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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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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)
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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 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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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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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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TitleAccount of Estate Administrator of Aaron Tuers, 1836
Date Created1836
DescriptionAccount prepared by "administrator pendente lite" - while the settlement was pending - of the dispositon of the estate of Aaron Tuers, listing amounts paid for items sold after initial inventory 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)