Appeared before me Ro. Livingston, secr., etc., and in presence of the honorable magistrates, Mr. Richard Pretty, and Mr. Andries Teller, etc., the honorable Mr. Robert Story, who acknowledged that he is well and truly indebted, and in arrears to Annetie Lievens, widow of Goose Gerritse Van Schaick, deceased, in the sum of two hundred and ninetysix guilders, in beavers, which aforesaid sum he promises to pay in good merchantable beaver skins, at eight guilders a piece, or in goods, at market price, for the performance of which the said Robert Story pledges his person and estate, real and personal, present and future, nothing excepted, and submitting the same to the force of all the duke's laws and judges, for the promotion of the payment of the same, if need be, without cost and loss. Done in Albany, the 26th of August, 1676. Richard Pretty. A. Teller. Acknowledged before me, RO. LIVINGSTON, Secr. ROBERT STORY. Appeared before me Ro. Livingston, secr., etc., and in the presence of the afternamed witnesses, Annetie Levens, widow of Goose Gerritse [Van Schaick], deceased, who declared that she is fully paid and satisfied by William Nottingham, in respect to the mortgage, which she held against the aforesaid Nottingham's house, of date the first of October, 1674, witnessing the same with her own hand and seal on this 26th of August, 1676. By order of my mother. Testes: M. Cregier, Junior.2 Acknowledged before me, SYBRANT GOOSENS1 [VAN SCHAICK]. RO. LIVINGSTON. Appeared before me Ro. Livingston, secr., etc., and in presence [of] the honorable magistrates, Mr. Richard Pretty, and Andries Teller, etc., the honorable Robert Story, who acknowledged that he is well and truly indebted, and in arrears to Mr. William Nottingham, in the sum of fiftyone good merchantable beavers, and four guilders and eleven stuivers, in beavers, to be paid in good merchantable duffels,3 at four ells the beaver, or in other marchandise at market prices, and promises to pay the aforesaid sum to the said Wm Nottingham, his heirs or successors, on the first 1 Sybrant Goosense Van Schaick was son of Goosen Gerritse Van Schaick. By his wife, Elizabeth Vander Poel, he had three sons and one daughter, who were living in 1686, when his widow contracted a second marriage with Bennony Van Curler. Marten Cregier, Jr., was son of Captain Martynus Cregier, the skilful military leader of the New York militia. He married in 1671, Jannetie Hendrikse Van Doesburgh, and had seven children, of whom two were sons, Marten, and Samuel. The Cregiers settled early in Niskayuna, where Captain Cregier owned a tract of land, a portion of which is still held by his descendants. A kind of coarse woolen cloth, having a thick nap or frieze; baize? demand, which he shall make upon him, this mortgagor, pledging therefor his person and estate, real and personal, present and future, and submitting the same to the force of all the duke's (heeren) laws, to promote the payment thereof, if need be, without loss and cost. Done in Albany, the 28th of August, 1676. Richard Pretty. A. Teller. Acknowledged before me, ROBERTT STORY. RO. LIVINGSTON, Secr. Appeared before me Ro. Livingston, secr., etc., and in the presence of the honorable magistrates, Mr. Richard Pretty, and Mr. Andries Teller, etc., the honorable Ro. Story, who acknowledged that he is well and truly indebted, and in arrears, to Mr. Samuel Holman, in the sum of thirty pounds sterling, to be paid in installments to wit, ten pounds to be paid in Boston money, or good merchantable beavers, at twelve shillings a piece, or nine shillings a pound, and that in New York, on the first demand which he shall make upon him, the mortgagor, and the other twenty pounds to be paid before the first of May, next coming, in the before mentioned currency, that is Boston money, or merchantable beavers, at 12 shillings a piece, or 9 shillings a pound, English weight, pledging therefor his person and estate, real and personal, present and future, and submitting the same to the force of all the duke's (heeren) laws and judges for the promotion of the payment thereof, without cost. and loss. Done in Albany, the 29th of August, 1676. Richard Pretty. A. Teller. Acknowledged before me, RO. LIVINGSTON, Secr. ROBERT STORY. Appeared before me Ro. Livingston, secr., etc., and in presence of the honorable magistrates, Mr. Richard Pretty, and Mr. Andries Teller, etc., Mr. Samuel Holman, who declared that he had in true rights, free ownership, granted and conveyed, as by these presents he does grant and convey, in real and actual possession, to and for the behoof of Mr. Robert Story, his house and lot, standing and lying in Albany, on the hill, with all that therein is fast by earth and nailed, bounded easterly by Claas [Jacobse] Van Rotterdam, on the south side by Gerrit Lansing, on the north and west sides the public street; in breadth, in front upon the street [Chapel], five and twenty feet; and in the rear, on Gerrit Lansing's