Legal Documents: Abstracts of Title, Deeds, and Other Materials Relating to Green-Wood's Properties, 1776-1953 | The Green-Wood Cemetery

By Meredith Giordan and Stella Sigal, Pratt School of Information Students

Collection Overview

Title: Legal Documents: Abstracts of Title, Deeds, and Other Materials Relating to Green-Wood's Properties, 1776-1953

Predominant Dates:1820-1934

Extent: 4.0 Boxes

Arrangement: The collection is arranged in six series based on content with each series arranged either chronologically or in the original order.

Subjects: Abstracts of Title, Austin, Thomas, Bennet Family, Bergen, Catharine Jane, Bergen, Cornelius, Bergen, John, Bergen Family, Berinstein, Benjamin, Blake, Anson, Blifs, John, Borst, John B., Brooklyn--New York, N.Y., Brunt, James R., C.E. Tayntor & Co., Clarkson. David F., Daly family, Day, Edward P., Deeds, Degranio, James A., Degrauw, James A., Delafield family, Delaflaine, John F., Doherty, John, Duer, William A., Dunigan, William, Dunne family, English, William H., Farris, Anna M., Flynn, Margaret, Goodwin, Frank, Green-Wood Cemetery--New York, N.Y., Hadden, Alexander, Harding, Simon J., Hasbrouck, Louis B., Hayes, George B., Henderson, James W., Henderson Family, Henry Evelyn Pierrepont, Hildreth, Levi C., Hines, Dauphine S., Ivor B. Clark, Inc., Joyce, Samuel J., Keogh, Thomas, Lefferts, John, Legal Documents, Lewis, Edwin, Lewis, William J., Lowrey, Charles, Lucas, Charles, Mahoney, John, Martense, Jacob V. B., Martense Family, McCabe, John A., McClellan, Christopher R., McCormack, Michael, McGuire, Patrick, McLansland, Felix, McLaughlin, Elizabeth, Miller, Henry F., Murdock, Uriel A., Murdock family, Murphy, James M., Murphy, Thomas J., Murphy Family, Nelson, William N., O'Shea, Mary, Penfield, Josiah, Perry, Charles M., Perry, Joseph A., Pitbladdo, William, Real estate transactions--New York(State)--Brooklyn--History, Seward, J. Wesley, Silliman, Benjamin D., Soher, Joseph, Story, Maria, Van Brunt, John A., Van der Bilt, John, Warburton, Samuel, Wheeler, Andrew S., White, Alexander, White, Joseph J., White, William A., Wilbur, Lionel A., Wills, Wright, Elizur

Forms of Material: Brooklyn (New York, NY)-- Maps

Languages: English

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This collection contains legal documents pertaining to the land and property of Green-Wood Cemetery. It includes abstracts of title, deeds (indenture, quitclaim, foreclosure, etc.), correspondence, wills, legal opinion and response documents, maps, tax records, and other miscellaneous documents. Three of the series pertain to land owned by specific people or families: Henry E. Pierrepont, the Murphy family, and the Bergen family. The documents are primarily dated between 1820 and 1934.

