Translation
Patent to Jan Catjou
Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted unto Jan Catjou a lot lying in Mespat having on the north side Jacob Lube and on the south side Roeloff Jansen, the butcher; running along the marsh southeast and northwest its breadth along the edge of the marsh is 32 rods; running into the woods southeast and northwest its length on both sides is 468¾ rods; its breadth in the woods is 32 rods, making together 25 morgens, with the express conditions, etc...
Done in Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 21 August 1656.
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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