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CONVEYS all that certain tract, piece or parcel of land situate, lying and being in the Twelfth Ward of the City of New York, bounded Easterly by the Third Avenue, Southerly by the centre
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of Sixtieth street, Westerly by the Fourth Avenue, and North- erly by lands now or formerly of Abraham K. Beekman. Con- taining between eleven and twelve acres, be the same more or less. Beginning at a point on the Westerly side of the Third Avenue, where a line drawn through the centre of Sixtieth street would intersect said street ; thence Westerly along said line about nine hundred and twenty feet to the Fourth Avenue ; thence Northerly along the Fourth Avenue about six hundred and eleven feet six inches to lands now or formerly of Abraham K. Beekman ; thence Easterly along said Beekman's land about five hundred and twenty-four feet to land late of John R. Hed- ley ; thence Southerly along said Hedley's land about two hun- dred and forty-two feet; thence Easterly along said Hedley's land about three hundred and fifty-seven feet to the Third Avenue ; thence Southerly along the Third Avenue about three hundred and ninety-three feet ten inches to the place of begin- ning, be the said dimensions more or less.
MORTGAGE.
CORTLAND PALMER and HENRY H. ELLIOTT to
ADAM TREDWELL.
TO SECURE $30,000. Dated 12th May, 1835. Ack. 13th May, 1835. Rec. 25th May, 1835. 184 Mortgages, 27I.
COVERS same premises by same description.
The said Adam Tredwell died seized of the greater portion of the tract in question which lies East of the Third Avenue, leaving a will as follows :
Last Will and Testament of ADAM TREDWELL.
Dated 3d Dec., 1839. Proved 22d June, 1852. 104 Wills, 278.
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After certain legacies and specific bequests the testator pro- vides as follows : "Ninth. I do hereby give, devise and bequeath to my said Executors, or such of them as may qualify, and to the survivors and survivor of them, all and singular my house- hold furniture. ** And also the one- fourth part of the rest, residue and remainder of my property and estate or other proportion thereof intended for, or which, under this my will, may fall to the share of my daughter, Elizabeth K. Titus, the wife of James H. Titus. To Have and to Hold the same to them my said Executors or the survivors or survivor of them, but in trust nevertheless for the sole and separate use and benefit of my said daughter, Elizabeth K. Titus, and not liable or subject in any manner to the use, bene- fit, management, control, debts or liabilities, either present or future, of her said husband, the said James H. Titus, for and during the lifetime of my said daughter. and in case her said husband survives her, then and in that case during his own life, m regard, however, only to the said store and lot on Beekman Street. And my said Executors are hereby authorized and directed to suffer and permit my said daughter to use and pos- sess the said furniture for the purpose of housekeeping, without paying any rent or other compensation therefor ; and they are also further authorized and directed to rent and lease or demise the aforesaid two stores at their best discretion, and receive the rents, issues and profits thereof, and to put all necessary and proper repairs thereon from time to time; and they are also hereby authorized to keep the same continually and sufficiently insured against loss or damage by fire ; and they are hereby authorized and directed to invest and improve all and singular the other property and estate, both real and personal, hereby devised and bequeathed to them in trust for my said daughter, the said Elizabeth K. Titus, and to pay over the net rents, issues, profits and other income of all and singular the property and estate, both real and personal, hereby devised and bequeathed
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to my said Executors in trust for my said daughter, Elizabeth K. Titus, to her from time to time, upon her own separate receipt therefor, which she is hereby authorized and empowered to give during and notwithstanding her existing coverture, and for her own separate use and benefit. And I do hereby fully authorize and empower my said daughter, at any time during her life, and notwithstanding her marriage, and whether she have issue hereafter or not, by her last will and testament or other instrument of appointment, to be executed by her, under her hand and seal, in the presence of two or more attesting wit- nesses, and to take effect upon her death but not before, to give, devise, limit and appoint, at her own free will and pleasure, and to such person or persons and under such limitations and restrictions as she may deem proper, any sum out of the trust estate for her benefit, other than the aforesaid two lots and stores, not exceeding fifteen thousand dollars. And I do hereby direct and authorize my said Executors to pay and apply the said sum so to be appointed by her, agreeably to such her appointment thereof. And should my said daughter die in the lifetime of her said husband, whether she shall have left issue or not, then