THE   DUTCH   GRANTS
 

411
 

May    3 to Van Bommel; recites gr-br. to Jansen, dated Feb. 8,
1647.   Dese: A third part out of the patent or gr-br.
1667

May 3 Conf. Governor Nicolls to Evert Jansen. (Pats.
Alb., II: 21.) Recites gr-br. to Evert Jansen, dated
Feb. 8, 1647. Dese: Lot lying to the E. of Claes van
Elslandt's, bet. whose lot of ground the highway makes
a partition, cont'g in length on the N. side towards the
(Beaver's) Graft, 8 r., 7 ft.; on the S., 8 r., 3 ft.; in br.
on the E. side, 5 r., 7 ft.; and on the W. side, the Hke,
being In aU 48 r., 4 ft., 5 ins.

Note: As so frequently happens, the conf. takes no
account of the parcel conveyed out of the gr~br. (to
Van Bommel).

LOT  4

1647

Mch. 25 Gr-br. to Gilyam Cornelse (or Cornelys). (GG: 198.)
Dese: A cert, lot lying on the Island of Manhattans,
on the pubUc ditch; Its br. S'ly on the road over against
the lot of Gerrit Douman, 8 r., 3 ft.; N'ly 8 r., 3 ft.;
E'ly over against the lot of Abraham Rycken, 5 r., 3 ft.;
W'ly on the lot of Evert Snyder, 5 r., 3 ft.
1668

Jan. 14 Conf. Governor Nicolls to Sonnes of Gulielin Cornelis¬
sen. (Pats. Alb., II: 152.) Recites gr-br. to Gilyam
Cornelissen, who, being deceased, title devolves on Will¬
iam Gullyams and Pieter Gullyams (sic) his two sons.
Dese: Towards the Great Graft, cont'g In br. on S. side
of highway over against the lot heretofore of Gerrit
Douman, 8 r., 3 ft.; to the N. the Hke; In length, E. side,
over against Abraham Ryckens, 5 r., 3 ft. and on W., by
Evert Snyder, the like.

"The Little Street"
Bet. the grants of Van Elslandt and Evert Jansen
there was "a little street." Originally it was a rod
(12 ft., 6 ins.) wide and ran diagonally through the block.
When the grants were cut up Into lots, which were laid
out nearly at right angles to the Beaver's Graft (Beaver
street), there was left by usage, a street wider than It
had at first been, and now running at right angles to the
Graft.   This street was sold under the following deed:
 

1660
 

Deed. Burgomasters of Amsterdam, New Nether- Aug. 23
lands, to Hendrick Eghbersen. (Lib. A, Deeds, N. Y.
Co.: 209.) Dese: Lot S. of Beaver's Graft, bounded
E. by ho. and lot of H. Van Bommel, 4 r., 12 ft., 6 Ins.;
S. by Marckvelt Steeghie, 24ft., Sins.; W. by ho. and
lot of P. Pra, 5 r., 2 ft.; N. by the Graght, 23 ft.
Measured by J. Cortelyou, Aug. 21, 1660.
1660

Deed.    Hendrick Eghbersen to Jan Schryver.    (Lib. Oct.    7
A, Deeds, N. Y. Co.; 197.) Dese: s. a. preceding instru¬
ment.
 

A Grant Unlocated on the Map of Dutch Grants        *

1645

Gr-br. to Ariaen Petersen (from Alckmaer). (GG: Sep. 7
105.) Dese: A lot for a ho. and garden lying on the
Island of Manhattans, situated N. of the Fort and
bounded on the N. by Martin Cregier (Krugier); it ex¬
tends on the W. side In length n r., 3 ft., 3 ins.; on the
N. side, 7 r., 9 ft.; on the E. side, 9 r., 9 ft., 8 ins.; on the
S. side, n r., 9 ft.; next to Martin Cregier; amtg. in all
to 103 r., 3 ft. and i in.

1664

Elsie Jans, wife of Hendrick Joghimsen, late wid. of May 20
Adriaen Petersen van Alkmaaer, asks for payment of
p. o. the lot drawn Into the Marketfield (for the City),
asks for another lot for Van Alkmaaer's children,
"Whereas p. o. the above lot has been paid for to Adriaen
Dircksen Koe, not by the Burgomasters but by the
Director-General and Council and buUding thereon
forbidden, petitioners are referred to them," &c, (Min,
Orph. Court, II: 197.)

Note; This grant could not have been in the described
location, bounded N. by Martin Cregier. It was
probably on the E. of the Marketfield, and "drawn into"
(I. e. condemned as part of) the Marketfield by the Di¬
rector-General and Council. A portion of it may have
been subsequently regranted, but the records are silent
upon this subject.