Because of the several obstacles which prevented improvement of the land called Chiefsiessing, granted to Matthias Nicolls and since conveyed by agreement to Captain John Berry et al, within the customary time in which settlement must be made in such colonies as Virginia, Maryland and other neighboring colonies and plantations, past omissions will be overlooked, provided that some settlement be mad e upon the land according to the custom of new plantations and the intent of the grants of such patents within the space of three years. From the New York Secretary's Office, Lib. Entries 1671 - 1673, 95 f. Certified by Goldsbrow Banyar. Entered before the Commission to settle the boundary between New York and New Jersey 31 July 1769.
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United States--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775; Jay, John, 1745-1829