and in that case I do hereby authorize and empower my said executors to pay over to him the rents and profits of the said store and lot in Beekman Street for and during the residue of his natural life, to be paid by them into his own hand and upon his own receipt, as and when the same shall be received by my said executors. And upon the death of my said daughter, should she leave any issue her surviving, then and in that case I hereby give, devise and bequeath the said trust estate for her benefit to such issue; if only one, then to that one solely ; but if more than one, and of the same degree, then to them equally or share and share alike ; but if of differ- ent degrees, then by representation, subject always to the pro- vision herein made for the said James H. Titus in case he shall survive his said wife, and also subject to her power of appoint-
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ment as to the said sum of fifteen thousand dollars. But should she die without leaving any issue her surviving, then and in that case I hereby give, devise and bequeath said trust estate for her benefit, subject always to the provision herein made for the said James H. Titus, in case he shall survive his said wife, and to her power of appointment in regard to the said sum of fifteen thousand dollars, to my said two sons and grandson, share and share alike, and to their respective heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever, the said share thereof to my said grandson to be subject to the same contin- gencies, limitations and restrictions as are hereafter de- clared in regard to his share and estate under this my will. Tenth. All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate and property, both real and personal, whatsoever and wheresoever situate, including the one-fourth part thereof above devised and bequeathed to my said executors in trust for my said daughter, Elizabeth K. Titus, I do hereby direct to be divided into four equal parts, as nearly as may be practicable, one of which parts I have herein already devised and bequeathed to my said executors in trust for my said daugh- ter ; and I hereby give, devise and bequeath one other of the said four parts to my said son, Benjamin M. Tredwell, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns forever ; and I do hereby give, devise and bequeath one other of the said four parts to my said son, Lambert H. Tredwell, his heirs, execu- tors, administrators and assigns forever ; and I do hereby give, devise and bequeath the said remaining fourth part thereof to my said grandson, Adam Tredwell Sackett, in case and pro- vided he shall live to arrive to the age of twenty-o. e years, and until he shall arrive at that age I do hereby direct my said executors to rent, invest and improve the said one-fourth part and accumulate the income thereof for his use and bene" t, and should he die under the age of twenty-one years and without leaving any lawful issue, then I give, devise and bequeath all
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and singular the part, portion or share which he would other- wise derive or have under this my will, to my said two sons, each the one equal third part thereof, and the other third part thereof to my said executors in trust for my said daughter upon the trusts herein declared in regard to her ; and should either of my said two sons or my said daughter then be dead, leaving issue, such issue to stand in the place and have the share thereof which would have gone to the deceased parent, if living ; but should my said grandson die under the age of twenty-one years, leaving lawful issue him surviving, then I give, devise and bequeath his share under this my will to such issue ; if only one, then to that one solely ; and if more than one, then to them equally, share and share alike. Eleventh. I do hereby authorize and empower my acting executors, or a majority of them, and the survivors and survivor of them, by good and sufficient deeds or conveyances in the law, to sell and dispose of at public or private sale, at such time and in such places and for such reasonable price or prices as can be obtained therefor, and either for cash or upon credit, or partly for cash and partly upon credit, as to them or him shall seem best, all or any part or parts of my real estate not hereinbefore specifically devised, as well for any of the purposes hereinbefore mentioned as for the purpose of making a partition or division thereof among the legatees and devisees herein named or other- wise howsoever.
* Lastly, I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my brother, George Tredwell, and my said two sons, Benjamin M. Tredwell and Lambert H. Tredwell, the executors of this my last will and testament."
By a codicil dated 2d June, 1849, testator also appoints his son-in-law, James H. Titus, and his grandson, Adam Tredwell Sackett, additional executors of his said will.
Letters testamentary were granted to Benjamin M. Tredwell on 30 June, 1852 (see Liber 10 Letters Testamentary, page 297)
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and to James H. Titus and Adam T. Sackett on 2 May, 1859 (see Liber 16 Letters Testamentary, page 367).
