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ermost corner of the said lot No. I, thence along the bounds of the said lot No. I south forty-seven degrees East twenty-four chains and ninety links to the place of beginning.
Lots One and Two comprise the farm in question. The dis- tance given in this survey, as in the Turtle Bay Farm, are not long enough to reach the recent Eastern Post Road by about 100 feet.
ABRAHAM ANDERSON and SU- SANNA, his wife, JOHN DYCK- MAN and REBECCA, his wife, MATTHEW BUYS and MARY, his wife,
to
JAMES BEEKMAN.
DEED.
Dated 4th Jan., 1763. Ack. 4th Jan., 1763. Rec. 16th Oct., 1775. 40 Conveyances, 471. Consideration, £340.
RECITES the partition of the farm in question above set forth, and that Matthew Buys in his own right, and the said John Duyckman and Rebecca his wife in right of her the said Rc- becca do claim title to a part of the said farm or plantation in virtue of a certain instrument executed by Andries Albody, alias Anderson, to Jacobus Montanje in favour of them the said Matthew Buys and Rebecca Duyckman, and also in virtue of the last will and testament of the said Andries.
CONVEYS said lot one by same description.
DEED.
JOHN ANDERSON and MARTHA, his wife, to JAMES BEEKMAN.
Dated 7th Jan., 1763. Ack. 7th Jan., 1763. Rec. 16th Oct., 1775. 40 Conveyances, 475. Consideration, £385.
CONVEYS said lot two by same description.
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Last Will and Testament of JAMES BEEKMAN.
Dated 10th Jan., 1806. Proved 22d July, 1807 47 Wills, 63
" Item : I give devise and bequeath unto my said beloved wi my country seat on which I now reside, situate above the fou Mile Stone on the East River in the Seventh, now ninth, war of the City of New York, Together with all my Household fu niture, Plate, Books, Horses, Carriages, Cattle and farmin Utensils thereon during her natural life. And this devise sha be construed and considered as a full bar of her right of Dowe Moreover it is my Will and desire that such of my unmarrie Children as shall choose may reside with my Wife on the sai farm in the enjoyment of the Privileges appertaining theret they bearing their respective proportions of the Family expense during the life of my said Wife and their respective residenc with her, and also that at her decease, and in order to prevent disposal of my said Farm to effect a division thereof among m Heirs, it is my will and determination that such of my unmarrie Children as may choose and agree shall retain and hold t them, their Heirs and assigns forever the whole of my said Farm farming Utensils and Cattle thereon ; for all and every articl of which property they are to account to the rest of my Childre whether married or single, for their equal and respective share therein, the value of which property is to be ascertained by Just appraisement thereof between them, or by three competer persons to be chosen by them.
And Whereas my late brother Abraham Beekman hath de vised and bequeathed to my son Abraham K. Beekman th greater part of his Estate, to the exclusion of all my other chi dren, therefore I think it my duty, as my beloved Son Abrahar is already well provided for, to give, and I do hereby give, my sai
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son Abraham the sum of one hundred pounds only as his part and portion of my Estate and as a pledge of my paternal affection for him. And all the residue of my Estate, Real and Personal of what nature soever, not in this my last will and Testament other- wise disposed of, I give devise and bequeath unto my nine be- loved Children, by names William, James, Jane, the wife of Stephen V. Cortlandt, Catharine, wife of Elisha Boudinot, Esq., Mary, wife of Stephen N. Bayard, John, Cornelia, wife of Isaac B. Cox, Gerard and Samuel, and to their heirs and assigns forever, to be equally divided between them as tenants in com- mon and not as joint tenants. Provided nevertheless, and it is my will and intention, that the advances already made to any of my married children or yet to be made, according to an account to be kept for that purpose, shall be deducted from their respec- tive shares and proportions of my Estate to which they would respectively be entitled by virtue of this my last will and testa- ment. Item, I do authorize my Executrix and Executors, and the survivors or survivor of them, to sell and dispose of all my Estate of what nature soever and wheresoever, provided the same shall not be repugnant to any former clause in this my will, in such manner and at such times as they may think pro- per, and to execute therefore good and sufficient Conveyances in the Law for all or any part of my said Estate, as to them shall seem meet ; to the end and for the purpose that the avails of such sale or disposition may be applied according to the true interest and meaning of this my will above particularly de- scribed." Appoints his wife Jane Executrix and his sons Wil- liam, James, John, Gerard and Samuel his Executors.
