Contract for the exchange of land between Jacob Caspersen and Jan Albertsen Brat

On this 14th day of September 1677 appeared before me, Adriaen van Ilpendam, notary public residing in New Albany, and before the undersigned witnesses, Jacob Caspertsz¹ of the one part and Jan Albertsz Brat of the other part, who hereby acknowledge that in all love and friendship they have agreed and contracted in manner following, to wit: Jacob Caspersz acknowledges that he has bought of Jan Albertsz Brat his title to land on the Noormans kill, as he bought the same of Jan Heyndricsz van Baelen² on the 21st of December 1674, in payment for which the said buyer surrenders his title to the island of Jan Bruyn,³ just as he bought the same of Wouter Aertsz Rademaecker,⁴ and Jacob Caspersz promises to make the last three payments to Jan van Balen or his-attorney according to the contract of sale of the aforesaid land of Jan van Balen; and they mutually make immediate delivery, delivering the said lands to each other now on the conditions aforesaid, free and unincumbered, saving the lord's right. Hereto the said contracting parties bind their persons and estates, personal and real, nothing excepted, subjecting the same to all lords, courts, tribunals and judges. In confirmation of which they have subscribed this with their own hands in Albany, on the date above written.

JACOB KASPERSEN
JAN ALBERTSEN BRAT

As witnesses:
Jacob Theysen vander Heyden
This is the mark H W of Heyndrick
Willemsz van Bamevelt, made with
his own hand

Quod attestor
ADRIAEN VAN ILPENDAM, Not. Pub.

¹ Jacob Caspersen Halenbeck?
² Jan Hendricksen van Bael. He was commissioned ensign in Capt. Philip Pietersen Schuyler's company of foot on November 1, 1667, and on August 21, 1672, received a patent for a square piece of land on both sides of the Normans kilt which for many years was the subject of litigation with the Van Rensselaers.
³ It is not clear which island is here intended. Jan Hendricksen Bruyn, besides various lots in Albany, owned land at Kinderhook and at Catskill.
⁴ Wouter Aertsen van Nieukerck, wheelwright; see Early Records of Albany, 1:284 and 184, where the variant form Raemmaker is misinterpreted "Sashmaker."

Early Records of the City and County of Albany Colony of Rensselaerswyck. Volume 3 (Notarial Papers 1 and 2, 1660-1696) translated from the original Dutch by Jonathan Pearson. pages 442-443.