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TitleWill of Jeremiah Van Winkle, 1834
Date Created1834
DescriptionCopy made 1839 of 1834 will of Jeremiah Van Winkle, in which he divides his land among his children and grandchildren. Notable for the way in which boundaries are described in relation to neighbors,...
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TitleGrant of Ferry Passage, 1840
Date Created1840
DescriptionLetter from George S. Schuyler, superintendent, certifying right of free ferry passage for three years for the family and goods of Jacob Van Winkle, in exchange for granting the right of way for the...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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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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TitleDeeds from Van Vorst to Colgate, 1827 to 1849
Date Created1827-1849
DescriptionSeries of deeds and emendations, from 1827 to 1849, by which Cornelius Van Vorst sold additional land to William Colgate, adjoining the "new factory now erecting." The Colgate Company was among the...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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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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TitleDeed, Aaron and Jane Newkirk to Jacob D. Van Winkle, 1819
Date Created1819
DescriptionDeed for parcel of land in the Township of Bergen, now part of Jersey City. The property is described in relation to neighbors and a "white oak tree" rather than streets or lot numbers, indicating how...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleRelease and Receipts, Settlement of Estate of John Van Winkle, 1844-1851
Date Created1844-1851
DescriptionDocument closing the settlement of the estate of John Van Winkle, and receipts of payments to heirs from sale of two properties. Two of the six heirs sign with an "X" mark, indicating the level of...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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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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TitleA True and perfect Inventory of all and singular the good and chattles, rights, and credits, of Garret J. Newkirk late of the township of Bergen, in the County of Bergen Deceas'd made by us whose names are hereunto Subscribed, the twenty sixth day of December in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
AuthorNewkirk, Garret J.
Date Created1818
DescriptionInventory of the estate of Garret Newkirk, November 16, 1818, including three slaves as well as tools and products of a farm estate. An example of the possessions of a well-off farm, and the relative...
Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)