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Title1862 - EHC Tax Book Index - Abb to Bor

Date Created2009, 1862

DescriptionThis is from the 1862 property tax ledger of Egg Harbor City, 1862. It includes the names of property owners and the corresponding page number from the tax book related to that property owner. This...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

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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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TitleDeed to small lot in Jersey City, 1832

Date Created1832

DescriptionDeed for a small parcel of land, sold by Altje Parks, nee Merselis, to Jacob Vreeland. Her name spelled Altia Park in the text. This lot adds an additional five feet to a lot previously obtained by...

Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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TitleDeed for three lots purchased at auction, 1827

Date Created1827

DescriptionDeed for three lots sold at auction by order of the Orphans Court, to furnish funds for the settlement of the estate of Aaron Devoe, who died intestate. Lots were purchased by Jacob D. Van Winkle....

Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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TitleNew Home of the Botto Family

Date Created1908

DescriptionPietro and Maria Botto, skilled textile workers, and their two year old daughter Albina emigrated from Biella, Italy to America in 1892. Pietro, a weaver, easily found work in New Jersey's textile...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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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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TitleDeed, Richard and Effie Lyon to Jacob D. Van Winkle, 1820

Date Created1820

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 "Cedar Swamp," indicating how undeveloped the area still was. But...

Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)

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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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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 to lot in what is now Bayonne, 1826

Date Created1826

DescriptionDeed in which the children of Cornelius Vreeland grant a parcel of land to their brother. The property is described as being near the intersection of the only two main roads through the southern part...

Time PeriodExpansion and Reform (1801-1861)