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I, 1662, by Roelof Swartwout, who married the widow of de Hooges. In the patent the land is described as "abutting to the North on the Creek, or Kill called the Fuycke Kill to the South and East the waggon way, and to the West on Volchert Jans conteyning in length sixteen Rod, & in breadth nine Rod."
1 The words in parentheses were written in the margin.
2 Probably a house on the west side of North Pearl street, on lot Nº. 8, one of the "New Lotts of Ground lately Layd out at Albany uppermost
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dwells and generally his person and estate, real and personal, pres- ent and future, nothing excepted, submitting the same to the au- thority of all lords courts, and judges for the payment thereof if need be without costs or loss.
Done in Albany, the 2d of July 1679.
Words in the margin written before the signing hereof.
WM PARKER
A. Teller Dirck Wesselss
In my presence, ROT. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
Deed from Jan Jansen Bleecker and Jacob Sandersen Glen, at- torneys for the late Jan Hendricksen van Bael, to Timothy Cooper, for a house and lot on the hill in Albany
[42] Appeared before me, Rot. Livingston, secretary of Albany, colony of Renselaerswyck and Schaenhechtady, etc., in the presence of the Honorable Mr Ands. Teller and Dirk Wessells, magistrates of said jurisdiction, Jan Janse Bleiker and Jacob Sanderse, attorneys of Mr Jan Heyndrixe van Bael, who declared that they grant, con- vey and make over in true, rightful and free ownership to and for the behoof of Mr Timº. Cooper a certain house and lot, standing and lying here in Albany on the hill, where he, Cooper, dwells, adjoining southerly Mr Cornelis Steenwyk and notherly Harmanus Bur- gerse,2 easterly and westerly the street, as it lay inclosed when said Van Bael possessed it, or as it was inclosed when they the grantors sold it on May 27, 1676,3 which they do by virtue of a patent granted to J. Heyndrix van Bael by the Honorable Governor General Rich :
towards the Hills," containing in breadth 45 feet and in length 6 rods, for which Sergeant William Parker received a patent from Governor Nicolls on May 30, 1667. On June 7, 1669, Governor Lovelace issued another patent to him as follows : " Whereas Serjeant William Parker belonging to his Maties garrison at Albany had heretofore a Pattent for a Lott of ground upon ye Hills whereupon he hath built & now dwelleth thereupon, & there being a small peice of ground behynde & Equall wth his Lott conteyning in Length about three Rod & a halfe, ye wch lyeth wast & unmanured & belongeth to no perticuler person, The Comissaryes there haueing likewise consented to & recomended unto me ye same Know ye &c."
2 Harmanus Burgerse was apparently a son of Burger Jorissen, the smith, of New York. He married Margriet Carstens, daughter of Carsten Fred- ericksen and Tryntje Warners. In 1704 he lived in New York. See " Bap- tisms in the Reformed Dutch Church, New York" (N. Y. Hist. Soc. Collections, v. 2), under 1652, and Deeds, 5:45-46.
3 See contract of sale of May 26, 1676, in Early Records of Albany, I :127.
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Nicolls of date the 30th of April 1667,1 to which reference is herein made, and that free and unincumbered, without any charges on, or issuing out of the same (saving the lords right) and without the grantors' making any further pretension in the least thereto, ac- knowledging themselves fully paid and satisfied therefor, the first penny with the last, and therefore giving plenam actionem cessam and full power to the aforesaid Timº. Cooper, his heirs and succes- sors, or assigns to do with and dispose of said house and lot as he might do with his own patrimonal estate and effects, promising to warrant and defend the same against any and all persons from all trouble, claims, and incumbrances as is right and furthermore never- more to do nor cause anything to be done contrary hereto in any manner, under binding obligation as by law provided. Done in Al- bany on this 5th of July 1679.
