Translation
Patent to Roeloff Martensen
Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Roeloff Martensen a parcel of land located on Long Island near the village of Amesfoort bordering the land of Jan Martensz; it is in length on the northeast side 170 rods; on the southwest 200 rods; in breadth on the southeast 90 rods; on the northwest 60 rods; containing 23 morgens and 75 rods, with the express conditions, etc...
Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 29 January 1661.
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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