Village of Brooklyn Deeds, 1770-1856. 1 box (0.25 linear feet).
ArMs 1974.038
This collection consists of deeds, quit claims, bonds, mortgages, leases and other legal documents for property held by the Middagh, Sands, and March families. Most of the documents relate to property originally belonging to the estate of Aert Middagh (d. 1777) on several acres of land in what would become part of the Village of Brooklyn in 1816. Much of this property passed into the Sands and March families by descent and marriage. Some records refer to properties in Jefferson County, NY.
The bulk of the collection pertains to transactions involving Samuel B. M. Sands (1799-1835) and/or his nephew, Joshua S. March (1809-1842), both of whom married Magdalen Middagh (1808-1844), the daughter of Aert Middagh (ca. 1776-ca. 1815) and Martha Middagh (née Van Nostrand). The collection most likely passed through the hands of John Middagh Sands (1827-1873), the son of Magdalen and Samuel B. M. Sands.
Records also derive from Nicholas Luquer and his wife Sarah Lea Luquer (née Lynch), from George Hicks, and others. Includes 1838 report of commissioners appointed by the Kings County Board of Supervisors, inquiring into a loan of $79,000 received from U.S. revenue.
Beyond its value as a record of property transactions, this collection may be of interest for the personal information on a number individuals, contained in certain documents.
Access Points:
- Deeds New York (State) New York
- Brooklyn Heights (New York, NY) History
- Deeds Brooklyn (New York, NY)
- Brooklyn (New York, NY) Neighborhoods Brooklyn Heights
- Bartow family
- Coles family
- Colwell family (spelled also, Caldwell)
- Cowenhoven family (spelled also, Covenhaven, Van Couvenhoven, Van Couwenhoven,Kowenhoven, Kouwenhoven, Van Kouvenhoven, Van Kouwenhoven)
- Dean family
- Henshaw Family
- Hicks family
- Luquer family (spelled also, Lequier, Luquere, Luqueer)
- Luquer, Nicholas (1810-1864)
- Luquer, Sarah Lea (1809-1887) (née Sarah Lea Lynch)
- March family
- March, Joshua Sands March (b. 1809)
- Middagh family (spelled also, Middaugh)
- Middagh, Magdalen (1808-1844) (aka, Magdalen Sands, Magdalen March)
- Mitchell family (spelled also, Mitchel)
- Sackett family
- Sands family
- Sands, Samuel B. M. (Samuel Bayard Malcolm Sands) (1799-1835)
- Van Nostrand family (spelled also, Van Noorstrant)
- Van Nostrand, Martha (aka, Martha Middagh) [m. Aert Middagh (ca. 1776-ca. 1815)]
- Woolsey family