A. Teller Dirck Wessellss
JAN JANSZ BLEECKER JACOB SANDERS : GLEN
In my presence, ROT. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
Deed from Jan Hendrick Bruyn to Andries Hansen Huygh for land at Kinderhook
[43] Appeared before me, Rot. Livingston, secretary of Albany, colony of Renselaerswyk and Schaenhechtady, etc., in presence of the Honorable Mr Ands. Teller and Mr Dirk Wessells, magistrates of said jurisdiction, Mr Jan Heyndrik Bruyn, who declared that he granted, conveyed and made over to and for the behoof of Andries Hanse Huygh 2 a certain piece of land lying near Kinderhoek, on the
1 This was a confirmation of the conveyance from Sander Leendertsen Glen to Jan Hendricksen van Bael of August 18, 1664, for a "House & Lott of Ground in the Towne aforesd towards the Hills having to the North Jan Tomassens to the South Hendrick Kupler [Kuyler] to the East and west the street." According to the diagrams in Munsell's Collections, 4:212, the lot conveyed was the second from State street, between North Pearl and James streets.
2 The same as Andries Hansen Huyck; not to be confounded with Andries Hansen Scherp (Sharp), who bought land in Kinderhook in 1671 and 1683 and who, like Huygh, makes his mark A H, though in a different way, Huygh combining the letters in the form of a monogram and Scherp writing them separately. See Notarial Papers, 2:384; Wills, 1:32, 146; Deeds, 4:94, 170; Pearson's Early Records of Albany, 1 :281, 483-84; and E. A. Collier, History of Old Kinderhook, p. 47, 97, 99, 531. Pearson, in his Early Settlers of Albany, p. 15, suggests that there may have been yet a third Andries Hansen at Kinderhook, namely, Andries Hansen Barlieit, who he thinks may be the same as " Andries Hanse de Sweedt, dwelling at Kinderhoek," in 1675. Mr Collier, p. 100, also mentions Barheit as one of the early settlers and moreover names Geertje (or Gerritje), daughter of Teunis Teunisse de Metselaer, as the wife of Scherp as well as of Barheit, without
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north side of the Kinderhoek kill, beginning at the kill on which the sawmill stands and stretching along said great kill to the brink of the hill,1 being all the land which said Bruyn possessed on the north side of the great kill, specified in a patent granted to him by the late Governor General Francis Lovelace, dated the 9th of January 1671,2 by virtue of which he conveyes this and whereto reference is herein made ; likewise a little point of land, also mentioned in the aforesaid patent, lying on the south side of the great kill, beginning at the brink of the hill and extending to the little kill that runs on the inside of the height ; 3 and that free and unincumbered, without any charges thereon or issuing out of the same (saving the lord's right) and with- out the grantor's making any further claim in the least thereto, ac- knowledging that he is fully paid and satisfied therefor, the first penny with the last, and therefore giving plenam actionem cessam and full power to the aforesaid Andries Hanse Huygh, his heirs and successors or assigns, to do with and dispose of said parcel and small point of land as he might do with his own patrimonial estate and effects, promising to warrant and defend the same against all
intimating, however, that they were one and the same person. As a matter of fact, Barheit and Scherp, in spite of the similarity in meaning of their names (Barheit =gruffness), were not the same person and there is no evidence that Andries Hansen Barheit ever lived at Kinderhook. June 8. 1692, he sold his land on "the great flatts neer Coxhachky " to Dirk Teunise van Vechten and in 1699 he is referred to as of "new yorke, yeoman." See Deeds, 4:20, 166, the originals of which, according to the record, were signed Andries Hanse Barheyt (Berheyt), in full.
1 d'offgevalle Bergh; literally, the fallen-off hill, apparently referring to a hill with an abrupt descent, possibly the hill on the Kinderhook creek, two miles northeast of Chatham Center.
