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III. THE MARSTON FARM.
The patent for this farm, dated September 29, 1677, describes it as 44 rods in breadth by the water side, ranging in length northwest into the woods 120 rods; being bounded southwest by Jacob Young's land, and northeast and northwest by the Commons; and containing 30 acres.
John Baignoux, the patentee (see page 380), sold the farm May 15, 1683, to Isaac Deschamps, he on October 12, 1686, to John Spragge, and the latter, on December 7, 1690, to Daniel Cox, of London, Doctor in Physic, and then principal proprietor of West Jersey. On April 13, 1698, Dr. Cox, by his attorney, Jeremiah Bass, Governor of New Jersey, and in consideration of £24, leased the farm to Thomas Codrington, of Rari- tan, for 99 years, at the yearly rent of one pepper-corn. On June 28, 1701, Dr. Cox conveyed the said farm in fee simple to his son, Daniel Cox. Codrington must afterward have gotten a release of the fee. He also secured Nos. 1, 2, of the Hoorn's Hook lots, 16 acres; in exchange, one for No. 4, which he bought September 4, 1700, from Israel Honeywell, who got it. August 1, 1699, of William Presker (see page 782) ; the other for No. 3, obtained from Thomas Tourneur, or his heirs, Tourneur having gotten it, March 13, 1689. from Johannes Verveelen. In 1704 the corporation leased him 60 acres of the commons, adjoining his farm, for 21 years, at six pence an acre per annum. Codrington set up a brewery, kept cattle and sheep, and owned half a dozen slaves. He left no children. By will made April 9, and proved April 20, 1710, he gave £50 to each of his four sisters; f200 to his "cousin Frances Willett" (wife of Richard Willett; see page 378), and his "farm at Harlem," etc., to his wife Mar- garet. See page 353. Under her will, dated September 2, proved Sep- tember 24, 1728, Martha, daughter of Richard Willett, and wife of Cap- tain William Lawrence, should have taken the farm, as residuary legatee. But it paid quit rent for ten years later as "the estate of Mr. Codrington." On July 24, 1738, "the Plantation of the late Captain Thomas Codrington, containing about thirty acres of land. besides two Out Lots of about eight acres each, with the Orchard and Dwelling House and Appurtenances; All in the Bounds of Harlem," was advertised in the New York Gazette, to be sold at public vendue, on September 2 ensuing, in the Exchange Market House. "The Title is good, and may be seen at the house of John Chambers, who is one of the persons impowered to sell the same."
The property was bought by John Brown. He exchanged parts of the Out Lots with Waldron (see page 706), who built the "Hopper House," on No. 1. In 1749 the farm was purchased by Nathaniel Marston, of N. Y., merchant, and by his will, made February 8, 1776, passed to his son Thomas, excepting the eight acres gotten by Brown from Waldron, which Marston left to his son John, who sold it to Thomas, June 5, 1795. The Prospect Farm, as called, was sold in parcels by Thomas Marston, and formed the seats of Jones, Schermerhorn, etc .; but here we rest our notes, and with pleasure refer the inquirer for the later title to Tuttle's Abstracts .*
IV. THE WALDRON FARM.
This farm was made up of eight of the ten lots laid out in 1677 (see - * Nathaniel Marston was a son of Nathaniel, an original vestryman of Trinity
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pages 341-342), with later additions. It is a mistake to deduce the title from Resolved Waidron, who never owned a foot of it. Peter Van Oblienis had drawn lot No. 10 ( see description page 360) : his father bought No. 6, from Bogert. December 9, 1679. and gave it to Peter ( the deed passing December 28, 1699) ; and Peter aiso acquired Nos. 7, 8. 9. from various parties to whom they had been transferred. See page Jog Toumeur had exchanged No. 7 for No. 1, with Adolph Meyer; Oblienis agreed to give Meyer 300 guiiders for it, and thereupon sold the five lots, with the improve- ments, May 10. 1690, to John Delamater. See pages 495, 622 Delamater added three more lots, bought from Daniel Tourneur's heirs (see page 635), and came to own Nos. 3 to 10, being 68 acres. In the allotment of 1691 he secured an adjoining tract, described in his deed of March 21, 1701, from the town as "a piece of land lying in the Bay of Hellgate, ex- tending from the northwest corner of the end of his lots to a white oak tree marked J. D. L. and J. L. B. To the river past a rock marked J. D. L. and J. L. B .. and so onward by the strand till to the end of the meadow north of a rocky hill."
