The record-union., 1897-12-29

petent sum of money" lot next west,
which was fifty feet wide. He evident
ly bought on speculation. for he very
shortly after sold it to David Provost
and Adrian Hoaslandt for 600. All
the land between this lot now Nos.
o2-34 Wall street, and William street
was sold to Colonel Abraham De Pey-
ster, name we'll known in our city
annals.
ENGLISH AND DUTCH.
After the English conquest in 1864
the Dutch seem to have arrayed them
selves in two classes. One clung tena-.
ciously to the ancient ideas and ways,
the other became the party Of advance
ment. The truth is that when the
Dutch came in contact with the Eng
lish they came in contact with a SUI
perlor race, and they knew it, and
among the first to recognize the fact
and adapt themselves to the new order
of things was the De Peyster family.
The land on the east side Of William
street extending from Wall to Pine was
known as de Peyster's great garden"
and remained in possession of his FAM
lily for many years. A lot next to Will
lam street was sold by his executors
to Nathaniel Marston in 1747. He gave
it to his daughter Margaret. who mar
ried Philip Phillipse. The north part
of this lot, where the Union building
now stands (Nos. 52-4 William street,,
still remains in the possession of her
descendants Of the fifth generation.
This is probably the only instance of
land in the lower part of the city re-
IN 20 9,
time.
The lot of Captain Kidd's passed
through many hands. In 1774 it was
owned by William Kelly, '1ate of Per-
cey street of the liberty of Westmins-
ter, London" His heirs sold it to WILL
lam Denning in 1885. William Den
ming was one OF the foremost men in
revolutionary times. He came from
Newfoundland and performed many
useful duties in behalf of the new Gov
ernment, taking his pay in confiscated
lands. He thus became possessor of
tract of land four miles square in the
southwest corner of Putnam County,
forfeited by Colonel Beverley Robinson.
In the extreme northwest corner of St.
Pauls churchyard may be seen a small
square monument. 1t marks the last
resting place of William Denning, who
died at his home, No. 81 Broadway
October 80 1919, aged So
In 1916 the lot was purchased by Will
lam H. Robinson for $4,000. On fore
closure of mortgage it was sold to the
Traders Insurance Company in 1923.
This company built the building now
standing in 1880. 1t was then No. A,
but the street being remembered it is
now No. Sc
IS NOW PINE STREET.
On April 1S, 1859, William Cox pur-
chased from Lucas Van Tienhoven, for
the sum of f40 "a lot in the new street
called Tienhoven street" 1t was bounded
north by the street, east by land of John
Smith (who married Jannetie Van Tien-
hoven, sister of Lucas, south by land of
Governor Thomas Dongan. This shows
when the present Pine street was OPEN
ed, and also it's original name which
was soon changed to King street, and
remained so till after the revolution,
when everything that sounded of royalty
was swept away. The lot was seventy
five feet wide, and includes what is now
Nos. %, y and % Pine street. 1t is
upon this lot that certain writer's tell us
Captain Kidd intended to build house
If he returned successful from his en-
terprises; an idea that is disproved by
the fact that Captain Kidd and his wife
sold it to Thos. Clarke July ;, 1893, for
$50. Captain Thomas Clarke made
grand speculation, though neither the
price nor the profit would meet the views
of real estate agents at the present
time; for on February IS. 1895, he sold
the west third of the lot to Mangle jan
sen Roll for f23. and the remaining two
thirds to John Watson, the butcher, for
f45
The family Of Mangle Jansen Roll
sold their lot to John Willett in 1861. He
in turn sold to Samuel Yer Planck, and it
remained in possession of his descend
ents till comparatively recent times.
The lot No. - is mentioned in old
deeds as being nearly opposite the
French church" So far as these lots are
concerned, Captain Kidd can be said to
have no neighbors, as there was not a
house on Pine street while he owned
them. All the lots west of No. Il are de-
scribed in the earliest deeds as "boun-
ded on the south by vacant and unculti-
waiting ground" 1t hardly answers to
that description now, as the United
States Sub-Treasury stands there.
VALUABLE PARCEL.
The most valuable piece of real es-
tate that William Cox left behind him
was what is now No. 81 and 80 Pearl
street. Here Captain Kidd had plenty
Of neighbors. On the east was the house
of Angeltie Burgers, the widow of Bur-
ger Joris, who in early days owned land
on Hanover Square, and opened through
it a narrow lane that led down to the
river and was called Burger JoriS
path" or more frequently Burgers
Path" 1t ran in front of the present
Grace building and was the south end of
William street On the west of Cap
tain Kidd's lot was the house of Andres
Teller. Directly in front was the shore
of the river. Captain Kidd and his wife
did not sell this house and lot. His en-
terprises ended with his execution in
London on May II. 11O1.
His widow married Christopher
Rousby November 4, 1903. They mort
gagged this house and lot to Augustus
Grassett. gentleman" March -, 1907.
1t is described as "a house and lot of
ground in a certain street running by the
water side, which leads from Burgers
path to We Great Bridge. bounded east
by the house of Andries Teller" II next
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