2 No record of this patent appears in the office of the Secretary of State, though it is cited in the Kinderhook Patent of March 14, 1686 (Patents, 6 :154-60) and there is distinctly stated to have been "Recorded in the Secre- taryes Office." The description of the land, as cited in the Kinderhook Patent, is as follows: "A certaine Peece of Land beginning at the above said Land & Goeing to the bottom of the hill called Pennekees and that on both sides of the Creek or Kill with a small Creek on each side of the Kill which is Called Nackamekasuck with the Wood Land belonging to it." The expression "the bottom of the hill " corresponds probably to what in the deed above is called d'offgevalle Bergh and according to E. A. Collier, History of Old Kinderhook, p. 19, Pennekees (or Pennekoes) was the name of the hills to the east of Valatie toward Chatham Center. Evidently, the land conveyed by this deed was in what is known as the second allotment of the Kinderhook Patent. See Map of the Division of Kinderhoock, facing p. 76 of Collier's History; his chapter on Settlement and Land Litigation, and the text of the Kinderhook Patent, on p. 532-36 of the same volume.
3 dat Cleyne killetje die binnen d'hooghte stroomt. This may refer to what is still known as the Kline kill, in which case the offgevalle Bergh would seem to be a hill to the southwest of Chatham Center. Cf. deed from Andries Hansen Huygh to Dirck Hendricksen Bye, Dec. 13, 1680, which speaks of cen killetje dat uyt het Boss comt, a little kill that comes out of the woods.
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persons from all trouble, claims and incumbrances as is right and nevermore to do, nor cause anything to be done, contrary hereto in any manner, binding himself thereto as by law provided. Done in Albany, the 8th of July 1679.
A. Teller
Dirck Wesselss
JAN HENDRICK BRUYNS
In my presence, ROT. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
Deed from Capt. Johannes Clute to Gerrit Herttenberch for a lot on Rom street and part of another lot in the rear
[44] Appeared before me, Rot. Livingston, secretary of Albany, colony of Renselaerswyck and Schaenhechtady, etc., in presence of the Honorable Mr Ands. Teller and Mr Dirk Wessells, magistrates of said jurisdiction, Capt. Jan Cloete, who declared that he grants, conveys and makes over in true, rightful and free ownership to and for the behoof of Gerrit Hartenbergh, a certain lot lying here in Albany on the hill, on Rom street, upon which said Gerrit Harden- bergh has built a house, adjoining westerly Jan Janse Bleeker, easterly Jan Byvanck, northerly the street and southerly Geert: Vosburgh and Omy la Grangie, in length on the east side next Jan Byvanck thirty-four feet and one inch, Rhineland measure; in breadth, front and rear, twenty-four wood feet and on the west side next Jan Bleeker thirty-two feet and eight inches, Rhineland meas- ure; which the grantor does by virtue of a conveyance to him given by Ludovicus Cobes, of date the 23d of November 1667,1 and also by virtue of a patent to the grantor given by his Excellency Sir Edmond Andross, Knight, governor general, of date the 25th of March 1680, inasmuch as 15 feet, 5 inches Rhineland measure of the lot were conveyed by L. Cobes and the remainder up to 24 wood feet by virtue of the patent aforesaid; also, said Clute conveys to said Hardenbergh a little corner of a lot in the rear at the hindmost end, in breadth, front and rear, ten feet and three and a half inches, in length on the east side two rods and on the west side two rods and 2 inches, which he does by virtue of the conveyance to him given by Ryer Jacobse Schermerhooren under the date of the 19th of April 1680,2 being [part] of the lot Nº. 9, to which reference is herein made; and that free and unincumbered, without charges rest- ing on, or [rents, profits and emoluments] issuing out of the same
1 See Early Records of Albany, I :427.
2 See p. 75 of this volume. The present deed is recorded out of chron- ologic order.
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(saving the lords right) and without the grantor's making any fur- ther pretension in the least thereto, acknowledging himself to be fully paid and satisfied therefor, the first penny with the last, and therefore giving plenam actionem cessam and full power to the aforenamed Gerrit Hardenbergh, his heirs and successors, or assigns to do with and dispose of the aforesaid premises as he might do with his own patrimonial estate and effects, promising to warrant the premises against any and all persons and to free the same from all trouble, claims, and incumbrances as is right and furthermore nevermore to do nor cause anything to be done contrary hereto in any manner, under binding obligation as by law provided. Done in Albany, this 20th of April 1680.