house, stretching from the upper corner to the bottom, in a straight line along said Lansing's house, drip free, and is in breadth in the rear fourteen feet, less two inches; and in length, on the south side, four rods 1 This lot lay on the east side of Bergh street, afterwards called Barrack and now Chapel street, commencing between 60 and 70 feet, northerly from Maiden lane. There is now no street on the north side of this lot, and it was then probably only the 5 foot alley between Van Rotterdam's and Heathcote's lots, carried through from North Pearl to Chapel streets, but now abandoned as an alley. and six feet and three inches; all as it lies inclosed at present within its fence, which he, the grantor, does by virtue of a conveyance, given to him by Nehemiah Pearse, of date the 5th of July, 1676, to which reference is made, and that free and unencumbered, with no claim standing or issuing against the same, excepting the lord's right, without the grantor's making the least claim any more upon it, acknowledging that he is fully paid and satisfied therefor, the first penny with the last, giving therefore full power to the aforesaid Ro. Story, his heirs and successors, or those who may hereafter acquire right and title from him, to do with and dispose of said house and lot, as he might do with his other patrimonial estate and effects; promising the same to defend from all persons, and to free the same from all trouble, claims or charges, which may hereafter arise, and never more to do or permit anything to be done against the same, either with or without law, in any manner whatsoever, under obligation as provided therefor according to law. Done in Albany, on the 29th of August, 1676. Richard Pretty. A. Teller. Acknowledged before me, SAMUELL HOLMAN. RO. LIVINGSTON, Secr. Appeared before me Ro. Livingston, secr., etc., and in the presence of the honorable magistrates of the same jurisdiction, Mr. Richard Pretty and Mr. Andries Teller, Geertruyt Barents, wife of Jacob Heven [or Hevick], who declared that she had in true rights, free ownership, granted and conveyed, as she by these presents does grant and convey, in real and actual possession, to and for the behoof of Jacobus Gerritse Brower, in her house and lot, standing and lying in Albany, with all that is thereon, fast by earth and nailed, bounded southerly by Harmen Schoenmaker, northerly by Arnout Cornelise Viele, easterly by the public highway, being in length ten rods, in breadth two rods, all as it at present lies in fence; which this grantor does, by virtue of a patent granted her by the right honorable the governor general, Richard Nicolls, of date the 30th of April, 1667, to which reference is made, and that free and unencumbered, with no claim standing or issuing against the same, excepting the lord's right, without the grantor's making the least claim upon the same any more, acknowledging that she is fully paid and satisfied therefor, the first penny with the last, and giving therefore full power to the aforesaid Jacobus Gerritse, his heirs and successors, or those who may hereafter acquire right and title from him, to do with and dispose of said house and lot as he might do with his other patrimonial estate and effects; promising the same to defend against all persons, and to free it from all trouble, claims or charges which may hereafter arise, and never more to do nor suffer anything to be done, either with or without law, in any manner whatsoever, under obligation as provided therefor according to law. Done in Albany, on the 17th of September, 1676. This is the mark of GEERTRUYT BARENDTS, with her own hand set. A. Teller. Acknowledged before me, RO. LIVINGSTON, Seer. Appeared before me Ro. Livingston, secr., etc., and in the presence of the honorable magistrates, Mr. Richard Pretty and Mr. Andries Teller, etc., Capt. Jan Clute, who declared that he had in true rights, free ownership, granted, conveyed and transferred, by these presents, in real and actual possession, to and for the behoof of Ludovicus Cobes, in his house and lot, standing and lying in Albany, next the corner house of Jan Tomase [Mingael], in the Yonker [now State] street, in length, breadth, and boundaries, in accordance with the patent granted by the right honorable governor general, Richard Nicolls, of date the first of April, 1667, to which reference is herein made, and that free, etc. Appeared before me Ro. Livingston, secr., etc., and in the presence of the honorable magistrates, Mr. Richard Pretty and Mr. Andries Teller, etc., Mr. Gerrit Swart, citizen here, who acknowledged that he is well and truly indebted to Mr. Frederick Fillipse, merchant, dwelling in New York, in a certain sum of money arising and growing out of a claim of the estate of one Harmen Janse Bos, by him [Fillipse], as trustee, administered upon and disposed of according to his pleasure; for the payment of the aforesaid sum the mortgagor pledges especially, a certain parcel of land in the colony of