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Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. I. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1849. Passage 1164 of 1457 251 words

who might hereafter dwell there, allowed unto them as to others a parcel of meadow land lying on Long Island by the easterly Hook of the Bay of the North River, over against Conyen Island, inkills, creeks, ponds, reeds, drowned and sand lands within its bounds, Containing 130 morgen (260 acres) Bounded on the westerly side by land of Antony Jansen Van Sale, north-easterly by the kill on which Gravesend mill is situated, East south-easterly by the same kill, and southwesterly by the Bay of the North River. Hereunto witness my hand and seal (in red wax) in Amsterdam in New Netherland this 27 August 1657. Thereupon having assembled together in the Town of Utrecht in May A. D. 1659, for the purpose of drawing for the meadows, it being understood that the Director General and Council directed that

cluding the

the plantation of the Lord Werckhoven should draw two lots, and also Antony Jansen Van Sale two,

and having divided the same into 24 lots, they were drawn as follows 1. Jonker Jacob Curler, 13. Nicasius De Sille, Fiscal, :

2. Albert Albertse,

14. Pieter Roeloffe,

3.

Jan Zelen,

15. Jaques Cortilliau,

4.

Jacob Backker,

16.

Teunis Joosten,

5.

Willem Willemse,

17.

Ruth Joosten,

6.

Huybert Hook,

18. Pieter Buys,

PAPERS RELATING TO LONG ISLAND.

7.

Peter Jansen,

8.

Jacob Pieterse,

9.

Jacob Swart,

Werckhoven, Ruth Joosten, 21. Werckhoven,

10.

Jan Tomasse,

22. Cornelius Beekman,

19.

20.

11. Klaes Blassen, 12.

23.

Jan Jacobse,

24.

Anton ^ Jansen Van Sale

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