Translation
Patent to Jan van Aecken
Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Jan van Aecken a lot for a house and garden located at Fort Orange in the village of Beverwyck; to the south of Jochim Ketelheyn 8 rods, 6 feet and 3 inches in length; at the hill 2 rods, 10 feet in breadth; to the north of Wynant Gerritsz 6 rods, 11 feet in length; in the rear 3 rods, 10 feet in breadth, with the express conditions, etc...
Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 7 March 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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