. History of the city of New York . occurred not far from thesame date, — sixty - two acres tolioeh)f Jans, beginning south ofWarren Street, and extending alongIhoadway as far as Duane Street,thence northwesterly a mile and ahalf to Christopher Street, thusforming a sort of uneij^ual tri-angle with its base upon the NorthEiver. This was the original con-veyance of the very valuable estatesince known as the Trinity Churchproperty.^Rensselaerswick was at ,, • ,. 1637. this time improving morerapidly than any other part of theprovince. The farmers wrote homegloM-ing descriptions of the soil andpr
. History of the city of New York . occurred not far from thesame date, — sixty - two acres tolioeh)f Jans, beginning south ofWarren Street, and extending alongIhoadway as far as Duane Street,thence northwesterly a mile and ahalf to Christopher Street, thusforming a sort of uneij^ual tri-angle with its base upon the NorthEiver. This was the original con-veyance of the very valuable estatesince known as the Trinity Churchproperty.^Rensselaerswick was at ,, • ,. 1637. this time improving morerapidly than any other part of theprovince. The farmers wrote homegloM-ing descriptions of the soil andproductions, which, published inHolland, brought out colonists in Map of what was Anetje Janss Farm. J.^j.^.^, numbeiS, aud SOIUC of them were men of substantial means. Early in the spring of 1637 Van Rens-selaer purchased of the Indians a large addition to his already exten-sive property, and tradition says that he paid a brief visit to his manorabout that time. Van Twiller also inspected aud l)ought for himself Xutten Island, P. Roelof Jiins died soon after the grant, leaving a wife and four cliildren. His widowj\jietje married Dominie Hogardus in the yejir 1638, and her farm was known as the Dom-inies bonwery. After Bogarduss death in 1647, this grant was eonfii-med by the Englishgovernment to the heirs, who sold it in 1671 to Colonel Lovelace, at which sale one of the heirsfailed to be present. It was afterward incorporated into the kings farm, and in 1703 waspresented by Queen Anne to Trinity thurch. Anetje Bogardus died in 1668 in Memoir, 119. Rcnsselaersicick MSS. Paiges Chancery Reports. 80 HISTORY OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. since which it has been called Governors Island.^ The water was soshallow between it and Long Island at that time as to be easily■ forded at low tide. The next month he bought Great Barn andBlackwells Island. By these acquisitions he became one of the richest land-owners in the province. He stocked his nicefarms with valuable cat
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