz .: Beginning at the extremity of the East line of Jacobus Kip, on the road leading from the city of New York to Kingsbridge, from thence running North fifty-six degrees, East four chains and forty links, thence North eighty-six degrees, East four chains and ninety links, both along the high- way leading as aforesaid from the City of New York to Kings- bridge, from thence along the land late of Captain Robert Long, but now of the heirs of Sir Peter Warren, deceased, South twenty-three degrees, forty-five minutes, East eight chains, then South twenty-four degrees, West two chains, then South sev- enty-three degrees, fifteen minutes, West seven chains seventy- three links, by the land part late of the said Captain Robert Long, the other part by the land late of Jacobus Kip, thence running by the said land late of the said Jacobus Kip, North nineteen degrees, West six chains along the said land, North thirty degrees, West three chains and thirty links to the first- mentioned bounds ; containing eight acres of land.
To have and to hold for the term of one year.
DEED.
MATHEW VANDERHOOF to THOMAS WHITE.
Dated 7th June, 1786. Proved 22d Feb, 1828. Rec. 10th March, 1828. 234 Conveyances. 50 Consideration £22
CONVEYS one full and equal sixth part, and also all right,
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MARTIN SMITH TRACT.
title, and estate of said Mathew Vanderhoof, in same premises, using the same description as previous instrument.
DEED.
ABRAHAM PARSELL and LANAH, his wife, (daughter of CORNELIUS VANDERHOOF), to
THOMAS WHITE.
Dated 5th Feb., 1788. Ack. 4th Feb., 1788. Rec. 10th March, 1828. 234 Conveyances, 52. Consideration, £20.
CONVEYS one full and equal sixth part, and also all estate, right, title and interest in same premises, by same description.
DEED.
CORNELIUS VANDERHOOF and LYDIA his wife, to THOMAS WHITE.
Dated Ist May, 1788. Ack. Ist May, 1788. Rec. 10th March, 1828. 234 Conveyances, 55. Consideration, £20.
CONVEYS one full equal sixth part, and also all estate, right, title and interest in same premises, by same description.
DEED.
CATHERINE VANDERHOOF to THOMAS WHITE.
Dated 19th April, 1794. Proved 22d Feb., 1828. Rec. 10th March, 1828. 234 Conveyances, 57. Consideration, £35.
CONVEYS full and equal undivided sixth part, and also all
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EARLY TITLE.
estate, right, title and interest in and to same premises by same description.
THOMAS WHITE and ANN, his wife, to MARTIN SMITH.
DEED.
Dated 4th April, 1796. Ack. 4th April, 1796. Rec. 10th March, 1828. 234 Conveyances, 61. Consideration, £800.
CONVEYS four full equal undivided sixth parts of same prem- ises by same description.
The share of the remaining surviving child appears to have become vested in Henry Brevoort.
HENRY BREVOORT to MARTIN SMITH.
DEED.
Dated 16th April, 1796. Ack. 16th April, 1796. Rec. 10th March, 1828. 234 Conveyances, 64. Consideration, £200.
CONVEYS one full and equal sixth part of same premises by same description.
ISAAC VANDERHOOF to MARTIN SMITH.
DEED.
Dated 16th April, 1796. Ack. 16th April, 1796. Rec. 10th March, 1828. 234 Conveyances, 66. Consideration, £200.
CONVEYS one full and equal sixth part, and also all estate
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MARTIN SMITH TRACT.
right, title and interest in and to same premises by same descrip- tion.
Last Will and Testament of MARTIN SMITH.
Dated 29th April, 1801. Proved 12th June, 1801. 43 Wills, 423.
" First, after all my just debts and funeral expenses are paid, I give, devise, and bequeath unto my beloved wife Margaret Barbara Smyth, during the term of her natural life, all my real and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever. Secondly, after the decease of my said wife, my will and desire is, and I do hereby devise, give and bequeath, all my said real and personal estate unto my children, Christina, Elizabeth, John Casper, Margaret Rachel and Henry, and to the survivor and survivors of them ; but my will and desire is that no division of my said property shall take place untill my youngest child, or the next youngest surviving, shall become of lawful age."
The title here diverges, the portion East of Third Avenue having been conveyed to Charles Henry Hall, and the portion West of said Avenue having been divided among the devisees of Martin Smith.
TITLE TO PORTION OF FARM EAST OF THIRD AVENUE.
QUITCLAIM DEED.
SAMUEL MINER and MARGARET BARBARA, his wife, to CHARLES HENRY HALL.
Dated 18th April, 1825. Ack. 18th April, 1825. Rec. 31st May, 1825. 190 Conveyances, 394. Consideration, $1,700.
CONVEYS all that piece and parcel of land situate, lying and being in the, at present, Ninth (formerly Seventh) Ward of the said City of New York, bounded on the North, and on the East, by lands belonging, or lately belonging, to Thomas Charles Winthrop, Esq., on the South by lands belonging to the heirs of Jacobus Kip, deceased, and on the West by the street called the Third Avenue, of the said city.