Dirck Wesselss
A. Teller
JOHANNS CLUTE
In my presence, ROT. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
Release from Barent Meyndertsen to Sir Edmund Andros for land at Schodack
[45] On this 5th day of August, Barent Myndertse, shoemaker, conveyed and made over to his honor, Sir Edmond Andross, gov- ernor general, a certain parcel of land lying on the east side of Hud- son's river, near Schotax island, being a square piece, of one hundred and fifty rods square, containing thirty-seven morgens and three rods, as per patent thereof granted by his honor on the 29th of Sep- tember 1677,1 all of which he now releases, acknowledging himself to be fully paid and satisfied for all his right and title to said lands, the first penny with the last, by the hand of the Receiver Rot. Living- ston. Done in Albany, the 5th of August 1679.
BARENT MEYNDERSZ
Acknowledged before me, ROT. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
Deed from William Loveridge, senior, attorney for Timothy Cooper, to Gerrit Herttenberch for a house and lot in Albany
[46] Appeared before me, Rot. Livingston, secretary of Albany, colony of Renselaerswyck and Schaenhechtady, in presence of the Honorable Mr Ands. Teller and Mr Dirk Wessells, magistrates of said jurisdiction, William Loveridge, Sent., as attorney for Mr
1 This patent is not on record.
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Timº. Cooper, who declared that he granted, conveyed and made over to and for the behoof of Gert. Hartenbergh the house and lot of said Cooper, standing and lying here in Albany between the house of Harmanus Borgertse 1 and Jacob Tyse van der Heyden [abut- ting] front and rear upon the streets, as it lies inclosed and as he bought it at vendue ; which the grantor does by virtue of a convey- ance given to the aforesaid Cooper by the attorneys of Jan Hendrix van Bael, dated the 5th of July 1679, to which reference is herein made and that free and unincumbered, without any charges thereon or issuing out of the same (saving the lord's right) and without the grantor in his capacity aforesaid making any further claim in the least thereto, acknowledging himself fully paid and satisfied therefor, the first penny with the last, and giving therefore plenam actionem cessam and full power to the aforesaid Gert. Hardenbergh, his heirs and successors, or assigns to do with and dispose of the aforesaid house and lot as he might do with his own patrimonial estate and effects, promising to warrant and defend the same against any and all persons from all trouble, claims, and incumbrances as is right and furthermore nevermore to do nor cause anything to be done contrary hereto in any manner, under binding obligation as by law provided. Done in Albany, the 22d of August 1679. Dirck Wesselss WILL : LOVERIDGE
A. Teller
Acknowledged before me, ROT. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
Deed from Jacob Salomonsen to Pieter Bogardus for a house, lot and garden south of Albany
[47] Appeared before me, Rot. Livingston, secretary of Albany, colony of Renselaerswyck and Schaenhechtady, etc., in presence of the Honorable Mr Andries Teller and Mr Dirk Wessells. magis- trates of said jurisdiction, Jacob Salomonse,2 who declared that he grants, conveys and makes over in true, rightful and free owner- ship to and for the behoof of Pr. Bogardus, a certain lot with house and garden standing and lying without Albany, south of the old fort, where said Bogardus now dwells, adjoining easterly the com- mon wagon road on the river side, southerly, northerly and westerly the pasture possessed by the commander of Fort Albany, being four- teen rods wide in front to the east on the river side, in the rear to
