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CATALOG NUMBER V 1720
OBJECT NAME Indenture/”Release”
DATE October 27, 1842
AUTHOR Cornelia Beekman
RECIPIENT Pierre Van Cortlandt
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Ann Van Rensselar, Robert Underhill, Pierre Van Cortlandt (“the
Elder”), Catharine Van Wyck, Malcolm Snowden, George
Beekman, Philip Van Cortlandt (deceased), Philip G. Van Wyck,
PLACES Croton River, Croton River dam, “Underhill Mill”, New Castle, the
“Quaker Bridge”, Hudson River
KEYWORDS mill sites, mill building, sale for $1 of Cornelia’s holdings of north
half of Croton River to brother Pierre VC, “quit claim”
This Indenture made the twenty / seventh day of October in the year one Thou = / = sand eight hundred and forty two between / Cornelia Beekman of the town of Mount / Pleasant in the county of Westchester of the / first part, and Pierre Van Cortlandt of the / town of Cortlandt in the county aforesaid / of the second part.
Whereas the said party of the first part / owns and is seized as tenant in common with the / said Pierre Can Cortlandt, Ann Van Rensselar / and others of certain lands and mill sites on the / Southerly side of the Croton River, and Extending / into the said river to the middle thereof, on a / part of which said lands Robert Underhill for = / = merly built his mill called and known as the / Underhill Mill, with a portion of water for Each / Mill out of the Croton dam, which said lands / and mill sites were in part devised by Pierre / Van Cortlandt the Elder and in part conveyed / by him to the said party of the first / part and her / brother the said Pierre Van Cortlandt, and her / two sisters, Ann Van Rensselar and Catharine / Van Wyck; And whereas the party of the first / part also claims as heir at law of her deceased / brother Philip Van Cortlandt an interest as / tenant in common of and in a certain other / mill seat and lot of land untitled, with those / before mentioned, to a portion of water out of the / Croton River dam, and also situate on the / southerly side of the Croton River, and adjoining / the properties before described, the whole lot which / said pieces or parcels, of land together Extend along / and into the said river to the middle thereof as /
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Above mentioned, from the north line of the town / of New Castle to the places called the “Quaker / Bridge” as by the will and deed of the said / Pierre Van Cortlandt the elder devising and con = / =veying said lands as aforesaid, reference thereto / being had, will more fully appear: And whereas / the lands on the opposite side or northerly side / of said river and extending into and to the middle / thereof, and adjoining to the aforesaid lands so held / and claimed by the said party of the first part / as aforesaid belong to the said party of the sec / =ond part and extending from the Hudson River / to the aforesaid place called the “Quaker Bridge” / and above the same to the land of Philip G. / Van Wyck _ Now this indenture
Witnesseth that the said party of the / first part for and in consideration of one, / dollar to her in hand paid by the said party / of the second part the receipt whereof is hereby / acknowledged, hath, and by these presents doth / grant, remise, release, and forever quit claim / unto the said Pierre Van Cortlandt, his heirs / and afsigns forever, all the rights, title, estate, claim, / and demand whatsoever of the said party of / the first part, of, in, and to the northerly half part / of the stream or water of the said Corton Rover / or any part of the said waters of the said river / running or flowing over and upon that part of / the bed of the said river embraced within the / boundary line of the aforesaid land of the said / party of the second part, which is the middle of the / said river as aforesaid, and all rights title / of the said part of the first part as tenant in com / mon of the aforesaid lands and mill sites on the /
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Southerly side of the said river, or otherwise how- / =ever, whether such right or title may arise or / accrue to her by prescription or otherwise: to have / take, or in any way to divest the waters or any part / thereof of the north half of the said river, or run / =ning or flowing over and upon, and within the / boundaries of the said land of the party of the / second part, by any dam or otherwise, to and / for the use of the mills or mill sites of the said / party of the first part and others on the south side / of the said river, or for any other purpose whatever; / and all the right and title of the said party of / the first part as tenant in common aforesaid to any / and every use of the water of the that part of the / said river and all rights of the said party of the / first part to alter or divert the natural flow or / current of the waters of the said river any further / than equally and fairly to secure the the said / mill seats and property of the said party of the / first part and others as aforesaid on the South / side of the said river the use and benefit of the / one half of the water of the said river, or one / equal participation in the whole of the said / stream with the said party of the second part. /
And the party of the first part doth / sell and convey to the said party of the second / part his heirs and afsigns forever all her rights / title and interest in and to the water and the / all of the water of the said northerly half of the / said river at all times running over and upon / the lands of the said party of the second part / above in part describes.
This Grant or release in no wise to be / so construed as to impair the right of the said /
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Party of the first part, and those holding with her / as tenants in common as aforesaid to the use of / the full, fair, and equal half part of the waters / of the said river for their said mill sites and / lands.
In witness whereof, the said party of / the first part hath hereunto set her hand and / seal the day and year first above written
Sealed and delivered } G. Beekman
In the presence of }
Malcolm Snowden }
[LABEL]
Cornelia Beekman
To
Pierre Van Cortlandt
Release
Of the north half of / the waters of Croton +cTranscriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English