Samuel Waldron bought this farm in 1710, from the Delamater heirs (see page 495). and on December 20, 1712, obtained a patentee deed tak- ing in the land westward to "the patent line." It is therein described as "All that tract of land commonly called or known as Hoorn's Hook, afore- said, with all and singular the houses. house lots, lots of land, now in the possession of the said Samuel Waldron, as they are hereinafter named. expressed, bounded and numbered, that is to say: on the south, over against Hog Island, als Forcans Island, by the river of Harlem: on the southwest by the lot No. 2, now in the possession of Margaret Codrington, widow; on the northwest by the patent line of Harlem; on the north by a white oak stump upon the bounds of the lands now in the possession of Barent Waldron and John Benson; on the northeast by a rock marked on the northeast side thereof with the letters L. B., on the southwest by L. M .; and so goes down to the said river by several marked trees with the afore- said letters, and runs on the north side of a rocky hill, and on the south side by a piece of meadow, and thence along the river to the said lot No. 2; including all points, meadows, and marshes within the bounds above mentioned; containing by estimation one hundred and fifteen acres, be the same more or less."
The farm remained intact during the life of Samuel Waldron. His son William, who came in possession in 1741, set off lots 3, 4, to his brother Benjamin ( see page 698), and, on November 29. 1759, sold 2114 acres at the southerly side of the farm to Jacob Leroy, (since the Com. Chauncey seat) ; but otherwise the farm underwent no material change, till divided by William's heirs, after his death. From that period dated the improvements, which the last few years have almost obliterated. that first associated with this fine property other notable names, such as Astor, Gracia, Prime, and Rhinelander. It is not in our plan to extend these notes beyond this brief compendium of the early titles. Tuttle's Abstracts give full details as to the modern titles: and a volume only would suffice for the stirring reminiscences connected with the Hoorn's Hook farms.
church, New York, named in its charter. 1697. and acting much of the time till 1731. His wife was Margaret, daughter of Abel Hardenbrook. Their son John married and went to Jamaica, W. I. Their daughter, Ann, married Ebenezer Grant. Nathaniel married Mary, daughter of John Crook, and became wealthy. In 1731 he succeeded his father as vestryman, and, in 1770, wis made warden. He died in his 75th year. October 21. 1778. Ifis children were. Nathaniel, whose daughter, Mary, married Capt. Fred. Philipse: Thomas, John. member of the New York Provincial Congress; Margaret, married Hon. Philip Philipse and Rev. John Ogilvie, and Frances. Thomas married, 1759, Cornelia, daughter of Leonard Lispenard. He died in New York, January 1r. 1814, in his 75th year. For his portrait see Stevens' Chamber of Com- merce. His eldest daughter married Francis Bayard Winthrop.
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I. Page 378. THE DELAVALL LANDS.
The considerable tracts of land at Harlem held by Captain Thomas Delavall and his heirs have a history as little known as it is curious and interesting. For details regarding his purchases, the disposition he made of his lands, etc., the reader should consult the general history of the town .*
Captain Delavall released, August 8, 1676, to his son-in-law Captain James Carteret and wife: "All that messuage, tenement and farm which the said Delavall formerly bought of one Moseman, situate lying and being in the township of Harlem, within or upon a certain island called or known by the name of Manhattan Island, in America; and all that water mill which the said Thomas Delavall built or caused to be built, situate, lying and being in and. upon Manhattan Island aforesaid, together with all the land and meadows and pastures to the said mill belonging or adjoining, or therewithal usually held, used, occupied or enjoyed; and also all that island called Little Barnes Island, near adjoining to Manhat- tan Island, aforesaid; and all and singular houses," etc. See page 339.
