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- Ryer Michaelson the younger, Frederick Michaelson and Tunis Michaelson, sons of Ryer Michaelson ye Elder, late of ye Manor of Fordham, yeoman, dec’d., to Benjamin Corsen of ye same place; land on Bronxes river, commonly called the Great Plain, within ye bounds of Fordham, Apr. 26, 1736.
source: Totten, John Reynolds, ed. The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record, Volume 53. New York, NY: New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1922.
- PETITION OF THE DUTCH CHURCH OF NEW-YORK TO SELL THEIR LAND AT FORDHAM.
To the Honourable JAMES DE LANCY Esqr his Majesty's Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief in and over the Province of New York and the Territories depending thereon in America In Council
The Humble Petition of the Ministers Elders and Deacons of the Reformed protestant Dutch Church in the City of New York
SHEWETH
That your Petitioners intending to apply to the General Assembly of this Province for leave to bring a Bill into that Honourable House to enable them to sell and dispose of those Lands known by the name of the Manor of Fordham in the County of Westchester either altogether or in parcels as they shall Judge best to and for the use and benefit of their said Church Did (pursuant to his Majesty Royal Instructions relating to the passing of private Bills in this province) cause an Advertisement to be affixed on the door of the parish Church in Westchester declaring their said Intentions where the same remained upwards of four Weeks successively.
Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray that they may have leave to make proof to your Honor and this Honorable Board of the said Advertisement being so affixed and Remaining on the door of the said Parish Church and that the same may be entered in the Council Books and a Certificate thereof granted to your petitioners and your petitioners as in duty bound shall pray &c
Signed in behalf of ourselves
& ye rest of ye Petitioners.
21st Nov. 1753
Read in Council & granted.
HENRICUS BOEL p. t. Præses.
AB: VAN WYCK.
New York September 27, 1753.
ADVERTISEMENT.
Publick Notice is hereby given That the Minister, Elders and Deacons, of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church in the City of New York, do intend to apply to the Governor, Council, and General Assembly of this Colony, for leave to bring in a Bill to enable them to sell and dispose of those Lands known by the name of the Manor of Fordham, in the County of Westchester, either all together or in Parcels, as they shall Judge best, to and for the use and Benefit of their said Church.
City of New York
ss.
Joost Vredenburgh of the Manor of Fordham in the County of Westchester Cordawiner Hendrick Magielse of the same place Farmer and Benjamin Corsen of the same place Farmer all of full age being duly sworn on the holy Evangelists of Almighty God severally Depose and say as follows The said Joost Vredenburgh Deposeth that on Saturday the 29th day of September last he put up and fixed a printed Advertisement of which the above written is a true Copy on the Door of the Parish Church of Westchester and on Monday the 8th day of October following saw the same remaining there in the manner he had fixed the same and that two Sundays had intervened from the day he so put the same up and the said 8th day of October, And that the Deponent the third Sunday after the said Advertisement was so put up sent the said Hendrick Magielse to Westchester to see if the said Advertisement remained as the Deponent had fixed the same on the Door of the Church aforesaid. The said Hendrick Magielse Deposeth that he was sent on a Sunday by the said Joost Vredenburgh to see if the said Advertisement remained fixed on the Door of the Parish Church of Westchester as aforesaid and that he found the same remaining there in the afternoon of that day and read the same in the words or to the effect of the Copy thereof above written and that as to the time he so went to Westchester he believes it must have been the same Sunday on which the said Joost Vredenburgh herein declares it to have been because he never except at this Time went on the like occasion to Westchester, And the said Benjamin Corsen Deposeth that he saw the said Joost Vredenburgh fix up the Advertisement aforesaid on the Door of the said Parish Church of Westchester which he believes was on or about the 29th day of September last And that he saw the same remain so fixed thereon Monday after the fourth Sunday next following the day the said Deponent Joost Vredenburgh put up & fixed the same as aforesaid.
Sworn the 20th day of November 1753
Before me JNO CHAMBERS
Sworn the 21st day of November 1753
Before his Honor the Governor in Council
JOOST VREDENBURG
HENDRICK MICHELSEN
BENJEMEN CORSEN.
GW BANYAR D. Clk. Con.
source: O'Callaghan, Edmund Bailey. The Documentary History of the State of New York, Volume 3. Albany, NY: Weed, Parsons and Company, 1850.
- In the name of God, Amen. I, BENJAMIN CORSEN, of the Manor of Fordham, in Westchester County, yeoman, being in sound health. My executors shall pay all debts, and sell such part of my movable estate as my wife shall think best can be spared. I leave to my eldest son Tunis £5; To my wife the use of all the rest during her life, and after her death all to be sold by executors. From the proceeds there is to be paid to my son Tunis £150; To my daughter, Jane Lent, £40; To my grandson Benjamin, son of my son John, deceased, £30; To his brother Frederick £30. I leave the rest to my son Isaac, and make him executor.
Dated October 1, 1770. Witnesses, Tunis Michaelson, Henry Michaelson, Francis Galpine. Proved, October 22, 1770. Confirmed, September 6, 1771.
source: Collections of the New York Historical Society for the Year 1898; Abstracts of Wills on File at the Surrogate's Office, City of New York. Volume 7, June 6, 1766-November 29, 1771. New York, NY: The New York Historical Society, 1899.
- Benjamin Corsa, son of Jacob Corsen, was born before 1700, and the family tradition says he was named in honor of Governor Benjamin Fletcher, whose jurisdiction began with the year 1692. He probably resided about the time of his majority at Fordham, which was then under the jurisdiction of New York. He married, April 17, 1718, in New York, Jannetje Reyers, daughter of Reyer Michaelson Reyers. In the records she is described as a young woman from the Manor of Fordham and he is called a young man from New York. His will, made October 1, 1770, is on record in Westchester county, and he died before December 22, of the same year, when the will was proved. It disposed of lands now occupied by Fordham University and the homestead mansion is still standing on the grounds of the University and used as an infirmary. Southern boulevard now crosses the old graveyard in which many of the Corsa family are buried. The will mentions sons Tunis, John, then deceased, and Isaac, and daughter Jane Lent. Isaac was made executor of the will.
source: Bergen, Tunis Garret, ed. Genealogies of the State of New York: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Founding of a Nation, Long Island Edition, Volume 2. New York, NY: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915.
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