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 >