Because of the purchase of a tract of land within Nicolls's territory, and
because of a deed of indenture in which the land is made over to John Bayly et al.,
Nicolls, so that the land may be sooner cultivated and inhabited, confirms and grants
the lands to John Baker of New York, John Ogden of Northampton, John Bayly and Luke
Watson of Jamaica, and t heir Associates, heirs, executors, administrators, and assigns
forever. This land, bounded on the south by the Raritan River, on the east by the sea,
on the north by Cull Bay, and on the west by the first river that empties into the Bay
to the west, shall belong to the grantees, who are to pay to the Duke of York or his
assigns "a certain Rent according to the Customary rate of the Country for new
Plantations, "provided that they do not neglect to plant the land. The grantees have the
liberty to purchase from the natives or others who own property the land as far as Snake
Hill. >From the New York Secretary's Office, Lib. Patents L, 20f. Examined by Goldsbrow
Banyar. Entered before the Commission to settle the boundary between New York - New
Jersey 11 August 1769.
Subjects
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Format
correspondence
Genre
correspondence
Date
1664 December 01
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