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stone, of the city of New York, who also received, August 8th, 1695, from the attorney of John and William Alburtis, children of Peter Ceser, a confirmatory conveyance, in which the premises are estimated at one hundred acres. On the 2d of May, 1696, William Huddlestone, and Sarah his wife, conveyed the above patent to John Damon.

These two farms, of PETER CAESAR ITALIEN (which had a river or meadow front of six hundred and ninety-nine feet three inches) and that of Picet, comprised the land now lying between Clermont and Hampden avenues.

XVI.

Peter Montfoort received, May 29th, 1641, from Governor Kieft, a patent for

“land on Long Island, extending from Jan Montfoort’s land to Pieter the Italian’s, in breadth 300 paces, (extending) with the same breadth straight into the woods.”1 On the 19th August, 1643, it was confirmed by a patent wherein it is more particularly described as “a piece of land for a tobacco plantation, lying on Long Island, in the bend of Marechkawieck, bounded by Jan Montfoort on the east, and Pieter Italien on the west, extending along the marsh into the woods, 70 rods; and 220 rods along the land of Jan Montfoort, to the woods, 70 rods; again to the marsh, in a northerly course, 227 rods, along the land of Peter the Italian: amounting to 25 morgens and 8 rods.”2

On May 1, 1647, he received a grant of an addition to the westerly side of the above land, two hundred and twenty rods square, cc provided it did not interfere with other grants.” Pieter Montfoort’s land had a river or meadow front of about nine hundred feet, and is now comprised between Hamilton avenue and a line a little beyond the line of Clermont avenue.3

XVII.

Jan Monfoort (probably a brother of Peter Montfoort) received, at the same time, May 29, 1641, a grant from Governor Kieft of a

1 Patents, a G, 89.

2 Patents, G G, 63; Valentine’s Manual, 1851, p. 478.

3 Designated on map as farms of John and Jeremiah Spader.