Translation
Patent to Jan Cornelissen Schoenmaecker
Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Jan Cornelissen Schoenmaecker a piece of land lying across the North River between Gemoenepaen and the Kil van Kol; extending along the river or bay southwesterly it is 40 rods in breadth; and in the rear in the woods it is 40 rods in breadth; running into the woods north northwest in length on both sides it is 375 rods in length making together 25 morgens, with the express conditions, etc...
Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 5 December 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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