Patroon Island - Before
In the United States, a patroon (; from Dutch ''patroon'' ) was a landholder with manorial rights Manorialism, also known as seigneurialism, the manor system or manorial system, was the method of land ownership (or "tenure") in parts of Europe, notably France and later England, during the Middle Ages. Its defining features included a large, ... to large tracts of land in the 17th-century Dutch colony of New Netherland on the east coast of North America. Through the Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions of 1629, the Dutch West India Company first started to grant this title and land to some of its invested members. These inducements to foster colonization and Human settlement, settlement (also known as the "Rights and Exemptions") are the basis for the patroon system. By the end of the 18th century, virtually all of the American states had abolished primogeniture and entail; thus patroons and manors evolved into simply large estates subject to division and leases. The deeded ...
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Charter Of Freedoms And Exemptions (Dutch West India Company) 1630
The Charter of Freedoms and Exemptions,Van Rensselaer Bowier Manuscripts
pp. 137 sometimes referred to as the Charter of Privileges and Exemptions,New Netherland Chamber of Commerce in America
pp. 26 is a document written by the in an effort to settle its of