HISTORY OF BROOKLYN. 93

some years, and the period of his removal to the Waaleboght is uncertain. As a citizen and a magistrate he was highly esteemed in Brooklyn, where he died in 1681, leaving a widow, who survived him for many years, and fifteen children, all of whom, according to tradition, were present at his funeral, and all of whom were married.1 In 1694, the widow and her children conveyed the property to two of their number, Isaac and Jeremias Remsen,2 and in 1704 Isaac

1 Riker, 386; Prime. 359.

2 We have been favored by Tennis G. Bergen, Esq., with the following translation of this deed, the original of which is in the possession of Jeromus B. Johnson of Flatbush. Some portions of the document have become illegible through the ravages of time, etc.: Òm É In the .É . third, King . É. Our Lord, one thousand six hundred and ninety_four, tenth day of April; declared . É . of the deceased Rein Jansen, of the Walle_boght, in the aforesaid county . É . through his children, to wit, Joris Remsen, Rem Remsen, Jacob Remsen, Jeronimus Remsen, Daniel Remsen, Abraham Remsen, Jan (Dorlant), Aria Vanderbilt, Joseph Hegeman, Gerrit Hansen, Elbert (Adriaensen), Marten Adriaense, each for himself and his heirs, to Isaac Remsen and Jeremias Remsen and their heirs and assigns, have set over, granted, and conveyed a certain parcel of land, situated in the Walle-bocht, in the aforesaid county, on the southerly side of the land of Tennis Gysbertse; also bounded and encompassed by the kil in the Walebocht, as set forth in the patent for the same ; also with the length, breadth, course, and number of morgens made known in said patent, with all the right and privileges in any way appertaining to said parcel of land; also, as included with and appertaining to said land, three parcels of meadow: the 1st, held in common with Jacob Hegeman, situated in the limits of Midwout (Flatbush), over the second kil, and known as Number 10; the 2d, a block lot, situated on the third kil, and lying between Tomas Lambertsen and Jan Vanderbilt ; the 3rd, situated over the third kil, in the long neck in the limits of Jamaike, and held in common with Jerominus Rapalie. For the above-described land and meadow, with their appurtenances, declared the above_named parties to convey to the said Isaac Remsen and Jeremias Remsen, to be fully satisfied and paid for the same, to the first and last cent, therefore deliver (give) over said land and meadow, with the appurtenances and privileges, for themselves and their heirs, to the aforesaid Jeremiah and Isaac, clear and unencumbered, to be kept, with all. their rights, by them, the said Jeremias and Isaac, and their heirs and assigns .É the mark of

“Signed in the presence of É ys
Hegeman, Johannes Van Eckelen,
and also delivered."