Appeared before us, the undersigned justices of the peace of the county of Albany, Mr Johannes Provoost and Harme Ruttgers, administrators of the estate of Hend: Willemse, who declared that they granted, conveyed and made over in true, rightful and absolute ownership to and for the behoof of Jan Casperse all the rights which the said Hend : Willemse had to the land on the Noormans kill, being the half of all the lands lying on the said Noormans kill comprehended in the patent of Jan Hend : van Bael, excepting four morgens of arable land which he reserved to himself, according to contract of sale made between said Van Bael and Hend : Willemse and Jan Alb: Bratt, deceased, dated the 21st of December 1674; which they, the grantors, do by virtue of letters of administration to them granted by the court here and by virtue of the conveyance to them in capacity as administrators of said estate of Hend : Willemse, deceased, from Jan Jansz Bleeker and Jacob Sanders Glen, attorneys for Jan Hend : van Bael, deceased, under date of the 29th of May 1683, to which reference is herein made, and that free and unincumbered, without any charges thereon, or issuing out of the same (saving the lord's right), without the grantors' having any further claim in the least thereon, acknowledging that they are fully paid and satisfied by the sum of [blank], therefore giving plenam actionem cessam and full power to the aforenamed Jan Casperse, his heirs, successors, or assigns to do with and dispose of the aforesaid land and appurtenances thereof as he could do with his own patrimonial estate and effects, promising to warrant and defend the same against all persons from all trouble, claims and incumbrances according to law and further nevermore to do nor cause anything to be done contrary hereto in any manner, binding themselves thereto as by law provided.
Done in Albany, the 16th of March 1684/5.
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 267.