HISTORY OF BROOKLYN. 77
Also a grant to the said Egbert of “20 foot of ground more, adjoining to the former, both above and below, along the strand.”
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The land referred to in the preceding patent as that of Herry Breser was originally granted to Jacob Wolphertsen (von Couwenhoven), by Governor Kieft, July 3, 1643. It was
“a piece of land lying on Long Island, on the East River, bounded north by west by Cornelis Dircksen (Hooglandt), ferryman’s land; stretching from said ferryman’s land, east by south, along the river, 56 rods; and along ditto into the woods, south by cast, 132 rods; in breadth in rear in the woods, 40 rods; and on the east side, north by west till to the river, 120 rods; amounting to 10 morgen and 48 rods.”
The same land, having a water-front of 686 feet, was confirmed to Herry (Henry) Breser, by Governor Kieft, September 4, 1645, and described as
“land lying at the East River, between (the river and) the land of Cornelis Dircksen (Hooglandt), ferryman; south by east from the strand (beach), 132 rods; thence 45 rods east a little southerly till to the maizeland; further on through the maize-land till to the marsh, 109 rods; through the marsh, northeast by north, 20 rods; further again to the woods, next to the land of Jan Ditten, west northwest till to the woods, and through the woods, next to the land of Frederick Lubbertsen, to the East River, north by west 120 rods; along the strand to the place of beginning, 56 rods; amounting in all to 16 morgens 468 rods.”1
This property was conveyed by Breser, on the 29th of August, 1651, to Cornelis de Potter, for the sum of 1,125 guilders.2 The patents of Lubbertsen and Breser comprised the balance of the Comfort and Joshua Sands’ property, as described on our map,
1 Patents, G G, 112. In N. Y. Col. MSS., VI. 87, is a document, dated 1655, in which Harry Breser, who retired “from here during the (Indian) troubles, contrary to the Placard," solicits permission to return, and is allowed to ̉reside and trade here, and to bring his mercantile concerns In order, and dispose of his real property, but not to recover permanent residence.”
2 N. Y. Col. MSS., iii. 92.