'By his will, admitted to probate July 25, 1682, Captain Delavall devised the lands he then owned at Harlem, together with Great Barnes Island, to his son-in-law, William Darvall; he to pay certain moneys to Samuel Swynock, of London. See page 378. On November 24, 1684, William Dar- vall and wife, and John Delavall, son and heir of Captain Thomas Delavall, of the first part; Joseph Benbrigge and others named, of London, creditors of said William Darvall, of the second part; and Samuel Swynock, of London, and Jacob Milborne, of New York, trustee for said Swynock, of the third part; joined in a deed, by which the parties of the first and second parts, for and in consideration of certain specified sums paid them by said Swynock, conveyed to said Swynock and Milborne, all those mes- suages, tenements, lands, etc. (those in Harlem, with Great Barnes Island, included), which were devised by said Thomas Delavall to said William Darvall: But nevertheless providing that if said Darvall should duly pay to said Samuel Swynock, the sum of £1,657:6s., on August 26, 1686, at his house in Pye Alley, Fanchurch Street, London; then said Swynock would reconvey all said premises to said Darvall.
Darvall failing to pay any part of the money due Swynock as afore- said, John Delavall executed the release to Swynock and Milborne referred to on page 397. On August 9, <687, Swynock conveyed to Milborne all the said lands at Harlem, with Great Barnes Island. Milborne sold the island to Thomas Parcell. See pages 378, 410 .* Milborne, on losing his
* See pages 212, 232, 235, 246, 288, 306, 323, 333, 341, 348, 353, 372, 377, 378, 393, 397, 401, 402, 406, 456.
* Thomas Parcell was a son of John Parcell otherwise "John Butcher," from Huntingdon County, England, who early settled at Dutch Kills, L. I., died in 1680, and left children, Thomas, William, Henry and Catherine, with an estate worth 6.000 guilders. Thomas, born 1653, and bred a blacksmith, married Christina Van Hattem. On removing to Great Barents Island he sold his lands at Dutch Kills to Bourgon Broucard and Hans Covert, June 21, 1690, for £4,087. Parcell built a grist mill on the race at the upper side of his island. His son, John, bought the north half of the island, June 4, 1722, and, on March 29, 1723, Thomas and Christina sold the other half to their son-in-law, John Lanyon, of New York, innkeeper. Parcell died prior to 1732, on Spectacle or Hart Island, which he then owned. He left children, Nicholas, John, Henry, Hannah, married, successively, Jeremiah Redding. John Lanyon and Thomas Beliena, and Eda, who married Walter Dobbs. Nicholas married a daughter of Hon. Rip Van Dam. Henry succeeded to Hart Island, and John, holding his half of Great Barents or Parcell's Island till his death, in 1751, aged 75 years, gave it to his son, Thomas, one of nine children, by his wife, Leah, daughter of Johannes Van Alst. Thomas, who married Deborah, daughter of Capt.
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first wife Joanna, daughter of Samuel Edsall, married Maria, daughter of Captain Jacob Leisler, and being involved with Leisler in the political tumults which brought both to the scaffold May 16, 1691, left besides his widow an only son, Jacob. Upon these two, or the survivor of them, by an Act of Assembly of May 16, 1699, was settled the title to all the lands and tenements within the province of New York, of which the elder Mil- borne died seized. On the day this act passed the widow married Abraham Gouverneur ; and Jacob Milborne, Jr., died unmarried some time after.
