Patroon

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For other uses, see Patroon (disambiguation).

In the

entail;[2]
thus patroons and manors evolved into simply large estates subject to division and leases.

The

tenants working for the patroon, these first settlers were relieved of the duty of public taxes
for ten years, but were required to pay rent to the patroon. A patroonship sometimes had its own village and other infrastructure, including churches.

Patroons were entitled to the acquisition of enslaved labor by the Dutch West India Company's Rights and Exemptions Charter. Patroons, often the wealthiest and most influential residents of New Netherland, procured and exploited

Rensselaerswijck. Moreover, patroons were essentially the only colonists in New Netherland to own slaves.[5]

After the English takeover of New Netherland in 1664 and American independence in 1783, the system continued with the granting of large tracts known as manors, and sometimes referred to as patroonships.

Rensselaerswyck

The largest and most successful patroonship in New Netherland was the

New York State
.

  • Manor of Rensselaerswyck and Lower Manor at Claverack
    .

Original patents

Other large private land patents

English manorial grants

Notable English non-manorial grants

Resistance

Abolition

The word patroonship was used until the year 1775, when the British parliament redefined the lands as estates and took away the jurisdictional privilege. Dutch Americans, who still formed a substantial portion of the American populace, resented the change and moved mostly toward the cause of American independence. After the war, the newly recognized New York state government refused to overturn the law.

Rensselaerswijck was dismantled in the early 19th century after its last sole proprietor, Stephen Van Rensselaer III, died. Two of his sons split the property and, after tenant farmers gained the right to refuse to pay rent, the sons sold off much of the property. The land was organized as different counties and towns in New York's Capital District
.

In popular media

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Conditions as Created by their Lords Burgomasters of Amsterdam". World Digital Library. 1656. Retrieved 2013-07-28.
  2. JSTOR 1287996
    . See p. 13.
  3. ^ books.google.com Eighteenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology
  4. ^ newnetherlandinstitute.org
  5. ^ newnetherlandinstitute.org
  6. ^ S.L. Mershon, English Crown Grants, New York: The Law and History Club, 1918
  7. ISBN 978-0-19-514049-1

References

External links

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