On the 21 st of January 1660 the Fiscal demanded of the Surveyor Jacques Cortleyou his certificate of the survey of his house plot farm and meadows, which

is

as follows

:

A lot on the plain lying

South East of the shore or strand way, and North-West of the land of Ruth Joosten, in width 12 the land known as lot No. 9 being in width 26 rods, and lying Northeast

rods, and in length 25 rods

:

against the land of Jacobus Backer, South-west by the village of New-Utrecht, stretching South-east also a piece in the

and containing 25 Morgens (50 acres);

meadows numbered 13, containing 3

morgens.

Now I shall insert in full the Fiscal's Patent, so that all persons may understand when they become liable to pay the tenth of the produce of their lands to the

government, to which provision all are

liable from the date of the first patent whether they take them up or not.

Patent.

Petrus Stuyyesant on the behalf of the Noble High and Mighty Lords the States General of the United Netherlands, and Noble Lord and Director of the Privileged West India Company of the

Chamber at Amsterdam, Director General of New Netherland, Curacoa, Bonayre, Aruba, with their appendages, with the consent of the Noble Lords of the Council witness and declare, that We on the date hereunto underwritten, have given & granted to Nicasius de Sille, a parcel of land lying on Long Island in the Town of New Utrecht, known as number nine, in width 26 rods, bounded on the northeast