To all Christian People to whom this Present writeing shall come the Mayor Aldermen and Commonality of ye City of Albany Send Greeting in our Lord God Everlasting Know yee that for and in Consideration of ye Summe of Three hundred and ninety Pounds Currant Money of this province to them in hand Paid att and before ye Ensealeing and Delivery hereof by Doctor Godevridus Dellius Minister of ye Reformed Netherdutch Congregation in ye Citty & County of Albany ye Receit whereof ye Said Mayor Aldermen and Commonality doe hereby acknowledge and thereof and of Every Part and parcell thereof doe Cleerly and freely acquitt Exonerate and discharge ye Said Doctor Godevridus Dellius his heirs Executors administrators and assigns and Every of them for Ever by these presents They the said Mayor Aldermen and Commonality have Graunted Bargained Sold alliend Released Enffoeffed Transported and Confirmed and by these Presents doe fully Cleerly and absolutely Graunt Bargain Sell alien Release Enffoeffe Transport and Confirm unto the said doctor Godevridus Dellius a Certain Peece or parsell of Land Commonly Called or knoune by ye name of ye Pasture Scituate Lyeing & being to the Southwarde of ye Said Citty near the place where the old fort stood & Extending along the Hudsons River till it comes over against the most Northerly Point of ye Island Commonly Called Marten Gerritsens Island haveing to the East Hudsons River to the south the manner of Renselaerswyk to ye west ye highway leading to the Toune The pasture late in ye Tenure and occupation of Marten Gerritse and the Pasture Late in ye Tenure and occupation of Casper Jacobse To the north the Severall Pastures Late in ye Tenure and occupations of Robert Sanders Mynd, Harmense & Evert Wendel and ye Severall Gardens Late in ye Tenures and occupations of Dirk Wessells Killiaen van Renselaer and Abraham Staets Together with all and Singular ye Profits Commodities and appertenances whatsoever to ye Said Pasture Peece or Parcel of Land and Premises in any part or parcell thereof Belonging or in any ways appertaining or to or with ye Same now or att any time heretofore Belongin or used occupyed or Enjoyed as part parcell or member thereof and all deeds Evidences & Writeings Touching and Concerning the premises only to have and to hold ye Said pasture Peece or parsell of Land and all and Singular [?], ye Premises with there and Every of there appertenances unto the said Godevridus Dellius his heirs and assigns to ye Sole and only proper use Benefite and Behooffe of ye Said Godevridus Dellius his heirs & assigns for Ever and ye Said Mayor Aldermen & Commonality doth by these presents Covenant Promise and Engage ye Said pasture peece or parcell of Land & premises so as the same is Graunted to them in there Charter dated ye 22th day of July 1686 with there and Every of there appertenances and Every Part and Parcel thereof unto the said Doctor Godevridus Dellius his heirs Executrs adrs. and assigns in his & there quiet and Peaceable possession for Ever by or from any oyr Graunt or Conveyance whatsoever made or to be made by ye Said Mayor Aldermen & Commonality or there Successeurs In Wittnesse whereof ye Mayor of ye Said Citty hath hereunto Sett his hand & Caused ye Seale of ye Said Citty to be hereunto affixed and these presents to be Enterd upon our Publiek Records dated ye first day of november in ye 3rd year of ye Reign of our Souveraign Lord James ye Second by ye Grace of God of England Scotland france and Ireland King defender, of ye faith Supream & only Lord of ye Province of New Yorke 1687
was Signd
Pieter Schuyler Mayor
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. Page 333-334.
Note: Further information about this land being sold to the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church is found in The Annals of Albany by Joel Munsell. Vol. 1; 2nd Edition. (1869). Beginning at page 97.