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George Janeway Farm
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Original Grants and Farms
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THE GEORGE JANEWAY FARM Block Check. List. 155-158-159-155.
This small farm or homestead was in possession of Caspar Varleth (Verlett) as early as July 17, 1651, when an inventory was taken of articles in his house. — Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 54.
No early patent h,as been found of record.
Casp.ir V^arleth was an early resident of the Dutch settlement at Fort Good Hope (Hartford, Conn.). According to Savage he was there as early as 1633, and died there in September, 1662. Savage, Geneal. Die, IV: 365.
He seems to have lived in New Amsterdam between 1651 and 1655. In the latter year his young daughters, Judith and Sarah, had a violent quarrel with their neighbour, Wolphert Webbers, which is very amusingly set forth in detail in the records. — Rec. N. Am., I: 326.
Judith seems to have been a spirited young girl. A few years later, at Hartford, she was called a witch. She married Nicholas Bayard, the emigrant. In his will he spoke of her as his "true and loving wife, Judy."
Varleth sold the farm to his son-in-law, Paulus Schrick, before Oct. 17, ibGi.—Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 230.
Oct. 21, 1 661, Schrick sold to Jacob Kip. This deed was not recorded, but it is recited in a suit brought by Maria Teller, widow of Paulus Schrick, Oct. 24, 1665, to recover goods and money which Kip still owed. Kip demanded that she should prove her husband's title to the property. Mrs. Teller said he should have brought up this question before he "had been in possession for many years." — Rec. N. Am., V: 308.
To quiet- his title, Schrick procured a ground-brief from Stuyvesant, Jan. 31, 1662. Not of record; recited in a deed from Maria Tellers, wife of William Tellers, "left widow and executrix" of Paulus Schrick, deed., to Jacob Kip, May 19, 1666. — Book of Records of Deeds and Transfers (1665-1672), 45, in city clerk's office. New York.
The ground-brief was confirmed as follows:
Richard Nicolls, Gouvernour, etc., to Jacob Kipp. Confirmation dated Sept. 16, 1667. — Liber Patents, II: loi (Albany).
Recites "gr-br. to Paulus Schrick for lot on S. W. side of the Fresh Water," dated Jan. 31, 1662.
"It lay on the E. S. E. side of the Chaikie Hook, containing in breadth on the S. E. side 3 r.; in length, on the S.W. side, it is more 18 r.; and on the W. S. W. side 22 r.; then a lyne running near the said hook E. and by N., it makes 17 r., and so N. N. E. somewhat more E'ly, 20 r.; then again forward E. S. E. to the said Hook it is 18 r. and amounteth in all to about 4 acres, or 2 morgens and 528 r."
Recites " transport of patent or gr-br. to Jacob Kipp May 19, 1666 by Maria Teller ye now wife of William Teller, left widow and executrix of Paulus Schrick, deed."
August 23, 1672, Jacob Kip conveyed the land to Roelof Jansen van Meppelen, a butcher. — Book of Records of Deeds and Transfers (1665-1672), 45, in city clerk's office, New York.
May 10, 1698, William Merritt, Esq., mayor of the city, sold the same property to William Janeway. — Liber Deeds, IX: 474 (Albany).
The title vested in Richard Bancker, June 27, 1765. Its devolution identical with the Wolphert Webber tract {q. v.).
In November, 1765, George Janeway "entered into a Proses at Law for the Recovery of the Lands," as only heir of his grandfather. — Original MSS. on file in city clerk's record room.
There must have been some merit in this claim. To regain the title to the tract, George Janeway conveyed it to the Corporation of the City of New York, Aug. 12, 1768. The same day the Mayor, Aldermen, etc., conveyed it back to Janeway. These deeds, which followed the description in Liber Patents, II: loi, are recorded in the comptroller's office. — Liber City Grants, C: 521, 525, and in the register's office, in Ancient Conveyances, Liber I: 25, 34.
An excellent map of this farm is to be found (with other property) on "A Map of The Sixth Ward," by Stephen Ludlam, C.S., Feb. 10, 1814.
