. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. lked in the orchard to contemplate the inno-cent objects of nature. They found a mulberry-tree, with leaves as largeas a plate. Towards evening they called upon one of Mr. Swarfs neigh-bors. His name was Jean Vigne. He was the first male child born inNew York of European parents. The date of his birth, according to thesetravelers, must have been 1614, the very earliest period of white settle-ment.^ His mother owned a farm near Wall and Pearl Streets. He was, three negro slaves, and gave to Thomas Carlton five hundred acres of
. History of the city of New York : its origin, rise, and progress. lked in the orchard to contemplate the inno-cent objects of nature. They found a mulberry-tree, with leaves as largeas a plate. Towards evening they called upon one of Mr. Swarfs neigh-bors. His name was Jean Vigne. He was the first male child born inNew York of European parents. The date of his birth, according to thesetravelers, must have been 1614, the very earliest period of white settle-ment.^ His mother owned a farm near Wall and Pearl Streets. He was, three negro slaves, and gave to Thomas Carlton five hundred acres of land near Shrewsbury,New Jersey, to be called Carlton Settlement. He also constituted his nephew, CalebHeatlicote, residuary legatee. Will, dated Nov., 1710, Surrogates Office, N. Y. This statement does not in any manner conflict with the record which confirms Sarahde Rapalje as the first born Christian daughter in New Netherland. Lrnig Islatid Coll., I. 113. Bensons Meinoir in N. Y. H. S. Coll., 11. (Second Series) 94. THE TRAVELERS ON LONG ISLAND. 287. a?, ^ \r i, View of the Water Gate (present Wall Street).(From a pencil-sketch by Dankers and Sluyter 1
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