Translation
Patent to Bruyn Barentsen
Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Bruyn Barentsen a lot for a house and garden located in the village of Breuckelen between the cemetery and Albert at the bay; on the north side (being the great highway) it is 7 rods; along Albert's land it is 15 rods; along the cemetery 15 rods; and 7 rods in breadth in the rear, with the express conditions, etc...
Done at Amsterdam in New Netherland, 4 October 1658.
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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