Subject/Index Terms

Abstracts of Title
Austin, Thomas
Bennet Family
Bergen, Catharine Jane
Bergen, Cornelius
Bergen, John
Bergen Family
Berinstein, Benjamin
Blake, Anson
Blifs, John
Borst, John B.
Brooklyn--New York, N.Y.
Brunt, James R.
C.E. Tayntor & Co.
Clarkson. David F.
Daly family
Day, Edward P.
Deeds
Degranio, James A.
Degrauw, James A.
Delafield family
Delaflaine, John F.
Doherty, John
Duer, William A.
Dunigan, William
Dunne family
English, William H.
Farris, Anna M.
Flynn, Margaret
Goodwin, Frank
Green-Wood Cemetery--New York, N.Y.
Hadden, Alexander
Harding, Simon J.
Hasbrouck, Louis B.
Hayes, George B.
Henderson, James W.
Henderson Family
Henry Evelyn Pierrepont
Hildreth, Levi C.
Hines, Dauphine S.
Ivor B. Clark, Inc.
Joyce, Samuel J.
Keogh, Thomas
Lefferts, John
Legal Documents
Lewis, Edwin
Lewis, William J.
Lowrey, Charles
Lucas, Charles
Mahoney, John
Martense, Jacob V. B.
Martense Family
McCabe, John A.
McClellan, Christopher R.
McCormack, Michael
McGuire, Patrick
McLansland, Felix
McLaughlin, Elizabeth
Miller, Henry F.
Murdock, Uriel A.
Murdock family
Murphy, James M.
Murphy, Thomas J.
Murphy Family
Nelson, William N.
O'Shea, Mary
Penfield, Josiah
Perry, Charles M.
Perry, Joseph A.
Pitbladdo, William
Real estate transactions--New York(State)--Brooklyn--History
Seward, J. Wesley
Silliman, Benjamin D.
Soher, Joseph
Story, Maria
Van Brunt, John A.
Van der Bilt, John
Warburton, Samuel
Wheeler, Andrew S.
White, Alexander
White, Joseph J.
White, William A.
Wilbur, Lionel A.
Wills
Wright, Elizur

Administrative Information

Repository: The Green-Wood Cemetery

Processing Information: Accession #: 001-2016

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

[Series 1: Abstracts of Title, 1876-1898],
[Series 2: Deeds, 1835-1928],
[Series 3: Legal Documents Pertaining to the Validity of the Sale of Land to Green-Wood Cemetery by the Heirs of Thomas J. Murphy, 1871-1872 and 1888],
[Series 4: Legal Documents Pertaining to the Property Acquired by Henry E. Pierrepont, 1866-1874 and 1906-1907],
[Series 5: Bergen Title Legal Documents, 1776 and 1820-1878],
[Series 6: Miscellaneous, 1866-1953],
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Series 5: Bergen Title Legal Documents, 1776 and 1820-1878

Legal documents pertaining to the Bergen family's properties that include wills, deeds, indentures, and bonds. A large number of the documents concern an 1845 petition by Catharine Jane Bergen and several female Bergen children aged fourteen and under to sell land left to them by their father, Lewis Bergen, upon his death. These include petitions by their special guardian, legal responses to the petitions, and the bill of costs in the case. This series is arranged chronologically with the inclusion of a group of documents arranged in the original order.

Box 4

Folder 1: Will- John G. Bergen, January 21, 1867

Folder 2: Will- Garret G. Bergen, December 1878

Folder 3: Cover Sheet- Bergen Title Documents

Note: All documents that follow in this series were collected within this cover sheet.

Folder 4: Deed- Bergen Tract, May 21, 1853

Folder 5: Petition of Catharine Jane Bergen, et al., to sell real estate, December 1845

Folder 6: Petition of Catharine Jane Bergen, et al., infants, to sell real estate, October 15, 1845

Folder 7: Deed of special guardian (to Catharine Jane Bergen, et al., infants), March 31, 1846

Folder 8: Response to the petition of Catharine J. Bergen, et al. to sell real estate, October 1845

Folder 9: Bond of Tunis Bergen to Garret Bergen ($1200), November 1, 1838

Paid August 3, 1844, recording of payment plan and interest

Folder 10: Response to petition of Catharine Jane Bergen, et al., to sell their real estate and confirmation of report of special guardian and for conveyance, March 2, 1846

Folder 11: Bill of costs in the matter of the petition of Catharine Jane Bergen, et al., to sell real estate, April 6, 1846

Folder 12: Deed- Tunis G. Bergen, special guardian, and others to Garret G. Bergen and John G. Bergen, March 31, 1846

Folder 13: Indenture between Tunis Bergen and Garret Bergen ($1200), November 1, 1838

Note: Refers to bond in folder 9.

Folder 14: Lease (typed facsimile)- Wilhelmus Bennet to John van der Bilt, April 11, 1776

Also includes:

Deed (handwritten facsimile)- Garret Bergen to Joseph A. Perry, July 1, 1839

Folder 15: Response to petition of Catharine Jane Bergen, et al., to sell real estate and response to special guardian at to contracts of sale, March 2, 1846

Folder 16: Deed- Barret Bennet and wife to Garret Bergen, May 12, 1820