I think that copies of the original East Jersey Deeds are archived at the State Library of Archives and History in Trenton New Jersey. They have been microfilmed by the LDS Church and the Grantee Grantor Index and vol. 1. 1667 - 1681 is film #522742. Vol. 3-4 down to Vol. H 1772 - 1784 are also on microfilm. Del. ----- Original Message ----- From: "E Johnson" <iris.gates@gmail.com> To: "Dutch Colonies" <dutch-colonies@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 7:16 AM Subject: Re: [DUTCH-COLONIES] Hendrick Hendrickson and Van Dyke Families >> I guess the only way we can solve this puzzle is by finding the original > East Jersey Land Deeds of 3 Apr 1701 and 10 Nov 1705 and see what marks > Hendrick Hendrickson made on them. > > I understood that the original deed (signed, sealed, witnessed and > endorsed) became the possession of the grantee. This is the reason why the > clerk's copies for township or county were made. I had just asked this > question the other day in another forum, for a similar reason. I had > wanted > to see the handwriting in two different conveyances made five months apart > but recorded consecutively on the same day, and to check the name of the > grantee in the second deed. These were conveyed in southern NJ in 1823, > but > the whole state --all of the states --were operating under English law > since 1664. > > Liz J > > ------------------------------- > 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 >