Containing six acres, or thereabouts, be the same more or less.
DEED.
JOHN C. SMITH and RACHEL, his wife, HENRY SMITH, HENRY ULRICH and ELIZABETH, his wife, to CHARLES HENRY HALL.
Dated 18th April, 1825. Ack. 18th April, 1825. Rec. 3Ist May, 1825. 190 Conveyances, 398. Consideration, $2,040.
CONVEYS all of three equal undivided fifth parts of same premises by same description.
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MARTIN SMITH TRACT : EAST OF THIRD AVENUE.
DEED.
JOHN FLEMING and CHRISTIANA, his wife, to
CHARLES HENRY HALL.
Dated 18th April, 1825. Ack. 22d April, 1825. Rec. 31st May, 1825. 190 Conveyances, 400. Consideration, $680.
CONVEYS all of one equal undivided fifth part of same prem- ises by same description.
THOMAS GARDNER, and MARGARET, his wife, to
CHARLES HENRY HALL.
DEED.
Dated 18th April, 1825. Ack. 24th Jan., 1826. Rec. 6th Feb., 1826. 202 Conveyances, 21. Consideration, $680.
CONVEYS all of one equal undivided fifth part of same prem- ises by same description.
For the rest of the title of the portion of this farm lying East of Third Avenue, see that of sub-division one of Turtle Bay Farm hereinafter shown.
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TITLE TO PORTION OF FARM WEST OF THIRD AVENUE.
DEED.
THOMAS GARDNER, and MAR- GARET, his wife, SAMUEL MINER and MARGARET BAR- BARA, his wife, to HENRY ULRICH and HENRY SMITH.
Dated 9th Aug., 1827. Ack. 9th August, 1827. Rec. 22 Sept., 1827. 225 Conveyances, 256. Consideration, $550.
CONVEYS all that equal undivided fifth part of a certain tract or parcel of land situate between the old Harlæm Road and the Third Avenue, and terminating at the point of their intersec- tion ; bounded Westerly by the Harlem Road, Easterly by the Third Avenue, Northerly by the intersecting roads, and South- erly by land late the property of Jacob Kip, as the said tract is now fenced in and enclosed by the said Samuel Miner, one of the said parties of the first part. The premises hereby intended to be released being the one equal undivided fifth, or share, devised to Margaret, the wife of Thomas Gardner, by virtue of the last will and testament of her deceased father, Martin Smith, amounting in all to about one fifth of two acres, be the same more or less.
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THE MARTIN SMITH TRACT.
DEED.
SAMUEL MINER and MARGARET BARBARA, his wife, HENRY ULRICH and ELIZABETH, his wife, JOHN CASPER SMITH and RACHEL, his wife, HENRY SMITH and ELIZA, his wife, to RALPH LOCKWOOD.
Dated - July, 1831. Ack'd. 17th and 18th July, 1831. Rec. 21st July, 1831. 275 Conveyances, 543. Consideration, $800.
CONVEYS all the one equal undivided fifth part, and also all the one equal undivided half of one other equal undivided fifth part of same premises as the previous deed, by same description, further reciting that the same were "parcel of the premises devised by Martin Smyth, of the City of New York, to his wife and children, and the one-fifth above described, and hereby conveyed, being the one-fifth of said land devised by said Martin Smyth to his son Henry Smith, and the one-half of the one-fifth above described being the one-half of the one-fifth of the same premises devised by the said Martin Smyth to his daughter Margaret, now wife of Thomas Gard- ner, and by said Thomas Gardner and wife conveyed to the said Henry Smith and Henry Ulrich."
Subject to two mortgages, one to John G. Coster, recorded in Liber 115, Morts. 31 (which was discharged of record on 19th March, 1836), and the other to Abram Barker, recorded in Liber 132, morts. 35, which was discharged of record on 19th March, 1836.
RALPH LOCKWOOD to IRA LOCKWOOD.
DEED. Dated 16th April, 1832. Ack. 16th April, 1832. Rec. 16th April, 1832. 282 Conveyances, 638. Consideration, $1,200.
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WEST OF THIRD AVENUE.
CONVEYS same premises by same description, subject to same mortgages.
IRA LOCKWOOD and
CLEMENTINE, his wife, to €
RALPH LOCKWOOD.
DEED. Dated 7th Jan., 1836. Proved 14th Jan., 1836. Rec. 22d Jan., 1836. 346 Conveyances, 305. Rec. with fuller proof on 9th April, 1839. 394 Conveyances, 560. Consideration, $2,000.
CONVEYS same premises by same description, subject to same mortgages.
JOHN C. SMITH and RACHEL his wife, to SAMUEL MINER.
DEED.
Dated Ist May, 1828. Ack. 3d May, 1828. Rec. 22d May, 1836. 351 Conveyances, 548. Consideration, $500.