Last Will and Testament to WILLIAM BEEKMAN.
Dated 6th Oct., 1807. Proved 19th Sept., 1808. 47 Wills, 416.
"First, I will and direct that all my just debts and funeral
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charges be paid by my Executors in a Convenient time afte my decease. Second ; Whereas my late uncle Abraham Beek man deceased hath devised and bequeathed the greater part o his Estate to my brother Abraham K. Beekman (to the exclu sion of all my other brothers and Sisters), therefore I give and bequeath unto my said beloved brother Abraham, a Suit o 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 anc Samuel Beekman and unto my beloved Sisters Jane (the wife of Stephen V. Cortlandt), Catharine (wife of Elisha Boudinot) Mary (wife of Stephen N. Bayard), and Cornelia (wife of Isaac B. Cox) to each of them, their Heirs and assigns forever, one equal eighth part or share thereof, to be divided between them as Tenants in Common and not as joint tenants. Nevertheless 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 shall vest the 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, her, 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 property so directly devised to them and on the like condition. 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 Ex- ecutors, the Survivors or Survivor of them, full and ample power to dispose of all or any part of my Real Estate whatsoever or
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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 Conveyance in the Law to the purchasers thereof their heirs and assigns."
JAMES BEEKMAN and LYDIA, his wife, JOHN BEEKMAN and MARY, his wife, STEPHEN VAN CORTLANDT and JANE, his wife, ELISHA BOUDINOT and CATHARINE, his wife, STEPHEN N. BAYARD and MARY, his wife, ISAAC B. Cox and COR- NELIA, his wife,
to GERARD BEEKMAN and SAMUEL BEEKMAN.
DEED.
Dated 4th Feb., 1809. Ack. 3Ist May, 1809. Rec. 5th June, 1809. 83 Conveyances, 186. Consideration, $3,750.
RECITES will of James Beekman and the provisions therein relative to the purchase of his homestead by his unmarried chil- dren-recites also death and will of William Beekman, and that Gerard Beekman and Samuel Beekman who were the only unmarried children of James Beekman had agreed to purchase the farm at $30,000, at which sum the value of the estate had been appraised and fixed.
CONVEYS all that farm or homestead late of the said James Beekman, deceased, situate in the Ninth Ward of the City of New York, near the four mile stone, and on the Easterly side of the main road leading from New York to Harlaem which said farm is bounded as follows, to wit Northeastwardly on the lands of Edmund Seaman Southeastwardly by the East River Southwestwardly by the lands of Francis B. Winthrop and
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Northwestwardly by the public road or highway leading from New York to Harlaem, as aforesaid. Which said farm contains Twenty-one acres and a half acre of land, be the same more or less. Subject to life estate of mother of parties hereto.
Notwithstanding this purchase of the farm by the unmarried children, all the property of which James Beekman died seised, including the farm conveyed in the previous deed, was par- titioned in 1812. In this partition, as appears from a recital in a partition deed of other parts of said estate of which James Beekman died seised, which deed is recorded in Liber IOI Cons., page 29, the farm in question fell to the share of James Beekman, Gerard Beekman and Samuel Beekman. All three were parties to this deed, and the recital is in the following words : " And whereas the parties to these presents have mutu- ally agreed to make partition by ballot of a certain part of the estate, real and personal, of their late father, so to them devised and bequeathed as aforesaid and so to them conveyed by the said Abraham K. Beekman as aforesaid, being arranged in classes so as to render the several shares as nearly of equal value as possible. And whereas that part of the real estate of the said James Beekman, Esquire, deceased, which consisted of his homestead or farm, situate in the Ninth Ward of the City of New York, containing twenty-one acres of land or thereabouts whereon he, the said James Beekman, resided at the time of his decease, hath on such ballot and partition fallen to the shares of the said James Beekman, Gerard Beekman and Samuel Beekman, parties to these presents, each one equal undivided third part thereof, share and share alike. And whereas, in and by a certain indenture made and executed on the fourth day of February, 1809, by and between the heirs and devisees of the said James Beekman, deceased (other than the said Gerard Beekman and Samuel Beekman of the one part and the said Gerard Beekman and Samuel Beekman of the other part), all the right, title and estate which was of the said James Beekman,
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deceased, at the time of his death, of, in and to the said home- stead or farm, is now vested in them, the said Gerard Beekman and Samuel Beekman, and they, the said Gerard and Samuel have agreed that they shall and will make partition of the same as aforesaid with him, the said James Beekman, party to these presents, and shall and will convey to him, the said James Beek- man, one equal third part thereof as his part or share of the real estate aforesaid now divided by and among the heirs and de- visees of their late father. And also, that they, the said Gerard and Samuel, shall and will, severally and respectively, have, hold and retain one equal third part thereof as their several and re- spective shares of the said real estate now divided as aforesaid."