This small farm or homestead was in possession of Caspar Varleth (Verlett) as early as July 17, 1651, when an inventory was taken of articles in his house. — Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 54.
No early patent h,as been found of record.
Casp.ir V^arleth was an early resident of the Dutch settlement at Fort Good Hope (Hartford, Conn.). According to Savage he was there as early as 1633, and died there in September, 1662. Savage, Geneal. Die, IV: 365.
He seems to have lived in New Amsterdam between 1651 and 1655. In the latter year his young daughters, Judith and Sarah, had a violent quarrel with their neighbour, Wolphert Webbers, which is very amusingly set forth in detail in the records. — Rec. N. Am., I: 326.
Judith seems to have been a spirited young girl. A few years later, at Hartford, she was called a witch. She married Nicholas Bayard, the emigrant. In his will he spoke of her as his "true and loving wife, Judy."
Varleth sold the farm to his son-in-law, Paulus Schrick, before Oct. 17, ibGi.—Cal. Hist. MSS., Dutch, 230.
Oct. 21, 1 661, Schrick sold to Jacob Kip. This deed was not recorded, but it is recited in a suit brought by Maria Teller, widow of Paulus Schrick, Oct. 24, 1665, to recover goods and money which Kip still owed. Kip demanded that she should prove her husband's title to the property. Mrs. Teller said he should have brought up this question before he "had been in possession for many years." — Rec. N. Am., V: 308.
To quiet- his title, Schrick procured a ground-brief from Stuyvesant, Jan. 31, 1662. Not of record; recited in a deed from Maria Tellers, wife of William Tellers, "left widow and executrix" of Paulus Schrick, deed., to Jacob Kip, May 19, 1666. — Book of Records of Deeds and Transfers (1665-1672), 45, in city clerk's office. New York.
The ground-brief was confirmed as follows:
Richard Nicolls, Gouvernour, etc., to Jacob Kipp. Confirmation dated Sept. 16, 1667. — Liber Patents, II: loi (Albany).
Recites "gr-br. to Paulus Schrick for lot on S. W. side of the Fresh Water," dated Jan. 31, 1662.
"It lay on the E. S. E. side of the Chaikie Hook, containing in breadth on the S. E. side 3 r.; in length, on the S.W. side, it is more 18 r.; and on the W. S. W. side 22 r.; then a lyne running near the said hook E. and by N., it makes 17 r., and so N. N. E. somewhat more E'ly, 20 r.; then again forward E. S. E. to the said Hook it is 18 r. and amounteth in all to about 4 acres, or 2 morgens and 528 r."
Recites " transport of patent or gr-br. to Jacob Kipp May 19, 1666 by Maria Teller ye now wife of William Teller, left widow and executrix of Paulus Schrick, deed."
August 23, 1672, Jacob Kip conveyed the land to Roelof Jansen van Meppelen, a butcher. — Book of Records of Deeds and Transfers (1665-1672), 45, in city clerk's office, New York.
May 10, 1698, William Merritt, Esq., mayor of the city, sold the same property to William Janeway. — Liber Deeds, IX: 474 (Albany).
The title vested in Richard Bancker, June 27, 1765. Its devolution identical with the Wolphert Webber tract {q. v.).
In November, 1765, George Janeway "entered into a Proses at Law for the Recovery of the Lands," as only heir of his grandfather. — Original MSS. on file in city clerk's record room.
There must have been some merit in this claim. To regain the title to the tract, George Janeway conveyed it to the Corporation of the City of New York, Aug. 12, 1768. The same day the Mayor, Aldermen, etc., conveyed it back to Janeway. These deeds, which followed the description in Liber Patents, II: loi, are recorded in the comptroller's office. — Liber City Grants, C: 521, 525, and in the register's office, in Ancient Conveyances, Liber I: 25, 34.
An excellent map of this farm is to be found (with other property) on "A Map of The Sixth Ward," by Stephen Ludlam, C.S., Feb. 10, 1814.
