To all Christian People to whom this Present writeing shall Come Jan Casperse1 and Rachell his wife of ye County of Albany, Sendeth Greeting in our Lord God everlasting, know yee yt, for and in Consideration of ye Somme of Eight & forty Pounds Currant money of this Province, to him ye Said Jan Casperse in Hand paid; att and before2 ye Ensealeing and Delivery hereof, by Jan Hendriks Vrooman, ye Receit whereof they doe Hereby acknowlege, and thereof, and of every Part and Parcell thereof, doth fully cleerly and absolutely, acquitt Exonerate and Discharge him ye Said Jan Hendriks Vrooman, His Executors, Adrs, and Assigns for ever, and therewith doth acknowlege themselfs, to be fully paid Contended and Satisfyed, and Have therefore, Graunted, Bargained, Sold, Aliened, Enfoeffed and Confirmed and by these Presents doth fully cleerly and absolutely, Graunt Bargain, Sell, alien Enfoefre and Confirm unto ye Said Jan Hendrikse Vrooman a Certain Parcell of Land lyeing upon ye Normans Kill where Omy La Grangie now Dwells, ye Clear Land Consisting in three Small flatts or Plains, the one being where ye Said Omyes House Stands upon, called ye Land by ye Cley Cuyl,3 ye oyr, Lyeing over ye Creek opposite to Symon Volkertse Door, and ye third below ye first Plain called ye Mayes Land, together wth. all ye Right, Title and Property yt. ye Said Jan Casperse Hath there, being the half of all ye Land, lyeing upon ye Normans kill, Comprehended in ye Patent of Jan Hendrikse Van Baal, Except four morgen bow Land4 yt. ye Said van Bael did Reserve for himself, which Said Half of said Land was Transported to ye Said Jan Casperse, by Johannes Provoost Trustee of ye Estate of Hend: Willemse deceased, dated ye 16th, day of March 1684/5 all which with all ye Right and Title of ye Said John Casperse and Rachell his wife is Transported to John Hendrikse Vrooman His Heirs and Assigns, with all ye Profites, Commodities, and appertenances whatsoever to ye Said Tract of Land is Belonging, together wth. all and Singular, deeds, Evidences & Writeings, touching and Confirming ye Premises, only or any Part thereof, to Have & to Hold ye Sd. farme or Bowery, and ye Land thereunto belonging, with there and every of there appertenances unto ye Sd. John Hendrikse Vrooman, His Heirs Executors Administrateurs and assigns, & in His quiet and Peaceable Possession & Seizin against all Persones to warrant and for ever by these Presents to warrant, & for ever by these Presents Defend, in witnesse whereof ye Sd. John Casperse, & Rachel His wife, have hereunto Sett yr. Hands and Sealls in Alb: this 31th. day of January in ye first year of ye Reign of our Souveraign Lord James ye Second by ye Grace of God king of Engl: Scotland, france & Irland Defender of ye faith annoq. Dom: 1685/6.
John Casperse left his mark
Sealed and Deliverd
in ye Presence of
Robt. Sanders Justice of ye Peace
Robt. Livingston Cl.
1 Jan Caspersen Halenbeck. His wife was Rachel Willemse.
2 The record has: "and att Before.
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3 Literally: "Clay Pit."
4 Dutch : bouw land, meaning "arable land."
Early Records of the City and County of Albany Colony of Rensselaerswyck. Volume 2 (Deeds 3 and 4, 1678-1704) translated from the original Dutch by Jonathan Pearson. Pages 298-300.
This land was sold the next year by Jan Hendricksen Vrooman to Omy la Grange.
Early Records of the City and County of Albany Colony of Rensselaerswyck. Volume 2 (Deeds 3 and 4, 1678-1704) translated from the original Dutch by Jonathan Pearson. Pages 312-313.