February 14, 1702. George Hansen, Jacob Hansen and Cornelius Van Duyn,
Trustees on the part of the town of Brooklyn, and Cornelius Van Brunt,
Peter Cortelyou, and Aert Van Pelt, Trustees on the part of the town of
New-Utrecht, entered into an agreement, which, after setting forth the
said Trustee’s powers to enter into the same, proceeds to say, “that the
courses and lines hereafter specified shall be the exact bounds between
the said two towns of Brookland and New Utrecht and soe to continue to
perpetuity without any alteration; viz. The bounds to begin in the
sloott or pond lying and being by and between the house of Agyes
Vandyke, of the said towne of Brookland and the house of Thomas Sharax,
of the said towne of New-Utrecht, where the water runns into the salt
water River, by a certaine fence from thence stretching away south-east
one degree southerly, two hundred eighty and eight English rod, to a
winter white oake tree markt on the south and north-west side; and from
thence running east eight and twenty degrees northerly to a white oake
tree, being on the east side of the path leading to New-Utrecht
aforesaid, to the Gowanos soe called in the towneship of Brookland
abovesaid, said tree being markt on two sides, and being formerly the
old markt tree betweene the said townes, &c.”
At the time of the execution of the above-mentioned agreement, the
Trustees of the town of Brooklyn, gave a bond to the Trustees of the
town of New-Utrecht, in the sum of one thousand pounds “currant money of
New-Yorke.”--The condition of which Bond or obligation was, “That if the
above bounden George Hansen, Jacob Hansen and Cornelius Van Duyne,
severally and their severall heires and assigns, doe and shall from time
to time and at all times hereafter, well and truly observe, performe and
keepe, all and every the covenants, articles of agreements, which on
their and every of their parts, are or ought to be observed, performed
and kept, contained and specified in and by certain articles of
agreements of the date hereof and made betweene the above bounden George
Hansen, Jacob Hansen and Cornelius Van Duyn of the one part, and the
above-named Cornelius Van Brunt, Peter Cortilleou and Aert Van Pelt of
the other part, of, in and concerning the limmitts and bounds of their
townes pattents, and that in and by all things according to the true
meaning of the said articles of agreement in such wise that no breache
be made of the premises in said articles of agreement by the towne of
Brookland aforesaid, at any time or times hereafter, then this
obligation to be void and of none effect, otherwise to stand and remain
in full force, virtue and power in law.”
In the year 1797, a survey was made of all the bounds of this town, and
a map thereof transmitted to the Surveyor General of this state.