Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-10-10

How dill Trinity acquire is extraordinary
health. The story. which involves even more
litigation than Dickens celebrated case Of
larndycs and JaruIyre, begius ten years
lfter Peter Mimui;. governor or director gen
raj Of the colony known A. New Nethcrland,
I'M behalf Of the Ws~t India company, bought
he site u Sew York. -ll,VO mOrgrns, p or
EOUO acrgs. from ID. Indians for beads
Ind trinkets which cot sixty guilder, or
bout 81
In the wear IGJ a sturdy Dutchman named
sOalOF Jansen. landed az New Amsterdam,
low the CITY u New York. He hal been
bmebCdy in his native town. Naasland, AMI
e meant D. L. sJmeLody in the new country
b which he hal come. AMI be- was. More
nan that, he - somebody still, in history.
4e lived six years at RcnSlaerswyck, on the
HUDSON, and then in lE3i came with his
hmily 20 New Amsterdam, and Obtalned
rom Director Van Twiltrr aground brief or
atsnt for the farm or -BygweTy7 Of sixty
syO acres. which has been for nearly -
ears a bone u bitter contention. This was
he original conveyance Of the valuable estate
lnce known a. Trinity church property. II
.yns south 81 Warren street, thence north
keSterly a mile and a half % Christopher
kTeet, thus forming u sort 81 unequal triangle
kith its ba-s upon The North river.
RoeIOiF Jansen did not long remain in the
nioyment 81 his new possessions. \ year
atrr he embarked for another world, that
tOrli wh0-. boundaries no mortal man has
efined Behind him he left five sturdy chill
rem and a handsDme widow. Women, par
l~cularly rich and good looking ONES, were
-. -. 81. Lei. ..l.rsu- rpHfL. man Nys4ra
lsnty. Sha, who has since been known % 30
ride "a circle a. Mrs AnReke JAMS, ceased
pr weeping early, and within a Year took a
ashland, in the person 81 a dominic,
syerurdus Bngarlus, the second established
iergyman i'm the settlement He was a man
Education AMI intellect, as well as great
brce and independence Of spirit. He held
Is trust directly from the directors Of the
bmpany in Holland, and wasn't afraid to
iffer from the local government and say 50
4 plain and vigorous language.
: Human nature in that primitive day SEEMS
, nave been quite IA far from perfection a.
is now. History has recorded acts Of
alce, envy, cowardice and m~aleyolence on
~ part Of the cOlOuistS, quite equal tn any
ling perpetrated in his unregenerate day.
he first families, too, were the Culpable
les There was bad blood between Dominic
Ogardus and Director Van Twillcr. They
llled each other o]pprObIOus names, charged
1ch other with rcprehenSible conduct, and
hally brought up i'm the courts with an
fair which was only settled by the inter
renee Of mutual friends. They undoubtedly
~ warm times.
Director KieIt Jared no better. The dominic
n - IL - - LH.F 60 81. Ibis
A one Of his sprmOns he said: What are the
heat men Of the country, but vessels Of
tath and fountains uf We and troubled
hey think Of nothing but to plumber the
4operty Of others, 10 dismiss, to Danish, 10
hnspOrt 10 Holland" Everybody in the
aggregation knew that that shaft was
med at the director, and after services there
as much whispering, shoulder Struggling,
leculatiOn rs % consequences, and secrct ell
tyment Of The battle between the two mast
hinent men in the colony.
The courageous dominic, however, met
ith a cruel fate. He went % visit the vader-
nd, and persisted by shipwreck ON the rocks
Z the coast Of Wales. Ills widow dies in the
ar 1865, leaving four children by her first
arriage and four by her second. The de.
fnlonIS VI lltE CIilluEtn dIF tie lNOpAc WIZ
We vsinly fought Trinity church for their
inns through two centuries
The farm, which now represents millions,
a which has been the subject Of 30 much
Intention, was called the DOmMie's BOuwery.
e original grant Of 1895 was confirmed in
"a by Director StuyvcSant, by a patent to
IS Anneke JAMS, as widow Of EyerarduS
N !garduS. In 1861, three years after the &C
patton by the English, Governor Nichols
tde a c~Ontirmatory patent 10 the heirs Of
rs BOgardus, reciting the original grant
pm Van Twiller. The heirs sOld il In l6Il
81 Col LOyelace, but their deed did not con
the share Of Cornels BogarduS, and who
that time was deceased Two years after
5 deed wa given the Dutch recovered pos
sion Of New Amsterdam from the English
D held it n year. On its restoration to the
glish in 1914, under the treaty Of West
nstsr, Governor Andres, representing the
Ike OF York, who represented the crown,
Tx possession Of the farm, seized and con-
lated in behalf of the crown, Governor
velace's estates, including this BCuwery.
E Iced from the heirs TO Governor Love
Z was discovered by the Triaity church
n stees in 1TS5, and its contents compInni-
ed to some OF the heirs, rs il il was Il con-
Be answer to their claims.
K h does not appear that LOyelace's title was
u directly conveyed either 20 the duke, the
wn, or to Trinity church; but the transfer