Translation
Patent to Jacob Walingen van Hoorn
Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Jacob Walingen van Hoorn, a piece of land lying over the North River between Gemoenepaen and the Kil van Kol, adjoining on the south side the plantation of Hendrick Jansen van Schalwyck, and extending along the river or bay southwest and northeast to the running creek; in breadth it is 45 rods; in the rear in the woods it is 45 rods; extending into the woods north northwest it is in length on both sides 333½ rods making together 25 morgens, with the express conditions, etc...
Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 23 October 1654.
References
Translation: Gehring, C. trans./ed., New York Historical Manuscripts: Dutch, Vols. GG, HH & II, Land Papers, 1630-1664 (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.: 1980).A complete copy of this publication is available on the New Netherland Institute website.
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