Wouter van Twiller grants land in New Amsterdam to Roeloff Jansen and his wife Anneke Jans

c 1636

– They have one more child, Annitjen, soon after , and Jansen dies

The area presently bounded by Canal Street to the north, Warren Street to the south, near Broadway to the east and the West Side Highway to the west comprising about 62 acres

The head of the farm is now Saint Johns Park

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John’s_Park

Today the edge of the Hudson River is two to three blocks further west than pictured on this map

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wouter_van_Twiller