JAMES BEEKMAN, and LYDIA, his wife,
of Ist part,
GERARD BEEKMAN, and CATH- ERINE, his wife,
of 2d part,
SAMUEL BEEKMAN, of 3d part.
PARTITION DEED.
Dated 15th Nov., 1815. Ack. 20th and 23d Nov., 1815. Rec. 4th Dec., 1815. 113 Conveyances, 59. Consideration, $1.00.
Sets apart to James Beekman lot I on the map annexed, which in said deed is described as follows: " All that certain piece or parcel of land, situate in the Ninth Ward of the City of New York, being part of the estate of the late James Beekman, deceased, Beginning at a point, on the Easterly side of the East- ern Post Road, so called, where the same is intersected by the Northerly side of Fifty-first street, at which point there is a brown stone marked A, which is distant seventy-one feet and four-tenths part of a foot Westerly from a marble monument marked 2-51, placed at the intersection of the Northerly side of
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Fifty-first street by the Westerly side of the Second Avenue, and running thence along the Easterly side of said Post Road, so-called, Northerly to a point in the Westerly side of the Sec- ond Avenue, where the same is intersected by a range of a fence, which is the division line between the Estates of Edmund Seaman and the said James Beekman, deceased ; at this point is placed a brown stone marked B, which is distant Northerly one hundred and sixty-four feet from the marble monument hereinbefore mentioned; thence along the said division line Easterly to a brown stone marked Con the shore of the East River; thence along the same Southerly to a brown stone marked D, in the Northerly side of Fiftyeth street ; thence along the same Westerly to a brown stone marked E, which is dis- tant two hundred and fifty-four feet and five-tenth parts of a foot Westerly from a marble monument marked 1-50, placed at the intersection of the Westerly side of the First Avenue by the Northerly side of Fiftyeth street ; thence at right angles to the same (which is also parallel to the Avenues) Northerly to a brown stone, marked F, in the Northerly side of Fifty-first Street, and thence Westerly along the same to the place of be- ginning. Containing six acres and seven-tenth parts of an acre (The division line above mentioned is a straight line, running from the brown stone marked B to the brown stone marked C, above mentioned, and intersects the Westerly side of the First Avenue twenty-three feet and one-tenth part of a foot North- erly from a marble monument, marked 1-51, placed at the inter- section of the Northerly side of Fifty-first street by the Westerly side of the First avenue.
Sets apart to Samuel Beekman lot 2 on said map, which is described as follows : " All that certain piece or parcel of land, situate in the Ninth Ward of the City of New York, being part of the estate of the late James Beekman, deceased, Beginning at a brown stone marked E, situate on the Southerly side of Fiftyeth street, distant two hundred and fifty-four feet and five-
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tenth parts of a foot Westerly from a marble monument marked I-50, placed at the intersection of the Northerly side of Fiftyeth street by the Westerly side of First Avenue ; and running thence Southerly parallel to said avenue to a brown stone marked H, which is in the division fence between the estate of Francis B. Winthrop and that of the said James Beekman, late deceased ; thence along the said division fence Easterly to the shore of the East River, where the rock bounding the same is marked with the letter L cut on said rock; thence along the same Northerly to a brown stone marked D, in the Northerly side of Fiftyeth street, and thence along the same Westerly to the place of beginning. Containing seven acres and two-tenth parts of an acre. (The division fence last above mentioned is on a straight line, running from a brown stone marked K, in the Easterly side of the Eastern Post Road, so called, Easterly through the aforesaid brown stone marked H to the shore of the East River, where the rock bounding the same is marked with the letter L cut in said rock, and intersects the Westerly side of Second Avenue Fifty-eight feet and seven-tenth parts of a foot Northerly from a marble monument marked 2-49, placed at the intersection of the Westerly side of the Second Avenue by the Northerly side of Forty-ninth street, and also intersects the Westerly side of First Avenue Forty-eight feet and five-tenth parts of a foot Southerly from a marble monument marked 1-49, placed at the intersection of the Westerly side of the First Avenue by the Northerly side of Forty-ninth Street.)