1 The same as Harmanus Burgerse; see p. 55.
2 Professor Pearson here supplies the name "Goewey."
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the west eighteen rods, in length to the north fourteen and to the south twenty-four rods, which he does by virtue of a patent granted to his wife's former husband Thomas Janse by the Honorable Gov- ernor General Rich: Nicolls under date of the 9th of September 1667,1 and that free and unincumbered without any charges on or [rents] issuing out of the same (saving the lord's right) and with- out the grantor's making any further pretensions in the least thereto, acknowledging himself to be fully paid and satisfied therefor, the first penny with the last, giving therefore plenam actionem cessam and full power to the aforenamed Pieter Bogardus to do with and dispose of the aforesaid lot, house and garden as he might do with his own patrimonial estate and effects, promising to defend the same against all and every person and free the same from all trouble, claims, and incumbrances as is right and furthermore nevermore to do nor cause anything to be done contrary hereto in any manner, under binding obligation as by law provided. Done in Albany, the 27th of August 1679.
Dirck Wesselsz A. Teller
'Tis the mark X of JACOB SALOMONSE, made with his own hand.
Acknowledged before me, ROT. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
Deed from Jannetje, widow of Thomas Powell, to Paulus Mar- tensen for a house and lot in Albany
[48]2 Appeared before me, Rot. Livingston, secretary of Albany, colony of Renselaerswyk and Schaenhechtady, in presence of the Honorable Mr Dirk Wessells and Mr Corn: van Dyk, magistrates of said jurisdiction, Jannetje Paulussen, widow of the late Thomas Paulussen,3 deceased, who declared that she granted, conveyed and
1 This was a confirmation of the grant to Thomas Janssen of October 25, 1653, for "a certaine lott of ground wth a house & garden lying & being in Albany to ye South of ye ffort & to ye North of Bever Kill bounded to ye East wth ye comon waggon way by ye Ryver to ye South north & west wth ye land in ye tenure or occupacon of him the said Thomas Jans. conteyning in breadth on ye East before twards ye said way fourteen Rod & behinde on ye west side Eighteene Rod In length on ye North fourteene & on ye South side four & twenty Rod." The original patent, like all other patents for the years 1652 and 1653, when most of the grants for land at Albany were issued, is missing.
2 This document is recorded out of its proper chronologic place.
3 This should be Thomas Powell. September 2, 1663, Thomas Powell of
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made over to and for the behoof of Paulus Martense Raemmaeker 1 a certain house and lot standing and lying here in Albany next to Domine Gideon Schaets, adjoining south and west Jurian Teunise Tappen, to the east and north the street,2 in breadth in front on the road two rods, ten feet, in length to the north ten rods, to the south ten rods, eight feet and a half, in breadth to the west along the fence of Jurian Teunise five rods and three feet; which she, the grantor, does by virtue of a conveyance to her late husband from Sander Leendertse Glen, under date of the 26th of October 1662, to which reference is hereby made, and that free and unincumbered, without any charges on, or issuing out of the same (saving the lord's right) and without the grantor's making any further pretension in the least thereto, acknowledging himself to be fully paid and satisfied therefor, the first penny with the last, and therefore giving plenam actionem cessam and full power to the aforenamed Paulus Mar- tense Raemmaeker, his heirs, successors and assigns, to do with and dispose of the same as he might do with his own patrimonial pos- sessions and effects, promising the same to warrant against any and all persons and free the same from all trouble, claims and incum- brances as is right and furthermore nevermore to do nor cause any- thing to be done contrary hereto, in any manner, under binding obli- gation as by law provided. Done in Albany, this 2d of August 1680. N. B. Has been long written but not subscribed till now.
Dirck Wesselss Cornelis van Dyck
The mark X of JANNETJE PAULUSSEN made with her own hand.
Acknowledged before me, ROT. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
Herrisfort (Hertford?, Eng.) states in an affidavit that in 1641 he was a sergeant in Brazil under Capt. Adam Wilschut and afterwards a lieutenant in Capt. Claudio Messu's company. See Notarial Papers, I :376-77.
1 The same as Raemaeker, or Rademaker, meaning wheelwright.
2 belent ten suyden & ten westen Jurian Teunise Tappen, ten oosten en noorden 's heere straet. Cf. Deed from Sander Leendersen Glen to Thomas Powell, October 26, 1662, referred to below and translated in Early Records of Albany, 1:314, in which the compass directions are reversed. See also contract between the widow of Thomas Powell and Paulus Martensen, August 24, 1676, in Early Records of Albany, 1:133-34.
