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TitleCornelius Van Vorst, circa 1620
Date Created1620
DescriptionPhotograph of contemporary portrait by Frans Hals of Cornelius Van Vorst, pioneering Dutch settler of the New Netherland colony. Both he and his descendants played a prominent part in the history of...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Many Worlds Meet (to 1620)
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TitleDeed for Lot from Estate of Englebert Steenhuijs, 1688: Deed in Colonial Dutch from 1688
Date Created1688
DescriptionDeed for a part of the land of the late Englebert Steehuijs, first schoolteacher in New Jersey, sold by executors to Gerritt Gerrittsen. Handwritten original in Dutch, with typed transcription and...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
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TitleLease of land from Hilletje Jans, widow of Ide Cornelius Van Vorst, to her son-in-law Jan Ariense Sip, 1694
AuthorToers, Claes Arentse
Date Created1694
DescriptionDocument in which Hilletje Jans, widow, asserts that she has leased a tract of land to her son in law Jan Arianse Sip, and agrees to continue the lease until her death, at which point all of her land...
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TitleTown and Corporation of Bargin [Bergen], 1727 : survey map of land granted the Freeholders of Bergen by Phillip Carteret, beginning at the great rock above Weehawken through the woods and meadows above the island of Secaucus, along the Hackensack River to Bergen Point, then along the Kill Van Kull to Constable's Hook, and from thence all along the Hudson River and the west of Pavonia to the Great Rock again.
Date Created1727
DescriptionColonial era map showing what would become Hudson County, and a portion of Staten Island. Title text refers to the British regranting of the Dutch township titles. Geographic details include Snake...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763)
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TitleDeed for 313 Acres in Bergen County, 1786
Date Created1786
DescriptionQuit-claim deed in which Michael H. and Cornelius H. Vreeland of "Achqueghenonck," transfer a land title to Michael D. and Elizabeth Vreeland, of Hackensack. The first location, at that time part of...
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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TitleDeed and guarantee of release, 1787
Date Created1787
DescriptionTwo documents relating to the purchase of lands by Daniel Van Winkle, from heirs of Cornelius Diedericks. The first being a deed in which the "lots of land swamp and meadow" are sold for "Five pounds...
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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TitleA True and Perfect Inventory of the Personal Estate of Garrabrant Garrabrants Deceas'd taken by us Robert Sickels Executor and Marytie Garrabrants Executrix
Date Created1791
DescriptionList of possessions of landholder and farmer, including prices in pounds/shillings/pence. Includes housewares and farm implements, as well as livestock and "1 Neagroe Man."
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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TitleBill of Sale for Slave, Jin, 1791
Date Created1791
DescriptionBill of sale in which Mindert Garrabrance sells to Marytie Garrabrance a female slave named Jin and her two children, for the sum of "Forty Pounds New York Currency." Dated May 26, 1791. Signature...
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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TitleWill of Marytie Garrabrance, 1793
Date Created1793
DescriptionCopy of will of in which a widow "being much weak and sickly in body but yet of a sound mind and understanding" bequeaths her estate to her sister, nieces and friends, listing items to be given to...
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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TitleExecutor's Receipts, Estate of Maryche Garrabrance, 1794 to 1797
Date Created1794-1797
DescriptionRecord of monies paid out by Daniel Van Winkle as executor of estate of Maryche Garrabrance, as well as money paid to him for a trip to Newark. Amounts are in pounds and shillings, "New York...
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)