Translation
Patent to Jan Hendricksz van Struchousen
Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Jan Hendricksz van Struchousen a lot for a house and garden lying at the South River near Fort Casamier, being No. 35 in the second row, bounded north by the lot of Gerrit Jansz and south by the lot of Sander Boyer; it is in breadth in front and rear 56 feet Rhenish wood measure; and in length on both sides 300 feet, with the express conditions, etc...
Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 22 September 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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