. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . ingswere built in this neighborhood. In April, 1623, an expedition underCaptain Cornelius J- May, of Amster-dam, with about thirty families, mostly religious refugees, arrived at New Am-sterdam and began a settlement on thelower end of Manhattan Island. Thiscolony was not a success, and much dis-satisfaction was shown. In June, 1629, the States (jeneralgranted a bill of Freedoms and Exemp-tions to all such ]jrivate persons aswould plant any colonies in any part ofNew Netherland, exc
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . ingswere built in this neighborhood. In April, 1623, an expedition underCaptain Cornelius J- May, of Amster-dam, with about thirty families, mostly religious refugees, arrived at New Am-sterdam and began a settlement on thelower end of Manhattan Island. Thiscolony was not a success, and much dis-satisfaction was shown. In June, 1629, the States (jeneralgranted a bill of Freedoms and Exemp-tions to all such ]jrivate persons aswould plant any colonies in any part ofNew Netherland, except Manhattan Isl-and. Special privileges were also grantedto members of the VVest India of its members would plant acolony of fifty persons should be a feu-dal lord or Patroon of a tract sixteenmiles in length fronting on a navigableriver, and reaching eight miles back. As yet, only exploring parties bent ontrade with the savages had traversedwhat is now Hoboken, Jersey City andBayonne. No one had ventured to takeup any lands. However, under the stim-ulus of the bill of Freedoms and Exenip-. A Pretiy Avenue inBayonne tions, one Michael Pauw. then Ijurgo-niaster of New Amsterdam, was impelledfor s|)eculative ]iurposcs, no doubt, to ob-tain from the Director-General of NewNetherland in 1630, grants of two largetracts, one called Hoboken Haching(land of the tobacco pipe), and the Both of the tracts wereparts of what is now Jerse\- City. Thegrantee gave one place the name of Pa-vonia. Pauw failed to comply with theconditions set forth in his deeds, and wasobliged, after three years of controversywith the West India Comjiany, to conveyhis plantation back to that company. Alichael Paulcsen, an official of thecompany, was ])laceil in charge of theplantations in and around Pavonia as su-perintendent. It is said he built and oc- T H E S ( H r I{ H A N I T K »S ciipiid a hut at Iaiilus lluok t-arly as1633, therefore being tlie earhest kni>\vnwhite res
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