Kling family: Bell indentures collection, 1850-1900.

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Kling family: Bell indentures collection, 1850-1900.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/155426352

The collection of twenty documents including indentures, deeds, mortgages and notes show the value of the land and various inheritance transactions during the second half of the nineteenth century (1854-1899). Items in this collection document the inheritance pattern and parcel value of the farms given to each of the Bell children at the death of John Bell.

1 large flat box of 20 documents.

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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SNAC Resource ID: 6867311

New York State Historical Documents Inventory

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Van Rensselaer, Stephen, 1764-1839

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6571fqz (person)

Eighth Patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck. From the description of Lease to Peter Hunt, 1793 October 23. [photostat]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122314819 8th Patroon of the Manor of Rensselaerwyck. From the description of Deed, 1801 August 22. [photostat]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122601336 ...

Bell family, 1807-1925.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z69j5v (family)

This collection of documents pertains to a tract of land known as the Van Bael Patent, five and a quarter square miles located within the Van Rensselaer Patroonship, around the confluence of the Normans Kill and the Krumkill. During the 18th century, there was a controversy over the ownership of this land, which was settled in favor of the Van Rensselaers in 1775. Stephen Van Rensselaer was allotted the westernmost corner in 1791 and assigned it to the Bruce family in 1792. The land passed to th...