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Deed from Westenhoek Indians to Dirck Wesselsen and Gerrit Teunissen for four flats on both sides of the Kinderhook creek
[49] On this Ist of October 1679, Mr Dirk Wessells and Mr Gerrit Teunise 1 have bought a certain parcel of land lying at Kinder- hoek, in presence of the honorable magistrates of Albany, colony of Renselaerswyk and Schaenhechtaedy, of the following Indian own- ers, to wit, Wieshaghcaet and his two brothers Powhyates and Max- inhaet and their two cousins 2 Waespacheek and Pinonak, all Wes- tenhoek Indians, the land consisting of four flats lying on both sides of the Kinderhoek kill, being about a Dutch mile from Jan Tysen's, whereof the two largest lie on the east side of the kill, the most northerly comprising about twenty-seven morgens and the other about fourteen morgens, and the other two flats lying on the west side, one comprising about twenty-five morgens and the other about six morgens, together with the woodland lying thereby extending to the high hills, the four flats aforesaid lying to the north of the land that Jan Bruyn bought of Pompoen3 and south of the land of Matit Niminaw, for which aforesaid pieces of land with the woodland and the kill so far as the land extends the aforesaid owners acknowledge themselves fully paid and satisfied, having therefor received three hundred fathoms of seawan, or the value thereof in merchandise to their content, which aforesaid lands they as the lawful owners wholly grant, convey and make over to the aforesaid Dirk Wessells and Gert Teunise, with all the privileges, rights and prerogatives thereof, without their making any further pretensions in the least thereto, acknowledging themselves to be fully paid and satisfied therefor, the first penny with the last, promising to defend the premises against any and all persons and to free the same from all [50] trouble, claims, and incumbrances which may hereafter arise as well from Christians as Indians, and nevermore to do nor cause anything to be done contrary hereto in any manner.
1 Gerrit Teunissen van Vechten, as shown by the mark of the present grantee to a deed of April 7, 1683, and that of van Vechten to his will dated March 8, 170%, in Wills, 1 :112-14.
2 Neeffs; which may mean either nephews or cousins.
3't Landt dat Jan Bruyn van Pompoen gekt. heeft. In the patent for these four flats to Dirck Wesselsen and Gerrit Teunissen, dated March 25, 1680, the sentence reads: "the Land that Jan Bruyne De Pompoen hath bought," implying that Pompoen (Pumpkin) was a nickname of Jan Bruyn. This is not the case, however. According to E. A. Collier, History of Old Kinder- hook, p. 10, Pompoen was the Indian proprietor of Valatie or land to the east of it. See also E. M. Ruttenber, Indian Geographical Names, p. 58, and William M. Beauchamp, Aboriginal Place Names of New York, p. 48 (New York State Museum Bulletin 108).
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In confirmation of which said natural owners have subscribed these in presence of Mr Marte Gerritse and Mr Corn: van Dyk, magistrates, and Aernout Cornelise Viele, as interpreter hereto called. Done in Albany datum ut supra [and in presence of] the Mahikan Indians Cach Patt and Sagancochkan, as witnesses.
Marten Gertsen Cornelis van Dyck Arnout Corn: Viele
This the mark X of Cack Patt, wit- ness
This the mark X of WIESHACHKAET made with his own hand.
This is the mark X of MAXINHAET made with his own hand.
This is the mark X of WAESPACHEEK made with his own hand.
This is the mark X of POUHYATES made with his own hand.
This the mark X of Sagancohkan, witness
This is the mark X of PINONAK made with his own hand.
In my presence, ROT. LIVINGSTON, Secretary
Power of attorney from the heirs of Gerrit Fredricksen Lansing to Jan Barentsen ten Kate and Gysbert Jansen Vermeer to collect their inheritance in the province of Overijsel
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