Sets apart to Gerard Beekman lot 3 on said map, which is described as follows : " All that certain piece or parcel of land, situate in the Ninth Ward of the City of New York, being part of the estate of the late James Beekman, deceased, Beginning at a brown stone marked A, placed at the intersection of the Northerly side of Fifty-first Street by the Easterly side of the Eastern Post Road, so called ; which stone is distant seventy- one feet and four-tenth parts of a foot Westerly from a marble
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monument marked 51-2, placed at the intersection of the West- erly side of the Second Avenue by the Northerly side of Fifty- first Street, and running thence along the Northerly side of said street Easterly to a brown stone marked F, which is distant two hundred and fifty-four feet and five-tenth parts of a foot Westerly from a marble monument marked 51-1, at the inter- section of the Northerly side of Fifty-first Street by the West- erly side of the First Avenue ; thence parallel to the said avenue Southerly through a brown stone marked F to a brown stone marked H in the division fence between the estate of Francis B. Winthrop, and the estate of the said James Beekman, deceased : thence along the same Westerly to a brown stone marked K in the Easterly side of the Eastern Post Road, so called, and thence along the same Northeasterly to the place of beginning. Con- taining eight acres and seventy-five hundredth parts of an acre. (The division fence above mentioned is on a straight line, run- ning from a brown stone marked K, in the Easterly side of the Eastern Post Road, so called, Easterly through the said brown stone marked H, to the shore of the East River, where the rock bounding the same is marked with the letter L cut in the said rock, and intersects the Westerly side of Second Avenue, Fifty- eight feet and seven-tenth parts of a foot Northerly from a mar- ble monument marked 2-49, placed at the intersection of the Westerly side of Second Avenue by the Northerly side of Forty- ninth Street ; and also intersects the Westerly side of the First Avenue forty-eight feet and five-tenth parts of a foot Southerly from a marble monument marked 1-49, placed at the intersec- tion of the Westerly side of the First Avenue by the Northerly side of Forty-ninth Street, as will more fully appear by reference being had to a map hereunto annexed.)
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LOT NUMBER ONE.
TITLE TO LOT NUMBER ONE. This lot was set apart to James Beekman.
Last Will and Testament of JAMES BEEKMAN.
Dated 8th Sept., 1835 Proved 8th May, 1837. 76 Wills, 268.
After bequeathing certain legacies, the testator provides as follows : "As to all the residue of my estate, real and personal, whatsoever or wheresoever, which I may own or be in any man- ner entitled to at the time of my decease, I give, devise and be- queath the same unto my beloved nephew, James William Beek- man, son of my late brother, Gerard Beekman. To have and to hold the same and every part thereof, with the appurtenances, unto him, his heirs, executors and administrators and assigns forever." The testator provides for certain remainders over, in case said devisee should die under the age of twenty-one years without leaving any lawful issue.
TITLE TO LOT NUMBER Two.
This lot was set apart to Samuel Beekman.
Last Will and Testament of SAMUEL BEEKMAN.
Dated 27th Dec., 1808. Proved 18th Mar., 1816. 53 Wills, 135.
" Item, and as to my Real Estate, whatsoever and whereso- ever situated, I give, devise and bequeath the same unto my be- loved brothers, James Beekman, John Beekman, and the said Gerard Beekman, and unto my beloved sisters, Jane, the wife of Stephen Van Cortlandt ; Catherine, the wife of Elisha Boudi- not ; and Mary, the wife of Stephen N. Bayard, to each of my said brothers and sisters, severally and respectively, and to their several and respective heirs and assigns forever, each one equal undivided seventh part or share thereof, to be divided by and
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monument marked 51-2, placed at the intersection of the West- erly side of the Second Avenue by the Northerly side of Fifty- first Street, and running thence along the Northerly side of said street Easterly to a brown stone marked F, which is distant two hundred and fifty-four feet and five-tenth parts of a foot Westerly from a marble monument marked 51-1, at the inter- section of the Northerly side of Fifty-first Street by the West- erly side of the First Avenue ; thence parallel to the said avenue Southerly through a brown stone marked F to a brown stone marked H in the division fence between the estate of Francis B. Winthrop, and the estate of the said James Beekman, deceased : thence along the same Westerly to a brown stone marked K in the Easterly side of the Eastern Post Road, so called, and thence along the same Northeasterly to the place of beginning. Con- taining eight acres and seventy-five hundredth parts of an acre. (The division fence above mentioned is on a straight line, run- ning from a brown stone marked K, in the Easterly side of the Eastern Post Road, so called, Easterly through the said brown stone marked H, to the shore of the East River, where the rock bounding the same is marked with the letter L cut in the said rock, and intersects the Westerly side of Second Avenue, Fifty- eight feet and seven-tenth parts of a foot Northerly from a mar- ble monument marked 2-49, placed at the intersection of the Westerly side of Second Avenue by the Northerly side of Forty- ninth Street ; and also intersects the Westerly side of the First Avenue forty-eight feet and five-tenth parts of a foot Southerly from a marble monument marked 1-49, placed at the intersec- tion of the Westerly side of the First Avenue by the Northerly side of Forty ninth Street, as will more fully appear by reference being had to a map hereunto annexed.)
