Francisco Bastian, last black colonial landowners

first wife = Barber Manuels

• in 1676 widow Judith (Bayard) Stuyvesant sold 4 acres of land to Fransico, a freed slave. • in 1684 he purchased another 15 acres source: Exploring Gramercy Park and Union Square

connections

1) Lare Criolyo and her de Vries family that was forced out to the Tappan Patent.
2) The van Salle family... also went to Tappan (Orange county)
3) 1671 Jan 28; Salomon Pieterszen, Maria Anthony; Mary; Franciscus Bastiaenszen, Grietie Cozyns

4) see page 164 of Peter Christoph's paper (column 1 near bottom)

heirs robbed of their estate

• Mayor of NY, James Duane ended up with the 4 acres.

• from Pommer & Pommer we see that (perhaps) the 15 acres that were transferred to Garret Oncklebag in May 1722

Note especially: British law reform prevented black ownership of land in the colony. Again, consult: Exploring Gramercy Park and Union Square By Alfred & Joyce Pommer