Shortly after the death of the said Adam Tredwell a partition was made of said portion of this tract lying East of the Third Avenue, of which the testator died seised. On such partition the following lots, numbered upon a map recorded in Liber 1,007 Conveyances, page 679 (an extract from which is given on the diagram at the head of this abstract), viz. : lots num- bered 74 to 77, both inclusive, 82 to 101, both inclusive, 27, 81 and 125 were set apart as the share of the said Elizabeth K. Titus, and sold by her trustees under the power in the will (see recitals in Liber 1,007 Conveyances, page 679) ; lots numbers 26, 39 to 55, both inclusive, 62, 63, 66 to 73, both inclusive, 78, 79, 80, 102 to 124, both inclusive, 126 to 142, both inclusive, were set apart as the shares of Benjamin M. Tredwell and Lam- bert H. Tredwell, they agreeing to hold the same as tenants in common (see Liber 670 Conveyances, page 50) ; lots numbers I to 25, both inclusive, 28 to 38, both inclusive, were set apart to Adam T. Sackett (see Liber 670 Conveyances, page 55). The said Benjamin M. Tredwell and Lambert H. Tredwell having both died intestate, leaving the said Elizabeth K. Titus and Adam T. Sackett their only heirs-at-law, the latter par- titioned between themselves all said lots so descending to them, except lots 80 and 142, and on such partition lots 39 to 55, both inclusive, 60 to 63, both inclusive, 26, 27, 122 to 125, both inclusive, 66 to 73, both inclusive, were set apart to Adam T. Sackett (see Liber 929 Conveyances, page 110) ; lots 76 to 79, both inclusive, 99 to 121, both inclusive, 126 to 141, both inclusive, were set apart to Elizabeth K. Titus (see Liber 929 Conveyances, 113). A deed (recorded in Liber 1,007 Convey- ances, page 679) was obtained by said Sackett and Mrs. Titus, for further assurance, from the Executors of said Adam Tred- well, the said Executors not having joined in the partition deed to Benjamin M. Tredwell and Lambert H. Tredwell.
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THE ABRAHAM AND WILLIAM BEEKMAN TRACT.
The Eastern portion of this tract is included in the following patent :
PATENT.
SIR EDMUND ANDROS, Governor, etc., to JACOBUS FABRICIUS.
Dated 13th Mar., 1676. Recorded in Secretary State's Office at Al- bany. 4 Patents, II7.
" Whereas there is a certain piece of land lying in common upon this Island Manhattans, the which, by virtue of my war- rant, hath been laid out for Mr. Jacobus Fabricius, being in breadth by the river side eighty rods, and in length one hun- dred and twenty rods. Containing sixty acres. Bounded to the Northeast by the land of Cornelius Mattysen, to the South- west by lott number four, and to the Northwest by the Com- mons, as by the return of the survey under the hand of the sur- veyor doth and may appear."
CONVEYS said premises to the patentee, reserving "a quitt ent of halfe a bushell of good winter wheate."
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DEED.
JACOBUS FABRICIUS to WILLIAM WOUTERSE.
Dated 18th July, 1677. Recited in Liber 35 Con- veyances., 311.
CONVEYS same premises.
The Northeasterly half part of said patent, which is the part now in question, as appears from recitals in the deed herein- after set forth, recorded in Liber 35 Conveyances, page 311, was conveyed by the said William Wouterse and Angenitie, his wife, to Peter Buckholst, by deed dated 28 February, 1686, and by the said Peter Buckholst and Elsie, his wife, to Jan Van Seuenhoven, who devised the same to his wife for life, remain- der in fee to his daughter Anneke, wife of Nicholas Dyckman. The said Anneke and Nicholas Dyckman thereafter, by lease and release dated 17th and 18th May, 1751, conveyed the same premises to David Devoore, Jr.
LEASE.
DAVID DEVOORE, JUN., to WILLIAM BEEKMAN, JUN., and ABRAHAM BEEKMAN.
Dated 29th April, 1760. Proved 4th June, 1760. Rec. 4th June, 1760. 35 Conveyances, 310. Considerat'n, 5 shillings.
DEMISES for one year all that certain piece or parcell of land, with the messuage and buildings thereon erected, scituate, lying and being in the outward of the City of New York, adjoining to the East River, being the Northeasterly half of a certain tract or parcell of land, granted in fee by Sir Edmund Androse, formerly Governour of this Province, to Jacobus Fabritius and his heirs, in breadth by the River side eighty rods and in length one hundred and twenty rods, containing sixty acres. Bounded to the Northeast by the land of Cornelius
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Mattyson, to the Southwest by lot number four, and to the North by lands of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, which said Northeasterly half of the said tract in its present location is bounded on the Northeast by land of John Boss, and on the Southwest by land of John Van Zandt, on the Southeast by the River, and on the North- west by lands of the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York. Containing thirty acres.