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LOT NUMBER ONE.
TITLE TO LOT NUMBER ONE.
This lot was set apart to James Beekman.
Last Will and Testament of JAMES BEEKMAN.
Dated 8th Sept., 1835. Proved 8th May, 1837. 76 Wills, 268.
After bequeathing certain legacies, the testator provides as follows : "As to all the residue of my estate, real and personal, whatsoever or wheresoever, which I may own or be in any man- ner entitled to at the time of my decease, I give, devise and be- queath the same unto my beloved nephew, James William Beek- man, son of my late brother, Gerard Beekman. To have and to hold the same and every part thereof, with the appurtenances, unto him, his heirs, executors and administrators and assigns forever." The testator provides for certain remainders over, in case said devisee should die under the age of twenty-one years without leaving any lawful issue.
TITLE TO LOT NUMBER TWO.
This lot was set apart to Samuel Beekman.
Last Will and Testament of SAMUEL BEEKMAN.
Dated 27th Dec., 1808. Proved 18th Mar., 1816. 53 Wills, 135.
"Item, and as to my Real Estate, whatsoever and whereso- ever situated, I give, devise and bequeath the same unto my be- loved brothers, James Beekman, John Beekman, and the said Gerard Beekman, and unto my beloved sisters, Jane, the wife of Stephen Van Cortlandt; Catherine, the wife of Elisha Boudi- not ; and Mary, the wife of Stephen N. Bayard, to each of my said brothers and sisters, severally and respectively, and to their several and respective heirs and assigns forever, each one equal undivided seventh part or share thereof, to be divided by and
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between them, share and share alike, as Tenants in common and not as joint tenants. And as to the remaining one equal undivided seventh part or share of my said real estate, I do hereby give, devise and bequeath the same unto my beloved brothers, James Beekman, John Beekman and Gerard Beek- man, and to the survivors and survivor of them, and to the heirs and assigns of such survivor of them forever. In Trust, never- theless, and to and for the following purpose, uses and trusts, and no other whatsoever, to wit: The Rents, Issues and profits of the same and any part thereof, to be applied by the said Trustees, or the survivor of them, to the sole and only use of my beloved sister, Cornelia, the wife of Isaac B. Cox, during her natural life, and from and after her decease, to the sole and only use of her children then living, if any, and of the survivors or survivor of them, and to be paid as aforesaid, to her or them, or to her or their use, at the discretion of the said Trustees, or the survivor of them, from time to time, in such manner as the said Trustees in their discretion shall judge most for the advan- tage of my said Sister, and of her children, for and during the lifetime of her husband, Isaac B. Cox. But if it shall so happen that my said sister, Cornelia, shall survive her said husband, then, and in such case, the said Trustees, the survivors or sur- vivor of them, shall convey all the said one seventh part or share of my said Real Estate hereby devised to them in Trust, as aforesaid, unto her, my said sister, Cornelia, her heirs and assigns forever in fee simple. And if it shall so happen that my said sister, Cornelia, shall depart this life before her said husband, then the said Trustees, the survivors or survivor of them, shall pay the Rents, interest and profits of the said Estate, or as much thereof as shall be necessary, for the support and Education of the child or children she may leave until they respectively attain the age of twenty-one years. And at the time when they shall respectively attain to the age of twenty-one years, I do hereby direct the said Trustees, and the Survivor of them, and the heirs
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