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

O'Callaghan, E.B., ed. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Vol. III. Albany: Weed, Parsons and Co., 1850. 349 words

It being sett forth in their said Petition that Joshua Cockerthall v* ho was Minister since the Surveying and making of the said Ground Plate is dead, leaving a Widow, aud small Children. And that Peter Rose another of the said Palatines for a valuable consideration has sold his right and interest in the Lott laid out for him to Biu-ger Meynders a Black Smid who lives amongst them and is a Lutheran. And are of opinion that

588 PAPERS BJEXATING TO THE PALATINES.

the same Tract of Land be granted to the same Palatines, according to the said retui-n of the said Survey, with the proper Alterations to these Contingencies. And that the five hundred Acres thereof laid out for a Glebe^ he sett apart and impropriated towards the maintenance of a Lutheran Minister and his successors forever, and maintained to the best maintaining thereof, v. I ich said Tract of Land lies on the North side of Quassaik Creek &

extends northerly up the Hudsons Kiver,

And wee

have of our Especial Grace certain knowledge and-meer motion given granted ratified and Confirmed, and do by these presents for Us, Our Heirs and Successors for ever give grant ratifie and confirm unto the aforesaid Andries Volk and Jacob Webber and to their successors for ever, as Trustees to and for the Benefit and 13ehoof of a Lutheran Minister to serve and have care of souls of the Inhahituns of the tivo thousand one hundred and ninety Acres of Land a Glebe of five hundred Acres of the same Tract of Land, laid out and Surveyed, between the aforesaid Lotes Number five and six, with all other the premises hereditaments and appurtenances of in and to tlie said Glebe of five hundred Acres of Lund belonging and appui-taining as was and are before granted to the aibresaid George Lockstedt and Anna Elizabeth Ms Wile Maigaretha Amm Sara & Catharina their three Daughters, and v.ith same or like Exceptions and Reservations as in their said Lott number one was and are reserved unto Us our Heirs and Successors for ever