DAVID DEVOORE, JR., and MARITIE, his wife, to WILLIAM BEEKMAN, JUN., and ABRAHAM BEEKMAN.
RELEASE.
Dated 30th April, 1760. Ack. 5th May, 1760. Rec. 4th June, 1760. 35 Conveyances, 31I. Consideration, £820.
RELEASES same premises by same decription.
Last Will and Testament of ABRAHAM BEEKMAN.
Dated 2d Aug., 1788. Proved 28th Oct., 1789. 40 Wills, 304.
After certain legacies the testator provides as follows : " And it is my will and I do give and bequeath unto the said Abraham Van Gelder the privilege of living and a maintenance on the farm which I hold in common with my said brother, William Beekman, as long as he, the said Abraham Van Gelder, shall think proper. Item, I do give and devise unto my beloved nephew, Abraham K. Beekman, second son of my brother, James Beekman, one equal undivided half part of the farm on which I now reside, situate in the outward of the City of New York, and which I hold as aforesaid in common with my said brother, William Beekman. * * To have and to hold all and singular the said land, ground, estates
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hereditaments and premises above mentioned, with their, and every of their, rights, members and appurtenances, unto my said nephew, Abraham K. Beekman, his heirs and assigns, to his and their only proper use and benefit and behoof forever."
The distances given in the patent above set forth are not suffi- cient to carry the Westerly boundary of the premises thereby conveyed as far West as the line of the Common Lands which is given by Goerck. (See map of the patents ante page 119.)
DEED.
The Mayor, Aldermen and Com- monalty of the City of New York to WILLIAM BEEKMAN and ABRAHAM K. BEEKMAN.
Dated 30th Mar., 1801. Recorded in Comptrol- ler's office, Liber E. City Grants, 50. Consideration, $718.38
CONVEYS all that certain piece of land, part of the common lands of the said City, and lying between the lands of said par- ties of the second part and the road laid out and delineated on the general map or survey of the said common lands filed in the Clerk's office of the said City and called the East Road, which said piece of land, hereby granted, is bounded Westerly by the said East Road, Easterly by land of said party of the second part, Northerly by other of the said common lands, and Southerly by other of the said common lands granted or intended to be granted to Peter Pra Van Zandt, as the same is laid out on the map or survey hereunto annexed. Containing fifteen acres, one rood and sixteen perches.
Last Will and Testament of WILLIAM BEEKMAN.
Dated 6th Oct., 1807. Proved 19th Sept., 1808. 47 Wills, 416.
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"First. I will and direct that all my just debts and funeral charges be paid by my Executor in a convenient time after my decease. Second. Whereas my late uncle, Abraham Beekman, deceased, hath devised and bequeathed the greater part of his Estate to my brother, Abraham K. Beekman (to the exclusion of all my other brothers and Sisters), therefore I give and bequeath unto my said beloved brother Abraham a Suit of Mourning and a Gold Mourning Ring only, as a pledge of my fraternal affection for him. Third. And all the rest and residue of my Estate, both Real and personal, whatsoever and where- soever situated, I give, devise and bequeath unto my beloved brothers, James Beekman, John Beekman, Gerard Beekman and Samuel Beekman, and unto my beloved Sisters, Jane (the wife of Stephen V. Cortlandt), Catharine (wife of Elisha Bou- dinot), Mary (wife of Stephen N. Bayard), and Cornelia (wife of Isaac B. Cox), to each of them, their Heirs and assigns for- ever, one equal eighth part or share thereof to be divided between them as Tenants in common and not as joint tenants. Never- theless it is my will that if my said sisters, or either of them, should die without leaving Issue at the time of her death, that then the respective share or shares of my Estate, to which she or they would have been entitled by Virtue of the former clause in this my last will and testament, shall vest in Fee Simple in my surviving brother or brothers, sister or Sisters, and the issue of such of them as may then be dead, share and share alike, such issue to take equally such portion only as would have gone to his or their parents, if living ; and the property which shall so survive to any of my Sisters shall likewise be liable to survive in the same manner as the pro- perty so directly devised to them and on the like conditions. Lastly, I make and ordain my said brothers, James, John, Gerard and Samuel Beekman, to be Executors of this my last will and Testament, hereby utterly disallowing and revoking all former wills by me made, and giving my said executors, the
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survivors or survivor of them, full and ample power to dispose of all or any part of my real estate, whatsoever or wheresoever situate, either at public or private sale, in such manner and at such times as they may think proper, with full power to execute good and sufficient conveyances in the law to the purchasers thereof, their heirs and assigns."