In the division of the Harlem common land made in 1691 there was laid out to the right of Captain Delavall, lot No. 9, on Jochem Pieters' Hills, containing 33 1-3 morgen. See Appendix J. Other lots were laid out to Delavall's heirs, on the further division in 1712, according to the surveyor's certificate annexed :
"At the request and by the direction of Samuel Waldron, Zacharias Sickels and Johannes Meyer, persons authorized thereto by the owners of the undivided lands of New Harlem, in the City of New York, in an Instrument under their hands and seals dated the 19th May, 1711, I have surveyed and laid out these following parcels of land to the right of Cap- tain Delavall, deceased, viz: in the First Division, No. S, 16 acres, 3 q., and 28 r., adjoining to the land of Mettie Cornelisse and the brook, the land now allotted to Samuel Waldron, and the highway; I acre, 3 q. and 24 r. of land and meadow, lying on the other side of the highway, between the same and the mill creek, adjoining also to the land of the said Mettie : and also. 35 acres and 25 rods, beginning at the top of the hill against the said Mettie's land, and runs thence northward along the land of Cap- tain De Key to the corner of the land now allotted to John V. Oblienis, thence along the same North 79° E. to the land of Peter Van Oblienis. thence S. 3134° E. to the highway, thence .S. 4514° W. to the land of Isaac Delamater, and then along the same with a crook to the upper end thereof until it even meets again with the land of the said John Van Oblicnis, and from thence, along the fence and land of several people. with a crooked line, to the place where the same first began; in the Second Division. No. 16. 73 acres, and 20 rods (with two acres allowance for the way which leads through the same to Harlem River), the same contains in breadth about four score rods, and runs from the highway between the land of Marcus Tiebout and John Dyckman, S. 53º E. to Harlem River; in the Third Division, No. 15. 18 acres, 3 q. and 20 r., being in breadth 44 rods, and runs from the middle line in said division, between the land of Isaac Delamater and Mary Meyer, S. 53º E. to said river: and, in the Fourth Division, No. 9, 32 acres, I q. and 20 r., being in breadth 43 1-3 rods, and runs from the said highway between the land of Arent Bussing and John Nagel, N. 67º W. to Hudson's River; as appears by the several drafts of the same. Witness my hand,' the 25th June, Anno Dni, 1712. PETER BERRIEN."
On February 1, 1713, Peter Van Oblienis, Johannes Waldron, etc., patentees of Harlem, confirmed to Abraham Gouverneur the several parcels of common land laid out to the right of Captain Delavall. Gouverneur and wife, on February 13, 1720, obtained from' William Milborne, of Bos- ton, N. E., baker, son and heir of William Milborne, brother and heir of Jacob Milborne. Sr .. deceased, a release of all the estate, real and personal. of said Jacob Milborne, including all the lands he had or ought to have at Harlem.
Captain James Carteret, son-in-law of Captain Delavall. left a son George, who died without issue, and a daughter Elizabeth, who was mar-
William Penfold, was drowned in Hellgate, August 1, 1766, in the evening. in at- tempting to swim his horse over to his island. Behena succeeding to Lanyon's halt of the island, it was mortgaged by his widow, in 1765, and eventually passed to Benjamin Hildreth; Parcell's half passed to his kinsman, John Wm. Penfold. Valen- tine's Mannual, 1855, P. 495, gives other details regarding this property, now Ward's Island.
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ried in the Island of Jersey, November 11, 1699, to Philip Pipon, Esq., of Noiremont. On August 11, 1705, Pipon and his wife, then residing in London, empowered Thomas Newton, of Boston, N. E., to enter upon and take legal possession of all their lands, etc., upon Manhattan Island, and Little Barnes Island, or elsewhere in America, whereof she, Elizabeth (or he, Philip, in her right), is seized, interested or entitled, as grand- daughter or heir of Thomas Delavall, deceased, as daughter or heir of her father or mother, James Carteret, Esq., and Frances his wife, or either of them, or as sister or heir to George Carteret, Esq., also deceased; authorizing said Newton to lease said premises for a term not to exceed five years. What Judge Newton did in the case we know not.
Mrs. Pipon died in Jersey, near November 11, 1720, the date of her burial in the parish church of St. Brelade. Mr. Pipon, attended by one of his sons now came to New York, "about his private affairs," arriving toward the close of 1721. For some years the Delavall lands had been partly in charge of Pipon's kinsman and agent, Richard Willett, of New York, merchant (see page 378), but had been mainly engrossed by Abraham Gouverneur, who, aspiring to four lots on Jochem Pieters and all the drafted lands, had, as we have seen, gotten a patentee deed, Feb- ruary 1, 1713, and had disposed of about 150 acres to Peter Van Oblienis, Isaac Delamater, and Johannes Myer.