Rensselaerswyck, bounded easterly by the river, southerly by Barent Pieterse [Coeymans],' westerly the common mill road, northerly by Jacob Heven; breadth eighty feet, and length. from the mill road to the river; and generally his person and estate, in possession and to be acquired, nothing excepted, submitting the same to the force of all the duke's [heeren] laws and judges, to promote the payment thereof, if need be, without cost and loss. Done in Albany, the 20th of Sept., 1676. Acknowledged before me, RO. LIVINGSTON, Secr. G. SWART. Appeared before me Ro. Livingston, secr., etc., and in the presence of the honorable magistrates, Mr. Richard Pretty and Mr. Andries Teller, etc., the honorable Mr. Gerrit Van Slichtenhorst, who declared that he had in true rights, free ownership, granted, conveyed and transferred, by these presents, to and for the behoof of Claes Ripse Van Dam, in a certain lot lying in Albany, on the hill; bounded westerly by the public highway, commonly called Bergh street,3 northerly by Ro. Sanders, south and east by the aforenamed Mr. Slichtenhorst; in breadth in front on the street twenty-seven wood feet, and in the rear of the same width, and in length on the north side fifty-seven feet and two inches, and on the south side fifty-six feet and three inches, which the grantor does by virtue of a patent granted him by the right honorable the governor general, Richard Nicolls, of the whole lot of which this is a part, dated the 27th of April, 1667, to which reference is made, and that free and unencum 1 Barent Pieterse Coeymans, the miller, came out in 1636, with his four brothers, from Utrecht. (?) After leasing the patroon's mill for many years, he bought a tract of land south of Rensselaerswyck, now called Coeymans, on which he settled.-O'Callaghan's History of New Netherland, 1, 435. 2 Eldest son of Rip Van Dam, merchant of New York. 3 Berg, usually pronounced Barrack, now Chapel street. bered, with no claim standing or issuing against the same, excepting the lord's right, and without the grantor's making the least claim any more upon said lot, acknowledging that he is fully paid and satisfied therefor, by the hands of the said Claes Ripse Van Dam, the first penny with the last, giving therefore plenam actionem cessam, and full power to do with and dispose of the aforesaid lot as he might do with his other patrimonial estate and effects; promising never more to do nor suffer anything to be done against the same, either with or without law, in any manner whatsoever, under obligation as provided therefor according to law. Done in Albany, the 22d Sept., 1676. Richard Pretty. A. Teller. Acknowledged before me, GERRIT VAN SLICHTENHORST. Ro. LIVINGSTON, Secr. 2 Appeared before me Ro. Livingston, secr., etc., in the presence of the honorable magistrates, Mr. Richard Pretty and Mr. Andries Teller, etc., Lieut. Jan Janse Bleecker and Jacob Sanderse Glen, attorneys for Mr. Jan Hendrickse Van Baell, who declared that they had in true rights, free ownership, granted, conveyed and transferred, by these presents, to and for the behoof of Gerrit Hardenberg,1 in a certain house and lot standing and lying in Albany, on the hill, with all that is therein fast by earth and nailed; bounded westerly by Jacob Schermerhorn, south by the street, east by Mr. Abraham Van Tricht, and northerly by Capt. John Backers; in breadth in front on the street two rods two feet and seven inches, and in rear two rods two and a half inches, in length on west side four rods and nine feet, and on the east side five rods four feet and nine inches; which the grantor conveys by virtue of a patent to Van Bael, granted by the right honorable governor general, Francis Lovelace, of date the 13th of August, 1669, to which reference is here made, and that free and unencumbered, with no claim standing or issuing against it, excepting the lord's right, without the grantor's making the least claim any more upon the same, and acknowledging that he is fully paid and satisfied therefor by the hands of the aforesaid Hardenbergh, the first penny with the last, and giving him therefore plenam actionem cessam, and full power to do with and dispose of the aforesaid house and lot as he might do with his other patrimonial estate and effects; promising never more to do nor permit anything to be done against the same, with or without law, in any manner whatsoever, under obligation as provided therefor by law. Done in Albany, the 22d of September, 1676. Richard Pretty. A. Teller. In my presence, RO. LIVINGSTON, Secr. JAN JANSE BLEECKER. 1 Gerrit Hardenbergh was in Albany as early as 1667, and in 1690 he owned the sloop Royal, Albany. He and his wife, Jaepe Schepmoes, made a joint will in 1678. A daughter, Barendine, was baptized in 1683. 2 Abraham Van Tricht, married Lysbeth Teller, daughter of William Teller; before 1692 she was a widow, and married Melgerts Wynantse Van Der Poel. Van Tricht had two daughters, and perhaps other children. |