Abraham K. Beekman entered into an agreement, dated 28th September, IS08, with the devisees of said William Beekman to divide said farm into two equal parts, and appointed Thomas Marston, Edmund Seaman, and Francis B. Winthrop Commis- sioners, to make such partition. The said Commissioners duly made their award by instrument dated 17th November, 1808, in pursuance of which the following deeds of partition were exe- cuted :
ABRAHAM K. BEEKMAN and JOANNA, his wife, to JAMES BEEKMAN and LYDIA, his wife, JOHN BEEKMAN and MARY, his wife, GERARD BEEK- MAN, SAMUEL BEEKMAN, STE- PHEN VAN CORTLANDT and JANE, his wife, ELISHA BOU- DINOT and CATHARINE, his wife, STEPHEN N. BAYARD and MARY, his wife, ISAAC B. Cox and CORNELIA, his wife.
PARTITION DEED.
Dated 4th Feb, 1809. Ack. 30th May, 1809. Rec. 5th June, 1809. 83 Conveyances, 189. Consideration, $1.00.
CONVEYS all that part of the said tract of land which lies on Southwesterly side and on the Northwesterly side of the line of partition so made, and award as aforesaid, which said line of partition is : Beginning on the bank of the East River at a stone wall, now being erected there, and at a station which is distant
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(on a course now bearing North Fifty-six degrees thirty minutes West) one hundred and fifteen feet from a stone set in the ground marked A. K. B .- W. B., and running from the said stone wall North fifty-six degrees thirty minutes West one hun- dred and fifteen feet to the said stone so set in the ground and marked A. K. B .- W. B. as aforesaid ; thence North thirty-three degrees and thirty minutes, East one hundred and thirty feet ; thence North fifty-six degrees and thirty minutes, West one thousand five hundred and forty-five feet to the middle of the present highway, thence along the same North two degrees forty-five minutes, West three hundred and twenty feet ; thence North fifty-six degrees thirty minutes, West four hundred and five feet ; thence North thirty-three degrees thirty minutes, East forty feet ; thence North fifty-six degrees thirty minutes, West five hundred and ten feet ; and thence North thirty-three degrees and thirty minutes, East two hundred and thirty feet. And the said line of partition also extends from the place of beginning as aforesaid into the river so far as the said parties can extend their claim, and on a course now bearing South fifty-six degrees and thirty minutes East from the stone so set in the ground and marked as aforesaid, and all that part of the said farm or tract of land which lies on the Southwesterly side thereof, and on the Northwesterly side thereof (according to a map of the premises made by Adolphus Loss, City Surveyor, and for the greater cer- tainty hereunto annexed). Habendum as tenants in common, and not as joint tenants, in like manner and proportion as they are severally and respectively now entitled to hold as tenants in common the part or share of the said William Beekman, de- ceased, in the premises, by virtue of his said last will and testa- ment, or otherwise, and in no other manner or proportion what- soever.
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JAMES BEEKMAN and LYDIA, his wife, JOHN BEEKMAN and MARY, his wife, GERARD BEEK- MAN, SAMUEL BEEKMAN, STE- PHEN VAN CORTLANDT and JANE, his wife, ELISHA BOU- DINOT and CATHARINE, his wife, STEPHEN N. BAYARD and MARY, his wife, ISAAC B. Cox and CORNELIA, his wife, to ABRAHAM K. BEEKMAN.
PARTITION DEED
Dated 4th Feb., 1809. Ack 31st May, 1809. Rec.[5th June, 1809. 83 Conveyances, 193. Consideration, $1.00.
CONVEYS all that part of the said tract of land which lies on the Northeasterly side of the line of partition, so made and award as aforesaid, which line of partition is described as in previous deed.
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