Well the old family diaries and papers we have, show the John Cosine family was tracking the Anneke Jans property, so I thought this was it. Sorry if I led anyone down the wrong path. carolyn On Apr 30, 2007, at 6:42 PM, protzy41@optonline.net wrote: > Hello Carolyn, > > This is a very interesting story, but what does it have to do with > the Anneke JANS' Farm? > > Anneke JANS'm did not include the property that Trinity Church > stands on, nor the property that it's cemetery stands on. It was > NOT adjacent to the Trinity Church property either. > > The Farm was near the Holland Tunnel and canal Street, and was > North of the World Trade Center site. This farm property was given > to Trinity Church by Queen Anne. This is the property of all the > infamous law suits, and no one has collected from them. > If your relative did indeed obtain $1,000,000, it was for another > piece of property (Fulton St and Broadway). > > Bob > > . > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carolyn Leonard > Date: Monday, April 23, 2007 12:54 pm > Subject: [DUTCH-COLONIES] New Info on the Anneke Jans story > To: DUTCH-COLONIES@rootsweb.com > > > Hi Dutch Cousins, > > Here is a new story that refutes previous information calling a > > HOAX > > about the Anneke Jans land ownership near Trinity Church in NYC. > > > > Apparently one of our cousins collected millions because he had > > the > > proper papers, handed down from my 6th great uncle, > > Johannes/John > > Cozine/Cosine, son of the Rev. Cornelius COZINE. Another > > cousin, Jim > > Cozine, found this newspaper story from the 1870s and sent it to > > me. > > We knew that many members of our family had hired lawyers to > > pursue > > this interest before deciding it was useless. The diligence of > > one > > man, Henry Caldwell, paid off, according to Census reports. In > > 1870 > > he was a grocer in Indianapolis. By 1880 he was living on > > Dayton > > Street in St. Louis with two servants, and by 1900 the family > > (with a > > maid, a servant and a nurse) gave their residence in Hyde Park, > > Chicago. > > Moral of this story: Persistence is the key to success! > > > > ~New York Times (1857 - current file; Jan 5 1871: ProQuest > > Historical > > Newspapers, THE NEW YORK TIMES (1851 _ 2003) pg.5 > > > > Another and Slightly different Story -- His Earnest Pursuit of > > More > > Property == Two Hundred Acres in Harlem wanted: > > > > Indianapolis is steadily keeping pace with her slster cities in > > tbe > > matter of first-class sensations. The last we bave to chronicle > > is > > one in reference to a settlement of some New-York property, by > > which > > Mr. H. W. CALDWELL. a well-known grocer of this city, becomes > > possessed of a cool mlll1on. The followIng is a brief history of > > the > > case: > > > > For the past thirty or forty years the relatives of Mr. CALDWELL > > have > > been identified with the movement of tbe Anneke Jans heirs to > > obtain > > possession of tbe Trinity Church property. They based their > > expectations upon the fact that one or two ANNEKES are in the > > family, > > and some deeds, leases and otber papers that have been handed > > down > > through the family. Finally they all became disgusted and gave > > up tbe > > claim, refusing to have anything further to do witb the matter. > > These > > papers came tnto tbe possession of Mr. CALDWELL, and wben he > > received > > a letter from an uncle in the South, saying that a > > representative of > > the Anneke Jans heirs bad called upon b1m for information which > > be > > was supposed to possess in reference to the claim, he turned his > > > > whole attention to the matter of looking up the record. He > > flnally > > became convinced that the papers he held were of the greatest > > value > > to Trinity Church corporation, and accordingly, about five > > years > > since, he made a proposition to the trustees to sell them for > > $100,000, which was refused. > > > > Mr. CALDWELL then made anotber examination, and discovered that > > the > > papers he held referred to eight acres of land immediately > > adjoining > > the Trinity Church property, fronting on Fulton-Street and Broadway. > > > > Further examination showed that in the year 1773 JOHN COSlNE, > > his > > great grandfather, leased the property for ninety-nine years, > > previous to removing to Pennsylvania. In leases of tbis kind, > > seldom > > is anything heard of the property again by the heirs of the > > original > > owner, but in this instance Mr. CALDWELL clearly and fully > > established the record to tbe property, the lease on which > > expIred in > > 1863. He made another proposition, this time to the persons > > occupying > > the eight acres, offering to sell his individual interest and > > the > > pnpersln bis possession tor $1,000,000. > > > > After examining Mr. CALDWELL'S papers and the records, the > > gentlemen, > > through their agent, agreed to the terms, and on last Friday Mr. > > > > CALDWELL left for New York, to close up the transfer. Yesterday > > he > > returned bome, having in his possession the authority of the > > occupants to draw on them for $1,000,000. > > > > Mr. CALDWELL says that after arranging his business matters in > > this > > City, he will spend tbe rest of his days in Kentucky, which is > > the > > native State of himself and his wife. He takes his good fortune > > very > > considerately, but says he is on the hunt for more. > > > > While in New-York, he learned of 200 acres in Harlem that was in > > the > > possession of JOHN COSlNE at the time of the lease of the eight > > acres > > referred to above, and he is satisfied that he can work out full > > and > > satisfactory claim to a possession of tbat property. If he does, > > and > > he speaks as though be believes it, CORNELIUS VANDERBILT will > > have to > > pay him the balance of the purchase money on his famous Harlem > > freight depot site. > > > > > > > > YOU are invited to a Dutch Cousins Reunion Friday-Sunday, > > September > > > 28, 29, and 30, 2007, Shelbyville Kentucky. > > > > > > Hugs, > > Carolyn > > Remember you have a friend in Oklahoma -- endlessly sorting out > > dead > > relatives! > > Researching COZINE in Kentucky, Kansas, Indiana, Pennsylvania, > > New > > Jersey, Nieuw Amsterdam (New York) and the Netherlands. > > See the photos of our DUTCH COUSINS gathering in Kentucky in > > 2005 here: > > http://homepage.mac.com/carolynleonard/Dutch_Cousins/ > PhotoAlbum33.html > > and The Anderson Cow Palace meeting house > > http://homepage.mac.com/carolynleonard/Dutch_Cousins/ > PhotoAlbum32.html > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUTCH- > > COLONIES-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' > > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >