202 HISTORY OF BROOKLYN.

of pasture, meadows, marshes, lakes, ponds, creeks, harbors, rivers, rivulets, brooks, streams, highways and easements whatsoever, belonging or in any wise appertaining to any of the afore-recited tract or parcells of land and divisions, allotments, settlements made and appropriated before tile day and date hereof To Have and To Hold, all and singular, the said tract or parcels of land and premises, with their, and every of their appurtenances unto the said Tunis Gysberts (Bogart), Thomas Lamberts, Peter Jansen, Jacobus Vander Water, Joris Jacobs, Jeroninius Rappalle, Daniel Rappalle, Jan Jansen, Adrian Bennet and Michael Hanse (Bergen), for and on behalf of themselves and the present freeholders and inhabitants of the town of Breucklen, their and every of their heirs and assigns forever, as tenants in common without any let, hindrance, molestation, right of survivorship or otherwise, to be holden in free and common socage according to the tenure of East Greenwich, in the County of Kent, in his Majesty’s kingdom of England. Yielding, rendering and paying therefor yearly and every year, on the five and twentyeth day of March, forever, inlieu of all services and demands, whatsoever, as a quit rent to his most sacred Majesty aforesaid, the heirs and successors, at the city of New York, twenty bushels of good merchantable wheat. In testimony whereof, I have caused these presents to be entered and recorded in the Secretary’s office, and the seal of the Province to be hereunto affixed this thirteenth day of May, Anno. Domini, one thousand six hundred and eighty six, and in the second year of his Majesty’s reign.
Thomas Dongan.”

On the 13th of the ensuing October, Messrs. Jacobus Vande Water, Jeronimus Rapallie, and Tennis Gysbertse Bogart, deputies from the town of Breucklen, appeared before the Governor, and formally agreed, on behalf of the town, to the annual payment of the quit-rent above mentioned.1

1 This quit_rent has been regularly paid to the 25th day of March, 1775, as will appear from the following copies of the collector’s receipts, viz.:

“June8, 1713. Paid to Benjamin Van de Water, Treasurer, the sum of 296 78. Id., for upwards of 16 years’ quit-rent.

“Received of Charles De Bevoice, collector for Brooklyn, twenty bushels of wheat,in full for one year's quit of the said township, due the 25th of March last, New York, 6th of April, 1775. John Moore D. R. Gen.”

After the independence of the State of New York, the Payment of quit-rent was revived, and on the 9th day of Nov., 1786, the arrears of quit-rent were paid up, and all future quit-rents were commuted for, as will appear from the following copy of the Treasurer's receipt, viz.: