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A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times
7: Adult Freeholders — Jan Lens (Lensh)

Prof. Jonathan Pearson

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[This information is from p. 127 of A History of the Schenectady Patent in the Dutch and English Times; being contributions toward a history of the lower Mohawk Valley by Jonathan Pearson, A. M. and others, edited by J. W. MacMurray, A. M., U. S. A. (Albany, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, Printers, 1883). It is in the Schenectady Collection of the Schenectady County Public Library at Schdy R 974.744 P36, and copies are also available for borrowing.]

[The original version uses assorted typographical symbols to represent footnotes. To improve legibility, the online version uses the form (page number - note number.)]

He was in Schenectady as early as 1684, and a resident here as late as 1706.

In 1684, the patentees of Schenectady conveyed to him a parcel of land in the Woestyne behind the flat of Daniel Janse Van Antwerpen; after holding this farm 20 years, he reconveyed it to the patentees of the town, Feb. 1, 1702/3, and soon after probably left the township. The patentees sold this land Dec. 31, 1705, to Jan Danielse Van Antwerpen.(127-7)

Notes

(127-7) Deeds, IV, 293; Groote Schuldt-boek.

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