104 HISTORY OF BROOKLYN.

“bounded east by a certain creek, northerly by the land of Adryan Hoogland, westerly by the country roade that leads to the Ferry, and southerly by the land of Jacob Vandewater, with a small piece of meadow adjoining thereto, and all as it is now in fence, and formerly in the tenure and occupation of Hendrick Sleght, deceased, containing 18 morgens and 510 rods, English measure.”

The parcel possessed by CORNELIS DIRCKSEN, the ferryman, has been already described on pages 75 and 76.

That of PIETER CORNELISSEN, carpenter, was a piece of land

“lying at Marechkawiech, both the maize-land and the woodland, bounded north by Cornelis Dircksen,ferryman; on the southeast by Joris (or George) Dircksen: it extends next the said ferryman's (land) from the marsh through the maize-land (and) the woods, to the division line of Claes Cornelissen, west by north and west northwest, between both, 172 rods; behind in the woods next the buildings and improvements of Andries Hudde, south by west, 138 rods; further east southeast and southeast by east, between both 31 rods; and along the said Joriss land, through the wood and maize land till to the marsh east, northeast and northeast by east, 178 rods; along the marsh 25 rods, to the place of beginning: amounting in all to 27 morgens, 119 rods.”

The date of this patent was February 8, 1646.1

1 Patents, G G., 133.