On the 12th of June 1660, the General with the Fiscal and Van Ruyven came over and taking Upon made provision for the Town, and gave them a piece of meadow extending from Varckens (Hogs) hook to the Vischers (fisher's) hook, where the fisherman Hoorn had placed his house. The Secretary Cornells Van Ruyven was notified of this and directed to deliver to the Town a writing securing to them the aforesaid meadows. Curlaer and Jan Tomasse, went to the Canarse, where the meadows were shown to the Lords. this the Lord General and Council

In February 1660, as well as previously, several proclamations and ordinances had been published, in which those who lived separately and outside the villages, were charged in the name of the Director

General and Council of the New-Netherland, to abandon their separate dwellnigs and destroy them, or at least to unroof them, and to transport themselves and their goods into the adjoining villages, on the penalty, in the first place of the confiscation of all their goods upon all who from the aforesaid

time are found residing in separate dwellings or farm houses.

Those who do not remove by the 18

of May will also be liable to a penalty of 50 guilders, to be paid immediately and also to have their

houses unroofed at their expense. After this it happened that several persons who resided outside the village paid no attention to the above order, among whom was a Mr. Stilwel, who had purchased the land of Antony Jansen Van