CONVEYS all that one-fifth part of a certain triangular piece, or parcel of land situate in the Twelfth Ward of the City of New York, and bounded and described as follows viz .: East by the Third Avenue, West by the old Boston Turnpike Road, South by lands belonging to the heirs of Jacobus Kip, and Nort) by the angle formed by the junction of the said old Boston Turnpike Road and the Third Avenue aforesaid. Containing one acre and an half an acre, be the same more or less.
SAMUEL MINER and MARGARET, his wife, to HENRY ULRICH.
DEED.
Dated 13th Sept., 1834. Ack. 15th Sept., 1834. Rec. 17th Sept., 1834. 319 Conveyances, 91. Consideration, $200.
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THE MARTIN SMITH TRACT.
CONVEYS same premises as previous deed by same descrip- tion.
JOHN FLEMING, and CHRISTINA, his wife, to JAMES POLHEMUS.
DEED.
Dated 5th March, 1834. Ack. 5th March, 1834. Rec. 6th March, 1834. 312 Conveyances, 12. Consideration, $800.
CONVEYS two lots, each twenty-five feet wide by one hun- dred feet long, to be selected out of the part set apart to Chris- tina Fleming, and to be a corner lot on avenue with one addi- tional middle lot.
This property was then partitioned among the owners thereof, as shown on the diagram at the head of this abstract. For partition deeds see Liber 346, Convs., pages 287, 299, 301, , and 302.
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The accompanying diagram shows the farm as the same was sub-divided about the year 1760.
The line of the " old road to Kingsbridge " is plotted out ac- cording to the description in deed to Francis B. Winthrop, (288 Conveyances, page 503, hereinafter set forth). The description in this deed is evidently copied verbatim from the earlier deeds not recorded. The road indicated in these deeds was appar- ently not identical with the "Eastern Post Road," as shown in the later maps. The various courses of the Easterly side of this road, as given in said deeds differ, materially, in length and direction, from those shown on map of Turtle Bay Farm, numbered 314 in New York Register's office, which map was made upon the division of the farm among the devisees of Francis B. Winthrop in 1820. This old road also ran over 100 feet East of the Eastern Post Road as there laid down. Ac-
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THE TURTLE BAY FARM: EARLY TITLE.
cording to this map, measuring along the Northerly boundary of Turtle Bay Farm the distance from the road as there laid down to high water mark is 1,876 feet, whereas in said early deeds it is but 26 chains and So links, about 1,770 feet.
The course, which ran along the Northerly boundary of the Martin Smith estate, is in length but 9 chains and 68 links, (about 640 feet), according to said deed. This distance, if measured from the Eastern Post Road, as established in said map, would not be long enough to reach the Eastern boundary of the said Smith estate, by over 100 feet. The result of meas- uring these courses from the Eastern Post Road, as represented on said map, number 314, would be to make the property con- veyed to Francis B. Winthrop overlap upon the Easterly bound- ary of the said Smith estate over 100 feet.
As to the fact that at the time the survey was made from which the description in said deed, recorded in Liber 288, Con- veyances, page 503, was taken, the road therein mentioned ran East of the Eastern Post Road, as more recently established, see also remarks in the abstract of the Martin Smith tract, ante page 3.
In considering the general early title of the Turtle Bay Farm, we will first trace the title to the main portion marked "John Ryckman," on the annexed diagram, and then of the portion marked " Nelia Van Vleeck," and lastly, the title of the portion marked " Andries Anderson."
TITLE TO JOHN RYCKMAN PORTION.
This piece lies partly within the patent granted by the Dutch Governor to George Holmes and Thomas Hall, of which the following is a translation :
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THE TURTLE BAY FARM : JOHN RYCKMAN PIECE.
PATENT.
WILLIAM KIEFT, Governor, etc., to Dated 15th Nov., 1639.
GEORGE HOMS and TOMAS HAL.
We, William Kieft, Director-General, and Councillors of the High and Mighty Lords, the States General of the United Pro- vinces, and his Highness of Orange, and their Excellencies, the Manages of the Incorporated West India Company, in New Netherland residing, do, by these presents, publish and declare that we, on this day (the date underwritten), have given and granted to George Homs, Tomas Hal, Tobacco Planters, being partners, a certain piece of land lying in the Island Manhates, extending in breadth from Dewtel Bay along the East River till to the Hill of Schepmoes, where the Beach tree lies over the water, and then in its length from the said river straight into the woods, and of the same breadth all along the water, one hundred rods of thirteen feet to the rod, upon the express condition and terms that George Homs and Tomas Hal, or their successors, shall acknowledge the noble Lords, the managers aforesaid, as their Masters and Patrons under the Sovereignty of the high and mighty Lords, the States General, and hereto their Direc- tor and Council, to be obedient, as good citizens are bound to do, submitting themselves to all such taxes and imposts as by the noble Lords have been appointed, or may be appointed, constituting over the same George Homs and Tomas Hal in the real and actual possession of the aforesaid piece of land ; giving unto the same the full and irrevocable power, the before- described parcel of land to entre, occupy, cultivate and use in like manner as he might do with his own patrimonial lands and effects, without our, the grantors, in our quality as aforesaid, having any longer reserving, or saving therein, any part or con-
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