Translation
Patent of Claes Claesen for land on Long Island
Petrus Stuyvesant, on behalf of their High Mightinesses, etc... has given and granted to Claes Claesen a parcel of land located on Long Island in the village of New Utrecht on the northwest side of Jacob Swart, on the southeast side of Albert Albertsz; the boundary line on both sides northeast a little easterly 600 rods in length; in breadth 24 rods; containing 24 morgens; a piece of marshland, marked No. 11, containing 2 morgens, 160 rods; together with a lot for a house and garden on the northwest side of Teunis Idense, on the southeast side of Tomas Jansz; it is in breadth 10 rods; in length 30 rods, with the express conditions, etc...
Done at Fort Amsterdam in New Netherland, 29 January 1664.
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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