Pipon, however, claimed the entire property; at least it stands in his name in the quit rent lists for 1722 and 1723. There was now an appar- ent agreement among the parties interested, to have the title to all the Delavall lands settled by the Supreme Court of the Province. Pipon first brought suits against Samuel and Barent Waldron, evidently to test the validity of Captain Carteret's sales, mentioned on pages 360, 394, which lots were now held by these defendants .* The last named case was tried November 27, 1723, and Barent Waldron's title sustained. In regard to the other lands, Pipon proceeded to eject Robert Crannell, Gouverneur's tenant, who thereupon brought his suit to regain possession. The cause was tried, with great array of evidence, on June 8 and 9, 1724; a verdict being rendered as follows: "The Jury do find that, as to a certain piece of ground known by the name of the Clover Wey, and as to the three southernmost lots of the Nine Lots, at the place called Jochem Pieters' Flat, and as to one third part of the common lands that have been laid out in right of the estate of Thomas Delavall and John Delavall, deceased; the Defendant is guilty, and they do find for the Plaintiff sixpence and costs and sixpence damages. And as to all the residue of the premises, they find the Defendant not guilty." The record adds: "It is agreed by Abraham Gouverneur, lessor of Robert Crannell in ejectment, and Philip
* I have not ascertained Capt. Carteret's ultimate history, nor where he died. "He certainly did not die in Jersey," says an able genealogist of that island, but, he adds, "most likely in Bedfordshire, England." His father left ample estates and seats at Hawnes, in that county. I should expect further traces of him at London. In the will of Sir George Carteret, dated December 5, 1678, occurs the following:
"And whereas I am desirous to make some provision for my son, Captain James Carteret, for his life, Therefore my mind and will is that the said Manor and premises [the Manor of Epworth, with Trestwood and Haxey, in Lincolnshire], be charged and chargeable with the payment of one annuity or yearly sum of one hundred pounds of lawful English money, to be paid and payable unto my said son and his assigns for and during his life. in half yearly payments, namely every Lady day and Michaelmas day, the first payment to begin and to be made at such of the said days
as shall first and next happen after my decease.
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But this bequest of mine
to my said son, James Carteret, as aforesaid, is upon this condition, that he within two years next after my decease, shall convey or otherwise release unto my heirs at law, all such right, title, interest. claims and demand which he, the said James Carteret. hath or shall pretend to have, of, in and unto my lands and hereditaments in the said Island of Jersey. And in case my said son shall refuse to make such conveyance or release, as aforesaid, and shall not do the same, Then my will and meaning is that this bequest of mine, of the said yearly sum of one hundred pounds, limited to him for life, and charged upon the lands in manner as aforesaid, shall be void and of none effect, to all intents whatsoever.'
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Pipon, defendant, that the costs and charges in this cause may be equally paid between the parties."
This decision confirmed Pipon's title, except as to the Three Lots, and one third of the drafted lands, which went to Gouverneur. For the Clover Wey, consult the Key to Titles.
Pipon and Gouverneur now petitioned the Governor and Council July 1, 1724, and representing that they were owners, Pipon of two thirds, and Gouverneur of one third, of certain Nine Lots, at Harlem, on Jochem Pieters' Flat, and containing 60 morgen of land; and further that said lots having for some time laid unimproved, the bounds thereof could not be well ascertained except by a survey of all the tract called Jochem Pieters' Flat, which contained about 66 morgen more, owned by several people of Harlem; prayed for a warrant to have said tract surveyed. This was granted, and the survey made, as already described in Appendix E. On May 2, 1725, Abraham Gouverneur, and Maria, his wife, for £255, released to Johannes Myer, their tract known as the Three Lots, being eighteen morgen, bounded south by Peter Bussing, north by the Six Lots, east by Harlem River, and west by lands in possession of the heirs of James Carteret ; and also an undivided third of lot No. 9, Jochem Pieters' Hills, and of the Delavall lots in the four divisions. This gave Myer 114 acres, making good to him the quantity sold him by Gouverneur March 25. 1720, though but in part the same lands. In this later deed Gouverneur particularly excepts and reserves all his right in any lands in Harlem 'which now are held or claimed by the heirs or assigns of James Car- teret, and Frances, his wife, deceased." What limit Gouverneur put to his claim, to which he so firmly adhered, is not apparent; only that it extended to all the drafted lands .*
