Name/Title
Patent's of Madam Denn & EverettEntry/Object ID
002613Tags
Madam DennScope and Content
The Beginning Corner of Madam Denns Patent Which Was Surveyed By Peter Berryan previous to the Running of a Line, Commonly Called the New North West Line.
The Beginning Corner of Jerrard and Bull Patent and the Beginning of Stringham & Everet Patent all Begin at one and the Same Stake, on the Line that Formerly Divided the Counties of Ulster and Orange Commonly Called the West Line. Which Stake, on the Said Division Line of the Counties, from whence these Several Patents commences, stands on the Mountain... say... twelve or fifteen Chains, North of the House, Where Charles Heard, now Lives in the Village of Hamptonborough, Which Name, Was given to the Original improvements of Wm. Bull Among the Aborigions, Previous to the granting of Either of the above mentioned Patents.
Bull & Jerrard’s Patent
Commencing at Said Stake, on the Said Line of Division Between the Counties and—
Runs East --- 167 Chains
Then South 39° W 275 Chains to the Above Said N.W. Line
Then N.W. --- 130 Chains along the Same, to Christopher Denns Old Line Surveyed by Peter Berrian ---
Then North 39° E 153 Chains along the said old line to the place Where it Began, Containing 2,600 acres With Allowance for highways
Widow Denns Patent
Begins at the Same Stake on the Line of the Counties, and Runs West, Until it meets the Said N.W. Line, Then Southeast along the Same to Bull and Jerrards Patent and thence along the Same to Where it Began.
Stringham & Everet’s Patent
Beginning at the Same Stake and Line, runs East, the Same Distance With Bull & Jerrard to the Lands granted to Edward Blagg & Johannes Hey —
Then N. 39° E 167 Chains along Blagg & Hey, to the Lands of Patrick McKnight.
Then N.W. --- 144 Chains along the Last mentioned Lands
Then S. 66° W. 63 Do. [Ditto] to other Lands granted to Said Jerrard & Bull
Then N.W. --- 101 Do. along the Same — to Lands granted to Thomas Naxon
Then [N.W.] --- 32 Do. then along his Line —
Then S.W. --- 100 Do.
Then N.W. --- 32 Do.
Then S. 52° W. 123 Chains to Where it Began --- Containing 3,850 Acres With allowance for highways
Then East --- 207 [Chains]