Philip Pipon entailed upon his son James and his heirs male his estate in Jersey, and upon his son Elias and heirs male his property in America. Elias, being twenty-four years of age, came hither to enjoy his possessions. He built up Little Barent's Island, which he renamed Belle Isle, and married Blanche, daughter of Mr. John Lafons. After several years, unable to support himself upon the scanty income derived from his mainly unproductive property. Pipon resolved to ask the Colonial Assembly to remove the entail and empower him to sell a part of his land, in order that he might improve the rest. Notice of his intentions was publicly read in the church at Harlem by the parish clerk, Van Harlingen, on three successive Sundays, beginning September 27, 1730, and duly certified to the Governor and Council, October 15; but Pipon's application to the Assembly was stayed by the adjournment of that body for a long interval. During this time the brothers Pipon exchanged releases, James conveying to Elias all his interest in the lands at Harlem and in Little Barent's Island by lease and release executed in the Island of Jersey, May 18. 19, 1732. Pipon's needs at length forced him to mortgage Belle Isle, for £432, to St. George Talbot, July 3, 1735. On October 29. ensuing, he petitioned the Assembly for the proposed relief. A bill was introduced, read twice and committed, but nothing came of it. He was soon compelled to make an assignment to three principal creditors, Simon Johnson. John Auboy- neau and James Faviere, in trust also for the rest; his wife joining with
* Abraham Gouverneur was the son of Nicholas and Machtelt (de Riemer) Gouverneur, and was born in 1671, "upon the Single, near the Konings Pleyn," in Amsterdam. He took a zealous part for Leisler, though yet a minor, and was charged with having shot the parish clerk four days before Governor Sloughter arrived. His father had been dead for years, his mother being married to Jaspar Nessepott (Nesbitt), named p. 679. Gouverneur was afterward Recorder of New York, and member of the Assembly, and enjoyed considerable notoriety. He died June to, 1740. By Maria Leisler he had four children who reached maturity, viz .: Nicholas. Jacoba, Elizabeth and Maria, of whom the last married Henry Meyer. Jr., and Capt. Jaspar Farmer. The son Nicholas died March 20. 1739, aged 39 years, leaving issue. Abraham, Esther. Barent and Nicholas. Bolton, 1: 380, mistakes for descendants of Abraham Gouverneur those of his brother Isaac.
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him .* These three, with Pipon, intending another appeal to the Assembly, gave notice as before by a poster upon the church door at Harlem. But a fatality seemed to attend their applications to the Assembly. A bill was brought in, but failed by a sudden dissolving of that body; another bill introduced at the next session, was agreed upon and ordered to be en- grossed, though opposed by Gouverneur, who alleged that he or his assigns were in lawful possession of part of said lands, "and claim a great part of the rest." This bill also failed, by an adjournment of the Assem- bly, December 16, 1737, and no further attempt was made in that body. Meanwhile Gouverneur died. By will, dated September 12, 1739, and proved October 8, 1740, he gave his estate to his wife, with power to sell, or to devise to the children; named her sole executrix, but appointed to act after her decease, his daughters Jacoba, Elizabeth, and Maria, his nephew Nicholas Gouverneur, and friend Paul Richard. The trustees of Pipon and the widow Maria Gouverneur, now came to an agreement, in virtue of which she transferred all her right in the Six Lots and several other pieces of land in Harlem to said trustees, Johnson, Auboyneau, and Faviere, by lease and release of February 9, 10, 1741 ; while they conveyed to her at the same time, the Three Lots, together with half the wood- lands, or commons before allotted to the right of Captain Delavall. On February 11, 12, 1741, the said trustees sold to Jacob Myer, of Harlem, the Six Lots aforesaid, with 7 a. 3 q. 37 r. of the adjoining Carteret wood- lot, also Carteret's Island, containing 12 a. 13 r. of upland, and 10 a. I q. 31 r. of meadow; in all by survey 107 a. 18 r. By a separate writing, Johnson and Faviere also promised to warrant and defend the title, in proportion to Pipon's indebtedness to them.
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